“Shirley Sherrod” on The Daily Caller

Documents obtained by Judicial Watch, a public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, show that the Obama White House played a role in the controversial firing of former U.S. Department of Agriculture employee Shirley Sherrod. The administration had previously denied any involvement in her resignation. (more)

In memory of Andrew Breitbart, The Daily Caller put together a list of six videos illustrating the media mogul’s use of video to tell relevant and impactful news stories that informed the national discussion in the latter years of his life. (more)

Former U.S. Department of Agriculture employee Shirley Sherrod has filed a lawsuit against conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart over a video Breitbart released on July 19 of last year. Sherrod’s lawsuit claims that the clip, “damaged her reputation and prevented her from continuing her work,” Salon reported. (more)

This summer Andrew Breitbart, publisher of a number of conservative news sites, found himself in the throes of a media scandal of dramatic proportions — and one which he later discovered went far deeper than a mere contextual snafu. (more)

Shirley Sherrod, meet Juan Williams. (more)

The truth comes out at last. (more)

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Tom Vilsack is a guy who lives for his job, but that did not stop him from telling President Obama a few weeks ago that he was willing to hand in his resignation. (more)

With President Barack Obama’s approval ratings dipping below 50%, members of his strongest voting bloc have also started to voice displeasure with the way he has chosen to govern. (more)

The White House message is an obsessed-over phenomenon in the age of spin, crafted carefully by a president and his advisers because of its influence over the course of the news cycle. (more)

For the second time in a month, President Obama on Tuesday made a grand show of demanding that Congress pass legislation that was already guaranteed to be approved in hours or days. (more)

Black Americans have rallied around the president as perhaps no constituency has ever supported an American politician. As of this week, fully 88 percent of black voters approved of Barack Obama. Many predicted Obama’s election would herald a new era of African-American leadership. And yet, curiously, something different has happened. In the last year and a half, Obama has failed to support, run away from or pressured to resign at least ten significant African American political figures – a count does not include his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. (more)

At a meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists in San Diego last week, former USDA employee Shirley Sherrod announced her intention to sue conservative journalist Andrew Breitbart in just two sentences: (more)

Ousted USDA employee Shirley Sherrod has announced that she will sue Andrew Breitbart. (more)

With recent contentious race topics entering the spotlight — such as the voter intimidation incident and the Shirley Sherrod imbroglio — the media has been more than willing to open their arms and turn on their cameras to hear the opining of the National Chairman of the New Black Panther Party, Malik Zulu Shabazz. Shabazz has appeared on Fox News, issued a statement through CNN, and done exclusive interviews for various media outlets. (more)

“A House Divided against itself cannot stand.” (more)

Shirley Sherrod, who recently lost her job at the USDA after an excerpt of a speech she delivered to the NAACP surfaced showing her saying she didn’t do everything she could to help a white farmer, is now accusing Big Government’s Andrew Breitbart of, you guessed it, racism. (more)

Things haven’t been going well for Democrats lately. President Obama’s poll numbers are tanking. They’re at risk of losing control of the House and Senate. Their policies are unpopular. And they’re so jittery that last week they threw an African-American Department of Agriculture employee, Shirley Sherrod, under the bus before they had all the facts because they’re afraid of Fox News. Some people say this is all Barack Obama’s fault. He’s too ideological, too inexperienced, and too self-centered, and he’s led the Democratic Party astray. I disagree. I think Democrats have just lost their groove. (more)

The White House switchboard — able to conjure up Santa Claus at a moment’s notice for a young Caroline Kennedy — is famous for its ability to track down anyone, anywhere, anytime. (more)

President Obama sought Friday to refocus the news cycle on a trifecta of victories for him this week, after the bungled firing and attempted rehiring of Shirley Sherrod dominated the media and overshadowed his accomplishments. (more)