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  • Lobbying by top Biden aide's brother latest hit to administration's 'highest ethical standards'

    07/29/2021 12:51:19 AM PDT · by blueplum · 2 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 28 Jul 2021 | Katherine Doyle, White House Correspondent
    When newly filed records showed the brother of a top adviser to President Joe Biden lobbied the National Security Council for a major automaker, it became the latest concern for ethics experts who see a porous firewall despite the president's ethics pledge. Jeff Ricchetti, whose brother Steve Ricchetti is a counselor to the president, was paid $60,000 during the second quarter of 2021 to lobby the council on "issues related to China" on behalf of General Motors, according to a recent disclosure. Under the Trump administration, the automaker sought to have tariffs removed from their Buick Envision, which is made...
  • 5 injured, 12 arrested in Arkansas ‘fireworks war’ for July 4

    07/08/2019 6:09:07 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 38 replies
    WTVY ^ | July 7, 2019
    PULASKI COUNTY, Ark. (KARK/CNN) - At least five people lost fingers the night of July 4 in what has been deemed a “fireworks war” in Arkansas, according to the sheriff’s office. Authorities with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office say a group of people shot fireworks at each other, deputies and their patrol cars and even ambulances coming to aid the injured in a “fireworks war” on the Fourth of July. "We've never experienced something to this scale,” said Lt. Cody Burk with the sheriff’s office. At least five people suffered hand injuries, some of which were described as severe. Burk...
  • Fox’s Bolling: Why Are GOPers on ‘Same Side’ as Hillary and Liberal Media Against Trump?

    12/11/2015 6:53:48 PM PST · by markomalley · 53 replies
    Mediaite ^ | 12/11/15 | Josh Feldman
    Fox’s Eric Bolling tonight––guest-hosting The O’Reilly Factor––said that the Republicans criticizing Donald Trump are basically on the same side as Hillary Clinton and the liberal media.As far as Bolling’s concerned, Trump’s all-Muslim ban isn’t really that bad of an idea, partly because it’s not hurting him in the polls.He asked, “Is this a mistake for the other GOP contenders to line up on the same side as Hillary Clinton and the media?… You’re forcing the American public, the GOP to choose. A lot of them don’t like liberals or the media.”Simon Rosenberg still said it was a bad idea because...
  • John Boehner's "GobGop" Plan to Sell Out the Tea Party in 2013. It Will Begin in January 2011.

    11/06/2010 9:38:01 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 61 replies
    Gary North's Specific Answers ^ | November 6, 2010 | Gary North
    First, you must understand that Boehner is a GobGop: a Good Old Boy of the Grand Old Party. The GobGops' goal is to keep the present system funded by the Bigs: Big Business, Big Pharma, Big Oil, and Big Banking. If you do not understand this, then you are as naive as a Democrat who thinks Obama speaks for The Common Man.Boehner shilled for Hank Paulson and Goldman Sachs by begging the Republicans to vote for the $750+ billion Big Bank Bailout in 2008. Watch his emotional performance here. "We just have to do it!" No, they didn't. Ron Paul...
  • Volcker Tapped for Advisory Role

    11/26/2008 8:06:53 AM PST · by MissCalico · 80 replies · 4,085+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | Jonathan Weisman
    x-Fed Chief to Lead New Economic Panel of Outside Experts Who Will Brief Obama President-elect Barack Obama appointed former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker on Wednesday to be the chairman of a new White House advisory board tasked with helping to lift the nation from recession and stabilize financial markets. University of Chicago economist Austan Goolsbee, one of Mr. Obama's longest-serving policy advisers, will serve as the board's staff director, along with his duties as a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Members of the panel will be drawn from a cross-section of citizens outside the government,...
  • Obama Politics May Curb Trials in Oklahoma

    11/09/2008 1:22:36 PM PST · by Osage Orange · 18 replies · 208+ views
    The Daily Oklahoman ^ | November 9, 2008 | TONY THORNTON
    Obama Politics May Curb Trials in Oklahoma BY TONY THORNTON Published: November 9, 2008 Barack Obama’s election as president could benefit the remaining targets of a three-year FBI investigation of political corruption in Oklahoma. Advertisement Here’s why: Obama likely will appoint a new U.S. attorney — presumably one who’s a Democrat — to replace Bush appointee Sheldon Sperling in Oklahoma’s eastern federal district. Because all of those prosecuted so far have been Democrats, some observers think the investigation could end once Obama names a replacement for Sperling. "I’d be shocked if it continued,” said defense attorney Rand C. Eddy, who...
  • North, South Republicans may be set for breakup (Update at #64)

    12/09/2007 2:30:56 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 68 replies · 285+ views
    The Clarion-Ledger | December 9, 2007 | Richard Dortch
    Cannot be posted due to copyright issues: http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007712090318
  • CA: Parra works for party's blessing

    01/17/2004 9:54:57 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 5 replies · 308+ views
    FResno Bee ^ | 1/17/04 | John Ellis
    <p>SAN JOSE -- This time around, Assembly Member Nicole Parra is leaving nothing to chance.</p> <p>The Hanford Democrat is determined to leave this weekend's state Democratic Party convention with an official party blessing for her re-election bid this coming November against Bakersfield Republican Dean Gardner.</p>