Of course there are bad apples in any organization.  But the Democratic Party for years has accused the Republican Party of fostering a "culture of corruption."  It has been a recurring campaign theme since the summer of 2005*.  But upon closer examination, it appears that the political left is where there is a problem with corruption.

Even more examples are available if you look for the word "corruption" on this page.

The word "suspicious" doesn't even begin to describe the stuff on this page.

Specific politicians have their own subsections on this page:

    Congressman Henry Cuellar,
    Governor Andrew Cuomo,
    Senator Raphael Warnock,
    Eric Swalwell,
    Lyndon B. Johnson,
    Mark Kelly,
    Cal Cunningham,
    Representative Ilhan Omar,
    Representative Rashida Tlaib,
    Representative Katie Hill,
    Mega-donor Ed Buck,
    Representative Ilhan Omar,
    Representative Elijah Cummings,
    Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
    The Late Senator Ted Kennedy,
    Senator Dianne Feinstein,
    Representative Corrine Brown,
    Senator Robert Menendez,
    Former Senator Harry Reid,
    Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin,
    Representative Emanuel Cleaver,
    Representative Sheila Jackson Lee,
    Former Senator Jon Corzine,
    Representative Laura Richardson,
    Representative Alcee Hastings,
    Representative David Wu,
    Andrew Gillum,
    Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr.,
    Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson,
    Representative Maxine Waters,
    Mr. and Mrs. John Conyers,
    Former DC Mayor Marion Barry,
    Senator Chris Dodd,
    Sandy Berger,
    Kwame Kilpatrick, former mayor of Detroit,
    The Late Congressman John Murtha,
    Former Congressman Barney Frank,
    Former Congressman Charles B. Rangel of New York,
    Former Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois,
    and his protégé, Senator Roland Burris of Illinois.

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Another Democratic Scheme To Establish Absolute Political Power.  Democrats don't support open borders for humanitarian reasons.  They want the lines erased because they see every illegal alien as a likely Democratic voter crucial to their political power grab.  But there's another reason:  They want to increase the populations of Democratic states to boost their representation in Congress and the Electoral College.  Apparently it's not enough for Democrats to have become authoritarians, they have to be corrupt, too.  Of course this is no surprise.  Only the corrupt become authoritarians.  Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek showed in chapter 10 of "The Road to Serfdom" why socialist systems never have decent people in charge.  "Bad men," Hayek explained in Why the Worst Get on Top, have no inhibitions about running other peoples' lives.  It is "the unscrupulous and uninhibited," he wrote in 1944, who "are likely to be more successful in a society tending toward totalitarianism."

Bidenana Republic.  Readers may believe calling America a banana republic is an exaggeration but think about it.  Congress is in the midst of passing what is laughingly called a budget.  Half the money comes from taxpayers.  Half the money is borrowed.  All the money goes to special interests.  The FBI provides the muscle.  In 2016, it investigated Hillary who sent 33,000 emails to a trucking company in Red China.  The FBI granted immunity from prosecution to her staff and helped destroy key evidence.  Jimmy the Weasel Comey said that since she didn't mean to break the law, he would recommend not prosecuting.  He made that recommendation days after his boss, Loretta Lynch, and Bill Clinton had an impromptu 45-minute talk on an airport tarmac.  Clinton said they discussed their grandchildren.  By grandchildren, he meant that vacancy on the Supreme Court.  At the same time, the FBI tried to con a judge into approving wiretapping of Donald Trump.  In a rare act of courage, the judge turned them down in June but in October the judge caved in and the FBI spied.  A lot.  We do not know if the FBI ever stopped spying.  There sure seem to be a lot of leaks about what The Donald is doing.  When the FBI isn't covering up crimes and spying for Democrats and RINOs, it is entrapping civilians.  Democrat Governor Whitmer was in jeopardy of losing her job when an FBI informant convinced four losers to hatch an asinine plot to kidnap her.  This is why many people believe that the FBI and Capitol Police enticed people to enter the Capitol, which was closed to the public at the time, on January 6, 2021.  This allowed Nancy Pelosi and the rest to recast a rally on the National Mall as an insurrection.  This led to a post-presidency impeachment trial.  These people are nuts.  But these people are in power.

Who will take the fall for Afghanistan?  One of the Marine Corps principles of leadership is to accept responsibility for your actions.  In most Western cultures, those who fail spectacularly then resign.  Traditional Japanese military culture demanded that those who failed commit suicide out of shame and honor.  In modern Democrat party political culture, there is no true individual responsibility for one's own actions, either in public or private life.  Everything that goes wrong is either someone else's fault or society's fault.  It's a victimology cult.  A hollow, ritualistic statement of "the buck stops here" is then usually accompanied by the non sequitur of blaming someone else.  This is what President Biden did yet again in recent days.

So You Don't Like President Donald Trump?  We are told that style matters.  How a politician speaks in public, how he talks about other Americans, how he tweets.  We have been told that this election is about "character."  So let's talk about character, shall we?  What is the character of a man who drives drunk with his mistress, crashes the car, and walks away, allowing the young woman to drown?  And what is the character of a political elite that knows what he did, covers for him, and then builds that man up to become "the lion of the Senate"?  What is the character of a man who, as vice president, frequently used the "n-word" to describe his fellow Americans who happened to be black and who, he believed, he could simply buy with a massive expansion of the welfare state he called the "Great Society?"  What is the character of a man who, not only has credible allegations of sexual assault and even rape made against him as governor and state attorney general, but when elevated to the presidency, has sex in the Oval Office with an intern 27 years his junior?  And what is the character of the media and political elite that says such a transparent sexual abuse of power and degradation of the most sacred office in the world is just a "private" issue?

The virus is all they've got and they're clinging to it.  [Scroll down]  Now with just a few weeks until the election, the Biden family's corruption is coming into full view, despite social media's rapacious attempts to squelch the news of Hunter's career as an influence peddler.  How has all this ill-gotten wealth escaped the notice of the IRS?  The same way the many millions of the Clintons' ill-gotten wealth was overlooked by the IRS.  Outside of D.C., little people go to prison for a fraction of the crimes committed by the Bidens and the Clintons.  That is how the world works these days.  Powerful crooks like the Clintons, the Bidens, the Feinsteins, Pelosis, et al, operate on a plane reserved for the likes of their ilk.

The Re-Rehabilitation Of The Clintons.  The Clintons are helpful to Democrats again, at least right now.  They have a lot of liberal friends with very deep pockets, and Democrats will do anything for money.  Remember Ed Buck?  If that name doesn't sound familiar that's because he was a huge Democratic Party donor in California who had a problem with young gay black men overdosing in his house and the national media did all they could to cover it as quickly as possible and move on.  The party that loves identity politics and accusing people of racism, largely ignored this rich white guy's penchant for victimizing gay black men because his checks cleared.  Same reason people like George Stephanopoulos went to Epstein's "welcome home dinner" after being released from prison on child sex charges a few years ago — if you have money, or can provide the party access to people who do, Democrats will forgive or ignore anything.

Eliminating the 1%.  Some righteous businessperson gets fed up with the corruption in Washington and decides to leave his career and run for office to make a change.  He gets elected.  When he get there, he discovers that if he doesn't play the game, all of his efforts get stonewalled.  You have to go along to get along.  He doesn't want to be unproductive, so the compromise.  It's called the moral arc of Washington:  1. Idealism 2. Pragmatism 3. Ambition, and 4. Corruption.  Once they compromise, they get cooperation.  After learning the ropes, they get good at it.  Then they start playing for keeps (ambition).  Have you ever noticed how many people leave a job making $90k a year to do a few stints in Washington making six digits as a public servant, only to retire as a multimillionaire?  Weird.

Exposing the RINO Underground By Smoking Out the 'Never Trumpers' One-by-One.  [Scroll down]  [C]oncerns about Trump's personal-character flaws are fair.  But as so many prominent theologians throughout the G-d-conscious Christian community and the Orthodox Jewish community realize, our Presidents often have profound failings of character.  Obama was a brazen liar, a financially corrupt cheat who got rich with the help of the felon Tony Rezko and who consorted with the worst racists in America:  Louis Farrakhan, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Al Sharpton.  Clinton's private life was a stain on the American fabric.  John Kennedy was a dossier that even Christopher Steele could not compile.

Democrats' Trump impeachment focus sends voters clear message:  We don't care what you think.  [Scroll down]  You got that?  "No one is above the law," explain the very same people who spent all day making excuses for illegitimate government spying on American citizens.  But never mind.  Literally, no one is above the law.  Democrats say that over and over and over again.  Yeah, it's pretty simple.  You don't need a law degree to understand it.  Nobody is above the law.  Nobody — except for the more than 20 million illegal aliens whom the left tell us have every right to be here, ignoring our laws.  And shut up, racist, if you disagree.  Also, the so-called homeless shooting up and defecating and living full-time on our sidewalks.  The law does not apply to them or to subway jumpers in New York or to Hunter Biden.  But other than that, absolutely nobody is above the law, meaning Trump.  And that's why they're impeaching him.

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Right.  No one is above the law, except Hillary Clinton seems to be above the law (Whitewater, Travelgate, Cattle futures, spoliation of evidence).  And the guy that broke Jeffrey Epstein's neck seems to be above the law.  Hunter Biden is definitely above the law.  And the people who rubbed out Vince Foster, Ron Brown, Gareth Williams, Shawn Lucas, Seth Rich, Suzanne Coleman, and Mary Caitrin Mahoney seem to be above the law. 

For Peace in America, We Must Return to the Rule of Law.  The Left has simply become evil.  That is not to say all registered Democrats or Democrat politicians are necessarily evil, but the national-level leadership of the party and their primary backers represent a genuinely evil, oppressive, authoritarian, and — not coincidentally — anti-Semitic program (under the thin veneer of vicious, rabid anti-Zionism).  They either represent this mindset outright (e.g., vice DNC chairman Keith Ellison, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, etc.) or are unwilling to summon the elemental courage to oppose these trends effectively in their own party (e.g., Pelosi, Schumer).  What is more, almost uniformly among their leaders — to include the likes of Pelosi and Schumer — they will stoop to any level of dishonesty and corruption in order to obtain or maintain power (e.g., the Stalinesque Kavanaugh "show trial" hearings, the vote fraud spectacles we saw in Florida and California this past midterm election, advocating for illegal aliens to vote, advocating lowering the voting age to 16, etc.).

The Left Will Make 2019 a Dark Year.  There is nothing Trump or any member of his administration has done that is comparable to Hillary Clinton's use of her own email server while U.S. secretary of state, or her destroying tens of thousands of emails after they were subpoenaed by Congress, or foreign governments' and corporations' paying vast sums of money to Bill Clinton and the Clinton Foundation while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state.  Nor is there anything Trump or anyone in his administration has done comparable to the Obama Administration's use of the IRS to suppress conservative nonprofits; its selling guns to Mexican drug cartels, at least one of which was later found at the scene where a Border Patrol officer was killed; or the lies it told about the cause of the murder of a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Benghazi.  Yet any suggestion by Republicans that these activities be investigated is effectively shouted down by the Democrats and the media.

Top congressional corruption miscreants exposed, and guess which party dominates.  What is most noteworthy about this list?  The high presence of Democrats and the culture of impunity that allows them to go unpunished over and over.  There it is, on display, and we haven't even heard any reports yet about the ones who "suddenly" found themselves millionaires on their congressional salaries after insider stock trading and other machinations described by Peter Schweizer in his superb book, Throw Them All Out.  Seriously, it's five of the six on the list, while the GOP leadership and the ex-candidate have corruption of other categories.  These people are cover-up artists, pocket-liners, and political opportunists.

Why is Brett Kavanaugh being barbecued by the US Senate, while Bill Clinton goes unscathed?  The biggest thing that didn't happen this year was the final collapse of Bill Clinton's reputation.  The former US President, and his warmongering and strangely supportive wife Hillary, have somehow managed to escape the great ultra-feminist frenzy that has brought down so many men from their pedestals of power and reputation.  Personally, I'm not especially troubled by Bill's survival.  Against my own will, I almost like the terrible old monster.  I was once bathed in his chicken-fried charm for a delightful, unforgettable minute when I slipped uninvited into a White House event and asked him an awkward question about Ireland.  Ah, I thought, so this is what they mean by charisma.  He may have helped the IRA to win, but he didn't invade Iraq.  There are worse men, and worse women.  In any case, I'm not in favour of ruining people's lives on the basis of ancient, uncorroborated claims.  And I'm less and less interested in other people's sexual doings.

The Top 50 Liberal Media Bias Examples.  [#36] Name That Party: [...] Here is how it is played:  every time a Democrat is caught in misconduct, the media will either "accidentally" forget to mention his party affiliation or will bury it at the tail of the article were fewer people will see it — you see, the media knows that more people quit reading an article before they get to the last paragraphs than finish reading to the end.  On the other hand, when a Republican is caught in a crime his party affiliation either leads the piece or even appears in the very headline of the report.  The Republican Party is associated immediately with wrongdoing while the Democrat Party's part in the story is buried or ignored.

The Left as Crime Family.  The early Clinton escapades weren't the outcome of being Boy Scouts.  Using political influence to do a land deal in Arkansas, or to gain $100,000 in the commodity market for being the governor's wife, was a pretty good sign of who they are — as were Bill's early sexual predations and Hillary's early persecution of the women he used.  The thuggishness of Barack was clear early on.  There was his land deal, wherein he enriched himself with Tony Rezko in Chicago.  All his political wins came by nefariously taking out his political opponents rather than beating them fairly in the arena of ideas.  Everyone should have known.  They all got away with their less than honest early deals but were awarded more power as a result of their nefarious actions.  The left loved their ability to lie as they skated through the finish line unscathed.  The next big step up the ladder for the Clintons was becoming president.

Americans Learning to Live with Treason.  [Scroll down] 
  •   Benghazi — Obama and his administration [told] the American people that a video caused the horrific massacre.  President and allies openly engage in cover-up.
  •   FBI investigation on Hillary Clinton — Comey announces Hillary's guilty on all counts, then the judgment, and she walks.  A two-tier justice system; Hillary's above the law.
  •   CNN caught giving to Hillary Clinton.  Democrats rig debates.  Democrats cheat Bernie Sanders out of the nomination.  Democrats rig elections.
These are just a few of the unacceptable transgressions by our corrupt leaders.  Each time, outraged conservatives demand that the perpetrators be brought to justice.  Each time, the press gaslights the American people with a media blackout, acts as though the incident never happened.  Each time, the cabal rides out the news cycle until the story fades, and everyone's home free.

In Defense of Masculinity.  The irony is that in many of these situations the ones being exposed (pun intended) reside within the warm cocoon of the liberal cultural elite.  Most of these people have spent a lifetime — and a great deal of effort and money — sneering at and debasing the culture of practiced faith, respect for women, the institutions of traditional marriage and family, all the while portraying men of that "debased lifestyle" they disparaged as unenlightened peasants and troglodytes.  Now it appears the men who mounted these assaults — both literally and figuratively — are nothing but patriarchal misogynistic perverts.

Time to Criminalize Tyranny.  Some people are calling for "reconciliation" after Trump's election.  Some even say that Hillary shouldn't be prosecuted.  The reality is that if we allow liberals to constantly misuse government power and break the law with no consequences, they will never stop.  Like little children, they need a spanking to keep them in line.  President Trump should set up a special prosecutor to dig up all the government workers, from Hillary on down, who used government power to further tyranny.  People like Lois Lerner, who used the full power of the IRS to silence voices that disagreed with her political leanings, should not just be able to retire and collect a pension.  So long as liberals know they can misuse the power of government and get away with it, they will continue to wage war against the American people while being paid by the American people.

Breathtaking Criminality in Washington.  Recent revealed emails within that broad criminal conspiracy known as leftism show just how utterly dependent those sock puppets like Obama and Hillary are upon the nefarious intertwined collusion of the leftist media, the agencies of the Executive Branch, the Clinton campaign, and the DNC.  The depth of this criminal conspiracy, as these latest emails show, is stunning.  Consider the network news programs that gave Hillary the questions days before she was asked in a presumably spontaneous interview.  Giant corporations are not supposed to give free campaign resources to candidates.  That violates federal election laws unless the economic value of these actions are reported as corporate contributions to the Clinton campaign, which, of course, these are not.

A Sporting Event Where Only One Team Obeys the Rules.  After eight years of the most blatant and obvious corruption, we watch current events as if we have a splinter in our eye.  An entire political party is so morally bankrupt that it no longer feels any need to hold its members to any rules at all. [...] The IRS commissioner still uses the IRS to target conservatives.  The Obama administration is literally turning illegal aliens into citizens to unlawfully alter the outcome of the upcoming election, as Democrats have always done.  They are rewarding criminals with early release from prison and restored voting rights simply to tip the scales.  They are flooding our country with Muslim Syrians, whose culture is antithetical to ours, knowing the inevitable outcome will be an eventual conflict between those who believe in forcefully imposing Islamic theocracy and those few who still know and believe in the American Constitution.  They are making secret alliances with our enemies, or merely surrendering to them out of abject cowardice or belief in common principles.  They protect terrorists, who are the ultimate rule-breakers, while demonizing Americans, who cannot figure out what they may have done wrong, having done nothing but exist.

Will Hillary Break The Criminal Conduct Glass Ceiling?  Voters in Massachusetts deserve a special category of ignominy having sent Barney Frank to Congress for twelve terms after his implication in a male prostitution ring; for re-electing Gerry Studds six times after his censure by Congress for having gay sex with an underage congressional page; and of course for returning Ted Kennedy to the US Senate five times, after he narrowly escaped a grand jury indictment over Mary Jo Kopechne's asphyxiation death in his abandoned Oldsmobile off Chappaquiddick Island.  Massachusetts is the role model, notwithstanding stiff competition from Illinois, where Democratic Party ideology and loyalty excuses criminal conduct.

The Stench of Corruption Stalks Harry Reid.  Honestly, the level of corruption in the Democratic Party is just stupefying.  They don't even try to hide it anymore.  From Bill Clinton, whose mentor in Arkansas was the Prohibition gangster Owney Madden; to Nancy Pelosi (Baltimore mafia princess) to the Chicago Mob stooge Barack Obama to Reid — the living embodiment of Sen. Pat Geary himself — the party is run by criminals for criminals.  Is there not a single lawyer expert in the RICO statutes on the GOP side?  Or is the Stupid Party too dumb to notice what's happening?

Lying Democrats: Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder have no shame.  Something happens to men and women when they gain a proximity to power.  Most in public service, one can only assume, begin with noble purpose:  to serve, to change and improve the world — whether that be a small town or, literally, the world.  Soon enough, many — not all, but many — want only to stay in that position of power, and will do what it takes, whatever it takes, to stay there.  Where once they talked only of their dreams and ambitions, not for themselves, but for those they served, soon enough they spend their days tearing down — their campaign foes, opposing political parties and, in the end, anyone who doesn't think like them.

5 Signs Of Societal Degeneration In America.  [#4]  Politics: As a society, we moved from expecting politicians to be better than the rest of us to expecting them to be more degenerate than the rest of us.  Ted Kennedy left a woman to die in a tidal pool and was reelected.  Marion Barry was reelected after being caught smoking crack.  Barack Obama is the first President to be elected after admitting he used cocaine.  Barney Frank had a prostitution ring run out of his apartment.  Just this last election cycle, Jesse Jackson, Jr. was reelected from the Mayo Clinic.  Because of the partisan leans of states and gerrymandering, for a majority of politicians, they have lifetime appointments and elections are mere formalities.

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Are the Years of Madness Ending?  Never has a president so deserved to be removed by the 25th Amendment or through impeachment and conviction. [...] Never has a presidential family so brazenly profited by selling its influence to foreign interests.  Never has it used the powers of the FBI and DOJ to cover up its crimes and to ensure the family filial bagman would be for years exempted by the DOJ and later pardoned by the president himself, the father of the family miscreant and privy to the family syndicate's illegal activities. [...] Never since the Civil War era had local and state insurrectionist governments established 600 nullification zones, in which they vowed to break federal law and consider it null and void within their jurisdictions.  Never have rioters looted, burned, killed, assaulted, and occupied large swaths of cities for over 120 days, and largely with impunity.  Never had the U.S. Treasury borrowed so much money so quickly and owed $37 in national debt — and been so intent on borrowing continuously nearly $2 trillion a year in annual deficits.

The Top Five Presidential Public Relations Crises of 2024.  Finally, the last (in all meanings of that word) political crisis of 2024 is Biden's tone-deaf pardoning of his son, Hunter, perhaps the most manifestly politically corrupt man in American history.  Like Trump, Hunter's been convicted of a number of real felonies (federal no less).  But unlike Trump, he's so manifestly guilty, and so soon set to be imprisoned, that Hunter couldn't ignore it.  What he could do is get daddy to destroy his own political legacy, going all the way back to his first term in office — not in the presidency, but in the Senate back in the early 1970s.  Biden will go down as the least honest, least legal, most corrupt president in American history.  His reputation is shattered.  All because he went back on his often-spoken (on camera and before large crowds) refusal to pardon Hunter — right up until he actually pardoned Hunter.  Worse, he not only pardoned Hunter for all crimes he'd been convicted of or even charged with, but also for all crimes as yet unknown by the Department of Justice or the public.  Never again will Biden be considered an honest man, or even a moderately (or marginally) honest man.  He lied about the pardons, but he issued them without an ounce of shame.

Trump is Flushing the Expert Class Down the Toilet.  President-elect Donald Trump is taking a media break from being called a fascist or Nazi to the latest criticism of filling his cabinet positions with those not deemed to be "experts" by the self-proclaimed "expert class" of government.  Who defines "expert"?  Simple:  those deemed experts by the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, or administrative class embeds.  In other words, it is a circle-jerk of self-professed experts insisting they are the only true experts.  Confirmation bias anyone? [...] Do you remember the last time a group of "security officials" or "experts" signed a letter?  This occurred just before the 2020 election when the "expert class" sought to leverage their influence and credibility to interfere in a presidential election.  More than 50 former senior intelligence officials have signed on to a letter outlining their belief that the recent disclosure of emails allegedly belonging to Joe Biden's son "has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."  Yet the DOJ knew the laptop was real in early 2020, many months before the "experts" released their letter.  This is the "expert class" in action.

Army Secretary Fires a Corrupt Four-Star but Leaves Corruption at the Top Untouched.  It took long enough.  Nine months after an Army four-star general was reported to have repeatedly interfered with a command selection board to favor his apparent mistress, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth has forced General Charles Hamilton into retirement. [...] But now we have more information.
  •   General Randy George, the Army Chief of Staff, knew what Hamilton was doing and abetted it.  George was Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's senior military assistant before his meteoric rise to the Army's chief of staff.
  •   The officer Hamilton pushed onto the command list was in the bottom 1% of the 811 officers considered for battalion command.
  •   This officer's second shot at command selection was the first time anyone had been given a second shot.
  •   General George inserted this officer on the command list despite her having been twice declared unqualified.
  •   Hamilton was banging the officer he was trying to get promoted.
It seemed pretty obvious.

Remember Mayorkas' Impeachment Proceedings?  Remember how Senate Democrats buried Mayorkas' impeachment?  It gets worse.  The Biden-Harris administration spent over $1.6 million in taxpayer money on the defense of U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during his impeachment proceedings, according to internal documents obtained by The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project.  Although the taxpayer spending was previously reported on, the watchdog organization's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) findings confirm that the American people actually paid that much for a fleet of high-flying lawyers to defend Mayorkas.  Last year, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, a prestigious New York law firm, a million-dollar government contract to serve as Mayorkas' defense counsel.  According to a list of contractors, upon retaining the firm, at least 13 staffers from Debevoise & Plimpton were working on his defense case.  The army of attorneys included a firm partner, the company's head of global information security, and a senior litigation case manager, among others, such as associates and general counsel.

Why Didn't They Steal It?  Jay Valentine, one of America's most proficient and successful digital fraud experts, has dug out the tens of thousands of beta-males and blue-haired ninnies who labor away in the globalist trenches.  They give themselves grand names, like the Chinese Progressive Association, but in fact, they are mentally ill kids paid to hate and steal and when necessary manufacture votes.  Kamala may have formally spent $1.2 billion on her campaign, but according to one of her very cross campaign advisers, there was another billion in globalist funds smurfed through the countless non-profits that form the life-blood, the circulation system of the left.  Nineteen states are investigating Act Blue, caught red-handed stealing the identities of elderly working-class men and women and donating tens of thousands in their name per year in tiny amounts, the fraud continuing for a decade, more.  Even the dead contribute.  The actual money is from foreign governments, billionaires, American and otherwise.  The video showing the network, the names, the financing numbers can be found here.  Every dot is an NGO funded by China, Iran, or European and American billionaires working to subvert your vote.  Omega4America and Stop Bogus Ballots have done sterling work outlining how millions of votes, up to 32% of all votes, are manufactured.

Speaker Johnson Calls For Further Investigation Into Democrats' Fundraising Machine.  Speaker Mike Johnson is calling for expanded House probes into ActBlue, the Democrats' behemoth fundraising platform, amid new concerns about foreign funding in U.S. elections.  Rep. Bryan Steil, chairman of the House Administration Committee, this week announced the findings from documents the committee obtained through a subpoena of ActBlue issued days before last month's election.  The records revealed that the fundraising platform continued to accept donations using "foreign prepaid/gift cards" into July, when Democrats and Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign reported record-shattering donation figures.  "ActBlue was accepting foreign gift cards until September.  This is ILLEGAL," the speaker wrote Wednesday on his X account.  The Louisiana Republican assured Steil's committee would "continue this important investigation into ActBlue next Congress."  "Our work here is just getting started," Johnson added.  [Tweet]

Joe Biden Considers A Scorched Earth Policy On His Way Out The Door.  Not satisfied with ruining our economy, adding trillions to the national debt, and allowing 10 million illegal aliens to invade the country, on his way out the door, Joe Biden may be getting ready to eviscerate what's left of our justice system and the rule of law.  Presidents have used their pardon power for years, with the most famous being that of Richard Nixon by Gerald Ford.  Last week, Joe Biden, despite saying he would not do so, pardoned his son for every federal crime he may have committed over the last 11 years, both those for which he had been convicted and those he had not.  That ensures that the Trump administration cannot charge the younger Biden once it takes over the White House.  Biden's pardon was unprecedented.  Most pardons are for specific crimes, and while Ford's pardon of Nixon was a similar blanket immunity, it was specifically tied to the dates he was President.  The younger Biden's, however, is far from specific and applies to no official duties.  It just happens to coincide with the moment Junior joined the board of Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company, despite having zero experience in or knowledge of the energy business.

ActBlue Bombshell:  Dem money platform tells Congress it didn't block foreign gift cards until fall.  ActBlue, the massive online fund-raising platform for liberal causes, has informed Congress it did not automatically block donations made with foreign-bought gift cards until recently, a potentially significant revelation in an ongoing investigation into whether China, Russia, Iran or Venezuela routed illicit money to Democrat candidates.  House Administratrion Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., whose panel oversees election integrity, told Just the News on Tuesday that ActBlue turned over documents under subpoena showing a major change in September to its donor verification policies designed to protect against illicit money flowing into political campaigns.  ActBlue disclosed that it updated its policies on Sept. 9 to "automatically reject donations that use foreign prepaid/gift cards, domestic gift cards, are from high-risk/sanctioned countries, and have the highest level of risk as determined," by its solution provider, Sift.

The Biden Crime Family Is Above the Law.  If Hunter Biden had a different last name, he would never have been able to launch a career in corrupt influence peddling or launder millions through his "art" or write a self-serving memoir about crack-fueled whoremongering or dump a gun next to a high school without any real consequences.  If Hunter's last name weren't "Biden," special counsel David Weiss would never have let him get away with failing to register as a foreign agent or avoid paying millions in taxes that flowed from his foreign arrangements.  If your name isn't Biden, don't try writing off your hookers and crack as tax deductions.  If Hunter had been treated like anyone else, the Justice Department wouldn't have tried to give him blanket immunity not only on gun and tax charges but on a slew of uninvestigated potential offenses, including bribery and corruption.  If it hadn't been for a principled judge named Maryellen Noreika asking the government's so-called prosecutors if they could provide a single precedent in which immunity was offered to a person for "crimes in a different case" (they could not), Hunter Biden would have walked last year.  The DOJ was trying to pardon Hunter Biden long before Donald Trump won the presidency.

FBI Arrests Boston City Council Member on Corruption Charges Involving Her Family.  The list of stories on the corruption committed by Democrats in major cities across the country might rival the length of your average telephone book.  In this latest, sordid situation on Friday, we find ourselves learning about alleged corruption in the city of Boston, thanks to a heads up by our friend, Andy Ngo. [...] The feds say that the charges stem from Fernandes Anderson's alleged acts in 2022, when she knowing hired an immediate family member, while cutting a deal with that person to kick back "additional compensation" Fernandes Anderson promised to pay.  Not only is this stealing from the city's coffers, but the law bars hiring family members and paying them as staff members.  The councilor allegedly hired a second family member too.

Outrageous Illegal Migrant, Racist, Cop Hating Woman Who Somehow Got Elected To Boston City Council.  Tania Fernandes Anderson, a woke BLM Muslim former illegal migrant Democrat serving on the Boston City Council, has been arrested by the FBI after being indicted on five counts of aiding and abetting wire fraud and one count of aiding and abetting theft concerning a program receiving federal funds.  She allegedly hired a family member and funneled taxpayer funds to the person for which she would get cash kickbacks.  They allegedly exchanged large sums of cash in the bathroom at Boston City Hall.  Ms Fernandes Anderson made $115,000 a year on the city council.  [Video clip]

Leftist Democrat Arrested By Feds Over Bribery Scheme.  Federal authorities have arrested a leftist Democratic city councilwoman in Boston after being accused of defrauding the city and giving kickbacks to a family member on her staff.  Tania Fernandes Anderson, who immigrated to the U.S. illegally from Cape Verde, was charged by the Justice Department with five counts of wire fraud and one count of stealing federal funds, including a charge for providing a $13,000 bonus to an unnamed relative she employed at city hall.  The two allegedly shared the money.  "The charges stem from an alleged kickback scheme she orchestrated to obtain several thousand dollars in taxpayer money in exchange for bribes paid," said U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy on Friday.

Mainstream media is in the driver's seat for deep state pardons.  Consider the same talking heads who have viciously attacked Trump for non-existent offense are now up for saying that it's okay to 'forgive' figures like Dr. Evil Fauci, the Biden Inc. family clan/enterprise (see Ukraine and China) en masse, the Jan. 6 endless torture cabal (Pelosi, Cheney, Schiff, that guy with the Chinese Communist spy-lover), and so on.  From a new article at Business Today: "Joe Biden on forgiveness journey:  After son Hunter, US President plans pre-emptive pardon for Donald Trump critics".  And just like that, criminality and obstructing justice becomes altruistic.  Many RINOs will be surreptitiously on-board in this Bidenesque mega-pardon effort, as well as (we expect) a good many of the Democrats' who are barely a minority in the House after the long-delayed (and therefore probably rigged) California counts.

ActBlue in Trouble?  ActBlue is the Democratic Party's main fundraising arm, and it is a cesspool of fraud and corruption.  It's not like this is a particular secret.  It is common knowledge in political circles that the organization facilitates "smurfing," which is a method of laundering illegal campaign contributions through straw donors.  It is a way to break up enormous political contributions that exceed campaign contribution limits into smaller donations that evade scrutiny.  Over the years the organization has gotten ever more blatant, laundering contributions through the identities of real people by making contributions in their names without their knowledge.  By now the amount of money involved is likely in the billions in fraudulent poitical donations.

So why didn't onetime crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried have any problems with 'debanking'?  Is there more to the Sam Bankman-Fried story than we have learned about from court records?  A couple days ago, Elon Musk pointed out that 30 Silicon Valley barons had been abruptly 'debanked' without warning, their access to the entire banking system blocked, leaving them reduced to just cash-based transactions.  Many were involved in cryptocurrency.  They hadn't committed any crime, and they had no recourse to appeal.  [Tweet with video clip]  That's interesting, because I searched around and found no evidence that former crypto bigshot Sam Bankman-Fried was ever debanked.  Would that be the same Sam Bankman-Fried who was the Democrat party's biggest donor, a donor so big his donations topped those of the House of Soros?  According to Reuters, citing the prosecutors who get him convicted of fraud, he donated $100 million to political campaigns in 2022, nearly all to Democrats, stealing the cash from his depositors for the purpose.  Did that guy ever get debanked?  His rivals did.  As far as I could tell, he didn't.  Funny how the topic didn't come up during the trial.

The Democrats' Dirty Tricks Playbook?  Documents just made public show how groups aligned with the Democratic Party hit a third party rival with an array of underhanded schemes that put Watergate tricksters to shame.

Outgoing Biden Admin Exposed for Special Interest Corruption.  Outgoing President Joe Biden, along with his allies in the political and corporate spheres, has repeatedly proven that he is willing to sacrifice the American taxpayer and the nation's safety for political gain.  After President Donald J. Trump's historic re-election and clear leadership mandate, a potential corruption scandal in the Biden administration is becoming clearer.  The Biden Department of Defense (DOD) appears to have a deeply troubling relationship with Valisure, a controversial medical testing company.  Through some questionable contacts and contracts, the DOD has aligned itself with an entity whose financial incentives and loose grasp on scientific integrity jeopardize the well-being of American soldiers and the citizens they are sworn to protect.  Valisure, a company that rose to prominence through its claims of independently testing medications and products, has been anything but a bastion of scientific rigor, according to court decisions and media reports.  Its methods are widely regarded as suspect, subjecting products to extreme and abnormal conditions that do not reflect real-world use.

PA Dems Attempting to Steal Senate Election May End Up in Some Serious Legal Trouble.  Pennsylvania Democrats are still trying to steal a Senate race from Republican Dave McCormick, who has won the seat.  Ousted incumbent Sen. Bob Casey won't admit that he's actually been ousted, however, and as we've covered for days now, he's enlisted the help of lawyer Marc Elias to drag out the process.  The state is preparing for a recount — to which Casey is entitled under the law — which will push the final conclusion until the brink of Thanksgiving. "As outlined in Act 97, the 67 county boards of elections must begin their recounts by Wednesday, Nov. 20, and complete them by noon on Tuesday, Nov. 26.  The boards must send Mr. Schmidt the results of their recounts no later than noon on Wednesday, Nov. 27," the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

House Probe Into Matt Gaetz Relies On Witnesses DOJ Found Lacked Credibility.  The last eight years at the Department of Justice have been a disaster for the rule of law.  The sprawling intelligence and law enforcement agency ran the Russia collusion hoax, hamstringing President Donald Trump during his entire first term in office.  It interfered in the 2020 election by falsely telling social media companies that a laptop with incriminating information about the Biden family business was Russian disinformation, and telling them to censor speech and debate about the topic.  Under President Joe Biden, the department ran two norm-obliterating politicized prosecutions against Trump in an effort to silence, bankrupt, imprison, and defeat him.  Instead of rooting out the corruption at the department, most of permanent D.C. did absolutely nothing in response.  Yet somehow the chattering class was shocked when Trump nominated loyal foot soldier Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fl., to be attorney general in Trump's second term and to fix DOJ.  Gaetz had proven to be one of the most effective advocates against corruption at DOJ and was unwilling to back down in the face of overwhelming public pressure.

The Witch Hunt Against Matt Gaetz:  Political Retribution Disguised as Justice.  From the first whisper of accusations against former Representative Matt Gaetz, it has been evident that the wheels of political retribution are spinning at full speed.  The charges against Trump's pick for Attorney General are less about justice and more about a cynical political vendetta by a cadre of establishment actors desperate to settle old scores.  This political theater isn't about protecting the sanctity of public office; rather, it's about crushing those who dare upset the established order — and Matt Gaetz has been that kind of thorn in their collective side for years.  The saga began with salacious claims involving Gaetz and alleged child sex trafficking, spearheaded by Joel Greenberg — a man with more scandals to his name than most career criminals.  Greenberg, the former Seminole County tax collector, has been aptly described as "one of the most corrupt Florida politicians of all time" by reporter Marc Caputo.

A deal that the media and other Democrats shouldn't be able to refuse.  The House will release the Gaetz ethics report on the same day that... [¶] The January 6th committee releases all the information and recordings from witnesses that they hid from the public.  They should also send a list of all documents they destroyed.  [¶] The FBI gives a full record of all the lies told to the FISA court to illegally spy on President Trump and his associates.  [¶] The FBI hands over all the information that they hid about Joe and Hunter Biden.  [¶] The FBI releases the names of all the people they know who are related to Epstein and his illegal activities.  Aren't the Democrats interested in the powerful people who participated in the trafficking and abuse of children?  [¶] Will the media ever be interested in who participated in the abuses of P. Diddy?  [¶] Adam Schiff shares all the fake evidence he accumulated when he ran the endless witch hunts on the Russian collusion lies.  [¶] The clients of the Chinese prostitution ring are run out of D.C.  Wouldn't the clients be a national security risk, since they possess sensitive national security information, and laid down with Chinese operatives?  Of course Democrats still elect and trust Swallwell, who slept with a Chinese spy.

Bob Ferguson takes scandal into the governor's mansion.  Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson hasn't even been sworn into office as Washington's next governor, and, yet, one official said his tenure will already start in scandal.  A chief critic said Bob Scales, CEO of Police Strategies LLC, filed a $42 million tort claim against Ferguson and Washington State University (WSU) in July for alleged racketeering.  He accused the Attorney General's Office (AGO) of "managing a corrupt public procurement process that violated virtually every state procurement law and regulation on the books."  Now, Scales said it appears Ferguson is unethically partnering with lawyers loyal to him to defend his office in that case.

141,000 ActBlue "Smurfing" Donations to Democrats Found in Pennsylvania.  An elaborate money laundering operation built around identity theft schemes could be responsible for more than a million dollars in donations that benefitted U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and other Pennsylvania Democratic candidates and causes in the 2024 election, according to a Restoration News analysis of campaign finance records.  Donations that are out of proportion with the assets and profiles of individuals who are supposedly pumping funds into a left-of-center political action committee ActBlue have caught the attention of state level law enforcement officials and congressional figures.  In October, a group of state attorneys general embarked on an investigation into allegations that ActBlue had become a conduit for "smurfing" techniques that involve the repackaging of large sums of money into smaller, individual transactions.  A "smurf" is an individual whose name and identity is used without their permission or consent to funnel hundreds or even thousands of individual donations in their name.  The sudden appearance of multiple donations from elderly or first-time donors is another potential tip off for investigators.

The Harris ActBlue Refund Mystery.  Buyer's remorse or something more sinister?  That's the question hanging in the air as we examine the peculiar and stunning pattern of refunds issued by the Harris campaign.  In contrast to the Trump campaign, which issued a mere 31 refunds, the Harris campaign processed an astonishing 10,821 refunds.  These contributions were all handled through the Democrats' preferred fundraising platform, ActBlue, which has a glaring lack of KYC (Know Your Customer) protocols.  The absence of any real verification raises serious concerns: were these donations genuine, manipulated, or something even more troubling?  Consider the curious case of Lane MacWilliams, who tops the charts with an astounding 101 refunds.  Lane, a California resident, engaged in a peculiar cycle of giving and requesting money back — often on the same day.  On November 30, 2023, Lane received multiple refunds, a pattern that continued into early 2024, culminating in the final set of refunds on February 25, 2024. What could explain this behavior?  Is it an indecisive donor, or is it something more calculated?  Lane isn't alone.  Diane Gregory from Texas (91 refunds) and Donald Matteson from Washington (85 refunds) also demonstrated similar patterns.  Something here just doesn't add up.  In total, $5,234,305.33 was refunded by the Harris campaign, with an average refund of approximately $483.72.

Harris Campaign Recruits Foreign Volunteers, Tells Noncitizens How To Skirt Donation Rules.  In the previous installments of this investigation into how the Harris-Walz presidential campaign is dishonestly manipulating online platforms, I noted the existence of a Discord server where campaign employees coordinate with a volunteer army to flood social media sites with campaign propaganda.  The volunteers also vote en masse on social media to artificially boost Harris-Walz content or downvote content that is harmful to their campaign.  Not only is this deceptive and misleading to voters, it's a clear violation of these websites' Terms of Service.  In part one and part two of the investigation, I noted this strategy had been successful at manipulating both Reddit and X.  Over the past month, one out of every eight of the top stories in the eight-million-member Politics subreddit was planted by the campaign.  On X, the campaign appears to have successfully voted down Community Notes accurately calling out the Harris campaign for tweeting out brazen lies.

The $15 Billion Biden-Harris Scandal Nobody Is Talking About.  We have no doubt that, in the years to come, the media will describe the Biden-Harris administration as "scandal-free."  But that's only because for the past four years they've vigorously ignored any and all scandals.  Case in point is the $15 billion giveaway that Biden-Harris snuck through this summer without a single hearing, vote, or advance notice, in an attempt to buy seniors' votes.  Followed up by a campaign email to these same seniors on behalf of Kamala Harris, also paid for by taxpayers.  Is any of this legal?  Who cares, if it helps Harris win in November?  At least, that's how the mainstream press is treating this scandal.

Bombshell Report Bursts Biden-Harris Claims That It's the Most 'Ethical, Transparent' Admin.  The 26-page report knocked down former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki's comments in which she said the Biden-Harris Administration succeeded at "bring[ing] transparency and truth back to government."  It alleges that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have violated ethical standards and failed to live up to promises that it would be a scandal-free administration — especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Psaki is also being investigated over "apparent conflict of interest while looking to leave federal service for a high-salary television job."  The report blames Biden and Harris and states that the White House, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Interior, the Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce, and the State Department have also committed such violations.  It also alleges that the Department of Interior (DOI) "has a record of cutting ethical corners in favor of special interest policies."

Treasury finds hundreds of transactions linked to fundraising platform ActBlue flagged by banks:  GOP memo.  The Treasury Department has found records of hundreds of transactions linked to Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue that have been flagged by banks as potentially suspicious, according to a congressional memo exclusively obtained by The [New York] Post.  House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer briefed his panel's Republican members last week on the "potentially fraudulent and illicit financial activity" involving the political donations portal following briefings with Treasury Department staff.  "Although Treasury has not yet produced any records, it is currently reviewing hundreds of potentially responsive records," Comer (R-Ky.) revealed in the Oct. 25 memo.

The Cemetery Voting Bloc.  The presidential election will be here before we know it and there is a crucial constituency that conservatives have traditionally ignored but may prove to be the pivotal element in the forthcoming election:  the cemetery vote.  For many decades, the Democrats have had the black vote bloc firmly in their rear-end pocket and will probably continue to be that way, whether the Democratic candidate is Jack the Ripper, or Joan of Arc.  They also hope that the Hispanic vote may be just as mindlessly subservient as the black voting bloc, but this may not be a certainty since a third of Hispanic voters voted for Trump in spite of the propaganda by the "impartial," "objective" media in consistently portraying him as an anti-Hispanic racist.  On the other hand, the cemetery vote has repeatedly voted for Democratic candidates in all elections at an astonishing level of 100%.  It is truly enviable.

They're doing what they're accusing us of doing.  In today's heated socio-political climate I contend that we're seeing both hypocrisy and projection being utilized on a daily basis.  How many times have we heard a Leftist claim that Donald Trump is "a threat to our democracy"?  The better question to ask is, "Who on the Left has not made that claim?"  The people attesting to this have been noticeably silent on the case of the FBI lying to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in their quest for surveillance warrants on Carter Page.  How much of a threat to democracy was it to conduct what amounts to a coup to remove a sitting president in the final months of his campaign and replace him with someone who never earned a single primary vote?  Has that ever happened before in America?

'Serious' Fraud?  Adam Schiff Files Contradictory Statements on 'Principal' Residences in Different States.  I don't know about you, but of all lawmakers in Congress, there's no one I'd rather see taken down than California Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff.  Whether it's Shifty's smugness, blatant hypocrisy, or serial lying, this guy is the political hack I'd most love to see done in by his own actions.  While I'm not in the prediction business, I will say that Schiff might be on the verge of serious criminal charges, including tax and election fraud, the likes of which few D.C. lawmakers have seen.  Here's a short summary of Schiff's predicament as it now stands:  ["]In the two decades before he became the Democrats' 2024 U.S. Senate nominee in California, former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff repeatedly declared in mortgage and election filings that both of his homes — one in California and the other in Maryland — were his "principal residence."  The claims have now prompted an ethics complaint and could be prosecutable as fraud, experts said.["]

Endangered Democrat Jon Tester Took Donation from Dead Person Whose Occupation on FEC Report Is 'Deceased'.  Montana Sen. Jon Tester (D) accepted donations from a woman who has been deceased for several months, according to donation filings from the Federal Election Commission (FEC).  Filings from the FEC show that Tester accepted two $50 donations from "Barbara McGowan," whose occupation is listed as being "Deceased As Of July 17," the New York Post first reported.  [Illustration, not shown here.]  One donation was listed as having been made on July 17, 2024, for $50, while another donation was listed as having been made on September 20, 2024, according to FEC records.  McGowan's obituary described her as having been a "force of nature," born on August 11, 1940, and died on July 17, 2024: [...]

Are UK Labor Party and Harris Campaign Headed for Legal Jeopardy?  The United Kingdom's Labor Party and Kamala Harris' presidential campaign may be marching into the same legal jeopardy as the Australian Labor Party and Bernie Sanders' campaign for president did in 2016:  violating federal law that bans foreigners from financial involvement in American political campaigns.  Various news sources report that Sofia Patel, head of operations for the Labor Party in the U.K., is recruiting members to campaign for Harris in swing states such as North Carolina, Nevada, and Pennsylvania.  As a former member of the Federal Election Commission, the agency responsible for civil enforcement of federal campaign finance laws, I can tell you that the law on this is quite clear:  52 U.S.C. § 30121 prohibits any foreign national from making "a contribution or donation of money or other thing of value" in connection with a federal, state, or local election.

Jury selection continues as Madigan faces 'laundry list' of misconduct charges.  An Illinois reform advocate says the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan should send an "important signal" that the days of the "Chicago Way" need to come to an end.  Jury selection for United States of America v. Madigan et al resumed Tuesday at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in downtown Chicago.  Madigan was speaker of the Illinois House for all but two years between 1983 and 2021.  The longtime chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois is facing 23 counts of bribery, racketeering and official misconduct.

Lawfare is Jihad Against Our Country.  You think the bankers are up to no good?  No band of scoundrels has brought more chaos and grief to the life of this republic than the claque that gathers darkly under the banner of "Lawfare."  Its public face is Lawfaremedia.org, run by Benjamin Wittes, a Brookings senior fellow, but that gang functions only to lend a false-front of decorum to the operations of its Democratic Party activist lawyer-army led by Field Marshal Marc Elias, architect of the ballot fraud that has caused Americans to lose faith in their elections.  Marc Elias was the original expeditor of the RussiaGate hoax in 2016 from his perch at Perkins Coie, then Hillary Clinton's campaign law firm, which laundered payments to Christopher Steele, front-man for Glenn Simpson's Fusion GPS political PR shop, which concocted the fraudulent "dossier" and set in motion a train of DC intel blob legal shenanigans aimed at defenestrating Donald Trump from the White House — the Mueller Investigation, impeachment, etc.  While all that was going on through the Trump term, and with the Covid-19 Op providing cover, Mr. Elias engineered the 2020 changes in many states' election laws and bylaws to permit large-scale mail-in voting, organized ballot-harvesting activities, and introduce the use of drop-boxes for receiving bundled votes.

The U.S. government [is] now effectively a criminal organization.  From spreading lies, pressuring social media outlets, changing election law and procedure, and using unprecedented lawfare on its political opponents — and worse — the government as constituted by today's Democrats will do anything to retain and enhance its power.  It will pay any bribe, utilize any lie, cause any hardship, support any leftist, and oppose any political foe ... in order to assure the survival and the success of ... the government as constituted by today's Democrats.

The U.S. government [is] now effectively a criminal organization.  [Scroll down]  It is, however, nonetheless true.  Government as mafia.  Turns out, Uncle Sam is a capo, head of an unimaginably vast criminal racket.  Criminal racket definition:  an act of organized crime where one or multiple people or entities attempt to earn recurring gains illegally through a business or businesses.  Big Pharma come to mind?  It is the largest donor to Congress (both parties).  And what is the relationship of the Democrat party to Big Media?  Unions? [...] Think of 'Fast & Furious,' a criminal operation if there ever was one.  Brought to you — and others — by the Obama administration.  Or of the Steele dossier, or 51 top intelligence officials swearing that Hunter's laptop was a Russian PSYOP, or Biden's quid pro quo with Ukraine regarding a certain prosecutor looking into ... malfeasance on the part of the Bidens.  And then, of course, there is election interference.

As fraud scandals erupt in Minnesota on Gov. Tim Walz's watch, accountability is in short supply.  One state audit found that bonus checks intended for frontline workers during the pandemic were handed out to undeserving recipients.  Another criticized a Minnesota state agency for failing to ensure there were no conflicts of interest in taxpayer-funded mental health and addiction programs.  A third detailed lax oversight of a program to feed needy kids which federal prosecutors say resulted in the nation's largest Covid-era fraud scheme.  But when confronted with these and other troubling examples of waste, fraud and abuse, some state agencies working under the administration of Democratic Gov. Tim Walz repeatedly minimized or dismissed the allegations, the state's nonpartisan auditor, Judy Randall, told CNN.  A CNN review of audits — and the responses they prompted — as well as interviews with statewide politicians and pundits, found that Walz has been a hands-off leader when it comes to seeking accountability for episodes of fraud and mismanagement on his watch.

Hunter Biden's 51 spies who lied are well overdue for their day in court.  In the ever-evolving cover-up of the cover-up of the Hunter Biden laptop, it was instructive to hear a recent interchange between Rep. Dan Goldman, the odious New York Democrat, and Texas Republican Rep. August Pfluger, a decorated former fighter pilot, in the House Homeland Security Committee last week.  Pfluger had introduced legislation to block funding for any bogus "intelligence experts" group that border-wrecker Alejandro Mayorkas' Department of Homeland Security will use to censor Americans and interfere with our elections under the guise of protecting us from "disinformation."  Judging from past outrages, such as the "Dirty 51" letter from the 51 "spies who lied" about Hunter's laptop, Pfluger's bill is well overdue.

Has Democrat Fundraising Platform ActBlue Been Caught Redhanded in a 'Smurfing' Scam?  When it comes to political fundraising, there are really only two players:  For the Republicans, it's WinRed; for the Democrats, it's ActBlue.  WinRed was the right's answer to ActBlue, which set the standard when it came to utilizing digital tools to maximize fundraising.  All Democrats use ActBlue, and it has processed billions of dollars in donations for leftist candidates and PACs.  As it turns out, ActBlue might not be so deserving of any accolades, as its possibly shady operating practices have caught the attention of some GOP lawmakers.  RedState's Brandon Morse reported back in August that whistleblowers had come forward with claims that ActBlue was "skirting campaign donation laws," prompting the Committee on House Administration, headed by Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI), to take action.

Dan Bongino Reveals Shocking New Information About Biden White House Cocaine Scandal.  Former Secret Service Agent Dan Bongino revealed new information on cocaine-gate on Monday.  A baggy of cocaine was discovered in the West Wing after Hunter Biden visited the White House in early July 2023.  The Secret Service closed its investigation into the Biden White House cocaine scandal without conducting any interviews.  No suspect was identified.  According to CNN, the baggy of cocaine was "found in a blind spot for surveillance cameras."

Realities cannot be denied.  Reality Check:  America is no longer a free nation because we are administered by a ruling class of elites, idiots, liars and thieves.  These evil people will say anything and do anything to keep power.  They will break the law, they will implement tyrannical acts, force you to take vaccines which are untested, and they are willing to send others to their death; all for power!  Power is all they can think of, and do not fool yourself, they are slick in their wickedness.

Eric Adams' girlfriend joined on $45K worth of luxe trips, accused of having 'no-show' DOE job.  Mayor Adams' longtime girlfriend Tracey Collins, a highly paid "senior advisor" in the city Department of Education, joined Hizzoner on $45,000 worth of ritzy trips — and allegedly hasn't shown up for work in nearly a year, according to complaints filed this week.  Collins, 61, a former DOE teacher, principal and administrator who was promoted after Adams took office, is referred to as "Adams' domestic partner" in the 57-page federal indictment unsealed against the mayor this week.  The Fort Lee, NJ, resident went on Adams' trips to India, Hungary, Turkey, Jordan, Oman and Ghana starting in 2016, among other luxury jaunts, according to prosecutors who accuse the mayor of accepting travel perks worth up to $123,000.

Eric Adams corruption case is less than meets the eye.  The federal five-count indictment of New York Mayor Eric Adams is on its face a damning document of alleged public corruption.  The government is alleging that Turkish officials saw Adams as a rising star in the Democratic Party and started to groom him for influence.  However, once beyond the details of the opulent rooms and flight upgrades, there may be less here than meets the eye in some of these charges.  The campaign-contribution violations raise serious problems for Adams in the alleged solicitation of unlawful foreign contributions.  Yet the counts must be read with caution.  We have not seen the specific defenses to the allegations of using "straw men" to funnel unlawful contributions and the alleged favors bestowed on contributors.  Indictments are one-sided and highly slanted interpretations of the facts by prosecutors to secure a conviction.

Federal Judge Unseals Indictment Against New York Mayor Eric Adams Alleging He Took Bribes.  A judge on Thursday unsealed a federal indictment against New York Mayor Eric Adams accusing him of taking bribes and illegal campaign contributions from foreign sources.  Adams's residence was searched earlier in the day.  Adams faces five criminal charges, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, prosecutors said in the indictment.  Adams is accused of accepting benefits from foreign businesspeople and a Turkish government official who officials said were trying to influence him.  The mayor, who became the first New York City mayor to be criminally charged while in office, issued a video statement Wednesday denying the prosecutors' claims.  Adams signaled that he won't resign, describing the allegations as biased, "entirely false," and "based on lies."

Dem Congressional Candidate Derek Tran Claims He's a Decorated Iraq Vet; Records Say Otherwise.  California Democrat Derek Tran is running for Congress as a "decorated Veteran" and proudly says that he enlisted at age 18 "to fight in Iraq, serving the country that had given him and his family so much." [...] Based on Tran's comments, it's clear he intends for voters to believe that he served overseas, deployed to a combat zone, and received many medals as a result of that service.  According to Army records obtained by RedState as the result of a Freedom of Information Act request, though, Tran's service was entirely stateside and he was not part of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom, but instead was part of Operation Noble Eagle as a "Culinary Specialist." [...] According to the military records RedState reviewed, the two medals Tran received are the Army Achievement Medal and the Army Commendation Medal. [...] Yes, he was given a medal for marching in a parade in Dorchester, MA.

Feds indict New York City Mayor Eric Adams.  Federal prosecutors indicted Mayor Eric Adams after a corruption investigation, marking the first time a sitting mayor has been indicted in New York City.  The New York Times reported that the indictment was filed under seal by prosecutors, citing people with knowledge of the matter.  Adams plans to turn himself in to authorities early next week, sources said.  Details about the exact accusations are unclear but believed to be connected to a kickback scheme involving the Turkish government funding his mayoral campaign, according to sources.

Eric Adams becomes first sitting NYC mayor to be indicted by grand jury in historic federal probe: sources.  Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a grand jury on charges connected to a federal probe, sources told The [New York] Post — as the defiant mayor claimed he was being persecuted by the federal government for speaking about the city's migrant crisis.  The historic indictment — the first for a sitting New York City mayor — is expected to be unsealed Thursday by US Attorney Damian Williams, according to the sources.  The news was first reported by The New York Times.  Adams will surrender to authorities early next week, sources said.  "I always knew that if I stood my ground for New Yorkers that I would be a target — and a target I became," Adams said in a statement to The Post.

Mad to the Max.  The greatest absurdity of the moment is the idea that Americans might desire to continue under the rule of this evil coalition devoted to unreality and untruth, that is, to vote for candidates of the Democratic Party.  Its greatest crimes, of course, are the lawless measures taken to pervert the very elections that might allow them to retain power in office.  Some of it is well-hidden and abstruse, such as the machinations of election lawfare manager-in-chief, Marc Elias, who for many years has used the courts and the state legislatures to fiddle election rules that make it impossible to account for who is actually casting the votes.  This, you understand, is insane.  What sovereign people would seek to institutionalize election fraud?  Some election crime is just in your face.  The open border policy may have many nefarious angles, but an obvious one is stuffing the voter rolls with live bodies that have names attached, which can be bundled and harvested in ballot form like so many sheaves of oats.  No one is fooled by this.  Yet the Democratic Party has its heavy hand on the lever of power that controls entry to the country.

The Great Walz of China.  If you blinked, you might have missed it — which is just what the collusion media and the left wanted.  [Advertisement]  Earlier this month, the Empire State had a spy scandal.  The alleged perpetrator Linda Sun is a now-former aide to both New York Governors Andrew Cuomo and his successor Kathy Hochul.  She was arrested and indicted for being an unregistered agent for the People's Republic of China (PRC). Also arrested was her husband, Christopher Hu.  [Advertisement]  Ms. Sun is alleged to have used her government position to advance the interests of communist China by deepening ties between the regime and the New York state government; and revising official statements to portray the PRC in a more favorable light.  On his part, Mr. Hu is alleged to have used his PRC-based to abet the "transfer of millions of dollars in kickbacks for personal gain." [...] Why would the collusion media desperately want to shove the New York-PRC spy scandal down the memory hole?

Potential ActBlue criminal charges over possible fraud donations once again reveal the Dems' fraud campaign.  ActBlue, the Democratic fundraising platform that has collected millions of dollars for Kamala Harris, is facing potential criminal charges in five states over allegations that it fraudulently exploited unwitting donors to get around campaign finance laws.  The GOP-led Committee on House Administration has been investigating claims that fraudulent donations are being laundered to ActBlue in the form of gift cards and prepaid credit cards.  Chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) on Wednesday referred his committee's findings of "potential criminal activity" to the Republican attorneys general of Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, Texas and Virginia for further investigation.

New FDNY chief's ties to China emerge amid federal probe into foreign influence on New York officials.  The New York Fire Department's new chief's ties to China are coming to light against the backdrop of a federal investigation into foreign influence on the city's officials.  FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker was previously head of a private security firm where one of the clients was a billionaire who once admitted to feds he worked for Chinese intelligence, according to reports.  While in that role, Tucker also approved an email putting forward ex-golf club hospitality worker Lin Gui'an for a top position in the New York Police Department, which he eventually got.  Lin's links to the Chinese Communist Party were exposed by The [New York] Post last week.  Before joining the FDNY, Tucker was boss of T&M USA LLC, a Manhattan-based global private investigations firm that once counted controversial Chinese billionaire Miles Guo as a client.

NYC's chief legal counsel Lisa Zornberg steps down from Adams' office week after FBI raids homes of mayor's top aides.  New York City Hall's chief counsel is leaving her post in Eric Adams' administration — just days after NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban resigned in the aftermath of federal raids targeting a spate of cops and close aides of the mayor, she announced late Saturday.  Former senior Manhattan federal prosecutor Lisa Zornberg had served as the lead attorney for the mayor and City Hall since July 2023.  Her sudden departure comes as federal investigators have zeroed in on members of Adams' inner circle and other allies.

NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban resigns — a week after federal raids: 'For the good of this city'.  NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban has resigned a week after the feds hit the top cop as part of a corruption probe involving possible influence peddling, The [New York] Post has learned.  Caban submitted a letter of resignation Thursday that Mayor Eric Adams said he accepted.  After Caban's resignation takes effect Friday, the top cop role will be filled by former FBI official Tom Donlon on an interim basis, Adams said.  "The news around recent developments has created a distraction for our department, and I am unwilling to let my attention be on anything other than our important work, or the safety of the men and women of the NYPD," Caban said in an internal email sent to members of service, and obtained by The Post.

Beating the Cheat.  Nearly 500* laws reforming electoral procedures have been passed nationwide.  The threat these pose to the Dems can be gauged by the fact that the deeply corrupt, Democrat-dominated Supreme Courts of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania have set aside two such laws passed by state legislatures, dealing respectively with drop boxes and absentee ballots.  As for the GOP, since Lara Trump has taken over the RNC, she has concentrated much of her efforts on programs intended to stop and expose electoral cheating at all levels.  To this we can America PAC, Elon Musk's tech-centered superPAC, which has pledged to earmark large amounts to combat electoral fraud.  Over the past two weeks, Texas AG Ken Paxton has begun several initiatives into assuring an honest vote (no wonder they tried to railroad him). The Supreme Court restored an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship for voters.  In Pennsylvania, the courts have banned the practice of "curing" ballots — fixing up ineligible ballots after the have arrived.

Dem Rep Serves As 'Honorary Chairwoman' Of Org Reportedly Linked To Chinese Intel Agency.  New York Democratic Rep. Grace Meng has longstanding ties to an organization reportedly linked to a Chinese intelligence agency and alleged Communist Party operatives, the Daily Caller News Foundation found.  The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday indicted Linda Sun, who served in two New York governors' offices as well as Meng's chief of staff while she served in the state assembly, for allegedly acting as an unregistered foreign agent of China and money laundering.  The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that Sun met the "heads of key groups identifiable in the indictment as being United Front-linked, including the U.S. Federation of Chinese-American Entrepreneurs and the Henan Association of Eastern America."  China's so-called "United Front" strategy of influence and intelligence collection is overseen by a Chinese intelligence service called the United Front Work Department.  The heads of these groups were "supervised, directed, and controlled by [Chinese] government officials," DOJ alleges.

Feds order NYPD not to destroy electronic files amid Adams probe: police sources.  The NYPD was served with an evidence preservation letter by federal agents ordering them not to destroy any electronic files — as investigators target information linked to alleged influence peddling at Big Apple nightclubs by Police Commissioner Edward Caban's twin brother, The [New York] Post has learned.  "They're asking that all the hard disks and servers be preserved because the federal government thinks there's evidence of corruption on those machines," a police source told The Post Saturday.  The feds delivered the letter to the department's legal bureau at 1 Police Plaza on Friday.

FBI searches the homes of at least three top deputies to New York City's mayor.  FBI agents this week searched the homes of at least three top deputies to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, according to a person familiar with the matter.  FBI agents seized electronic devices Wednesday from the homes of Phillip Banks, the deputy mayor for public safety, and Sheena Wright, the first deputy mayor, said the person, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation.  Agents also searched the home of Timothy Pearson, a former high-ranking official in the New York Police Department who now advises the mayor on public safety, the person said.

Looks Like Mayor Eric Adams Is Going to Be Indicted.  [Scroll down]  It wasn't until Adams complained about illegal immigration that the FBI found these allegedly sketchy dealings.  Right before he was to meet with Biden about illegal immigration, they raided his fundraiser's home.  If Adams hadn't spoken out about illegal immigration, would any of this have happened?  All that being said, we don't know what is going on and who is guilty.

