WASHINGTON — David Duke, the infamous KKK leader, is fed up with politicians criticizing House Majority Whip Steve Scalise for speaking at one of his white supremacist conferences in 2002. And Duke is ready to ...
Also see: “Finley: Nobody wants Dave Agema” (Detroit News) “Dave Agema’s Defense for Posting a Racist Article: I Got It From Allen West, and He’s Black!” (Salon) Michigan RNC Committeeman Dave Agema is facing renewed ...
Republicans say “return to sender” all victims of U.S.-funded violence in Honduras, no matter how young: “… So inspired were they, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives stayed late Friday to distort and demagogue a humanitarian ...
Several sections of a bestselling 2012 book ‘authored’ by renowned neurosurgeon and potential Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson were plagiarized from multiple sources, including an anti-socialism website, BuzzFeed has revealed. Multiple passages totaling hundreds ...
INTRODUCTION: THE NOT-SO-ADMIRABLE ELMER HOLMES BOBST Like most NYU students these days, you probably spent a good part of your weekend inside Bobst, which according to Pier, is really just a “giant stupid library.” The derision ...
For Republicans, hiring lobbyists to handle the day-to-day goings on of Congress seems to have become a normal occurrence these days, so Academi lobbyist Jeff Shockey being named Staff Director of the House Intelligence ...
In an interview with Playboy, Dan Savage has attacked “tormented closet case” Marcus Bachmann for promoting “ex-gay” therapy. Bachmann, the husband of Republican supreme wingnut Michele Bachmann, is probably Minnesota’s best-known practitioner of the harmful practice. An attempt earlier this year to ban ...
The collapse of InnoVida Holdings LLC in 2011 didn’t get much traction in the media. Except in South Florida, where a small group of investors lost more than $40 million on a scheme to market hurricane- and ...
Related — Barclays and the Oil Market: Agent Provocateur Ultimo: Prince Bandar and the Price of Oil (” … For the past 10 years oil is kept high by Wall Street’s mightiest (we mean Goldman Sachs) and the so-called ...
Ira Hansen’s own words brought him down December 4, 2014 Almost anyone should have learned something from Assemblyman Ira Hansen’s public and humiliating lesson: Your words can come back to haunt you. Hansen, chosen by his ...
Mitch McConnell’s Freighted Ties to a Shadowy Shipping Company After drugs were found aboard the Ping May, a vessel owned by his wife’s family’s company, Colombian authorities are investigating. Before the Ping May, a rusty cargo vessel, ...
The Republican victory in the US midterms was paid for by big energy interests and could hold back Obama’s climate ambition The resounding Republican victory in the 2014 midterm elections displayed that, despite unprecedented contributions ...
“… 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 ...
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. ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
“… 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
