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• Michelle Rhee and the Kevin Johnson Sex Scandal

  
  And So it Goes in Shreveport — Authority: 611
  If you were going to write a trashy sex novel you could do worse than look at the Gerald Walpin story for ideas. Byron York continues to expose the White House shenanigans that the majority of the media wont report. Today he explains the role Michelle Rhee, head of the Washington D.C. school system and the fiancee ...
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• America’s Service Commissions Launches a Wiki to Help State Groups Replicate Effective National Service Models

  
  The New Service — Authority: 123
  This week, America’s Service Commissions (ASC)—the independent association of state commissions on voluntary action and service—and ServeMinnesota — the Minnesota commission on volunteering and service — have announced the launch a new resource, the AmeriCorps State Program Replication Wiki . The ...
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• Gerald Walpin Documents: White House Documents and Gerald Walpin

  
  Maggie's Notebook — Authority: 638
  New documents have been released on the firing of Inspector General Gerald Walpin by the Obama White House. This is a long and convoluted story, and I have linked to all the relevant background at the bottom of this article. Gerald Walpin Heres the short story before the new information below: (1) ...
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• Transparency Sinks to a New Low in the Walpin Case

  
  And So it Goes in Shreveport — Authority: 611
  Via Memeorandum , Byron York reports in the Washington Examiner , on the Gerald Walpin case this morning, specifically, on the White House cover-up regarding Walpins firing. Remember, Walpin was told on June 10 to either resign or be fired. The next day, Senator Grassley objected because this violated the new law ...
  3 days ago

• IG-Gate: White House Walpin Spin Game

  
  The Other McCain — Authority: 751
  Byron York has a report today on the way the Obama White House played "hide the facts" about the firing of AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin. Good work, Byron. Eric Holder is in deep doo-doo. This is classic "Culture of Corruption" stuff that Michelle Malkin has relentlessly exposed.
  3 days ago

• Boneheads Of The Day

  
  Black & Right — Authority: 549
  There is actually a blog posting at whitehouse.gov entitled, “Transparency like you’ve never seen before” . One would assume you’d have to live by that motto or look the total fool. Here’s yet another example of The White House and friends looking the fool … Just hours after Sen. Charles Grassley ...
  3 days ago

• New documents: White House scrambled to justify AmeriCorps firing after the fact

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  Just hours after Sen. Charles Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa released a report Friday on their investigation into the abrupt firing of AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin, the Obama White House gave the lawmakers a trove of new, previously-withheld documents on the affair. It was a twist on the now-familiar ...
  3 days ago

• GOP Inquiry Fails To Show Obama’s Firing Of AmeriCorps IG Was Politicized

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 162
  by Justin Elliott TPM Muckraker A congressional GOP inquiry into the firing of the inspector general for AmeriCorps has been garnering headlines mostly for revealing details of allegations of sexual misconduct by Sacramento Mayor and Obama ally Kevin Johnson. But on the key question of whether the IG, Gerald ...
  5 days ago

• G.O.P. Report Connects Official to Fiancé’s Case

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  A report released by Republicans in Congress said that a school chancellor in Washington intervened on behalf of her fiancé, who was under investigation by the AmeriCorps.
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• Walpingate – The Plot Thickens

  
  The Lonely Conservative — Authority: 578
  The plot thickens in the scandal involving the firing of AmeriCorps IG Gerald Walpin. The Obama administration tried to portray him as some senile old man, when in fact, he may have just dug up a little too much information to keep him around. It all began when Walpin discovered that Sacramento Mayor (and Obama ...
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• GOP Inquiry Fails To Show Obamas Firing Of AmeriCorps IG Was Politicized

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 771
  A congressional GOP inquiry into the firing of the inspector general for AmeriCorps has been garnering headlines mostly for revealing details of allegations of sexual misconduct by Sacramento Mayor and Obama ally Kevin Johnson. But on the key question of whether the IG, Gerald Walpin, was fired for improper ...
  5 days ago

• Notorious PR Firm That Reps Swift Boaters, Creationists, PhRMA Now Helping Fired IG

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 771
  A heavy-hitting conservative public relations firm that flacked for Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and boasts an impressive array of right-wing clients is now helping Gerald Walpin, who was fired this summer by President Obama as the inspector general for AmeriCorps. Creative Response Concepts Public Relations ( CRC ) ...
  6 days ago

• Rancho Resident You Should Know: Stacey Droll

  
  The Rancho Cordova Post — Authority: 143
  Stacey Droll is trying to make Rancho Cordova a better place, and she is doing just that, one doctor at a time. Droll, 24, is an Americorps*VISTA volunteer who has been stationed in Rancho Cordova to work with the Communities and Physicians Together (CPT) program.  Her role in the program is to help doctors connect ...
  1 week ago

• “How ACORN Destroyed the Housing Market”

  
  OpenMarket.org — Authority: 641
  Federal affordable-housing mandates were a major factor in the mortgage crisis, fueling the housing bubble and the subsequent collapse of the housing and financial markets, which helped bring down the economy.  Even the liberal Village Voice has admitted that.  Who drafted those awful mandates?  ACORN, ...
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• AmeriCorps Official Urged Colleague To Destroy Docs On Walpin Firing

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 771
  An AmeriCorps official urged a colleague to "destroy" documents relating to the controversial firing of the agencys inspector general, according to emails obtained by a conservative news site. AmeriCorps says the request was made out of concern for the independence of the IGs office, after documents on the firing ...
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• Kenneth Bach Shreds Gerald Walpin Documents: AmeriCorps IG Kenneth Bach Shreds WH Evidence

  
  Maggie's Notebook — Authority: 638
  Gerald Walpin was the Inspector General (IG) for AmeriCorps. He believes he was fired by the White House (WH) for an incriminating report on AmeriCorp showing the abuse of $75 million dollars of taxpayer monies. Walpin is suing to get his job back, but evidently, documents perhaps pertaining to his case have been ...
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• Inspector General Walpin Cleared, Wants Job Back

  
  Bucks Right — Authority: 438
  Remember back in June when AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin was fired after exposing how an Obama crony “misused federal grants” for things like car washes and donations to political campaigns?The Obama administration initially said they had “lost confidence” in Walpin and basically accused him of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Is AmeriCorps a good lead-in for Peace Corps?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 656
  (Inter)national service filter: Does an AmeriCorps stint make you a more attractive Peace Corps candidate? If what I really want to do is Peace Corps, would NCCC help me get there or be valuable of itself? Peace Corps fits into my goals, background, most intimate dreams and desires, etc. However, the application ...
  2 weeks ago

• Really? Another year?: Committing to Another Term of Service

  
  The New Service — Authority: 123
  This post was contributed by Kate Borman who is currently serving her second AmeriCorps VISTA term with ThreeSixty Journalism , a youth journalism program based at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Most people are shocked to hear that I chose to serve a second term as an AmeriCorps VISTA member. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Public interest lawyers as leaders

  
  Equal Justice Works Blog — Authority: 115
  On Tuesday night I was thrilled to be a part of the TEDx Potomac event in Arlington, VA. 160 Equal Justice Works Fellows and AmeriCorps Legal Fellows joined legal services professionals and staff for a week of intense substantive issue-area training and networking. But what was best about this conference was ...
  3 weeks ago

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