Former Aid To New York's Governor Is Arrested For Acting As An Agent Of The Chinese Government.  Former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul charged with acting as an agent of the Chinese government.  Former deputy chief of staff to Hochul Linda Sun was charged with alien smuggling and money laundering conspiracy.  She was also charged with conspiring to violate the Foreign Agents Registrations Act.  Her husband Chris Hu was also charged.  [Video clip]

FBI Arrests Former Deputy Chief of Staff for NY Gov. Kathy Hochul for Acting as an Agent of the Chinese Communist Government.  Linda Sun, a former high-ranking aide to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, was arrested alongside her husband, Christopher Hu, on Tuesday morning following a federal raid on their Long Island home earlier this year.  The couple is scheduled to appear in a Brooklyn court on Tuesday afternoon, per the Daily Mail.  The arrests, confirmed by the FBI, came after a raid on their Long Island home earlier this year.  The FBI conducted a pre-dawn raid on the $3.5 million Long Island home.  The lavish five-bedroom home, located in a gated community called Stone Hill in Long Island, was searched thoroughly by agents, though it remains undisclosed whether any items were seized during the operation.

Funny how many Democrats are getting arrested for Chinese spying.  For all their pious claims to being the standard-bearers and guardians of national security since President Trump was elected in 2016, Democrats sure do have a lot of operatives getting picked up as spies for China.  The latest came out of the woodwork from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's office. [...] It's a shocking case of cash for influence, and the Chicoms must have been snickering up their sleeves that New York would have such a willing apparent partner.  Yet it's not the first Democrat who's been caught in bed with the Chinese.  In the case of Rep. Eric Swalwell, he was literally in bed with a Chinese honeypot on campaign fundraising matters.  Meanwhile, over on the other side of the Bay, Senate Judiciary Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, had a driver in hock with the Chinese for nearly 20 years, listening in on her every conversation and reporting back to his masters in Beijing.

Hunter Biden tax trial starts this week.  He faces up to 17 years in prison.  Hunter Biden's tax trial is slated to begin this week in a California federal court.  Hunter Biden faces up to 17 years in prison for nine charges — three felonies and six misdemeanors — related to his alleged failure to pay over $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019.  Rather than paying his taxes, prosecutors allege he spent his substantial income on an "extravagant lifestyle," including "drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other items of a personal nature."  Like his gun trial in June, where prosecutors secured a conviction on all three felony counts, this should be a "slam-dunk case" for prosecutors since the evidence of guilt is "overwhelming," John Malcolm, vice president of the Heritage Foundation's Institute for Constitutional Government, told the Daily Caller News Foundation[.]

House Finds Biden Committed Impeachable Offenses, But Won't Do Anything.  The 291-page report from Congress states the following:  "First and foremost, overwhelming evidence demonstrates that President Biden participated in a conspiracy to monetize his office of public trust to enrich his family."  "Among other aspects of this conspiracy, the Biden family and their business associates received tens of millions of dollars from foreign interests by leading those interests to believe that such payments would provide them access to and influence with President Biden."  According to reporting by Just the News, the committee cited evidence that Biden "actively participated" in an influence-peddling conspiracy by attending dinners with his family's foreign associates and speaking to them over the phone.  These interactions were documented by email evidence and testimony from several of Hunter Biden's ex-business partners.  The Congressional committees also found clear evidence showing Hunter Biden used his father's official position as vice president to "garner favorable outcomes in foreign business dealings and legal proceedings."

Democrats for despotic democracy.  [Scroll down]  Projection is deliberately accusing others of doing what you yourself are doing.  And insisting that it is wrong, criminal, or even evil.  This is the preferred tactic of today's Democrats, especially as it applies to Donald Trump and MAGA supporters.  Sadly, instead of calling them out for this, the mainstream media simply parrot the projections.  Let me say this as clearly as I can:  knowingly accusing others of perpetrating the illegal and/or immoral acts that you yourself are committing is truly, heinously evil.  On every level.  And it is terribly destructive — to everyone, eventually including those who are doing the projecting.  Few — if any — politicians are "better" at this than Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.  I hate to kill the "joy," but America needs adults, and these two aren't that.  They are anything but.  They are unlearned children in adult garb.  Albeit dangerous ones, indeed.  Democracy is near death.  Ironically, it is the Democrat party that is killing it.  And it is not just "Dying in Darkness."  It is dying in broad daylight.

You're Welcome, Mr. Kennedy.  On August 20, 2024, Michelle Obama gave one of the most dishonest speeches in American history.  Speaking at the Democrat party's convention in Chicago, she claimed the following: "We don't get to change the rules so we always win.  If we see a mountain in front of us, we don't expect there to be an escalator waiting to take us to the top.  No.  We put our heads down.  We get to work.  In America, we do something."  She said this while standing onstage at a convention that had held no primary.  In fact, Kamala Harris, the Democrat nominee, never earned one vote from a Democrat party member.  Ms. Harris became the nominee for two reasons:  first, her party changed the rules to make it legally impossible for Democrats to vote for Marianne Williamson or Bobby Kennedy.  These two authentic Democrats sought to challenge President Biden for the presidency.  Second, Ms. Harris's party lied to the American people for well over a year, claiming that this circumvention of democratic process was justified because Biden, the sitting president, had every intention of running for a second term and was healthy enough to do so.

AG Paxton Election Integrity Unit Yields 65 Cell Phones and 41 Computers at Democrat Manuel Medina's Home in Bexar County.  Attorney General Ken Paxton's Election Integrity Unit has recently executed multiple search warrants across Frio, Atascosa, and Bexar Counties in Texas.  This action is part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of election fraud and vote harvesting, stemming from activities during the 2022 elections.  The investigation was initiated following a referral from the 81st Judicial District Attorney Audrey Louis in 2022, which provided enough evidence after a two-year probe to justify these search warrants.  The primary allegations revolve around election fraud, which could encompass a variety of illegal activities aimed at influencing election outcomes, and vote harvesting, where individuals collect and submit ballots on behalf of voters, which is legal under certain conditions but can be abused.  According to the search warrant for Elizabeth Campos Chief of Staff and former Democrat Chair Manuel Medina, found 65 cell phones some 41 computers, digital and other storage devices in Medina's home.

Where Is the Money Funding ActBlue Coming From?  Paging Dr. Adrienne Young, M.D.  The good doctor is listed online as an "internist" in McKees Rocks, a borough in western Pennsylvania's Allegheny County, known locally as "the Rocks."  Campaign finance filings report Young's practice is located on Heckel Road in McKees and list a 412 area code phone number.  But her office does not appear to exist at this address and the number is not in service.  Moreover, none of the receptionists attached to doctors' offices located in close proximity to Young's office address in McKees have ever heard of her.  That's peculiar in and of itself.  But a search of campaign finance records only adds to the intrigue.  Someone identified as Adrienne Young has been making substantial contributions to a left-of-center political action committee known as ActBlue, according to Federal Election Commission records.  ActBlue was founded in 2009 to help Democratic Party candidates and allied "progressive" groups raise funds through a multiheaded hydra serving as a conduit for left-wing donors, with two more arms — ActBlue Charities and ActBlue Civics — funneling money to 501(c)(3) and (c)(4) clients, respectively.

TX AG Ken Paxton Investigating Act Blue Smurf Money Laundering.  Seven states' attorney generals are now investigating the rampant Act Blue smurf political money laundering financially supporting uniparty candidates that is illegal election interference.  CDM has been on this story for a year, and due to hard work from a lot of individuals nationwide, this story is finally getting the attention it deserves.

How did this guy get elected?
Tim Walz Blamed 'Deafness' For Running Away From Cops During DUI Arrest.  Newly unearthed court documents from 2022 reveal significant contradictions from Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz's (D-MN) claims from when he was arrested for driving under the influence.  Walz previously blamed "deafness" for why he fled from police after being pulled over for driving drunk after going over 95 miles per hour in a 55-speed zone in 1995.  He also claimed he was "not drunk," despite failing a field sobriety test and a preliminary breath test.  The court documents note that Walz had "a strong odor of alcoholic beverage was detected emitting from Mr. Walz['s] breath and person" before being booked into Dawes County Jail.  At the time of the incident, Walz had an alcohol concentration of .128 percent, which is above the state's legal limit of .08 percent.

ActBlue Is Accused of Money Laundering By Several State Attorneys General.  Several states across the country have launched simultaneous investigations into the Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue for suspected money laundering.  Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey all announced on August 1 that their offices were investigating suspicious donations made to ActBlue.  This is not the first time allegations of criminal behavior have been made against the platform.  Last July, Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) demanded that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) investigate some of the hundreds of thousands of suspicious small donations made through ActBlue since 2016.  Miyeres sent a demand letter to ActBlue over accusations of campaign money laundering that could threaten to interfere with the integrity of the 2024 November elections.

Judge Merchan's Daughter Raked in $12.7 Million in First Six Months of 2024.  Democrats have paid the company owned by the politically active daughter of compromised Judge Juan Merchan at least $12.7 million in the first half of this year.  Federal election reports show Authentic Campaigns, the consulting firm owned by Loren Merchan, raked in the windfall between January 1 and July 1, 2024.  Her father currently presides over Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case against Donald Trump in New York City.  The sum represents an 86 percent increase in Authentic Campaigns receipts from the same time period in 2022. Democratic elected officials, candidates, and PACs reported $6.8 million in payments to Merchan between January 1 and July 1, 2022, the last general election cycle.

Something's Not Right About the $50 Million Dumped Into Montana's Senate Race.  Nearly $57 million has been dumped into the Montana senate race between far-left Democrat candidate Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) and Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy.  The pro-Second Amendment Republican is seen as a threat to the Democratic Party in Montana, which is why big-time progressive donors are pouring funds into the state's senate race.  Tester, who is seeking a fourth term, has raised $6.4 million from May to June and has $11 million in cash on hand.  Sheehy, a newcomer to the political world, raised only $3 million in donations from mid-May to June and has $3.2 million on hand.  He has acquired $13.7 million since announcing his candidacy for the Senate in 2023.

After knifing her a little through leaks in the press, Obama endorses Kamala Harris for president.  What we can see here are the outlines of the Democrat factions within its political machine — the Obama faction aligned with the dirty Chicago machine and its tactics, with Kamala something of a player in good standing for her role in the Jussie Smollett hoax, which was a Chicago op.  There also was the Pelosi/Schumer faction, which had previously been the California machine, minus the late Dianne Feinstein, who couldn't stand Kamala and refused to endorse her in 2020.  There also is the squad, which is going along with the Kamala train.  There also are the Mitteleuropa billionaires Alex Soros and Hansjörg Wyss, the latter of whom is apparently onboard the Kamala train while the Soros group has just forged a royal match with the Clintonistas through the marriage of Alex to close Hillary associate Huma Abedin, whose enthusiasm is less certain, though we know that Kamala and Hillary have also been close in past alliances.  There also is the David Brock/ActBlue faction with its vicious games of political muscle seemingly backing Kamala.  And don't forget Willie Brown himself, who has just made some maneuvers through his other catspaw, Gavin Newsom, who's also a Getty acolyte.

Is everything kosher about the $126 million that poured in for Kamala?  Kamala, we were told, raised more money in a few hours than any other candidate in history.  Sometimes, though, when things sound too good to be true, they're probably not true at all.  Many people are raising questions about whether Kamala received $81 million in donations from 888,000 grassroots donors in just 24 hours and another $44 million in the next 48 hours or whether the announcement of Joe's withdrawal and Kamala's likely role as the Democrat presidential candidate created a useful opportunity for massive money laundering, including money from foreigners gaming the American election.  ActBlue, the clearing house for all donations to Democrat parties and causes, has long had fundraising practices that, coincidentally or not, make money laundering easier.  It allows donations from unverified credit cards, untethered to the cardholder's name and address.  This means that there's no way at all to know who these donors are, paving the way for fraud.

Carl Higbie Exposes the DNC's "Smurfing" Scandal — $200 Million in Irregular Donations, Disguised to Appear Like Small Donors.  Newsmax Carl Higbie has done a deep dive on FEC reports using the "number of donations" as the datapoint to track.  What he discovered about donations to Act Blue might surprise the people assigned to the contributions.  [Video clip]

Shadowy ad cartel that targeted conservative news outlets faces at least 2 possible state Republican AG probes.  At least two Republican state attorneys general are weighing possible legal action against members of a shadowy cabal that reportedly controls 90% of global marketing spending following allegations that they colluded to withhold ad dollars from conservative outlets, The [New York] Post has learned.  The Global Alliance for Responsible Media was accused of leading a coordinated effort to squelch online free speech and restricts ads to a slew of news outlets — including The Post — in likely violation of federal antitrust laws, the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee said in its alarming report this week.  Representatives for the Republican state attorneys general of Montana and Missouri confirmed that they are examining the evidence uncovered by the House panel.

The Biden Crime Family's Fisker Adventure.  Remember the Solyndra debacle?  In March of 2009, then Energy Secretary Steven Chu, the man who wanted to raise American's gasoline prices to European levels — $10.00+ — announced a $535 million loan to Solyndra, a maker of solar cells.  By August, 2011, Solyndra was bankrupt, but this was not just another tale of a green company's utopian goals in direct conflict with sound business sense. [...] Taxpayers were stiffed for more than a half billion.  This was far from the only green debacle of the Obama years.  Joe Biden, who doesn't remember he was vice president or when, did learn and remember one thing:  how to profit from green corruption.  Electric vehicle mandates and wasted taxpayer handouts have been standard operating procedure for the Biden Administration, among them, to Fisker, an electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer.  Fisker's products tended to run in the $100,000 dollar range.  Past tense because Fisker went bankrupt in July, taking some $529 million in taxpayer cash with them.

Did Politico Just Admit Biden Is Selling Access and Influence?  You know, after years of defending Biden for virtually everything, his terrible debate performance truly seems to have broken the dam, and given the media cover to report on what they never would have before, as it appears that they are actively trying to push him to drop out of the race.  Imagine my surprise Saturday morning when I came across an article from Politico that declared "White House visits are a cash cow for Biden."  [Tweet]  The report goes into extraordinary detail about how Joe Biden hosted donors at the White House and got huge donations afterward.  For example, shortly before Christmas last year, four billionaire Democratic donors visited the White House to meet with Biden privately.  During this private session, Biden discussed his second-term agenda and answered questions about his campaign and policies.  The day after the meeting, tech entrepreneur Mark Pincus donated the maximum allowed amount of $929,600 to Biden's fundraising committee, the Biden Victory Fund.  Within three weeks, venture capitalist Reid Hoffman contributed $923,000.  Former Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson donated nearly half a million dollars two days before the meeting.

James Clyburn Visits 10 Key Precincts for Ballot Collection in Three Wisconsin Cities.  Once you see the strings on the marionettes you can never watch the performance and not see them.  The same thing happens when you know the details of how ballots are different than votes, and how the ballots are manipulated.  U.S. elections are no longer about "votes," modern elections in America are about "ballots".  As we have seen in several election cycles, the election winner is not the person who gets the most votes — the election winner is the person who collects, submits and ultimately counts the most ballots.  The same is true for the presidential electoral victory; it's the person who gets the most ballots, not votes.  So, let us start by asking the right question:  What is a representative from South Carolina doing in Wisconsin visiting ten key ballot counting precincts in three key cities, Madison, Milwaukee and Beloit?

Former Chicago Democrat Alderman Ed Burke Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Corruption.  Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, who was once one of the most powerful officials in the city, was handed a two-year prison sentence Monday after his conviction on corruption charges in December.  Burke was arrested on charges of federal racketeering, bribery, and extortion for using his powerful position at city hall to elicit lucrative contracts for his company by extorting businesses into hiring his law firm in exchange for favorable outcomes on requests for property tax appeals, business permits, and other city services.  [Advertisement]  On December 21, the former alderman was convicted on all 13 counts of racketeering; corruptly soliciting, demanding, accepting, or agreeing to accept things of value; using an interstate facility to promote unlawful activity; and attempted extortion.

Where's Oakland's mayor, now that the FBI has raided her properties?  Oakland's ultra-woke mayor, Sheng Thao, is missing, probably hiding.  Nobody knows where she went.  Which is not surprising, given that the FBI raided her four properties in Oakland yesterday, hauling out box after box of papers in what news people say is a corruption investigation.  [Tweet with video clip]  Where she is holed up now, nobody knows, but it's leading the local evening news.  [Tweet with video clip]  [Advertisement]  What's going on here is classic blue-city corruption, found in one-party states.  There are scattered reports of involvement with a greenie trash company that throws its political weight around, as one of their homes was raided, too, and Thao lives next door to it.  [Advertisement]  [Tweet with video clip]  [Advertisement]  Thao is notable for her execrable management of the city of Oakland, which has gone downhill on her watch.  The night earlier, they had a Juneteenth riot where 15 people were shot.  [Tweet with video clip]  The homeless situation looks like this:  [Tweet with video clip]

What about the $17 million secret 'slush fund' Congress used to make hush money payments to sexual victims?  Thanks to the relentless political targeting of President Trump, there's been a spotlight on the use of "hush money" and secret funds to sweep indiscretions under the rug in politics.  This shouldn't come as a shock to many, given the nature of fame and power, but where do we draw the line?  When is it acceptable for politicians to dip into taxpayer-funded slush funds to settle their sexual indiscretions privately and without fanfare, and when is it deemed unacceptable for a private political candidate to do the same with personal funds? [...] Don't forget revelations from a few years ago that Congress has its own secret slush fund of hush money — all courtesy of you, the hapless taxpayer.  Funny how that works; it's like one rule for them and another for everyone else.  Indeed, the Office of Congressional Compliance (OOC), which was set up to ensure compliance with the ludicrously named 1995 Congressional Accountability Act, controls a whole treasure chest of disputes involving congressional officials — not just congressional officials, in fact.

Democrat who blamed GOP and Trump for 'Hinduphobic' messages has been arrested by Texas Rangers for alleged race hoax.  A Democratic candidate who blamed former President Donald Trump and other Republicans for "Hinduphobic" messages sent to him on social media was arrested after an investigation found that he had sent them himself.  Taral Patel is a candidate for commissioner for Fort Bend County, but he is going viral for being implicated in an alleged impersonation racial hoax.  In Sept. 2023, Taral Patel lambasted his political opponents over the vile racism sent to him on social media. [...] On Wednesday, Patel was arrested.  The Democrat was booked on a third-degree felony charge of online impersonation and a misdemeanor charge of misrepresentation of identity for sending himself racist messages after an investigation by the Fort Bend District Attorney's Public Integrity Division and the Texas Rangers.  Patel won the primary election for the Democratic Party in March and is set to face Republican incumbent Andy Meyers in November for the commissioner's seat for the third precinct.  Investigators said most of the posts that are suspected to have been secretly written by Patel were on Facebook from Oct. 2022 until May 2024.

Time to Jettison the Animals.  [Scroll down]  Who were these actors?  The Clintons and the coterie around them, steeped in financial crime and sex trafficking; the Obama coterie of anti-white racists and bungling Marxists; the [...]-crazy Woke race-and-gender hustlers working to derange the merit-based social order (and get paid for doing it); the congressional grifters living off Pharma and Pentagon loot; the agency top bureaucrats who became a corrupt praetorian guard for all the above players, now desperate to evade accountability.  Everything they've done since 2020 has been in the service of covering up their crimes, and each hoax has just compounded the damage done to our country.  The Covid-19 prank was pulled to enable mail-in ballot fraud so as to assure a permanent government-by-blob, of which the Democratic Party is now a mere tentacle.

Beware the cornered rat!  Since 2016 the Democrats have increasingly been behaving like trapped cornered rats.  The party is very corrupt, and is very exposed to prosecution for many illegal acts in the past decade.  Biden and his son Hunter especially face many legal issues for taking bribes from China and the Ukraine in exchange for aiding those foreign governments — against the interests of the U.S.  It appears their political support is waning, and that their hold on power following the November election is becoming increasingly impossible.  Not only do all the trends say that Trump will win, but that the Republicans will gain solid control of both houses of Congress.  Beware the cornered rat.  It can become very very deadly in its desperation to survive.  Right now I consider the Democratic Party under Joe Biden and its partisan supporters in the coastal states and urban centers to be extremely dangerous people, unwilling under any condition to accept defeat.

Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) Accused of "Criminally Laundering" Almost $28 Million in Campaign Contributions.  Independent investigator and President of Election Watch, Inc., Peter Bernenger has publicly accused the far-left US Democrat Senator Tammy Baldwin (WI), of "criminally laundering" an astounding $27,850,750 in campaign contributions from "Smurfs." [...] Independent investigator Peter Bernegger has done an incredible job uncovering what appears to be a number of dirty "Smurf" operations that involve indivduals (real and imaginary) who make up to tens of thousands of small dollar (under $100) donations through Act Blue to Democrat candidates in one year or less.

To understand the craziest Democrat policies, always follow the money.  Why do scientists just repeat that the science is "settled" on climate change?  Follow the money.  Scientists get their funds cut off if they tell the truth that the climate has changed cyclically and naturally.  Why did the media and other Democrats shut people up on COVID and do what teachers unions want?  Again, follow the money.  The got federal funds for endorsing their positions, despite the harm their positions were doing to the economy and to schoolchildren.  They sure didn't care about science or the kids.  Why don't Democrats and the media care that Biden dictatorially and unconstitutionally pays off student loans that go to rewarding universities that push leftist policies?  [Advertisement]  Follow the money again.  Why don't Democrats get rid of racist prevailing wage laws that have oppressed taxpayers and minorities for almost 100 years?  [Advertisement]  Follow the money.  The money flows to unions and the union money flows back to Democrats.

Marilyn Mosby Begs for Pardon Ahead of Sentencing on Federal Fraud Conviction.  A Democrat former top prosecutor is begging President Joe Biden for clemency while awaiting sentencing on perjury and mortgage fraud convictions.  Marilyn Mosby, once the state's attorney in Baltimore, Maryland, is seeking a pardon to avoid likely prison time, Fox News reports.  Mosby claims she is the victim of political persecution, despite the fact that similar arguments raised by President Donald Trump generally fall on deaf ears among her Democratic Party colleagues.  During sentencing, prosecutors will request that she receive at least 20 months incarceration[.]

Voting Shenanigans in Michigan.  A little background on Governor Whitmer for the uninitiated is in order.  During the Covid-19 pandemic, Whitmer transferred Covid-stricken seniors to nursing homes and long-term care facilities and prevented the removal of Covid-infected patients from these facilities, thus exposing the most vulnerable segment of the population — those over age 60 and with pre-existing medical conditions — to the dangers of this disease.  Thousands of seniors in these long-term housing and care facilities died, but clever manipulation of the statistics hid the magnitude of the deaths in these facilities — until the Auditor General's Report released in January of 2022.  It documented that Whitmer's administration underreported nursing home covid deaths by a whopping 42%.  Whitmer imposed Covid-19 restrictions on the state's population that she regularly disregarded.  During the Covid lockdown, Whitmer took a $40,000 flight on a private jet to Florida.  She told the media it was to visit her 'sick father,' but there were no medical records to verify this.  The duration of her trip was first reported as two days.  Whitmer later admitted that her staff lied to the press; she was gone for four days.  No one knows to this day who paid for the $40K flight or what she was doing in the Sunshine State.

Suspicious Problem Halts Complete Audit of Former Prosecutor Kim Gardner's Office.  A state audit into the office of former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is currently in limbo because Missouri officials who are investigating how she handled public money say they cannot find her.  The far-left former prosecutor of the city resigned from her job last May under pressure from state lawmakers.  Nearly 12 full months later, Gardner is reportedly dodging state officials who are trying to get an accurate account of what went on behind the scenes under her leadership.  Gardner was criticized during her tenure as DA for being soft on criminals and notoriously came into office in 2016 with the support of George Soros.

Feds Plan to Ask to Seize Marilyn Mosby's Florida Condo.  Democrats have been working overtime in New York in an effort to seize Donald Trump's commercial and private property, including his estate at Mar-a-Lago.  Thus far those efforts have come up short, but they may have inadvertently given others some ideas that could come back to bite one of their own.  In Baltimore, former State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby is facing sentencing on a variety of charges ranging from perjury to fraud, including the fraudulent use of pandemic relief funds to buy luxury real estate holdings in Florida.  On Friday, federal prosecutors in the case filed a motion asking the court to allow them to seize one of Mosby's vacation condos there as partial payment for the fines she will be expected to pay.  Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

Don't Get in the Way of NM Gov. Grisham's Illegal Cartel Dope.  A secret recording was leaked on Friday showing New Mexico governor Michelle Luanne Christian harshly criticizing Joe Biden's port policies because he's letting border patrol agents seize drugs transported illegally by cartels[.]  I bet you didn't expect that when I started the sentence.  The recording shows she's closer to cartels than she is to the American people when it comes to law and order and what is best for Americans.  [Tweet with video clip]  New Mexico has legalized the gateway drug marijuana, which is what she is referencing.  However, it is illegal federally, and federal agents must seize illegally transported marijuana.  Much of it is spiked with other drugs.  Cartels are bringing this marijuana into the country.

Former Arizona State Senator Otoniel "Tony" Navarrete Sentenced To A Mere 1 Year After Being Found Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Minor Boy.  Former Arizona State Senator Otoniel "Tony" Navarrete was sentenced to a mere 1 year in prison after he was found guilty of sexually abusing a 12-13-year-old boy who had lived with him for several years.  Keep in mind that this sentencing was the result of a second trial.  The first trial involved two victims with six felony accounts, which the jury abandoned because they could not agree on a verdict.

'She Ought to Resign': Hawley Targets Biden Cabinet Official Amid Stock Scandal.  Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) called for Biden administration Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to resign following a testy Senate hearing.  During the April 17 edition of Fox News's Hannity, Hawley told host Sean Hannity, that Granholm lied to Congress and cannot be trusted to regulate American energy.  "She did lie to Congress, what she said Sean, is that she sold all of her shares, that she didn't own any stock in companies she regulates — not true," Hawley told Hannity, after being asked about Granholm's stock scandal.  "She later then... came back and said, 'Oops, oops, I made a mistake I owned a bunch of stock, in a bunch of companies including Ford,' who the Energy Department obviously regulates and oversees," Hawley stated.  Expanding on his remarks, Hawley added: "And she now expects us to buy that.  Listen, it is a fact, Sean, an independent watchdog has found that she violated the law nine separate times and yet here she is still running the Energy Department, still trading stocks."

Billions Disappear Into the Black Hole Of California Homeless Programs.  I've covered the homeless industrial complex here several times, both here in Austin and in California.  Now California itself has done an audit on its homeless programs, only to find billion unaccounted for. [...] I'm sure the programs are considered a "success" by Democrats because they provide a giant bucket to dole out graft and fraud to the leftwing activists working in the Homeless Industrial Complex.  But I have a deep suspicion that things are even worse than we think.  Remember the effort to recall Newsom, and how Democrats from across the country sprang immediately to his aid?  At the time, Scott Adams said that protecting Newsom was "the top process in the system."  I suspect that California's homeless programs are not just a channel for graft and fraud to left-wing activists in California, but a way to rake off money directly to Democratic Party campaigns and coffers nationwide.  (Though certainly not the only source.  Remember how $850 million in the hands of New York City Democratic mayor Bill de Blasio's wife just sort of magically disappeared?)

Consequences Will Come Soon Enough for Jamaal Bowman.  Jamaal Bowman ought to be a household name, but he isn't.  Outside of New York, very few people know who he is. [...] In fact, what Bowman is known for is that he's the member of Congress who pulled a fire alarm to save the Democrats from losing a vote on a continuing resolution that would fund the government with a few budget cuts he didn't like.  Then he told a ridiculous and completely implausible lie about the fire alarm, that somehow he was trying to open a door and pulling the lever on the alarm would do that.  Nobody believed Bowman, who is also by the way the only male member of The Squad, the hardcore left-wing Democrat Socialists of America coven in Congress whose better-known members include Ilhan Omar, AOC, and Rashida Tlaib.  In fact, he was charged with a misdemeanor, namely of willfully or knowingly falsely pulling a fire alarm, and he agreed to pay a $1,000 fine and apologize to the Capitol Police.  When what he was really doing was interfering with the procedure of Congress, which is the crime for which a great many of the Jan. 6 protesters are sitting in what can best be described as a gulag of federal prisons more than three years after the fact.

Why Aren't Dems Talking About RFK Jr's Dirtiest Not-So-Secret?  Even on the Kennedy Scale, Robert F. Kennedy Jr's sexual dalliances are legendary — as in the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the Legend of Legend of Hell House, or the Legend of Chupacabra.  It's all awful and somebody ends up dead.  Kennedy's father, Bobby, and uncles, Jack and Ted, were also notorious lechers.  Cruel comparisons were drawn — sometimes by Democrats — between Bill Clinton's conquests like Paula Jones and Marylin Monroe.  Monroe was rumored to have been passed around between JFK and RFK, perhaps contributing to her untimely death by a barbiturate overdose in 1962.  RFK is believed to have had affairs with multiple women including, if the rumors are true, Lee Remick and Kim Novak.

Former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan convicted in sprawling bribery case.  Former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan was convicted Wednesday of racketeering, bribery, fraud and giving false statements to investigators in a sprawling pay-to-play corruption scandal at City Hall.  The federal jury reached the guilty verdict less than 24 hours after lawyers finished closing arguments, the Los Angeles Times reported.

DOJ Moves to Drop Lawsuit Against Dish Network After Donation to Biden Campaign.  The great thing about America is that the right people can buy all of the justice they can afford.  And if you can afford $113,000 in justice, there is no end to what you can accomplish.  For instance, last week the Department of Justice dismissed a $3.3 billion civil lawsuit against Dish Network.  Coincidentally, toward the end of last year, Dish Network founder Charlie Ergen and his wife donated just over $113,000 to the Biden-Harris campaign.  In what I am sure is another startling coincidence, in January, Dish was given a $50 million grant to expand 5G coverage across the nation.  That grant was courtesy of the Biden administration and came from a $1.5 billion fund created as part of the CHIPS and Science Act.

Leading Wisconsin Democrat Kimberly Zapata Found Guilty on All Counts Against Her in Voter Fraud Scheme Involving Military Ballots.  In November 2022, Rep. Janel Brandtjen, then Chair of the Assembly on Campaigns and Elections, sent out an election fraud alert.  Rep. Brandtjen received three authentic military ballots to her home addressed to "Holly," a woman who has never lived there.  Brantjen believed this was part of a scheme to steal votes in Wisconsin.  The Gateway Pundit has reported extensively on this 2020 voter fraud scheme in several battleground states where military ballots shockingly went almost entirely to Joe Biden.  We posted evidence that this occurred in Michigan, Arizona and Georgia.

Democratic Senator Called to Resign as Finance Committee Chairman.  Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is facing calls to step down after it was reported his wife owns millions of dollars in stocks for tech companies he is tasked with regulating.  In a letter last week, members of the New York Young Republican Club noted the potential conflict of interest and asked the senator to step aside.  Rolling Stone reported that Nancy Wyden has been cashing in on the tech industry for years in a Feb. 24 article in which the outlet noted her powerful husband is widely viewed as "an ally of the tech industry."

More Evidence Emerges of Congress Members Engaging in Insider Trading.  Fresh evidence has emerged that shows members of Congress have continued to engage in insider trading — a practice that would land members of the public in jail.  Business Insider reports that new evidence has been found supporting the allegation that Democrat Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other members of Congress are engaged in insider trading. [...] The claim has been that some members of Congress — most notably Pelosi — have profited tremendously from insider, non-public, knowledge that they have obtained through their government positions.

Longtime Newsom Donor Owns Panera Bread, Which is Exempt From California Minimum Wage Increase.  California Gov. Gavin Newsom fought to exempt fast-food chains from the new minimum wage increase if the company baked its own bread and sold it as a standalone item.  The minimum wage will increase to $20.  But why?  The first and only restaurant you think of is Panera Bread. [...] [Panera Bread owner Greg] Flynn is a regular donator to Newsom.  He gave $100,000 to fight against the recall.  Newsom got another $64,800 during his 2022 reelection campaign.  People close to Flynn told Bloomberg News he "has been known to tout his relationship with Newsom" and bragged "he can reach the governor via text."

FBI probes misconduct of 'gangster' Illinois 'super mayor,' poster gal for 'crooked Dem'.  Democrat Mayor Tiffany Henyard has made headlines for her corrupt rule over the small village of Dolton, Illinois and now her gangster-like conduct has caught the attention of the FBI.  Henyard's extravagant spending habits have made her into a poster gal for crooked Democrat politicians but it is her alleged shakedowns of local business owners that seem to have landed her on the feds' radar.  Henyard, who has lived large on the taxpayer dime since her landslide 2021 election win, has been accused of using her power to retaliate against enemies and some of the perceived victims have spoken to federal agents amid mounting allegations of corruption.

Women in power abuse it.  NBC reported on February 27, 2020, "Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for a children's book scam that funneled money into her personal accounts and campaign coffers.  "Pugh, 69, will also have to serve three years of supervised release once she's out of prison, according to the sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow.  "The disgraced former mayor was also ordered to pay $411,948 in restitution and to forfeit $669,688, including property in Baltimore and $17,800 from her Committee to Re-elect Catherine Pugh."  She took over as mayor from Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, whose biggest achievement (if you want to call it that) was to order police to stand down as rioters burned cars and looted stores, saying "we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well." [...] She was preceded by Sheila Dixon.  CNN reported on December 2, 2009, "A jury convicted Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon on Tuesday of embezzlement for improperly using gift cards intended for the needy, the chief investigator for the state prosecutor's office said.  "She was found guilty of a single misdemeanor count of fraudulent misappropriation by a fiduciary.  She could be removed from office because it is a theft-related crime, James I. Cabezas said.  "Dixon solicited several cards for her own use from two developers, including Patrick Turner, who testified this month that Dixon asked him to donate gift cards from retailers and have them delivered to her office. [...] But wait.  There's more.  AP reported two weeks ago, "A former top prosecutor for the city of Baltimore was convicted Tuesday on one count of mortgage fraud, concluding a lengthy criminal trial in which Marilyn Mosby testified she unwittingly made false statements on loan applications to buy two Florida vacation homes.

New Mexico's Martin Heinrich Embraced a Struggling Electric Bus Industry.  Campaign Cash from Lobbyists Followed.  When Senator Martin Heinrich's chief of staff Joe Britton left his role, the New Mexico Democrat heaped praise on his former right-hand man, saying Britton would "continue to make a difference in the lives of everyone he meets."  In the years following his departure, Britton did make a difference — to Heinrich's campaign coffers.  After leaving Heinrich's office, Britton launched both a green energy lobbying shop and an electric vehicle trade association, through which he has routinely lobbied the Senate on energy policies that would benefit his clients.  Heinrich in at least one case co-sponsored a bill that Britton lobbied the upper chamber to pass, federal disclosures show.  That bill, the Bidirectional Act, would have propped up an electric bus industry that has since suffered significant setbacks.  One industry leader, Proterra, declared bankruptcy last year, while others have struggled to turn a profit.

Guilty: Disgraced Ex-Baltimore District Attorney Marilyn Mosby Convicted of Mortgage Fraud.  Disgraced former Baltimore District Attorney Marilyn Mosby sobbed in court Tuesday as she was convicted of mortgage fraud — a verdict that could carry decades in prison.  The Democrat served in office from 2015 until she lost her 2022 reelection bid after being indicted on perjury and mortgage fraud charges related to the withdrawal of funds from the city's Deferred Compensation Plan.  Prosecutors believe that in May 2020, Mosby took advantage of the CARES Act — the first coronavirus relief bill — by seeking a $40,000 withdrawal from her city retirement account, reported the Baltimore Sun.  Though she blamed the withdrawal on financial setbacks supposedly suffered due to the pandemic, Mosby's salary had actually increased by $10,000 to a total of $248,000 that year, according to the local publication.

Fani Willis Axed Employee Who Blew Whistle on Misuse of Federal Funds.  Fani Willis may have fired the employee who warned her about mishandling federal funds.  But she didn't deny her allegations.  Less than a year into her tenure as Fulton County district attorney, in 2021, Willis met with Amanda Timpson, an employee in the district attorney's office responsible for giving nonviolent juvenile offenders "alternatives to the juvenile court system."  During their conversation, a recording of which was reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon, Timpson claimed to Willis that she had been demoted after attempting to stop a top Willis campaign aide from misusing federal grant money meant for a youth gang prevention initiative.  According to Timpson, the aide, Michael Cuffee, planned to use part of a $488,000 federal grant — earmarked for the creation of a Center of Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention — to pay for "swag," computers, and travel.

Report: Squad Member Cori Bush Under Criminal Investigation by DOJ.  Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), a member of the far-left "Squad" in Congress, is reportedly under investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for allegedly misusing government funds meant for private security.  Punchbowl News first reported that the DOJ is conducting the criminal probe into Bush.  The outlet cited six sources for the allegation.  On Monday, the Justice Department subpoenaed the House Sergeant at Arms for records related to the misuse of federal security money.

Cori Bush Is Reportedly Under Investigation by the Biden DOJ.  U.S. Representative Cori Bush (D-MO), a member of the "Squad," is reportedly the subject of a criminal probe being run by the federal Department of Justice related to an alleged misuse of funds for security services.  First reported by Punchbowl News based on "six sources familiar with the investigation," the House Sergeant at Arms reportedly confirmed its cooperation with the Biden DOJ in its probe:  ["]The House announced Monday that the Sergeant at Arms had been subpoenaed and was cooperating with the Justice Department.  Punchbowl News scooped that the Justice Department was seeking spending records as part of a probe of a House Democrat.  The spending records they were seeking were in relation to the alleged misspending of security money.["]  As Townhall has previously reported, Rep. Bush has had quite a unique relationship (literally) with her personal bodyguards.  Guy summarized the situation well in a piece on another security snafu last year: [...]

Former DC council member who went to prison for bribery launches bid for Congress.  A former Washington, D. C. council member who was convicted in 2013 of bribery when in office is now running to become a member of Congress.  The ex-District lawmaker, Michael A. Brown, is trying to unseat fellow Democrat Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.  A D.C. delegate can vote on bills in committee but cannot participate in final votes.  The primary is in June.

Fani Willis Accused of Giving Lawyer Lover $654K Contract in Bombshell Legal Filing.  Michael Roman, one of the 18 co-defendants in the Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) case[,] which is centered on and includes former President Donald J. Trump[,] filed an explosive motion today [1/8/2024.]  In it, he claimed the indictment she secured against him on August 14 was unconstitutional because the lawyer she subcontracted to investigate RICO charges, Nathan Wade, is her lover.  Roman requests the court dismiss his indictment and disqualify Willis from the case.

Georgia Court Filing Alleges DA Fani Willis Appointed and Paid Her Lover, Nathan Wade, $654,000 to Prosecute Donald Trump.  In a court filing today [1/8/2024], one of the co-defendants in the Fulton County election case against President Trump is presenting very specific details of an intimate relationship between District Attorney Fani Willis and the Special Prosecutor she hired, Nathan Wade.  At first review, if the allegations are true, DA Willis had a financial motivation to initiate the case against Trump, as her boyfriend was the primary financial beneficiary.  The filing documents how Fani Willis and Nathan Wade took several extravagant vacations and indulged in an exclusive lifestyle as the result of payments Willis's office made to Wade.  If investigated as accurate, this could be very legally problematic for the Fulton County District Attorney and her case against President Trump.  The conflict of interest is very bright under this spotlight.

Convicted Ballot Harvester Gloria Torres Named San Luis Vice-Mayor.  Convicted ballot harvester, Gloria Torres, has been appointed as the new Vice Mayor of San Luis, Arizona.  Torres, who was appointed during the regular city council meeting on December 13, pleaded guilty to ballot abuse in June 2023.  Torres and Nadia Guadalupe Lizarraga-Mayorquin a/k/a Nadia Buchanan were indicted in October 2022, on two Class 6 felonies of conspiracy and ballot abuse stemming from a two-year long investigation by the Arizona Attorney General's Office with assistance from the Yuma County Sheriff's Office.

Elected Democratic Official Fined For Voting Twice In 2020 Election.  An elected Democratic official in Washington, D.C., has been fined by the District of Columbia Board of Elections for voting twice in 2020.  Vanessa Rubio, an advisory neighborhood commissioner in D.C., voted in the District of Columbia and Maryland during the 2020 presidential election, according to NBC 4 Washington reporter Mark Segraves.  She reportedly told the Board of Elections that since DC is not a state, she believed voting twice would be acceptable.  The Board of Elections found that an individual named Vanessa Rubio voted in person in Maryland on Nov. 1, 2020, and then in DC on Nov. 3, according to a photograph of the memorandum opinion and order posted by Segraves.

Trump Prosecutor, Jack Smith's Alleged Role In Extortion Scheme While At International Court of Justice Is Revealed.  My old friend and business partner, John Moynihan, filed a whistleblower complaint with the Department of Justice Inspector General's Office on November 28 alleging that Jack Smith, the Special Prosecutor pursuing Donald Trump, was engaged in an extortion scheme while he was working at the International Court of Justice.  It is no coincidence that Jack Smith, in the wake of that complaint, made an impromptu move on Monday (December 11) asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether Donald Trump had immunity to the charges filed by Smith.  Moynihan's complaint was filed on November 28, 2023 and Smith, 13 days later decides to bypass the Appeals Courts.  Smells like politics.  The Moynihan complaint is political dynamite because it provides circumstantial evidence to support Donald Trump's belief that Jack Smith is not only politically motivated but corrupt.  The Trump team wisely has refrained from piling on this news in order to avoid accusations that this was a manufactured hit job.

Politicians' trades perform twice as well as market average.  Investors dedicate countless hours to solving the mystery of how to beat the stock market[,] and many lose millions of dollars in the process.  But the answer might be simple:  Just copy Congress.  A tool which copies trades made by members of Congress and their families has gained nearly 20 percent this year — performing twice as well as the stock market average of eight to ten percent.  And a separate tool which is dedicated to tracking Nancy Pelosi's investments reveals her portfolio has returned a remarkable 50 percent in the last 12 months, vastly outperforming the 17 percent gains of the benchmark S&P500 index of America's top companies.  The tools were created by Quiver Quantitative, which uses public disclosures from members of Congress to mirror their trading activity and track the results.

Jeffrey Epstein flight log subpoena request denied by Democrat-led Senate Judiciary Committee, Blackburn says.  Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., criticized Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., for allegedly blocking her request to file a subpoena for Jeffrey Epstein's flight logs.  "@SenatorDurbin BLOCKED my request to subpoena Jeffrey Epstein's flight logs.  What are Democrats trying to hide?," Blackburn posted on X.  [Tweet]  Blackburn called Durbin's actions a "sad day in the history of the prestigious Judiciary Committee."  "Senate Democrats have long been trying to undermine the Supreme Court and Justice Clarence Thomas, but want to ignore Justice Sotomayor allegedly using her taxpayer-funded staff to coordinate speaking engagements in exchange for selling and promoting thousands of her books.  They also don't want to have a conversation about the estate of Jeffrey Epstein to find out the names of every person who participated in Jeffrey Epstein's human trafficking ring," Blackburn said in a statement.

This Sneaky Senator's Insider Trade Isn't the Most Corrupt Part of This Story.  When a senator who sits on the Health Committee makes a big bet on a small, home-state medical devices company that just happens to get mucho moolah from the federal government, and then that stock goes up more than 40% in the weeks after said senator's big bet, it's the opinion of this mostly humble columnist that there's some real shady stuff going on.  But it gets worse.  Earlier this month — November 8, to be exact — Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) purchased up to $250,000 in shares of Tactile Systems Technology (TCMD).  TCMD shares had been on a real losing streak in 2023, down more than 60% from its 52-week high of $26.11.  The price was down nearly another third, to $10.27 from $12.61, in the 48 hours before Smith made her big buy.  Buy the dip, of course.  What's remarkable is just how quickly TCMD recovered over the next three weeks — up 43% since the Minnesota senator plunked down her big bucks on a Minnesota company in an industry that Smith's committee oversees.  That's just one trade by one senator.

Stock trade of Sen. Tina Smith's husband draws scrutiny.  Archie Smith, the husband of U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., has seen some assets in his stock portfolio grow significantly in just the last few weeks.  According to public disclosure reports filed by Sen. Smith, Archie Smith purchased between $100,001 and $250,000 worth of stock in Tactile Systems Technology Inc. on Nov. 8, 2023.  On that day, the stock price for Tactile Systems opened at $9.99 and closed at $10.00.  Since this purchase by the senator's husband, Tactile Systems' stock has increased by 40%.  At close Tuesday, Tactile Systems' stock price was valued at $14.01 per share.  As a result, Archie Smith could have made anywhere from $40,000 to $100,000 since this stock trade.  Quiver Quantitative, a popular tracker of stock trades and an alternative data platform, recently referred to this transaction as "the most suspicious congressional stock trade I've seen in months."

Investigators Reveal Details on Brothel Ring Serving Politicians, Military Officials.  Federal investigators have released further details on a network of "sophisticated high-end brothels" that serviced politicians, military officials, and government contractors, revealing that the alleged ringleaders kept "impeccable" records of their million-dollar operation.  The prostitution ring was busted earlier this month by the Department of Justice (DOJ), with three Korean nationals arrested for their alleged roles in orchestrating the criminal network.  Han Lee, 41, James Lee, 68, and Junmyung Lee, 30, "walked through the border safeguards that have been relaxed by President Joe Biden's border chief, Alejandro Mayorkas," Breitbart News reported after their arrests on November 8.  The new details about the criminal organization, which operated in luxury apartments in Massachusetts and Virginia, were revealed in an affidavit submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Wednesday by Department of Homeland Security Special Agent Zachary Mitlitsky, the New York Post reported.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Establishes Legal Defense Fund Amid FBI Probe.  New York City Mayor Eric Adams has created his own legal defense fund, The Eric Adams Legal Defense Trust, amid ongoing investigations surrounding his mayoral campaign.  The purpose of the fund is to enable the mayor to receive donations of up to $5,000 outside of the standard campaign period.  The law requires Adams to disclose contributors who donate $100 or more, and prohibits his government subordinates and anyone doing business with the city from donating.  The fund's creation is in response to a probe by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York related to the alleged influx of foreign funds into Adams's 2021 mayoral race.  An affidavit signed by Adams, posted by the city's Conflicts of Interest Board, says the trust is necessary to cover legal costs linked to these inquiries.  Peter Aschkenasy, a veteran restaurateur who presided over a nonprofit tied to Adams's former Brooklyn Borough President role, will serve as the fund's trustee.

There Might Be More to That Eric Adams Corruption Story.  Over the weekend, we looked at the story of the FBI investigating potential campaign finance fraud in New York City Mayor Eric Adams' successful 2021 mayoral run.  They went so far as to seize three cellphones and two iPads from the Mayor, returning them later in the week.  At issue were a series of donations from Turkey that were allegedly funneled into Adams' campaign coffers through straw donors.  Thus far, that seems to have been the work of top Democratic fundraiser Brianna Suggs, with no indication that Adams was aware of the arrangement.  But now, some of the text messages from Adams' devices show another link to Turkey involving the Mayor's involvement in the approval of a new Turkish consulate constructed near the United Nations complex.  And yet this may turn out to be little more than a wrinkle.

Eric Adams had cell phones, iPad seized by FBI as part of corruption investigation.  The FBI seized Mayor Eric Adams' electronic devices early this week as part of a federal probe into his campaign fundraising, The [New York] Post has learned.  The feds seized the electronics — which included at least two cellphones and an iPad — in connection to an investigation into whether Hizzoner's 2021 campaign colluded with the Turkish government and others to direct money into his mayoral effort, sources told The Post after the news was first reported by the New York Times.  Adams' campaign attorney Boyd Johnson said the mayor was cooperating with federal authorities and had already reported that a review found "an individual had recently acted improperly."  "After learning of the federal investigation, it was discovered that an individual had recently acted improperly.  In the spirit of transparency and cooperation, this behavior was immediately and proactively reported to investigators," Johnson said in a statement obtained by The Post.

Ex-Baltimore prosecutor found guilty of perjury regarding retirement homes in Florida.  Former Baltimore state attorney Marilyn Mosby was convicted Thursday of charges for lying about the finances of a business to improperly access retirement funds during the COVID-19 pandemic.  She got access to the money and used it to purchase two Florida homes.  Mosby was convicted by a federal jury on two counts of perjury, according to NBC News.  Prosecutors argued that she didn't have the right to get those funds due to provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.

D.C. brothel bust:  Where's the client list?  In a swing district in the Virginia suburbs, something interesting happened on election day yesterday:  Democrat Susanna Gibson, who had been caught posting videos of her sex life on a pornographic website, calling for 'tips' for particular sex acts from the public, didn't win her election for a seat in the Virginia statehouse. [...] Which brings us to the next scandal rocking the Virginia suburbs — that a huge brothel network full of trafficked Asian women got rolled up by lawmen after operating a brisk business in the area.  The brothels had been operating in Boston, and the D.C. suburbs, all very wealthy areas full of government money and lots of Democrats. [...] And sure enough, prosecutors have revealed that the clientele list is pretty influential.  But somehow, they don't want to release the client list.  Unlike what Gibson did, there was a crime here, with foreign women being trafficked, possibly against their will.  But as in the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the client list is being protected?  Why the heck should they be protected?  Shouldn't the public know which members of Congress, the Pentagon and other places of power think it's just about sex?  As Gibson demonstrated, there is no shame in that.

Consequences of American Communism.  We have been witness to, and uncomprehendingly struggle to understand, how deeply communist the nation's government has become, but the evidence is there.  It ignored a massively corrupted presidential election that installed someone who staffed the government, all with the aid of senators, with a treasonous bunch of radicals pursuing an agenda of national suicide.  No one has enforced the laws, not during the election, not where immigration is concerned, not by enforcing the limitations of regulation and the power of bureaucracies.  The United States truly was a nation of laws and when the laws were broken, it simply broke the nation rather than the law breakers.

'Squad' Dem pays thousands to husband in 'wage expenses' for mystery role despite backlash.  Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., has continued shoveling campaign cash to her husband, Cortney Merritts, but altered the description of the payments amid scrutiny.  She has sent over $100,000 to him since she added him to the campaign's payroll nearly two years ago.  According to new filings reviewed by Fox News Digital, Bush's committee paid Merritts $12,500 for "wage expenses" between July and August.  Merritts previously gathered money for security services, but the committee switched their characterization in April as they continued to bring headaches for the campaign.  The new cash follows the $30,000 Bush's campaign paid him before the third quarter.  So far this year, Merritts has received $42,500 from the committee.  He's collected $102,500 since he first emerged on its payroll in January 2022.

Of Course Public Offices Are for Sale.  When House speaker Kevin McCarthy finally got around to initiating an impeachment inquiry into Chinese Puppet Joe Biden, he somehow managed to keep a straight face while claiming that America's "public offices are not for sale."  Really?  That must come as a bit of a shock to all the people who regularly purchase them.  Most of our overseas ambassadors hold their prestigious positions not because they are adept diplomats with years of experience under their belts, but rather because they have been longtime supporters of the president and generous party donors.  Cushy cabinet jobs often go to political cronies, competitors cajoled into selling their support, or Mitch McConnell's wife.  The ranks of the federal Judiciary are filled with ideological partisans whose nominations to the bench coincidentally followed years of maxing out campaign contribution limits to lawmakers sitting on powerful committees.  Presidential candidates raise hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars from aristocratic families, corporations, unions, and special interests of every kind — all of whom expect a certain return on their investments.

Fani Willis Linked To Massive Election Fraud And Money Laundering RICO Enterprise!  In a shocking turn of events, a bombshell investigation has uncovered jaw-dropping connections between Fani Willis and a sprawling web of election fraud and money laundering activities.  Fani Willis's involvement will be sure to send shockwaves through the political landscape.  The investigation, which spans across multiple states and multiple jurisdictions, has revealed a complex network of illicit operations aimed at undermining the very foundation of our Constitutional Republic and the rule of law.  Sources close to the matter suggest that Willis was a massive beneficiary in the Federal and Georgia RICO enterprises.  It appears that she is currently playing a key role in orchestrating a systematic scheme to manipulate election outcomes, casting doubt on the integrity of the entire electoral process.

Using the Dictator's — and the Mafia's — Playbook.  I could list numerous recent examples of Democrats who committed election manipulation (Most recently, across the country in 2020, hundreds of election procedures were changed by unelected bureaucrats because of COVID — almost all were done unconstitutionally); of how the Dems have weaponized the justice system and law enforcement against their opponents (For example, Hillary and Biden had classified documents, nothing happened to them.  But Trump was arrested for legally possessing classified documents.); and of Dems who seized unauthorized power to implement draconian edicts on the populace (Think of the hundreds of authoritarian lockdowns during COVID).  I could give hundreds of examples of Dems being hypocrites by doing exactly what they accuse others of doing or doing what they've made illegal.  However, none of that matters.  The Dems and their media do not care about any of that.  They don't care that they're hypocrites and they don't care if anyone discovers their hypocrisy.  Why should they?  They control all the power institutions in the country and are wielding that control to maintain power.

Los Angeles politician sentenced to 42 months on corruption charges, latest in city scandals.  Former Los Angeles City Council Member and Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas was sentenced to 42 months in prison on conspiracy, bribery as well as mail and wire fraud convictions on Monday.  Ridley-Thomas was convicted in March for a scheme that was executed with former University of Southern California School of Social Work Dean Marilyn Louise Flynn wherein the then County Supervisor sent the school county contracts in exchange for, "direct and indirect financial benefits."

The National Scandal That Is Too Big to Break.  Conservatives looking to expose the full extent of the Biden family's corruption have a problem:  the scandal might be too big to break.  Typically, there are three main entities involved in taking down a politician over a corruption scandal.  First, there is the media, which broadcasts the details of the scandal, eroding public support.  Second, there is law enforcement, which investigates and, if necessary, presses criminal charges.  Third, there is the party establishment, which ultimately abandons the politician as a matter of self-preservation, signaling that it's "game over."  But what happens when a scandal is so big that the people responsible for breaking it are implicated in it as well?  That is the situation which now faces the mainstream media, the federal intelligence bureaucracy, and the Democrat Party.

Biden's crime family is all of DC.  Obama didn't wrest the nomination in 2008 from Hillary because he was "the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean," as Joe Biden put it.  No, no, no.  Obama had Chicago money and the Cook County Democrat machine behind him.  In 2016, the money and the machine helped Hillary swipe the nomination from Bernie Sanders.  And that same money and machine bought off Sanders and the rest of the pack to pave the way for Biden in 2020.  I am convinced that Ukraine is Chinese for money laundering.  How else can you explain why a weird province of Russia (come on, Kyiv was once the capital of Russia) attracts so many American political consultants after our presidential elections end?

The Socialists in Congress sure are lucky when they engage in capitalism.
Ro Khanna's Trusts Dumped BlackRock Stock Weeks Before Announcement Of Congressional Probe.  Democratic California Rep. Ro Khanna, who sits on the Congressional Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, recorded selling large quantities of BlackRock shares just weeks before the committee announced a probe into the company.  Khanna's disclosure forms state that trusts associated with both his children and spouse offloaded BlackRock stocks totaling between $32,000 and $130,000 between June and March 2023.  The Select Committee notified the financial giant in early August that it was under investigation for involvement with over 60 Chinese companies flagged for human rights or national security concerns, The Wall Street Journal reports.  Trusts linked to Rep. Khanna sold between $1,000 and $15,000 of BlackRock shares on both March 14 and March 24.  Further separate amounts between $15,000 and $50,000 of BlackRock securities were sold on June 26 and June 29 by trusts linked to Rep Khanna.

Democrats Are Dancing the Totalitarian Two-Step.  [Scroll down]  Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Stacey Abrams, and most Democrat members of Congress and cable news anchors should be indicted for conspiracy to challenge previous elections, defrauding the U.S.  Let's add other names of high government officials who participated in the Russian collusion hoax.  Richard Nixon wiretapped DNC headquarters and was forced to resign.  James Clapper, James Comey, John Brennan, President Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Susan Rice, and many others wiretapped Trump Tower, spied on an opposing political campaign, its transition team, and its administration.  They lied to FISA courts for surveillance warrants, gaslit the media and American people, and are rewarded with book deals, university faculty appointments, television commentary gigs, none receiving even a slap on the wrist.  They all conspired to rig or overturn an election with no special counsels and no indictments.  Such propaganda and elimination of political opposition fits the definition of totalitarianism.

Prosecutors drop another charge against FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried.  Federal prosecutors dropped a campaign finance charge against Sam Bankman-Fried, the second time they have narrowed the indictment against the founder of crypto exchange FTX.  Prosecutors told Judge Lewis Kaplan on Wednesday that they were dropping the charge of conspiracy to make unlawful campaign contributions because they had failed to obtain permission from the government of the Bahamas for that charge when Bankman-Fried was extradited from the island nation in December.

Biden's DOJ drops campaign finance charge against Democratic megadonor Sam Bankman-Fried.  The Department of Justice has dropped its campaign finance violation charge against disgraced FTX founder and Biden donor Sam Bankman-Fried.  Following the November 2022 collapse of his former cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Democratic megadonor Bankman-Fried was hit with eight charges of fraud and conspiracy, including a campaign finance charge. [...] Bankman-Fried reportedly donated $10 million to then-candidate Joe Biden in 2020.  The crypto hustler reportedly also hired a network of "political operatives" and spent at least $39,826,856 in an effort to help Democrats win their House races in the November 2022 midterm elections.

Biden Democrats and Crypto Donor Sam Bankman-Fried Get Huge Legal Gift from Feds.  Sam Bankman-Fried is still the Left's golden boy.  On the same day that UFO coverage and the Hunter Biden plea deal collapse captured the attention of the media, the destroyed and disgraced crypto billionaire convinced Southern District of New York prosecutors to drop a huge charge against him.  Democrats to whom the accused Ponzi schemer shoveled millions during the 2022 election cycle were the biggest winners.  Before it imploded, the billion-dollar crypto exchange FTX was a triple threat.  On one hand, the Adderral-fueled Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and his band of sexually promiscuous mates manically shook down Hollywood and other glitterati from their Bahamas base to keep the alleged grift going.  When the money came pouring in, they gave Democrat political friends nearly $40 million in campaign donations during the 2022 election cycle.  Sam Bankman-Fried was the Democrats' dream boat donor.  They called their giving Effective Altruism.  Truer words were never spoken.  Being altruistic with the Democrats was effective.

Rule of law?  What rule of law?  Lots of people are convinced that Trump ran roughshod over the Constitution, but even in his worst moments he grumbled mightily but followed the law.  Great example:  he campaigned on "Lock her up!"  Yet he never even pushed for an investigation.  Pretty big contrast to how Trump is being treated by Biden, who mumbles about the rule of law yet uses the FBI as his own personal Stasi.  The Democrats, on the other hand, make a fetish of referring to the rule of law, while often simply ignoring both statutes and the Constitutional limits on their power.  Both Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden famously admitted he had no power to cancel student loan debt, and then Biden went ahead and did it anyway.  When the Supreme Court ratified what everybody knew — Biden acted illegally — Biden simply rejiggered his policies and canceled some of the student debt.

Is there a judge anywhere in the US with the courage to say that the Emperor has no Clothes?  Who is the Emperor?  The cabal that is prepared to do anything, no matter how unconstitutional, no matter how evil, to destroy Donald Trump.  That would be Merrick Garland, Christopher Wray, and Jack Smith.  Of course this trio of thugs has many cohorts willing to do their dirty work.  What kind of dirty work?  The kind that has made judges, the mainstream media, and most members of Congress fear being cancelled.  The left's method of coercion is well-known.  Cross us and your career is over.  Read Alan Dershowitz's book, Get Trump.  The elites who believe they are uniquely entitled to run the country will cancel you, harass you, ruin you by any means necessary.  They will go after anyone who dares to deviate from their party line.

On this day 54 years ago...  What is striking about the scandal known as Chappaquiddick is not how disgusting Ted Kennedy's behavior was — he got drunk, took a woman in his car with the intent to ravish her, drove off a bridge, escaped while leaving her to drown, and ran away to his family without notifying anyone.  The whole series of events was utterly depraved.  No, what is striking is that it didn't hurt Kennedy at all.  He faced neither legal consequences nor any political or social consequences.  He remained in the Senate for 4 decades, was a serious contender for the presidency, challenging a sitting president, and retired as the "Lion of the Senate."  Democrats adored him and memory-holed Mary Jo Kopechne as if her life meant nothing at all.  Because to them it did mean nothing.  We saw the same thing with Bill Clinton, whose crimes didn't rise to 2nd- or 3rd-degree murder, but rape was on the agenda, and his accusers were called "trailer trash" and unworthy of any support.  Believe all women.  Except when they accuse Democrats.

Having made her millions, a congresswoman will retire.  Democrat Grace Napolitano of California announced this weekend that she will retire when this term ends in January 2025.  She will be 88.  That you can retire from Congress reflects an electorate that pays scant attention to those who represent them in Washington, as shown by the 98% re-election rate in the House.  Grace went from being poor when she entered Congress after the 1998 election to a net worth of over $5 million.  This coincided with the national debt rising from under $6 trillion when she arrived to more than $32 trillion today.  Congress has overspent its annual allocation of taxes by more than $1 trillion a year during her tenure.  She got rich.  The nation went broke.  As Jerry Reed might sing, she got the gold mine; we got the shaft.  While many are the members of Congress whose wealth explodes while they oversee federal spending and regulate the companies they invest in, Grace was exceptionally good at increasing her net worth.  She did so well, she could be a Biden.

The Left's New Sugar Daddy Alex Soros Had 20 Meetings at Joe Biden's White House (So Far).  Alex Soros, the son and heir apparent to billionaire left-wing philanthropist George Soros, had 20 meetings at President Joe Biden's White House with Biden administration officials, according to the latest White House visitor logs.  According to the visitor logs, the younger Soros has visited the Biden White House 15 times, met with officials 20 times, and attended a state dinner for French President Emmanuel Macron at which President Biden was in attendance.

Eric Adams campaign donors indicted.  We know you're shocked.  This is a headline that you could pull up from the archives over the past twenty years or more.  Just swap out the names and a couple of office titles and the stories seem indistinguishable from one another.  Friends and associates of a high-ranking elected official in New York State or New York City have been indicted on campaign finance corruption charges.  This time it's a group of associates of New York City Mayor Eric Adams.  Six of his cronies, some of whom previously served with him in the NYPD, have been indicted over a scheme where they allegedly set up straw donors to funnel money into the Mayor's campaign coffers.  The group reportedly generated tens of thousands of dollars in donations and used a city matching fund program to amplify that amount significantly.  But the Mayor and his staff somehow knew nothing about any of this, according to his spokesperson.

'America's Darkest Secret': Sex Trafficking, Child Abuse and the Biden Administration.  The criminal practice of trafficking and abusing hundreds of thousands of migrant children who cross the southern border is now, thanks to the open-border policy of the Biden Administration, apparently "normal" inside the US: [...] Currently, at least 85,000 children are believed to be missing.  According to Customs and Border Protection statistics,  "[T]he number of UACs [Unaccompanied Alien Children] who arrive at the border has swelled from 33,239 in fiscal year 2020 to more than 146,000 in fiscal year 2021 and 152,000 in fiscal year 2022.  So far in fiscal year 2023, there have been more than 70,000 encounters of unaccompanied children."  Many of those children are raped, used for forced labor, and forced to undertake brutal jobs ostensibly to "work off" their debt by the criminal cartels who reportedly now control the Mexican side of the border and brought the children in.

