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Giuliani's law firm seeking bailout business
In the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has begun drumming up business, positioning his law firm to advise corporate clients on how to profit from the government's $700 billion bailout. From: ... |
Sep 27, 2008 |
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Issue Isn’t Faith and Family
It is not snobbish to recognize that the job of vice president of the United States at this point in history requires a broad understanding of our diverse, globalized world and ways to strengthen the weakened position in it that this country has ... |
Sep 14, 2008 |
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Mississippi’s Ballot Trick
Defying state law, they have decided to hide a hard-fought race for the United States Senate at the bottom of the ballot, where they clearly are hoping some voters will overlook it. Their proposed design is not only illegal. It shows a deep contempt for ... |
Sep 12, 2008 |
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Sex, Drug Use and Graft Cited in Interior Department
the Interior Department agency that collects oil and gas royalties has been caught up in a wide-ranging ethics scandal — including allegations of financial self-dealing, accepting gifts from energy companies, cocaine use and sexual misconduct. From ... |
Sep 11, 2008 |
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propaganda pundits
Worth watching. This is clear evidence that this administration was running tax payer funded covert propaganda campaign on US soil in clear violation of US law. Screw impeachment, it's time for a war crimes tribunal. |
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Suspended Spitzer Aide Is Expected Back at Work
Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s communications director, who was a central figure in an attempt to use the State Police to embarrass the governor’s main rival, is expected to return to state government as early as this week, people briefed on the matter said ... |
Aug 29, 2007 |
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Eliot Spitzer News
Though two independent investigations proved that no illegal activity occurred on my watch, it is crystal clear that what members of my administration did was wrong — no ifs, ands or buts.I have apologized to Joe Bruno, the Senate majority leader, and ... |
Aug 9, 2007 |
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The three stooges
Omertà (or a code of silence) has become the final bond holding the Bush administration together. Honesty is dishonorable; silence is manly; penitence is weakness. Loyalty trumps law. Protecting higher-ups is patriotism. Stonewalling is idealism. Telling ... |
Aug 2, 2007 |
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Senate May End an Era of Cloakroom Anonymity
all three variations on the Senate hold one of the most secretive backroom weapons in Congress have been used to tie the chamber in knots by allowing senators to block legislation and nominations anonymously, and to do so for reasons as simple as pique or ... |
Aug 2, 2007 |
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House Democrats pass contempt citation
The House Judiciary Committee approved a contempt of Congress citation Wednesday against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and one-time Counsel Harriet Miers, setting up a constitutional confrontation over the firings of federal prosecutors. From ... |
Jul 25, 2007 |
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Omertà, GOP Style
Omertà is based partly on fear and partly on idealism – it is an extreme form of loyalty and solidarity in the face of authority. One of its absolute tenets is that it is deeply demeaning and shameful to betray even one’s deadliest enemy to the ... |
Jul 3, 2007 |
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The Project On Government Oversight
The Project On Government Oversight follows a rich tradition of assuring that the government continues to work for the people it represents. Our nation was founded on the very principle that representation and accountability are fundamental to ... |
May 16, 2007 |
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Billions in Oil Missing in Iraq
Between 100,000 and 300,000 barrels a day of Iraqâs declared oil production over the past four years is unaccounted for and could have been siphoned off through corruption or smuggling, according to a draft American government report. From New York ... |
May 16, 2007 |
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Abramoff III
Yet another shoe drops in the Jack Abramoff investigation. A former aide to Rep. Don Young (R-AK), Mark Zachares, looks set to plead guilty to corruption charges. From TPMmuckraker You know things are bad when scandals this big become B level stories ... |
Apr 24, 2007 |
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Bill to Let Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices Is Blocked
A pillar of the Democratic political program tumbled today when Republicans in the Senate blocked a proposal to allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices for millions of older Americans, a practice now forbidden by law. From Bill to Let Medicare ... |
Apr 20, 2007 |
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Ex-Aide Says Gonzales Was Involved in Firings
“I don’t think the attorney general’s statement that he was not involved in any discussions about U.S. attorney removals is accurate,” the former Gonzales aide, D. Kyle Sampson, said under questioning at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. From New ... |
Mar 29, 2007 |
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GSA Chief Is Accused of Playing Politics
Witnesses have told congressional investigators that the chief of the General Services Administration and a deputy in Karl Rove's political affairs office at the White House joined in a videoconference earlier this year with top GSA political ... |
Mar 26, 2007 |
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Abramoff?
People are still getting into trouble over their dealing with Abramoff. Its just not front page news anymore. |
Mar 23, 2007 |
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Senate limits Gonzales' hiring authority
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to end the Bush administration's ability to unilaterally fill U.S. attorney vacancies as a backlash to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' firing of eight federal prosecutors. And the kicker is: Former House ... |
Mar 21, 2007 |
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uncivil servants
NYC residents should check out uncivil servants a web site that documents civil servant parking violations. |
Mar 19, 2007 |