“… What he calls a ‘conspiracy’ is more a threat to the future of the big oil and gas companies that have been the most generous contributors to Mr. Inhofe’s re-election campaigns. …” People who ...
A Michigan Republican with a criminal record for breaking into cars and masturbating is urging residents to move out of state to avoid the “homosexual agenda.” Jordan Haskins briefly suspended his campaign for an open state house ...
Also see: This GOP Senate Candidate Was Just Caught in a Koch Brothers Lie (Re Joni Ernst) Mitch McConnell traveled to a secret meeting of donors connected to the Koch brothers network—and it now appears he didn’t ...
The chair of a county Republican Party in Georgia was recently arrested after he was allegedly broadcast on Skype sexually assaulting and attempting to rape a woman. On Wednesday, the North Georgia News reported that Union County Republican ...
Former congressman Trey Radel’s criminal record has been wiped clean. Gannett’s Ledyard King reports the Florida Republican who resigned after pleading guilty to a cocaine charge has had his criminal record expunged. “Mr. Radel successfully ...
“… The Wisconsin Reporter’s smear piece on Burke quoted three GOP operatives who once worked for Trek Bicycle Corp., owned by Mary Burke’s Family. All three said she was fired in 1993 as head of ...
McHenry County sheriff’s candidate Jim Harrison launched a new attack in his campaign against Republican nominee Bill Prim, taking aim at a relatively high-ranking member of the county GOP. Documents Harrison released to Chicago-area media this ...
Doug Ducey, the Republican candidate for governor of Arizona in November’s election, hails from a family that for two generations was involved in organized crime in Toledo, Ohio, according to a report by The Center for Investigative ...
Speaker of Alabama’s House of Representatives Mike Hubbard was indicted by a grand jury and has been charged with 23 class B felony counts, including using his office for personal gain and soliciting things of ...
Also see: “Secret audio nails Scott Walker! A humiliating suck-up to the Koch brothers,” Salon, Aug. 28, 2014 “… Walker has, since his 2010 gubernatorial run, been a top recipient of campaign contributions from the Kochs. ...
Voter ID is “a mere fig leaf for efforts to disenfranchise voters likely to vote for the political party that does not control the state government,” federal appellate Judge Richard Posner wrote in a scorching ...
“… Vicari and Veni are the target of a sexual harassment and discrimination suit filed by a county employee who claims Vicari condoned or instructed Veni to ‘sexually assault’ her and to create a hostile work environment. ...
By Jason Hart Euclid Democrat Kent Smith touts his 2008 book, “Please God Save Us,” as proof of his qualifications to serve in the Ohio House. Facing questions about the book’s content, Smith has recently sought to distance himself ...
By Colman McCarthy Pat Buchanan has returned, offering his 12th book: the well-written The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority. Slightly painful as it is to confess, I admire ...
By Jason Easley PoliticusUSA, September, 26, 2014 Koch brothers front Americans For Prosperity is reaching into their bag of dirty tricks by sending hundreds of North Carolina voters and one cat incorrect voter registration information. ...
“… Fuller was nominated to the bench in 2002 by President George W. Bush and has been a controversial figure in Alabama politics, largely for his role in the Siegelman trial. … One of the ...
Private apologies are not enough for a defender of torture, the architect of America’s drone program and the most talented liar in Washington. The nation’s top spy needs to go By Trevor Timm This is ...
“… Baumgardner said that he was referring to ‘hot springs,’ which he said his grandmother called ‘burning waters’ …” By Jason Plautz National Journal, August 14, 2014 A Colorado state legislator has dismissed concerns about hydraulic fracturing ...
Also see — “Exclusive: ‘Pro-Troop’ Charity Pays Off Tea Party Cronies Instead” By Tina Nguyen A prominent charity that’s enlisted Presidential help in raising money for troop care packages not only misrepresented their achievements, but also ...
By Jennifer Dobner July 15, 2014 SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – FBI agents arrested two former Utah attorneys general at their homes on Tuesday and charged them pair with felonies stemming from a two-year investigation ...
How Ronald Reagan turned America into a nation of children A new book on the rise of modern conservatism argues that Reagan’s rhetoric infantilized our political culture — with devastating consequences. By Damon Linker If you ...
Related: “Book Review: ‘Chasing Shadows’ and ‘The Nixon Tapes’” Excerpt: … “Chasing Shadows” mainly seeks to highlight the importance of the Chennault Affair to Nixon’s undoing. What was the Chennault Affair? Late in the 1968 ...
The Karl Rove-backed super PAC helped nominate a 29-year-old former Bush adviser in a competitive congressional primary. BY JOSH KRAUSHAAR Since its inception, American Crossroads has spent nearly all of its money on the 2012 presidential ...
Documents Show Charles Koch Is Past Member Of Radical Right-Wing Group By D.L. Chandler Jul 10 2014 In what should be a surprise to few, conservative businessman Charles Koch was once a part of a radical right group so extreme ...
“… Runyan’s mother told deputies that her son hit her in the mouth when she tried to break up the fight. …” Oregon GOP pulls support for HD 9 candidate Runyan After winning the Republican ...
One analyst says the case could turn Texas into a “purple state” by shifting power away from predominantly white conservatives and giving left-leaning voters more of a say. Newly released emails between members of the Texas Republican ...
The Buying of Walker’s Wisconsin Why did out-of-state contributors give millions to Walker? By Lisa Kaiser Recently unsealed John Doe court documents shed light on what prosecutors call a “criminal scheme” in which Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign and ...
BY KYLER GEOFFROY Gordon Klingenschmitt, the former Navy chaplain who has made a career out of exposing (and exorcising) the “demonic” forces behind gay marriage and LGBT rights in general, has won the GOP primary in the race ...
“… Unsurprisingly, conservatives are shifting the blame to the Democrats, claiming that stricter voter-ID laws would have prevented these crimes, despite the fact that Monroe presented state-issued IDs in both Wisc. and Ind. …” By Amy ...
Jun 4, 2014 JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) Mississippi’s Senate primary race on Tuesday represented the ultraconservative tea party’s last best chance to topple a Republican establishment-backed candidate in this year’s midterm elections, and prove it remains ...
Return to The Works Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA, and the Mob (Viking Press, 1986) By Dan E. Moldea Chapter One President Ronald Reagan’s professional life–his acting career, his personal financial fortune, and his rise in ...
There are some sickos out there, and not the Central American children BY BUD KENNEDY Star-Telegram, Jun. 21, 2014 Once, it was considered ugly and bigoted to call foreigners dirty or diseased. No more. Bolstered by the ...
By Chuck Goudie ABC Eyewitness News, June 19, 2014 CHICAGO (WLS) — Prosecutors are alleging that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is at the center of a “criminal scheme.” That politically explosive charge is in court documents ordered released ...
Wallace’s Son Wants New Inquiry Into 1972 Assassination Attempt New York Times, December 14, 1992 The son of former Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama, citing new claims that the 1972 assassination attempt on his ...
The ALEC Angle in Scott Walker’s “Toxic Strain of Racial Politics” Scott Walker’s political success in Wisconsin is attributable to “a toxic strain of racial politics,” the New Republic argues this month in a front-page article. But ...