What is there to be said about Jill Biden?  [Scroll down]  So, with help from James Clyburn, Biden it was; the most hapless, moronic and corrupt man to hold office for fifty years in Congress.  His reward for being exactly that, moronic and corrupt, was to fail upward, to be illegitimately installed as President.  And now, as a result of massive election theft, the ordination of the most incompetent, the most corrupt member of Congress, the man owned by China, Ukraine and perhaps even Romania, is our President.  He is the man that withdrew from Afghanistan in the most catastrophic pro-China manner possible, the man who on day one of his presidency opened our southern border to all comers, the man who has purposefully increased the ease with which the drug and sex trafficking cartels can operate within and without America with impunity.

The Traitor Class.  What America is up against is unlike anything we have ever encountered or experienced.  It has the potential of being more bloody than the Civil War and more threatening than both world wars.  But now we face an army of traitors... a traitor class, domestic enemies working behind the scenes in shadow.  They are dividing our country, destroying our freedom, our democratic republic, our sovereignty, our Judeo Christian values, our morality, the family unit, our culture, even our monuments to American heroes.  They are spending us into oblivion as Cloward and Piven envisioned.  The traitors are accomplishing this because they are getting no opposition.  A lot of people are confused.  They think it is just politics.  It is not just politics.  The Left is planning to deliver The United States to the New World Order in the next very few years and they are on schedule.  They are globalists, more loyal to their political party and to globalism than they are to their country.  They number in the many hundreds, maybe thousands.  They have taken over the Executive Branch, the Justice Department, certainly the FBI.  Half of the Senate and half of the House.  Almost the entire school system is teaching values contrary to our culture and religion

'Someone's got to go to prison'.  Our despicable and corrupt AG Garland will defend the criminals who are making our cities unlivable just as the equally corrupt Alejandro Mayorkas of DHS will continue to import millions of migrants from around the world no matter how devastating the damage to those same cities and to our economy.  These America-hating officials are only continuing the Obama-approved agenda of taking America down a few pegs.  Now they are in full destruction mode as are the Democrats in Congress.  Not one of them has broken with the party on immigration, on the irresponsible spending that will bankrupt us sooner rather than later, or on the cruel idiocy of transgenderism.  They have elevated their beloved LGBT activists above veterans, above the nuclear family, above all religious faiths.  They have made us a morally corrupt nation on its face, a gross insult to all law-abiding, America-loving citizens.

Living in a Media World.  Our country is now divided into two numerically equivalent ideological blocs.  Not surprisingly, those in the leftist bloc have been generally impervious to what conservatives and Republicans have exposed as scandals in their camp.  And there have been lots of them.  This long train of abuses would include Hunter Biden's acceptance of bribes from foreign governments, his father's likely involvement in Hunter's influence-peddling, the Democrats' weaponization of the administrative state against both political opponents and religious Christians, the witch hunt against Trump carried out on the basis of the discredited Steele dossier, and Biden's and Hillary Clinton's scandalous treatment of classified material.  Democratic iniquities might also include promoting programs to sexualize children, the championing of LGBT and CRT indoctrination in public schools and the military, our humiliating setbacks in foreign affairs, and the sacrifice of American energy independence in pursuit of a Green New Deal benefiting Communist China.

House Republicans Censure Adam Schiff for Falsifying Intelligence Information to Public.  Congressman Adam Schiff was the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from 2015 through 2019, then Chairman of that same committee from 2019 through 2023.  In his leadership position on the HPSCI, Schiff was also a member of the congressional Gang of Eight who received classified intelligence briefings on all U.S. intel matters.  Adam Schiff used his position on the HPSCI to fabricate information from the HPSCI, leak information to media, and falsify statements during public appearances.  Following the 2020 midterm election result, Schiff was forcibly removed from the committee by Speaker Kevin McCarthy.  Today the House of Representatives censured Schiff for his lies and manipulative conduct and submitted him to an ethics investigation by the House.

Adam Schiff's Censure Is The Bare Minimum.  Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., has been at the center of every left-wing hoax orchestrated against former President Donald Trump since 2016. From the trumped-up claims of Russian collusion to a fabricated scandal over military aid in Ukraine to the conspiracies surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot as a desperate effort to impeach, Schiff has been the primary conductor.  So on Wednesday, hours after John Durham detailed the special counsel's findings in the Russia hoax investigation before the House Judiciary Committee, the lower chamber formally censured Schiff, who is presently seeking a seat in the Senate.  The resolution passed 213-209, with all Republicans voting in favor except for six who voted "present."  Democrats erupted in the well of the House, chanting "shame" and "disgrace" as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy slammed the gavel upon the vote.  The resolution forced Schiff to stand before lawmakers embarrassingly and requires the House Ethics Committee to probe the congressman's "falsehoods, misrepresentations, and abuses of sensitive information."

Revamped Schiff censure resolution to get vote on Wednesday.  The House is set to vote on a revamped resolution to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Wednesday after the chamber blocked a similar measure targeting the California Democrat last week.  Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) called the revised measure to the floor as a privileged resolution on Tuesday, which forces the House to take action on the measure.  Democrats are expected to make a procedural motion to table the measure when it comes to the floor for a vote on Wednesday, which would require majority support.  The move from Luna comes after the House blocked her initial Schiff censure resolution last week.  Twenty Republicans joined Democrats in supporting a motion to table the measure which was enough to block the resolution from coming to the floor for a vote, effectively killing it.  Luna, however, made a number of changes to the resolution from last week to this week, and she said she now has enough votes for the measure to be approved.

Maybe it's not "disproportionate".  According to multiple sources, the suspect driver who fled is Derrick John Thompson, 27, the son of former DFL State Representative John Thompson.  Derrick Thompson previously pleaded guilty to fleeing police and causing a crash in Montecito, Calif. in September 2018, according to local media.  In that case, Thompson, who was 22 at the time, was fleeing from Ventura police and struck a pedestrian before bailing on foot. [...] [His father, f]ormer Rep. John Thompson, who became an activist after the police killing of his coworker Philando Castile in 2016, won a seat representing Saint Paul's east side in 2020. The next year, questions mounted as to whether or not Thompson actually lived in the district he was representing after police cited him for a July 2021 traffic violation in Saint Paul and he presented a Wisconsin ID.  Multiple allegations of domestic abuse surfaced and Minnesota House DFL voted to expel Thompson from its caucus.

Why Do We Tolerate Crime?  I wrote yesterday about the appalling murder — call it what it was — of five young Somali women by a career criminal named Derrick Thompson.  Derrick is the son of John Thompson, a former DFL legislator who is best known as an anti-police activist, and who also has a considerable criminal record, largely related to traffic violations.  Derrick Thompson was clocked at 95 to 100 mph on Highway 35W, probably the Twin Cities' busiest highway.  Before the Highway Patrol could pursue him, he exited the highway off a down ramp to Lake Street and immediately ran a red light, essentially vaporizing a car containing the five innocent young women.  [Video clip]  Twin Cities media outlets are focusing on the less-than-vital question of how that video leaked to the press.  That seems to be of more moment, in their eyes, than the five lives that were lost, and the left-wing criminal justice system that made the whole thing possible.

Prosecutors Quietly Drop Five Charges Against Democrat Megadonor Sam Bankman-Fried, Likely To Walk.  The crypto founder who stole $4 billion and gave half of it to Democrat candidates.  If he were a Republican he would be in federal prison for life.  This is Democrat justice.  Legal Analyst: "The prosecution is busily dismantling their own case to a degree that's obvious.  Someone doesn't want SBF to get any jail time."  [Tweet]

The Editor says...
If he goes to jail, he might start singing.

Charges Against FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Severed in High-Stakes Trial.  In a surprising turn of events, federal prosecutors in New York have made the decision to sever a number of criminal charges against FTX crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried, with the possibility of trying him on those charges at a later date.  This decision comes in response to a recent ruling in the Bahamas, where Bankman-Fried can challenge the additional charges.  In a ruling on Thursday, a judge granted the request from prosecutors to split the high-profile criminal trial into two separate proceedings due to concerns that a Bahamian court's review could cause delays.

Cabinet secretary admits to lying under oath - why does she still have her job?  Jennifer Granholm is the Secretary of Energy, a high-level position in the Biden administration.  She sent a letter to Congress on Friday admitting to lying during her testimony under oath addressing her ownership of individual stocks.  Top government officials in charge of policy-making are not supposed to own stocks in companies that may present a conflict of interest.  Not only did she not completely divest all the stocks she owned, but she also kept six that were in her portfolio.  During her confirmation process, she told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that she did not own any individual stocks.  She did so under oath.  She didn't mention the six she held on to.  She sent a letter to the committee leadership on Friday in which she admits that she made a "mistake" in her testimony.

It's Past Time For Republicans To Impeach Biden And All His Top Officials.  We now have more evidence that Joe Biden is a criminal than Democrats faked in order to spy on and then impeach Donald Trump twice, hamstringing his entire four years in office.  Yet Trump has become the first president in U.S. history to be raided by the FBI and now indicted — over documents the Department of Justice will not identify, even to courts.  The indictment is a scam, on every level.  It is pure treachery designed to make a mockery of the American justice system to persecute Democrats' top political enemy.  Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Mike Pence, and Barack Obama all had "documents disputes," and none of them were indicted despite several of their offenses being clearly far worse than what's on the table with Trump.  The indictment is a farce.  And it's a dangerous one, as a very public and high-level weaponization of America's legal system for political purposes.  This is banana republic behavior, folks, and it's destroying what's left of the American constitutional order that preserves for all of us a way of life unparalleled in human history.

This is a joke that will be repeated over and over by the media and other Dems: 'No one is above the law'.  Here is a short list of people who have essentially been above the law no matter how many lies they tell under oath or how many crimes they commit.
  •   Hillary Clinton
  •   Lois Lerner
  •   Eric Holder
  •   James Clapper
  •   Adam Schiff
  •   Fifty-one former intelligence officials who vouched for a fictitious document to elect a corrupt Democrat.
  •   Andrew McCabe
  •   James Comey
  •   Joe Biden
They can commit fraud by lying to the FISA Court to illegally spy on political opponents.  They can lie to Congress and hide documents and the corrupt Justice Dept will let them off.  They can illegally target political opponents at IRS[.]  They can mishandle classified documents and destroy computers if they want, and corrupt officials will say that no one will prosecute such crimes.

Biden Energy Secretary Granholm Lied to Senate Under Oath About Stock Ownership.  It has just been revealed that Biden's Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm lied to the Senate under oath about the stocks she owns.  She admitted in a letter that she 'mistakenly' misinformed the Senate about her stock ownership and that her spouse owns stock in Ford, a company that is directly impacted by her work.  Will there be investigations and arrests?  After all, no one is above the law.  Isn't that what we're being told every day?

Recipe for Disaster: A Democrat President and a Democrat Senate.  Alejandro Mayorkas, the Secretary of Homeland Security who keeps insisting the southern border is secure, intervened to help obtain a sentence commutation for the son of a major Democrat Party donor.  The son was a convicted drug dealer.  Then U.S. attorney Mayorkas approached the White House in 2000 on behalf of Carlos Vignali, a convicted drug trafficker whom prosecutors said was a leading figure in a drug ring with nearly three dozen members that stretched from California to Minnesota.  Vignali's father was a wealthy real-estate developer and a substantial donor to California Democrats.  He persuaded more than nine important Democrat politicians to approach Bill Clinton on his son's behalf.  He increased his political donations as his son's trial began, then donated ever-increasing amounts to the Democratic National Committee during their convention in Los Angeles.  The Vignali family also contributed to Xavier Becerra's political campaigns prior to his advocacy for Carlos.  Becerra is currently the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Kentucky Democrat Who Lost Bid to Unseat McConnell Fined $10K for Ethics Violations.  The Executive Branch Ethics Commission of Kentucky has finally completed its investigation of Democrat Alison Grimes, a former secretary of state who ran an unsuccessful campaign for Senate against Sen. Mitch McConnell in 2014.  The commission, in a unanimous vote, has fined her $10,000 for abusing "her position and influence" to provide 18 Democratic candidates with official, confidential voter lists in violation of state law in an obvious attempt to aid their political campaigns.  The commission opened its investigation in 2021, after her father, Gerald "Jerry" Lundergan, a former state representative and former chairman of the Kentucky Democratic Party, was convicted of violating federal campaign finance laws.  Along with a political consultant, who was also convicted, Lundergan illegally funneled more than $200,000 from one of his companies to his daughter's Senate campaign.

Corruption Of President Biden — And Of The Justice Department, And Of The Media.  On Wednesday [5/10/2023] Congressman James Comer and some colleagues held their.long-promised press conference detailing new information about corruption of the President of the United States.  I happened to be driving at the time (not common for Manhattanites like me) and so listened to a portion of the event.  The oral presentation was expressed in general terms that mostly reiterated things that we already knew.  Added to our previous knowledge was information from recently produced and analyzed bank records that enabled pinpointing exact dates, sources and amounts of various payments from foreign entities to intermediary shell corporations and thence on to various Bidens. [...] And thus little by little we learn more details about our current President accepting large amounts of money from multiple foreign countries, one of which is our most significant geopolitical adversary.  I don't think I'm the only one whose jaw drops when I find out that our "leaders" at the very highest levels — in other words, the President — think that it's perfectly OK to take millions from foreign governments that include global adversaries, hide it with intermediaries and shell companies, and refuse to answer questions of any kind.  Wasn't there a time when the United States was a place where this kind of thing just was not done?

Puppy Dog Republicans [are] Afraid to Act.  Once again, virtually every phony charge against President Trump was proven to be false, virtually every claim he made about being spied on was proven true and the FBI has been revealed — again — to be a politically unethical organization far more concerned with tipping the electoral scales in favor of the Democrats than they are concerned with fighting crime.  The Durham Report is just the latest in a long line of negative findings about prominent Democrats that never seems to result in any of them paying any tangible penalty for their wrongdoing. [...] The examples of Democrat Party malfeasance go on and on, through the three-letter acronym agencies Like the FBI, CIA, and IRS, Democrat politicians like Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, and Elizabeth Warren who intentionally introduce false evidence into official government proceedings, have illicit affairs with hostile foreign operatives, and willfully misrepresent themselves to gain unfair professional advantage.

Is Adam Schiff About to Be Expelled From Congress?  In the aftermath of Special Counsel John Durham proving Congressman Adam Schiff lied to the American people for years about so-called "Russian collusion," House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is demanding accountability and hinting the California Democrat could be on his way out. [Tweet]  Late Tuesday evening, Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna submitted a resolution expelling Schiff from the House of Representatives.  [Tweet]

Liberal Justices Had Political Entanglements That Were Largely Ignored By Democrats.  Between 2004 and 2018, justices collectively disclosed taking 1,306 trips paid for by others, including 219 taken by Breyer, some of which were paid for by a wealthy Democratic donor family, according to Open Secrets.  Three of Breyers trips in 2018 were funded by the Chicago-based Pritzker family, which has donated millions of dollars to Democratic causes.  Breyer, who serves on the Pritzker Prize for Architecture jury, took two of those trips as part of that role.  Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz highlighted Breyer's travel during Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Supreme Court ethics.  "In 2019, [Justice Breyer] traveled to New York City, to Vancouver and Paris," Cruz said.  "In 2018, Justice Breyer traveled to Ireland and Spain.  In 2016, he traveled to New York, Spain and France.  In 2013, he traveled to Norway, Sweden and Denmark.  In 2012, he traveled to Beijing and to London — all of this paid for by the Pritzker Foundation."  "I'm not suggesting that he is corrupt," Cruz continued.  "What I am suggesting is this committee is corrupt."

Democrat Rep. Dan Goldman Sold up to $15,000 in Bank Stock Two Days Before Value Plummeted.  Democrat Rep. Daniel Goldman (NY) sold up to $15,000 worth of stock in PacWest Bancorp just two days before the bank's stock took a significant plunge, according to his financial disclosures.  Goldman sold his PacWest Bancorp stock on March 6, when the institution's stock was valued at $27.40.  However, the value plummeted two days later amid news of Silicon Valley Bank's failure.  PacWest Bancorp's stock is currently valued at $3.42, a decline of more than 87 percent, as the Washington Free Beacon noted.

While we're talking SCOTUS ethics ... what about Sotomayor's?  Senate Democrats, led by Dick Durbin, seem obsessed these days with supposed appearances of impropriety by conservative Supreme Court justices.  Does that concern over the integrity of the court extend to its liberal wing — perhaps to its senior member taking in millions from a conglomerate with repeated cases before the court?  A justice who never bothered to recuse herself from them? [...] Sotomayor's defenders will push back on this by claiming that she at least disclosed those payments, while Clarence Thomas never disclosed his travel arrangements and other personal gifts from Harlan Crow.  That is a red herring, however.  In the first place, the disclosure rules for the Supreme Court didn't require Thomas to make those disclosures, although they do now.  In the second place, Crow didn't have business before the Supreme Court, so there was no conflict of interest at all.  To claim that Thomas is an equal or worse violator of ethics as Sotomayor is to invert the entire purpose of disclosure and ethics.

Liberal SCOTUS Justice Took $3M From Book Publisher, Didn't Recuse From Its Cases.  Liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor declined to recuse herself from multiple copyright infringement cases involving book publisher Penguin Random House despite having been paid millions by the firm for her books, making it by far her largest source of income, records show.  In 2010, she got a $1.2 million book advance from Knopf Doubleday Group, a part of the conglomerate.  In 2012, she reported receiving two advance payments from the publisher totaling $1.9 million.  In 2013, Sotomayor voted in a decision for whether the court should hear a case against the publisher called Aaron Greenspan v. Random House, despite then-fellow Justice Stephen Breyer recusing after also receiving money from the publisher.  Greenspan was a Harvard classmate of Mark Zuckerberg's who wrote a book about the founding of Facebook and contended that Random House rejected his book proposal and then awarded a deal to another author who copied his book and eventually turned it into the movie The Social Network.  In 2017, Sotomayor began receiving payments each year from Penguin Random House itself, which continued annually through at least 2021, the most recent disclosure available, and totaled more than $500,000.

Liberal SCOTUS Justice Caught in Scandal That Blows Up Recent Left-Wing Attacks.  There's one certainty in politics.  If a Democrat is accusing a Republican of doing something, it is the Democrat who is inevitably actually doing it.  That dynamic played out again Wednesday after a major revelation about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor called into question all the recent left-wing attacks on Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch. [...] These attacks have been absolutely ridiculous, but that didn't stop Senate Democrats from calling a hearing to furiously wag their fingers.  Well, they are going to have to call another hearing because it's been revealed that Sotomayor took $3.6 million from a book company that did have business before the court at the time.

Democrat Lawmaker Lois Frankel Sold First Republic Stock Before It Crashed by 80%.  Investor Matt Allen posted an interesting tweet on how one Democrat lawmaker was able to wade through the collapse of First Republic Bank.  Congresswoman Lois Frankel sold First Republic Bank in March before the stock dropped 80%[.]  After she sold First Republic, she bought JP Morgan Chase which just bought First Republic.  She clearly had inside information.

GOP Arizona State Representatives File Formal Ethics Complaint Against House Democrat Who Was Caught Red-Handed Stealing Bibles.  Three GOP Arizona State House members have filed a formal ethics complaint against Democrat Arizona State Rep. Stephanie Stahl-Hamilton, citing " for unethical conduct and behavior undignified of a Member of the Arizona House of Representatives."  This comes after the Representative admitted last week to stashing bibles around the House members-only lounge in order to hide them from other members.  As The Gateway Pundit reported, Representative Stephanie Stahl-Hamilton, a so-called ordained minister, was caught by a security camera earlier this month hiding Bibles by stuffing them in couch cushions and the refrigerator of the House members-only lounge.

MTG Roasts Swalwell For Sleeping With Chinese Spy During Hearing.  In 2020, Democratic member of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Eric Swalwell, confirmed his past relationship with a woman named Fang Fang (or Christine Fang), who was suspected of being a Chinese intelligence operative.  On Wednesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene hilariously roasted Swalwell after he spoke during a congressional hearing, saying, "That was quite entertaining from someone that had a sexual relationship with a Chinese spy.  And everyone knows it!"

Dem Rep Listed As 'Co-Chair' Of Yet Another Nonprofit With Ties To Chinese Communist Party.  California Democratic Rep. Judy Chu is listed as the "co-chair" of an organization that includes several members with ties to alleged Chinese Communist Party (CCP) overseas influence operations, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation found.  In 2014, Chu, who the DCNF previously discovered was listed as a member of two other nonprofits with apparent ties to Chinese intelligence, joined the "International Federation of Chamber of Commerce [sic]" (IFCC), an organization that shares a website and personnel with the California-based 501(c)(6) nonprofit U.S.-Chinese General Chamber of Commerce (UCCC), according to UCCC's website and images from IFCC's launch.  Chu is currently listed as "co-chair" on UCCC's website.  By its own admission, UCCC and IFCC have cooperated with Chinese government agencies and CCP bureaus that the U.S. government has identified as influence operations, and since 2014, at least six of their leaders have variously served as members of the CCP, the Chinese government and/or alleged Chinese intelligence front groups.

Biden White House Is So Polluted With Sleaze It Should Be a Superfund Site.  There used to be a lot of talk in America about "respecting the office of the presidency" even if one found the current officeholder objectionable.  For most of my adult life, I've tried to do just that.  Then the questionable COVID-19 election gave us a president whose pudding brain is being run by a bunch of far-left psychos who don't respect the office at all.  Joe Biden's handlers have turned the office of the presidency into a cesspool of graft that makes Richard Nixon look like a soloist in a boys' choir by comparison.  It truly seems as if the mission statement of the Biden administration is to corrupt everyone in the Executive Branch on its way to destroying trust in our institutions and eventually the Republic itself.  The worst aspect of this Constitution-shredding presidency has been the way it transformed the Federal Bureau of Investigation from being a domestic security agency to a taxpayer-funded organized crime goon squad.  What little faith conservatives had in government has been shattered by that, and it's not going to be coming back.

Reports of Hundreds of Thousands of Likely Illegal Donations to Democrats — Totally Ignored by Republican Party.  Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent off a letter to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) demanding an investigation into the hundreds of thousands of small donations adding up to millions of dollars given to Democratic fundraising giant ActBlue in the past two elections. [...] The Gateway Pundit was the first to report that ActBlue was raising money using BLM as its front group.  ActBlue is the Democrats' funding apparatus.  We know this from our early reporting and from the fact that BLM later admitted this.  In 2022 Black Lives Matter announced in February 2022 that the organization was deactivating its fundraising pages on ActBlue.  This was after the Washington Examiner exposed that BLM was still accepting donations on the Democratic platform despite claiming it had stopped amid questions about its finances.  The Daily Caller confirmed that ActBlue was using BLM to raise money.

The Democrats Don't Want You to Read This Article About Their (Alleged) Money Laundering Scam.  Public records show some Democrat supporters appear to have been donating multiple small amounts of money — sometimes dozens of times per day — that add up to tens of thousands of dollars.  Naturally, the Department of Justice seems to be too busy to look into what is likely a colossal money-laundering scheme.  While the DOJ spends its time chasing "terrorist" parents who attend school board meetings and mother-daughter "insurrection" teams, individual straw donors are — apparently unwittingly — being used to make thousands of donations every year worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more.

San Diego county supervisor sex scandal blowing up.  Back in January, I painted a little picture for you of what a socialist, woke hellhole the formerly idyllic San Diego had become.  Between banning natural gas, proposed mileage taxes, and rigging the scales so the votes of Democratic supervisors and their reps from populated sections of the county were weighted more than the rest, it certainly has meant good times for the ruling progressive junta.  There seems to have been seismic shaking going on over the past week and a half, with so many major Democratic players involved who have their fingers in so many plums in this pie, it'll take a minute to explain it all.  But what it might wind up doing is giving citizens of SanDiego a chance to get some of their own back.  We'll see.  Lemme try to sort it out.  Nathan Fletcher is the name of the county supervisor for District 4.  The former state assemblyman and Qualcomm exec is one half of a Southern California power couple, married in 2017 to a former Democratic assemblywoman now union boss named Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher.  He was, at one time, a Republican but got whipped twice running for San Diego mayor and realized what side his bread was buttered on.  His wife, already a major player, had lots of butter in 2018 with which to advance her new hubby's career.

Son of billionaire George Soros has visited the White House 14 times in just over a year.  The son of billionaire philanthropist George Soros made more than a dozen trips to the White House last year as he follows in his father's footsteps as a prolific Democratic networker.  Alexander Soros, 37, frequently posts shots of himself with Democratic politicians including Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama and Sen. Chuck Schumer — whom he called a 'good friend.'  And recently-updated White House logs reveal he has visited at least 14 times since December 2021.

The Democratic Party's Foreign Sugar Daddies.  The Democratic Party may not be any good at cultivating a healthy economy, governing, or protecting the rights of average Americans, but they excel in all forms of election cheating.  Case in point:  Campaign finance fraud.  We've already covered [a recent] illegal campaign contributions indictment.  But don't think Democrats are content with merely sucking up illegal American contributions.  No, Democrats have also mastered the art of illegally sucking up illegal campaign contributions from foreigners abroad.

Leo DiCaprio's sworn testimony is a gross reminder of how the D.C. Establishment makes the sausage.  Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio recently testified at the trial of rapper Pras Michel, who stands accused of accepting money from Malaysian fugitive tycoon Jho Low, to influence U.S. politics.  First a bit of a background about Michel and Low.  Michel was a member of the hip hop band Fugees.  Low allegedly embezzled $4.5 billion from Malaysia's state investment fund, making it the biggest scandal of its kind in history.  Michel allegedly received over $100 million from Low.  Low allegedly recruited Michel to funnel the money to Obama's reelection bid using an illegal network of third parties paid for by foreign funds.  (Foreigners cannot donate to U.S. campaigns under federal election law.)  The prosecutors have accused Michel of receiving $21.6 million in payments from foreign accounts linked to Low, funds which the rapper then paid out to roughly twenty straw donors between June and November 2012.

Ari Fleischer: Conservative Prosecutors Have to Go After Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Hunter Biden.  Some conservatives have suggested that the Democrat persecution of Trump won't stop until conservatives start going after Democrats in the same way.  Former George W. Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer is now one of them.  Last night on the Hannity show, he suggested that conservative prosecutors need to go after people like the Clintons and Hunter Biden.  [Video clip]

Rep. James Comer says two county attorneys have asked him how they can 'go after the Bidens'.  Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said that two county attorneys from Tennessee and Kentucky have asked him how they can "go after" the Biden's following Former President Trump's indictment.  Comer made the comments on Wednesday on Fox & Friends.  "And I'll tell you, one of the things that I don't think it's been picked up a lot that's going to be a problem.  And I had two calls yesterday, one from a county attorney in Kentucky and one from a county attorney in Tennessee.  They were Republican, obviously, both states are heavily Republican.  They want to know if there are ways they can go after the Biden's now," Comer said.  He added that the Democrats have "opened a can of worms."

Exposed: RICO Election Crimes in Washington State.  If you think that the Organized Racketeering (RICO) Elections Crimes being exposed around the country (Arizona, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and other states etc.) are not happening in Washington State, then you are sadly mistaken.  We are on to them, and are finding many ways the criminals are illegally manipulating (stealing) our elections.  As just one example, to see how large scale and serious the election fraud is in our state, go to the Federal Election Commission Website [elsewhere], on the left side of the page type in ANY Zip code in the provided field, and Not Employed in the Employer filter.  You will then see a screen of the names of the Contributors, notice the vast majority of their donations (.01 to $20) end up going to ActBlue (Dem Operatives).  The problem being, the record reflects that many of the individual donors are EACH donating, in many cases, hundreds or THOUSANDS of times between 01/01/2021 and 12/31/2022.

Indict One — and All?  The Left repeatedly breaks laws and long-held customs with impunity by weaponizing federal offices and bureaus, whether defined in the legal sphere by mostly exempting 120 days of mass rioting, looting, arson, mayhem, and lethal violence in the summer of 2020, or procedurally by denying the House minority leader the right to nominate his party members to committees, or ceremonially having the speaker of the House tear up the presidential State-of-the-Union Address on national television.  By any fair application of past tradition and the law, Joe Biden and Alejandro Mayorkas should be impeached for their deliberate efforts to subvert U.S. immigration law for political purposes.  By any just measure, Joe Biden should be the target of a special counsel's investigation to ascertain how and why the Biden family received hidden funds from foreign governments and whether Biden himself paid taxes on such large sums.

Forget 2,000 Mules; O'Keefe Points to 2,000 Donors.  Remember the documentary 2,000 Mules, where it was alleged that Democrats were illegally stuffing drop boxes by hiring agents to drop off ballots in the middle of the night?  Well, turns out that's not the only way Democrats have been manipulating elections.  James O'Keefe brings a new allegation of illegal campaign work.  This time via donations.

If 'No One Is Above The Law,' Democrats And Their Partisan Pawns Would Be Arraigned, Not Trump.  The same people who love lording "no one is above the law" over Americans are the ones who think they are above any semblance of oversight or law, or constitutionality.  If Democrats truly valued rule of law, illegal border crossers, Russia hoaxers, Jeffrey Epstein's clients, pro-abortion vandals, rioters, and the people who run corrupt government agencies like the Department of Justice, the FBI, the NSA, and the Manhattan DA's office would be the ones standing in court next week, not Trump.

Democrat Party's Prosecutorial Abuse Crusade to Rig 2024 Election Has Only Begun.  There are 19 months between now and Election Day 2024.  Trust me, what the Democrats have in store to rig the 2024 presidential election through prosecutorial abuse has only just begun.  To begin with, you have to remember just how vile and depraved the Democrat party has become.  To appease their demonic base, Democrats like Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi openly advocate for child mutilation, gay porn in elementary schools, mentally ill men invading the girls' locker rooms, and exposing little kids to the kind of depraved drag queens who want to expose themselves to kids.  What's more, to hold on to a U.S. Senate seat, Democrats were willing to kill John Fetterman.  Additionally, Democrats have openly aligned with the rioters, murderers, and cop killers in Antifa and Black Lives Matter.  Democrats are so eager for power and to replace Americans with more compliant illegal immigrants, they are willing to flood our country with the poison of fentanyl and enable sex trafficking, including the trafficking of children.

U.S. charges FTX's Bankman-Fried with paying $40 mln Chinese bribe.  U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled a new indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried, accusing the founder of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange of paying a $40 million bribe to Chinese officials so they would unfreeze his hedge fund's accounts.  The new bribery conspiracy charge adds to the pressure on the 31-year-old former billionaire, who now faces a 13-count indictment over the November collapse of FTX.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm praises China.  What at first would appear to be a head-scratcher comes sharply into focus only when you understand that China is constantly increasing its greenhouse gas output without U.S. rebuke.  Its output is now greater than all the other developed nations combined!  Nothing the rest of the world (i.e.  America and Europe both committed to net zero) does will achieve Biden's stated goals to "save" the planet.  China greenlights two coal plants a week while the U.S. and Europe shutter their own, risking brownouts and people dying from the cold!  Why are we such zealots for dumping our traditional sources of energy with nothing on the near horizon to replace our needs?  Granholm knows what's going on, and, like our President, both are in the tank for an ever-ascendant China.

House Democrat Caught Running $30 Million Offshore Nonprofit in Tax Haven Islands.  Newly disclosed financial documents show that a House Democrat leading the charge against income inequality has stashed over $30 million in a tax-free international haven to support his nonprofit.  The Richard W. Goldman Foundation, which for a decade has provided charitable efforts on behalf of the disadvantaged, reported holding $32.2 million in investments harbored within the Cayman Islands, a renowned haven for wealthy individuals and corporations seeking to relieve tax burdens.  The organization was founded in 2012 by Democratic Congressman Daniel Goldman of New York.  Documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission list Goldman as financial director for the Goldman Foundation, giving him control over where and how its assets are managed.

Democratic Congressman Daniel Goldman of New York Holding $32+ Million in Cayman Island Bank Account.  Here's a fun little bit of datamining by the folks at TrendingPolitics.  Apparently, former DOJ apparatchik and current New York Representative Daniel Goldman is holding $32+ million in a Cayman Island bank account.  Goldman was one of Los Tres Amigos conscripted from the DOJ who was enlisted by Mary McCord to run the public face of the House impeachment effort against President Trump.  More recently sketchy Goldman attempted to run defense for the Mueller-Weissmann team during testimony about the Twitter files.  Considering his legal exposure to the multiple frauds he assisted and perpetrated, it seems part of his financial risk mitigation is to keep his bank accounts in the Cayman Islands.  Curiously interesting, because it's always worth noting what ammunition the Fourth Branch carries to keep their toadies in line.

A lot of major Democrat donors have a couple things in common.  Besides being major contributors to Democrats over the years, what else do the following people have in common?
  •   Alex Murdaugh
  •   Bernie Madoff
  •   George Soros
  •   Jeffrey Epstein
  •   Samuel Bankman Fried
  •   Mark Zuckerberg
  •   Marc Rich
They were all involved with serious crimes.  Besides committing murder, Murdaugh, was a serial thief.  Why hasn't the media demanded that Hillary, Biden, and others send back their contributions in order to help pay the victims?  Bernie Madoff was a career criminal who stole billions and some of that money went to politicians who were mostly Democrats.  I don't believe the politicians gave the money to a victim's fund.  George Soros was convicted of a felony in France and served no time.  He spends massive amounts of money on radical leftist causes to remake and destroy America, including supporting radical soft-on-crime prosecutors. [...] Marc Rich was on the most wanted list for a long time but all he had to do to be above the law was donate to the Clintons.

Democratic Corruption Revealed.  The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has been urged by an advocacy organization to look into payments made by Rep. Cori Bush to her spouse for personal security services during a campaign.  The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) requested that the FEC investigate whether Rep. Cori Bush and the campaign team might have misappropriated campaign money for their own use in a petition.  This request was lodged to Lisa Stevenson, the FEC's acting legal director, on Thursday [3/2/2023].  Bush's campaign paid Cortney Merritts, who is currently married to her, $60,000 in 2022 for security services, ignoring the fact he did not possess a personal security certification, which is required to offer these services in the St. Louis area.

Cori Bush Married Her Unlicensed Security Guard While Calling To Defund Police.  Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., married her unlicensed security guard to whom she funneled campaign cash while condemning police protection for poor people, according to a new report from Fox News.  Bush, a member of the left-wing "squad" in the lower chamber, dished out $60,000 for private security last year provided by her now-husband, Cortney Merritts.  Merritts, however, has no private security license, and a Fox News open-records request with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department turned up empty.  "When asked if Merritts ever had a private security license, the administrator said that the 'last security license issued to that individual expired in 2012,'" Fox News reported.  "The records search — which covered the city of St. Louis and its neighboring St. Louis County — encompasses Bush's entire congressional district."  Local regulations stipulate official security must be registered with authorities.

Cori Bush Paying Her Now-Husband $60,000 for 'Security' Just Turned Into a Bona Fide Scandal.  As RedState reported, Cori Bush recently got married.  But the fact that she found someone to put up with her wasn't the surprising part.  Rather, it was that the man, Courtney Merritts, was previously paid $60,000 by Bush's campaign to provide security services.  Even at first glance, the situation seemed suspicious.  Was this really just a serendipitous example of workplace love?  Or was Bush using the relationship as a way to funnel money back to herself?  Well, that question just got [...] a lot more complicated because Fox News is reporting that Merritts does not have a security license in Missouri.

Stacey Abrams Charity Has a $500,000 Problem In Its Latest Tax Filing.  Over half a million dollars is missing from the New Georgia Project, a discrepancy which experts say is grounds for state and federal investigations into the Stacey Abrams-founded group and the woman Abrams tapped to run it.  The New Georgia Project filed its 2021 Form 990 financial disclosure in January, two months after the form was due to the IRS, and three months after the charity's board chairman fired CEO Nse Ufot, Abrams's hand-picked leader for the group.  In the disclosure, the New Georgia Project reports a $533,846 consulting payment and a $67,500 grant to the Black Male Initiative, an obscure charity run in part by Ufot's brother, Edima, a former New Georgia Project employee.

Experts call for investigation into Stacey Abrams charity over missing $500,000.  Experts are calling for an investigation into a Stacey Abrams-founded charity over a large financial discrepancy.  The New Georgia Project, a minority-focused democracy advocacy group founded in 2013, was run by Nse Ufot, hand-picked by Abrams, until she was fired in October.  The group filed its 2021 Form 990 financial disclosure three months later, when the form was two months overdue, an investigation by the Washington Free Beacon found.  The group reported a $533,846 consulting payment and $67,500 grant to an obscure charity called the Black Male Initiative, run by Ufot's brother.  However, the group claims it never received any such payment.  The group provided its Internal Revenue Service filings to the outlet, which show $0 in consulting fees and just $255,000 from all sources.

Biden Family Values: They like to live large.  Joe Biden likes to advertise himself as ordinary 'Scranton Joe' who's a family man and "devout" Catholic to the public.  A look at news rolling out about Biden's extended family in the wake of recent scandals suggests a different story.  Far from being Lunchbucket Joe, House Biden is more like Venezuela's Maduro family, or Chavez family, or Cuba's Castro oligarchs. [...] All we have to do is look at the latest story from the Daily Mail about how Joe used his "pull" to get his ne'er-do-well niece Caroline a fancy new job she'd never have otherwise gotten as a convicted criminal on probation for a $100,000 credit card theft. [...] How [...] she managed to avoid prison for that is as mysterious as how Hunter Biden got into Yale.  That kind of stuff happens When You're A Biden, which almost sounds like a Broadway song.  What other Scranton Joe family has a "big guy" who can get every relative, down to nieces and nephews, out of any jam they get themselves into.  It wasn't just her.  Hunter Biden was time and time again spared charges and jail time over his tax evasion, his falsification of his gun permit application, evidence of bribery and influence peddling, and his numerous drug incidents.  He lived a wild and free-spending life at Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood as recently as 2018, around the time when he was occasionally driving old dad's Corvette from the Biden family garage where the misplaced classified documents were held.  He seemed to have gotten a sweet deal in his string of homes around the Venice, California area.

Schiff hit with ethics complaint one day into Senate campaign for using Trump impeachment video.  An ethics watchdog group on Friday asked the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) to investigate Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., for using footage from the Senate floor in an ad announcing his run for the Senate.  The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) sent a complaint to the OCE's chief counsel that asked for an immediate probe into whether Schiff "abused official resources for political purposes" by using the video.

How the Deep State Destroyers Threaten Your Way of Life.  The Destroyers know they have limited time to do their mischief before they're found out.  Once light shines on them, like cockroaches, they'll scurry to the darkest recesses they can find.  These people know that the clock is ticking, and it is getting harder and harder to hide the damage they are doing to us all. [...] Those working to destroy us don't want — they even fear — a strongly ethical country.  We always come back to the obvious:  morality and ethics are essential to keep society on the straight and narrow.  We live in a world where 1 + 1 no longer equals two, and where doing the right thing can make you an object of ridicule or, even worse, see you sued, beaten up, or prosecuted.  Prosecutors aren't even prosecuting theft, hit and run, or assault in some jurisdictions.

Bipartisan coalition making new push to ban congressional stock trading.  A bipartisan group of lawmakers is making a new push to ban members of Congress from private stock trading.  It's an attempt to "demonstrate that lawmakers are focused on serving the interests of the American people — not their own stock portfolios," Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Virginia Democrat, said in reintroducing the measure along with Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy.  After failing to get a floor vote when last introduced in 2021, the "TRUST (Transparent Representation Upholding Service and Trust) in Congress Act," gained increasing support across the political spectrum in 2022 with 75 cosponsors, and its backers say that the number will grow even larger this time around.

Time to Impeach Biden.  When it was reported that Joe Biden had classified materials in his "office" at the University of Pennsylvania my first thought was wondering if Joe even knew where this "office" was.  Joe likes to lie about having been a professor at Penn, but everyone not him knows that's a pile [of] garbage — the guy never taught one course, just hammered massive checks (from money we now know came from the Chinese communist government).  But in the reality inside Biden's vacuous head he wears a cape to work and women clamor to be shoved against a wall and violated or simply to have their hair sniffed.  In the real world, we've spent the last year being lectured about the importance of handling classified materials.  Even Adam Schiff, who you'd think makes his living leaking classified materials to the media from the House Intelligence Committee, and Eric Swalwell, the moronic, gaseous boob who fell for the Fang Fang communist Chinese honey trap even a blind man could see coming, had stern words for Trump's actions.  Now, curiously, they're both silent over what Biden did.  Not because they have been booted from the Intelligence Committee by Republicans (Democrats had no problem with leaking classified materials and were likely so shocked that anyone would sleep with Swalwell, even a spy, that they let it slide), but because they simply are not honest people, nor do they care all that much about protecting the interests of the United States.

Bankman-Fried met with White House officials at least four times before FTX collapse.  Sam Bankman-Fried was no stranger to the White House.  The embattled cryptocurrency mogul, who has been accused of bilking FTX customers out of billions of dollars, met with Steve Ricchetti, a senior adviser to President Biden, on Sept. 8, according to Bloomberg News.  Visitor logs also show Mr. Bankman-Fried was at the White House at least three other times, including a pair of meetings on April 22 and May 12 with Mr. Ricchetti, and the following day with White House deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed.

Bankman-Fried: The worst-case scenario.  The widespread observation that "Sam Bankman-Fried didn't kill himself" demonstrates the level of cynicism about the fate of well-connected insiders when faced with the opportunity to spill their guts and incriminate the most powerful people in return for a lenient sentence.  The example of Jeffrey Epstein's death hangs like a cloud over Bankman-Fried. [...] If Ellison and Wang receive lenient or no punishment and Bankman-Fried also gets a merciful deal, the case will undeniably indicate that our system of justice is a joke.  When that perception is embraced by all levels of society, we regress to a state of nature where the powerful prey on the weak with no restraints.

Secret Backchannel Between White House and FTX Operative Revealed, Raises Serious Questions About Biden Involvement.  Sam Bankman-Fried, the man at the center of the FTX scandal, is back on US soil after having been extradited from the Bahamas to face federal charges.  Naturally, because our justice system is about as coherent as a two-year-old quoting Shakespeare, the notorious fraudster was immediately granted bail and is now spending the holidays with his family.  The American oligarchy is alive and well.  But I digress, there's a lot more to the FTX scandal than just Bankman-Fried's fate, and one of the more interesting aspects of the entire ordeal is just how close many Democrats were to him.  In fact, according to Politico, a Democrat operative and close advisor to Bankman-Fried named Sean McElwee had a direct backchannel setup with the White House.  [Tweet]

A Biden and Bankman-Fried connection emerging?  Thomas Lifson and other observers have noticed the strange kid-glove treatment that accused crypto-fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried has been getting since his arrest in the Bahamas after reportedly misappropriating and losing billions in customer funds.  It was natural to note the huge campaign funding Bankman-Fried delivered, particularly to Democrats, at least $40 million, making him their second-largest donor. [...] If Biden or his surrogates were talking to this guy, then it merits a congressional investigation as soon as the House changes hands.  The public has a right to know why this enterprise was shielded from regulation, saw its founder given the kid-glove treatment upon his arrest, and somehow managed to rip off billions undetected, with the only thing he needed to do was throw money at Democrats.  Note that most Democrats have yet to return their funds from his bad operation, and arguably won elections based on the stolen cash.

Reports of a quarter billion dollar 'bond' for Bankman-Fried are almost as fraudulent as the crimes of which he is accused.  The public is being bamboozled about the conditions for pretrial release of accused mega-fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried.  It is the worst possible signal to those who fear that his scores of millions of dollars of political donations have bought him kid-glove treatment by the judicial system.  The stories you read and hear from the media would have you believe that a "record" bail of $250 million has been paid to ensure that he doesn't flee the country or otherwise evade prosecution.  Where that figure comes from, I don't know, but this account from The Hill suggests that the federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York had a hand in it: [...] Bankman-Fried stated in an interview with Andrew Ross-Sorkin of the New York Times at a public event that he had about $100,000 in funds available, so he was incapable of posting any bond beyond that amount.  And it turns out, it was his parents who signed a lien on their equity in their home in Palo Alto, California to guarantee payment of the quarter billion-dollar bond should Bankman-Fried forfeit his bond by fleeing to Dubai or some other trick.  Palo Alto real estate is extremely expensive, but I seriously doubt that their home is worth more than a small percent of the publicized amount of the bond.  But the media mostly do not report this fact, or if they do, they bury it.

The curious timing of 'scammy' Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto-bust.  When alleged crypto-fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried finished testifying at a congressional hearing last December, Democrat Maxine Waters, chair of the House Financial Services Committee, blew him a kiss as he walked by.  And why not, since the shambolic 30-year-old former multibillionaire is acknowledged to be the second-biggest donor to the Democrats, after George Soros.  He helped bankroll Joe Biden into the White House and had promised to donate $1 billion to help the party win the 2024 presidential election.  There are those, such as Elon Musk, who allege that SBF, as he is called, already has funneled $1 billion of stolen customer funds to Dem causes via various dark money PACs.  Others on Wall Street put the number lower, at maybe $500 million.

The Dinkins Magic Voting Machines.  Just days before voting in the 1993 David Dinkins/Rudolf Giuliani election, the New York Times reported that a number of voting machines had been found in a closed Manhattan school.  All the machines were loaded with votes for Democrat incumbent David Dinkins.  Voting proceeded without the help of those machines, and of course Rudy was elected.  But that was the end of it.  As far as I've been able to learn, there was no investigation, no inquiries, or, for that matter, any further reportage on it.  A Democrat attempt to steal the NYC mayoral election was flushed down the memory hole.

Elon Musk claims disgraced FTX crypto exchange CEO Sam Bankman-Fried donated more than $1 billion to Democrats and asks 'Where did it go?'.  Elon Musk has suggested that disgraced crypto exchange billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried donated more than $1 billion to Democrats before FTX's collapse.  Musk's allegation, if true, would mean SBF donated significantly more than the initially reported $40 million figure to Democratic politicians, ahead of his business's total meltdown.  On Friday, healthcare tech startup CEO Will Mandis tweeted:  'SBF donating $40m to not go to jail for stealing $10b+ is one of the highest ROI trades of all time,' referring to the known number in donations to Democratic politicians.

Sam Bankman-Fried: Why isn't that guy in jail?  Democrat mega-donor Sam Bankman-Fried, whose cryptocurrency platform FTX just collapsed in a hail of fraud allegations, pretty well walks around free to do what he pleases, out in the palmy Bahamas.  That raises questions as to what is going on here, why that guy isn't, like Bernie Madoff or the assorted Enron characters, in jail for his misappropriation of customer funds from his cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, through a secret "back-door," to his Alameda Research hedge fund, run by his kinky-weird ex-girlfriend, Caroline Ellison.  FTX did, after all, insist to its cryptocurrency platform customers that it would never use their deposits for speculative trading purposes.

Keywords:  Buying votes, money laundering, slush fund, graft.
Oakland Will Send Taxpayer Dollars To Residents So They Can Donate To Politicians.  Oakland, California, is set to give adult residents vouchers to donate to candidates for local office every other year, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.  Nearly 74% of the city's voters approved Measure W, mandating that the city biannually send four $25 dollar vouchers to residents 18 years of age and older for donations to mayoral, City Council or school board candidates, the outlet reported.  The program will be paid for with city general funds and include legal permanent residents who lack U.S. citizenship.

Recording Shows Warnock Campaign Calling Out-of-State Residents for Votes.  The Georgia runoff election is quickly approaching, with Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock battling it out for the last undecided, US Senate seat of the cycle.  Naturally, that means electioneering is in full swing.  Warnock has famously received a metric ton of out-of-state cash, and now, he's apparently contacting out-of-state voters to vote for him.  Yeah, I'm as confused as you are.  Dom Lucre, who is a resident of Tennessee and hasn't lived in Georgia in years, was called by the Warnock campaign, and he recorded the entire exchange.  Here's what it sounded like.  [Tweet]

Handy dandy guide to media coverage of the FTX/Sam Bankman-Fried scandal.  The legacy media, especially those outlets that accepted donations from San Bankman-Fried, really wish the case would just go away. [...] Even those who were not on the take from the fraudster are uncomfortable with all the connections of the criminal conspiracy to funding Democrats, a few RINOs, Ukraine, and other sacred cows.  A lot of the best investigative digging is going to come from independent journalists, often self-publishing on Substack.

A Grand Unified Theory of the FTX Disaster.  So far as I can tell, everyone has this story wrong.  Many people put together some frame of the puzzle just fine, but this can be a dangerous distraction, so I'd like to take a shot at sorting it out. [...] Now, if you're thinking this is just a story of a bunch of narcissistic brats who lost a bunch of money, I understand your reaction.  But know that this misses the larger points.  You need to dig deeper. [...] As Whitney Webb has been pointing out in interviews, the story of Jeffrey Epstein is about much more than the lurid details of his sexcapades with underage girls.  Epstein was a specialist in financial crime — something the mainstream media somehow always fails to delve into.

FTX Donated $1 Million to McConnell-Aligned Super PAC Weeks before Declaring Bankruptcy.  The now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX donated $1 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, a Super PAC associated with Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), two weeks prior to declaring bankruptcy.  FTX first filed for Chapter 11 protection two weeks ago.  During the 2020 presidential campaign, now-former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried donated over $5 million to Joe Biden.  During the 2022 midterm election cycle, Bankman-Fried doled out $40 million dollars to mostly Democratic politicians, making him the party's second-largest financial backer after George Soros.  According to FTX's latest filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the cryptocurrency exchange also gave $750,000 to Congressional Leadership Fund as well as an additional $150,000 to the American Patriots PAC, both of which support House Republican candidates.

Why did an FTX affiliated business park millions in a microscopically small rural bank?  [Scroll down] A quick interjection about cryptocurrencies.  They were billed as a new currency shared amongst a vast network of interlinked computers (blockchain).  This system protected the money from government control or interference.  However, I view it as a post-modernist dream, one that saw wealth created from nothing.  One needs real money to buy into crypto coin buyers are left with bytes while the real money (that is, government-backed currency tied to a country's wealth) goes to people like... Sam Bankman-Fried.  Crypto's value was tied to investor enthusiasm.  Think:  Tulipmania in Holland in the 1630s, or land in Florida in the 1920s.

Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX Cronies Gave $300k to House Committee Members Investigating Him.  Sam Bankman-Fried and executives at his cryptocurrency firm contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to members of the House committee that will hold hearings next month on the company's collapse.  Bankman-Fried and his co-founders at FTX contributed $300,351 to nine members of the House Financial Services Committee, according to Federal Election Commission records.  Some of the largest contributions were to Democrats on the committee's Digital Assets Working Group, which worked on regulation of the crypto industry.  Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.), who chairs the committee, announced a probe this week into FTX's collapse after the company declared bankruptcy, wiping out billions of dollars in customers' portfolios.

John Fetterman Disavowed 'Dirty' Corporate Money.  Then Came Sam Bankman-Fried.  Senator-elect John Fetterman (D., Pa.) disavowed "dirty money" from corporate interests in his Senate campaign.  Crypto scam artist Sam Bankman-Fried was an apparent exception, according to campaign finance records.  Web3 Forward, a pro-crypto super PAC funded heavily by Bankman-Fried, spent more than $210,000 on ads portraying Fetterman as a blue-collar hero who would not "get schmoozed by lobbyists," the New York Times reported.  Bankman-Fried, his crypto firm FTX, and one of his cofounders gave nearly $4.1 million to GMI PAC, another tech-oriented group that is the sole funder of Web3 Forward.

FTX had "substantial amount" of assets stolen, diminishing odds users will get their money back.  Lawyers for FTX Trading disclosed Tuesday that a "substantial amount" of assets has been stolen from accounts on the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, diminishing the odds that its millions of users will get their money back.  The admission came Tuesday during FTX's first court appearance since the company declared bankruptcy.  Such hearings typically happen days after a filing, but this one was delayed because FTX's collapse came suddenly and management kept few if any records.

Raphael Warnock Campaign Covered in Controversy Heading into Runoff Election.  Sen. Raphael Warnock's (D-GA) campaign is covered in controversy stemming from his church's apartment building, his personal life, and his campaign spending habits, with less than three weeks until his runoff election in Georgia against Republican Herschel Walker.  Although Warnock earns a $7,417 monthly housing allowance from Ebenezer Baptist Church, the low-income apartment building his church owns is reportedly threatening to evict tenants for as little as $192 in unpaid rent.

Was FTX a Democratic Slush Fund?  Failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX was yet another Democratic money-laundering scheme, pundits claim.  Its now-disgraced former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) catapulted himself to the echelons of Big Finance after founding the company in 2019.  He quickly became one of the youngest billionaires in the world — at least in reputation — and a darling of Democratic Party fundraisers.  Earlier this month, however, Bankman-Fried's $16-billion net worth imploded overnight when FTX's supposed $32-billion valuation evaporated.  Its rival Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, had planned to buy FTX but instead uncovered a liquidity crisis in the company and its hedge fund, Alameda Research.  Bolstering Alameda's balance sheet were billions in counterfeit FTX tokens (FTT) that propped up the trading firm's market value and made it appear liquid.

The Strange Morality of the Bay-Area Billionaire Left.  The FTX Bitcoin empire of 30-year-old CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is in shambles.  Or more specifically, his "dumb game" cryptocurrency exchange has destroyed thousands of lives.  Electronically, he may have robbed perhaps a million investors, and along with them hundreds of large institutional investors.  Mysteriously, only after the conclusion of the midterm elections, did we suddenly learn that this left-wing "philanthropist" and benefactor of Democratic politics, this megadonor to the quid pro quo puff-piece media, this con artist protected from federal securities regulators, had drained off, lost, hidden, or spent billions of dollars of other people's money.  As a result, the Bahamas-basking, tax-avoiding, polyamorous sybarite, and heartthrob of progressive moralists, now claims he has no wherewithal to honor his financial commitments to his own investors.

Is the IRS Letting Sharpton Run His Own Personal Piggybank?  Al Sharpton was BLM before there was a BLM and its grift is closely modeled on his work and that of Jesse Jackson.  Sharpton's habits aren't news to anyone.  The latest developments just reaffirm that the National Action Network is not only Sharpton's political platform, but maintains his lifestyle. [...] New York AG Letitia James, who has illegally targeted Trump and the NRA, would not be likely to investigate.  But Sharpton's habits do raise legal questions.  The National Action Network is a 501(c)(4) and while C4s have more leeway than C3s, they're not supposed to be the personal piggy banks of an executive or a group of them.

All the best crooks are Democrats.  [Scroll down] I am quite certain Republicans have taken money from frauds and moral midgets, but a pattern has emerged that is difficult to deny:  all the best frauds know how to curry favor, and they know that the best bet is to ally with the people who control almost all the levers of power in government.  That would be Democrats, even when Republicans are nominally in charge.  Democrats control the commanding heights of power and influence in America, and aren't afraid to use that power to clean up financially.  The schemers donate to Democrats, who use the money to gain power, use that power to protect the schemers, and the circle of life continues.

Gov Cuomo's New York Fraudulently Lost $11 Billion In Taxpayer Cash During Pandemic.  An audit found that "at least $11 billion in taxpayer cash" was handed out fraudulently during the Covid-19 pandemic, in New York alone.  Jobless claims soared then-Governor Andrew Cuomo's shutdowns and regulations handicapped the state.  According to Tom DiNapoli's audit of the mess the $11 billion loss was aided by "an already crumbling state unemployment system" and "loosened eligibility rules."  Perhaps even more shocking is that DiNapoli suggests there will likely be even more fraud uncovered.  "There was a good intent to get as much money out the door — but the problem was that it made the system even more susceptible to fraud, particularly with regard to identity theft," the comptroller said.

The Dem's FTX Scandal Is Only Just Beginning.  Not only was crypto-billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried's company, FTX, allegedly a fraud, but it spent huge sums on recent elections to get Democrats into office.  Was this a case of massive election fraud?  If so, it isn't just Bankman-Fried who should be punished.  In case you're not caught up on all this, FTX, a futures exchange for crypto-currencies including its own, exploded into the public's attention just after the election.  That's when it was revealed that FTX had questionably transferred or "loaned" some $10 billion to its sister company, Alameda Research, to "fund risky bets," a highly questionable move seemingly to shore up Alameda's finances.  And yes, FTX was a big deal.  It's [sic] name is on an NBA arena.  Its commercials featured NFL GOAT Tom Brady, as well as "Seinfeld" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" creator Larry David.  That brought media reports about some of the money, around $1 billion, simply "disappearing."

Check Out The Elites Tied Up With FTX Con Artist And Mega-Democrat Donor Sam Bankman-Fried.  Not that long ago, Sam Bankman-Fried was on top of the world.  Sporting a net worth of approximately $15.6 billion, Bankman-Fried was the CEO of FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange platform launched in 2019 that had accumulated more than a million consumers by 2022.  At 30 years old, he was extremely successful — that is, until last week when he was exposed as a con artist.  After a Nov. 2 article from the digital currency news site Coindesk revealed that FTX and Bankman-Fried's cryptocurrency trading firm Alameda Research had notable overlaps on their balance sheets that called into question FTX's liquidity, users proceeded to withdraw $6 billion from the company, leading to its bankruptcy.  As Gizmodo reported, Bankman-Fried has "admitted to funneling billions of dollars in customer funds to his own hedge fund," which "upend[ed] the entire cryptocurrency sector."  Since his FTX's collapse, Bankman-Fried has lost nearly all of his accumulated wealth.

The Covid/Crypto Connection: The Grim Saga of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried.  [Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced CEO of FTX, the once high-flying but now belly-up crypto exchange, [...] had the whole game going:  a vegan worried about climate change, supports every manner of justice (racial, social, environmental) except that which is coming for him, and shells out millions to worthy charities associated with the left.  He also bought plenty of access and protection in D.C., enough to make his shady company the toast of the town.  As part of the mix, there is this thing called pandemic planning.  We should know what that is by now:  it means you can't be in charge of your life because there are bad viruses out there.  As bizarre as it seems, and for reasons that are still not entirely clear, favoring lockdowns, masks, and vaccine passports became part of the woke ideological stew.

Disgraced FTX Founder Donated To Six RINOs Who Voted To Impeach Trump.  As most are well aware by now, the disgraced founder of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried was the Democrat party's second-largest donor just behind George Soros.  As reported by The Gateway Pundit, in the 2020 presidential election, Bankman-Fried dished millions to the Biden campaign and followed it up by handing out over $40 million dollars to democrats in the 2022 primaries and midterms.  Forbes reported last year that Bankman-Fried also donated to six RINOs who voted to impeach President Trump.

Enron Liquidator Overseeing FTX Bankruptcy Speechless: "I Have Never Seen Anything Like This".  [Scroll down] Because how else would one describe it when FTX's new CEO and liquidator, John Ray III, who also oversaw the unwinding and liquidation of Enron, admits that "Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy financial information as occurred here."  And just in case his shock at FTX's fraud of epic proportions was not quite clear enough, he adds that "from compromised systems integrity and faulty regulatory oversight abroad, to the concentration of control in the hands of a very small group of inexperienced, unsophisticated and potentially compromised individuals, this situation is unprecedented."

Josh Hawley Warns Merrick Garland and Major Federal Regulators to Preserve All Communications With Failed Cryptocurrency Behemoth FTX.  Missouri Senator Josh Hawley has sent a letter to three officials appointed by the Bide White House demanding to know what they know about the diversion of customer funds into Democrat campaign contributions by cryptocurrency behemoth FTX even as that company was hurtling towards bankruptcy.  How much effect this letter will have remains to be seen.  Senator Hawley will still be in the minority when the new Senate meets.  Chuck Schumer has no interest in investigating a Democrat donor who gave $20 million to Joe Biden, spent $32 million in the midterms, and has pledged to spend $1 billion in 2024.  FTX went full Chornobyl last week, leaving a shaken cryptocurrency market and at least $2 billion in client investments without a trace; [...]

Ill-Gotten Gains: Crypto Kingpin's Donations Put Democrats in the Hot Seat.  The embattled crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, who is now under federal investigation and suspected of defrauding his investors, spent the election season shelling out cash to Democrats:  $865,000 to the Democratic National Committee, $1 million to Sen. Chuck Schumer's (D., N.Y.) Senate Majority PAC, and $6 million to the House Majority PAC.  With each passing day, it looks more and more like FTX's customers won't get their money back.  But Democrats won't say whether they're going to hang on to the cash.  The Democratic National Committee, Senate Majority PAC, and House Majority PAC did not respond to requests for comment about Bankman-Fried's donations.  The White House has also not weighed in on Bankman-Fried's $5 million contribution to Future Forward PAC, which spent $74 million in support of Biden in 2020.

Sam Bankman-Fried Is Not Alone: Some of History's Greatest Monsters Were Democratic Megadonors.  Sam Bankman-Fried, the digital guru who earlier this year pledged to spend as much as $1 billion in support of Democratic candidates, is under federal investigation after the cryptocurrency exchange he founded declared bankruptcy amid accusations of fraud and financial mismanagement.  Bankman-Fried is the latest in a long line of Democratic megadonors to be accused of egregious criminal acts.

The $32 Billion Crypto Scammer.  "The Next Warren Buffett."  That's how Fortune magazine dubbed Sam Bankman-Fried, the crypto wunderkind who wore shorts, schlubby socks, and sneakers on stage with Bill Clinton and Tony Blair.  But Bankman-Fried, worth an estimated $32 billion at his height, wouldn't just be a financial oracle like Buffett.  He would also be the second-coming of George Soros:  By the end of this midterm election cycle, he'd become the second largest donor to the Democratic Party.  Over the past few days, all of that has come spectacularly undone.  Now, Bankman-Fried looks, at best, like the original storyline for Michael Saylor of Microstrategy during the Dotcom bust.  Or, more likely, like Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos infamy.  Or, with increasing plausibility, like a less civic-minded Bernie Madoff.  Tens of thousands of people who invested their savings on various FTX exchanges have likely been wiped out.  FTX employees have quit en masse.

Ukraine 'partnered' with top Dem donor's crypto company FTX as Biden admin funded war effort: report.  The multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency company FTX, run by CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, the second biggest Democrat donor right after George Soros, collapsed last week as details emerged regarding their financial practices, which led to a run by customers on FTX.  FTX did not have the funds to pay out.  It was also revealed that FTX had partnered with Ukraine to process donations to their war efforts within days of Joe Biden pledging billions of American taxpayer dollars to the country.  Ukraine partnered with FTX as the Biden administration funneled funds to the invaded nation, and FTX then made massive donations to Democrats in the US.

Relationship Among FTX, Ukraine, and Democrats Sparks Speculation.  Is there a questionable relationship between Sam Bankman-Fried's bankrupt FTX, Ukraine, and the Democrats? [...] Bankman-Fried was the second-largest Democratic donor for the 2021-22 cycle, donating $39.8 million.  This was behind George Soros's total donations of $128 million.  Bankman-Fried gave the most amount of money to the Protect Our Future PAC, a group that "endorsed Democratic candidates such as Peter Welch, who won his bid to become Vermont's next senator, and Robert J. Menendez of New Jersey, who secured a House seat," according to Fortune.  But this past summer, Bankman-Fried suggested that he could've spent $1 billion on the midterm elections to support the Democrats, although he stepped away from this proposition.  In the first half of 2022, he contributed $865,000 to the Democratic National Committee, $66,500 to the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, and $250,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.  In addition, Bankman-Fried made multiple visits to the White House.

