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Nature Abhors a Vacuum but so do Wingnuts: The Bailout and our National Security

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Wall Street Crisis, Conservatives, National Security, Terrorism, Missile Defense, The White House Project, Congressional Oversight, Sarah Palin Vice President, Political Corruption, Alaska, Palin Biden Debate, Counterinsurgency, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

Conservative lip service to ideas like free markets and a strong defense produced neither. These "values" were never actually turned into priorities for policy making.

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Warning: Wrecking Crew at Work

Thomas Frank | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Department of Interior, Political Corruption, Bush Administration, Interior Department Scandal, Free Market, Politics News
Thomas Frank

The Interior Department's bungle-dee-botch is what government looks like when you make it "market-based," as Bush once put it. This kind of government answers not to the public but to the party with the most money.

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"You Have No Standing": The Story of the Latin School Lincoln Park Land Grab

Tom Tresser | Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Gery Chico, Protect Our Parks, Political Corruption, Chicago Park District, Protect Our Parks Lawsuit, Tim Mitchell, Latin School Soccer Field, Mayor Daley, Green Living, Chicago News
Tom Tresser

This unprecedented deal would've made money for the Latin School since they could sell sponsorships, fund raise and give donor recognition in the second most used park in America and they could sublease or re-sell the field to paying users when they were not using it. The general public (read, you and me and public school kids) could use this proposed facility without regard for the Latin School's schedule only during the winter - so dress warmly. How could this happen?

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Kevin Ring, Abramoff Associate, Indicted On Corruption Charges

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jack Abramoff, Kevin Ring, Corruption, Political Corruption, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A one-time congressional aide who went on to work with jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff was arrested Monday and accused of conspiring ...

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Deposed Thai Prime Minister Flees To Britain To Avoid Corruption Charges

AP | AMBIKA AHUJA | Posted 09.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Thailand, England, Corruption, Political Corruption, Home News

BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to exile in London, jumping bail and saying he could not expect...

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Bush Praises Stevens, Ignoring Indictment

The Los Angeles Times | Johanna Neuman | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, George Bush, Ted Stevens, Ted Stevens Corruption, Ted Stevens Indictment, Political Corruption, Alaska, Politics News

Republican Ted Stevens is the king of pork-barrel earmark spending. The senior senator from Alaska is also the architect of the infamous Bridge to Now...

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'Black Republican PAC' Fronts for Direct Mail Wingnut Welfare

Pam Spaulding | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wingnut Welfare, Political Corruption, Race, Republicans, Black Republicans, Barack Obama, Ponzi Scheme, Politics News
Pam Spaulding

What we're seeing here are the worst aspects of that GOP machinery at work, using some of the black members of its party to hide behind as it launches an attack on Barack Obama.

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Thousands of Whistleblowers Silenced By Bush DOJ!

Rob Kall | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Whistleblowers, Justice Department, Bush Corruption, Corruption, DOJ Corruption, Tenet Health Care, Political Corruption, Washington Post, Health Care, Politics News
Rob Kall

The DOJ rejected or bottled up thousands of whistleblower complaints and reports throughout the Bush administration. Even the ones they accepted, they kept unprocessed for years.

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McCain: Lock-Step and (Oil) Barrel

Janet Ritz | Posted 06.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Floods, Bush Oil, Congress, Nasa, Right Wing Media, Phil Gramm, Lobbyists, George W. Bush, Iraq, Iraq Oil, Smears, Republican Hypocrisy, Stagflation, Political Corruption, Hurricane Katrina, Jim Wilkinson, Jeffrey Skilling, Texas Oil, John McCain, Michelle Obama, John McCain Hypocrisy, World Hunger, Enron, Climate Satellites, John McCain Lobbyist, Midwest Flooding, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2008, Farm Bill, Enron Loophole, Enron Scam, John McCain 2008, Inflation, Hypocrisy, Refugees, Republicans, Green, Green News
Janet Ritz

While Obama was in Illinois shoveling sand in bags to hold back the Bush-neglected infrastructure that was crumbling around him McCain was on his way to accept whoops and cheers from oil industry insiders.

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Straight Talk? You Decide

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Corruption, Mccain, Political Finance, Campaign Finance Reform, Donald Diamond, McCain Diamond, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

The New York Times reports today on one of McCain's leading political patrons, Arizona developer Donald R. Diamond, sometimes known as "The Donald," Arizona's answer to Donald Trump.

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Corrupt GOP Congressman Won't Seek Reelection

Associated Press | Erica Werner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abramoff Wives, Doolittle, Political Corruption, Bush Administration, Doolittle Abramoff, Jack Abramoff, John Doolittle, Politics News

Republican Rep. John Doolittle of California, who is under investigation in a congressional lobbying scandal, said Thursday that he'll retire from Con...

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