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Blagojevich Becomes The Latest Illinois Governor To Face Legal Problems

The very disappointing revelations today of the arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich read like a final chapter in some Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde drama. As a congressman, Blagojevich established a reasonable reputation as an effective legislator, but as...

Posted on December 9, 2008 7:55 PM

John McCain's Role In The $160.1 Billion Lincoln Savings & Loan Collapse

This morning in Green Bay, Wisconsin, John McCain, a former major figure in the 1989 Lincoln Savings & Loan Scandal and the $160.1 billion dollar collapse, with his running mate, Sarah Palin, under her own ethics investigation in her state...

Posted on September 19, 2008 1:49 PM

American Servicemen Dying From Shoddy Reconstruction Work In Iraq

Shortly after the 2003 Iraq War began, most Americans had hoped that questionable deals such as Dick Cheney's former company Halliburton getting a lucrative no-bidder contract for Iraq reconstruction the Pentagon would be the very worst of the questionable reconstruction...

Posted on September 11, 2008 4:41 PM

Alaska, Hotbed of Republican Corruption

Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator and a figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, was indicted Tuesday on seven counts of failing to disclose thousands of dollars in services he received from a company that helped renovate his home.

Posted on July 29, 2008 3:13 PM

Jurors In Florida Sell Their Votes For A Book Deal

All of this has happened with the backdrop of the Bush Administration's very own Justice Department preparing a number of election year politically motivated court cases dealing with hot button issues close to the heart of Christian right voters, including followers of Rev. John Hagee and other John McCain supporters that include issues dealing with obscenity, abortion and Gay rights.

Posted on June 12, 2008 12:18 PM

War Advocate John McCain Fails To Attract Defense Contractor Donations

Even though war advocate John McCain is decisively pro-military and highly likely to extend U.S. involvement in the Iraq War for as long as another 30 years, and is also highly likely to start a new war with Iran if...

Posted on February 18, 2008 12:36 PM

New Signs of Republican Corruption - Blackwater

Updated and bumped: There are startling new developments in the Krongard corruption scandal this morning. Howard Krongard, the State Department Inspector General who is charged with protecting whistle-blowers, appears to be out to persecute them instead. Krongard told staffers they...

Posted on September 29, 2007 6:34 AM

Sen. Ted Stevens Home Searched by FBI, IRS

More corruption on the right: Agents from the FBI and Internal Revenue Service on Monday searched the home of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, an official said. Investigators arrived at the Republican senator's home in Girdwood shortly before 2:30 p.m. Alaska...

Posted on July 30, 2007 7:45 PM

Rove was Right

from Townhall: Karl Rove, President Bush's political lieutenant, told a closed-door meeting of 2008 Republican House candidates and their aides Tuesday that it was less the war in Iraq than corruption in Congress that caused their party's defeat in the...

Posted on July 30, 2007 12:00 PM

FBI Probing Republican Senator Ted Stevens

Looks like the FBI is investigating another little piggie, this time it's Republican Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska. Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, disclosed in an interview that the FBI asked him to preserve records as...

Posted on June 7, 2007 10:59 PM

"Cold Cash" Jefferson Indicted on 16 Counts

MSNBC story: Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., was indicted Monday on federal charges of racketeering, soliciting bribes and money-laundering in a long-running bribery investigation into business deals he tried to broker in Africa. The 16-count indictment was handed up in U.S....

Posted on June 4, 2007 4:00 PM

Gonzales Impeachment Gaining Steam

A message from Robert Greenwald about the movement to impeach Attorney General Alberto Gonzales: We knew people were furious about Gonzales, but the numbers signing the petition (almost 60,000) and watching the video (over 200,000) exceeded all our expectations. It...

Posted on May 31, 2007 9:00 AM

Cheney Ordered Visitor Records Destroyed

HuffPo story: A lawyer for Vice President Dick Cheney told the Secret Service in September to eliminate data on who visited Cheney at his official residence, a newly disclosed letter states. The Sept. 13, 2006, letter from Cheney's lawyer says...

Posted on May 30, 2007 4:00 PM

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