Crypto 9/11 is now under way — a "controlled demolition" event to usher in HEAVY regulation.  9/11 was a catastrophic event that, in many ways, was allowed to take place in order to justify the expansion of the Patriot Act which legalized intelligence community spying on the American people.  It also set off decades of expansion of the U.S. police state that has since morphed from a "war on terror" to a war on the American people.  This was always the plan, of course.  9/11 was allowed to take place so that public outrage would accompany legislative and executive efforts to enslave the American people under a surveillance state.  Now, a similar play is being run in the crypto space.  The FTX collapse was engineered from the get-go.  It was an inevitable outcome of the crypto exchange platform which primarily functioned as a slush fund money laundering operation to fund Democrat election campaigns as part of the 2022 mid-term rigging ops.  Now that FTX has collapsed — an event that was engineered into the company's operations from the very start — the calls for heavy-handed regulation are emerging right on cue.

Cancelling cash.  Many governments want to gradually phase out cash and are aiming for purely digital currencies in the future.  European citizens have long feared this step towards the abolition of cash and tighter controls:  in public consultations, almost every second response was concerned about the protection of privacy.  The fact that this course is quite controversial was made clear recently by the new Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni — she announced that she wanted to increase the upper limit for cash payments in Italy from the current 2000 to 10 000 euros, the same amount as in Germany.  WEF-star, The Netherlands, meanwhile is marching full steam ahead in the opposite direction.  If Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag has her way, all transactions over 100 euros will be monitored by the banks in the future — a massive invasion of privacy.  In addition, unsurprisingly, the minister is campaigning for the introduction of the digital euro.

FTX + Ukraine = Money Laundering?  The details are beyond me, but the concept seems pretty simple.  The legislature of a powerful government — call it 'the US Congress' — authorizes payment of tens of billions of dollars to the Ukrainian government to help them fight Russia.  Ukraine skims at least some of that money — remember, it's tens of billions — and sends the skim to FTX, which is already active sending bitcoin to Ukraine.  FTX, through its founder Sam Blankman-Fried, then becomes a major donor (second only to George Soros) to the dominant political party of that powerful foreign government (call the party 'Dems') that supported Ukraine.  That's a pretty tight, circular flow of money, and it's popularly known as a kickback. [...] There are some circumstantial connections, however — beyond Ukraine being the most corrupt government on earth and the Dems, which long corrupt ties to Ukraine, being the most corrupt political party on earth: [...] Whether or not FTX was a total fraud isn't the important question for our purposes.  The important question is, Where did FTX get all that money that FTX founder Sam Blankman-Fried sent to the Dem campaigns?

Alice in Crypto Land.  Unregulated crypto was nice while it lasted.  Meet Sam Bankman-Fried, 30, the youthful nouveau-riche "founder" of a bizarre Ponzi scheme concealed behind stacks of opaque buzzwords and constructed on a mountain of lies, political shenanigans, deep-state hanky-panky, and of course Ukrainian mega-fraud. [...] Sam Bankman-Fried started FTX in May, 2019, a few months after his mother started her own PAC, and thirteen days after Joe Biden announced his presidential campaign.  The new company would become so successful so quickly that Bankman-Fried would become the second-largest Biden donor, right behind our good friend George Soros.  FTX is headquartered in the Bahamas, where Sam lives in a luxury penthouse suite with ten roommates.  Or, "lived" until quite recently.  Fox News reported that Bankman-Fried was the second largest democrat donor in this election cycle, blasting at least $38 million at leftist causes, PACs, and candidates.  Earlier this year, Sam told reporters he planned to spend between $100 million and $1 billion on the presidential election in 2024, to help keep democrats in the White House.

Dem Megadonor Under Federal Investigation Bankrolled Lawmakers Overseeing The Agency He Was Lobbying.  Sam Bankman-Fried, prolific Democratic donor and ex-CEO of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, funded the campaigns of members of Congress overseeing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), one of the key bodies tasked with regulating the crypto industry and the subject of Bankman-Fried's aggressive lobbying.  Bankman-Fried's FTX is currently under investigation by the CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after Bankman-Fried allegedly moved $10 billion in client assets from his crypto exchange to his trading firm Alameda Research, and a liquidity crisis at his exchange which prompted the company to file for bankruptcy.  However, prior to the agency's probe, Bankman-Fried aggressively courted the CFTC — and funded several key lawmakers charged with overseeing the agency, pouring cash into their campaign coffers.  The CFTC is charged with regulating certain elements of the crypto marketplace, including digital assets that are commodities as well as crypto exchanges and clearinghouses.

Tens of Billions of US Dollars Were Transferred to Ukraine and then Using FTX Crypto Currency the Funds Were Laundered Back to Democrats in US.  Did you ever wonder where all those billions of dollars were going in Ukraine?  Did you ever wonder why anyone was trusting the elites in US politics like the Bidens with billions in funds going to Ukraine?  Today it turns out that these were excellent questions.  We have information that the tens of billions of dollars going to Ukraine were actually laundered back to the US to corrupt Democrats and elites using FTX cryptocurrency.  Now the money is gone and FTX is bankrupt.  As reported earlier, the FTX crypto company gave at least $40 million to Democrat candidates and causes in the midterms.  Sam Bankman-Fried is Biden's second biggest donor.

FTX founder and two senior execs are 'under observation by authorities' holed-up in luxurious Bahamas resort.  The founder and former CEO of collapsing crypto trader Sam Bankman-Fried is said to be holed up with members of his inner circle in the Bahamas while his empire collapses around him.  Bankman-Fried, 30, resigned from FTX on Friday, as the crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy and reports emerged that up to $2 billion in client funds had vanished from the company's books in recent weeks.  According to Coin Telegraph, the disgraced former CEO is holed up at the Albany Tower alongside FTX co-founder Gary Wang and the company's director of engineering Nishad Singh.

Yes, Your Taxpayer Dollars Were Filtered Through Ukraine, Into FTX, and Then Used to Fund Democrat Campaigns.  They say we should follow the money.  Some people did and it led them in one big circle that started in the Biden-Harris regime, lined pockets in Ukraine, got sent to failed crypto company FTX, and then into the coffers of Democrat campaigns and super PACs.  And yes, this is very much illegal.  We covered this in part yesterday but there needs to be more context.  According to The Post Millennial:  ["]The multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency company FTX, run by CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, the second biggest Democrat donor right after George Soros, collapsed last week as details emerged regarding their financial practices, which led to a run by customers on FTX. FTX did not have the funds to pay out.  It was also revealed that FTX had partnered with Ukraine to process donations to their war efforts within days of Joe Biden pledging billions of American taxpayer dollars to the country.  Ukraine invested into FTX as the Biden administration funneled funds to the invaded nation, and FTX then made massive donations to Democrats in the US.["]

Ukraine, a Ponzi Scheme, and a Top Democrat Donor Raise Serious Questions.  As RedState reported, crypto-exchange FTX collapsed after its much-lauded founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, appeared to make improper transfers of customer money.  Somewhere between $1-2 billion of that amount has now gone missing and Bankman-Fried also has disappeared.  What makes this so interesting, though, isn't just that a lot of really wealthy people got scammed.  It's that Bankman-Fried also happens to be one of the top donors to the Democratic Party.  In fact, outside of George Soros, no one has done more to bankroll Democrat efforts since the 2020 election.  Joe Biden alone received a whopping $5.2 million.  But here's where things get even weirder.  Apparently, while the United States was bankrolling Ukraine and its war effort, that country's leaders were investing money into FTX. [...] There are so many questions that arise from this.  For example, why is Ukraine, which we are all assured is broke and needs US taxpayer money, playing around with a Democrat-linked crypto company?  This wasn't just about accepting donations through the portal.  The report specifically says that Ukraine actively invested money in FTX.

Catching Up With Crypto And The Burgeoning FTX Scandal.  This FTX story may have some legs, although the usual suspects are probably already busy covering the trail.  The principle governing this is, again, a simple one.  Crypto is a fraud, probably designed as such for special purposes.  Therefore, expect fraud almost everywhere you look in that field, and especially when large amounts of money are involved. [...] There's a history here, and it looks like political connections and political fundraising were part of the mix from the get go.  Major red flag, when coupled with unregulated money and Zhou.

It sure looks like the Democrat nominee for Oklahoma governor violated state laws.  Joy Hofmeister, Oklahoma superintendent of public instruction, is the Democrat nominee for governor.  She is challenging incumbent Republican Governor Kevin Stitt.  No one is more surprised than I am that Oklahoma's gubernatorial race is even in play.  It's currently listed as a toss-up by Real Clear Politics aggregated averaging, with Hofmeister up over Stitt by 1 point in the most recent poll.  Oklahoma gubernatorial race is one of the midterm election cycle's sleeper races.  Recent polls have not been good news for Stitt.  As I wrote last week, Hofmeister was a Republican until she decided to run against Stitt for governor.  She switched to the Democrat Party in order to run.  If she wins, she will be the first Democraat to win a statewide office in Oklahoma since 2006.

A Powerful Pritzker Administration Insider Cashed In as a Consultant.  Shortly after she left her state job as a senior adviser to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, longtime political operative Nikki Budzinski collected more than $500,000 in consulting and other fees in 10 months, including more than $80,000 from a Springfield lobbyist Budzinski helped while working for the governor.  At least $100,000 of that payday came from progressive organizations that don't disclose their donors — despite Budzinski now running for Congress downstate as a Democrat in the 13th District on a platform that includes getting "dark money" out of politics, a Better Government Association examination of government records found.

Soros Bucks, Private Jets Found in Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro's 11,000-Page Campaign Finance Report.  The campaign finance report for Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Democrat gubernatorial candidate, is tall enough to ride a rollercoaster.  It would take 22 reams of paper to print all 10,983 pages of his most recent campaign finance report.  That's 55 inches tall.  Within those pages are three contributions totaling $120,000 from the family of far-left billionaire George Soros, who has funded the campaigns of soft-on-crime district attorneys now in office in major cities across the nation.  On June 29, George Soros' son, Jonathan Soros, who lives in New York, gave Shapiro $10,000.  The next day, June 30, Jennifer Soros, Jonathan Soros' wife, contributed $10,000.  On Aug. 8, Andrea Soros, George Soros' daughter, gave Shapiro $100,000.  The large number of special interest donations may explain why Shapiro has raised significantly more than state senator and Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano.

Top Democrats enrich themselves and their family members with campaign funds.  Just yesterday [10/18/2022], Fox News reported about top House Democrats such as Maxine Waters and James Clyburn generously paying family members from campaign funds.  Karen Waters, Maxine's daughter received more than $1.2 million from Waters's campaign for the past two decades.  What was Karen's function?  Her firm, 'Progressive Connections' organized 'slate-mailing operations' to bolster Maxine's re-election in 2003.  A Federal Election Commission (FEC) notice filed by Citizens for Waters shows that Karen Waters received a total of $16,000 from the committee this quarter for "slate mailer management fees."  Slate mailing is a practice where campaign pamphlets with a list of candidates and the issues they stand for are mass-mailed to voters.  Critics have branded them deceptive and misleading.  In 2004, the Los Angeles Times revealed that the Waters campaign had paid $1 million to other family members for the past eight years.

Top House Dems continue paying family members thousands of dollars using campaign funds.  Top House Democrats Maxine Waters and James Clyburn have continued to shell out tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds to their family members ahead of the November midterm elections.  The re-election campaign for Waters, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee chairwoman, paid a total of $16,000 to the congresswoman's daughter in four separate payments in July and September of this year.  Karen Waters, who has been organizing slate-mailing operations to bolster her mother's re-election since 2003, and her company, Progressive Connections, have received more than $1.2 million from Waters' campaign over the past nearly two decades.

Where is all of Stacey Abrams' PAC money going?  After Stacey Abrams lost her 2018 bid to be the next Governor of Georgia (not that she admitted the loss until recently), she founded a political action committee named Fair Fight PAC that was intended to "combat voter suppression" in the Peach State, which she blamed for her loss or unacknowledged victory, depending on which day you asked her.  Fair Fight PAC has since raked in a considerable flow of cash from liberals around the nation who sympathized with her unfair treatment at the hands of the corrupt Republicans in Georgia or whatever.  But where has all of that money been going?  A recent investigation by Fox News dug into some of the PAC's financial disclosure statements and came up with some very curious results.

Critics say NYC Parks Department is a patronage mill for Mayor Adams' pals.  The Adams administration has quietly tapped a City Council member's wife and another top Bronx Democratic supporter to fill two, high-ranking, $177,000-a-year Parks Department jobs, The [New York] Post has learned.  The Parks Department in August gave Jessenia Aponte, wife of Councilman Rafael Salamanca (D-Bronx), a huge promotion that comes with a $72,000-plus raise, naming her Bronx borough commissioner.  In another under-the-radar move, the agency last month handed Anthony Perez, former executive director of the Bronx Democratic Party, the job of Manhattan borough commissioner.  Both Salamanca and Perez campaigned heavily for Eric Adams during his successful 2021 mayoral run, helping him lock up key Hispanic voting bases, especially in the Bronx, according to multiple sources.

Georgia Officials Are Probing Raphael Warnock's Church.  Georgia is investigating a charity run by the church where Democratic Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock is a pastor due to concerns about its legal status, according to The Washington Free Beacon.  The Ebenezer Building Foundation is soliciting charitable contributions and operating as a charitable organization but isn't registered as one in the state of Georgia, according to a letter from the Securities and Charities Division Georgia Secretary of State office.  The letter urged the organization to register by Nov. 2 and noted that it could be subject to administrative penalties.  Ebenezer Baptist Church attempted to evict poor tenants from a building it owns while Warnock publicly railed against evictions in 2020, reports revealed earlier this week.  The building was listed as a home for the mentally disabled and chronically homeless in a grant application.  The revelation triggered an investigation into the nonprofit status of the Ebenezer Building Foundation, the charity run by Warnock's church.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell vows to return $30,000 she blew on first-class flights after saying it was 'unsafe' for a black woman to fly economy.  LaToya Cantrell, the controversial Democratic mayor of New Orleans, has said she will repay the city for $30,000 she claimed in city cash for first class flights after living rent-free in a government apartment just three miles from her house.  The mayor was forced to pay for the flights after a city attorney was brought in who determined that Cantrell, as a city employee, was obliged by policy to seek the cheapest fares or reimburse the city for deluxe expenses.  Cantrell spent around $10,000 on her own flat bed seat and blew a similar amount on a first-class return to France earlier this year — while her aides traveled in coach.

NOLA mayor finds herself in hot water... again.  This woman is a magnet for corruption investigations.  Let's do a quick tally.  New Orleans was named as the city with the highest per capita murder rate.  Then, due to a shortage of police, [Mayor LaToya] Cantrell spit balled that she may have to cancel Mardi Gras over safety and security concerns.  That didn't go over well.  So, almost immediately, she walked that threat back.  Next thing you know, there's a recall petition being organized.  There was a big hullabaloo over the fact that the mayor flies first class to go overseas and yet her staff and security fly coach.  So, there's an investigation into this and calls for her to reimburse the city for the ticket price differences ($30,000).  She refuses to do so, saying she has to fly first class because it's really dangerous for black women to travel, or something.  And, finally, there is an investigation being launched into a non-profit Cantrell founded.  She's racking up quite a list of no-nos.  Oh yeah, I almost forgot — she attended the trial of a juvenile in a mentorship program who was charged with carjacking.  She supported him over the victim.

After Seattle protests, texts from mayor's phone were deleted, court filing shows.  A newly disclosed forensic analysis has found that 191 texts were manually deleted from an iPhone of former Mayor Jenny Durkan in the months after her administration's controversial response to racial justice protests in June 2020, according to the latest filings in a federal lawsuit.  The previously unknown manual text deletions from Durkan's phone — along with other new details, including that "factory resets" were performed on phones of six other city officials in fall 2020, resulting in the deletions of thousands of other text messages — are among the revelations contained in the findings of an expert's 32-page report completed in April.  The expert's report, along with a host of other exhibits, was filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle late Wednesday to bolster new arguments raised by attorneys for several businesses and residents suing the city for damages they say were caused by Seattle's weekslong tolerance of a sprawling protest zone two years ago.

Ex-Democratic congressman sentenced to prison in years-long Pennsylvania election fraud scheme.  Expelled former Democratic congressman Michael "Ozzie" Myers has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for federal election fraud dating back to 2014, the Justice Department said Tuesday, and was immediately taken into custody.  Myers, 79, pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy to deprive voters of civil rights, bribery, obstruction of justice, falsification of voting records, and conspiring to illegally vote in a federal election as part of scams to stuff ballot boxes for certain Democratic candidates in Pennsylvania elections between 2014 and 2018, the DOJ said in a news release.  Prosecutors said some of the candidates were running to be judges and had hired Myers, who would use portions of "consulting fees" from his clients to pay others to interfere with election results.

Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin Implodes When Pressed on Residing in Lobbyist's Home.  Vulnerable Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin (MI-08) imploded during a television debate when a Michigan news anchor pressed her about the recent bombshell report revealing she resides in an apartment owned by a "lobbyist" and campaign donor, who is also registered — with his family — to vote at the same address and works for a company receiving tens of million in government funding.  WDIV-TV held a television debate on Sunday between Slotkin and her Republican opponent state Sen. Tom Barrett.  The anchor in charge of asking questions brought up the recent report that revealed Slotkin moved into a residence owned by Jerry Hollister, an executive at a Lansing-based company that received tens of millions in federal funding and has donated to her campaign.

House Democrats Kill Resolution to Investigate Hunter Biden.  House Democrats on the Oversight Committee on Tuesday voted against a Republican resolution that would have ordered President Joe Biden's administration to turn over documents about Hunter Biden's business deals.  The "resolution of inquiry," led by Rep. James Comer (R-KY), the top Republican on the Oversight Committee, would have ordered Biden's administration to provide a plethora of documents about the Biden family's overseas business deals, including those involving the president's son, Hunter.  Although all 19 Republicans voted in favor of the resolution, 23 Democrats voted to kill the resolution after just two hours of debate, according to CNN.

FBI, LA County Sheriff Raid County Hall of Administration, LA Metro Offices in Corruption Probe.  As we reported, a search warrant was executed at the home of longtime Los Angeles politician and former child actor Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) around 7 AM local time Wednesday morning.  In an impromptu interview with Fox11 Los Angeles about an hour later, Kuehl quickly cast the incident as a "bogus search" spurred by an "obsessed" former LA Metro employee that LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva simply went along with.  However, it was soon reported that the warrant related to "an ongoing public corruption investigation" and was executed by LASD and federal agents, and that warrants were concurrently served at the home of LA County Civilian Oversight Commissioner and Friend-of-Kuehl Patricia Giggans, the LA County Hall of Administration, the headquarters of Giggans' non-profit, Peace Over Violence, and LA Metro Headquarters.

97 members of Congress or their families bought or sold stock that may have been a conflict of interest.  Nearly 100 members of Congress bought or sold financial assets that intersected with the work of the committees they sit on, according to a New York Times report.  Of the 435 House members, 183 traded stocks through themselves or their immediate family members from 2019 to 2021.  At least 97 bought or sold stocks, bonds or other financial assets through themselves or their spouses that directly intersected with their congressional work.  US lawmakers are not yet banned from making any stock trades, though insider trading is illegal for everyone.

Hochul gave COVID test contract to campaign donor that charged taxpayers double.  Gov. Kathy Hochul had New Yorkers pay twice as much for COVID tests from a company tied to nearly $300,000 in donations to her campaign compared to other state vendors, a new report details, raising fresh concerns of alleged pay-to-play behavior ahead of the Nov. 8 election.  "Whether it was pay-to-play or total incompetence — New York taxpayers and then the federal taxpayers got massively ripped off," John Kaehny, of the good-government group Reinvent Albany, said of the Digital Gadgets deal funded by New York taxpayers with the help of federal relief aid.  While some companies charged the state just $5 for rapid tests, the N.J.-based Digital Gadgets got as much as $13 per unit in a total of $637 million worth of no-bid deals for millions of tests as Hochul pushed schools to stay open amid the omicron wave last year, according to the Times Union[.]

Raphael Warnock Voted for COVID Stimulus that Sent $75K to Group Run by His Church.  Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) voted for a coronavirus stimulus package that handed $75,000 to a social justice group his church founded.  The group, the Martin Luther King Sr.  Collaborative, is run by the church, which compensates Warnock $120,000, according to the Washington Free Beacon.  The money flowing to the Martin Luther King Sr.  Collaborative raises questions about whether Warnock personally benefited from the American Rescue Plan while taxpayers shouldered the $1.9 trillion price of the bill that likely fueled 40-year-high inflation.

Ex-Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez busted in bribery scheme with banker, former FBI agent.  Former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez was arrested Thursday in a bribery scheme in which she allegedly pushed out a high-ranking government official in exchange for more than $300,000 to help her 2020 campaign.  Vázquez, 62, is accused of working out the bribes with conspirators who included a former FBI agent, a Venezuelan Italian bank owner and a political consultant, according to the Department of Justice.  "Public corruption erodes the people's trust in our institutions and fuels civil unrest," Joseph González, special agent in charge of the FBI San Juan Field Office, said in a statement.  "No one is above the law and the victim of this crime, the People, deserve better."

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"No one is above the law" is a toothless and obsolete cliché.  It has been demonstrably false for at least 30 years.  Almost any adult can name half a dozen political VIP's who should have gone to prison years ago.

Couple from Medicaid firm awarded millions in NY contracts delivered over $300K in donations to Hochul, Cuomo.  A couple with ties to a firm that's been awarded hundreds of millions in Medicaid transportation contracts over the years has driven more than $300,000 combined into the campaign coffers of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and current Gov. Kathy Hochul, records reviewed by The [New York] Post reveal.  Critics say the donations are a textbook case of Albany's pay-to-play culture that allows bidders and contractors to give massive campaign contributions to the governor whose agencies oversee them.  By comparison, New York City law limits donations from bidders and contractors to the mayor and have business Big Apple agencies to $400.  The firm, Medical Answering Services, founded by president Russ Maxwell in 2004, was awarded eight contracts totaling $403.7 million by the state Health Department from 2011 through 2018.  Four of the contracts don't expire until next year.

Records show more Democrat politicians using campaign funds to pay family members.  Foremost among the numerous catastrophes that Joe Biden has presided over is inflation which has risen to a 40-year high.  This has caused prices of fuel, energy, food, and all everyday commodities to skyrocket, wreaking irreparable havoc on the budgets of regular people.  Most citizens have no option but to postpone or even cancel purchases they can avoid.  However, these hassles seldom apply to the denizens of Washington D.C.  The Daily Caller reported that Democrats such as House Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina, and Connecticut Rep. Jahana Hayes, are using their campaign fund to enrich family members.

Stacey Abrams Purchased Two Homes Valued At $1.4 Million After Reporting Massive Debts In 2018.  Former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams purchased two homes worth a combined $1.4 million following her failed 2018 bid to lead the state, public records reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation show.  Abrams purchased the homes despite reporting in a financial disclosure in early 2018 during her gubernatorial campaign that she owed the IRS $54,000 in back taxes on top of $174,000 in credit card and student loan debt.  Abrams purchased a 3,300 square foot home in Stone Mountain, Georgia, for $370,000 in September 2019, according to Nexis real estate records.  The home is now worth $425,000, according to Redfin.  Just over a year later, in October 2020, Abrams sold an Atlanta townhome she purchased in 2004 and bought a 4,100 square foot home in the city for $975,000, Nexis records show.  Her new Atlanta home is now valued at just over $1 million, according to Redfin.

The Biden White House caters to the rich just as Obama's did.  BlackRock has $10 Trillion under management and holds great power with Biden's Whitehouse.  They are a big pusher of the green agenda.  The green agenda is destroying America with rampant inflation, especially the poor, middle class, and small businessesm but BlackRock has done great. [...] After Biden and Michelle got out of the White House, they got a huge kickback from Netflix despite having no product or experience.  I wonder why Netflix is having financial trouble today?  Most of the media has never [cared] about the Clinton, Obama, or Biden corruption, which is massive.  There is more evidence every day about the connections of Joe to Hunters' kickbacks from China, Russia, and Ukraine, yet the media is virtually silent.  It is no wonder that there is so much corruption and such deep economic problems throughout the country when the media has been complicit in infecting the public with the pandemic of the Biden Administration.  We learn new information everyday about the sewer of despicable and corrupt behavior of Joe and Hunter and it's as if almost all of the media has buried their heads in the sand so the public doesn't see it.  Can anyone imagine the interest if Trump had wired thousands of dollars to Don, Jr. or Eric so they could support their Russian hooker habit?

A South Carolina Democrat strategizes about sleepers in Republican campaigns.  Project Veritas has done it again, this time with a video of a South Carolina Democrat candidate for the United States Senate strategizing with a prisoner to put Democrat sleepers into the Republican line-up as fifth columnist candidates.  Mixed in with whining, incoherence, and obscenities (often racial ones), Matthews articulates a foul plan for destroying democracy in a fight she feels is impossible to win by fair means. [...] It turns out, though, that Matthews isn't above "toxic politics" when it comes to plotting a Democrat takeover of South Carolina's strong Republican leanings.  We know that because Project Veritas Action obtained a recording of a February 15, 2022, phone call that Matthews had with David Solomon Ballard, an inmate at Perry Correctional Institution.  [Audio clip]

Leaked Call with Prison Inmate Reveals Democrat Senate Candidate Calling For "Secret Sleepers" to Infiltrate South Carolina Republican Party.  Project Veritas on Sunday [6/26/2022] released leaked audio of a Democrat US Senate candidate's phone call with an inmate at Perry Correctional Institution calling for "secret sleepers" to infiltrate the South Carolina Republican party.  "We need some secret sleepers.  Like you need them to run as the other side, even though they for our side.  And we need them to win," Krystle Matthews, a Democrat South Carolina State Rep. running for US Senate said in the leaked audio.  "We need people to run as Republicans in these local elections.  This is the only way you're gonna change the dynamics in South Carolina."

South Carolina Senate Candidate Caught on Tape Advocating to Deploy Georgia Election Strategy.  Project Veritas Action, a subsidiary of Project Veritas, has released a leaked audio from South Carolina Democrat Krystle Matthews, promoting a political strategy where blacks infiltrate the republican party and use drug money to fund organized political changes. [...] What South Carolina Senate candidate Matthews is outlining in the leaked audio sounds remarkably similar to the prior successful operation of Georgia democrats and republicans.  The networks of the AME church and the political activists within the Black Lives Matter movement, coalesce by infiltrating the republican party and then working to support the agenda of the Democrat political apparatus.

Democrat Senate candidate recommends leftist 'sleepers' contesting as Republicans for the mid-terms?  An audio clip released from Project Veritas Action yesterday [6/26/2022] revealed that South Carolina Democrat State Representative and candidate for U.S. Senate, Krystle Matthews, has some unconventional tactics to win the midterms.  [Audio clip]  The audio purportedly originated from a recorded conversation on Feb. 15, 2022, that occurred between Matthews and an inmate at Perry Correctional Institution.  It is troubling that Matthews is seeking campaign advice from a convicted criminal.  But that is the least problematic aspect of this revelation.  We hence focus on the content of the conversation. [...] These utterances prove the Democrats' proclivity for crime when they stand to gain.  It also reveals Matthew's bigotry of low expectations, she expects her fellow African Americans to be nothing more than dope dealers and criminals.  Matthews then proceeds to display her bigotry towards both her fellow African Americans and other races.  This smug feeling of superiority over regular people is synchronous with Democrat thinking.

This Kansas Dem Wants To Ban Congress From Owning Stocks.  She Owns Shares of Green Energy Firms That Want Congressional Subsidies.  Rep. Sharice Davids (D., Kan.) has called for a total ban on members of Congress owning stocks in order to "restore trust" in the government.  So it's puzzling that Davids owns shares of three green energy firms that regularly lobby Congress for subsidies.  Her investments in FuelCell Energy, Maxeon Solar Technologies, and SunPower Corporation total up to $17,000.  All three companies lobby Congress for green energy tax credits and other incentives, and Davids is in clear position to implement policy that impacts her investments — the Kansas Democrat sits on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, which has helped shape the Biden administration's green-friendly infrastructure spending initiatives.  Davids has said she would use her position on the committee to explore investments in infrastructure projects as "an effective way to combat the effects of climate change."

Report: Biden Admin-linked Special Interests Got More PPP Loan Forgiveness.  A report released Tuesday by the Functional Government Initiative (FGI) suggests that Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) recipients with ties to Biden administration personnel received loan forgiveness at a higher rate than the general population.  The FGI, a new research organization dedicated to "improving the American public's awareness about the officials, decisions, and priorities of their government," compiled a database on loan forgiveness using the government's own data. [...] The report does not directly allege that specific government officials intervened directly to help firms or organizations connected to them.  However, it notes a pattern, and lists several high-ranking officials — including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm — as among those linked to recipients of PPP loan forgiveness.

Three Democrat St. Louis City Leaders Indicted by Federal Grand Jury For Taking Cash Bribes.  Three top Democrat St. Louis city leaders were indicted by a federal grand jury for taking cash bribes.  Lewis Reed, Alderman President, John Collins-Muhammad, recently resigned 21st Ward Alderman and Jeffrey Boyd, 22nd Ward Alderman, were all accused of taking cash in exchange for political favors and land deals, KMOV reported.

Anaheim Mayor Resigns Amid Federal Corruption Probe.  Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu, a Republican, resigned effective Tuesday [5/24/2022] amid a corruption probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation over the land sale of Angels Stadium — a probe that's already resulted in money laundering charges being brought against one of Sidhu's political allies, former Anaheim Chamber of Commerce CEO Todd Ament.  In an affidavit, an FBI agent says that Sidhu shared inside information with the Angels in order to hopefully make a deal that would lead to $1 million in campaign contributions from Angels executives[.]

60 members of Congress have violated a law designed to stop insider trading and prevent conflicts-of-interest.  Insider and several other news organizations have identified 60 members of Congress who've recently failed to properly report their financial trades as mandated by the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, also known as the STOCK Act.  Congress passed the law a decade ago to combat insider trading and conflicts of interest among their own members and force lawmakers to be more transparent about their personal financial dealings.  A key provision of the law mandates that lawmakers publicly — and quickly — disclose any stock trade made by themselves, a spouse, or a dependent child.  But many members of Congress have not fully complied with the law.  They offer excuses including ignorance of the law, clerical errors, and mistakes by an accountant.  Insider has chronicled this widespread nature of this phenomenon in a new project, "Conflicted Congress."

Spygate Researchers Said Claim Russians Hacked The DNC Could Have Relied On 'Spoofed' Data.  The Georgia Tech cyber security experts ensnared in the Alfa Bank hoax conducted a retrospective analysis of the Democratic National Committee hack, according to the Department of Defense.  While the results of that analysis have yet to be made public, internal documents obtained by The Federalist reveal that Georgia Tech's computer scientists believed CrowdStrike's approach to investigating computer intrusions relied on the use of easily "spoofed/impersonated" signals of traffic.  In June 2016, about one month before WikiLeaks released a trove of internal communiques revealing top DNC officials plotted to destroy Bernie Sanders' presidential ambitions in favor of their preferred candidate, Hillary Clinton, the DNC publicly confirmed that its server had been hacked.  In the Washington Post article breaking the story, the DNC maintained that the private security firm it had hired to investigate the hack, CrowdStrike, had concluded two Russian military intelligence groups, branded Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear, bore responsibility for the intrusions.

Biden administration under fire over big contracts for boosters.  The White House and President Joe Biden are facing scrutiny over millions of dollars' worth of government contracts and loans going to big Democratic donors.  The Biden administration has established a pattern of doling out taxpayer money to businesses associated with donors, according to a group of House Republicans calling for more information about the White House's process for awarding contracts.  "Awarding lucrative government contracts to companies led by large Democratic donors is becoming a troubling Biden Administration pattern and raises questions about whether political contributions play a role in the decision to award federal taxpayer dollars," reads a letter GOP members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent to White House Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young.

Texas is success and Illinois is failure.  Since I was born four Illinois governors, three Democrats and one Republican, have served time in federal prison.  No Texas governors have suffered that indignity.  Last month, Michael Madigan, who was Illinois' most powerful politician until he was ousted as Illinois speaker of the House in 2021, was indicted on a whole slew of racketeering charges.  Madigan, except for two years in the 1990s, served as House speaker beginning in 1981.  From 1998 until 2021 Madigan was also chairman of the Illinois Democratic Party.  Overlooked in the rundown of Boss Madigan's career by journalists after his indictment is this ironic nugget:  his predecessor as speaker was George H. Ryan, a Republican, who is one of Illinois' felon governors.

US congressman reveals seats on committees are 'literally' bought.  In a video that circulated online on Friday, Alabama Representative Mo Brooks told supporters that an entrenched system of corruption prevents Congress from passing legislation that would benefit the average American.  Brooks said that both parties charge their members $1 million and beyond for chairmanships of committees, and that only those taking donations from lobbyists can afford these seats.  "Special interest groups run Washington, and I don't mean that metaphorically.  I mean literally," Brooks told supporters at an event in March, video footage of which was shared on Friday by conservative pundit Lauren Windsor.  [Tweet]  According to Brooks, lawmakers who want to be chairman of a major committee "have to purchase it."  Either the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) or Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) will charge members of Congress a fee to chair a committee for two years.  The fee varies depending on how important the committee is, but bidding for a top-tier chairmanship starts at $1 million, Brooks claimed.

Stacey Abrams Increased Her Net Worth 3,000% in Less than 4 Years — What Is the Real Source of Her Income?  Stacey Abrams has increased her net worth by 3,000% in a couple of years.  How did this happen?  In the age of corruption and stolen elections, Stacey Abrams may have eaten the cake. [...] The Daily Caller reports that Abrams received $5-6 million in speeches and book deals.  (This is one way Democrats launder money to their politicians.)  The Caller also notes that Abrams has been paid, "paid $700,000 over her three years as executive director of the Southern Economic Advancement Project".  And,it is unknown how much Abrams has received from related entity[,] Fair Fight Action.

How Did Stacey Abrams Multiply Her Net Worth In Just A Few Years?  Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has become a millionaire.  Abrams is worth $3.17 million, according to the state disclosures she filed in March, The Associated Press reported Tuesday.  When she first ran for the Georgia governorship in 2018, Abrams was dealing with a "hefty bill from the IRS" and was worth only $109,000, the outlet noted.  The "hefty" tax bill from the IRS was $54,000, with a further $410,000 in liabilities, according to Fox News.  She owed $96,000 in student loan debt and $83,000 in credit card debt, AP reported.  Abrams' personal financial issues led Republicans and some people in Georgia to question how she could possibly be able to manage a state budget while she struggled to stay atop her own, AP reported.  Abrams subsequently lost her 2018 bid for Georgia's governorship.

Complaint: Interior Department Won't Release Documents On Potential Ethics Violations At Secretary Haaland's Wedding.  The Interior Department is faced with a new lawsuit over its refusal to comply with a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) probing potential government ethics violations surrounding Secretary Deb Haaland's August wedding.  The lawsuit, filed Thursday by the government-transparency group Protect the Public's Trust (PPT), seeks to compel records requested by FOIA days after the event to examine whether improper gifts or influence peddling took place over the ceremony.  According to the complaint, the Department of the Interior dismissed the group's inquiries four times when following up on the request now submitted more than 220 days ago.

Yes, government schools have a huge pedophile problem.  National awareness of the grooming problem in public school classrooms is rising, thanks to the campaign opposing Florida's law prohibiting sexualizing the youngest students in grades K-3.  The hysteria of the law's opponents has served notice on the public that an active movement exists in schools and the media to indoctrinate the young in the notion that one's sex is a matter of preference, not biology, and even to facilitate homosexuality and transgenderism in pre-pubescent children.  Helping public awareness rise is the number of online videos, especially on Tik Tok, where public school teachers proclaim their goals.

A regime based on fraud and media collusion.  The unmasking of Dr. Anthony Fauci is the straw that I think will break the back of the camel of an evil cabal.  Everyone in the United States was directly and personally affected by the fraud and cover-up that obscured the origins of COVID-19 in the laboratory of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, imposed unnecessary lockdowns, and denied effective therapies to those infected with the virus.  It brought home to Americans the untrustworthiness of the ruling class and its media servants that have covered up numerous frauds in recent years:
  •   Fast and Furious: [...]
  •   Benghazi: [...]
  •   Pay to Play by Hillary: [...]
  •   The bathroom server: [...]
  •   Comey's presser:  The FBI director indicted Hillary and then said no intent could be shown.  These charges do not require intent [...]
  •   Bill Clinton met on the Phoenix Airport tarmac with A.G. Lynch just before Comey's exoneration of his wife.
  •   Russiagate never was anything other than a domestic disinformation operation run by the CIA with the FBI doing the grunt work.  Comey, Clapper, and Brennan also lied to Congress.  Hillary had to have an excuse for why she lost.  She was a very poor candidate, and Trump ran circles around her. [...]
The election was a full-court press using COVID as an excuse to illegally allow mail-in ballots with no identity verification on ballots to be cast.  Where is Hunter Biden's laptop that was put in the memory hole in the FBI, that the FBI is apparently not doing anything about?  And there's the issue of Ukraine and China with the big guy, Uncle Joe.  And let's not forget that Eric Swalwell and Hunter Biden were both compromised by Chinese honey traps.  How many others are there?

Harris Co.  Judge Lina Hidalgo's Chief of Staff, 2 former staff members indicted.  The $11 million COVID communication deal Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo once vigorously defended has just triggered a half dozen felony criminal indictments against three members of her inner circle, including the judge's chief of staff, Alex Triantaphyliss.  "Bring it on!  Bring it on!  Because there is nothing here," said Hidalgo at Commissioners Court on August 24, while defending the controversial contract.

Kathy Hochul's terrible judgment leads to one terrible day.  Gov. Kathy Hochul rushed to the microphones Tuesday to reassure New Yorkers following the Brooklyn subway shootings.  She should've stood in bed.  Out tumbled a jumble of half-thoughts, unfocused and haltingly delivered, underscoring what has been apparent for some time now — which is that New York's latest accidental governor would be out of her depth in a Buffalo mud puddle.  Which, in a manner of speaking, is where she came from.  Hochul's horrible day also included news that her handpicked, staunchly defended lieutenant governor, Brian Benjamin, had just been arrested on federal corruption charges.  Benjamin would be gone by day's end, of course, but the matter will linger.  Actually, the scandal could have been predicted by anybody who pays even cursory attention to New York politics.  But Hochul, it seems, doesn't pay attention to much.

NY Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin Resigns Following Arrest in Campaign Finance Fraud Case:  Hochul.  New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin has resigned after he surrendered to authorities to face campaign finance fraud-related charges in connection with a past campaign, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.  "I have accepted Brian Benjamin's resignation effective immediately.  While the legal process plays out, it is clear to both of us that he cannot continue to serve as Lieutenant Governor.  New Yorkers deserve absolute confidence in their government, and I will continue working every day to deliver for them," Hochul said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.

New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin [has been] arrested on campaign finance fraud charges, sources say.  New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin was arrested on charges related to a campaign finance fraud investigation, officials announced Tuesday [4/12/2022].  Benjamin surrendered to authorities and appeared before a federal judge in New York City on Tuesday, the U.S Department of Justice said in a statement.  His arrest comes after reports that Manhattan federal prosecutors and the FBI were investigating whether Benjamin knowingly engaged in a campaign finance fraud scheme.  They were also looking into whether Benjamin, in exchange, helped distribute state money to contributors and their projects.  An indictment alleges that Benjamin was given campaign contributions from a Harlem real estate developer.  In exchange, Benjamin obtained a $50,000 state grant for the developer's business, although the money was never delivered, the indictment states.

New York Lt. Governor [has been] Arrested.  On Tuesday morning, New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin surrendered to authorities "to face fraud-related charges in connection with a previous political campaign," according to a report from The Daily Beast.  Benjamin was arrested on multiple charges, including bribery, over an alleged plot to get campaign contributions in exchange for a state grant.

The Democrats have a pedo problem.  Pick a deep blue state at random — say, Oregon.  A former longtime mayor of Beaverton, Dennis "Denny" Doyle, was recently charged with possession of child pornography.  But that was nothing new in the Beaver state.  There was also popular Portland mayor Sam Adams, who relished pederasty with underage boys.  Oh, there was also Democrat governor Neil Goldschmidt, who committed statutory rape against a 13-year-old girl and went on sexually abusing her for many years afterwards.  Goldschmidt's victim's life was destroyed, and she died decades later at age 49, with drugs, alcohol, and mental illness as contributing factors.  Unlike Dennis Hastert, none of these progressive figures went to prison for his crimes of molesting children.  They all got a free pass.  And most voters and politicians living near Oregon's deep blue I-5 corridor between Portland and Eugene didn't (and don't) care.

The Democrats have a pedo problem.  Progressives have a pedophilia problem.  Full stop, as the Barack Obamas of the world might say.  From CNN producers to Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station chiefs and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) field agents; from the woke Disney corporation to Democrat donors; from Hollywood to the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA); from Facebook/Meta to the Lincoln Project to America's public school system — the progressive Left has a demonstrated prurient interest in underage children.  This is not guilt by association, innuendo, or conjecture; it is a firmly established fact pattern.  And this is not to suggest that no Republicans have ever espoused or committed similar atrocities against children; extremely rare countervailing exceptions like Republican Dennis Hastert (who, unlike Democrats, was actually imprisoned in part for his crimes of child molestation) prove the rule that many Democrats have a strong affinity for pedophilia and the normalization of the same.

Illinois Governor Invested in Company With $2.6 Billion In State Contracts.  Amid the national debate over whether members of Congress should be able to trade stock, the governor of Illinois is demonstrating how prevalent conflicts of interest are for elected officials who own securities.  In 2020, Gov. JB Pritzker's trust bought stock in the health insurance company Centene Corp.  That same year, Illinois gave $2.6 billion worth of Medicaid contracts to Centene Corp.  An investigation by the Better Government Association, a nonprofit Illinois watchdog, uncovered these interesting investments.  Even though Pritzker's investments are in a blind trust, which means that Pritzker is not privy to investment decisions, they demonstrate why blind trusts can't prevent conflicts of interest.  Each year, Pritzker receives a copy of his current investments from his fund managers, which have the potential to influence the state contracting process.

The COVID Hall of Shame — So Far.  It was known from the outset that COVID was most often fatal for elderly people in poor health.  A locus of fatalities in March 2020 was a single nursing home in Washington State — it was right there on the Johns Hopkins website.  Yet, Democrat governors Wolf, Cuomo, Witmer, Murphy, and Newsom ordered chronically-ill senior citizens with COVID discharged to nursing homes.  The staff inevitably carried the illness to others during their normal course of duty.  The only apt analogy is the distribution of smallpox-ridden blankets given to Native Americans by the British during the French and Indian War.  In July 2020, the .7% of Pennsylvania's population who were nursing-home residents accounted for 69% of COVID deaths there.  This action by Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf and his colleagues can't be chalked up to stupidity.  Governors aren't that stupid.  To what end was it done?  We cannot know.

Tennessee state senator is handed probation after striking plea-deal for $600,000 fraud.  A disgraced Democrat state senator dodged jail thanks to a plea deal over a $600,000 fraud which saw her spend federal cash on her wedding, honeymoon — and subsequent divorce.  Katrina Robinson, 41, struck the plea deal Friday which saw her admit just two of the 20 counts she was facing, with a value of $3,400.  Sentencing guidelines could have seen the former Tennessee lawmaker face up to 10 months in prison for those counts.  But US District Judge Sheryl H Lipman decided to let Robinson off with a slap on the wrist, and sentenced her to just a year of probation after claiming that the swindler had suffered enough already.  Robinson, who was removed from office by a vote in February, managed to defraud the government out of the $600,000 by applying for the cash for a nursing school called The Healthcare Institute that she ran, then using it for her own ends.

The Hater's Guide to Woodrow Wilson.  If you were dragging getting out of bed to start this week, thank Woodrow Wilson.  Daylight saving time is just one of a battery of ways that Wilson and his presidency changed America, most of them for the worse.  I come now not to explain Wilson, but to hate him.  A national consensus on hating Wilson is long overdue.  It is the patriotic duty of every decent American.  While conservatives have particular reasons to detest Wilson, and all his works, and all his empty promises, there is more than enough in his record for moderates, liberals, progressives, libertarians, and socialists to join us in this great and unifying cause. [...] In my youth, and perhaps yours, Wilson was presented in history books as a tragic hero whom the unthinking American people didn't deserve.  He was often placed highly on academics' rankings of the presidents.  Princeton University named its school of international relations for him.

Democrat Sen. Cortez Masto Took Thousands from Nordstream 2 Russian Pipeline Lobbyist.  Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), a Democrat who has consistently opposed measures to make America energy independent, took thousands in donations from lobbyists for the Russian Nordstream 2 pipeline.  As gas prices surged to the most expensive ever recorded on Monday, the revelations about Cortez Masto could severely jeopardize her 2022 reelection campaign.  Gas prices on Monday soared in Nevada to at least $4.590 per gallon — the second-highest in the nation behind Hawaii — and even as this happened, the Democrat senator has regularly opposed initiatives that would reduce gas prices and increase American energy independence.

The corrupt Madigan Enterprise and the Illinois Democratic Party.  Last week, [...] Boss Michael Madigan was indicted on 22 corruption counts.  I was a common assumption that Madigan never used email — after all, the feds might be reading those messages.  But the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois, led by a Donald Trump appointee, John Lausch, got the job done[.]  Coded language didn't work.  Madigan cronies, in secretly recorded conversations, would avoid Madigan's name, referring to him as "our friend" or "a friend of ours."  Ironically, the mafia name for themselves is "La Cosa Nostra," which roughly translates from Italian into "our thing" or "this thing of ours."  I've written about Madigan many times at Da Tech Guy.  In short, he's the man who destroyed Illinois. [...] Corruption is rampant in Illinois.  And Illinois faces a millstone with Madigan's dirty fingerprints all over it, unfunded state pension obligations, among the worst among the fifty states.  Madigan was more interested in rewarding his public-sector union pals than properly funding their pension plans.

Prosecutor who indicted ex-Illinois speaker makes ominous warning.  Northern District of Illinois U.S. Attorney John Lausch, a holdover from the Trump administration, stayed on after President Joe Biden took office at the behest of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Springfield. [...] In the summer of 2020, Lausch's office revealed a deferred prosecution agreement with utility ComEd, in which the company admitted to a bribery scheme involving several individuals and agreed to pay the government a $200 million fine.  Madigan was labeled "Public Official A" in the ComEd document as the clear target of the federal corruption probe.  In Wednesday's [3/2/2022] news conference announcing the indictment of Madigan on racketeering and other charges, prosecutors alleged Madigan's political operation was a criminal enterprise that sought to keep the former speaker in power and financially benefit himself and his associates.  In announcing the indictment against Madigan Wednesday, Lausch said he will continue to be on the job as long as Biden allows.

Former Illinois Democrat Speaker Michael Madigan has been indicted.  On Wednesday [3/2/2022], the federal government filed a RICO claim against Michael Madigan, the former Illinois House Speaker.  The 106-page indictment accuses Madigan of engaging in bribery, extortion, and racketeering, all with an eye to maintaining Madigan's power and rewarding his political allies, workers, and associates, and to generate income for everyone involved in these criminal activities.  Considering how powerful Madigan was, I'd like to say this strikes a devastating blow against corruption in Illinois politics, but no one would believe me if I said that.  Michael Madigan came up in Chicago's political ranks as a protegee of Mayor Richard J. Daley and a friend of Daley's son, Richard M. Daley.  In 1969, by the time he was 27, Madigan was a ward precinct committeeman, at which time (according to Wikipedia), he controlled the "most disciplined" ward organization in Chicago.

One of the Senate's Richest Members [has been] Hit With Ethics Complaint Over Stock Trades.  A watchdog group is calling for an ethics investigation into Sen. Richard Blumenthal's (D., Conn.) sale of shares of Robinhood, the brokerage company at the center of the "meme stock" speculation frenzy last year.  The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) on Monday requested that the Senate Select Committee on Ethics probe Blumenthal's sale of Robinhood shares worth up to $2.5 million.  Blumenthal, one of the wealthiest members of the Senate, failed to disclose the trades within the 45 days required under federal law, the Washington Free Beacon reported.  "Blumenthal's stock trades raise conflict of interest concerns, and to make matters worse, Blumenthal failed to disclose his trades as required by the very laws intended to reveal conflicts of interest," Kendra Arnold, the executive director of FACT, wrote in a letter to Sens. Chris Coons (D., Del.) and James Lankford (R., Okla.), respectively the chairman and vice chairman of the Senate Ethics panel.

Pete Buttigieg accepted $250,000 and gifts from mayoral campaign donors who were later awarded $33 million in city contracts.  Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg's top political donors received millions of dollars in city contracts after giving thousands to his campaigns while he was mayor of South Bend, Indiana.  Buttigieg's political action committees took money from 23 companies who then got jobs from South Bend's Board of Public Works on which he was seated, documents obtained by DailyMail.com reveal.  On two occasions, the former presidential candidate received donations the same day the companies were awarded contracts.  Other city contractors [gave] the mayor cigars, alcohol and golf trips worth hundreds of dollars.

Baltimore State Attorney who faces perjury charges over COVID hardship claim tries to have case thrown out.  A Baltimore State Attorney facing a $1million perjury lawsuit for fudging financial numbers while taking out a loan for a pair of holiday home purchases in Florida has tried to get the case thrown out, claiming she's being targeted due to the fact that she's black and progressive.  In their most recent filing in the federal case, attorneys for Marilyn Mosby, 42 — who is charged with two counts of perjury and two counts of submitting false statements on loan applications to make the purchases, which amounted to $1.02million — accused federal prosecutors of having a personal vendetta against their client, claiming one of the legal eagles even spread rumors she cheated on her husband. 'Since its inception, the prosecution against State's Attorney Mosby has been driven by malicious personal, political, and even racial animus on the part of the prosecutors,' Mosby's attorneys wrote in motion to toss the case filed Friday.

Biden Had [a] Firm at [the] Center of [the] Trump Hacking Scandal on [his] Campaign Payroll.  The Biden campaign paid nearly $20,000 to a cybersecurity firm at the center of Special Counsel John Durham's investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe.  The campaign paid Neustar Information Services in 2020 for accounting and compliance work, according to Federal Election Commission records.  According to Durham, Neustar's chief technology officer, Rodney Joffe, accessed sensitive web traffic data that the company maintained on behalf of the White House executive office in order to collect "derogatory" information about Donald Trump.  Joffe allegedly provided the information to Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, who in turn gave it to the CIA during a meeting in February 2017. Durham charged Sussmann in September with lying to the FBI about his investigation of Trump.  The Biden campaign's payments raise questions about whether Joffe continued snooping on Trump in the most recent election.

Biden's National Security Advisor Could Be in Trouble Next.  The latest filing from Special Counsel John Durham is not only problematic for Hillary Clinton but threatens the Joe Biden administration as well.  Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, was a senior adviser to Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016 and played a key role in pushing the bogus Trump-Russia collusion narrative, as well the allegations of a secret line of communication between Trump and the Kremlin via Alfa Bank, cited in the latest motion filed by Durham — which also wasn't true.

All three Architects of "SAFE Act" Disgraced with Corruption.  In 2013, New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, and Governor Andrew Cuomo conspired to pass rigid and likely unconstitutional restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms by residents of New York State.  The law was passed with a rushed vote under a controversial measure in the New York Constitution which gives the Governor and legislative leaders enormous power.  The members of the legislature were forced to vote on it without any time to read it. [...] Large parts of the SAFE act have proven to be impractical to implement.  Some pieces have been ruled unconstitutional.  One part was so idiotic the state legislature, with the agreement of the governor, repealed it very quickly.  There is no evidence the act has had any effect on the New York violent crime rate.  New York has been the poster child for infringing on Second Amendment Rights to protect organized crime since 1911.  It is not surprising corrupt politicians want to disarm their constituents, who will often be their victims as well.

Company Traded Robinhood Stock On Behalf Of Sen. Blumenthal's Wife While He Was Demanding Investigation Of App.  A privately-held corporation associated with Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal and his wife bought and sold securities in the stock trading platform Robinhood while the senator and his colleagues called for investigations of the popular app.  Blumenthal, one of the wealthiest members of Congress, reported that a limited liability corporation bought and sold Robinhood shares on behalf of his wife in February, October, November and December 2021.  Blumenthal failed to report the December trades in a timely fashion, violating a federal law that mandates reporting of financial activities.  Robinhood has been in the crosshairs of federal regulators since the January 2021 meme stock craze, when day traders primarily associated with the WallStreetBets subreddit used the app to drive up the price of stocks like GameStop, AMC and BlackBerry.

Nancy Pelosi u-turns on members buying stock shares despite her husband raking in millions.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is now on board with a potential ban on members of Congress trading stocks, but wants it to include all branches of government including the Supreme Court, she said Wednesday [2/9/2022].  The powerful Democrat has shot down the idea multiple times in the past, despite criticism over her husband raking in millions on the stock exchange.  But the California legislator is now working with other Democratic leaders on how to get it done, according to Punchbowl News, after caving to pressure from both sides of the aisle and both chambers of Congress.

Stacey Abrams and Voter Suppression.  Most conservatives are well aware of the Democrat's Alinsky tactic of accusing Republicans of whatever criminal, immoral, or unethical activities they themselves are engaged in.  [Numerous examples omitted for brevity.]  But there's a variation of Alinsky's projection ploy that's even more insidious:  accuse Republicans who dare secure the ballot box against illegal votes of engaging in voter suppression.  The Democrat's field general this tactic is their former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.  Abrams lost a close 2018 election to Brian Kemp and promptly accused Kemp of suppressing the black vote despite the fact that blacks voted in significantly higher percentages than whites.  She continues, without evidence, to insist that that election was stolen from her and the same Democrats who are now accusing Trump of threatening our democracy still claim she is the rightful governor of Georgia.  Abrams, who was neck deep in tax and credit card debt, has turned her voter suppression scam into a lucrative position as head of a non-profit, the ironically named Fair Fight Action, that raked in tens of millions from leftist billionaires and major corporations terrified of crossing the woke mob.

Fed Scandal Bigger Than Watergate?  Fed Chair Powell — who is supposed to serve in the public interest and avoid even the appearance of conflicts — traded millions in personal stocks and bonds while obstructing required public disclosures about those trades for years.  Yet, the information that has slipped out is [bad].  It shows Powell made trades during the restricted blackout period for pivotal Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings.  This is a shocking revelation and constitutes grave and inexcusable misconduct by a high-ranking U.S. government official.  Moreover, Powell directed policy decisions that directly advantaged his personal bond holdings despite longstanding federal conflicts of interest law, 18 U.S.C. § 208.  And then he apparently told a brazen lie about it to the press by suggesting the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) said his holdings posed no conflict.  FOIA requests confirm that OGE provided no such guidance in writing.

Rep. Jamie Raskin slapped with ethics complaint over failure to report wife's huge stock payout.  Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin was hit Monday with an ethics complaint over his failure to properly disclose stock shares that his wife — President Biden's nominee to be the Federal Reserve's top banking regulator — received for her work at a Colorado-based financial technology company.  The American Accountability Foundation, a conservative ethics watchdog, said in a complaint to the Office of Congressional Ethics that Raskin had violated federal financial disclosure reporting obligations by waiting too long to report a huge stock payout that his wife, Sarah Bloom Raskin, received in December 2020.

America's crime spike goes much deeper than policing or the lack of it.  When I was a teenager, I watched as Bill Clinton lied to congress in front of the entire nation when he was questioned about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.  He knowingly committed felony perjury and adultery when he was a sitting President of the United States and there were absolutely zero consequences for his actions.  The entire time he was in office, there was scandal after scandal and he was never held accountable for any of it.  The Bush and Obama administrations were no better.  You can look back over the years at Whitewater, Vince Foster, WMDs, Benghazi, ATF gun-walking, the Russia hoax, and so many more blatant crimes by people sitting in the District of Columbia.  The scandals were and are never-ending and there is never any accountability for any of them.  And these same scandalous men nominate our Supreme Court Justices.

Tennessee Senator Katrina Robinson Says She Feels Beat Up After Expulsion.  Democratic Tennessee state Senator Katrina Robinson said she feels beat up due to her expulsion from the Tennessee Senate on Wednesday in the first instance since at least the Civil War of the Legislature expelling a lawmaker.  The GOP-led Senate passed a motion in a 27-5 vote to expel Robinson, according to Nashville's WTVF. [...] Robinson had been convicted of wire fraud involving federal grant money at a school for health care school workers she ran in Memphis before being elected to the state Senate, the Associated Press reported.  Robinson and other Democrats said that her expulsion was premature, pointing to the fact that many of the initial charges against Robinson were dropped and that she has not received sentencing in connection to two remaining counts. [...] In 2020, Robinson and two others were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, according to Memphis' Commercial Appeal newspaper.  Robinson was originally charged with 48 counts involving $600,000 in federal funds meant for scholarships.

Report: Chuck Schumer Receives Campaign Donations from Russian Pipeline-Linked Affiliates.  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who helped block sanctions on Russia's Nord Stream 2 project, received campaign donations from corporate PACs affiliated with two of the European companies that helped fund the pipeline, according to a report from the Washington Free Beacon.  The corporate political action committees of ENGIE North America and BASF Corporation, two affiliates of European companies that are associated with the funding for Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline, gave $2,500 campaign contributions to Schumer's campaign in September, according to records with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the report stated.  Reportedly, the parent company for ENGIE North America and a subsidiary for BASF are part of the group of five businesses that financed the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to transport natural gas from Russia to Germany.

Biden Administration Official Broke Stock Trading Law Nine Times Last Year.  Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm broke the STOCK Act — a law that requires top federal officials to disclose their asset transactions within a 45-day window — nine times last year. [...] The report occurs as Congress debates new restrictions on stock trading — especially for shares in individual companies, as opposed to index funds that track market movements as a whole.  At the end of last year, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) — whose husband, Paul, frequently trades large volumes of assets — avoided questions as to why lawmakers should be allowed to trade stocks in individual companies given lawmakers' high degree of restricted knowledge relevant to certain industries.  "Because this is a free market and people — we are a free market economy," Pelosi said during a news conference.  "They should be able to participate in that."  On Thursday, however, Pelosi appeared to change her tune.  She said that she has "great confidence in the integrity of my members" — yet will remain open to new regulations.

Nancy Pelosi Calls House Dem's the 'Greatest Collection of Intellect and Integrity.  Nancy Pelosi isn't known for her intellect or honesty, but lately she has made even more idiotic statements than usual.  Not only has she declared Joe Biden as one of the greatest presidents and thinks he's doing a fantastic job, she also believes that house Democrats are the greatest collection of intellect and integrity. [...] Pelosi has made over $100 mil engaging in insider trading and selling America's secrets to whoever will foot the bill.  She has robbed Americans of tax dollars by funneling billions to her own district, only for that money to be dispersed to her allies.  Democrats have as much integrity as the criminal who gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar and then plays the victim.  [Video clip]

Energy Secretary Granholm Violated STOCK Act 9 Times In 2021, Spox Blames 'Clerical Error'.  Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm blamed a "clerical error" for serial violations of the law that governs the reporting of securities transactions, according to Insider.  Granholm violated the STOCK Act nine times in 2021, Insider first reported Thursday.  The secretary filed two reports with the Office of Government Ethics on Dec. 15 and 16 detailing nine stock transactions that she conducted between April 30 and Oct. 26.  All nine transactions fall outside the 45 day window that the STOCK Act mandates government officials report their trades within, according to Insider.  "This was an inadvertent clerical oversight on reporting stock sales that ethics officials previously determined did not pose a conflict in her role as Energy Secretary and the Secretary paid the late filing fee," an Energy Department spokeswoman said of Granholm's transactions.

The Editor says...
Tell it to the jury.

Nancy Pelosi is wrong — members of Congress have no reason to trade stocks.  A decade ago, Congress passed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act.  This law was supposed to do what it sounds like it would do — stop members of Congress from enriching themselves using inside knowledge that others lack.  But unfortunately, the law is toothless, imposing tiny fines for violations.  Some lawmakers from both parties want to fix this problem by simply banning members of Congress and their families from trading individual stocks on the stock market.  They are right to pursue this goal, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is wrong to block them.

67% of Americans support bill to ban stock trading by members of Congress, even as Pelosi resists.  A poll has found a sweeping majority of voters in favor of banning members of Congress from trading stocks, adding to arguments in favor of regulating lawmaker's trades after an Insider investigation.  According to new polling conducted by the progressive firm Data for Progress, 67% of voters support such a ban, a figure that increases to 74% when respondents are given arguments in favor and against the idea.  Asked if they would support or oppose a bill that would ban members of Congress and their senior congressional staff from buying and selling individual stocks, 43% of voters said they strongly supported a ban, while another 24% were somewhat supportive.

Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby federally indicted on perjury, false mortgage application charges.  Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of perjury related to a COVID-19 financial hardship withdrawal and a false statement on a loan application.  A federal grand jury returned the indictment Thursday charging Mosby on federal charges of perjury and making false mortgage applications, relating to the 2020 purchases of two vacation homes in Florida.  A federal grand jury returned the indictment Thursday charging Mosby on federal charges of perjury and making false mortgage applications, relating to the purchases of two vacation homes in Florida.  According to the four-count indictment, on May 26, 2020, and Dec. 29, 2020, Mosby submitted "457(b) Coronavirus-Related Distribution Requests" for one-time withdrawals of $40,000 and $50,000, respectively, from the city of Baltimore's Deferred Compensation Plans.

Social Media Users Track Stock Trading As Congress Considers Member Ban.  Some social media users have begun tracking the stock trades of several elected officials in an effort to beat the market, as bipartisan attempts to ban members from trading have begun to heat up.  35 members of Congress outperformed the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, an index fund that tracks the 500 most valuable stocks in the world, according to a chart that circulated on several social media platforms, including the notorious WallStreetBets subreddit.  The member who most outperformed the S&P 500 index in 2020, Republican Georgia Rep. Austin Scott, briefly trended on Twitter after the report was released by Unusual Whales, a website that monitors the stock trading habits of members of Congress.

Former Space Company Executive Alleges Serial Lawbreaking By Democratic Governor.  A former aerospace company executive accused embattled Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday, as well as several of her appointees, of retaliating against him after he filed a whistleblower complaint.  Zach DeGregorio, the former Chief Financial Officer of Spaceport America, alleges that one of Grisham's political appointees, Alicia Keyes, encouraged him to falsify an economic impact study.  He also alleges that Keyes mishandled a bond refinancing for the purpose of defrauding the state.  When DeGregorio attempted to report the wrongdoing, he claimed, he was threatened with investigations and a firing.  DeGregorio resigned from his position at the company in June 2020, shortly after he filed a complaint alleging that Spaceport America Executive Director Daniel Hicks violated several state laws, which led to "possible waste and abuse of taxpayer funds."  In the lawsuit, DeGregorio adds that Hicks attempted to break into his email account and accessed emails DeGregorio sent to Keyes about Hicks' involvement in alleged procurement fraud.

