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• Threats Are a Common Tactic for the Alabama GOP

  
  Legal Schnauzer — Authority: 131
  A Republican insider who revealed apparent campaign-funding irregularities now is receiving death threats in Alabama. Bill Johnson, a GOP candidate for governor in 2010 and a former member of current governor Bob Rileys cabinet, recently said that Rileys 2002 campaign received millions of dollars from Mississippi ...
  7 hours ago

• Something Stinks on the Links

  
  HYSTERICAL RAISINS — Authority: 468
  From POLITICO : By all public estimations, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is a pretty good golfer. He should be, given the $82,998 his political action committee has spent on golf outings so far this year, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Original DVD cover (In the golf ...
  2 days ago

• Is Emily Miller A Victim Of Sexism, Or Her Own Abrasiveness? [Sexual Politics]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 811
  Its hard to read this Washington Post profile without some seriously conflicted feelings about Emily Miller, the Republican press secretary turned gossip blogger who found herself at the center of stories about the Abramoff scandal. Millers ex-fiance, Michael Scanlon, pled guilty to conspiracy charges relating ...
  1 week ago

• Lie Detector Confirms Tale of GOP Dirty Money in Alabama

  
  Legal Schnauzer — Authority: 131
  An Alabama Republican passed a lie-detector test regarding his statements that Mississippi gambling interests sent millions of dollars to the 2002 campaign of Governor Bob Riley. Bill Johnson, a GOP candidate for governor in 2010 and a former member of Rileys cabinet, said a top official in the Riley campaign told ...
  1 week ago

• Alabama Democrat Fights Back Against Raging Republican Hypocrisy

  
  Legal Schnauzer — Authority: 131
  A prominent Alabama Democrat is fighting back against Republican allegations regarding two nonprofit organizations that have not been audited as required by law. As we reported yesterday, the issue appears to be designed to divert attention from recent charges of corruption connected to Alabama Republican ...
  1 week ago

• Casino Jacks

  
  Unheard No More! — Authority: 476
  November 13, 2009 I was a little surprised when I heard that film director George Hickenlooper selected the title Casino Jack for his film about Jack Abramoff . I knew that Alex Gibney had already picked a similar title, Casino Jack and the United States of Money , for his documentary-film scheduled to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Harry Reid’s Dirty Deeds

  
  Western Journalism.com — Authority: 143
  Senator Harry Reid claims to be an ethical politician and he often employs his Mormon religion in order to demonstrate his alleged immaculacy. However, the reality is that he is, in fact, one of the most ethically challenged politicians in office today. This report will review his alliances with corrupt individuals, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Legal Schnauzer Hits the Airwaves Today

  
  Legal Schnauzer — Authority: 131
  I will be a guest today on the My Technology Lawyer radio show, hosted by Andrew Kreig and Scott Draughon. We will be discussing recent revelations about campaign funds from Mississippi gambling interests that went to Alabama governor Bob Riley in the 2002 election. Those funds, apparently laundered through ...
  2 weeks ago

• Republicans Try to Shoot the Messenger on Corruption in Alabama

  
  Legal Schnauzer — Authority: 131
  Alabama Republicans, predictably, have tried to discredit GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Johnson after his statements late last week that current governor Bob Riley received millions of dollars in campaign funds from Mississippi gambling interests in 2002. A Riley spokesman said Johnson, a former member of Rileys ...
  3 weeks ago

• The GOP Health Care Plan: Worse Than You Think

  
  Democrashield.com — Authority: 432
  As it turns out, the GOP’s health care reform bill is worse that previously thought.Yesterday, I discussed how the GOP plan will let insurance companies sell plans across state lines. As part of that, insurers would be able to choose a ‘primary state’ to operate out of; that state’s laws would then govern that ...
  3 weeks ago

• Could Revelations on Campaign Funding Blow the Roof Off GOP Corruption in Alabama?

  
  Legal Schnauzer — Authority: 131
  A former member of Bob Rileys cabinet confirmed yesterday that the Alabama governor received millions of dollars in campaign funds from Mississippi gaming interests. That leaves us with this gaping question: Will the new revelations lead to an investigation of possible criminal actions by Republican Party insiders, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Are Black Congresspeople Being Blacklisted?

  
  Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices — Authority: 155
  Filed under: Opinion , Politics , Race and Civil Rights Wait a minute now. Unless Im reading it wrong, it looks like racial profiling has jumped from the hood to Capitol Hill. According to a Politico article , the House Ethics Committee is actively investigating seven African American lawmakers under ...
  3 weeks ago

• Newsflash: Sir Barack Hussein Obama Rides Into Washington On His “Big White Hoss”; Lobbyists Commence To Dropping Like The Flies They Are

  
  The Gun Toting Liberal — Authority: 125
  Lobbyists Versus Obama Is Equivalent To Flies Versus OintmentShall we all shed a tear for the out of work lobbyists on Capitol Hill who’ve found themselves standing in the unemployment line with MOI (yep — part French — proud, unapologetic and refusing to SURRENDER any of the... This is only a comment summary. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rachel Maddow Questions Tim Phillips about CNMI

  
  Unheard No More! — Authority: 476
  October 28, 2009 Last week MSNBCs Rachel Maddow went after Tim Phillips lobbying tactics, the fake grass roots group Americans for Prosperity , and working with Jack Abramoffs pal Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed . She called him a "parasite lobbyist" who gets fat off of fear mongering. In the segment ...
  4 weeks ago

• Much bigger than ACORN scandal...the Chamber of Commerce still not under investigation...

  
  At-Largely — Authority: 583
  Following up on my post about the Chamber of Commerce and its leadership, here is the latest news on this corrupt, bloated, and criminal organization: "The chief lobbyist for the U.S. Chamber of... [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more]
  5 weeks ago

• Tom Donohue, the Lewis Powell Memo, and the undermining of democracy

  
  At-Largely — Authority: 583
  The Wall Street Journal has devoted an entire article to Tom Donohues - the president of the US Chamber of Commerce - portraying him as a victim of the Obama White House, just like the propaganda... [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more]
  5 weeks ago

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