As Drudge headlines: “He’s back!” Former U.S. President George W. Bush – or Bush 43 as those closest to him preferred to call him – has decided to copy Sarah Palin’s outreach model, by using FaceBook to interact with supporters and to inform them about his whereabouts. He created a fan page more than a year ago already, but used it only sparingly until today. He has now started to use it to share links, his thoughtson current events, and even videos.

Although it’s certainly interesting to read Bush’s status updates, the by far most popular item at his page is his, as he calls it, “inaugural address” video. In it, as The Hill explains, ‘Bush briefly laid out his personal and charitable work post-presidency, as well as progress in building his presidential library and namesake think tank.’

“Thanks for tuning into my inaugural address on Facebook,” Bush said.| MORE ›

It’s unbelievable but former President Jimmy Carter has outdone himself this time:

Another moment of lunacy from this nation’s biggest Oval Office mistake of the 20th century — which may be akin to saying “water is still wet,” but we should be keeping a tally.| MORE ›

The end of a love affair?

As a senator, Barack Obama denounced the Bush administration for holding “secret energy meetings” with oil executives at the White House.| MORE ›

“And there I was, former president of the United States of America, with a plastic bag on my hand,” former President George W. Bush told a group of graduating high school students in New Mexico on Thursday about one of his first experiences after he left the White House and moved (back) to Dallas, where his dog Barney immediately stopped in a neighbor’s yard for relief.| MORE ›

By George Friedman

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Washington for his first official visit with U.S. President Barack Obama. A range of issues — including the future of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, Israeli-Syrian talks and Iran policy — are on the table.| MORE ›

You’d almost feel sorry for her:

Nancy Pelosi didn’t cry foul when the Bush administration briefed her on “enhanced interrogation” of terror suspects in 2002, but her team was locked and loaded to counter hypocrisy charges when the “torture” memos were released last week.| MORE ›

It took them a while, but a magazine (TIME, in this case) finally published a detailed account of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney’s final days in office. It’s a good read, especially because the relationship between the two men deteriorated tremendously in those last hours of the Bush 43 administration.

The reason? Scooter Libby.| MORE ›

The Associated Press:

Dick Cheney refuses to be a has-been.

The former vice president’s voice appears to carry even more weight than it did in the waning days of the Bush administration.

Some people want him to be quiet and disappear.| MORE ›

Oh, the hypocrisy: after blasting George W. Bush and Republicans in general for years over the very existence of prison camp Guantanamo Bay, Congressional Democrats on Tuesday refused to fund closing it.| MORE ›

Politico reports:

House Democrats unveiled a $94.2 billion wartime spending bill Monday that adds $9.3 billion to White House requests but also reflects serious doubts about the long-term viability of U.S. commitments to Afghanistan and its neighbor Pakistan.| MORE ›

Or so says the American Small Business League in a statement released Monday:

President Barack Obama has outraged small business owners across the country by continuing Bush Administration policies that divert federal small business contracts to Fortune 500 firms.| MORE ›