Ron Wyden (D) Blocked a Forced Labor Bill; Received Money from Nike Prior to Vote.  On December 15th, 2021, a bill largely expected to pass in both the House and the Senate was blocked by Oregon's Ron Wyden (D).  The bill in question "would require companies that import products from factories in the Xinjiang province of China to provide [']clear and convincing evidence['] to U.S. customs authorities that the products had no ties to forced labor.["] [...] There's absolutely no bad optics on this bill.  It's one of the few bills that unites Republicans, Independents, and Democrats within nearly every chamber our government.  Slavery = bad.  There's really no other way to look at it.  But alas, one Democrat claimed that he would not support a Forced Labor Bill.  You'd think he'd have a good reason, but he doesn't.  Even from the standpoint of trying to twist someone's arm into giving you what you want, this was a bad call for the Wyden.

High-profile Houston Democrats face corruption allegations.  Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo are each battling similar but separate controversies involving millions of dollars in government contracts awarded to politically connected individuals.  The high-stakes drama engulfing the political scene in the nation's fourth-largest city has so far escaped national media coverage.  Hidalgo has faced intense scrutiny over an $11 million vaccine outreach contract to Elevate Strategies, which is run by Felicity Pereyra, a Democratic political insider with ties to the county commissioners court.  Pereyra also worked on Hillary Clinton's campaign.  Pereyra's company was a one-woman operation until recently and only had existed for two years before being awarded the contract.

Schumer, Who Accused Trump of Russian Collusion, is Getting Paid by Putin.  "A single, ominous question now hangs over the White House:  What could possibly cause President Trump to put the interests of Russia over those of the United States?" Senator Schumer insinuated in 2018.  Why is Schumer putting Russia's interests ahead of those of the United States by blocking Nord Stream 2 sanctions on Putin's pet pipeline into Europe?  Schumer, along with a number of other top Democrats, is a beneficiary of campaign contributions from top Democrat fundraiser Vincent Roberti whose lobbying firm was paid over $8.5 million by Nord Stream 2 which is owned by Putin's state-run Gazprom energy monopoly.  Roberti, a former Dem politician, has maxed out his donations to Schumer and to Rep. Eric Swalwell, who may have been cheating on Fang Fang with Vladimir, and threw in a generous $171,000 to the DCCC, as part of the over $545,000 donated to the Democrat political machine.

Biden Energy Secretary Subject of Ethics Complaint for Promoting Electric Company She Held $1.6 Million in Stock.  President Biden's Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm has received an ethics complaint for promoting an electric bus company she sat on the board of and held over a million dollars of stock in.  She did so all while being a part of the executive branch in Biden's administration.  Breitbart reports Granholm, "who oversees moving the country toward an electric vehicle transportation system and enjoys newfound powers after the passage of Biden's infrastructure package — is facing scrutiny for promoting Proterra, a Burlingame, California-based electric bus company she sat on the board of and held 240,520 shares of stock in, which garnered her $1.6 million when she finally divested them 157 days after her nomination."

If GOP wins in 2022, they must investigate Biden family corruption.  As Republicans and Democrats are examining the results of the November elections, including Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin's convincing victory in Virginia, it is clear that campaigning on issues close to the heart of the American people will bring real political results in 2022 and 2024.  However, the Republicans should not ignore the matters of integrity and government transparency and questions about corruption at the highest levels of U.S. politics.  Jimmy Carter had his brother Billy, Colonel Muammar Qaddafi's registered foreign agent.  Similarly, Roger Clinton, Bill Clinton's half-brother, was paid by the Gambino mafia family figure, for whom he allegedly tried to arrange a pardon, and was then himself pardoned by his half-brother Bill for a videotaped cocaine sale to an FBI agent.  Until professionally resolved by an honest investigation, Hunter Biden's business adventures in Ukraine and China will degrade the image of transparency and integrity in his father's administration.

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Hmmm.  What else do Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Joe Biden have in common?

Maryland Democrat Mayor Is Charged With 50 Counts Of Revenge Porn.  A mayor in Maryland who was arrested Monday and charged with 50 counts of distributing revenge porn is accused of posting nude photos without the victim's consent to the online forum Reddit, prosecutors said.  Andrew Bradshaw, 32, the mayor of Cambridge, in Dorchester County about 60 miles southeast of Annapolis, is accused of creating multiple accounts on Reddit and posting nude photographs captioned with racial slurs and sexually explicit language, State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III said in a statement.  [Video clip]

Not Suspicious at All:  Top NJ Democrat Says They 'Recently Found' 12,000 Ballots.  Leah has covered this New Jersey race extensively.  It's a state senate seat so it doesn't get much attention but if you live in the Garden State, this is a huge upset.  This is the New York Giants beating the Patriots in Super Bowl 42.  New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney appears to have been beaten by a no-name Republican Edward Durr, who spent less than $100 to beat Sweeney.  I'm deducting the $67 he spent at Dunkin' Donuts.  I've lived in New Jersey for most of my life.  Sweeney owns South Jersey.  He's the labor union's top guy there.  He controls that campaign cash.  No governor can get much down without his blessing either.  To get clipped likes this, really highlights the miserable election night Democrats had this cycle.  So, why hasn't he conceded yet?  Well, 12,000 ballots just magically appeared.

Powerful New Jersey Democrat, Steve Sweeney, Will Not Concede Election Because He Just Found 12,000 Ballots.  New Jersey Democrat President Steve Sweeney was stunningly defeated by a truck driver named Edward Durr in last Tuesday's elections.  However, Sweeney has refused to concede the election.  When questioned about why he refuses to concede, the most powerful Democrat in the New Jersey legislature said his campaign just found 12,000 ballots to help him.  They don't even try to hide the corruption anymore.

McAuliffe raked in cash from donor who funded anti-vax effort, falsely calls Youngkin anti-vax.  Terry McAuliffe has repeatedly and falsely called his gubernatorial opponent, Republican Glenn Youngkin, "anti-vax," but the former Virginia governor has raked in tens of thousands of dollars from a donor who funded an anti-vax effort, campaign finance records show.  Albert Dwoskin, a real estate developer who bankrolled an institute that pushed anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, supplied the McAuliffe campaign with $53,400 worth of travel expenses in the form of in-kind contributions, or non-cash goods or services, Virginia campaign finance records show.  Dwoskin also pushed $27,500 in cash to the campaign this cycle and sent $10,000 to McAuliffe's Common Good VA PAC in 2020.  The PAC kicked nearly $1.6 million to McAuliffe's campaign coffers in December, filings show.

Huawei reportedly paid Democrat lobbyist $1M.  New reports are shedding more light on well-known Democrat lobbyist Tony Podesta's involvement with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei.  According to reports on Thursday, Podesta was paid $1 million by Huawei to promote them to the Biden administration.  The amount is double what Podesta said he had received earlier this month in his third quarter lobbying report.  However, it has been found that he may have been given the $1 million in two separate installments across June and September.  This comes as the Biden administration has been advised to keep Huawei on the trade blacklist.  One White House official said, "President Biden and this administration believe digital infrastructure equipment made by untrustworthy vendors, like Huawei, pose a threat to the security of the U.S., our allies, and our partners.  Export controls against Huawei remain in place."

Team McAuliffe emails reveal effort to 'kill this' Fox News story.  Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe's campaign raised eyebrows by spending nearly $60,000 to hire a high-profile attorney known for masterminding election-related legal challenges.  When Fox News sent the campaign a request for comment, the McAuliffe campaign scrambled to "kill" the story, according to emails mistakenly sent to Fox News.  Less than a month before Election Day, McAuliffe's campaign spent $53,680 on the services of the Elias Law Group, a firm that Marc Elias started earlier this year, Fox News previously reported.  When Fox News reached out to the McAuliffe campaign for comment, McAuliffe spokesperson Christina Freundlich responded to the email with a message apparently meant for colleagues, not for Fox News.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland Claims Conflict of Interest Ethics Rules Do Not Apply to Biden Administration.  Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA) questioned U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland about his clear conflict of interest today surrounding the Attorney General's instructions for FBI agents to investigate parents who question school board curriculum.  Merrick Garland's daughter is married to the co-founder of the Critical Race Theory educational material being purchased by the school boards.  The exact CRT material being directly challenged by the parents Garland has instructed the FBI to investigate.  In a clear conflict of interest, Merrick Garland is using his office to protect the income and investments of his son-in-law's business.  However, when questioned about this conflict today, Merrick Garland says he will refuse to accept any ethical review of his conduct.

Attorney General Merrick Garland is covering up Democratic misdeeds.  More evidence emerges that Attorney General Merrick Garland has allowed the Department of Justice to become outrageously politicized on behalf of liberal interests.  Indeed, the nation's chief law enforcement officer is breaking the law.  Nine months into the Biden presidency, Garland has yet to comply with a perfectly legitimate order issued by former President Donald Trump on his last day in office.  The order, made in the worthy cause of public transparency, would declassify much of the material from the investigation into Russia's efforts to help Trump win the presidency.

Panorama Education, Co-Founded By U.S. AG Merrick Garland's Son-In-Law, Contracted With 23,000 Public Schools & Raised $76M From Investors.  Last week, AG Garland sent a memo to the head of the FBI, directing him to work with local law enforcement "to address threats against school administrators, board members, teachers and staff."  Critics say that Garland made the move in response to parents vocally opposing mask mandates and race-related teaching implemented by local school boards.  Nevertheless, the move by Garland to have the FBI investigate parents at school board meetings quickly put his son-in-law's nationwide education business in the spotlight.  Garland's son-in-law is Xan Tanner, co-founder, board member, and president (2012-2020) of Panorama Education.  Panorama Education sells surveys to school districts across the country that focus on the local "social and emotion climate."  These surveys are then used as justification for new curriculum from other providers that some parents call critical race theory and find objectionable.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell sold up to $5 million worth of stock options just before Dow Jones tanked last year.  Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of stock options that he owned just before the stock market tanked last year because the government failed to pass a stimulus measure, it has been reported.  Powell's stock sale was reported just weeks after two top officials with the central bank resigned and a third came under fire for making multi-million dollar stock trades during the COVID-19 pandemic.  He made the stock sales on October 1, 2020 — just as talks between Congress and the Trump White House over a new stimulus package broke down while COVID case counts, deaths, and hospitalizations were spiking, according to Prospect.

Corrupt democrat Los Angeles city councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas indicted in federal corruption probe.  The New York Post is reporting that a high-level Los Angeles Democrat has been indicted in a federal corruption probe.  Councilman Mark Ridley Thomas, 66 along with former dean Marilyn Louise Flynn, 83 are expected to be arraigned in the next few days on charges of conspiracy, bribery, honest services mail fraud and honest services wire fraud.  The charges carry decades in prison if they are convicted, although honestly at their age, the chances of any type of lengthy sentence is questionable.

Los Angeles:  Corruption as far as the eye can see.  Here's the story from Los Angeles as the New York Post reports:  [" ...] Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas, 66, and Marilyn Louise Flynn, 83, were expected to be arraigned in the coming days on charges of conspiracy, bribery, honest services mail fraud and honest services wire fraud.  They face decades in prison if convicted of all charges.["]  This one's interesting, because Ridley-Thomas was no two-bit politician in Los Angeles.  He was a powerful county supervisor for many years before moving into his current slot at the Los Angeles City Council. [...] In what's been called a "political earthquake," it turns out he was caught taking at least one bribe that we know of, according to the FBI indictment, from the now former dean of the University of Southern California's school of social work, Marilyn Louise Flynn.  His price was steep:  $100,000 plus admission with full scholarship to the school for his worthless son (who was being drummed out of the state assembly for sex harassment), complete with a professorship at the university afterward.  It's actually not known if he completed that degree on that full scholarship, according to news reports, but it is well known that university professorships are convenient dumping grounds for wokester leftists who ought to be pariahs.

Tennessee senator Katrina Robinson seeks acquittal after fraud conviction.  Katrina Robinson's legal team is seeking an acquittal after the state senator was found guilty of four counts of fraud.  In a filing Friday [10/8/2021], Robinson's attorneys argue prosecutors misrepresented evidence and changed their legal theories mid-trial.  That two-week trial ended Sept. 30 with a jury finding Robinson guilty.  If not an outright acquittal, Robinson's attorneys ask the judge to grant a new trial.  Robinson was initially served with a 48-count indictment Aug. 11, 2020, alleging she illegally used $600,000 in federal funding meant for her school, The Healthcare Institute.  Prosecutors said she used the money for personal expenses including food, makeup, and entertainment for a wedding.

Delaware's top anti-corruption official 'paid her daughter $19,000 and her best friend $7,700 to do no-show job at government agency'.  Delaware's top anti-corruption official paid her daughter $19,000 and the girl's best friend — both high school seniors — more than $7,700 to do no-show temporary jobs even as other workers were laid off due to the pandemic, according to an indictment.  Kathleen McGuiness, 58, who as Delaware's state auditor is responsible for rooting out government fraud, waste and abuse, was indicted Monday on public corruption charges.  An indictment issued by a New Castle County grand jury charges McGuiness with felony counts of theft and witness intimidation, and misdemeanor charges of official misconduct, conflict of interest and noncompliance with state procurement laws.

Garland son-in-law's education company recommends book featuring Bill Ayers.  The left-wing education company co-founded by Attorney General Merrick Garland's son-in-law recommends that teachers read a book in which the first essay is written by Bill Ayers, the former domestic terrorist group leader and Chicago educator who helped lead the Weather Underground.  Panorama Education, co-founded by Xan Tanner, claims it has made its way into thousands of schools in the United States, selling race-focused student and teacher surveys and conducting training on systemic racism and oppression, white supremacy, implicit bias, and intersectionality, all under the rubric of "Social-Emotional Learning."

Watters probes Pelosi's wealth explosion, says she and husband seem to 'always know what the right investment is'.  As of 2020, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, and her husband, real estate developer Paul Pelosi, had accumulated a combined $315,000,000 in wealth, and according to an investigation by Fox News host Jesse Watters, something about this doesn't seem right.  During a segment Saturday on Fox News' "Watters' World," he dug deep into her and her husband's past and discovered nuggets of information suggesting corruption may be afoot.  He started by noting that sometime after Pelosi's husband opened the real estate and venture capital investment and consulting firm Financial Leasing Services, Inc., he used his newly made "connections" to push her into politics, "helping her get elected to Congress in 1987."  Following her election to office, their wealth exploded. [...] The most recent wealth explosion occurred after she became House speaker again in 2018.  "That year, her financial disclosure report revealed a net worth of over 114 million.  Then in 2019, Pelosi's assets totaled up to a whopping 271 million.  And in 2020, those numbers went up even more to as high as 315 million bucks.  Quite a lot of crumbs," Watters said.  He then asked the question on everyone's mind:  "Where's the money coming from?"

Rochester Mayor to step down as part of guilty plea in shocking plea deal.  Lovely Warren, the Mayor of Rochester, New York, has been in the hot seat for quite a while now.  It all began with her mishandling and blame-shifting after the death of Daniel Prude in police custody.  She was simultaneously facing accusations of campaign finance law violations from her last election.  Then it was revealed that her husband had been a suspect in an investigation into a major drug trafficking ring.  Things came to a head when both she and her husband were arrested on child endangerment and illegal weapons charges after a police raid on the couple's home found the child left alone in a house with tens of thousands of dollars worth of drugs in it and an unsecured, loaded handgun.  Through it all, Warren continued to protest her innocence in all matters, insisting that she had no idea what her husband had been up to and that the campaign finance questions were all just a "misunderstanding."

Because They Are Evil.  There are a great many things coming from Biden, Fauci, the CDC, the State Department, the military, the Justice Department, and basically the Deep State that make no sense.  From Biden and the Deep State, we are getting executive orders, mandates, guidelines, decisions, policies, and edicts that just do not make any sort of intellectual sense.  It is not just a difference of opinion.  It is not just different politics or a different point of view.  Decisions, guidelines, policies, and proposed laws are coming out of Washington D.C., Biden, and the Deep State that one just can't figure out in an intellectual, factual, common-sense sort of way.  The only way to explain what is coming from the placeholder at the White House and the Deep State elites is that they are just evil.  They are doing what they're doing because they are evil.  No other answer makes sense.

Somebody Paid $3.7 Million Cash for CA Gov Newsom's Estate — But Who?  Somebody paid $3.7 million cash, through an LLC, for a 12,663 square foot, 8-acre estate in December 2018 that was then transferred (or gifted) to California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife shortly before the First Couple obtained a $2.7 million cashout mortgage loan on the property.  A year after originally breaking that story we still don't know who that somebody is and whether the transaction was legal or not.  Newsom's spokesperson, Nathan Click, has given two diametrically opposed explanations as to the origin of the cash, and neither hold up to scrutiny.

Hunter Biden:  A legend in the art community.  What do Hunter's art sales have in common with the Clinton Foundation?  The former is not selling priceless works of art, and the latter is not helping those in need.  They are both selling influence.  The art and the foundation are merely instruments to launder bribes.  We know this to be true because the donations to the Clinton Foundation dried up when the Clintons no longer had influence to peddle.  Likewise, I predict that Hunter's art will suddenly become less valuable as soon as Joe leaves office.

One Payoff in the Infrastructure Deal Is So Blatantly Corrupt That You Almost Have to Respect the Hustle.  While Nancy Pelosi's machinations may have put the infrastructure deal in jeopardy, the smart money still resides on its passing at some point.  There are just too many Republicans who seem too gung-ho, and you'd only need a few crossovers in the House to overcome the socialist wing.  With that said, the contents of the bill are becoming public, revealing the absolute boondoggle that this hastily written bipartisan compromise is.  Yet, there's one corrupt payoff in it that really stands out among the rest.  Enter Sen. Joe Manchin, who has been one of the key players in formulating and moving forward the infrastructure deal.  Given that, you knew he'd be getting his palms greased.  Even still, I'm not sure I expected it to be this blatant.  [Tweet]  Who is Gayle Manchin?  Well, that would be Joe Manchin's wife, who was appointed as co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission by Joe Biden.  In this infrastructure bill is a $1 billion expenditure to that commission.

Mayor of major U.S. city to pay nearly $23,000 for ethics violations.  San Francisco Mayor London Breed will personally pay $22,792 in fines imposed by the city's Ethics Commission for violating ethics standards while in office, according to various reports.  London Breed agreed to pay the fines imposed by the Ethics Commission, calling them "fair," the San Francisco Chronicle reported.  The commission said the fines were "significant," as Breed had misused her mayoral title for her personal benefit.  The Ethics Commission fined Breed for several violations, including asking then-California Gov. Jerry Brown in October 2018 to release her brother Napoleon Brown from prison, where he was serving a 44-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter and armed robbery, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.  Breed and family members sent the letter to Brown in October 2018, asking for the release of her brother for crimes for which she said he had faced excessive punishment.

Is Eric Swalwell A Chinese Spy?  If you have followed the saga of Congressman Eric Swalwell and his Chinese paramour Fang Fang you will know that:
  •   Fang Fang is a Chinese spy working for the Ministry of State Security, which is the rough equivalent of the CIA.
  •   Fang Fang and Swalwell had an intimate relationship.
  •   Fang Fang helped Swalwell raise money to run for Congress.
  •   Fang Fang left the country years ago. [...]
In short, you will know nothing.  Spies do not work alone.  They do not wander around having casual relationships with targets and then drift away.  They work at the direction of a government.  They report to superiors.  They write reports on everything they do.  They often work in teams — even if those teams are invisible to the casual observer.  Fang Fang did not just "bump into" Swalwell.  She was directed to target him.  She did not help Swalwell get started in politics, raise money for him and provide an assistant to work in Swalwell's office, because she saw something promising in his dull, boyish demeanor.  She did all this at the direction of a hostile, totalitarian state hell-bent on the destruction of the United States.

Who are the two biggest scoundrels among Democrats?  I don't know.  That covers a lot of territory.  But if we limit the inquiry to very famous Democrats, the answer might be Andrew Cuomo and Hunter Biden.  They have much in common.  Both are sons of very famous fathers.  Neither, in all likelihood, would have become prominent but for what their fathers accomplished.  That's certainly the case with Hunter Biden.  Both are the subject of sex scandals, albeit of somewhat different sorts.  Andrew Cuomo has been accused of sexual harassment by several women who worked in his administration.  Hunter Biden apparently was a fixture in the VIP lounges of various D.C. "gentlemen's clubs" where, allegedly, he did crack cocaine with strippers.  One stripper says he fathered her child.  And both Cuomo and Biden are under federal investigation.

Illinois Dem Admits to Bribing Prospective Opponent.  Democratic congresswoman Marie Newman (Ill.) acknowledged in court that she promised a six-figure job to a would-be political rival — an apparent bribe that may violate federal law.  Newman's taxpayer-funded attorneys conceded to a federal judge that the Democrat promised a top job in her office to a local Palestinian activist, which he said aimed to keep him from running in a 2020 primary, legal filings obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show.  The admission came after the activist, Iymen Chehade, sued Newman for breach of contract when the Democrat did not follow through with the job offer.  While the pair reached a settlement in late June that led to the suit's dismissal, the development does not end Newman's potential legal woes.  Both federal law and House rules prohibit candidates from promising a job to gain political support, and congressional investigators could now use facts from the civil case against Newman, Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust executive director Kendra Arnold said.

Swalwell spent thousands of campaign dollars on booze and limo services, $20K at hotel where his wife worked.  Prominent Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California appears to have spent tens of thousands of campaign dollars on booze and limousine services, as well as over $20,000 at the luxury hotel where his wife used to work.  The tens of thousands of campaign dollars include limo services, luxury hotels, high-end restaurants and alcohol delivery services over the course of the second quarter, according to FEC records reviewed by Fox News.  The California congressman appears to have been driven in style with his FEC records showing the campaign spending over $10,000 on 26 rides from various limousine and luxury car services.  Swalwell's campaign also spent over $26,000 on luxury hotels.

Revealed: Eric Swalwell spent $20K in campaign funds at the hotel where his wife Brittany works.  California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell spent more than $20,000 in campaign funds at the hotel where his wife worked and also splashed out on booze and limo services, FEC filings suggest.  The filings show Swalwell, 40, spent money at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay, California, where his wife Brittany was the director of sales between 2015 and November 2019, according to her LinkedIn profile, and dropped $7,000 at restaurants and steakhouses in D.C. during the second quarter of 2021.  The tally includes 13 meals at restaurants including Charlie Palmer Steak, O-Ku Sushi and STK Steakhouse in downtown New York City.

23 High-Ranking Officials in Biden Administration All Came from the Same Shadowy Firm.  Many of the highest-ranking members of the Biden administration came from the same shadowy firm.  It is a relatively new name among revolving-door power brokers in Washington D.C., which makes it all the more surprising.  Founded in 2017, WestExec describes itself as a "diverse group of senior national security professionals with the most recent experience at the highest levels of the U.S. government.  With deep knowledge and networks in the fields of defense, foreign policy, intelligence, cybersecurity, international economics, and strategic communications, our team has worked together around the White House Situation Room table, deliberating and deciding our nation's foreign and national security policies."

Biden's pick for German ambassador is president of university that paid him nearly $1M.  President Biden's nominee to be the next ambassador to Germany is an Ivy League president whose university paid him nearly $1 million for an honorary professor gig where he was seldom seen, it was revealed Friday [7/2/2021].  University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann, who has headed the Philadelphia-based institution since 2004, is the first envoy to a G-7 nation to be nominated by Biden.  If confirmed by the Senate, the 71-year-old Gutmann would be the second woman to serve as America's chief diplomat in Berlin.  (Robin Quinville has served as acting US ambassador to Germany since June of last year.)

Quid Pro Joe?  Biden's Pick for Ambassador to Germany Raises a Lot of Questions.  As we previously reported, Hunter Biden's emails revealed that when Joe Biden was vice president, Joe and Hunter used his office as a way to advance his son's business deals, even using Air Force Two to fly one of the business associates and Hunter to Mexico for a "gigantic" business deal.  Giving access to meet the big guy paid off very well for Hunter.  Even with all the emails and pictures of Joe Biden meeting with Hunter's business associates, Joe Biden still claimed during the campaign that he knew nothing about his son's business.  Imagine the nerve that takes to say that, when he knew he was doing all this and that the evidence was likely out there.

Watchdog group files complaint alleging Florida Democratic Rep. Demings committed ethics violation.  A watchdog group has filed a complaint to Congress alleging Florida Democratic Rep. Val Demings violated congressional ethics rules by using taxpayer-funded resources for campaign purposes.  The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust says Demings used her official Twitter account, with more than 300,000 followers, to direct people to her campaign account, which the conservative-leaning group is calling an "ongoing ethics violation," according to the Washington Free Beacon.  The complaint to the Office of Congressional Ethics more specifically argues that by using her official account, Demings violated House rules banning the use of taxpayer-funded resources for campaign use.

Nepotism abounds in Biden administration.  Soon after becoming president, Joe Biden promised that no member of his family would be involved in the federal government.  It was an easy promise for Biden to make considering all the money his son and brother had already made off of Joe's name and office in the private sector.  You can't get rich in the federal government like you can peddling influence in countries like Ukraine and China.  Still, the federal government isn't a bad place in which to make a buck and enhance a resume.  Thus, senior members of the Biden administration are finding places in government for their children, spouses, and siblings.

Biden's Policies Feed a Criminal Monopoly.  Mexican criminal cartels — not U.S. border communities, nor illegal immigrants — are the beneficiaries of President Joe Biden's open border policies.  Biden's neglect of border security is feeding the money-making machine of the Mexican cartels, a criminal enterprise that exploits immigrants by taking their money — and sometimes their lives.  "[The cartels] have the northern border of Mexico sealed," Jay Whetten, a rancher residing in Cochise County, Arizona, told me in an interview.  "Nobody comes through that border illegally without their authorization."  In May 2021, Border Patrol encounters with illegal immigrants from the Mexican border increased 674% as compared to May 2020, demonstrating the magnitude of the increase in business for Mexican cartels.  And, according to a veteran Department of Homeland Security law enforcement officer, these are only the crossings of which Border Patrol is aware.

DOE Grants Manchin Donor's Company $1 Million.  A major donor to Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) received a $1 million grant from the Department of Energy ahead of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm's trip to West Virginia to lobby the senator on the administration's $2 trillion infrastructure bill.  The U.S. Research Impact Alliance, an incubator for energy startups, received $1 million as part of the Department of Energy's "grant funding for research and innovation projects," Manchin and Granholm announced during the energy secretary's two-day visit to West Virginia late last week.  The company's treasurer is West Virginia businessman Michael Green, a longtime political ally and donor to Manchin.

Seattle Times sues city of Seattle over Mayor Jenny Durkan's missing text messages during protests.  The Seattle Times filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that the city of Seattle mishandled requests from reporters for officials' text messages during a tumultuous period last summer when police abandoned the East Precinct and used tear gas on protesters.  The complaint, filed in King County Superior Court, follows a whistleblower investigation that found Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan's office violated state public records laws in its handling of requests after discovering the mayor's texts were missing for a 10-month period.  Four Seattle Times reporters were among the requesters affected.  Their requests were largely focused on officials' communications surrounding a series of events last summer, including fatal shootings in the Capitol Hill Organized Protest area that formed following the precinct's abandonment and the resignation of former Police Chief Carmen Best.  None of the reporters were informed that the mayor's texts had not been retained.

Just How Rigged is the "Rigged Game"?  [Dennis] Kucinich described a Cleveland City Council that correctly viewed itself as servants, in office to execute the needs of the financial interests that installed them.  When he arrived telling a tale of having spent two years knocking on every door in his district, the members didn't believe it, and kept asking questions like "Where'd you get your money to get elected?" or "Who put you here?"  One after the other, they welcomed him to the job, telling him there were "legitimate ways" to make money once there, that "you're on the inside now, not on the outside," and that the world generally could be his, if he followed one rule.  "All you have to do," one attorney-legislator told him, "is play ball."  He learned the racket:  "You gotta vote right."  Many of the things the Council voted on turned out to be cons and guaranteed profit schemes that directly transferred cash from voters to donors.  For instance, an "urban renewal" bill that was pitched as a multi-million-dollar cleanup for one neighborhood but was actually a scam to force thousands of homeowners to take out high-interest-rate private bank loans to repair their properties.

Supremely Anti-Gun NY Mayor's Husband Is Arrest For Drugs And, Wait For It, Illegals Guns In House.  Rochester, New York, is governed by Mayor Lovely Warren, and one of the mayor's pet peeves is guns — particularly the illegal kind.  At BearingArms.com they noted Warren, who is a Democrat, frequently advocates for getting guns off the city's streets.  She also supports New York's tough gun-control laws.  And recently announced a gun buyback initiative so, as the mayor put it "our residents can feel safe in their neighborhoods and live the lives they deserve."  Under that plan, people would be paid $150 for pistols and $250 for "assault" weapons.  [Video clip]

Anti-Gun Mayor Says She's The Victim After Husband Busted On Drug, Gun Charges.  What's an anti-gun mayor supposed to say when police raid her home and find illegally possessed firearms and illicit drugs inside?  In the case of Rochester, New York mayor Lovely Warren, the answer is to claim that you're the victim of a political investigation and an attempt to derail your re-election campaign. [...] "Tim" is Timothy Granison, Warren's husband and the alleged owner of an unregistered handgun discovered in the couple's home earlier this week (a modern sporting rifle was found as well, though so far police haven't said if was registered with the state as required under New York's SAFE Act set of gun control laws).  Warren's correct in noting that she's not currently facing charges in connection with the drug investigation, though the mayor is facing felony charges of her own in a case involving alleged violations of the state's campaign financing laws.

Court Rules Michigan Recall Effort Against Governor Can Proceed — Gretchen Whitmer Responds With Implied Violence.  A Michigan court has ruled that a recall effort against Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a woman with no moral or leadership character, can proceed.  That's good news.  However, it is the response from the governor that appears to be the buried lead.  Specifically because the statement also included "courts" and the "ballot Box", the third line of attack from the governor's office implies acts of violence "on the streets" against her political opposition.

Only because she got caught:
Whitmer's campaign will pay for controversial Florida flight.  A Michigan chemical company that arranged for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to fly to Florida in its private jet is under scrutiny from the Federal Aviation Administration, prompting a change in how the flight will be paid for, Whitmer's campaign disclosed Thursday [5/27/2021].  Whitmer's reelection campaign will pay PVS Chemicals of Detroit for the $27,521 cost of the flight to visit Whitmer's father, not a nonprofit corporation that Whitmer controls, as announced earlier, Whitmer campaign attorney Christopher Trebilcock said in a letter obtained by the [Detroit] Free Press.  Trebilcock made the new disclosures in a letter to state Rep. Steve Johnson, R-Wayland, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, who had sent the governor a list of questions about the March trip.

Florida Private Jet Scandal Threatens Gretchen Whitmer's Political Future.  Dishonesty and hypocrisy surrounding Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's (D) secret "personal" trip to Florida are threatening the one-time rising star's political future.  Like other Democrat governors, Whitmer opted to impose harsh restrictions in an attempt to deal with the coronavirus in 2020.  After a spike in cases towards the end of the year, she reimposed many orders through her Department of Health and Human Services after her executive orders were ruled unconstitutional in October.  In early April 2021, as coronavirus variants were growing around the country, Whitmer warned Michiganders not to go to Florida for spring break.  But what she did not say at the time was that on a Friday morning, March 12, the governor who previously was on Joe Biden's shortlist for vice president, took an unannounced trip to Florida for four days.  She returned Monday evening, March 15.

Gretchen Whitmer Story Unravels:  Florida Plane Not Authorized for Charter Flights.  The private jet Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said she chartered for her secret trip to Florida in March is not approved to be chartered, the FAA told the Detroit Free Press Monday [5/17/2021].  The new problems arose when Whitmer's chief of staff, Joanne Huls, attempted to explain away the flight Friday by saying a related 501(c)(4) so-called dark money group paid for the flight.  It was determined the cost of the roundtrip was $27,521, and Whitmer personally reimbursed the fund just $855 for her seat.  It was not clear how they arrived at either figure.

Gretchen Whitmer's private flights draw attention of Michigan Legislature and FAA.  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's use of a private plane to travel out of state in March could soon be facing multiple investigations.  Rep. Steve Johnson, the chairman of the Michigan House Oversight Committee, said there may even need to be an inquiry into the financial arrangements behind Whitmer's visit to her father, who is reportedly chronically ill, if her administration is not forthcoming should a letter be sent with questions.  "If they refuse to [answer the questions], maybe, at that point, we will do hearings.  It's definitely something in consideration," the Republican told the Detroit News.  "I would like to give the administration the opportunity to answer questions before we go down that road."  After Whitmer's chief of staff, JoAnne Huls, said last week the administration used "a chartered flight for this trip," a Federal Aviation Administration representative said Detroit-based Air Eagle, the company whose plane carried Whitmer to Florida and back, doesn't hold a certificate authorizing charter-type services.

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant admits violating ethics code, fueling recall effort.  As Henry Bridger arrived on Capitol Hill on Saturday [5/8/2021] to gather signatures for a ballot initiative to recall Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, he trumpeted an admission by the politician that he predicts will help persuade voters to oust her.  In a Friday settlement agreement with the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission, Sawant admitted to improperly using city money, employees and other resources to support a proposed ballot measure.  She also agreed to pay the city $3,516, about twice the amount of city funds she spent to advance the measure to create a payroll tax on big businesses like Amazon.  Sawant's admission that she violated city ethics and elections codes confirms one of three charges now being made by the recall effort.

A Major Biden Administration Scandal Is Brewing.  As RedState reported weeks ago, there are serious issues surrounding millions of dollars in stock owned by Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.  That stock is in Proterra, an electric vehicle company that is being actively promoted by the Biden administration.  Further, Granholm being the Secretary of Energy means she gets to make regulations that can directly enrich herself.  Now, the story has gotten worse as Granholm appears to have reneged completely on her pledge to sell her stock and leave the board of the company in question.

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It's not a scandal if the news media ignores it.  At least that appears to be the plan.

Former Democrat Speaker of House in Oregon Arrested for Sex Trafficking.  Dave Hunt represented Clackamas County in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2003 through 2013. Hunt was the former Democratic Leader, Majority Leader, and Speaker of the House for the State of Oregon.  As a legislator, Hunt the sponsor of a bill criminalizing sex trafficking in 2007.  Hunt is currently a lobbyist working to influence the very chamber he left.  However, even more ironic in 2011, Dave Hunt use his position to support and vote for HB 2714.  That bill created the crime of commercial sexual solicitation, the exact crime police used to charge Hunt when he was arrested and cited.

Stacey Abrams Is On The Board Of A Group Collaborating With The Chinese Communist Party.  Stacey Abrams serves on the board of the Center For American Progress, which has participated in exchanges with a premier Chinese Communist Party-linked propaganda organization for over a decade, even co-authoring reports with the group, The National Pulse can today reveal.  Among its Democratic board members is Abrams, who remarked she was "honored to be joining the board of the Center for American Progress," as it "has been at the forefront of progressive policy development and activism for years."  What's more, the left-wing activist spoke at the group's 2019 conference to outline "solutions to combat voter suppression efforts."

Nancy Pelosi's Husband Buys Microsoft Ahead of Big Govt Contract.  Here are recent Pelosi Insider Moves.  [Link]  The list shows the Microsoft call options.  And here is a list of Senate Transactions you may be interested in.  [Link]  If you had knowledge of this deal and made a similar trade, then got caught, you would be fined, lose all your profits, and potentially be thrown into jail.

Corrupt ex-mayor of NY town running for [his or her] old seat thanks to state loophole.  Two crooks want to become mayor of Spring Valley in Rockland County — but only one is eligible to run, a state judge ruled Wednesday [4/14/2021].  In an only-in-New York story, former Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin, who was ensnared in a federal corruption scandal tied to former state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, is running for her old job after serving four years in prison.  Jasmin was found guilty in 2015 of mail fraud and extortion.  She got caught peddling her support for a local community center in exchange for $5,000 cash and 50-percent ownership in the development.  But that's only half the story.  One of her wannabe opponents in the Democratic primary, Vilair Fonvil, a former Spring Valley trustee, was convicted of felony state crimes for stealing $11,000 from a summer camp program run by the village.  The crimes included grand larceny, corruption and official misconduct.

Parallels between Biden's border policy and Cuomo's nursing home scandal.  Some friends of mine have been making interesting comparisons of the parallels between the completely unnecessary crises created by President Biden (at the border) and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. [...]
Spreading COVID
  •   Biden requires CBP to allow COVID positive illegal migrants into our country and is spreading them across the country
  •   Cuomo sent COVID-positive elders into nursing homes, killing almost 15,000 vulnerable seniors there
Predictability of a self-created crisis
  •   The Biden border crisis was not only predictable but he was warned about what would happen
  •   Cuomo was warned by doctors who work in nursing homes about the risks to the other residents
Coverup
  •   Biden is refusing to allow the media and American people to see the conditions in which illegal immigrants are held, especially children, and has delayed releasing the numbers of illegals allowed entry or not
  •   Cuomo notoriously and probably illegally covered up the number of nursing home deaths
Refusing to use Trump-provided solutions
  •   Biden abandoned Trump's successful border security arrangements with Mexico, his safe third country agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras to apply for asylum in their home countries, and ended border wall construction
  •   Cuomo didn't take advantage of the Federal assistance in creating hospital facilities in the Javits Center and the USNS Comfort hospital ship
Lack of preparation
  •   Biden issued executive orders on the border without being prepared in terms of personnel, procedures, or facilities to deal with their consequences
  •   Cuomo left nursing homes being unprepared and unequipped in terms of personnel, procedures, and facilities to isolate those admitted with COVID or otherwise protect the other residents
Family separation
  •   Biden encouraged family separations by encouraging unaccompanied minors
  •   Cuomo caused permanent family separations with elders' deaths while isolated from their family in long-term care facilities

For 20 years, Democrat sexual predators have run the state of New York.  For 13 years, the terms of the last three Democrat governors, sexual harassers have held down the office.  And for 20 years, Democrat attorney generals who were sexual predators ruled.  It's quite an achievement for a national and state party that claims to protect women.  "There is a disrespect for women that this administration chronically exemplifies.  After the #MeToo movement, they did absolutely nothing when it came to sexual harassment," Governor Cuomo ranted about President Trump during the Kavanaugh nomination.  That was the same year that Cuomo had halted an investigation into Manhattan DA Cy Vance's mishandling of the Weinstein case back in 2015, six days after Cuomo got a $25,000 check from the law firm that had represented Weinstein in 2015, which had donated $10,000 to Vance.  Vance's office had also asked a judge to reduce Jeffrey Epstein's sex offender status so low that he wouldn't be listed as a sex offender.

New York's Corrupt and Venal Leaders Must Go.  Writing as someone who was slightly acquainted with the late Mario Cuomo and considered him a substantial political force — not out of place among the many distinguished men who have held the historic office of governor of New York, from General George Clinton and John Jay to the Roosevelts, Al Smith, and Nelson Rockefeller — I have always found both of the present public Cuomos unutterably obnoxious.  The only positive thing about the present governor is that he is an improvement on Eliot Spitzer, an apparently megalomaniacal incarnation of the concept of malicious and reckless prosecution when he was state attorney general.  With that said, the cascade of demands that Andrew Cuomo resign over the allegations of improprieties against him launched by present or former female co-workers is piffle.  There is something particularly nauseating about the cowardly antics of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio as he attacks Cuomo and demands his resignation.

Has Joe Biden Sold America out to the Mexican Drug Cartels?  I've said for two years now on my national radio show that the best thing that could ever happen for the Mexican drug cartels would be a Democratic presidential victory.  Mexican drug kingpins have waited their entire lives for this fantasy.  They must be singing, dancing and toasting champagne right now, because President Joe Biden is the greatest gift ever bestowed upon the Mexican cartels.  Experts estimated the money made on drug trafficking by the cartels at around $500 billion a year.  That's half a trillion dollars a year — "trillion" with a T.  Who quotes that figure?  Republican senators.

Why the Left Hates Cuomo.  In contrast to his predecessors, the accusations against Cuomo are so flimsy, they almost — but not quite! — make you feel bad for the guy.  David Patterson had an affair with a state employee while a married state senator.  Eliot Spitzer resigned in disgrace after being caught paying $5000 a night for young prostitutes; a few years later the New York Post revealed that he had a fetish for crawling around barking like a dog while a prostitute led him with a collar and a leash.  Nelson Rockefeller died of a heart attack in 1979 while doing a bit of horizontal exertion with a "secretary" almost fifty years younger than he.  The accusations against Cuomo amount to little more that the fact that he creeped out a few women by trying to be friendly with them.  Yet Cuomo deserves every bit of the grief he is getting, simply because he is — and always has been — a creep.

DC Mayor Bowser & Cabinet Picks Met With Top 'Influence' Arm Of Chinese Communist Party.  Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and her appointees have repeatedly met with and hosted leaders from a leading organization in the Chinese Communist Party's United Front.  The United Front functions as China's premier influence and propaganda organization, raising flags with the U.S. government's Economic and Security Review Commission.  It seeks to "co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of its ruling Chinese Communist Party" and coerce American leaders "to take actions or adopt positions supportive of Beijing's preferred policies."  What's more, the State Department has described the group as seeking to "directly and malignly influence" U.S. state and local leaders.

America's Last Machine Boss Goes Down.  The Chicago machine turned out some of the most notorious names in American public corruption, including Anton Cermak, Richard J. Daley, and Ed Kelly.  The machine also turned out Mike Madigan, who ruled over Illinois politics for 50 years, 36 of which he spent calling the shots as House speaker.  Most people thought Madigan would only leave office in handcuffs or a casket.  Most people were wrong.  For the first time since 1970, "the Velvet Hammer" is not representing Chicago's southwest side in the state capitol:  Madigan announced his resignation on Feb. 18, just weeks after losing his spot as House speaker when his Democratic caucus abandoned him.  Madigan is the most skilled politician you've never heard of and the most powerful state-level official in American history.

Biden Fires Chicago U.S. Attorney Hot on the Trail of Democratic Corruption.  You've probably never heard of Chicago's U.S. attorney John Lausch.  For the last two years, he has been going after some of the biggest, most powerful Democrats in the state of Illinois. [...] In fact, it's believed Lausch has targeted some other high-profile Democratic politicians in other investigations.  It's a target-rich environment and Democrats in Illinois have gotten extremely nervous about who Lausch will go after next.  Now it appears, that bringing down corrupt Democratic politicians will be the job of the next U.S. attorney.  Along with 56 other U.S. attorneys named by former president Trump, Lausch will lose his job — fired by Joe Biden.  "It's tradition," said Biden supporters.  This is true.  But it's also "tradition" to keep prosecutors in place who were pursuing high-profile cases.  Lausch certainly qualified under that criteria.  Biden's firing hasn't gone down well in Illinois.

New Mexico Governor Grisham Caught Using Taxpayer Money to Pay for Her Groceries, Tequila and Whiskey.  In March of 2020 New Mexico Governor Michelle Grisham locked down her state due to the coronavirus threat.  New Mexico was ranked 39th out of the 50 states in coronavirus cases at that time.  But after Grisham locked down the state she made a private call to her favorite jewelry store to make a purchase.  Of course, she was able to do this because she is the Democrat governor.  But she got caught and started changing her story.  Now this:  The far left governor was recently caught using taxpayer money to pay for groceries, whiskey and tequila.

Anti-Trump Lincoln Project was warned married co-founder was 'serial harasser targeting male staff,' but did nothing, investigation reveals.  Last June, the Lincoln Project was on a high. [...] But within the organization, a grave threat was emerging.  In June 2020, members of the organization's leadership were informed in writing and in subsequent phone calls of at least 10 specific allegations of harassment against co-founder John Weaver, including two involving Lincoln Project employees, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the situation.

Things that are not graft:  [#1] Outrageously generous book deals to present and former officials.  The Obamas' $65 million book advances still lead the way to the most lavish, though the notion that even Democrat politicians' relatives, like Chelsea Clinton, would offer ghostwritten pap worth anything is something you just have to believe.  [#2] Generous speaking fees.  The $25 million the Clintons garnered for just six months of speeches in 2014 and 2015, you must regard not as bribes for access and influence, but as well-earned compensation for minutes worth of pearls of wisdom.  Not just former presidents and would-be presidents are the recipients of such largesse. [...] [#4] Congressional Stock Trading:  If you believed Hillary Clinton made so much money investing shrewdly in cattle futures and not out of some manipulation, you will certainly agree that speaker Nancy Pelosi's $1 million investment in Tesla stock call options shortly before the Biden administration announced it planned to make the federal automobile fleet (645,000 cars) electric was just another example of stock trading genius by a high-ranking politician.

Is Cocaine Mitch Abandoning His Homies?  The results of this latest election truly shocked and surprised all of us, though in hindsight what other recourse did Democrats have?  They lied to the American people, Congress, the FBI, the intelligence agencies, the FISA court, Mueller's task force, and most likely themselves trying to convince themselves that they'd never be found out.  They made fools of themselves and had only electoral deceit and fraud to fall back on to get the win in 2020.  Not just at the top of the ticket, either; this corruption goes right to the bone.

Biden Breaks Fundraising Records For "Uniquely Corrupting" Donations, But...  Bad news, Republicans — Democrats figured out The Secret of Citizens United.  At least that seems to be the outrage over this report about Joe Biden's record-breaking advantage in "dark money," amplified by Fox News today from a Bloomberg report over the weekend.  Fox's Megan Henney leans heavily into the hypocrisy angle of a political party taking money through channels it opposes. [...] There's nothing hypocritical about playing by the same rules as your opponent, albeit there might be something hypocritical about denouncing the mechanism at the same time you're leveraging it.  Especially if you keep griping about it being "uniquely corrupting."

DOJ will not criminally charge Sen. Richard Burr for stock trades he made after getting Covid intelligence.  The Justice Department will not criminally charge Sen. Richard Burr in connection with stock trades that the North Carolina Republican executed on the heels of being briefed about Covid-19 last year, shortly before the coronavirus pandemic rocked the U.S. economy.  The probe of Burr had included the highly unsusual seizure of his cell phone by the FBI in May, and led to his stepping aside as chairman of the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee that same month.  "Tonight, the Department of Justice informed me that it has concluded its review of my personal financial transactions conducted early last year," Burr said in a statement Tuesday night.

A Severely Compromised Senator Mark Warner is About To Become Chairman of The Senate Intelligence Committee.  Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) is about to become the Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), and regardless of his current disposition the deepest part of the deep state will have full blackmail control over every aspect of his activity.  To understand just how severely compromised Senator Warner is it becomes necessary to review why, when and how his corrupt legislative engagements with the intelligence apparatus took place.

Do Not Believe These People.  When it was learned that Congressman Eric Swalwell, who has access to this nation's most important national security secrets as a member of the House Intelligence Committee, had a long-term connection with a Chinese communist spy, and that she helped him fundraise for his reelection in 2014 even though she was a college student (which should seem weird how a foreign national college student could have enough contacts to be a political money bundler), the networks barely touched the story.  CNN had him on for a short, softball interview, and The New York Times, to this day, hasn't mentioned it once.

Biden inaugural returns cash from ex-senator-turned-foreign agent.  President-elect Joe Biden's inaugural committee will refund a donation from former Sen. Barbara Boxer after the California Democrat registered as a foreign agent for a Chinese surveillance firm accused of abetting the country's mass internment of Uighur Muslims, officials tell Axios.

Why I Am Joining The Jan. 6 DC March For Trump.  I am angry.  It's not a passing emotion brought on by a single circumstance.  This anger is a deep, painful, abiding anger created by a mix of frustration, despair, hopelessness, and injustice. [...] I'm angry because I've been playing by the "rules":  paying my taxes, being civil and tolerant of my neighbor, accepting without protest the election of past presidents I didn't support, and never threatening physical violence, using name-calling, canceling careers, using government goons to unlawfully spy to invent reasons for impeachment, or using media to misreport, misrepresent or otherwise create dissension and anger.  Yet the other side has carte blanche to do all this and more without condemnation, conviction, or retribution of any kind.

How to Steal an Election in Four Steps.  Note the scope of what has happened.  When government agencies fake the lethality of a disease, isolate people, impose lockdowns, and try to cause a recession, when they deceive via unconstitutional laws, fake polls, mail-in-voting, and rigged software, when the fraud enlists the Centers for Disease Control, the FBI and CIA, high-level plants within other agencies, state governors & attorneys general, the broadcast media, & social media — all to take down one man because he's the choice of the people — that's not "voter fraud."  It's an organized coup.  Are the Democrats that you know capable of this?  Could Pelosi, AOC, Swalwell and the rest pull this off?  Or are just politically-aligned order-takers, like our media and social media, from, likely, Soros and China, a pair that often work together because they share a common enemy?  Today's Democrats are controlled by far-left Alinskyites who produce tension & chaos, then blame capitalism, racism, & Trump.  Look what they did to us this year.  How many Americans did they isolate to sell the virus lie?  How much depression and loss of income did they cause?  How many breakups and divorces?  How many elderly people had to die alone to serve the Left's narrative?  They even suppressed the effective covid drug hydroxychloroquine for months — they kept medicine from people who needed it — solely because President Trump had said the drug was effective and they could not allow Trump to seem to be right about anything.  As noted, they suppressed the vaccine as well.  The party is no longer a political opponent; it is a US enemy and the most retrograde force in America.

Hey, GOP: This is Your Do or Die Moment.  If Democrats, the corporate media, and foreign interests can steal a presidential election, they can steal any congressional or gubernatorial election, easily.  If a thief can rob Fort Knox with ease, any bank on Main Street will be child's play.  If they can weaponize the CIA, FBI, IRS, and DOJ to target their political enemies, without punishment, why won't they double down next time?  For the left, crime does pay.  There has been no reckoning or accountability for the stolen 2020 presidential election.  What's to stop every subsequent election from being stolen in the same way? [...] Does anyone seriously believe that the Biden FBI or DOJ will lift a finger to investigate voter fraud?

Ossoff Promoted Chinese Propaganda Outlet After Stint as 'National Security Aide'.  Georgia Democratic Senate hopeful Jon Ossoff promoted a Chinese state-run media outlet that has rebuffed U.S. lawmakers' demands to register as a foreign agent.  Months after leaving Rep. Hank Johnson's (D., Ga.) office — where he spent five months serving as a "national security aide" with top-secret clearance — in August 2012, Ossoff urged his Twitter followers to read Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese Communist Party-run propaganda organ.  "Esp. during 18th Party Congress, #follow @XHNews (Xinhua — Chinese state media)," Ossoff wrote.  The Democrat has struggled to fend off GOP senator David Perdue's criticism of his ties to China.  In July, Ossoff quietly disclosed receiving a payment from a Chinese-backed media giant, but has since refused to release private financial information from his foreign film company, Insight TWI.  In addition, Ossoff's father — who has bankrolled the Democrat's political career — met with Chinese "dignitaries" after commissioning a 60-foot yacht from a China-based shipbuilder tied to Communist Party Officials.

Losing Democratic Candidate Who Is Asking House To Intervene In Election Was On Chinese Payrolls, Financial Disclosures Show.  Losing democratic candidate for Iowa's 2nd District Rita Hart was on the payroll of two Chinese companies while running for the seat, financial disclosures show.  Hart received $3,180 from Confucius International Education in 2020 and $2,135.23 from Pangaea International Academy in both 2019 and 2020, according to two financial disclosures.  The records were first reported by Accuracy in Media.  Confucius International Education Group (CIEG) is funded by a Chinese state-run leasing company Far East Horizon, according to cieg.com.  Far East Horizon has ties to a Youth Communist League through shareholders, according to Accuracy in Media.

Iowa House candidate on payroll for two Chinese companies.  The latest financial report from Democrat Rita Hart, an Iowa candidate locked in one of the closest Congressional elections in decades, reveals Hart is on the payroll for two Chinese companies including one that is indirectly owned by the Chinese government.  Hart is currently personally appealing to Nancy Pelosi to ignore the will of the voters and overturn the election results in her race.  Hart received income — not campaign donations — from Confucius International Education ($3,180) and Pangaea International Academy ($2,135.23), according to the report, which was released in May.  Accuracy in Media made these discoveries while investigating an FEC complaint against Hart.

Georgia Senate candidate accused of keeping secrets about foreign income.  Democratic Georgia Senate candidate Jon Ossoff is keeping secrets about his foreign income, including details of a payment he got from a news agency tied to the Chinese Communist Party, reports the Washington Free Beacon.  The Ossoff campaign declined a request to review documents about the Chinese payment, telling the Washington Post "the particulars of our annual finances are confidential."  The report, however, said Ossoff "quietly disclosed" getting at least $5,000 from PCCW, a media company in Hong Kong that is owned in part by the Chinese Communist Party.

Ossoff Refuses to Release 'Further Financial Information' After Controversial Payments Surface.  Even after a number of controversial payments to Jon Ossoff's foreign film company surfaced in September — including one from a Chinese-backed media giant — the Georgia Democrat refused to release additional financial documents from the company.  In a recent interview with the Washington Post, Ossoff declined the outlet's request to "release further financial information" relating to his company, noting that "the particulars of our annual finances are confidential."  The refusal comes months after Ossoff quietly disclosed receiving at least $5,000 from PCCW, a Hong Kong-based media corporation owned in part by the Chinese Communist Party.

Nullification Isn't Just for Democrats, Anymore.  Since the 2016 election, Democrats have made all kinds of nullification standard fare, but more pernicious than displaying a disagreeable temperament, or contrary opinion; more than First Amendment-protected civil disobedience.  Instead, making that which is legitimate, illegitimate; making what is illegitimate, legitimate.  Making what is decent, abhorrent; making what is grotesque, glorious — all enjoying approbation from a fawning media.  Any and all tactics, now including election fraud, and covering up bribery of a president to-be, are used unapologetically, with no subterfuge, and with impunity.  Truth now is subjective, conditioned on identity and whether it will be canceled by the mob, or approved by the neo-aristocracy.

I Served 8 Months for a Campaign Contribution.  Will Zuckerberg Get Punished for His $500M?  [Video clip]

The Democrats Are in Bed with China, Literally.  The fact is that Red China is delighted by the opportunity to get back to business as usual with a Democrat administration — and in the case of a potential President Biden*, that's literally business as usual.  The garbage media didn't think his crack-huffing, loser spawn being owned by Chinese intel — you think they don't have tape of him living out his X-rated video of David Bowie's 80s hit? — was significant enough to tell us about.  But then, like the rest of the establishment, the media's corporate owners are all wrapped up with the Chi-Coms.  When's the last time you saw Hollywood take a stand against the Chinese commies?  That would be about the last time you saw Richard Gere on the big screen, since his career died when he did a movie pointing out their oppression of Tibet.

Ossoff's Father Met With Chinese 'Dignitaries' While Touring His China-Built Yacht.  Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff's millionaire father met with Chinese "dignitaries" while touring a 60-foot yacht he purchased from a China-based shipbuilder tied to Communist Party officials.  Richard Ossoff, who has bankrolled his son's upstart political career, commissioned China-based Jet-Tern Marine to build the custom vessel in 2008, U.S. Coast Guard records show.  Before shipping the yacht to the United States, the company held a "sea trial" for "customers Heather and Richard Ossoff, of Atlanta, Georgia, USA," in order to test the million-dollar vessel's performance, with "many" Chinese dignitaries in attendance.

The Supreme Court and the Electoral Coup.  Prior presidents had generally accommodated Washington corruption, and it naturally grew over time.  A major contributing factor that compelled Trump to run was that under the Obama administration corruption became egregious.  First Amendment rights were violated in new ways with surveillance conducted on select media reporters who criticized Obama, and with muzzling of some 160 patriotic conservative groups by Lois Lerner in her position as director of the Exempt Organizations Unit of the Internal Revenue Service.  Then there was the outrageous saga of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband and ex-president Bill who played tag team in shaking down foreign governments for nearly a billion dollars, which got shoveled into the Clinton Foundation.  All the while Secretary Clinton flagrantly violated U.S. Code § 1924 that prohibits the private storing of classified documents and confidential state matters, which she circumvented by use of an unsecure private server and email system.  That was obviously implemented to cover up her conflicts of interest while serving as secretary.

A Hill To Die On.  Voter fraud is as old as our Republic.  But it hasn't always been widespread and well-organized. [...] Historically, the Democrat machine in Chicago perfected voter fraud.  The dead voted in large numbers.  Street people were recruited with cigarettes, lunch, and sometimes a little walking around money to go vote for the Democrat candidates.  They organized buses and rode herd on them.  Other big cities with a large labor union presence were also able to organize in a similar fashion, and naturally the Mafia had it's fingers in this pie, too.  The 1960 Presidential Election was, until now, the biggest and most outrageous example of American election fraud.  Kennedy won because of fraud in Texas, Illinois, and West Virginia.  Lyndon Johnson organized an efficient voter fraud machine in Texas to get himself elected to Congress years earlier.  He used that to bring Texas into the fold for John F. Kennedy in 1960.  The Chicago Machine was easy to engage on JFK's behalf — all it took was a few phone calls and a lot of cash.

Crime Hiding Crime:  A Motive for Stealing the Election.  The 2020 presidential election, however it is finally decided, will be important for what does not happen as well as what does.  I have no doubt that Democrats were highly motivated in the election in order to pursue their socialist, anti-American agenda.  But they were also powerfully motivated by fear.  Consider some of the things that will not happen should Joe Biden assume the presidency.  John Durham.  Remember John Durham?  He's the fellow who has spent months and months and months investigating the investigators, looking into the cesspool of corruption and partisan malfeasance that underwrote what I have called the greatest political scandal in American history.  I mean the whole Russia Collusion Delusion, featuring Robert Mueller G-man extraordinaire, and a host of supporting actors from James Comey, Christopher Steele, Andrew McCabe, Lisa Page, Peter Strzok, John Brennan, and James Clapper on down.  Poof.  Gone.  The Durham investigation would be gone.

How a Trump Prosecutor Took Down a Third of the Cincinnati City Council.  "As Donald Trump returns to Cincinnati today, I think it's important to say in my role as an elected leader for the city that he does not represent our values - not anywhere close.  Indeed, he undermines them daily," Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld tweeted two years ago.  Now, P.G. Sittenfeld, the leftist mayoral candidate, whose Senate bid had been funded by Obama and Biden backers, was arrested on corruption charges.  In some places that might be a shameful distinction, but in Cincinnati it just means a third of the city council has been busted.  Or 40% of the 'Gang of Five', the five Democrats who had illegally colluded on city business via text messaging resulting in $101,000 in fines and attorney fees to be paid for by taxpayers.  When Democrat politicians violate the law, it's the taxpayers who still end up on the hook.

Rudy and Sidney's Krakentastic Spectacle, and What It Could Mean.  [Scroll down]  There are lots of elements to the case, but essentially it boils down to this: the Biden campaign, in league with nefarious actors both domestic and foreign who are invested for various reasons in replacing Donald Trump as the president of the United States, engaged in a rather brazen smash-and-grab of the 2020 presidential election.  No.  Not brazen.  That's not a correct description. Desperate is more accurate.  Because what was done in the counting of votes in the election on Nov. 3 and days following is best explained, as Giuliani suggested, as sloppiness derived from a frantic struggle to produce votes for Biden at Trump's expense in key states.  Initially it was thought that those states were six — Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada.  Now it appears New Mexico and Virginia might be added to the mix following investigations of irregularities there.

Democrats, scared straight by election results, poised to oust political boss of the nation's most corrupt state.  One of the most significant emerging Democrat defeats appears to be underway in Illinois, where donkey state legislators — pols that escaped with their seats — are scared of voters' wrath over their party's boss of bosses.  The man who has run that state for decades — a far more powerful than any governor — may be losing his perch.

Of Course The Party Of Moral Authoritarianism Would Cheat On Elections.  We and many others were warning months ago that the Democrats were going to try to steal the 2020 election.  When the counting, recounting, and lawsuits are done, they might well have succeeded.  It's simply in their nature to do whatever they believe is necessary to further their agenda.  The belief in one's own moral superiority eventually erases the conscience.  After all, if one is morally superior to others, then no conscience is needed.  All actions and behaviors are acceptable because they're done in an effort to make the world a better place. [...] Just a few of the many screeds, rants, and tweets that have been issued since Election Day are evidence that the Democrats and progressive left feed on their moral narcissism.  They are convinced that their ideas are so righteous, their judgment so impeccable, their understanding so deep that anyone who disagrees with them must be cast aside, redeemed only after being re-educated.  Their moral narcissism is to be imposed on the rest of us by a moral authoritarianism.

The Philadelphia Story:  Stealing an Election in Plain Sight.  Everyone with even a minimal grasp of reality can see what is happening in the Democrat-ruled confines of what was long ago known as the City of Brotherly Love.  In a grotesque paradox, the undoubtedly distorted tabulation of presidential votes is happening both in plain sight and behind closed doors.  Tens of millions of people feel sure that this is true and are witnessing it in real-time.  Effectively unmonitored and unaccountable election workers dutifully carried out the plan.  They take their orders only from the Democratic bosses who hire them and provide their marching orders.  Poll watchers [notwithstanding,] they just keep counting votes and rendering each one a part of the soon-to-be permanent and official record.  It matters not that everyone knows the vast and deep history of election fraud in Philadelphia. [...] The power brokers, such as those in Philadelphia, have granted themselves license to do as they please without reservation — even with the eyes of the entire world upon them.  This renders the legitimate outcome a matter of idle speculation.  And that is exactly how the Democratic machine wants it.

Rod Blagojevich:  Dems Stealing Elections [is] a 'Time-Honored Tradition'.  In the wake of President Donald Trump sounding the alarm on potential voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) on Friday [11/6/2020] accused Democrats of stealing elections for a long time.  Blagojevich told Newsmax TV's "John Bachman Now" that Democratic stronghold cities changing vote counts overnight, and controlling polling places is a "time-honored tradition."  He went on to say that Democrats "stealing the presidency" is "incredibly dangerous to our democracy."

American Coup Victims Will Not Go Quietly.  This was a Coup.  It lacked, at least for the moment, the spilled blood often associated with a classic coup d'etat but make no mistake about it — this was a coup.  A record number of Americans fought an unusual number of hardships to make certain their voices were heard in the selection of our next president.  And, given the stark difference in the candidates' visions for America's future and the growing national divide, that choice was surely not made lightly.  So, when we on the right observed one "irregularity" after another on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, what we needed were answers and transparency.  What we got were evasions and coverups.  Keep in mind that we have endured over the past 4 years a seeming century's worth of dishonesty, hoaxes, threats, wild conspiracy theories and widespread corruption from those on the left.  Indeed, Liberals appear to have made sport of treating Donald Trump and his supporters much like a cat treats a litter-box.  And we got the message:  There is no limit to just how low they are willing to sink.

It truly appears that the fix is in.  What we're seeing happening in Michigan and Wisconsin is nothing short of election theft.  That is unambiguous to anyone who is paying attention.  But they're having trouble revealing it to other Americans because, on cue, it's being censored across the board.  The President's Tweets are being hit.  Prominent conservatives' Facebook and Twitter posts are being suppressed.  For those who are just coming in on the topic I'm conspicuously dancing around, it appears that the election really is being stolen right before our eyes.  Michigan and Wisconsin are seeing voting totals materialize overnight that make it clear the fix is in.  And they're not even trying to hide it.  In Michigan, an overnight vote update added 138,339 votes to Vice President Joe Biden's totals.  That same [update yielded] ZERO votes for President Trump.

