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Rangel found floating in Pelosi's swamp
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi swept into power with a promise to "drain the swamp" and combat a "culture of corruption." It turns out that the swamp has in fact not been drained; it instead continues to...
The threat represented by Gov. Palin: actual change in Washington
The Senate, October 20, 2005 Powerful senators gather on the floor including Ted Stevens, Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), Delaware Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) and Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK...
Most pathetic phishing attempt of all time
• Misspellings in the subject line? Check. • Sender is an anonymous Yahoo account, not the financial institution? Check. • Link you're supposed to click is an IP address? Check. • Odd...
Kwame Obama: hey, it's only ten felony charges!
Barack Obama just breathed a sigh of relief. A judge ruled that his good friend Detroit Mayor (and Democratic superdelegate) Kwame Kilpatrick could not attend the Democratic National Convention. Jus...
Video o' the day: the sad tale of Grove Parc
The sad tale of Grove Parc has been transformed into a short video by Ushanka.us: Powerful stuff. Forward it to your friends....
A Helicopter Tour of Mr. Obama's Neighborhood
Welcome to Barack Obama's neighborhood. No, not the neighborhood that includes his mansion, but the area where Obama did his "community organizing" and where he served as a state senator. As a state...
Troubling donations to Barack Obama, starting with Valerie Jarrett
According to Newsweek Magazine, one of Barack Obama's most trusted advisers is Valerie Jarrett. She is, says the Chicago Tribune, one of Barack and Michelle Obama's closest friends. Jarrett is the c...
Obama received thousands in illegal contributions (from Hamas?)
Atlas has crunched the numbers and discovered a swath of illegal campaign donations to Barack Obama. Consider the strange case of Monir Edwan of Rafah, GA (that's Gaza, by the way, not Georgia). Acc...
Dumb and Dumbercrat
A Democrat named Ray Torres Sanchez is running for Congress in Florida's 23rd District. The incumbent, Alcee Hastings, is also a Democrat and was impeached in 1988 for bribery and perjury. He subseq...
The Daley Show: The Power Behind Barack Obama
Today's Chicago Tribune features a lengthy press release from the Chicago Democratic machine that heaps non-stop praise on "'The other side of Obama's brain." That phrase refers to Valerie Jarrett, o...
Rules? They're for the little people, not Democratic big-wigs
Rep. Robert Wexler, author of "Fire-Breathing Liberal", has a tiny bit of a residency problem according to the Wall Street Journal's John Fund. The Palm Beach Post provides the backdrop. An opponent...
Barack Obama, Yesse Yehudah and the foul odor of corruption
The Chicago Sun-Times ("Obama's goodie bag") has produced a laundry list of State Senator Obama's grants during his brief tenure. Among the suspect donations: a $75,000 grant to a group called Fulfi...
Chuck Schumer: a hedge fund manager's useful idiot?
"Mick Danger" -- one of Donald Luskin's contacts -- wonders about Chuck Schumer's relationships with certain hedge fund operators. You may recall that Schumer touched off a bank run at IndyMac by rel...
Richard Milhaus Obama's Coverup
Jim Geraghty (via LGF): From the Chicago Sun-Times article on grants distributed by then-state-legislator Barack Obama. (Records from 1997 to 2000 weren’t available.) There’s a shock. His state l...
Obama's Special Discounts on Super Super Jumbo Home Loan
Judicial Watch: "Judicial Watch Files Senate, FEC Complaints against Barack Obama over Questionable Mortgage Loan" -- Northern Trust Allegedly Provided Obama Special Discounts on "Super Super Jumbo" H...
Obama's Rose Law Firm Files
I've got my own suspicions, but judge for yourself. Barack Obama has made some strange decisions regarding secrecy and records. His state legislative records are missing and may have been thrown out,...