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  Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI) was defeated in a Democratic primary yesterday. Kilpatrick was one of six members of Congress investigated by the Office of Congressional Ethics and the House Ethics Committee for accepting a corporate-sponsored Caribbean junket in November 2008. I attended the event in St. Maarten before organizers had me detained by the Police Korps of St. Maarten. The investigations were launched on the basis of my photographs, audio recordings and other evidence of sponsorship by companies like Citigroup. The Ethics Committee admonished Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), leading him to resign his post as Chairman of...

Cheeks Kilpatrick comes back to take slight lead over Waters

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) had a harsh and simple message yesterday for independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader: “Get your ass out.” Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-Mich.) made that comment to the man many Democrats blamed for putting Bush in the White House, according to several sources in the closed-door meeting. “Many of us told him that,” said Rep. Major Owens (D-N.Y.). But Nader appeared unwilling to heed the CBC’s advice, causing many black lawmakers to express their frustration. “The guy’s got a Messiah complex,” said Rep. Al Wynn (D-Md.). “He’s all over the park on why he wants...