The Bidens: A Delaware mafia.  [Scroll down]  Hunter was a principal in pay-to-play on a global scale.  Recent electronic and documented evidence confirms years of scuttlebutt that suggested that Hunter Biden, and Uncle Jim, were trading and profiting on the name and office of the "big guy."  Throughout, Joe claims he knew nothing of any family pay-to-play hustles in Oman, Luxembourg, Romania, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, Guatemala, and China.  The ignorance defense is an instant replay of Clinton family tactics; deny, deny, deny, and when denials are no longer plausible, depend on Deep State Democrat Party Beltway hacks to cover or come to the rescue. [...] Withal, the Biden exposé is, by any metric, a day late and a billion dollars short — at best a pyrrhic victory for critics.  The Justice Department and the FBI have had the goods on Biden for some time, yet official Washington is still mute and inert.  Inertia at justice is a symptom of a much larger problem:  institutionalized federal double standards.  A Republican might be indicted by an ambiguous phone call while Democrats, like the Clintons and Bidens, get a pass on obvious felonies.

Wisconsin Republican Party Says Hackers Stole $2.3 Million from Trump Reelection Account.  The chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party said Thursday that hackers have stolen $2.3 million from the party's account.  Chairman Andrew Hitt said the Wisconsin Republicans noticed suspicious activity on Thursday of last week and the next day alerted the FBI, which Hitt said is investigating the matter.  Less than a week before the presidential election, Democratic nominee Joe Biden and President Trump are still in a tight race to win Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes.  In 2016, Trump won the state by fewer than 23,000 votes.

Deep in the Heart of Texas, Dangerous Extremists Are Propping Up Democrat's Campaign.  In Texas' 22nd District outside of Houston, an extremist group that has killed thousands of innocents is helping fund the campaign of Democratic candidate Sri Preston Kulkarni.  The leaders of a radical Hindu nationalist faction based in India, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), are donating to Kulkarni to protect their interests in Indo-American relations and advance their extremist and sectarian agenda in India.  The RSS has orchestrated mob violence against Muslims and Christians across India, advocated for ethno-religious cleansing to promote "Hindu-ness" and purity on the subcontinent, and praised both Hitler and Gandhi's assassin.

A Bizarre and Revealing Biden Interview.  [Scroll down]  Biden's evident belief that he deserves to be wealthy stood out in a 2008 New York Times story that explained how a man living on a public servant's salary was able to live like a Bourbon king:  "Biden has been able to dip into his campaign treasury to spend thousands of dollars on home landscaping," the Times explained, and also rich businessmen filtered their support of Biden through other means: "the acquisition of his waterfront property a decade ago involved wealthy businessmen and campaign supporters, some of them bankers with an interest in legislation before the Senate, who bought his old house for top dollar, sold him four acres at cost and lent him $500,000 to build his new home."  He sold the house he had bought in 1975 for top dollar to — get this — the vice-chairman of MBNA, who gave Biden $1.2 million for it.  MBNA has showed its gratitude to Biden's support in a number of ways:  by giving over $200,000 to his various campaigns, by hiring Hunter Biden, by flying Biden and his wife to a retreat in Maine, etc.  Mother Jones dubbed Biden "the senator from MBNA."

This Is How the Left's Power Structure Collapses.  [Scroll down]  Corruption.  Full grown.  Oozing its way into America.  It's everywhere on the left.  The Biden family.  Clintons.  The Democratic Party.  The FBI.  The CIA.  The mainstream media.  The tech giants.  It's a full-out plague, aided and abetted by their demonic philosophy, all of them gone astray.  All of them corrupt.  The New York Post story has been there for about a week now.  The Democrat-media complex has ignored it entirely; the tech giants went into overdrive removing all evidence from their platforms.  Google.  Facebook.  Twitter.  Instagram.  The whole lot of them.  Covering up a story that deserved universal distribution and condemnation.  Instead, they covered up the most damning story to their side, their chosen side.  All of them colluded to bury this mounting evidence of wrongdoing.

Baltimore elected officials charged for somehow forgetting to pay their taxes.  Now that a new Mayor is on the way to City Hall in Baltimore, Charm City will soon put its unpleasant history of corrupt elected officials behind them and begin a new era of honesty and transparency in politics.  Gone will be the days of Mayors and other top municipal officials going to prison for racketeering, embezzlement, and tax evasion.  And once that's accomplished, they'll be able to focus on quashing their massive gang violence and murder problems.  Trust me.  It's going to be glorious.  Oh, wait... there might be a couple of final wrinkles to iron out of this plan.  It seems that the city's top prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby, and her husband, incoming City Council President Nick Mosby, have received some unpleasant news from the IRS.  The power couple allegedly "forgot" to pay a significant amount of their federal income taxes.  For at least three years.  And now a lien for nearly $50K against them has been placed by the taxman.

The Stench Of Corruption Is Overwhelming.  In short, Biden's response to any and all questions concerning Hunter's role with Burisma has been to dismiss such allegations as debunked conspiracy theories pushed by his political opponent.  No one did anything wrong.  There is nothing to explain, and he is not about to try.  Inconveniently, for Joe, though, the story will not go away.  Just today [10/14/2020] the New York Post broke the news that they were in possession of an email from a senior official from Burisma to Hunter Biden which makes a specific reference to Hunter's role in setting up a meeting between the official and then Vice-President Joe Biden.

Rudy Giuliani Describes the Bidens as a Crime Family.  Here's Why We Should Listen to Him.  Rudy Giuliani is all over the news these days, detailing the emails and documents on that MacBook Pro laptop purported to have belonged to Hunter Biden.  According to Giuliani, only about 5% of the hard drive's relevant content has been published.  That 5% already paints Joe Biden as either the figurehead or director of a conspiracy to use his political positions to generate millions of dollars from dubious and even hostile foreign sources, with son Hunter as the prime conduit.  The money goes to the Biden family.  It's an explosive charge.  The Democratic Party's presidential nominee could be the head of a syndicate trading on U.S. power as a product.  Such would also greatly endanger American national security and corrupt our government at the very highest level.

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Joe Kennedy III's campaign improperly spent $1.5 million on failed Senate bid.  U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III's campaign improperly spent $1.5 million earmarked for the general election during the Massachusetts congressman's failed bid to capture the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat, he said Friday [10/16/2020].  Kennedy said in a statement to The Boston Globe that he did not know about the improper spending before the Sept. 1 primary election, and has since reimbursed the campaign with his $1.5 million of his own money.  He and his campaign self-reported the violation to the Federal Election Commission last week, he said.

Durham's Investigation Has Taken an Interest a Person Named Daniel Jones — The Implications Are Uncertain at This Point.  [Scroll down]  Enter Daniel Jones.  Jones spent nine years as an investigator with the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, starting in 2007, and became the key Committee staff member for Chairperson Diane Feinstein. [...] He also worked on the Committee's investigation of the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes.  Since leaving the Senate, he has formed three outside businesses with noble sounding names and stated business purposes, but what they are in reality are left-wing Democrat Party political "hit squads."  The Penn Quarter Group is simply an opposition research outfit that works for Democrat party candidates to dig up dirt on opponents.  Jones has told Senator Charles Grassley that PQG has been funded by 7-10 wealthy individuals located primarily in New York and California (Schumer and Feinstein), in an amount of approximately $50 million.  In 2017 Jones formed a new company, The Democracy Integrity Project, a nonprofit company — which paid Jones $380,000 in 2017 to be its CEO — which is an advocacy group that purports to investigate interference in American and international elections by hostile foreign powers.  TDIP has been linked in its business operations with FusionGPS and Christopher Steele.

How The DNC Hired CrowdStrike to Frame Russia for the Hack.  On March 19, 2016, Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, surrendered his emails to an unknown entity in a "spear phishing" scam.  This has been called a "hack," but it was not.  Instead, it was the sort of flim-flam hustle that happens to gullible dupes on the internet.  The content of the emails was beyond embarrassing.  They showed election fraud and coordination with the media against the candidacy of Bernie Sanders.  The DNC and the Clinton campaign needed a cover story.  Blaming Russia would be a handy way to deal with the Podesta emails.  There was already an existing Russia operation that could easily be retrofitted to this purpose.  The problem was that it was nearly impossible to identify the perpetrator in a phishing scheme using computer forensic tools.  The only way to associate Putin with the emails was circumstantially.  The DNC retained a company that called itself "CrowdStrike" to provide assistance.  CrowdStrike's chief technology officer and co-founder, Dmitri Alperovitch, is an anti-Putin, Russian expat and a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.  With the Atlantic Council in 2016, all roads led to Ukraine.

Adam Schiff-Ukraine connection comes under scrutiny.  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who has played a leading role in investigating the Trump-Ukraine scandal, is facing questions about his own connection to a Soviet-born businessman who has raised money for his campaign and whose company has received lucrative defense contracts from Ukraine's government.  That man is Igor Pasternak, the founder and CEO of Worldwide Aeros Corp., which makes blimps for military and commercial customers.  His business has also been involved in weapons manufacturing, working with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense to produce a modified version of the M4 and M16 rifles, according to reports.

Rochester Mayor Indicted in Felony Campaign Finance Fraud.  Rochester, N.Y. mayor Lovely Warren has been indicted on charges she broke campaign finance rules and committed fraud during her 2017 reelection campaign, the Monroe County District Attorney announced Friday.  One charge is for a scheme to defraud in the first degree, while another is an election law offense for illegally coordinating activities and expenditures, the Democrat and Chronicle reported.

NC Democratic Senate Nominee Cal Cunningham Caught in Sexting Scandal, Chuck Schumer Hardest Hit.  Earlier this week I wrote about how North Carolina Democratic Senate nominee Cal Cunningham was widely mocked after posting a staged photo of himself in a freshly-ironed campaign-approved apron standing next to a grill talking about how "there's nothing better than BBQ."  The reasons why this was such a (humorous) scandal in North Carolina are explained in detail [elsew]here, but as it turns out goofy photos posted to Twitter are the very least of his problems right now.  Late Friday evening [10/2/2020], Cunningham admitted to sexting with a California woman while in the middle of his campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Affidavits Allege Democrat Officials Planning Colossal Illegal Ballot Harvesting Scheme.  New affidavits filed in the Texas Supreme Court allege a massive illegal mail-ballot harvesting scheme is underway in Texas' most populous county, and "elite" Democrat officials are leading the effort.  Harris County has received attention over the past several weeks for its proposed plan to send mail-in ballot applications to all 2.37 million voters in the county regardless of eligibility, thereby inviting fraud and abuse into the process.  New testimony suggests that may only be the tip of the iceberg.  As part of a new lawsuit filed in the Texas Supreme Court against Harris County Democrat County Clerk Chris Hollins by the Harris County Republican Party, Dr. Steve Hotze, Wendell Champion, Sharon Hemphill, and Al Hartman, two affidavits claim a massive illegal ballot harvesting operation is being prepared for the county.

Biden's Texas Political Director Implicated in Massive Mail-In Ballot Harvesting Scheme in Harris County.  A Biden Campaign operative in Texas is attempting to rig the 2020 election with the help of others in a massive ballot harvesting scheme, according to two private investigators who testified under oath that they have "video evidence, documentation and witnesses" to prove it.  With the help of mass mail-in ballots, the illegal ballot harvesting operation could harvest 700,000 ballots, one Harris County Democrat operative allegedly bragged.  The investigators — a former FBI agent and former police officer — claim that Biden's Texas Political Director Dallas Jones and his cohorts have been "hoarding mail-in and absentee ballots" and ordering operatives to them fill out for people in Harris County illegally, "including dead people, homeless people, and nursing home residents in the 2020 presidential election," Patrick Howley of the National File reported.

Former New Mexico Democratic Governor Bill Richardson is accused of raking in hundreds of thousands in bribes and kickbacks.  The scandal plagued former governor of New Mexico — who Virginia Roberts claimed she had underage sex with on Jeffrey Epstein's orders — has been dragged into the mud once again.  Career politician Bill Richardson has been accused of raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks while in office — money which allegedly funded a luxury and debauched lifestyle including 'sexual services and favors', according to a recently unsealed legal complaint obtained by DailyMail.com.  According to the lawsuit, Richardson ran a scam dubbed the 'Richardson Ring' which saw the one-time governor benefiting from money he grafted from business investments into the state of New Mexico in the early 2000s.

Democrats Are Truly Sick People.  The idea of a Joe Biden presidency is a scary proposition.  He never really stood for much of anything, he simply parroted whatever positions were necessary for him to obtain power.  Joe's been the ultimate weathervane — a bandwagon jumper of the highest order.  His whole government career seems built on avoiding ever having to get a real job and turning a blind eye to how his family has gotten rich off his name.  That Joe claims to have never talked to his son about how he's repeatedly fallen [backward] into lucrative jobs and piles of cash in industries he has no knowledge in strikes me as implausible.  If your idiot, drug-addled son starts making more money per month than many small towns generate after he's tossed out of the military for cocaine use, I'd hope you'd have some questions.

Florida AG Looking Into Bloomberg Felon Fine Payoff.  Florida's attorney general Ashley Moody is requesting that the FBI and state law enforcement investigate billionaire Michael Bloomberg for paying the outstanding fines and fees of convicted felons in Florida so they could regain their right to vote ahead of the November election, The Hill reports. "Today, I sent a letter to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation into potential violations of election laws," The Republican attorney Moody said in a statement provided to Fox News.  "I have instructed the statewide prosecutor to work with law enforcement and any statewide grand jury that the governor may call," she said.

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When I was in junior high and high school, in the late 1960s, several of my teachers made it clear that a felony conviction leads to permanent loss of voting rights, not to mention a lifetime of social stigma.  Just knowing that served as a crime deterrent.  The criminal lobby on the left wants to lower the country's standards and let felons vote.  That's because felons are far more likely to vote for Democrats.

Did Bloomberg Commit A Crime In Paying Off The Debts Of Black and Hispanic Former Felons To Allow Them To Vote?  Billionaire Mike Bloomberg has pledged to pour $100 million dollars in Florida alone to elect Joe Biden as part of his earlier pledge to pump hundreds of millions into the election.  The role of billionaires like Bloomberg and Sheldon Adelson in pouring hundreds of millions into the election for each side remains controversial, though many past critics of such windfall campaign financing are now demanding more support.  Bloomberg however is now under fire for pledging to pay off the debts of Black and Hispanic former felons to allow them to vote.  The Washington Post reported that the funding of only Black and Hispanic former felons was due in part to the fact that they are more likely to vote for Biden.

Florida attorney general calls for investigation into Michael Bloomberg.  Florida's attorney general asked state and federal law enforcement on Wednesday to investigate possible election law violations after billionaire and former Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg helped raise more than $16 million for Florida felons to pay their debts so they can vote in the presidential election.  Attorney General Ashley Moody sent letters to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the FBI saying that further investigation is warranted.  Governor Ron DeSantis and House Rep. Matt Gaetz had asked Moody to review allegations that Bloomberg and the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition had violated the law by offering incentives for voting.

Rep. Matt Gaetz Calls for Election Bribery Probe Against Mike Bloomberg for Paying Florida Felons' Fines for Biden Votes.  As reported earlier former New York City Mayor and billionaire Mike Bloomberg raised $16 million to pay off the fines for 32,000 black and Hispanic Florida voters so they can vote for Joe Biden in the 2020 election.  Basketball icon Lebron James is also looking to pay convicted felons' fines so they can vote for Joe Biden.  Legal analyst J. Christian Adams argued that Michael Bloomberg is breaking federal and likely Florida state law by buying votes from felons.

Hunter Biden Received Millions From Wife Of Ex-Moscow Mayor, Paid Suspects Allegedly Tied To Trafficking, Had Contacts With Individuals Linked To Chinese Military, Senate Report Alleges.  A bombshell report from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) and the Committee on Finance makes a series of damning new allegations against Hunter Biden, the son of Democrat presidential nominee.  The investigation launched after Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) publicly raised conflict-of-interest concerns about the sale of a U.S. company to a Chinese firm with ties to Hunter Biden a month before Congress was notified about a whistleblower complaint that was the catalyst for Democrats' impeachment of President Donald Trump.  The Senate's investigation relied on records from the U.S. government, Democrat lobbying groups, and interviews of numerous current and former officials.

Sen. Johnson, Sen. Grassley release report on conflicts-of-interest investigation involving Hunter Biden.  US Senators Ron Johnson (R-WI), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, released a report revealing millions of dollars in questionable financial transactions between Hunter Biden, his associates and foreign individuals.  The foreign individuals include the former mayor of Moscow and individuals with ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

Senate GOP's controversial Biden report.  Republicans on Wednesday [9/23/2020] released a report on their investigation focused on former Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, a move they hope will put fresh scrutiny on the former vice president just weeks from the election.  The controversial probe is spearheaded by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).  It is focused broadly on Obama-era policy and Hunter Biden's work for Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings.

GOP-led Senate committees issue report on Bidens and Ukraine.  Two Republican-led Senate committees issued a politically charged report Wednesday on the work Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's son did in Ukraine.  Biden's campaign immediately panned the report, released six weeks before the election, as an effort by an ally of President Trump to damage his election opponent.

A year after impeachment, Hunter Biden's Ukraine activities come home to roost.  A year ago this month, Democrats began their impeachment crusade against President Trump because he had sought an investigation into Joe and Hunter Biden's activities in Ukraine.  And the rallying cry then was that any concerns about the Bidens were pure, discredited conspiracy theories.  What a difference a year makes.  The GOP-led Senate Finance and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees plan to release a joint report as early as this week disclosing the results of a year-long probe into Joe Biden's stewardship of Ukraine anti-corruption policy while his son earned big money as a board member at the corruption-plagued Burisma Holdings gas firm.

Senate report slams Bidens for conflicts of interest, flags possible criminal activity.  A year-long Senate investigation concluded Wednesday that Hunter Biden's efforts to cash in on foreign business deals during his father's vice presidency raised alarm among U.S. government officials, who perceived an ethical conflict of interest and flagged concerns about possible criminal activity ranging from bribery to sex trafficking.  The long-awaited joint report by the GOP-led Senate Homeland and Government Affairs and Senate Finance Committees delivered several blockbuster revelations less than two months before Election Day, suggesting Obama administration officials ignored clear warning signs about ethical conflicts and possible extortion risks involving Joe Biden's family.  Perhaps the most explosive revelation was that the U.S. Treasury Department flagged payments collected overseas by Hunter Biden and business partner Devon Archer for possible illicit activities.

Democrats' ActBlue Reportedly Cannot Validate If Donations Are from US or Foreign Donors!  The Gateway Pundit reported on May 30th that the recent riots in Democrat-led cities around the country were coordinated and linked to domestic terrorists, foreign entities, and other radical groups and Marxists linked to the Democrat Party.  Black Lives Matter (BLM) was one of these groups.  The Gateway Pundit was also the first to report that ActBlue was raising money using BLM as its front group.  The Daily Caller confirmed this and reported that BLM is not a non-profit organization and instead nonprofit organization (Thousand Currents) said it provides 'fiduciary oversight, financial management, and other administrative services to BLM'.  Candice Owen reported on the BLM — ActBlue relationship and was targeted by a bogus fact-checker.

The Biden Hoax.  [Scroll down]  The convenient forgetting of Biden's corruption is another aspect of the hoax.  If Biden is upright than crooked is straight.  Caught on videotape, Biden bragged about strongarming the Ukrainians. [...] We know about Hunter and associates raking in millions of dollars from the Chinese.  Merely coincidental, goes the party line.  Joe confabbing with Xi Jingping and other Chinese oligarchs just days ahead of Hunter and company inking a deal with a state-owned bank there is pure chance.  Where were the packs of reporters hounding the Bidens?  No calls for congressional investigations from CNN or CNBC talking heads.  Instead, shrugs and offhand dismissals of Joe Biden's highly suspect role.  What would be the point of Joe influence-peddling?  To make Hunter rich?  Any curiosity about a Biden skim?  Like the Clintons, Biden, now useful, is granted generous license.

The Background of the "Harris-Biden" Ticket.  The Black Grievance Industry (BGI) is an assembly of two larger groups.  Group-one is the Black Lives Matter group, modern and extremist.  Group-two is the AME church network, more traditional and with a larger network.  The BLM group originated during the terms of the Obama administration.  The AME network has existed for many decades before. [...] Immediately before the South Carolina primary, Barack Obama (BLM network) and the traditional racial apparatus (AME network) realized they were about to lose control to Bernie Sanders.  Their response was to quickly coordinate a club move to swing the election away from the Sanders camp.  An urgent assembly of all party control officers was called.  The power brokers within the DNC Club designed a plan around using James Clyburn (AME network) as the official spark for Joe Biden to take back control of the primary outcome.  Former President Obama contacted all candidates and informed them when and how they would quit the race and fall-in-line behind Joe Biden.  James Clyburn was then triggered to initiate his endorsement and begin the rapid-fire process.  Within 48 hours all members of the club and candidates had their instructions and proceeded to follow-through on the plan.  They had no choice.  If they did not comply they would suffer the consequences of a fully aligned club hierarchy who would target them personally and financially.  The plan worked flawlessly.

What everyone's missing from the ActBlue 'unemployed' donor scandal.  [Scroll down]  Action Fund President John Pudner:  "We found it took other vendors only a matter of hours to switch their system to allow verification of donations and thus prevent the possibility of illegal foreign money being moved into campaigns.  Choosing to use an untraceable system has a higher cost in terms of the risk of credit card fraud and also tends to incur higher bank fees.  And this untraceable system allows someone with a gift card to make donations in anyone's name, even if that person never actually made that donation, or even if that person doesn't exist at all."  48.4% of the Democrats' ActBlue donors last year were allegedly unemployed.  By comparison, Republican-affiliated WinRed only listed 4%, which happened to be the national unemployment rate at the time, of their donors as unemployed.  While everyone seems focused on the risk of foreign donations, I pointed out that it's really the rich domestic donors who should be concerning us the most.  Regardless of whether it's foreign or domestic entities piling in donations under fake names, it's illegal.

Former FL Guv Candidate Andrew Gillum: 'I Do Identify as Bisexual'.  Andrew Gillum, who ran for governor of Florida in 2018, says he is bisexual.  "I don't identify as gay but I do identify as bisexual.  And that is something that I've never shared publicly before," the Democrat said on The Tamron Hall Show Monday [9/14/2020].  It's the first time that Gillum has addressed his sexuality since March, when he was found with two men in a Miami Beach hotel room by police called to a suspected overdose.  He appeared on the show with his wife, R. Jai, who said she believes sexuality exists on "a spectrum" and that all she cares about is what "agreement" she and her husband have.

Over two dozen Mueller team phones 'accidentally' wiped before DOJ could review them.  A number of cell phones belonging to members of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team were "accidentally" wiped before the devices could be reviewed by the Justice Department inspector general.  That's according to 87 pages of DOJ records released Thursday under a Freedom of Information Act request from the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch.  The records show the phones were wiped of data before the DOJ's Office of Inspector General could review the devices because of forgotten passcodes, irreparable screen damage, loss of the device, intentional deletion or other reasons, Fox News reported.  At least 27 phones were reportedly wiped of data, with some reset to factory settings and others wiped "accidentally" after entering the wrong password too many times.

Dozens Of Cell Phones Used By Mueller Team Were 'Accidentally Wiped' Before DOJ Could Review.  Numerous cell phones from special counsel Robert Mueller's team were "accidentally wiped" before the Department of Justice inspector general was able to review the devices, according to newly released government records.  "The records show at least several dozen phones were wiped of information because of forgotten passcodes, irreparable screen damage, loss of the device, intentional deletion or other reasons — and came before the DOJ's Office of Inspector General (OIG) could review the devices," Fox News reported.  "The OIG opened an investigation into possible bias in the origins of the Russia Investigation, but determined that the FBI complied with policies in launching the politically explosive probe.  Still, the OIG flagged 'significant concerns with how certain aspects of the investigation were conducted and supervised.'"

Judicial Watch Obtains DOJ Records Showing Top Mueller Team Repeatedly, 'Accidentally' Wiped Phones.  Judicial Watch announced today [9/11/2020] it received 87 pages of records from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that show senior members of Robert Mueller's Special Counsel's Office (SCO) repeatedly and "accidentally" wiped phones assigned to them.  The records were produced in response to Judicial Watch's September 2019 Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed against the Justice Department and FBI over December 17, 2018, FOIA requests for:
  •   All records related to the hardware, software and contents of mobile phones issued to FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page for their use while they served on the investigative team of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
  •   All records of communication (whether on government or non-.gov email accounts and whether using real names or aliases), with FBI officials relating to the hardware, software and contents of mobile phones issued to FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page for their use while they served on the investigative team of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
In a table that appears to be a tabulation of Special Counsel's Office reviews of phones used by Robert Mueller'steam for records-preservation purposes, 27 phones were reported wiped clean of all data prior to the review having taken place.

Sidney Powell Discusses Weissmann/Mueller Special Counsel Destroying Evidence of Their Conduct.  Michael Flynn defense attorney Sidney Powell appears for an interview with Liz MacDonald to discuss the developments in the Flynn case (note:  Sullivan's court appointed amicus response brief is due tomorrow), and the background information recently highlighted.  As you review this interview, retain the 30,000/ft perspective.  Ms. Powell also discusses the Weissmann/Mueller special counsel erasing evidence by wiping phones and hiding evidence of their corrupt activity.  Additionally, Liz Mac circles back to the 2017 FISA report by Rosemary Collyer to support the most recent 2019 opinion filed by the FISA court showing the NSA database search abuse is ongoing.

DOJ records show members of Mueller's team 'wiped' phones during Trump probe.  Newly released records from the Department of Justice show that the cell phones of multiple people on then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigative team were "wiped" for various reasons during the probe.  The records show at least several dozen phones were wiped of information because of forgotten passcodes, irreparable screen damage, loss of the device, intentional deletion or other reasons — and came before the DOJ's Office of Inspector General (OIG) could review the devices.  The documents show that Mueller deputy Andrew Weissman "accidentally wiped" his phone twice after entering the wrong passcode too many times in March 2018.  Lawyer James Quarles' phone "wiped itself" without his intervention, the records say.

Republicans demand answers on Mueller team wiping phones, suggest 'anticipatory obstruction of justice'.  Congressional Republicans demanded answers on Friday [9/11/2020] as to whether there "was a widespread intentional effort" to wipe the mobile devices of multiple people on former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team during the Russia probe, and suggested this could amount to "anticipatory obstruction of justice."  The calls come after newly released records from the Justice Department showed that at least several dozen phones belonging to members of Mueller's team were wiped of information because of forgotten passcodes, irreparable screen damage, loss of the device, intentional deletion or other reasons — all before the Justice Department inspector general's office could review the devices.

Reference material:
Spoliation of evidence.  The spoliation of evidence is the intentional or negligent withholding, hiding, altering, or destroying of evidence relevant to a legal proceeding. [...] The spoliation inference is a negative evidentiary inference that a finder of fact can draw from a party's destruction of a document or thing that is relevant to an ongoing or reasonably foreseeable civil or criminal proceeding:  the finder of fact can review all evidence uncovered in as strong a light as possible against the spoliator and in favor of the opposing party.

Black's Law Dictionary, 1991, page 1401.

Mueller Russia hoax prosecution team destroyed evidence of their cell phone text messages and calls.  The excuses being used for destruction of evidence by the Mueller team are about as plausible as a mob accountant purportedly committing suicide by shooting himself in the head three times.  The posse of Trump-hating prosecutors that sought and failed to find evidence of "collusion" between Russia and his campaign managed to completely wipe out their text messages — the kind of evidence that revealed the bias and illicit sexual relationship of Lisa Page and Peter Strzok — as well as call records on their government-issued cellphones.  We only learned of this yesterday, two years after these public records were demanded by Judicial Watch and a year after a lawsuit was filed.  At least 15 cellphones, and possibly as many as 30, were completely wiped clean of all records.  This stinks.  Even worse, as with Hilary Clinton using Bleachbit to destroy her private server hard drive that was used for official State Department communications and then smirking about wiping it "with a cloth," they are likely to get away with it.

At least 15 phones belonging to Mueller's team had their information 'wiped' before handing them over to the Inspector General in Russia probe.  More than 15 phones belonging to the investigative team of then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller were wiped before they were handed over to the Office of the Inspector General to be examined for proof of potential bias.  Mueller and his team were investigated by the Department of Justice for alleged biased in its pursuit of any proof that Trump or his administration colluded with Russia.  The investigation concluded that there was no bias but as part of it, Mueller's team was told to hand over cellphones but many had been wiped of their data.

Weissmann uses a phone for months then forgets the passcode?  The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 USC 1519, passed in wake of Enron prosecution — in which Weissman had a lead and very unsalubrious role described by Sidney Powell in Licensed to Lie — prohibited destruction of documents in anticipation of federal investigation.

18 U.S. Code § 1519. Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy.  Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation or proper administration of any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States or any case filed under title 11, or in relation to or contemplation of any such matter or case, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.

De Blasio donor scored $120M in city COVID-19 contracts, board seats.  A big-bucks donor to Mayor Bill de Blasio's political campaigns not only scored $120 million in no-bid coronavirus contracts — he also won seats on two influential city boards.  Manhattan resident Charles Tebele, who owns the New Jersey-based computer business Digital Gadgets, has showered Hizzoner with at least $22,750 in political contributions since 2016 including $12,800 to de Blasio's failed 2020 presidential bid, records show.  Those contributions to de Blasio were Tebele's first to a federally regulated campaign since he gave to 2012 Connecticut congressional candidate, Dan Roberti, who lost the Democratic primary that year.

New DA in Portland admits he is 'old buddies' with an Antifa militant.  Newly-elected District Attorney Mike Schmidt, who refuses to prosecute Portland rioters, admits he is "old buddies" with an Antifa militant campaigning to defund the police, abolish prisons, and demand reparations. [...] The hour-long July 21 interview with Schmidt is a first in the series of "social justice leaders" features conducted by a self-described "Anti-Fascist" and "old time buddy" of Schmidt's, social media personality Awkword.  Awkword leads the Ten Demands for Justice movement, "a roadmap for the defunding and then full abolition of police and prisons."

Longtime IL Democratic state senator and member of ethics committee charged with tax evasion.  Illinois state senator Terry Link (D-Indian Creek), who had been in office since 1997, resigned today [8/13/2020] after being charged with federal tax evasion. [...] In little over a year three Illinois state senators, all Dems, have been charged with crimes.

'Fair Tax' Supporter Indicted for Tax Evasion.  State Sen. Terry Link, D-Indian Creek, was indicted Aug. 13 on tax evasion charges accusing him of filing false income taxes in 2016.  He appears to be prepared to plead guilty, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.  Last fall, Link was identified as the state senator who wore a wire for the FBI and captured former state Rep. Luis Arroyo offering him a bribe.  It was believed Link agreed to wear the wire in exchange for a lighter sentence on his own pending charges.  Link until Aug. 13 served on the Legislative Ethics Commission, which the former legislative inspector general said blocked her from pursuing wrongdoing by lawmakers.  Link resigned from the commission after he was charged.

Voters Give Fulton County DA The Boot After Corruption Allegations, Charges Against Police.  Looks like the strategy of charging two police officers for shooting a suspect that had assaulted them and then tried firing a Taser at them has backfired on Paul Howard.  Voters in Fulton County booted the longtime DA from office in Tuesday's primary, with challenger Fani Willis leading by forty-five points.  Willis becomes the first female Fulton County DA, and the first new DA since 1997.  Howard's not going to be done in court, however.  In fact, he might be making more personal appearances at the bench than ever before.

Justice Democrats candidate accused of inappropriate sexual behavior.  Three groups of college Democrats in Massachusetts disinvited left-wing congressional primary challenger and Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse from all future events alleging that he showed a pattern of using "his platform and taking advantage of his position of power for romantic or sexual gain, specifically toward young students."  The email, sent on Thursday and signed by College Democrats of Massachusetts, U-Mass.-Amherst Democrats, and Amherst College Democrats alleged that Morse, who is challenging House Ways and Means Chairman Richie Neal, had "sexual contact" with students at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he was a lecturer on political science.

FBI Raids U.S. Company With Ties to Ukrainian Oligarch.  A U.S. company affiliated with the Ukrainian billionaire Igor Kolomoisky that has been accused of participating in an international fraud scheme was raided by the FBI in two locations on Tuesday [8/4/2020].  Agents conducted "law enforcement activity" in Cleveland and Miami at addresses that correspond with the offices of Optima Management Group, according to FBI Special Agent Vicki Anderson.  No arrests were made, she said.  Photographs published by the Cleveland Plain Dealer show agents taking boxes from the Cleveland location.  Optima was part of an international scheme in which billions of dollars were siphoned from a Ukrainian bank by Kolomoisky to buy U.S. real estate, according to a civil lawsuit filed last year in Delaware.

Ukrainian Oligarch Paid $700,000 To The Husband Of A House Judiciary Committee Democrat.  Robert Powell, the husband of Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Fla., reportedly took $700,000 from a Ukrainian oligarch named Igor Kolomoisky.  Mucarsel-Powell sits on the House Judiciary Committee, the committee that drafted two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump for his alleged abuse of power with regards to Ukraine.  In 2018, the Daily Beast reported that a number of businesses linked to Kolomoisky hired Powell as an attorney.  One of those firms paid Powell at least $700,000 over two years, according to public records.

Point.  If you are a big trader — like Soros, Gates, Goldman Sachs, or a major bank — having inside information is a freebie — no risk — goldmine.  If you are a greedy political family like Pelosi, Clinton, Bushes, Feinstein, Burr, McCain, Obama; Biden Family — inside information is a freebie no risk goldmine for the entire family.  I guess if you are John Brennan or a foreign intelligence service, and you want to finance a nefarious off the books black op operation FOR FREE, outside of your normal budget, you can use inside information and stock trades to finance your operations.

Spending on Christmas parties among allegations in ethics report on Sanford Bishop.  Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr. may have used thousands in campaign funds for personal expenses on gas fill-ups for him and his family, greens fees at country clubs, luxurious trips and school tuition.  Further, the Georgia Democrat also may have spent more than $16,000 in taxpayer money for joint Christmas parties — featuring a saxophonist and DJ equipment — with his congressional staff and his wife's employees, according to an Office of Congressional Ethics report released Friday [7/31/2020].  The OCE report was released because the House Ethics Committee decided to further extend its investigation into Bishop.

An only-in-Illinois story:  ComEd bribery scheme hearing is run by daughter-in-law of alleged key player in the case.  Nearly two weeks after admitting to a bombshell bribery charge, ComEd executives outlined their ethics reform plan to a panel of state regulators led by the relative of an alleged player in the criminal plot.  Illinois Commerce Commission Chairwoman Carrie Zalewski, whose agency oversees utility rates and safety practices, opened Wednesday's meeting with demands for "transparency" and "accountability" in light of federal court records that allege ComEd engaged in a "yearslong bribery scheme" involving jobs, contracts and payments to allies of House Speaker Michael Madigan.  One of the Madigan associates that prosecutors say got such a job?  Carrie Zalewski's father-in-law, former 23rd Ward Ald.  Michael Zalewski.

Tennessee State Sen. Katrina Robinson charged with theft, embezzlement involving government programs and wire fraud.  Tennessee State Sen. Katrina Robinson is facing federal charges of theft and embezzlement involving government programs and wire fraud, according to U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant.  Robinson was elected to represent the 33rd District in Shelby County in 2018, and is the director of The Healthcare Institute (THI) — a provider of educational and training programs for jobs in the health care field.  According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, the Healthcare Institute received over $2.2 million in federal grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) between 2015 and 2019.  During that time, Robinson reportedly stole more than $600,000 from THI by compensating herself well above what was allowed under the terms of the HRSA grant and by using Institute funds for payments and purchases for her own personal benefit and that of her immediate family.

Brookings Institution Flush with Qatari Cash, NeverTrump Donors.  One would be hard-pressed to name a more influential think tank than the Brookings Institution.  The Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit routinely ranks at the top of the list of the best think tanks in the world; Brookings scholars produce a steady flow of reports, symposiums, and news releases that sway the conversation on any number of issues ranging from domestic and economic policy to foreign affairs.  Brookings is home to lots of Beltway power players:  Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen, former chairmen of the Federal Reserve, are Brookings fellows.  Top officials from both Republican and Democrat presidential administrations lend political heft to the organization.  From 2002 until 2017, the organization's president was Strobe Talbott.  He's a longtime BFF of Bill Clinton; they met in the 1970s at Oxford University and have been tight ever since.  Talbott was a top aide to both President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Gavin Newsom's $3.7 Million Estate Was Gifted to Him in 2019; 3 Months Later He Got a $2.7 Million Tax Free Cash-Out.  One thing that's become extraordinarily clear to Californians in 2020 is that there's one set of rules for Gov. Gavin Newsom, and there's another set of rules for the rest of us.  He preaches that we're all in this together and that we have to sacrifice to "meet this moment," yet he's not missing a paycheck.  As California businesses struggle, he sends a $1 billion contract for masks to a Chinese company.  When he shut down wineries throughout 80 percent of California, he kept his open.  While the dream of owning a home is increasingly out of reach for California's families, it appears that Newsom received a $3.7 million estate from an LLC owned by his cousin then, a few months later took out a $2.695 million (tax-free) cash-out mortgage on it — and didn't report the gift on any of his financial disclosure forms.

Feds Accuse Ex-Philly Congressman Michael J. 'Ozzie' Myers Of Stuffing Ballots.  A federal grand jury indicted a disgraced former Pennsylvania congressman, accusing the well-connected Philadelphia Democrat of election fraud during primary elections in 2014, 2015 and 2016.  The indictment charges former U.S. Rep. Michael J. "Ozzie" Myers — expelled from Congress after he was caught taking bribes in the Abscam sting investigation in the 1970s — with paying cash to an elections judge to fabricate votes for his clients.

D.C. Mayor Bowser Partners With FBI-flagged Chinese Communist Front Group.  Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and her administration are official partners of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-funded Confucius Institutes, a propaganda front through which China instills American students with a pro-China worldview.  Bowser, who recently made waves when she renamed a street adjacent to the White House "Black Lives Matter Plaza," has been Confucius Institutes Partner since at least 2019, The National Pulse found.  Both Bowser's D.C. office and D.C. public schools are identified as partners of Confucius Institute U.S. Center (CIUSC) on the organization's annual report.

Disgraced Dem Congressman Released From Prison Without Explanation.  The United States Bureau of Prisons released a disgraced Democratic ex-congressman Thursday without explaining why he should not be out of prison with more than five years left on his sentence.  Former Pennsylvania representative Chaka Fattah was convicted on charges of bribery and corruption connected to his failed Philadelphia mayoral campaign, in which he accepted an illegal $1 million loan.  But the Bureau of Prisons has not offered an explanation for the release, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.  Fattah's time in Congress came to an end in 2016 when he, along with several associates, was indicted on federal racketeering and influence peddling charges.  Fattah resigned from his seat in Congress following the indictment.  A federal judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison on a wide range of charges including money laundering, racketeering, and bank fraud.

Huge Illinois utility paying $200 million to settle bribery case implicating the real boss of Illinois politics, House Speaker Michael Madigan.  Anyone who understands politics in the corrupt state government of Illinois realizes that the power of Michael Madigan, Speaker of the state House of Representatives since 1983 except for two years, dwarfs that of the state's governor.  He's been called "the most powerful Democrat politician in the country" with good reason, and over the years AT has covered him (here, here, and here for instance) for his power, and lately for the appearance that federal investigators have been wiretapping associates and maybe, just maybe closing in on him.  News released in Chicago yesterday by federal prosecutors indicates that that the noose is closing on him, though he still has not (yet) been indicted.

ComEd Charged With Bribery For Steering Jobs, Other Benefits For Speaker Michael Madigan.  Speaker Denies The Feds' Claims.  Commonwealth Edison on Friday [7/17/2020] stated that it has steered jobs, contracts and payments to people connected to Public Official A, who's later referred to as the Illinois House speaker in a highly explosive court filing released Friday morning.  Michael J. Madigan has been the speaker of the House for all but two years since 1983.  He has not been charged with wrongdoing.  The U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago had been investigating whether ComEd hired politically connected contractors — some with ties to Madigan — in order to win favorable government actions, including electricity rate increases.  Friday's agreement came less than a year after WBEZ first disclosed the nature of the probe and Madigan's connection to it.

There's Nothing New About Roger Stone Clemency.  Perhaps [Mitt] Romney has forgotten the way-back time of 2001, when President Bill Clinton, on his last day in office, pardoned his old Arkansas business partner Susan McDougal.  In 1996, McDougal was convicted of fraud and other felonies in connection with the Whitewater business enterprise that she and her husband entered into with Bill and Hillary Clinton.  President Clinton testified in the trial.  The Whitewater independent counsel, Kenneth Starr, raised the possibility of a reduced sentence for McDougal if she testified against the Clintons.  Specifically, Starr's prosecutors asked McDougal, "To your knowledge, did William Jefferson Clinton testify truthfully during the course of your trial?"  McDougal refused to answer.  She demanded that Starr resign.  And then she lapsed into total, determined silence.  A federal judge jailed her for 18 months for contempt of court.  Starr later charged her with criminal contempt, a case which ended with a hung jury.  Through it all, McDougal steadfastly refused to say whether Clinton had testified truthfully at her trial.  Then, on Jan. 20, 2001, the day he left the White House, Clinton pardoned McDougal.

Remembering Joe Biden's Newest Fan, Angela Davis.  Last night, 76-year-old radical Angela Davis was trending on Twitter due to her endorsement of 77-year-old presidential hopeful Joe Biden. [...] "Why isn't Angela Davis asked for commentary on major news channels?" wonders the Washington Post's Wajahat Ali.  Well, I've can think of a few reasons.  [#1] Davis is an unrepentant champion of domestic terrorists and murderers.  In the early 1970s, Davis famously bought two of the guns used in a 1970 Marin County courtroom kidnapping-shootout perpetrated by Black Panthers, in which a superior court judge and three hostages were murdered.  After being charged with "aggravated kidnapping and first-degree murder," Davis went into hiding.  Even after the FBI caught up to her, and even after evidence showed that she had been in correspondence with the planners and well aware of their violent disposition, she was acquitted in 1972.  Davis never stopped defending convicted Black Panther murderers, including those who had tortured a teenager to death, and yet she is still treated as celebrity.

Angela Davis confirms all that conservatives have been saying about Biden.  This is what conservatives have been saying all along, warning for months that Joe Biden is a weak, addle-pated, nearly senile vessel who will serve as a perfect mask for drawing in voters who imagine he's still a moderate Democrat and still sentient.  Fact is, he's got a big extreme political machine behind him, snaking into the void to seize power and set the agenda to a level no witting American would elect if such a wild-eyed agenda were presented openly.  We know it.  They know it.  Now they've said it.  And when would-be tyrants tell you who they are, believe them.

Liberals howling over Roger Stone's commuted sentence should remember the Obama years.  The media, other Democrats, and some Republicans like Mitt Romney are feigning outrage that Trump commuted the sentence on Roger Stone.  They aren't outraged at all that the whole Russian collusion scam that entrapped Stone, Flynn, and others was a pure hoax.  They aren't outraged that the Obama administration used massive amounts of government personnel and taxpayer money to illegally spy on Trump and his allies in order to destroy Trump and elect Hillary.  They aren't outraged that Holder, Comey, McCabe, Lynch, Lerner, Rice, Clapper, Brennan, and others committed perjury and got off without being charged.  They weren't outraged that Hillary, her aides, and many others committed major crimes, destroyed records, and obstructed justice and got off scot-free.  They weren't outraged that Biden, Power, and many others illegally unmasked people and information of people surrounding Trump.  But they are outraged that Trump commuted Stone's sentence.

Weinstein, Epstein, and the Democrats.  After Republicans swept the 2016 election, the media and entertainment industries went into hysterics, having paid steep dues to an organization that could no longer protect them.  New York and Los Angeles launched an offensive in the form of the Women's Marches, events which claimed that Trump's election had normalized sexual assault.  Of course, there would be no surge in sexual assaults during the Trump administration, but there was an avalanche of revelations that such crimes were commonplace — in the media and entertainment industries.  The case of Harvey Weinstein is infamous, but few know the full context.  As a powerful movie producer and Hollywood gatekeeper, Weinstein was extraordinarily successful in collecting donations for the Democratic party from Hollywood elites.  Knowing that his friends in high places would protect him, he would put naïve young starlets in compromising situations and sexually assault them. [...] Weinstein had been safe during the Obama administration and would have been safe under a Hillary Clinton administration, being one of Clinton's largest campaign bundlers, but the unexpected Trump victory meant he was out in the cold.

Only after being caught:
Florida Democrats return PPP money amid scandal.  The Florida Democratic Party announced late Wednesday [7/8/2020] that it was returning at least $780,000 in small-business loans after its own lawmakers criticized the acceptance of the money as highly questionable if not illegal and unethical.  The party immediately applied for the loan after Congress first passed the $670 billion Paycheck Protection Program, known as PPP, even though there was discussion at the time that the money should go to neither lobbyists nor political causes.

Democratic candidates benefit from PPP loans they criticized.  Several Democratic Senate challengers in key races who criticized the distribution and transparency of government Paycheck Protection Program loans indirectly benefited from the funds.  Last month, Cal Cunningham in North Carolina, Mark Kelly in Arizona, and Sara Gideon in Maine all took swipes at the program, which was created as part of the emergency coronavirus relief CARES Act and intended to help small businesses through the pandemic-related economic downturn.  The program did not adequately distribute funds to the most in-need businesses or communities, they argued.  But the candidates appear to be fine with loans going to companies they are connected to, which were not widely known until the Small Business Administration disclosed all the companies that received loans on Monday [7/6/2020].

Four Democratic Members Of Toledo City Council Accused of Accepting Bribes In Exchange for Votes.  Four members of the Toledo City Council, all Democrats, have been arrested and charged with allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for their votes.  The four council members — Larry Sykes, Yvonne Harper, Gary Johnson, and Tyrone Riley — were among the five people charged in Toledo, Ohio, on Tuesday morning [6/30/2020] as part of an investigation into a bribery scheme with the city council, local ABC News affiliate reported.  All four were charged with bribery in connection to programs receiving federal funds and extortion under the Hobbs Act.

One-third of Toledo's City Council arrested on bribery, extortion charges.  The FBI on Tuesday [6/30/2020] arrested a local attorney and four members of the city council in Toledo, Ohio, for their alleged participation in a bribery and extortion scheme.  Tyrone Riley, Yvonne Harper, Garrick "Gary" Johnson, Larry Sykes and Keith Mitchell were charged with bribery and extortion in a federal criminal complaint after a two-year investigation, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Four Toledo City Council members accused of accepting bribes in 2 year FBI investigation.  Four members of the Toledo City Council have been accused of accepting bribes while in office, according to court documents obtained by 13abc on Tuesday.  At least three of those council members have been placed into federal custody.  13abc crews were on the scene as council members Larry Sykes and Yvonne Harper were placed into custody.  Federal documents also implicate council members Gary Johnson and Tyrone Riley.  According to a criminal complaint filed with the U.S. District Court, Councilman Sykes faces complaints of "Reciept of Bribe by Agent of Organization Receiving Federal Funds" and "Hobbs Act Extortion Under Color of Official Right."  In the affidavit filed along with the complaint, council members Harper, Riley, and Jonson are also named as subjects.

Indictments Likely Coming Down in Durham Probe and Antifa Financing Probe, Former Fed Says.  A former federal prosecutor said Tuesday [6/23/2020] that he believes that the reason congressional Democrats are working so hard to smear Attorney General William Barr is to "preempt" what will soon be coming down in two Department of Justice investigations.  Jim Trusty, formerly the Chief of the Organized Crime Section at the DOJ, now a partner at Ifrah Law, said Dems are doing "damage control" because U.S. Attorney John Durham's investigation into the origins of the FBI's Russia probe, and a DOJ investigation into antifa's financing are about to result in some "bombshell" indictments.

LA Councilman Charged In Massive Bribery Case.  NBC reports many of the facts of the case, but leaves readers to guess which party the alleged bribe-taker belongs to. [...] Makes one wonder if their Verification Unit was too busy to deploy Google search. [...] When his home was raided in November 2018, [Jose] Huizar had the gall to float the idea of his wife running for the seat to replace him.  He's term-limited after 2020.  That didn't quite work out the way he'd planned.  Huizar is a lifelong Democrat.

Why Can't Big-City Democrats Reform the Police?  The Democratic Party of the late 1950s and 1960s was principally a blue-collar political movement.  It dominated northeastern and midwestern cities through powerful local political machines dispensing patronage to supporters — including plum positions in police departments.  Corruption was endemic, and it often occurred at the expense of black residents.  Those conditions set the stage for some of the most explosive riots of that period.  In July 1967, two Newark police officers arrested a black cab driver and dragged him into a precinct house, where he was beaten.  Protests erupted and swiftly turned violent, lasting four days and costing 26 lives.  Investigations in the aftermath uncovered widespread corruption.  Newark's mayor, Hugh Addonizio, had returned from serving in Congress to run the city because, he reportedly said, "There's no money in Washington, but you can make a million bucks as mayor of Newark."

Black Lives Matter Website, 'Defund The Police' Donations Go to 'Act Blue', The 'Biden For President' Campaign's Top Source of Donations.  The National Pulse can reveal the Black Lives Matter website — the organization spearheading nationwide "defund the police" campaigns — is partnered with ActBlue, a Democrat fundraising platform that is the top donor to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, responsible for raising nearly 99.64 percent of the Biden for President effort.  While the Biden campaign insists it doesn't support efforts to defund the police, it may happily profit from Black Lives Matter (BLM) efforts, and is complicit in taking money from an organization partnered with those spearheading the dangerous policy that has already taken root in Minneapolis, New York, and Los Angeles.

BUSTED! DNC Gets Caught Laundering Money Through Black Lives Matter.  The Democratic National Committee and the Democrats are really as corrupt as they come.  It is absolutely unreal what they get away with.  Last year, we learned about a lot of overseas donations from foreign entities to Democrats including former presidential candidates such as Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, and Adam Schiff, but ther were a number of others as well.  It appears as though the BlackLivesMatter.com website that it is an international money laundering scheme and a front for the DNC to generate money from people across the world.

Hickenlooper Guilty on Ethics Charge.  A state ethics committee ruled on Friday [6/5/2020] that former Colorado governor and current Senate candidate John Hickenlooper (D.) violated a ban on accepting gifts while in office.  The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission decided that Hickenlooper's flight on a campaign donor's private jet, as well as his attendance at a conference in Italy, violated the ban, according to the Colorado Sun.  Hickenlooper initially refused to appear at the hearing, prompting the condemnation of a federal judge and members of the commission.

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick set to be released from prison due to pandemic, lawmaker says.  Disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will be granted early release from a federal prison where he is serving a 28-year sentence for corruption and currently in quarantine due to the coronavirus, according to a Michigan state lawmaker.  State Rep. Karen Whitsett, a Detroit Democrat, told WJB-TV that she was notified by President Trump of Kilpatrick's impending release during his Thursday [5/21/2020] visit to Michigan.

Democrat Congressman Steven Horsford Admits Sex Scandal With Ex-Senate Intern.  Resignation Calls Grow.  Calls for Democrat Rep. Steven Horsford (NV) to resign from the U.S. Congress exploded over the weekend after he admitted to having an affair with an intern who worked for former Senator Harry Reid (D-NV).  Gabriela "Linder said the affair began in 2009, when she met Horsford — then the majority leader of the Nevada state Senate — during her time as an intern in former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's Nevada office," the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.  "They had a sexual relationship that continued intermittently until September 2019, Linder said, though the two remained in contact until April.  Linder never worked for Horsford in any capacity."

A Time to Hate.  [Scroll down]  There is something so evil in a society that tolerates a dual standard of justice, dual standards of everything.  On the one hand, we political conservatives harbor profoundly deep feelings, but we do not destroy people's lives based on abstract politics.  Yes, we oppose them and expose them, and we hope that contemporary society and history judge them for the evil they represent.  But we do not destroy them in their lives.  They get away with everything.  Hillary Clinton spoliated 33,000 emails amid a federal probe, a federal crime that always ends up with prison time — but not for her.  It is a federal crime to lie under oath to Congress.  Comey, Clapper, Brennan — how have they all avoided prison time?  Strzok, Page, the whole bunch of them?  Adam Schiff.  The outliers on the Mueller team.  Not one single slime among them in the swamp has been brought to justice.

Whitmer: I don't know how we awarded that contract to my campaign vendor who just went dark.  Earlier this week we looked at the major snafu going on in Michigan, where Governor Gretchen Whitmer's administration awarded a lucrative contract to one of her campaign's vendors to trace coronavirus cases.  The contract was given to Great Lakes Community Engagement, who was set to turn the work over to long-time Democratic consultant Mike Kolehouse.  After alarm bells started going off over the idea of such a liberal outfit collecting that amount of personal data about Michigan voters, the contract was canceled.  Now, in the aftermath of the entire mess, Whitmer is claiming that she has no idea how Kolehouse ended up with that sweet arrangement.  It must have been the decision of the state's Health Department.  And wait until you hear what's going on with Kolehouse himself. [...]

Top Dem Operative David Brock Accused of Illegally Profiting From His Political Empire.  A conservative group has filed complaints with the IRS accusing leading liberal activist David Brock of illegally profiting from the vast network of groups he has built within the Democratic Party's infrastructure.  The complaints, which were filed by the Patriots Foundation, a right-leaning nonprofit, and reviewed by The Daily Beast, detail a series of transactions that, the group says, show the injection of money from a tax-exempt group Brock founded into a private, for-profit news business that he owns.  "These complaints we filed provide damning indictment of serious allegations about how his organizations have circumvented rules and exploited the tax-exempt status of the organizations for personal benefit and partisan political purposes, and potentially siphoning millions for improper purposes," Patriots Foundation co-founder Craig Robinson told The Daily Beast in a statement.

Dem Operative Goes Dark as MI Lawmakers Question Coronavirus Contract.  The Democratic operative who was awarded a coronavirus-related contract by Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer's administration has deleted his website and removed identifying information from social media platforms.  Democratic consultant Mike Kolehouse scrubbed his online presence as state lawmakers push for oversight into Whitmer's handling of the pandemic, voicing concerns about hiring political operatives to run a public health project.  GOP state representative Shane Hernandez sent Whitmer a letter Tuesday [4/21/2020] demanding answers on the contract.  House speaker Lee Chatfield said the legislature would convene Friday to create an oversight committee examining the state's coronavirus response.

After pushback, Whitmer cancels coronavirus tracing contract awarded to Democrat political intel giant.  As Disrn reported Tuesday afternoon [4/21/2020], Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had awarded a coronavirus tracing contract to a noted Democratic consultant and information firm called NGP VAN, raising concerns that the commission, which is meant to help track and halt the disease's spread in the state, was poised to harvest political intel for the Democratic Party from its gathering of COVID-19 data.

Facing Criticism, Whitmer Rescinds Contract Awarded to Dem Consulting Firm.  Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan announced late Tuesday [4/21/2020] that the state was rescinding a contract to track the spread of the coronavirus that she had awarded to a Democratic consulting firm, according to Crain's Detroit.  The organization, Great Lakes Community Engagement, is run by Democratic political consultant Mike Kolehouse, who planned to use a software vendor affiliated with a Democratic data firm that is working for the governor's reelection campaign.  Whitmer's decision to hire Democratic political operatives to run a public health project sparked immediate backlash, the Washington Free Beacon reported just hours before Whitmer's office said she had terminated the contract.

Was Trump the Only One in Washington Innocent of Russian Collusion?  [Scroll down]  Consider just how much of DC ended up taking part in the lie.  Brennan and the CIA constructed fake Russian spy rings throughout Europe;  Nellie Ohr passed this same imaginary Russian intel to her husband, Bruce, and the FBI;  Lynch, Comey, and McCabe used this elaborate but fake Russian conspiracy to file fraudulent FISA applications and pursue Section 702 bulk surveillance on anyone and everyone who ever worked near or for Donald Trump;  Robert Mueller used all this American-made kompromat to bully Trump campaign associates into accepting unethical plea deals, while hiding real Russian collusion by the Clinton campaign;  Senator Feinstein repeatedly covered for Fusion GPS's perjury by leaking confidential transcripts, while her former intelligence staffer, Daniel Jones, worked to raise funds for Fusion GPS's defense and continued counterintelligence operations against President Trump;  Richard Burr joined Mark Warner on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to give our intelligence agencies cover by justifying their illegal spying on a domestic political campaign;  Adam Schiff spent the last four years doing the Russians' bidding by further dividing the country with reckless and wholesale lies that the sitting president is a Russian agent; and the whole apparatus of the American press spun this fantastic tail of Russian collusion, while giving each other First Amendment prizes for their bravery, acumen, and Jayson Blair-like persistence.  Only in Obama's America could a hoax as fraudulent and unsubstantial as this one come to fruition.

Democratic Group Received $100,000 From Tech Firm With Links To Chinese Communist Government.  Prominent Democratic oppositon research and activism firm, American Bridge, received an "anonymous" donation of $100,000 worth of stock in the Chinese search engine company, Baidu, which has direct links to the Chinese Communist government, according to the Washington Free Beacon.  American Bridge calls itself a "progressive research and communications committed to holding Republicans accountable for their words and actions and helping you ascertain when Republican candidates are pretending to be something they're not," but it operates largely as a campaign arm, providing Democratic candidates with opposition research meant to destroy Republican opponents.  Its leader and founder, David Brock, is a well-known progressive activist and it has connections to everything from Democratic super PACs to the leftist media "watchdog," Media Matters for America.

Our Crooked Congress.  The behavior on display is somewhere between deeply immoral and evil, but also feels like par for the course.  Throw on top such things as, say, the insider trading elected representatives of both parties and staff now stand accused of, and you might think the swamp is more a steamy sewer of absolute corruption funded by the hard work of American taxpayers.  The people in Congress were granted privileged, classified information regarding the state of our markets in closed-door briefings.  With that knowledge, instead of protecting the American people, they protected the security of their own pockets.  As a reminder, the Commodity Exchange Act, better known as the Stock Act, became law in April 2012.  It prohibited this very thing — though let's be honest, the fact that such an obvious breach of ethics had to be codified in order for us to recognize it as unlawful is semi-shocking.  But don't worry, though:  the Stock Act was gutted in 2013 and now its penalties serve as a mere slap on the wrist.

How do you solve a problem like Pelosi?  Nancy Pelosi has long been a thorn in the side of not just conservatives but the House itself.  For reasons no Republican could ever grasp, she is a heroine to the left, despite her many serious failures.  She is a traitor to her own district; she has never lifted a finger to deal with San Francisco's catastrophic homeless disaster.  She does not even admit it exists!  She seems to think she is some kind of monarch, a queen bee.  In fact, she is a vicious elitist.  She and her husband, like Sen. Dianne Feinstein and her husband, are the ultimate inside traders who have become very rich over their years in public office. [...] The Pelosi family are like the Gambino crime family.  They get their way, they get rich, they care about nothing else.  Nancy may pretend she cares about climate change but she flies across the country weekly and charges the taxpayer not only for her private jet but for her massive liquor bill.  She pretends to be a practicing Catholic but is rabidly pro-abortion.  In short, she's a nasty piece of work.

The Democratic Party Is Wounded And Dangerous.  The Democrats and the Deep State have spent the last four years constructing the greatest wag-the-dog spectacle America's ever seen in an attempt to cover up the malfeasance and criminality of the last administration, while preventing the current one from achieving too many victories.  Considering that Brennan and Comey are still free and Obama and Hillary are still smiling, they've been remarkably successful.  But the Mueller obfuscation and Schiff circus are behind us, the dance music of delay is dying down, and the Democrats' and Deep State's ability to keep pushing back their day of reckoning is coming to an end.  If they don't win in 2020, they cannot keep justice at bay, regardless of how stacked in their favor it has always been in the past.

Establishment-Backed Democrats Accused of Campaign Finance Violations.  Two establishment-backed Democratic candidates face accusations of illegally coordinating with a liberal dark money group, according to ethics complaints filed as voters prepare to cast ballots in the Super Tuesday primaries.  VoteVets has spent tens of millions of dollars backing Democrats in key 2020 Senate races, including Cal Cunningham in North Carolina and M.J. Hegar in Texas.  The dark money group spent over $7 million supporting the pair in February.  The seven-figure ad blitz has helped Cunningham and Hegar secure their frontrunner status ahead of contested Super Tuesday primaries.  The ad blitz also drew scrutiny from watchdogs who accuse Cunningham and Hegar of illegally coordinating with the dark money group in ethics complaints obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

Here's a Devastating, Little-Known Story About Bernie Sanders.  Why Haven't His Rivals Exploited It?  As someone who follows politics quite closely, I'm often fascinated when a potent piece of opposition research against a major candidate for office percolates below the radar for years, yet never quite breaks through.  Have you ever heard of 'Sierra Blanca,' as it relates to Bernie Sanders?  Neither had I.  Neither had hardly any voters, I'd wager. [...] Bernie drew up an environmentally-controversial proposal to dump nuclear waste in a Latino community, then refused to meet with the people it impacted.  Oh, and he managed to secure a little sweetheart deal to enrich his wife in the process.  Funneling public and campaign money to his spouse (no stranger to financial scandal) has been something of a pastime for this socialist, who was a jobless deadbeat before becoming a career politician who is now a millionaire with three homes.  This episode is problematic for Bernie on the subjects ranging from environment, to race, to his "man of the people" persona, to graft.

Socialism and corruption:  Joined at the hip in Florida.  Bernie Sanders has said the American dream is more likely to be realized in socialist Venezuela than the United States.  Maybe he'd like to explain this version of the American dream found in a massive money laundering operation by Venezuelan Chavistas who've been busted for looting their country in order to retire in mansions and condos on Miami Beach. [...] The hellhole poverty, loss of freedom, and flight of millions are often brought up as the inevitable side effects of modern socialism (as if firing squads, gulags and expropriation were too much), but here's a fourth thing:  Corruption. [...] Now we've got it in Venezuela where a gargantuan money-laundering corruption case has finally given Miami investigators the Swiss bank records they have sought for years.

The Democrats' Russian Roulette.  In 2016, when they claimed that Trump was Russia's choice and had secured his election, they ended up with highlighting to voters what the media had covered up:  It was Hillary Clinton who approved the Uranium One sale of 20% of U.S. Uranium.  It was Hillary who received assistance to this end from the Russian-paid lobbying firm APCO Worldwide.  It was her husband who was paid $500,000 for a short talk in Russia by a bank connected to the Kremlin.  It was Hillary's foundation that received $145 million from companies connected to the Russian nuclear company Rosatom.  It was Hillary who was responsible for not providing security to our diplomats in Benghazi and who bald-faced lied about the murder of our ambassador and his defenders.  It was Hillary who prompted the murder of Qaddafi after he was cooperating with us on nuclear disarmament and set off the greatest wave of refugees since World War II.

Why's Nancy Pelosi ignoring Adam Schiff and Ted Lieu's Ed Buck Problem?  Not long ago known pedophile and sex trafficker Ed Buck of West Hollywood, CA. was arrested on multiple charges of sex trafficking and solicitation of underage male prostitutes by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, FBI and U. S. Marshals Service at his West Hollywood home.  What I'd like to know is why Speaker Pelosi and Democratic Leaders continue to ignore a very real and serious relationship between California Congressmen Ted Lieu and Adam Schiff to this pedphiliac monster Ed Buck?  Why is this problem deliberately and effectually ignored?  Adam Schiff, Ted Lieu and countless other California Democrats have taken $100s of $1ks of U. S. Dollars of Buck's for years according to reports I've read and been following closely from the LA Times and CBS News Los Angeles.  Clearly knowing Buck's well-documented pecadillos with underage male prostitutes, lavish drug parties and weapons issues?

Why Obama May Be Terrified by Trump Commuting Blagojevich's Sentence.  Ever since President Trump commuted the sentence of disgraced former governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich, I've been asking myself why he would do such a thing.  I have a theory about what might have contributed to the decision, and if I'm right, Barack Obama should be concerned.  When Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, it was then-Governor Blagojevich's responsibility to appoint someone to fill the seat.  But, Blagojevich didn't just want to give it away, he wanted something for it.  "A Senate seat is a [very] valuable thing.  You don't just give it away for nothing," Blagojevich said at the time.  In 2011, Blagojevich was sentenced to 11 years in prison on corruption charges.  Of course, he wanted a pardon from Obama, but never got one.

Adam Schiff Had A Super-Shady Ukraine Connection.  The ringleader of the bogus Impeachment circus was Adam Schiff, who pointed his bony finger at Trump, alleging wrongdoing and shady behavior in Ukraine.  But Schiff, who had shady Ukraine connections, conveniently, was never cross-examined.  Schiff pushed back hard against Trump inviting Ukraine to look into Ukraine corruption that implicated Americans — could Schiff have connections to some big-ticket corrupt Ukraine officials of his one?  Paul Sperry thinks he's found some.  It was bad enough that he ran totally roughshod over the rights of the accused.  Trump was allowed zero opportunity to call witnesses in his own defense.  Schiff even buried testimony of the one witness they called that would have (as we are told by those present) helped Trump make his case.

Judiciary Committee Dems hit with ethics complaints over 'suspicious' conduct.  Three Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee were hit with ethics complaints Wednesday, connected to a slew of alleged violations related to campaign fundraising.  Nonprofit watchdog group Americans for Public Trust filed complaints with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) against Reps.  Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Lucy McBath, D-Ga., calling for investigations of possible violations of House rules and federal law.  The organization, founded by former National Republican Congressional Committee research director Caitlin Sutherland, also filed complaints against Dean and McBath with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

NSA Whistleblower Binney Says There Was No Russian Hack, as Stone Prosecution Claims.  Bill Binney, a 32 year National Security Agency expert, has made a sworn declaration that Wiki-leaks did not receive stolen data from the Russian government, intrinsic metadata shows that the data in question was put on a thumb drive and physically taken from the DNC.  National File received a copy of the three page sworn declaration made by leading intelligence community expert Binney for Roger Stone, in which he makes a convincing case that neither Russia nor any other foreign country hacked the DNC emails during the 2016 Presidential election.  In the testimony, Binney, a 32-year National Security Agency expert, says that Wiki-leaks did not receive stolen data from the Russian government.  Rather, intrinsic metadata shows that the data in questions was put on a thumb drive and physically taken from the DNC.

Two-Tiered Justice System on Full Display.  This was not a banner week for the idea that justice is alive and blind in America.  Three separate stories converged to drive home the obvious truth that America has a two-tiered justice system: the Justice Department's decision to not indict the guilty-as-sin plotter Andrew McCabe, the attempt to give Roger Stone an outrageous jail sentence, and the Army's decision to shrug that one of its officers attempted to orchestrate the removal of his commander-in-chief.  Even in the unlikely scenario that the Barr-Durham investigations send the full stable of coup-plotters to jail for decades, it will not erase the obvious fact that it pays to be a Democrat if you are going to commit crimes, particularly if they are political.  There are a couple of simple reasons for this.  The most obvious reason is that the entire federal bureaucracy is one giant Democrat machine.  This cannot be repeated enough.  Nearly every member of almost every single department is a Democrat.

It's the Server, Stupid; Do All Roads Lead Back to the DNC and CrowdStrike.  [Scroll down]  CrowdStrike determined that the server had been hacked by the Russians and issued a report stating their conclusions.  Oddly, the DNC had refused to allow the FBI or the Department of Homeland Security to conduct their own analysis of the server.  The FBI was forced to accept the report from CrowdStrike.  I've just read a piece written by American Greatness' Michael Thau in which he focuses on the Democrats' refusal to give oxygen to any discussion of the hacking of the DNC server prior to the 2016 presidential election which he sees as the most "crucial" question we should be asking.  "Why did the DNC repeatedly reject FBI and Department of Homeland Security requests to examine their supposedly hacked machines?"  Whenever this issue is raised, Democrats assert that this issue has been settled.  The Russians hacked the DNC's servers to help Trump win the election.  Case closed.  Anyone who questions this conclusion is labeled as a conspiracy theorist.

5 Times Barack Obama Protected His Allies from Justice and Democrats Didn't Care.  [#3] Senator Robert Menendez:  In 2012, just days before the November election, ICE agents were ready to arrest an illegal immigrant and registered sex offender, but were ordered by the Department of Homeland Security to wait until after the election.  Why?  The suspect was a volunteer intern for Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and there would be "significant interest" from Congress and news organizations about the arrest.  Menendez was seen as vulnerable in the 2012 election, and the delay of the arrest saved him from a potentially politically damaging scandal on the eve of voting.  All the while letting a sexual offender avoid justice for six weeks.

'Walls Are Closing In' on the Democrats.  [Senator Chuck] Schumer's contention that the president's acquittal (which he now implicitly acknowledges is a foregone conclusion) will be "meaningless," coupled with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's insistence that the "stain" of impeachment will "forever" be attached to the name of Donald Trump, prompts me to suggest a few courses of action the president might take in his second term (some parts of which might be started even now).  First, to discourage such frivolous, wholly partisan efforts to overturn the results of a free, open, and democratic election, people who have committed felonies by leaking classified material or lying under oath should be prosecuted.  A dozen or so indictments would have a clarifying and salutary effect.  I'd start with a few of the women who perjured themselves when lying about Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings.  I'd follow up with some people involved in the "Russian collusion" hoax.

In San Francisco, the smell of poop overpowered by the stench of leftist corruption.  One-party blue city San Francisco has a corruption problem.  Turns out the sewage on the streets isn't the only thing filthy about San Francisco.  Its man in charge of that clean-up, Mohammed Nuru, was busted with a septic tank full of corruption charges.

San Francisco official in charge of cleaning up city's filthy streets arrested.  The head of San Francisco Public Works, which is in charge of cleaning up the city's feces-filled streets, has been arrested by the FBI on suspicion of public corruption.  San Francisco Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru was arrested Monday [1/27/2020] alongside Nick Bovis, the owner of a popular sports bar in Fisherman's Wharf, Lefty O-Doul's.  Sources told NBC Bay Area that Nuru was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes for airport concession contracts.  Both Nuru and Bovis were released on bond following their arrest.

SFO Public Works Director, a/k/a "Mr. Clean," Arrested by FBI on Corruption Charges.  The man responsible for keeping the streets of San Francisco clean (who's obviously a miserable failure) was arrested by the FBI Monday afternoon on charges relating to bribery/kickback schemes.  Mohammed Nuru, a Willie Brown protege, is the city's Public Works Director.  He first became an executive in the department in 2000 and was appointed Director by Mayor Ed Lee in 2011.  In an indictment unsealed Tuesday afternoon [1/28/2020], federal prosecutors allege that Nuru and Lefty O'Doul's owner Nick Bovis engaged in a scheme to bribe a San Francisco International Airport commissioner to help Bovis obtain an airport restaurant license.  That scheme failed when the commissioner said she didn't need the money, but the scheme doesn't have to be complete for the men to be found guilty of the crime they're charged with, honest services wire fraud.

Ethics reform in Illinois?  Go after party leaders or go home.  Almost a decade has passed since questions over lobbying influence erupted into fisticuffs on the floor of the Illinois Senate.  In 2011, a senator who questioned a conflict of interest between a lobbyist and a lawmaker — a father-son duo — got punched in the chest and admonished.  How dare the senator question the grease that eased the bill's passage, out loud. [...] Fast-forward to now:  Even as federal investigations swirl through city and state governments, the playbook is the same:  A scandal stokes embarrassment among politicians, leading to a task force, leading to a weak piece of legislation, leading to an inconsequential tweak of state law, leading to elected officials finding a way around their mess.  We're on Step 3 currently as lawmakers and ethics boards around the state examine laws regulating lobbyist and lawmaker relationships.  Why?  Because the latest corruption scandals involving cozy relationships are making politicians jumpy.

'Profiles in Corruption' Contains 1,126 Endnotes, No Unnamed Sources.  Instead, it is based on hard evidence and documents, including:  foreign and domestic corporate and legal records, tax liens, lobbyist disclosures, property records, White House visitor logs, federal bankruptcies, and federal criminal trial records.

The War For The Democratic Party Will Destroy Lives And Change Our Country.  The far-left of the Democratic Party is out of the spotlight.  Out of the spotlight, but clearly still within the crosshairs of their colleagues.  Its young congressional leaders, Reps.  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar, the fresh-faced consciences of the swamp, are all-three the targets of finance investigations.  Two are tangled in credible accusations of anti-Semitism, and one is mired in a hard-to-believe incestual infidelity scandal with a married man on her payroll.  Their outside support, which so successfully took media credit for gathering hundreds of thousands of liberals who'd booked non-refundable hotels and plane tickets to Her D.C. inauguration and became the Women's March, has collapsed amid credible accusations of racism and, you guessed it, anti-Semitism.  And the New York/D.C. media that ran glowing profile after fawning profile months ago don't seem to visit any more.

Amazon Crowns 'Profiles in Corruption' the 'Most Anticipated' Nonfiction Book.  Slated to hit bookstores nationwide on January 21, Profiles in Corruption by Government Accountability Institute President and Breitbart senior contributor Peter Schweizer hit #1 in Amazon 10 days before its official release.  The book is said to contain never-before-published revelations about Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Eric Garcetti, Kamala Harris, Sherrod Brown, and Amy Klobuchar — several of whom are featured on the book's cover.

Democrats Nervous as 'Profiles in Corruption' Book Looms.  Top Democrats are signaling not-so-subtly that they are nervous as a forthcoming book from Peter Schweizer that will expose widespread corruption in the Democrat Party drops in just ten days.  The cover features photos of 2020 Democrat presidential frontrunners former Vice President Joe Biden, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), as well as fellow 2020 candidates Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), and former 2020 candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA).  Schweizer is a Breitbart News contributing editor and the president of the Government Accountability Institute (GAI).  He has written multiple bestselling books exposing corruption in Washington.

The parallels between Hunter Biden and Paul Pelosi are absolutely eerie.  [Scroll down]  But here's where things get odd:  Go through the ownership of this building and you feel like you've been slipped some of that hallucinogenic toad poison.  This structure has passed between a goodly number of entities — and yet, per the documents, no transfer taxes have been paid.  Pelosi said he has no equity in the building and never has.  "It's not my business.  I never got paid.  I never expected to get paid."  And yet there he is, listed in 2015 as the Chief Financial Officer of Feng RE, Inc., the entity that owned 1312 Utah.  Can't make this up.

Morality and the Presidency.  [Scroll down]  President Trump has been accused of "womanizing," but such behavior was rampant with John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton.  What is more, even if the accusations against Trump are true, one would be hard-pressed to argue that they somehow threatened the security of the United States or compromised his presidency.  This was not the case with John Kennedy.  Kennedy was purportedly on the precipice of being compromised as a result of his cavorting with an East German communist spy (and others with connections to organized crime) while he was president.  Had this been publicly disclosed it would almost certainly have ended his presidency.  It could be argued that Kennedy fell in the only way that allowed Camelot to rise.  That image inspired a generation.  President Kennedy did not die in disgrace, but had he lived he may well have been forced to resign the presidency in disgrace (or suffer defeat in the 1964 election).

A media that fails to report the biggest stories is no fit custodian.  We've all heard the accusations that President Trump won 2016 with dodgy money, that fake donors were funneling cash into his campaign, and that he basically won by cheating.  No one has yet provided evidence or made a credible accusation that could be brought to the courts regarding these claims.  Not so for Democrats.  A court filing unsealed on December 3 that received almost zero media attention was that a number of folks have now been charged with sending illegal campaign contributions to ... you've guessed it... Democrats.  Ahmad "Andy" Khawaja of Los Angeles, California, used his online platform to hide excessive donations and to anonymize those who should have been listed publically.

The Hellish Legacy of the Dingell Family.  The Dingell clan has held a congressional seat outside Detroit since 1932.  Their 87-year tenure has not coincidentally coincided with the decline of a thriving industrial city into a post-apocalyptic wasteland.  But it's been good for the Dingells, three of whom have sat in their congressional seat since the days of Herbert Hoover, the rise of Hitler, and the radio age, and fattened their pockets on its sinecures.  Dingell Sr. was the son of Polish immigrants who started out in politics as a union boss, jumped into a newly created seat, and kept it through eleven elections before passing it on to his son.  Dingell Jr, outdid daddy by becoming the longest serving member of Congress in American history.  Before he died, he passed on the seat to his second wife, whom he married when she was 28 and he was 55 years old.  She was a GM lobbyist who married the Congressman from GM.  What was good for GM was good for the Dingells.  By 2014, Dingell Jr. was listed as the third richest member of Congress from Michigan with a net worth of $3.5 million.

CAIR Pennsylvania Poster Girl Resigns in Shame.  Movita Johnson-Harrell seemed to take pride in her position as the first Muslim woman elected to the Pennsylvania State Legislature.  Now that record will forever have an asterisk next to it as Johnson-Harrell has turned herself in to Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro's Office, pleading guilty on charges of perjury, record tampering, and embezzling over $500,000 in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security disability funds, as well as donations to Motivations Education and Consultation Associates (MECA), a charity she established to allegedly serve the mentally ill and drug addicted poor in her predominately African-American neighborhood.  In a press conference, Attorney General Shapiro described Johnson-Harrell's actions as "brazen corruption... her theft knew no bounds."

When Hate Becomes an Agenda.  The left-wing loathing of Trump has now tainted almost every Democrat's agenda and unhinged most of the party's major players.  Impeachment has turned into a cruel caricature of a rare constitutional remedy for presidential criminality.  Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report proved a compendium of FBI lying, fraud, and vendetta.  There is not a single prominent figure in Horowitz's lengthy report who has not left a written or video trail of anti-Trump bias (James Comey, Peter Strozk, the Ohrs, Lisa Page, Kevin Clinesmith) or has had some sort of questionable financial relationship with the Clintons or their affiliates (Alexander Downer, Andrew McCabe).  Meanwhile, the progressive presidential field is in a sort of collective meltdown, as candidates begin recalibrating and trading accusations as they fear their own early anti-Trump agendas have little public support.

DOJ Catches Democrat Party in Multi-Million Dollar Illegal Foreign Campaign Donations Scheme.  On Friday The Gateway Pundit reported on the news that Democrat operative and Robert Mueller chief witness George Nader was indicted for his involvement in illegal campaign contributions from foreign entities to the Hillary campaign in 2016[.] Nader was one of Mueller's top witnesses and he is a top Democrat donor and convicted child molester.  But there is more to the story.  Bill Barr on Friday indicted eight individuals for illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign money to Adam Schiff, Hillary Clinton and several Democratic senators.

Pa. Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell, charged with stealing more than $500,000 from her own charity, will resign.  State Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell, a West Philadelphia Democrat, said Wednesday [12/4/2019] that she would resign after prosecutors charged her with stealing more than $500,000 from her own nonprofit and spending it on family vacations, designer clothing, furs, personal bills — and her bid for the legislature.  State Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Johnson-Harrell engaged in "brazen corruption" and systematically tried to cover up her crimes by falsifying records and financial statements.

Al Sharpton's charity skirts scrutiny thanks to clout with Dems: critics.  The Rev. Al Sharpton's troubled charity, the National Action Network, has dodged scrutiny paid other nonprofits — despite paying him $1 million last year — thanks to his political clout, insiders and experts say.  "There are certain things that are universally true in New York:  the sun rises in the east, it sets in the west, the subway is late and no one wants to pick a fight with Al Sharpton," said one top Democratic insider.  "Where's the political benefit to doing it?"  Sharpton's teflon provides a sharp contrast to the vigorous investigations state Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance mounted against President Trump, including his troubled charity.

Nixon's Lessons for the Would-Be Impeachers.  For those who do not remember or have not studied him, Richard Nixon was twice elected vice president (with General Dwight D. Eisenhower, having helped secure the nomination for him over Republican Senate leader Robert Taft in 1952).  He was likely cheated out of the 1960 presidential election by the supporters of John F. Kennedy in Chicago, Texas, and elsewhere, causing JFK to remark, "Thank God for a few honest crooks."  When the votes in Alabama cast for Dixiecrat candidate Senator Harry F. Byrd are deducted from the Democratic total, Nixon won the popular vote.  Though encouraged by Eisenhower to contest the election, Nixon chose not to do so, for the benefit of the country.

Al Sharpton's 'nonprofit' deserves the same scrutiny as Trump's.  State Attorney General Letitia James was quite proud of herself for winning a $2 million judgment against President Trump for misusing his Trump Foundation charity.  But surely the Rev. Al Sharpton's nonprofit merits similar scrutiny.  As The [New York] Post's Melissa Klein and Georgett Roberts reported last weekend, Sharpton sucked in more than $1 million last year from his National Action Network charity:  salary of $324,000, a $160,000 bonus and $563,000 in "other compensation" — which NAN says it owed him for a stretch from 2004 to 2017 when it supposedly underpaid him.  NAN claims it hired an executive-compensation firm that found it shorted him $1.25 million over those years. [...] [W]hat a convenient finding for the Rev, who runs the group that hired the firm.

Ex-Mass. officials say Patrick fired them for their efforts to get his brother-in-law on sex offender registry.  Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's entry into the 2020 Democratic presidential race is drawing renewed scrutiny toward his efforts to oust officials who had tried to put his brother-in-law, a convicted rapist, on the state's sex offender registry.  Patrick's brother-in-law Bernard Sigh was first convicted of spousal rape in 1993 and was again convicted of raping Patrick's sister earlier this year, The Washington Post reported.  Patrick in 2014 said that he had forced out two Sex Offender Registry Board officials over their attempts to overturn a hearing officer's decision to keep Sigh off the registry, arguing that the officials' actions were not appropriate, according to the Post.

The silly sanctification of Marie Yovanovitch.  Until a month or so ago, virtually no one outside of the seven circles of hell that is the State Department had heard of Marie Yovanovitch.  Even the intrepid John Solomon had not heard of her until March of this year.  He had interviewed Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko who told him that Yovanovitch gave him a "do not prosecute" list the first time he met with her. [...] John Solomon has been doing some great reporting on all this, so much so that now he is a target of a smear campaign by the left.  That's what the left does:  They are not interested in facts if they run counter to their preconceived narrative.  In this case, what Solomon has uncovered with regard to Ukraine is catastrophic to all of their invented scenarios meant to destroy the Trump presidency.  For example, the Bidens are neck-deep in the corruption that has long plagued Ukraine.  So are quite a few other children of the swamp.

Rhode Island's Gov. Raimondo Pushes No-Bid Billion-Dollar Video Lottery Terminal Contract.  Did the Rhode Island governor's chief of staff openly threaten a company the state regulates?  And why is Rhode Island entering into a $1 billion no-bid contract to manage its video lottery terminals (VLT)?  As states legalize gambling and conduct state-run lotteries, gambling and gambling technology have become big business — a multi-billion-dollar business.  There are many companies capable of managing Rhode Island's VLTs.  But Rhode Island is only considering one company, and appears poised to award that company a 20-year contract worth more than a billion dollars.  And unless something changes, Rhode Island's contract award will happen without any competitive bidding.

Liberals enabled powerful sex abusers.  Yes, it was a big week for MeToo denial.  But it wouldn't be complete without a mention of the late predator Jeffrey Epstein.  Sure enough, a TV news producer was sacked last week over suspicions (which she denies) that she leaked the hot-mic video of ABC News anchor Amy Robach complaining that the network spiked her Epstein scoop, which implicated Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew.  The thread that links all these libidinous men is the power of the progressive-Hollywood establishment and the protection racket that fuels it.  As long as they paid homage to favored causes, abortion, LGBTIQ rights, open borders, the Clinton Foundation and the Democratic Party, these men bought themselves protection from scrutiny and negative publicity. [...] Epstein, too, supported obligatory progressive causes, including the Clinton Foundation and elite universities.

Convicted Sex Offender Elected to Virginia Senate.  One of the many Democrats elected to the Virginia Senate on Tuesday [11/5/2019] is a convicted sex offender and disbarred lawyer, according to Breitbart.  Joe Morrissey was jailed and lost his license to practice law after being convicted of having sex with his 17-year-old secretary.  He pled guilty to a misdemeanor in the ensuing court case and served for only three months in a "work-release term."  He was also forced to resign from his seat in the Virginia House of Delegates, but then ran again in the special election to retake the seat and was re-elected.

Harvey Weinstein weakened but unwavering two years later.  It's a fall day in midtown Manhattan and a man is seen shuffling along a sidewalk, gripping his walker.  His facial expression is vacant, his skin is a pale shade of gray and his clothes are ill-fitting.  A passerby might never guess that he used to be one of entertainment's most powerful, a man whose infamous arrogance would make those around him shudder.  This man is Harvey Weinstein.  Since initial bombshell reports by The New York Times and The New Yorker in October 2017, more than 80 women have accused Weinstein of sexual abuse ranging from harassment to rape.  He is charged with predatory sexual assault, a criminal sexual act, first-degree rape and third-degree rape.  Weinstein's impending criminal trial, which is set to begin January 6, has depleted him, members of the former film executive's small inner circle told CNN.

So Hunter Biden followed his dad around to Romania, too?  Hunter Biden was quite the devoted little sproutling, following his dad around wherever he went. [...] Hunter Biden followed his dad around — to China, Ukraine, and now Romania — and somehow always came away with big-dollar business deals.  Kind of the way then-secretary of state Hillary Clinton used Bill Clinton as her bagman to scarf up donations to the Clinton Foundation after Hillary made some foreign policy decision.

Corrupt Senators Took Ukraine Cash.  While Democrats are pushing the bogus Trump-Ukraine quid pro quo story invented by that great storyteller, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, two groups of Democratic senators have been colluding with Ukrainian interests to advance their own agenda and political careers. [...] This is corruption and hypocrisy raised to a new level.  President Trump, as the transcript of his call to Ukrainian President Zelensky showed, pressured no one to dig up dirt on a political opponent.  There was no quid pro quo, only a request that the Ukrainians look into the real crime Joe Biden confessed it — leveraging U.S. financial support to get a prosecutor investing his son's company, Burisma, fired.  And if you want real collusion with a real trail of evidence of people trying to do real things interfering with the 2016 campaign, try Hillary Clinton's collusion with the Ukraine to derail and besmirch Team Trump.

California Democratic Party paid $380,000 to settle sexual misconduct suit against former chair Bauman.  The California Democratic Party has spent more than $800,000 on legal costs stemming from three lawsuits alleging discrimination and sexual misconduct by former chair Eric Bauman.  The sum includes more than $430,000 in attorney's fees alone, including payments to law firms representing Bauman.  According to a Times review of state and federal campaign finance filings, the state party has paid $378,348 in legal settlements to Alton Wang, William Rodriguez-Kennedy and Kate Earley.  The trio originally filed suit in January, alleging a culture of harassment and sexual misconduct that was "well-known and apparently tolerated" by top officials.

Political Parentage?  The Ukraine's enrichment of Pelosi and Biden's sons.  Unfortunately, the force for personal and family enrichment is strong with Democrats.  Nevada's Reid has a history of enriching nepotism.  Paul Pelosi's, son of Speaker Nancy Pelosi benefited from his mother's position as a California senator.  Then there is Hunter Biden.  This ain't Ukraine Jake.  Searching for Democrats that personally enriched their families, a good place to start is Harry Reid, the Democrat Senator from Nevada, now retired. [...] Additionally, Reid's campaign bought nearly $17,000 in merchandise from his granddaughter's jewelry business.

The Ukraine Hoax is About Protecting the Side Hustle.  What?  There is no 28th Amendment you say?  Well, this one isn't actually written down or ratified but it's very real.  It explains how much of Washington actually works.  If it were reduced to writing, it might read, "Thou shalt not mess with another swamp creature's side-hustle."  The 28th amendment might have originated after the 1978 ABSCAM scandal in which one senator and six congressmen accepted or solicited bribes from undercover FBI agents.  What a bunch of amateurs!  Everyone in Washington knows that you don't act as your own bag man when selling favors!  Corruption in modern D.C. is shaped like a triangle.  A person or entity seeking a favor doesn't hand the money directly to the politician or public official.  Instead, the money goes to a trusted family relation under a vague "consulting" or "speaking" arrangement.  This golden triangle of corruption appears over and over again in the Russia collusion hoax.

The Madness of Progressive Projection.  Projection as a Leftist symptom came to the fore during the Mueller investigation when Mueller's dream team of progressive attorneys began pressuring a number of minor Trump former campaign officials, and eventually his national security advisor, on trumped up charges — from leaking sensitive documents, to obstruction of justice, to lying to federal officials, to collusion (whatever that non-legal term denotes) with foreign governments and in particular Russia.  In each case, Mueller ended up hunting down possible misdemeanors while ignoring likely felonies.  Leaking?  By James Comey's own admissions he had leaked confidential presidential memos he composed for the expressed purpose of later using them as insurance policies against Trump, some of which material was classified as secret.

Nixon:  Victim of a Media Riot.  [Richard Nixon] was a loyal, devoted Veep and should have been an easy sell to be POTUS after Ike.  But JFK and his bottomless stash of money wrecked that deal.  Nixon clearly had the 1960 election stolen from him by crooked politicians in Illinois and Texas.  Unlike today's politicians, he did not sue, did not go on TV and raise a ruckus.  He just bled profusely in private.

Atlantic City mayor admits to stealing $87,000 from youth basketball team.  The mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey has resigned after admitting in federal court on Thursday that he stole $87,000 from a youth basketball team he founded.  The admission puts the mayor on a long line of corrupt leadership in the city, which has been riddled with chronic budget problems.

Ruling Class vs. 'The Others'.  Should any of us violate the laws, we can expect to have the book thrown at us.  But for them, it's more a slap on the wrist, if anything at all.  We see this in the behavior of the Clintons, deep state actors, and even the Bidens.  No one seriously thinks that Hunter Biden's Ukrainian and Chinese business "activities" are above board.  But even more troubling, consider that a sitting vice president of the United States was potentially involved in pay-to-play with foreign nations.  The ruling class apparently believes the law is whatever it says it is.  It is whatever is convenient for them.

Obama, the Bidens, the Clintons, the IMF and Others Pillaged Ukraine.  President Obama, his Vice President Biden and his son, Hillary Clinton, the Clinton Foundation, Mueller, the Podestas, the IMF and others all pillaged the Ukraine and then delayed loans to the country before forcing Ukrainians to pay grossly inflated natural gas prices.  Now these vultures claim they are innocent.

The wall of propaganda that hides the actions of America's ruling class.  Asking for the assistance of our global friends and allies to help reveal the wrongdoing of the American ruling class is now an impeachable offense.  Investigating their wrongdoing is wrongdoing.  Exposing their corruption is corruption.  In the Clown World we currently inhabit, the president of the United States must be removed from office for daring to ask they be investigated abroad.  The events of this week reveal the new standard.  Like sharks to a whale carcass, our elites routinely feast upon precarious situations in other nations:  The Podesta Group, Hunter Biden, and others were content to make a buck off the tensions in Ukraine along with Paul Manafort, just as the Clintons and others were happy to take tens of millions of dollars from Russian oligarchs.

FBI raids Illinois Democrat's Capitol, district offices.  FBI agents carried materials in bankers' boxes and grocery bags out of the Illinois Capitol building on Tuesday [9/24/2019], and multiple media outlets reported that and other raids were linked to a Democratic state senator.

Did Jerry Nadler lie to a federal judge?  As Congress returns from recess, impeachment talk is once again in the air.  Speaker Nancy Pelosi doesn't want a vote on impeachment because she recognizes that it is so unpopular outside the deep blue districts where Trump hatred rules that it could unseat many of the swing-district Democrats whose 2018 victories handed her the speaker's gavel.  Nonetheless, House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler is desperate to appear to his constituents as though he is fighting for impeachment and making progress, with a vote scheduled on formalizing procedures for an impeachment inquiry.  The reason for Nadler's desperate pandering to the impeachment fever swamp faction of the party is clear.  He is scared to death that he will follow the fate of Joe Crowley and be defeated in the primary election by an attractive young female who is mounting a well financed campaign against him.

Democrat Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Hit with Bar Complaint For 'Openly Threatening' Supreme Court.  Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch hit Democrat Senator Sheldon Whitehouse with a bar complaint after he openly threatened the Supreme Court.  A couple weeks ago several Democrat Senators issued a stunning warning to the Supreme Court — "heal" or face drastic restructuring.  The demand came in an amicus brief filed in court two weeks ago by Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Richard Durbin (D-Il), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) regarding New York's current gun laws.  Judicial Watch filed a bar complaint and alleged Senator Whitehouse "violated the Rhode Island Rules of Professional Conduct by attacking the federal judiciary and openly threatening the U.S. Supreme Court."

5 things the Republican Party can learn about politics from Donald Trump.  [#1] Gaffes are only gaffes if you care:  My friend Ben Howe suggested that one and it's a lesson liberals learned long ago.  It's how Ted Kennedy survived leaving a woman to drown to death in his car, how Bill Clinton gets a pass from feminists, how people can say with a straight face that the Obama administration had "no scandals," and how Ralph Northam (among a number of other liberals) got a pass for his blackface pictures.  Trump rather famously doesn't do apologies and goes on the offensive when he's attacked, which is a wonderful change from the usual Republican strategy of apologizing, fretting about what the media will say, and then looking for any excuse to throw whoever is involved under the bus.  If Trump had taken that approach, he would have been destroyed a 100 times over by now, [...]

Ted Kennedy died 10 years ago.  It's time for liberals, and America, to reassess his life and crimes.  [Scroll down]  The Chappaquiddick episode did not particularly chasten or sober Kennedy.  A 2019 book, The Kennedy Heirs:  John, Caroline, and the New Generation — A Legacy of Triumph and Tragedy details frantic, but futile, pleas decades later by his three adult children to quit drinking amid his deteriorating health.  Alcohol played a prominent role in other Kennedy scandals.  GQ reported a lurid tale of an attack in 1985 by Kennedy on a waitress at a Washington restaurant.  In 1991, Kennedy's nephew, William Kennedy Smith, was charged with rape (later acquitted), compelling his uncle's testimony in court.  The sitting senator became an object of scorn and ridicule after admitting he had rousted his son and nephew to go drinking, and later in the evening, with several women present, walked around their compound sans pants.

The Left's Neverland.  You see, in Neverland the only important thing is how its inhabitants feel.  What actually is — I speak here of data, of facts, of actual — as opposed to virtual — experiences.  In Neverland there are no pesky absolutes, no facing up to Almighty God, no bearing the consequences of our choices.  In Neverland one can indulge one's strangest and most disgusting sexual fantasies and the Neverlandiers will cheer you on and protect you.  Isn't that what happened at Michael Jackson's mansion of the same name?  Isn't that what happened to the blue dress in the Oval Office?  Isn't that why Jeffery Epstein is dead?  There in that prison cell, he got too close to reality.

I am combing through all the Epstein files.  You asked for it.  Here it is.  [Scroll down]  Since many of you also keep asking, yes you can share this content.  Do what ever you want with it.  Copy and paste, save it, put it on your own blogs, use it for your own research, make a video out of it, make fun of it.

Jeffrey Epstein's life of evil and [the] demand for justice.  Apart from the very questionable circumstances of Epstein's apparent suicide, the outcry, especially from the victims, is regret.  Regret that Epstein has avoided justice for his abhorrent behavior.  The assumption that once a person dies, and especially by suicide, his troubles are over.  There can be no justice, no further punishment.

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Let me assure you that Mr. Epstein's punishment has now begun, and will never end.

Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he died by suicide, court records say.  Accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he died by suicide in a New York jail, new court records show, leaving behind an estate valued at more than $577 million, including more than $56 million in cash.  The 66-year-old's death was ruled a suicide by hanging last week by New York's chief medical examiner.  The will was filed last week with court officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands and listed no details of beneficiaries, according to the New York Post.

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I wouldn't want to be one of Mr. Epstein's beneficiaries, considering the way he apparently made his money.

Jeffrey Epstein's computers seized during FBI raid on private island.  Drone video shows FBI agents and NYPD cops seizing computer equipment from Jeffrey Epstein's mansion on a private island in the Caribbean, according to a report Tuesday [8/13/2019].  The video was shot Monday during a raid on Little St. James, the 70-acre island Epstein owned in the US Virgin Islands, CNBC said.  It shows at least two desktop computers and an Apple computer were packaged and marked for transport, CNBC said.

The feminists seem to be totally silent about this.
"They're Nothing, These Girls": Unraveling the Mystery of Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's Enabler.  Is it possible prosecutors have lost track of Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's alleged co-conspirator in his pedophile ring?  For the past few weeks, rumors have circulated that she's 400 pounds and living in Florida, or that she's living the high life in London or the Continent, but according to the Washington Post, authorities are having a hard time locating her.  Those who know her say that it's possible she is as much of a Houdini as Epstein.  Both of them liked having secrets, and the way those secrets kept people off balance.

William Barr Has A Message For Jeffrey Epstein's Co-Conspirators.  Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he was "appalled" by Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide over the weekend, but urged that the millionaire pedophile's co-conspirators "should not rest easy."  "This sex trafficking case was very important to the Department of Justice and to me personally," Barr said during a speech before the National Fraternal Order of Police in New Orleans.  "Let me assure you that this case will continue on against anyone who was complicit with Epstein.  Any co-conspirators should not rest easy."  [Video clip]

Ted Williams tells powerful Epstein associates: 'You're really not off the hook'.  More witnesses could come forward and inform on associates of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein now that the financier is dead, Fox News contributor Ted Williams said during a Saturday appearance on "America's News HQ."  "I would say to these powerful people:  You're really not off the hook because it [Epstein's death] may now have freed a lot of the witnesses who would not have come forward because they may have been intimidated by Epstein," said Williams, a former homicide detective turned criminal defense attorney.

With Epstein Gone, Will Focus Turn to Ghislaine Maxwell?  Ghislaine Maxwell, the socialite on Jeffrey Epstein's arm, was, for many years, the financier's right-hand woman and best friend.  She was also, allegedly, his lure, go-between, and fellow abuser of young women, as newly unsealed documents allege.  With Epstein's death, by suicide, in a Manhattan jail cell this weekend, thousands of questions may never have satisfactory answers and focus is likely to intensify on his collaborators, co-conspirators, enablers, and friends.  Where is Ghislaine?

Alleged Trafficking Victim Names Two Democrats in Jeffrey Epstein Case.  An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein's trafficking scheme named two prominent Democrats as part of a group of men with whom she was forced to have sex, unsealed documents revealed Friday [8/9/2019].  The more than 2,000 papers released by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York allege that Virginia Roberts Giuffre, 33, claimed in May 2016 that she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein to have sex with and give erotic massages to several politicians, foreign leaders, and businessmen, Fox News reported.

From Clinton to Cosby, Jeffery Epstein's little black book full of liberal elites.  This morning, accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is found dead of an alleged suicide.  Only his death will not stop the release of the names, or the civil lawsuit against the Epstein estate from continuing.  The cunning of Bill and Hillary Clinton is not a well-kept secret.  And Epstein's death will not provide them any cover.  And there is a lot to cover up.  Pilot logs and Jeffrey Epstein's Little Black book among them.

Alleged Epstein victims eye civil cases after suicide ends criminal case: 'We're just getting started'.  Several of Jeffrey Epstein's victims may pursue civil cases against the alleged sex trafficker after his apparent suicide Saturday morning ended the criminal case against him, according to lawyer Lisa Bloom.  The billionaire was awaiting his trial on charges of child sex trafficking next year.  After he reportedly hanged himself in his jail cell, the criminal case against him came to an end as no one else had been charged.  An official cause of death has not yet been confirmed.

Baltimore's Battered Face.  We see the greatest abuses from our elected officials in Baltimore city.  Former mayor Shelia Dixon was fired for stealing Christmas gift cards from the city's needy.  Her successor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, ordered police to give "space" to rioters and looters to destroy parts of Baltimore during the 2015 riots.  Last May, Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned amid a kickback scandal.  And there's Rep. Cummings, whose 23 years in Congress have brought only continued decay and nothingness.  These and other liberal Democrats have demoralized the people of Baltimore and they are fleeing; Baltimore city has lost about 40% of its population since the 1960s.

Timing Is Everything.  On the very same weekend when American astronauts successfully landed on the moon, Ted Kennedy, leaving a campaign party late at night, drove off a narrow bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Cape Cod MA, plunging into shallow water of Poucha Pond, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne, a young campaign staffer. [...] The entire incident stands as concrete proof that Kennedy's only real concern was professional self-preservation.  Kennedy cared only for himself.  Had this not occurred when the world's attention was transfixed on the moon landing, Kennedy's actions would have been under the microscope of the media and the American public to a far greater degree than they were.  It's doubtful that his political career would have survived.  An America without Ted Kennedy's influence would be a very different place today.  Robert Bork would have been appointed to the Supreme Court in 1987.  Any number of liberal causes and bills which Kennedy helped shepherd through over the years would not have made it.  This country would be a much different — and better — place absent Kennedy's presence in politics from 1969 onwards.

Biden's Corruption Problem.  Joe Biden is being portrayed as the Democrats' safest potential presidential nominee, despite his obvious flaws as a candidate.  But one wonders how Biden's history of swamp corruption will play if he actually faces the scrutiny of a national run.  Biden's family has gotten wealthy, like those of so many low-paid "public servants" — Tom Daschle and Harry Reid are obvious examples.  How does that happen?

House Dems Get Dark Money Group After Introducing Bill Against Dark Money.  After introducing a bill that contained provisions geared towards tackling dark money in politics, House Democrats have a new dark money group in their corner.  House Majority Forward, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that will not have to disclose its donors, was established in March.  It marks its charitable purpose in North Carolina filings as promoting "economic growth and opportunity, environmental stewardship, and democracy in the United States of America."  The group plans to raise at least $20 million throughout 2019 to back Democrats and attack Republicans, and will begin airing the first of its digital and TV ads this week as part of a larger $10 million advertising blitz for the year, Politico reports.

Democratic Party has become a Continuing Criminal Enterprise.  Today, the longest serving — 50 years — Chicago City Council member, Alderman Ed Burke, is under indictment for corruption.  The longest serving Speaker of the Illinois House, Michael Madigan, is also reportedly under investigation.  Both are life-long Democrats.  Their story is largely ignored by the liberal media outside of Chicago — where the local Chicago media has long been aware of the depth of city government corruption.  Cheatsheet.com lists the 15 most corrupt cities in America.  Thirteen of the 15 mayors are Democrats.  The Democratic Party excels in corrupt municipal governance.

The Honey Trap on E 71st.  [Scroll down]  A respected former CIA official, Phil Giraldi has come right out and accused Epstein of being an Israeli agent of influence.  Epstein was let off with a slap on the wrist on his first child abuse charge, says Giraldi, because of his powerful Israel connections.  To Giraldi and this writer, the Epstein 'massage' operation was a classic intelligence operation designed to blackmail men of influence into doing Israel's bidding.  Clinton had reportedly already fallen into this trap years earlier while still president.  Now watch this stinking pile of corruption be hurriedly covered up.

De Blasio used state account he controls as campaign slush fund.  Strapped for cash, Mayor Bill de Blasio turned to a state political account he controls to buy plane tickets, pay rent and purchase digital advertisements for his nascent presidential campaign — potentially violating campaign finance regulations, campaign finance experts told The [New York] Post.  De Blasio's presidential campaign disclosed it owes his NY Fairness PAC $52,852 — a tally that includes purchases made after Hizzoner officially announced his run, his staff confirmed.

Chappaquiddick Ted Kennedy to Ilhan Omar: 50 years of leftist free passes.  Fifty years ago today, Democrat Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy got drunk (allegedly) and drove over a bridge (really).  Kennedy left his female passenger Mary Jo Kopechne to die.  He never answered for leaving Kopechne to die.  Fifty years ago today began the tradition of the liberal media covering up everything bad that liberal Democrats did.  Thus allowing liberals to become more emboldened.  Benghazi and "Fast and Furious" just two of many examples of getting innocent people killed, then covering it up.

Epstein's real Palm Beach enablers.  Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter and Detective Joseph Recarey risked their careers for the sake of the community they served.  That risk centered on a case in which they gathered evidence supporting allegations that a multi-millionaire suspect living in a $12.5 million mansion on Palm Beach's fashionable barrier island was trafficking in underage girls for sex.  That man was hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein.

FBI makes arrests in Puerto Rico corruption scandal, prompting calls for governor's ouster.  The FBI on Wednesday [7/10/2019] arrested two former senior officials who served in administration of Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, leading the chair of the House committee that oversees Puerto Rico to call for the governor to step down.  The arrests also spurred concerns on Capitol Hill about the billions of dollars in aid that Congress has approved for the island.  The federal indictment says the former officials illegally directed federal funding to politically-connected contractors.  The arrests come about a month after Congress approved a controversial disaster aid bill that earmarked additional funding for Puerto Rico's recovery from Hurricane Maria in 2017, which were tied up in part because President Trump called Puerto Rico's officials "incompetent or corrupt."

Schumer suddenly decides Jeffrey Epstein's money is tainted.  Senator Chuck Schumer of New York has known since 2008 that Jeffrey Epstein was a sex offender, thanks to the plea bargain he reached in Florida that year.  But he was content to hold onto the multiple campaign donations that he received from the very same Jeffrey Epstein, as the New York Post reported: [...]

Are Prosecutors Finally Taking Down Accused Child Trafficker Jeffrey Epstein In An Effort To Get Trump?  Jeffrey Epstein had every reason to feel that his decades of seeming immunity would continue indefinitely when federal officials intercepted him on his way back from a trip to Paris.  He was finally arrested on sex trafficking charges in Teterboro Airport in New Jersey after disembarking from one of his private jets.  After he escaped justice for decades, parents of young girls have reason to hope for overdue justice for an operation court documents say recruited and sexually exploited children.  You might not have heard of Epstein, but you will likely know some of the powerful figures he called friends — names like Clinton, Trump, and the duke of York.  As noted by Business Insider, Epstein is a college dropout who tutored the son and possibly dated the daughter of the chairman of Bear Sterns.  Now reputed to be a billionaire, Business Insider described his path to wealth as "vague" and "murky."

Schumer got thousands in donations from Jeffrey Epstein.  Sen. Chuck Schumer — who called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign and said President Trump should "answer" for his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein — accepted thousands of dollars in donations from the alleged pedophile throughout the 1990s, The [New York] Post has learned.  Federal Election Commission records show that Schumer received seven $1,000 donations from Epstein between 1992 and 1997, first as a US congressman from New York and then when he was vying to be the state's senator in 1998, an election he won.

Jeffrey Epstein's Lolita Express and the art of unequal justice.  Jeffrey Epstein's arrest on federal charges of sex trafficking minors has all the features of a tabloid extravaganza: money, sex, power, and serious crimes.  No one deserves the notoriety more.  The billionaire financier was already convicted of similar crimes in 2008 and received a very light sentence.  Epstein's plea bargain ended the earlier investigation before any of his friends were implicated.  That won't happen again.  The floodlights are on this one. [...] As blogger David Burge put it, 'It's always the billionaire convicted pedo with private Lolita Express jets to his own orgy island that you least expect.'  Droll but accurate.  How did the Department of Justice manage to miss this ongoing scandal for years?  The likely answer is that Epstein has lots of rich and powerful friends.

Jeffrey Epstein Should Cancel the Culture's Humbert Humberts.  Hugh Hefner fired up a flare lighting the way to an almost anything-goes view of female sexuality, and it reached its apex at the 2003 Oscars.  Under the regime of Hefnerism, conservative prudes and often the law stood charged with being uptight and repressive about sex involving girls just over or even under the age of consent.  That [Roman] Polanski became an exile from this country after his crime made him Hollywood's favorite martyr.  The Academy was eager to give him the Oscar both to showcase its view that he had been victimized by prudery and to dunk on conservatives.  Attendees didn't just applaud, they let out a mighty whoop of approval when Polanski's Oscar was announced by a smiling Harrison Ford.  Meryl Streep, Martin Scorsese, [Harvey] Weinstein, and others all jumped to their feet to participate in a chilling standing ovation.  Jack Nicholson, at whose house Polanski's assault took place, looked confused and joined in the applause, but remained seated.

Did someone mention Jeffrey Epstein?

Democrats Hid Gifts From A Notorious Foreign Meddler.  Six Democrats took an all-expenses paid trip paid for by the government of Qatar in December, but two of them did not disclose it, annual ethics forms reveal.  Democratic Reps.  Donald Norcross of New Jersey and Jim Himes of Connecticut did not report taking the trip to Doha, Qatar, on their mandatory disclosure forms, but Buzzfeed said they were there at the elaborate Doha Forum gathering in December.

Liberal Media Blackout:  Bill de Blasio's Wife Cannot Account for $850 Million Collected from Taxpayers.  The mainstream media in America can not be trusted, Period.  I noticed an article from The Daily Mail (UK) trending on Voat this evening and was shocked to learn that the story is actually months old, and not shocked to find that only a handful of conservative sites covered the story.  It seems that Mayor Bill de Blasio's wife (Chirlane McCray) headed a taxpayer funded project called ThriveNYC and now she can not, or will not, account for $850 million in taxpayer money.

Federal subpoena demands records on Andrew Gillum and his campaign for governor.  Andrew Gillum is a focal point of a recently issued federal grand jury subpoena that demands information on the former Democratic candidate for governor, his campaign, his political committee, a wealthy donor, a charity he worked for and a former employer.  The subpoena, obtained by the Tampa Bay Times and previously unreported, could reflect a new level of federal inquiry into Gillum, the former mayor of Tallahassee who narrowly lost to Republican Ron DeSantis last year.  Throughout his campaign last year, Gillum insisted he was not a target of a sprawling FBI investigation of Tallahassee City Hall, which has taken at least three years and resulted in three arrests.

Andrew Gillum hit with federal grand jury subpoena, report says.  A federal grand jury has issued a subpoena seeking information about Andrew Gillum's 2018 campaign for governor and his associates at non-profits he's worked for, according to a report from the Tampa Bay Times.  The Times obtained a copy of the subpoena, which asked for information on John Jackson, president and CEO of the Massachusetts-based Schott Foundation for Public Education, where Gillum was a board member until 2017; Opportunity to Learn Action Fund, where Gillum was president until at least 2017; Donald Sussman, who donated $1.5 million to Gillum's campaign; and Sharon Lettman-Hicks, CEO of the National Black Justice Commission, a black LGBTQ advocacy group.

FEC: Beto O'Rourke Funneled $110,000 in Campaign Funds to His Web Development Company.  Democrat 2020 presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke funneled roughly $110,000 in campaign money to a private web development company he and his wife owned at one time while he served as a congressman, according to FEC rules.  O'Rourke's campaign, Beto for Texas, donated money to Stanton Street Technology Group in several different election cycles.

Second Hassan Staffer Allegedly Helped Aide Steal Massive Amounts of Senate Data.  A second former aide to Sen. Maggie Hassan is implicated in former IT staffer Jackson Cosko's massive data-theft scheme that was ultimately used to "intimidate" Republican senators by "doxxing" them during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, prosecutors said.  Samantha G. DeForest-Davis, at the time a staff assistant to Hassan, was the aide who allegedly helped Cosko conduct his scheme, a source with knowledge of the situation told The Daily Caller News Foundation.  Court records show a case naming her has been opened, and the source confirmed it relates to her alleged role in the data theft.

Former Sen. Hassan Aide Stole Gigabytes Of 'High Value' Data.  A former IT aide to New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan mounted an "extraordinarily extensive data-theft scheme" against the office, the culprit's plea agreement states.  The plot included the installation of tiny "keylogging" devices that picked up every keystroke.  Between July and October 2018, former IT aide Jackson Cosko worked with an unnamed accomplice, a then-current Hassan employee, who repeatedly lent him a key that he used to enter the office at night and who allegedly tried to destroy evidence for him.  Cosko accepted responsibility for the events revealed by federal prosecutors in court Friday [4/5/2019].

The joy of Left Privilege.  Karl Marx was right:  When you run the schools and the organs of propaganda you can do anything. [...] Here's only a partial list of Left-Privileged demagogues in today's America:
  [#1]   Without left privilege Hilllary would be in jail.
  [#2]   Sandy O is a complete creation of Left Privilege.  Every ignorant word she utters is treated as Holy Scripture... because of Left Privilege.
  [#3]   Obama and Michelle may be thinking of another eight years in the White House, because nobody can go after their misfeasance and malfeasance in office... since they've got L.P.
  [#4]   LP insists that the Robert Mueller investigation, which has wasted years of time and millions of taxpayer dollars to no useful result, is a "national treasure" that must be protected at all costs.
  [#5]   LP also protects and funds Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Bruce and Nellie Ohr, James Comey, and Andrew McCabe, who ought to be doing hard time instead.

Obama WH counsel faces possible prosecution in Mueller-initiated probe.  Former Obama White House Counsel and Clinton-linked attorney Greg Craig may soon be charged by the Justice Department for engaging in illegal unregistered overseas lobbying, in a case initially probed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller — a development that would make him the first Democrat to face prosecution amid the long-running Russia investigation.  The case centers on lobbying work that Craig performed in 2012 for the Russian-backed president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, while Craig was a partner at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.  Craig allegedly never registered as a foreign agent under a U.S. law known as the Foreign Agents Registration Act, or FARA, which requires lobbyists to declare publicly if they represent foreign leaders, governments or their political parties.

Long Before Ilhan Omar, Politicians Could Get Away With Murder As Long As They Were Democrats.  All my life I've watched with interest as the label "Democrat" has insulated individuals from reprehensible behavior.  Women who claim to care about women and their struggles as a sex rallied around Clinton for years, knowingly protecting a womanizer — and, more importantly, a man credibly accused of rape  — because he was a warrior in their crusade to continue killing the unborn.  My interest in politics emerged and blossomed when I was in my twenties.  At that time, two men sat in the Senate chamber whose pasts should have, and would have, prevented them from being elected to public office had they not had a (D) attached to their name.  I am speaking of former senator Ted Kennedy and former senator Robert Byrd.

So where is Nancy Pelosi's 'speedy' teen-molestation investigation of Rep. Tony Cardenas?  Democrats have always spoken with forked tongues on assorted #MeToo cases, calling for swift judgment on accused (and innocent) conservatives such as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, while dragging their feet on allegations involving their own.  John Conyers, Keith Ellison, Al Franken, Bob Menendez — they all have had their #MeToo issues, as does the Virginia clown show crew, yet somehow Democrats aren't quite treated the way Republicans are.  And it's really obvious in the case of California Rep. Tony Cardenas, who's been credibly accused of drugging and molesting a teenage girl in his care and now is being sued for it in a California court.

Black leaders call for forgiveness, second chance for Northam.  "Redemption."  That word was used repeatedly as five black leaders from across Virginia gathered Monday urging state legislators to rescind statements calling for Gov. Ralph Northam's resignation following his blackface photo scandal.  On the steps of the Capitol, former Richmond City Council Member Henry "Chuck" Richardson read a prepared statement, saying that racial issues in the U.S. still permeate virtually every aspect of American life.

Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax employer puts him on leave after multiple sexual assault allegations.  Democratic Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax's employer placed him on leave pending investigation after two women levied allegations of sexual assault against the lieutenant governor.

The Democrats' Identity Meltdown.  Democrats need an identity-politics intervention.  Having unleashed race, gender, sexual orientation and class as the defining issues of American politics, these furies are now consuming their authors. [...] Every national Democrat of note is demanding that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam resign for appearing in blackface in 1984 and for offering different explanations for an offensive photo on his medical college yearbook page.  But Mr. Northam is refusing to go.

Progressives Bearing Gifts.  Governor Ralph Norman started off justifying infanticide in clinical vocabulary, an assurance with which his radical and generous Planned Parenthood donors would be pleased.  But then he was caught with college yearbook photos of a Klansman posing by a white buffoonish character in blackface.  Northam at once denied, then admitted, next hedged, and finally confirmed the entire story — only to bookend it by admitting that he once upon a long time ago also dressed up in black shoe polish to emulate Michael Jackson (who usually did his best to wear white makeup).  The lying-in-wait Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax, an ascendant African-American Democrat, seemed ready to take over from the sure to be Twitter-lynched Northam.  But then his own sudden fame prompted latent accusers to emerge. [...] The larger point, however, was simple:  a party that non-stop smears Trump as a sexual assaulter and racist seems incapable of dealing with alleged racists and sexual assaulters among its top state officials.

Virginia, a Dignified Disaster.  Virginia is a state that for historical reasons has always imagined its political institutions and leaders as possessed of special virtue.  Now they are known for uncommon vice.  With widespread demands for the resignations of both Gov. Ralph Northam, embroiled in controversy over a racist blackface photograph, and Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, an African-American politician facing on-the-record allegations from two women accusing him of violent sexual assault, Virginia state government is facing a comprehensive meltdown.

Virginia official accused of rape will have to resign if allegations are true: governor.  Virginia's embattled governor insisted he would not resign over a racist yearbook photo, but said the state's lieutenant governor would have to step aside if sexual assault allegations against him were found to be true.

The Editor says...
That will give the governor a chance to appoint another Democrat to take his place when he resigns.

VA State Delegate Announces Plans to file Articles of Impeachment Against Fairfax.  A Democratic Virginia state delegate announced his intention to file articles of impeachment for Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax after a second woman came forward and accused him of sexual assault Friday evening [2/8/2019].

Virginia Madness Continues — Democrat Lawmakers [are] Demanding Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax Must Resign.  Virginia politics has twice circled back through crazy and now enters a bizarro hall of mirrors.  The #1 official, Governor Northam, and the #3 official, Attorney General Mark Herring, have admitted to wearing blackface.  The #2 official, Lt. Gov. Fairfax, who is black, is accused of rape.  It now looks like the two blackface white guys will hang on to office and the black guy accused of sexual assault will be removed.

Virginia Lt. Governor's accusers willing to testify at impeachment proceedings, attorneys say.  The two women accusing Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault said they would be willing to testify at possible impeachment proceedings against the Democrat.  Attorneys for Vanessa Tyson and Meredith Watson released statements Saturday [2/9/2019] saying the women would testify against Fairfax, who has faced calls from members of his own party to resign.

The Ku Klux Krats.  The racist antics of Virginia governor Ralph Northam ought not to surprise anyone.  The Democratic Party has long been marinated in racist thinking. [...] The Democratic Party was even more deeply committed to racism against blacks, and the Ku Klux Klan was simply the terrorist wing of the Democratic Party, which drove Republicans out of the South and compelled blacks to join the Democratic Party, where they were denied the right to vote in primaries or participate in caucuses to choose the Democrat nominee for offices.  Blacks who gave in to this terrorism and became Democrats were said by disgusted black women to be "crossing the Jordan" and were referred to as "Uncle Tom," which is how that derogatory name from Uncle Tom's Cabin entered the American political lexicon.

'Monster' that Dems created at Kavanaugh hearings will 'devour them' with Fairfax allegations:  Marc Thiessen.  As Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax fights off allegations of sexual assault, American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Marc Thiessen insisted Friday that those accusations fail to match the allegations made last year against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.  The ongoing turmoil in Virginia took yet another turn Friday when Meredith Watson accused Fairfax of rape when they both attended Duke University in 2000.

Impeachment ahead for Fairfax if he doesn't resign by Monday, Virginia Democrat warns.  Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax was faced with the threat of impeachment proceedings just hours after a second woman accused the Democrat of sexual assault.  Patrick Hope, a fellow Democrat and member of the Virginia House of Delegates, announced Friday [2/8/2019] that he intends to introduce articles of impeachment against Fairfax unless he resigns by Monday [2/11/2019].  "On Monday, I will be introducing articles of impeachment for Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax if he has not resigned before then," Hope wrote on Twitter.

Democrats mute calls for Va. resignations with power at risk.  Prominent Democrats came down hard on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam after he apologized for a racist photo.  But they were quieter as two more scandals — one involving race, another a sexual assault allegation — rocked Virginia's statehouse.

Florida Commission Finds Probable Cause to Investigate Gillum for Ethics Violations.  A Florida ethics commission announced Friday [1/25/2019] that there is sufficient evidence to proceed with an investigation into former Tallahassee mayor and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum's decision to accept gifts while on a trip with a local lobbyist in 2016. [...] Erwin Jackson, the Tallahassee businessman who filed the complaint against Gillum, told reporters that the commission found probable cause to investigate five out of six possible ethics violations, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Democrat Abigail Spanberger Worked at 'Terror High,' Which Promoted Violence Against Non-Muslims.  Democrat Abigail Spanberger, running against Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) in Virginia's Seventh District, worked at a Saudi Arabia-owned school known as "terror high," which had a curriculum that included the promotion of violence against non-Muslims.  Spanberger worked at the Islamic Saudi Academy, funded by the government of Saudi Arabia, between 2002 and 2003 after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Andrew Gillum's Family Under Investigation; May Have Engaged in Voter Fraud.  Less than a year before gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum publicly denounced President Donald Trump's efforts to investigate the threat of voter fraud, Gillum's brother, Marcus Gillum, voted in the 2016 general election in Tallahassee, Florida while a resident of Chicago, Illinois.  According to Florida law, you must be a legal resident in Florida to vote in elections.  Casting an illegal vote in Florida is a third-degree felony.

The Democrats' Nomination Contest Promises Great Fun for Conservatives.  This may be the election cycle where we watch identity politics destroy itself live on stage. [...] The Democrats' dramatis personae is a veritable list of timebombs ready to explode and offend the hypersensitive liberal dispensation.  The list of charges:  Joe Biden's rakish hands; Beto O'Rourke's campaign staffer's rape accusation; Elizabeth Warren's appropriation of a minority identity; the recently uncovered sexual harassment settlement of one of Kamala Harris's top aides; multiple sexual harassment allegations on Bernie Sanders's 2016 campaign; Cory Booker admitting to once groping a blotto girl; Kirsten Gillibrand railroading Al Franken out of the Senate; Julián Castro palming off delinquent mortgages to Wall Street hedge funds.  Then there's any Democrat who did so much as accept a handshake from Bill Clinton.  No Democrats who wants to win are going to ignore the baggage strapped to their competitors, especially when the TV cameras are rolling.

Gillette Conveniently Overlooked the Real Toxic Masculinity.  Start with a former president, Bill Clinton, credibly accused of rape, impeached over perjury about sexual harassment, and carrying on an affair with a young White House intern.  Or his predecessor John Kennedy, with a string of affairs while president.  Perfect examples of the "sexual aggression" in the Urban Dictionary definition.  Across town in Congress we have former Senator Al Franken, caught on film moving to grope a sleeping comely female.  John Conyers resigned after reports surfaced of him attending staff meetings in his underwear.  Former Congressman Anthony Weiner was chatting and sending selfies of his private parts to an underage girl, using the same laptop which contained thousands of classified emails belonging to his wife's boss, the Secretary of State.  Keith Ellison, former Congressman, now Minnesota's Attorney General, was credibly accused of beating up his ex-girlfriend.

The Democrats' Blueprint for Impeachment.  Democrats colluding with Russians is an old story, though the Russians have usually been communists and I guess you would have expected Democrats to collude with communists in years gone by. [...] More recently, a Democratic president was caught on a live mike telling Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that "I'll have more flexibility after the election" to handle contentious issues such as missile defense.  Is this not collusion?  But President Obama was not telling a joke.  He was serious.

Twenty Things You Probably Didn't Know about Kamala Harris.  [#17] Late last year, Los Angeles city officials asked why "armed, plain-clothes LAPD officers were dispatched to California cities outside of Los Angeles at least a dozen times to provide security for U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris at public events."  LAPD officers traveled with Harris to San Francisco, Sacramento, Fresno, and San Diego.  Los Angeles taxpayers covered about $28,000 of the cost for airline tickets, hotel stays, car rentals, and meals in an arrangement that retired law-enforcement officers called "unprecedented."

Here Are The Six Most Corrupt Congressmen Of 2018, According To A Watchdog Group.  A conservative-leaning watchdog group says House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are the biggest congressional scofflaws of 2018, for their anemic handling of the settlement slush fund that used an unlimited pot of taxpayer money to pay off congressional staff in exchange for signing legal papers barring them from taking public their claims of sexual harassment and other mistreatment by their congressional employers.  Congress members briefly claimed to be shocked at the victim-gagging slush fund when the media reported on it, but in reality, members of both parties in the House's leadership oversaw it for years.

Meet The Candidate Suing Debbie Wasserman-Schultz For Election Fraud.  Tim Canova, the independent challenger to Debbie Wasserman-Schultz in her 2018 re-election race in Florida, is suing the former DNC chairwoman for election fraud.  Canova joins us to discuss the evidence that he has compiled that the vote count was rigged, and talks about what the future might hold for Broward County.  One thing is clear:  Tim Canova is a brave man.

Why won't the AG even look into Al Sharpton's latest dubious deal?  Why isn't state Attorney General Barbara Underwood looking into that bizarre $531,000 payment to the Rev. Al Sharpton by his own nonprofit for his "life story"?  Tax and film-industry experts contacted by The [New York] Post all raised their eyebrows after learning the details.  And Sharpton's long history of dubious fiscal management and hefty tax liens — not to mention two mysterious fires that conveniently consumed his financial records — doesn't exactly inspire confidence that all this is on the up and up.

Reveal the Congressional Hush Fund Hypocrites.  Which is worse: candidate, businessman, and then still private citizen Donald Trump using his own money to make what Hillary Clinton might call "bimbo eruptions" go away to protect his brand and himself from personal embarrassment, or Congress using taxpayer money in a slush fund to pay off those sexually harassed by sitting officeholders?

Dem Rep. Paid Sister's Firm Nearly $200,000 From Campaign Funds During Midterms.  A Democratic representative disbursed nearly $200,000 from his campaign funds to a law firm that is owned by his sister throughout the 2018 election cycle, according to a review of Federal Election Commission filings.  Rep. William Lacy Clay Jr. (D., Mo.) made the payments from his campaign committee, Clay Jr. for Congress, to the Law Office of Michelle C. Clay, LLC, a law firm owned by his sister, Michelle, that does not have a website and whose address appears to be a residential home in Silver Spring, Md., just outside of Washington, D.C.  The first payment to the firm this past cycle was in the amount of $9,000 and was made on Jan. 4, 2017, for professional services fees including fundraising and compliance.  In addition to the fundraising and compliance services, the payments to Michelle Clay's firm were marked for community organizing, legal counsel, and record keeping.

Kamala Harris, taking 'I don't recall' to new heights.  MeToo loudmouth and Bay Area Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris of California has gotten herself into yet another scrap, this one claiming she knew nothing about a $400,000 payoff for a sexual harassment case brought on by one of her top staffers.  How very ironic, given how she stuck it to spotless Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over sex harassment phony claims during his confirmation hearings and tried to make herself the figurehead for being sterling tough against sex harassment.  The hypocrisy is thick.

Harris: Totally unaware of $400K settlement for harassment, retaliation involving longtime senior staffer?  Kamala Harris lost a key aide yesterday, but may have more problems retaining her credibility.  Larry Wallace worked for Harris during her time as California's attorney general as well as in her Senate office as a senior advisor.  Between those two jobs, his assistant filed a complaint over sexual harassment and retaliation for Wallace's actions during the transition.  The state of California quietly paid $400,000 to settle the lawsuit, but it didn't stay quiet permanently.  The Sacramento Bee reported it yesterday afternoon [12/5/2018].

Top Kamala Harris Aide Resigns After $400K Harassment Settlement Surfaces.  A senior adviser for Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) reportedly resigned on Wednesday evening [12/5/2018] after the Sacramento Bee "inquired about a $400,000 harassment and retaliation settlement resulting from his time working for Harris at the California Department of Justice."  Larry Wallace, the top Harris staffer who resigned, reportedly "served as the director of the Division of Law Enforcement" at the California Department of Justice while Harris was the Golden State's attorney general in 2016.  Harris reportedly then hired Wallace to be a senior adviser in her Sacramento Senate office.

Another Turbulent Week with Some Big Mysteries.  While the President was out of the country the FBI raided the office of Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, a guy who controlled the city and state finances.  The Feds ordered everyone to leave, placed brown paper over the doors and went through the files in Burke's office.  Is this Trump striking back?  Is Obama's cover coming undone?  The Chicago field office offered no comment.  It's not clear they were even in the loop respecting this raid.

Federal agents show up at Ald. Ed Burke's City Hall office, paper over windows.  Federal agents showed up unannounced at the City Hall office of Finance Committee Chairman Ed Burke, kicked everyone out and papered over the windows Thursday morning.  The exact nature of their visit was not known, but Ald. Burke (14th) has dodged dozens of federal investigations over five decades in Chicago politics.  A source told the Sun-Times the raids were in response to new allegations, and not prompted by any past controversies that have swirled around Burke.

Dem wanting social media scrutiny for gun-license applicants has violent, tax-delinquent past: reports.  Be careful what you tweet, if you hope to someday lawfully own a firearm in New York state.  A Democratic state lawmaker from Brooklyn has submitted a bill calling for all gun-license applicants to let the government review their social media posts going back three years and their internet searches going back one year.  Investigators would then look "any good cause for the denial of a license," such as racial slurs, threats of violence and terrorism-related posts.  But the bill's sponsor, state Sen. Kevin Parker, has a history of his own legal skirmishes.

Top California Democrat takes leave of absence amid inquiry into sexual misconduct allegations.  The California Democratic Party announced Monday [11/26/2018] that chairman Eric Bauman will take a leave of absence until an outside investigation concludes examining allegations of sexual misconduct against him.  The decision was made after Bauman used the "the holiday weekend to consider the most constructive path forward for the work of the California Democratic Party," according to California Democratic Party spokesperson Mike Roth.

The New Crooked Congressional Black Caucus.  In the last decade, every single House Democrat sent to prison for financial crimes was a Congressional Black Caucus member.  In the last twenty years, it's been over 80%.  After the midterms, the CBC has grown past a record 50 members.  But that doesn't mean it's getting better.  Power makes it worse.  Rep. Ilhan Omar is the most famous freshman member of the CBC in the 116th Congress.  The CBC's PAC boasted that she is "the first Somali-American and first Muslim woman elected to Congress".  She's also the first member of Congress who had to deny being married to her brother.  As historical "firsts" go, alleged incest in the House is far more historic than being an immigrant from a failed state and then crawling into Congress on the strength of the Ellison voters in Little Mogadishu.  Omar has denied being married to her brother, even though evidence suggests that she was.  A complaint was even filed accusing Omar of abusing taxpayer money to divorce her own brother.

Cindy Hyde-Smith and the Media Lynch Mob.  Every election cycle the legacy media accuse any and all southern Republicans of reviving Jim Crow, while studiously ignoring the inconvenient fact that it was the Democrats who presided over the era of racial segregation.  During the recent midterms, for example, they dubbed Illinois native Rick Scott, "Florida's Jim Crow governor."  In Georgia, they claimed without evidence that GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp had suppressed the black vote while secretary of state.  And now the media lynch mob has gone to Mississippi, where they hope to string up GOP Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith for transparently meritless and frivolous charges.  Hyde-Smith was Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce when appointed last March by Governor Phil Bryant to replace ailing U.S. Senator Thad Cochran.  She is now defending that seat against Clinton crony Mike Espy.  The media have devoted little coverage to Espy's ouster for corruption from his position as Agriculture Secretary, and even less to his lobbying efforts on behalf of war criminal Laurent Gbagbo.  They have found plenty of space for a 1975 photo in Hyde-Smith's high school year book, her visit to a Mississippi historical site, and a semi-audible video in which she allegedly discusses voter suppression.

Former Senior Ohio Lawmaker Arrested for Murder of His Estranged Wife, Media Plays 'Guess the Political Party'.  A former senior Ohio lawmaker who had served as assistant minority whip in the Ohio legislature was arrested this past weekend for the murder of his estranged wife.  He had previously served nine months in state prison for assaulting her in 2014 while a common pleas judge in Cuyahoga County — a position he had been appointed to by then-Gov. Ted Strickland (D).  But would you ever know that Lance Mason was a Democrat?  Not if you relied on the media reporting.

Democrat Losers:  Undignified and Dangerous.  For Democrats like [Florida Senator Bill] Nelson, the Kennedy era represents the good old days when Republicans were disinclined to draw attention to Democrat fraud.  When, for example, Kennedy "won" the 1960 presidential election with a little extra help from corrupt Illinois and Texas Democrats, the Republican who actually received the most legitimate votes refused to contest his loss because it would have undermined voter confidence in the system.  That gentleman, his name was Nixon, was by no means perfect.  He did, however, understand that some things are more important than winning or losing.

Crooks And Communists Fight to Lead House Democratic Caucus.  The chair of the Democratic Caucus is one of those influential positions that nobody thinks twice about.  In 2016, Rep. Linda Sanchez got to be the vice-chair of the Democratic Caucus and her appointment was touted as an identity politics first.  To get the job, Rep. Sanchez had to beat out Rep. Barbara Lee, an admirer of murderous Communist dictator Fidel Castro.  And Sanchez only beat out Lee by two votes.  Together with sister, Loretta Sanchez, who had warned, "the Vietnamese and the Republicans are... trying to take this seat", the Sanchez sisters were also the only disgraceful sister duo in the House.  Rep. Sanchez had set her sights on serving as the chair of the Democratic Caucus, a position formerly held by luminaries like Senator Bob Menendez, Rep. John Larson, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and Dan Rostenkowski, sent to prison for mail fraud.  But then her husband was indicted on corruption charges.  Sanchez announced that she was dropping out of the contest to due to "an unexpected family matter."

Never Forget:  Whistleblower Investigating Fraud in Broward County Shot Himself in the Head — But No Gun Was Found.  A federal prosecutor's body was discovered on a Hollywood, Florida beach in May 2017.  Beranton J. Whisenant, Jr. was handling several visa and passport fraud cases in Debbie Wasserman Schultz's district in Broward County at the time of his death.

Dead Men Tell No Tales in Broward County: 3 Recent Whistleblowers Who Ended Up DEAD.  Controversies arise regularly in Debbie Wasserman Schultz's 23rd district and those who seek justice sometimes meet an untimely demise.  Below are the stories of 3 men who dared challenge the establishment and soon after paid with their lives.

When People Wonder Why Broward County, Florida Is Allowed To Be So Corrupt Show Them This.  More and more are asking why the Broward County Elections Office, which has amassed numerous legal rulings against them both past and present, is allowed to continue largely unimpeded by any real oversight.  Well, there are places in the United States where government corruption is part of a community's DNA:  Detroit, Chicago, Austin, Sacramento, Baltimore, etc., and yes, Broward County, Florida.  All of these examples and more are afforded protection from on high from the masters of the anti-American Progressive movement so long as they do one thing — help Democrats to win elections.

Rep. Linda Sanchez's husband indicted for corruption.  The U.S. attorney in New Haven, Connecticut announced that a federal grand jury has returned two indictments charging five people with the theft of federal funds.  One if the individuals charged is James Sullivan, who is married to California Democratic Rep. Linda Sanchez.  According to a government release, the U.S. attorney alleges that the defendants conspired to misuse an account that held funds provided by federal grants to the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Corporation (CMEEC), a public corporation that allows municipal electric utilities in Connecticut to provide electricity.

Sen. Menendez wins re-election amid corruption allegations.  New Jersey voters held their noses Tuesday [11/6/2018] and re-elected corruption-plagued Democratic US Sen. Bob Menendez.  In one of the most brutal and closely watched races of the season, Menendez beat out retired millionaire pharma exec and former Trump delegate Bob Hugin, who had faced an uphill battle for the seat despite his foe's ethically challenged past.  The state has not elected a Republican to the Senate since 1972.

Will the DOJ Go After the Beto Campaign for Diverting Campaign Funds to the Caravan?  The Department of Justice has developed a reputation for targeting Republican politicians through election laws.  Republicans are often sent to prison, while Democrats frequently get nothing more than a fine.  Even though a Republican president is in power, with his appointee Jeff Sessions heading up the DOJ, the Deep State is entrenched in the agency, continuing to target Republicans.  But this is finally all coming to light, as Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team zealously goes after those connected to President Trump.  Last week, Project Veritas caught staffers on the campaign of Beto O'Rourke, who is running against Ted Cruz for Senate, on video saying the campaign spent money on supplies for the caravan of people from Central America headed to the U.S.  This is a clear violation of law.  But will the campaign be prosecuted?

Secretary of State's office:  Investigation underway into failed hack by Democratic Party of Georgia.  The Georgia Secretary of State's Office says it is investigating a failed attempt to hack the state's voter registration system by the Democratic Party of Georgia, the office said in a news release.  The state has not said what evidence they have that a hack occurred.  "While we cannot comment on the specifics of an ongoing investigation, I can confirm that the Democratic Party of Georgia is under investigation for possible cyber crimes," said secretary of state office press secretary Candice Broce.  "We can also confirm that no personal data was breached and our system remains secure."

Beto O'Rourke's Campaign Self-Destructs.  In just the last three weeks, Democratic candidates for office, such as Tennessee Senate candidate Phil Bredesen, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, Arizona Senate candidate Krysten Sinema, Florida Governor candidate Andrew Gillum, Virginia House candidate Abigail Spanberger, had undercover journalists who were embedded within their campaigns release highly damaging videos.  The videos show campaign staff and sometimes the candidates themselves lying about their real positions on key issues, openly discussing how they have to lie about their progressive views in order to trick voters into supporting them.  And now with it's latest video expose, Project Veritas has uncovered potentially illegal activity as well as the usual politically motivated lies.  On the night of Thursday, Nov. 1, O'Keefe posted a new video made by one of his undercover reporters that allegedly showed top staff members of the O'Rourke campaign discussing using donated campaign funds to aid recently arrived illegal migrants from Honduras and hiding it from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by claiming the money went to fund campaign Halloween events and other expenses.

New Jersey should vote out corrupt Menendez.  For the first time since 1972, New Jersey Republicans find themselves with a real chance to elect a US senator — and rightly so, since incumbent Bob Menendez stands exposed as blatantly corrupt.  Which is why The Post is happy to endorses GOP challenger Bob Hugin.  Hugin probably wouldn't stand much chance in deep-blue Jersey.  But Menendez has richly earned his massive unpopularity with Garden State voters.  Hugin promises New Jersey "a senator we can be proud of."  And Menendez is anything but that — simply put, he's an embarrassment.

Say no to re-electing crooks.  For a liberal Democrat and a conservative Republican, Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez and New York Rep. Chris Collins have a lot in common — namely, huge ethical problems that they're hoping the voters will ignore for the sake of ideology.  Menendez's corruption is indisputable:  He took six-figures gifts and donations from his "friend," Dr. Salomon Melgen — and in exchange intervened with federal regulators who were trying to stop Melgen's Medicare fraud.  He also arranged visas for a host of the doctor's "girlfriends."

Democrat Andrew Gillum Billed FBI Undercover Agent $4,386 For Fundraiser, Never Disclosed In Finance Reports.  The Andrew Gillum campaign continues to implode, now with reports that he failed to disclose $4,386 of an "in kind contribution" made by an undercover FBI agent who had been investigating the campaign.  Campaign finance laws require all candidates to report all campaign contributions and expenditures to be listed with the state disclosure portal.  While there's usually a 30 day window to file these reports, the FBI agent's contribution is from 2016.

Records show FBI agents gave Andrew Gillum tickets to 'Hamilton' in 2016.  Undercover FBI agents paid for Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum's hotel room and his ticket to the Broadway musical Hamilton during a 2016 trip to New York City, according to a bombshell trove of records that raises new questions two weeks before the Nov. 6 election for Florida governor.  Among the records released Tuesday [10/23/2018]:  photos, a video and dozens of text messages between Gillum, who is the Democratic nominee for governor, former lobbyist Adam Corey and an undercover FBI agent.  They appear to contradict Gillum's explanation for the expenses, which have been made an major issue by his Republican rival, Ron DeSantis.  Gillum's campaign has maintained — and continued to do so Tuesday after the records were released — that Gillum's brother, Marcus, handed him the ticket the night of the show.  But text messages at the time of the trip show Gillum was told the tickets came from "Mike Miller," an FBI agent looking into city corruption who was posing as a developer.

Where does Andrew Gillum go from here?  Tuesday's [10/23/2018] release of private emails and text messages by a former friend detailing the mayor's trips to Central America with lobbyists and to New York with federal investigators couldn't have come at a worse time for Gillum.

Senator Cory Booker Accused of Sexual Assault by Gay Man.  A gay man who describes himself as a liberal Democrat is accusing New Jersey Senator Cory Booker of sexually assaulting him in 2014.  Booker is considered a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.  The man, who wishes to remain anonymous for now, penned a lengthy open letter that was posted on Twitter.  In the letter he describes the assault that occurred in a bathroom following a meeting at his workplace, where the two met.

Victim Details Accusations of Sexual Assault by U.S. Senator Corey Booker.  In a rather remarkable and detailed anonymous posting on social media a man details his encounter with New Jersey Senator Corey Booker, and how Booker sexually assaulted him in a restroom.  According to the victim he reached out to #MeToo champion Ronan Farrow who has done little — so far — to support him.

Andrew Gillum's Family Under Investigation; May Have Engaged in Voter Fraud.  Less than a year before gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum publicly denounced President Donald Trump's efforts to investigate the threat of voter fraud, Gillum's brother, Marcus Gillum, voted in the 2016 general election in Tallahassee, Florida while a resident of Chicago, Illinois.  According to Florida law, you must be a legal resident in Florida to vote in elections.  Casting an illegal vote in Florida is a third-degree felony.

Texas Democrats [are] asking non-citizens to vote.  The Public Interest Legal Foundation has alerted the Justice Department to a gambit by Texas Democrats to get non-citizens to vote.  The state party sent out a voter registration form asking non-citizens to sign up, with the citizenship box already checked "yes." [...] This is an open invitation for voter fraud on a large scale, and the way the Democrats went about it defies belief: [...] How many other state Democratic Parties send out similar requests to non-citizens and haven't been caught?  Are we to believe that one party in one state came up with this idea all on its own?

Texas Dems ask noncitizens to register to vote, send applications with citizenship box pre-checked.  The Texas Democratic Party asked non-citizens to register to vote, sending out applications to immigrants with the box citizenship already checked "Yes," according to new complaints filed Thursday asking prosecutors to see what laws may have been broken.  The Public Interest Legal Foundation alerted district attorneys and the federal Justice Department to the pre-checked applications, and also included a signed affidavit from a man who said some of his relatives, who aren't citizens, received the mailing.  "This is how the Texas Democratic Party is inviting foreign influence in an election in a federal election cycle," said Logan Churchwell, spokesman for the PILF, a group that's made its mark policing states' voter registration practices.

McCaskill Scandal.  How about the scandal involving Sen. Claire McCaskill's husband, who's been accused of using a federal program intended to help the poor to enrich himself in the 10 years since McCaskill joined the Senate?  McCaskill is in a tight race in Missouri against challenger Josh Hawley, in a year when control of the Senate is up for grabs.  So, a juicy scandal like this would normally be irresistible to reporters.  Except McCaskill is a Democrat.  And as the MRC found, this story got zero coverage on the big three networks.  Then there's the scandal involving a former staffer for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who was arrested and charged with several felonies, after he disclosed personal information on Republican Senators on the Judiciary Committee during the Kavanaugh hearings.  The networks completely ignored this story.

Manchin's luxury yacht may be investigated.  The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust asked the Senate ethics committee to investigate Democratic Senator Joe Manchin for failing to disclose his ownership of a limited liability company that holds a $700,000 yacht he lives on while he is in Washington.  If the committee takes up the complaint, Manchin will be the first West Virginian in Congress to be investigated for ethics violations in eight years.

More Bribery:  Kamala Harris hands $400,000 to Heidi Heitkamp.  Democratic senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota went against her own voters' sentiment, which supported Judge Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court by about 60%; voted against the man in a bid to sink his confirmation; and suddenly found herself with a flood of campaign cash, courtesy of Sen. Kamala Harris, who raised her a $400,000 payday.

Oregon Governor Busted By Undercover Video.  Oregon Democrat Governor Kate Brown's Facebook page is claiming that the liberal administrator's former campaign manager is "not a credible source," following an undercover video released by Project Veritas Action Fund, exposing alleged graft and corruption in her office.  Michael Kolenc ran Brown's campaign in 2016, and claimed criminal acts against her.  Conservative Daily Post asked the Governor's staff to confirm that 'unofficial comments' on the Facebook page asserting that her former campaign manager is "not a reliable source" is the only defense the Governor is offering, to the allegations which could cost her the election or her freedom.  There was no response at first, but they finally added that they 'couldn't respond.'  Kolenc was captured on tape candidly discussing his relationship with the Governor's office.  The first potential violation of state law he mentioned was focused on the "direction and use of government personnel," as reported by Veritas.

Is there even a single decent Democrat in Congress?  Now we know for sure.  There is not a single decent person among the Democrats in Congress.  Because not one Democrat has had the fortitude to stand up and admit that what they are doing to Judge Brett Kavanaugh is obscene and grossly indecent, we must admit that there is not one of them with the moral sense to know that destroying a man for politics is wrong.  It's not only wrong, but depraved.  Not one Democrat member of the Senate, not one in the House.  Those on the Judiciary Committee are particularly venal.  Not one among the 95% of the leftist media has come to Kavanaugh's defense.  Instead, they too are on a mission to ruin his life and keep him off the Supreme Court.  They do not report the many inconsistencies in Christine Blasey Ford's vague account of her alleged encounter that effectively render it a lie.  NBC never even mentioned Rachel Mitchell's report because it so seriously undermines Ford's narrative.  It is doubtful there ever was such an incident.

People are starting to recall that time Chuck Schumer called a flight attendant a [nasty name].  Before Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer transformed into a #BelieveAllWomen activist who believes that anyone who questions a woman's claims — no matter how unsubstantiated those claims might be — is a sexist and misogynist, he used to be, well, an actual sexist and misogynist.  Case in point:  Guess how Schumer responded nine years ago when a U.S. Airways flight attendant politely asked him and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to discontinue their phone calls so the flight could take off.

Report: The Dem Staffer Arrested Doxxing Republican Senators Wasn't An Intern.  A Democratic staffer arrested last week on charges that he revealed the personal information of several Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members was not an "intern" for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), as originally reported.  The 27-year-old career staffer, Jackson Cosko, was, instead, reportedly a "fellow" paid by an "outside institution" who served as a primary adviser in Lee's Congressional office.  According to the Tennessee Star, "[w]hile [Lee] claims Cosko was an 'unpaid intern' in her office, the Washington Post reports that Cosko was actually a 'fellow.'  This was confirmed by Cosko's lawyer, who said his client was a 'fellow' in Jackson-Lee's office and that he was being paid by an 'outside institution.'"

Capitol Police Arrest 27-Year-Old Democrat Staffer Jackson Cosko For Doxxing 3 GOP Senators.  Capitol Police arrested v27-year-old Jackson Cosko of DC for "allegedly posted private, identifying information (doxxing) about one or more United States Senators."  Many Republicans on the Senate Judiciary had their home addresses and phone numbers published on their Wikipedia pages last Thursday [10/4/2018].  Shortly after Lindsey Graham went off on Senate Democrats for destroying Kavanaugh's life in order to derail his confirmation, Republicans were doxxed.  The victims included Republican Senators Mike Lee, Orrin Hatch of Utah and Lindsey Graham, reported the Washington Times.

Intern for Democratic congresswoman arrested for 'doxxing' GOP senators.  An intern for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has been arrested for posting personal information of Republican senators on the Internet, Capitol Police said Wednesday [10/3/2018].  Jackson Cosko, 27, faces charges of making public restricted personal information; witness tampering; threats in interstate communications; unauthorized access of a government computer; identity theft; second-degree burglary; and unlawful entry.

Sheila Jackson Lee's Intern Arrested For Posting GOP Senators Private Info Online.  The Congressional intern that was behind the doxxing of several GOP Senators has been revealed.  And looky-looky, it was a long-time Democrat intern.  Who could have guessed?  Jackson Cosko, 27, an unpaid intern for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), has been hit with several charges relating to the publishing of private information like home addresses and phone numbers on the Wikipedia pages of three Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senators Lindsey 'Actually Spartacus' Graham (R-SC), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Orrin Hatch (R-UT). It is unclear if Cosko was involved in revealing the information of all the Senators, but the charges are related to 'at least one' of them.

Cosko Is Not An Unpaid Intern.  Capitol Police on October 3 arrested 27-year old congressional staffer Jackson Cosko for posting on Wikipedia the private addresses of three members of the Senate Judiciary Committee — what's known as "doxxing" (a word derived from the shorthand for "document").  Cosko is facing serious charges that include illegally posting private information of public figures, witness tampering, threats, identity theft, and unlawful entry.  In the mainstream media, Cosko is being portrayed as a hapless overzealous intern who didn't even have the smarts to cover up his criminal act.  His former boss — Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) has denied she knew anything about Cosko's activities.  In a press conference held this week, Jackson-Lee explained that she fired Cosko and is cooperating with officials investigating the crimes. (Interestingly, cameras recorded Jackson-Lee passing an envelope to Christine Blasey Ford's lawyer just before her testimony got underway.)

Staffer who 'doxed' GOP senators faces nearly 50 years in federal prison.  The former Democratic congressional staffer who posted personal information about Republican senators online faces nearly 50 years in prison.  Jackson Cosko, a 27-year-old Washington, D.C., resident, was arrested Wednesday [10/3/2018] by U.S. Capitol Police when he was caught sneaking into the offices of Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., after 10 p.m.  Tuesday and using an aide's computer and log-in.  He was charged with five federal offenses: making public restricted personal information, making threats in interstate commerce, unauthorized access of a government computer, identity theft, and witness tampering.

Police: Staffer accused of 'doxxing' senators caught after sneaking into Sen. Maggie Hassan's office.  Jackson Cosko, the Democratic staffer accused of "doxxing" Republican senators during the Kavanaugh confirmation fight, was caught after he sneaked into a Senate Democrat's office earlier this week and tried to use one of their computers, police said in an affidavit made public Thursday [10/4/2018].  Mr. Cosko, 27, now stands accused of a number of federal and local crimes after police say he posted personal addresses and telephone numbers of senators to their Wikipedia pages over the last couple of weeks.  He appeared for an initial hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., and was ordered detained until a hearing Tuesday.

Kavanaugh Drank Beer?  He Can't Hold a Candle to Obama's Pot and Cocaine Use.  While liberals express outrage over the fact that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh drank beer — reportedly sometimes to excess — in high school and college, they and the leftist media have largely ignored the extensive partying of former President Barack Obama, who has confessed to heavy pot smoking and cocaine use in high school and college.  Given the drinking limits being set retroactively for Kavanaugh by his leftist critics and arguments therefrom that he is not suited for the high court, it is reasonable to conclude that Barack Obama's extensive illegal drug use would preclude him from a seat on the Supreme Court, or on any federal bench.  Revelations of Obama's partying and drug use are presented in the book Dreams From My Father:  A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama and in the New York Times bestseller Rising Star:  The Making of Barack Obama by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David J. Garrow.

Fight Together or Fall Apart.  [Scroll down]  The Democrats could not defeat Brett Kavanaugh on the merits, because for all practical purposes he is unimpeachable as a candidate, so they must manufacture fake accusations and go back to his high school years to divine a weakness of character not inherent in his history but magically ascertainable from the fact that he likes beer and acted as a teenager when he was a teenager.  The ones who climb the wall of justice and probity to ascertain Kavanaugh's fate include:  A woman who had a Chinese spy working for her for twenty years; a man who lied about serving in Vietnam; a guy who readily admits that at 17, he committed the very same crime they collectively were accusing Kavanaugh of (and who has a make-believe friend named T-Bone; a woman who began her political career by having an affair with Willie Brown; and a woman who, echoing rape apologists of the past, thinks men should "shut up" and take it.  Yet, Feinstein, Blumenthal, Booker, and Harris serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee with little appreciation for irony and a total lack of shame.  The rest of the party is no better; the documented offenses too many to list.

Beto O'Rourke Will Not Get the Kavanaugh Treatment.  We await the next shoe to drop in the Judge Kavanaugh saga.  Rest assured that if there's a rumor that, in third grade, young Brett yanked on the ponytails of the girl in the second row (war on women!), the New York Times, NBC News, and phalanxes of their journalistic colleagues will be all over it.  Meanwhile, Representative Beto O'Rourke had a pair of felony arrests in his mid-to-late 20s, including a reckless drunk-driving incident in which he crashed into a car and allegedly tried to flee from the scene.  The cases appear to have mysteriously disappeared without serious prosecution, notwithstanding that O'Rourke continues to deny basic facts outlined in at least one police report.  So, what really happened?  We don't know.  See, Representative O'Rourke is a Democrat.  Not just that.  O'Rourke is the Democrat running for a Senate seat against Ted Cruz, the Republican incumbent who is a favorite of grass-roots conservatives.

Beto O'Rourke's false claim that he did not try to leave the scene of a DWI.  During a debate with his rival, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), O'Rourke was asked pointblank about a drunk-driving incident when he was 26 years old:  Did he try to leave the scene of the accident?  The House Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News had recently obtained the police reports of the incident and reported he had done so. [...] O'Rourke's assertion that he did not try to leave the scene of the accident, however, is disputed by the police records.  So that's worthy of a fact check.

Beto O'Rourke Denies Trying to Flee Scene of Drunken Car Crash, Challenging Police Reports.  Democratic Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke during Friday night's debate denied trying to flee the scene of a 1998 drunken car crash, despite police reports to the contrary.  Police reports published by the Houston Chronicle on Aug. 30 show that the witness who called 9-1-1 told officers that O'Rourke "attempted to leave the scene" after losing control of his car and hitting a truck.  The witness "then turned on his over head lights to warn oncoming traffic and to try to get [O'Rourke] to stop," the responding officer wrote.  O'Rourke, who is running against Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, was asked about the Chronicle's report during the debate at Southern Methodist University.

Ellison grilled over abuse allegations in Minnesota AG debate.  Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison was grilled Friday [9/21/2018] during a televised debate over allegations of domestic abuse, an issue that has dogged his run for Minnesota attorney general despite drawing scant national coverage.  Republican candidate Doug Wardlow cited the accounts by Amy Alexander and Karen Monahan, both of whom have accused Mr. Ellison of becoming physical after losing his temper, which he has denied.  "I think two credible, strong allegations of domestic abuse is enough," said Mr. Wardlow, prompting Mr. Ellison to counter, "There's not two.  There's zero."

Corruption Junction — Desperation Amid Democrat Members of The Intelligence "Gang of Eight".  I've probably reviewed thousands of congressional letters, and intelligence committee letters from oversight, along with even more executive agency responses.  In fact, CTH has shared hundreds of outlines covering granular details within many of the internal memos and correspondences.  However, I have never seen anything like this before.  The combination of arrogance, hubris and desperation within a letter from the four Democrats on the intelligence oversight Gang of Eight, is palpable even in text format.  Legislative branch members:  Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Adam Schiff and Mark Warner write a letter today [9/18/2018] to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and FBI Director Christopher Wray, demanding the executive branch cabinet members withhold information from the White House.

Democrats, Kavanaugh, and 'The End of Civilization'.  Back in 1969, Senator Kennedy had recklessly caused the death of a young woman, not his wife, by driving her off a rickety bridge on Chappaquiddick Island as they sped away from a booze-soaked bacchanal.  Kennedy managed to save himself by swimming to safety.  He then abandoned the scene for hours, failing to alert police and rescue workers while Mary Jo Kopechne, submerged in the car, eventually drowned.  Ms. Kopechne did not live to see "Me Too."  That "movement," in which the Left is front and center, was not forged until long after leftists had raised the notoriously lecherous Kennedy to "Lion of the Senate" status.  Indeed, it was not forged until 20 years after Democrats, prominently including women's-rights advocates, closed ranks around President Bill Clinton, Kennedy's equally lascivious political ally.  According to the victim's credible accusation, Clinton had raped Juanita Broaddrick in 1978.  That was before Brett Kavanaugh could even have pondered hitting underage beer parties.  Clinton, at the time, was the 32-year-old attorney general of Arkansas.

Broaddrick: FBI Probe Ford Allegation?  Then 'Investigate My Rape Allegations' Against Clinton.  Commenting on Christine Blasey Ford's allegation that Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her at a beer party some 36 years ago and that the FBI must investigate the matter now before she will testify about the supposed incident, Juanita Broaddrick tweeted that if the FBI goes back that far then it must also "investigate my RAPE allegations against Bill Clinton, too."  "If you want the FBI to go back that far @HillaryClinton @MSNBC to investigate Ford's allegations .... let's investigate my RAPE allegations against Bill Clinton, too.  Seems only fair," Broaddrick tweeted on Sept. 18.  Juanita Broaddrick, a retired nursing home administrator, has long maintained that Bill Clinton, when he was the Arkansas Attorney General, raped her — a "forcible, brutal rape" — in a hotel room in Little Rock, Ark., on April 25, 1978.  At the time, Broaddrick was 35, Clinton was 31.

The left has dictated, dominated our culture for a generation — time's up.  With Judge Kavanaugh, the left has hit a new low.  They want Sen. Susan Collins of Maine to vote "no."  To get the no vote, they are offering her a financial incentive, an inducement.  Some would call it a bribe.  Here's how it works.  If Collins votes "yes" on Kavanaugh, a crowdfunding website will give $1 million to her opponent in 2020.  Her opponent will not get the money if Collins votes "no."  Vote the way we want, or we'll spend big bucks to beat you next time around.  As of Tuesday afternoon [9/11/2018], 37,000 people had handed over their credit card information and pledged $1,041,000.  The pledges are activated if Collins votes "yes."  I don't care whether this is legally a bribe or not.  It amounts to buying a vote, and it shouldn't have any part in our politics.

Keith Ellison faces and navigates controversy, again.  Keith Ellison is well-versed in campaigning with political baggage.  The Minneapolis lawyer and politician climbed the Democratic political ranks, from the Minnesota Legislature to Congress and Democratic National Committee deputy chairman, while contending with controversies — from decades-old ties to the Nation of Islam to one-time public support for a federal fugitive.  Now, as he mounts a bid for Minnesota attorney general, he is trying to move past an allegation of domestic abuse from a former girlfriend.

Kamala Harris's $50,000 LAPD guards not her first corruption rodeo.  California's Sen. Kamala Harris, the leftist Democratic presidential wannabe who got herself in the news after piously posturing against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, has now been caught with her hand in the till, traipsing around California with a Los Angeles Police Department bodyguard detail in tow, at a taxpayer-paid cost of nearly $50,000. [...] A new police chief found out about the unprecedented freebie from the people of Los Angeles and put a stop to it.  The mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, says he never heard of it and laid the blame squarely on recently retired LAPD chief Charlie Beck.  One thing is certain:  it's never been done before.

The Circus of Resistance.  The resistance to Donald Trump was warring on all fronts last week.  Democratic senators vied with pop-up protestors in the U.S. Senate gallery to disrupt and, if possible, to derail the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.  U.S. SenatorCory Booker (D-N.J.) played Spartacus, but could not even get the script right as he claimed to be bravely releasing classified information that was already declassified.  I cannot remember another example of a senator who wanted to break the law but could not figure out how to do it.

Congressional candidate vows to stay in race while jailed.  A congressional candidate from Georgia says he's ordering campaign signs and sending surrogates to meetings while he serves a jail sentence that could keep him locked up through Election Day.

Is Menendez Too Crooked Even for New Jersey?  New Jersey may very well be in play this year because the Democrats have renominated Senator Robert Menendez, easily the most crooked member of the upper chamber today, and one who must rank in the top tier through its whole history (which is really saying something!).  Last year, Menendez went on trial for corruption over his cozy relationship with Dr. Salomon Melgen, a Florida ophthalmologist who is himself serving a lengthy sentence for defrauding Medicare to the tune of tens of millions of dollars.

Mueller, Comey, and the Deep State Rescue of Sandy Berger.  In April 2005, a Republican-led Department of Justice did something quite unusual.  After catching a Democratic operative stealing and destroying highly relevant classified documents, the DoJ punished him as though he had stolen the Snickers bars from the office vending machine. [...] The attorney general at the time, the feckless Alberto Gonzales, had been on the job less than two months when the Berger deal went down.  Gonzales's deputy attorney general, James Comey, however, had been on the job for more than a year.  It was under Comey's supervision that the DoJ reviewed the case against Berger.  It was a doozy.  In the nerviest of his criminal acts, Berger stole highly classified documents and stashed them under a trailer at a construction site during a break.  He retrieved the documents at the end of the day and admittedly used scissors to cut them into little pieces before throwing them away.  He then lied to investigators about what he had done. [...] I have a suspicion of what those documents were.  Suffice it for now to say they had to contain information damaging to both Clinton and Berger sufficient for Berger to risk his livelihood, his reputation, and his very freedom.

Draining the Swamp, Building the Wall, Repealing ObamaCare.  The history of American government has never been free from scandals and corruption of one sort or another.  However, what we're witnessing today makes these past incidents seem like mere peccadillos.  The millions and billions of dollars involved in the Clinton Foundation pay-for-play deals, the Uranium 1 deal Hillary Clinton arranged for Putin and Russia, and the millions and billions in contracts the FBI, under the directorship of supposedly squeaky-clean Robert Mueller, awarded to Lockheed-Martin after his old buddy, James Comey, left the FBI and become their General Counsel, and who was then personally compensated with millions of dollars, are just a few examples of the financial crimes that appear to be committed regularly by denizens of the Swamp, and conspicuously ignored by the Department of Justice.

Prominent Kentucky Democrat Indicted for Illegal Campaign Contributions.  Prominent and powerful Kentucky Democrat Jerry Lundergan was indicted Friday [8/31/2018] for making a series of illegal campaign contributions to his daughter's campaign.  Federal prosecutors allege that Lundergan made corporate contributions that exceeded the $25,000 limit to Alison Lundergan Grimes' failed 2014 Senate campaign against Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.).  Lundergan has been indicted on 10 counts, while fellow political operate Dale Emmons was indicted on six.

Report: Andrew Gillum's Brother Paid by Undercover FBI Agents Posing as Developers.  A story from Tallahassee Reports published Thursday [8/30/2018] offers details about an FBI investigation into possible corruption in the city of Tallahassee while Andrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee in Florida's upcoming gubernatorial election, was mayor.  According to the story by Steve Stewart, FBI agents posing as developers made payments to Andrew Gillum's brother, Marcus Gillum, as part of an effort to show they were seeking business with the city of Tallahassee.  "The payments were said to be in the thousands of dollars per month," Stewart wrote.  "The length of the engagement was not known."

Police Report:  Beto O'Rourke Tried to Flee Scene of Drunk-Driving Crash.  It has long been a matter of public record that Beto O'Rourke was arrested for driving while intoxicated in 1998, but a police report recently obtained by the Houston Chronicle reveals that the Democratic Senate candidate crashed and tried to flee the scene before his arrest.  O'Rourke, then 26, was driving at "a high rate of speed" on a Texas highway roughly ten miles from the New Mexico border when he crashed into a truck and spun across the median into oncoming traffic.  A witness whom O'Rourke passed shortly before crashing later told police he personally prevented O'Rourke from fleeing the scene.  The unnamed witness "turned on his overhead lights to warn oncoming traffic and to try to get the defendant [O'Rourke] to stop," according to the report.

Beto O'Rourke's drunk-driving crash is not at all like George W. Bush's DUI.  Drunk driving is bad.  Like, very bad.  Don't do it.  You put others' lives in danger if you do.  There's no excusing it.  There's no downplaying it.  What's ridiculous, though, is the attempt to compare former President George W. Bush's 1976 DUI to Texas Democratic Senate candidate Beto O'Rouke's 1998 DWI, especially in light of new reporting on the latter.  There's no comparison between the two. [... In O'Rouke's case,] The court eventually dismissed the DWI charges, for reasons hard to fathom.  The influence of his politically connected family (his father is an El Paso judge) could have been a factor.  O'Rouke, who is polling closely in his race against Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, did not deny the allegations Friday [8/31/2018], including that he tried to flee the scene of his drunk driving-induced crash.  Rather, he reiterated that he's sorry for drunk driving.

What Happened To The DNC Investigation Of Keith Ellison's Alleged Domestic Abuse?  Two weeks after the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced a review of domestic abuse allegations against Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, the public still has scant information about the probe.  The DNC has offered no details on who exactly is running the probe, what evidence they have uncovered or when they expect to have enough information to either affirm or withdraw their support for Ellison.  Ellison, the deputy chair of the DNC and Democratic nominee for Minnesota attorney general, is accused of physically and emotionally abusing his ex-girlfriend, liberal Sierra Club activist Karen Monahan.  The DNC announced Aug. 14 that it was "reviewing" the allegations against Ellison.

D'Souza: The 'gangsterization' of the Democratic Party.  The Democratic Party remains relentless in their effort to "pin the racist and fascist tail on the Republican elephant," author and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza maintains — adding that they are quick to proclaim "Trump is a racist!  Trump is a fascist!"  The purpose of these incendiary accusations is to not only delegitimize President Donald Trump, but in effect overturn the result of a democratic election, D'Souza contends.  In his latest film and the accompanying book of the same title, Death of a Nation, he reveals that the Democrats have actually been the party of fascism and racism — not just historically but also in the present.

Hillary Clinton lost, so ignore her 84 million dollar shell game.  Geller Report:  It was "an unprecedented nationwide scheme to violate federal campaign finance law in which $84 million was effectively laundered over more than a year by the Hillary Victory Fund through dozens of state political party committees to the Democratic National Committee and, ultimately, to Hillary for America" during Election, 2016, alleged the Committee to Defend the President (CDP) in a lawsuit [04/16/18] "to compel the Federal Election Commission to take action."

Hillary Clinton lost, so ignore her 84 million dollar shell game.  It was "an unprecedented nationwide scheme to violate federal campaign finance law in which $84 million was effectively laundered over more than a year by the Hillary Victory Fund through dozens of state political party committees to the Democratic National Committee and, ultimately, to Hillary for America" during Election, 2016, alleged the Committee to Defend the President (CDP) in a lawsuit [04/16/18] "to compel the Federal Election Commission to take action." [...] [T]he Federal Election Commission apparently does not want to fulfill its mission:  An "independent regulatory agency charged with administering and enforcing the federal campaign finance law."  A federal judge could order the Commissioners to conduct a vote and /or conduct an investigation.  The result could be a slap, if any, on the wrist.  After all, there is a two-tiered justice system in which some are not held to account, such as Hillary Clinton, and, generally, members of the Deep State.

If Hollywood is going to strip Trump of his Walk of Fame star for sexual misconduct then when will Spacey and Cosby lose theirs?  [Scroll down]  Then there's liberal fury over Trump's sexual behaviour, which is perfectly reasonable given his own unedifying admission that he's treated women like pieces of meat.  When playing 'Whataboutery' however, I wonder why the same liberal fury is not extended to Democratic presidential legends Bill Clinton and JFK, whose treatment of women made Trump look like a choirboy?

Sheldon Silver, former New York Assembly speaker, gets 7 years in prison.  Sheldon Silver, a former New York Assembly speaker who brokered legislative deals for two decades before criminal charges abruptly ended his career, was sentenced Friday [7/27/2018] to seven years in prison by a judge who said political corruption in the state must end.

Club for Growth targets female voters in savage ad against Claire McCaskill.  Bare-knuckle politics from the Club for Growth, a conservative PAC focused primarily on tax cuts.  In Missouri, a state that voted for Trump by an 18-point margin, the Club for Growth is attacking Senator Claire McCaskill as unresponsive to female victims of domestic violence as she was to accusations of domestic violence from the ex-wife of her husband.  McCaskill is presented as feathering her wealthy husband's nest with federal dollars.  Not that the Club for Growth is against wealth, per se.  But Joseph Shepard, McCaskill's husband, has been on the receiving end of 131 million federal dollars, mostly for subsidized housing (Section 8), and his business has flourished while his wife is in the Senate.

Husband's millions may doom Democratic incumbent.  Now a report in the Kansas City Star reveals that businesses tied to McCaskill's husband, Joseph Shepard, have received more than $131 million in federal subsidies since she took office in 2007 ($62 million in her first term, $69 million in her second).  The report says while Shepard doesn't personally pocket that money, he has benefitted from profits from the housing projects he's invested in that received those funds.  McCaskill claims she has no role in how the money is awarded or in her husband's business interests.  OneNewsNow contacted Cathie Adams, who serves as first vice president of Illinois-based Eagle Forum.  "I think that when our president said that he was going to drain the swamp, this is exactly the swamp that he was referring to:  when a spouse can make millions of dollars on businesses," she offered.

Is Senator McCaskill's lucky streak over?  Senator McCaskill's "I knew nothing" story just doesn't add up.  Is she saying she never asked her husband about all of that business success that he was having?  Didn't it occur to the senator that someone someday might raise the issue of her husband's success?  Watch for Senator McCaskill to play every card known to the Democratic Party, from race to gender to whatever else they have on the shelf.  However, it's going to be very difficult to persuade voters that her husband got all of those "federal subsidies" by chance.

Liberal Senator Claire McCaskill and Hack Reporters at The Daily Beast Are Already Blaming Russian Hackers for Her Impending Loss.  Earlier this week the Kansas City Star (NOT a conservative paper) reported that businesses tied to Senator Claire McCaskill's family received $131 million in federal dollars while she has been US senator.  In June Claire McCaskill was caught ditching her bus tour across the state and taking her private plane to many of the stops.  The woman ALWAYS votes with Schumer, Maxine Waters and Pelosi and NEVER for Missouri families.  McCaskill is in deep trouble in Missouri.

The Top 50 Liberal Media Bias Examples.  [#5] Edward Kennedy:  One word explains how the Old Media covered for Senator Edward Kennedy throughout his political life:  Chappaquiddick.  How is it possible that a sitting senator could be involved in the death of a young woman and never really face any consequences for that crime?

Behind bars for 2 murders, he's running for US Senate seat in Minnesota.  A Minnesota man serving a life sentence without parole after being convicted of two murders is now vying for a U.S. Senate seat.  Leonard Richards, 75, has found a loophole that has allowed him to legally run for federal office, despite his criminal record. [...] He is now seeking the nomination of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party, which will hold its primary Aug. 14.

What Kind Of America Does Maxine Waters Want?  My question is:  Does Waters wants America to return to those divisive, intolerant days, similar to when Southern Democrats routinely segregated and harassed our fellow black American citizens?  Fortunately, this time around, intolerant Democrats like Waters are not targeting Americans due to their racial heritage.  Sadly, they are instead targeting them solely due to their political affiliation, no matter how loose that affiliation might be.  They are denying their fellow human beings the freedom to eat a meal, purchase gasoline or watch a movie in peace.  Think about that.  Shockingly, they are even distributing personal home addresses, so that liberal mobs can harass innocent families within their residential neighborhoods.

If Hillary And Democrats Laundered $84 Million In 2016, They Should Face Justice.  Hillary Clinton's days of political relevance may be behind her, but her scandals are not.  While Clinton's years at the State Department were marred by scandal after scandal, they pale in comparison to her time running for higher office.  In 2016, the Democratic presidential candidate may have presided over the largest campaign finance scandal in U.S. history.  A lawsuit based on federal records alleges the Clinton machine laundered $84 million in excessive six-figure contributions through the Hillary Victory Fund, to dozens of Democratic state parties, on to the Democratic National Committee (DNC), and ultimately to Clinton's campaign.

The Left Achieves Perfection.  Modern leftists believe that there are some people who are above the law and that the law can be applied differently to those whom the left likes and those whom the left dislikes.  The left, for example, believes that because Antifa is supposedly fighting fascism, it's okay for them to break the law and use violence to shut down speech its people don't like.  The left thinks it's okay for Hillary to break the law and grossly mishandle highly classified data while a sailor who took some personal photos where he shouldn't is thrown in the brig.  The left thinks Trump Jr. talking to a Russian about dirt on Hillary is a crime, but that Hillary paying a Brit who probably paid Russians for dirt on Trump and then using that dirt during the campaign is okay.  The left thinks that the government spying on the Trump campaign to "protect" him, though it never told Trump there was a problem, is fine, but a failed burglary at the DNC headquarters was the crime of the century.  The left condemns Dinesh D'Souza for violating campaign finance laws, but those same leftists are not bothered by the fact that Rosie O'Donnell violated the same law to a much greater extent than D'Souza did and is not in jail.

8 Times Obama's Intelligence Agencies Set People Up To Fabricate The Russia Story.  The intelligence bureaucracies spied on the Donald Trump campaign:  Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants were granted because of a Hillary Clinton-funded and unverified document, national-security letters were issued to allow warrantless spying, and the unprecedented but not-illegal-per-se unmasking of Trump officials' conversations with non-U.S. persons was shockingly routine.  Yet the news of a CIA-connected human source operating as far back as April or May of 2016 is about more than just spying.  It is the latest example in what now looks to be a long line of attempted setups by the Clinton team, many times aided and abetted by our intelligence bureaucracies.

Trump Can't Drain The Swamp And Pardon Blagojevich.  President Trump entered into the presidency with plans "to drain the swamp."  The revolving door of political insiders becoming high-paid consultants would turn into a thing of the past, he promised.  Government offices would operate with transparency and efficiency.  This promise resonated with Americans who were tired of seeing those too rich, too connected, and too powerful for consequences skirt the law.  How successful Mission Drain the Swamp has been is up for debate.  Recently, Trump told reporters that he was considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich.  That action places his promises — at least in spirit — in jeopardy.

Harvey Weinstein and the Clinton Protection Racket.  A New York Times article on Weinstein's court appearance noted how the "ground shifted" last year, finally ending the "code of silence" surrounding powerful men. [...] Did Harvey lose his money and connections "last year"?  Nope.  But "last year" was the first year of Trump's presidency, or as I like to think of it, the first year of Hillary not being president.  Ever.  The liberal protection racket for sexual predators was always intimately intertwined with the Clintons.  The template used to defend Bill Clinton became a model for all left-wing sexual predators.

Why the Mueller probe is really five scandals, not one.  [Scandal #4]  Documents requested by the Senate Judiciary Committee were heavily redacted for supposed national security reasons — which turned out to have nothing to do with national security (including the fact that the FBI had spent $70,000 on a conference table).  Meanwhile, more than 1 million documents were withheld from the House Judiciary Committee for so long that the committee had to issue a subpoena.  The reason for this deep state resistance is simple.  Transparency is going to get a lot of people in trouble — and it goes to the very top.  When Lisa Page wrote Peter Strzok in September 2016, "POTUS wants to know everything," there is good reason to believe President Obama was the one she was referring to as POTUS.  If President Obama wanted to know everything, given the way his White House worked, it is very likely his senior adviser Valerie Jarrett knew everything.  The more we learn, the bigger the scandal web gets.

Hillary Clinton Just Said If You Believe in the Rule of Law, Vote Democrat.  Hillary Clinton, the poster child for corruption, scandal, pay-for-play, lying to the American people, and of course, illegally using private email servers to handle classified information, believes the Democrat Party is the way to go if you respect "the rule of law."  Not only did she say it, but she said it with a straight face.  "If you believe that standing up for evidence and reason and respecting the rule of law is critical to our democracy," Clinton claimed, "you've got to vote for Democrats."

This is Rich:  Crooked Hillary Clinton Says if You Want to 'Stand for Rule of Law' You Have to Vote Democrat (Video).  On Wednesday [5/23/2018] Trump attorney Jay Sekulow announced the American Center for Law and Justice uncovered thousands of documents showing Clinton Foundation pay-to-play with Hillary's State Department through a FOIA lawsuit.  [Video clip]

We Have Uncovered Thousands of Docs Showing Pay-to-Play Between Hillary State Department and Clinton Foundation.  Newly released documents show Doug Band served as a liaison for Clinton Foundation donors looking for favors and official acts from the Clinton-run State Department, the ACLJ reported.  Doug Band was the 'go-to' guy for Clinton Foundation donors.  If they needed anything from Hillary Clinton, they would email Doug Band and within minutes he would forward the message to Huma Abedin and or Cheryl Mills to help expedite the favor.

Progressives on the Brink.  If it is true that President Obama ordered Attorney General Lynch and Director Comey to avoid bringing charges against candidate Clinton and to spy on the Trump campaign with the intention of throwing the election to Clinton, and if high officials at the FBI knowingly requested a FISA warrant on the basis of evidence known to be false, these actions will represent the most serious political crimes in the history of the country.

Can We Hope To Keep Our Republic When One Of The Parties Supports Tyranny?  Think about this — a significant portion of our country, including a majority of its elite, thinks that it's A-OK for a Democrat administration to spy on a Republican candidate.  Think hard about that.  And think about whether or not we can ever put the pieces of our shattered republic back together again if we can't even agree that using government power against our political enemies is a bad thing.  But the terrifying truth is that liberals and their Never Trump enablers actually think this kind of tyranny is a good thing.  You see, they think Normal Americans are so transcendently awful (and, even more importantly, that the elite's power so precious) that all is fair in order to stifle their opponents' collective voice.

Florida judge rules ballots were illegally destroyed in Wasserman Schultz race.  A Florida Circuit judge ruled Friday [5/11/2018] that that the state's second-most populous county violated state and federal laws by destroying ballots from a 2016 Democratic primary race which Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz won.  Circuit Judge Raag Singhal decided that the records were wrongly destroyed because the laws require elections offices to keep the ballots in federal elections for 22 months.  Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes destroyed the ballots just after 12 months, the Sun-Sentinel reported.  The judge also noted that because the ballots were subject to a lawsuit, only a court order should have allowed their destruction.

Sheldon Silver guilty in multimillion dollar corruption case.  The ex-speaker of the New York state Assembly Sheldon Silver was found guilty on Friday of selling his office for $4 million in kickbacks — affirming a 2015 conviction on the same charges that had been overturned on appeal.  A jury of seven women and five men found Silver, 74, guilty of all seven counts against him, including two counts of honest services mail fraud and money laundering.  He faces as much as 130 years in prison when sentenced on July 13.

Let's all hope Sheldon Silver stays guilty this time.  A jury of his peers has found former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver guilty of corruptly abusing his office — again.  Let's hope it sticks this time.  It took less than 24 hours for the jurors to reach guilty verdicts on all seven counts of trading legislative favors for legal referral fees — via cutouts such as an asbestos doctor and various law firms.  Of course, Silver was first convicted in this case back in 2015, but a later US Supreme Court ruling led to the tossing of those verdicts and (eventually) this retrial.  He drew 12 years' hard time then, and should get much the same come his new sentencing on July 13.  Since he's 74, there seems little need to push for the maximum 130 years that he could face — though it might send a good message to his former colleagues up in Albany.

Gerry Studds spotlighted in abuse lawsuit.  It's beyond dispute that the late Massachusetts Congressman Gerry Studds was a sexual predator.  And now, thanks to a lawsuit filed last week, even more details about his unspeakable behavior around young boys are on the public record.  In 1983, Studds was censured by the House of Representatives in a 420-3 vote after he plied a 17-year-old male Congressional page with vodka and then sodomized him.  In some states, it would have been statutory rape.  In Massachusetts, Studds was easily reelected six times.  Studds felt no shame.  As the X-rated details of his sordid conduct were read into the record on the floor of the House, he turned his back on his colleagues.

How Do These Liberal Monsters Hide In Plain Sight?  It was a devastating story that took out one of the most powerful men in Hollywood in a matter of days and exposed an entire industry's complicity in his sexual perversions, but it didn't come from a major news network, organization, or famous journalist, it came from a mildly popular magazine and a reporter more famous for who his parents are than his reporting.  That reporter, Ronan Farrow, and that magazine, The New Yorker, struck again Tuesday [5/8/2018], this time exposing the most powerful state Attorney General in the country, causing his resignation in disgrace in a matter of hours.  But more than exposing hypocritical Democrats as the misogynistic monsters they are, these stories and their aftermaths exposed just how incestuous and complicit the mainstream media is in all of it.

Make Hillary New York's New AG?  No, Eric Schneiderman's disgraced exit should not open the door for Hillary Clinton to challenge President Donald Trump as the next attorney general of the Empire State, despite the trial balloons going up from loyal Clintonistas in the media and the geriatric wing of the Democratic Party.  Instead, the vacuum created by Schneiderman's abrupt departure and the fact that his predecessor as attorney general, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, did little to attack corruption or boost the private sector, may usher in a true contest of constructive ideas inside New York at a time that a real New Yorker in the White House is proving that disrupting the Establishment is desperately needed.

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy.  As Attorney General of the State of New York, Eric Schneiderman has posed as a liberal crusader.  Among many other things, he has accused Exxon Mobil of committing securities fraud in connection with "climate change," filed a civil suit accusing Trump University of fraud, and initiated more than 50 lawsuits seeking to block Trump administration environmental regulations.  Schnedierman has also endorsed the #MeToo campaign and has gone after Harvey Weinstein.  So I confess to being gratified by the fact that four women have accused Schneiderman of assault.

Schneiderman Scandal Should Be a Spiritual Crisis for Democrats.  "What did they know and when did they know it?" and "It's not the crime; it's the cover-up" are two of the biggest journalistic clichés of our time.  But clichés or not, sometimes they are true and they both apply (and then some) to the astonishing Eric Schneiderman situation.  This appalling scandal should be nothing less than a spiritual crisis for the Democratic Party and so-called liberals and progressives everywhere.  It should.  But it probably won't be, even though the level of hypocrisy is stratospheric.  And that is the essence of the problem.  When The New Yorker published the report that the New York state attorney general was a serial batterer — indeed a batterer who seemed to prefer beating women to having sex with them, a genuine sociopath in the position of New York's highest law enforcement official — the AG was defenestrated from his post by Governor Cuomo in the proverbial (apt in this case) New York Minute.

Alleged Abuse Victim [was] Urged to Keep Quiet to Protect 'Democrat' Schneiderman.  In the bombshell New Yorker piece that resulted in Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's resignation over multiple allegations of sexual misconduct Monday night, one of his accusers claims that she was urged to keep quiet about his alleged physical abuse because "Schneiderman was too valuable a politician for the Democrats to lose."  "After the former girlfriend ended the relationship" the New Yorker's Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer report, "she told several friends about the abuse.  A number of them advised her to keep the story to herself, arguing that Schneiderman was too valuable a politician for the Democrats to lose."

Eric Schneiderman's Inevitable Fall.  New York State attorney general Eric Schneiderman has resigned, just hours after it was reported that he had been accused of violent assaults on women he had dated.  These allegations, which include threats that Schneiderman made to stalk and kill the women if they told on him, came as a shock — except to anyone who has followed his career in politics.  Schneiderman's louche ethics have been well known.  You didn't need an "in" at Albany watering holes; just reading the newspapers would have told you plenty.

All New York Democrats are crooks and creeps.  You think the Chicago Democrat machine is bad.  Honey, that's nothing.  That's just one city.  The New York Democrat machine spans the entire state.

Accused Women Abuser Eric Schneiderman a Prime Mueller Team Member.  With the resignation of New York Attorney General Democrat Eric Schneiderman, the roof has fallen in on the Robert Mueller III-led special counsel. [...] Schneiderman was able to ride the victory of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, in which he was the talk of the town.  Being able to hoist his profile as a vociferous voice against sexual misconduct, he finds himself cornered.

Schneiderman accusations show how he was shielded to protect Dem brand.  The allegation that New York Attorney General and #MeToo champion Eric Schneiderman assaulted several women has New York and the Democratic Party reeling.  The stories are horrific and, in this time of #MeToo, disgustingly familiar.  Within a few hours of the Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow New Yorker Magazine allegations going public, Mr. Schneiderman denied the accusations and then tried to explain himself by saying he engaged in consensual "role playing" with sex partners.  An unbelievable excuse for many, and directly refuted in the story itself, that evening he announced his resignation, effective the end of Tuesday.

Schneider schadenfreude surplus.  For those who haven't been following the story that broke yesterday, Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer of the New Yorker published a blockbuster expose of Schneiderman's alleged abuse of several ex-girlfriends, including "beatings, at least two death threats, violence racism, and threats to use the power of his office to pursue his prey," as the New York Sun summarized.

AG Eric Schneiderman resigns after magazine reports allegations.  State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman abruptly resigned Monday [5/7/2018] following a report in the New Yorker magazine that four women claimed he had physically assaulted them.

Eric Schneiderman, New York's Attorney General, Resigns.  Eric T. Schneiderman, the New York State attorney general who rose to prominence as an antagonist of the Trump administration, abruptly resigned on Monday night hours after The New Yorker reported that four women had accused him of physically assaulting them.

NY Gov calls for Schneiderman's resignation over assault allegations.  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned, following a report on allegations of assault by multiple women in The New Yorker.

North Carolina Medicaid Scandal Broadens on Dem. Gov. Cooper's Watch.  The political backstory to this tale begins with [Governor Roy] Cooper surprising the pollsters and his opponent — incumbent Republican Gov. Pat McCrory — in November 2016 by winning a narrow victory.  Through deft sleight-of-hand, and taking advantage of a quirk in state law, Cooper arranged an early swearing-in for himself just minutes after midnight on January 1, 2017.  That legerdemain allowed Cooper just 12 days later to appoint [Dr. Mandy] Cohen, at the time Obama's Chief Operating Officer of Medicaid, to head the North Carolina DHHS before Barack Obama left office.  Thus was set the stage for the Cooper Administration to bring to a screeching halt what had been one of his predecessor's top priorities — rolling back years of reckless spending by North Carolina Democrats.

State of the Resistance.  The evidence continues to accumulate that not just former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, but his boss James Comey, and the partisan intelligence directors James Clapper and John Brennan will all be facing perjury charges, and that those responsible for the phony surveillance warrant on Carter Page (including the former attorney general, Loretta Lynch, and her chief collaborators) and ultimately a considerable swath of the Clinton campaign and the Obama administration will all be responding to serious allegations.  It is at that point that the Resistance will have to show whether it has any backbone, and not just an ability to orchestrate the bigotry of the media and the stunned, dethroned solidarity of the OBushinton joint-incumbency under which the political confidence of the country largely eroded.

Pennsylvania Rep. Patrick Meehan resigns from Congress after taxpayer settlement to aide.  Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Patrick Meehan said Friday [4/27/2018] he plans to resign from Congress amid revelations of a taxpayer-funded settlement to a former aide who claimed he sexually harassed her.  Meehan announced in January he wouldn't run for re-election to Congress after the settlement became public.  On Friday, he said he was resigning now, instead of finishing his term, to spare his staffers from an Ethics Committee investigation.

Leftist Propaganda Thwarts Unity.  The Americans who listen to the Washington Post, the New York Times, and all the networks are being systematically lied to. [...] One key aspect of the propaganda machine is that Republicans are always shown in a bad light, and Democratic scandals are minimized.  We all remember the MSM trying to make us think Bill Clinton was impeached because of his sex scandals and not because he lied under oath in order to minimize his risk of having to pay a settlement for sexually harassing an Arkansas government employee.  Similarly, a Democratic senator was on trial for seven weeks recently for corruption, and the MSM ignored it.  When a Republican senator was on trial years ago, there was extensive coverage.

DNC on Verge of a Nervous Breakdown with Russia Lawsuit.  The transparency here is the DNC approaching a nervous breakdown.  They're seeing things and are in panic mode.  What could be more transparent than that?  And they should be.  Their Russia collusion delusion is coming down all around them — it's amazing it lasted so long — with many of their stalwarts, from Andrew McCabe to a slew of high-ranking FBI and DOJ officials, and even, though less likely, some Obama insiders, fighting to stay of out the slammer.

Oregon's Liberal Dem Governor Kate Brown Accepted Large Soros Donation Three Days Before She Refused to Send National Guard to Protect US Border.  Liberal Democrat Governor Kate Brown accepted a large donation from George Soros only days before announcing that she will not send Oregon's National Guard to the Southern border to help protect the country from illegal aliens.

GOP Rep. Farenthold resigns amid sexual harassment scandal.  Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) announced Friday [4/6/2018] that he is resigning from Congress immediately after facing a backlash over using $84,000 in taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment claim.  "While I planned on serving out the remainder of my term in Congress, I know in my heart it's time for me to move along and look for new ways to serve," Farenthold said in a statement.  The abrupt resignation is effective as of 5 p.m. on Friday, according to his office.  His official congressional Twitter account appeared to have been deleted as of that time.

Blake Farenthold resigns abruptly from Congress after revelations of lewd and abusive behavior.  Corpus Christi Republican Blake Farenthold abruptly resigned from Congress Friday afternoon, less than four months after dropping reelection plans under siege for crude and verbally abusive office behavior.  In an emotional five-minute video on Dec. 14, Farenthold apologized for the lack of professionalism on his staff, and for his own fits of rage with aides.  He made no mention on Friday of any of the allegations that ended his congressional career, and made no apologies for using $84,000 in taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment suit.

Pressure mounts for Democratic Esty to resign over violent abuse accusations against top staffer.  The pressure on Connecticut Elizabeth Esty to resign over her handling of harassment and abuse claims against a top staffer mounted this weekend, with fellow Democrats calling on her to leave office.  The three-term House member has been under fire since Thursday, following reports in The Connecticut Post and the Washington Post that state Esty allowed a chief of staff to remain employed despite knowledge of allegations that he physically harmed and threatened to "kill" another staffer.

Largest Connecticut Newspaper Calls on Dem Rep to Resign for Covering up Abuse Allegations.  The Hartford Courant, the largest newspaper in Connecticut, called on Elizabeth Esty (D., Conn.) to resign Friday [3/30/2018] over allegations she kept her chief of staff Tony Baker on the payroll for three months after finding out he left a voicemail threatening the life of one of her former female aides.  Baker is accused of physically abusing and sexually harassing Anna Kain, a former Esty aide that he once dated.

The Democrats' Long History of Making Incriminating Documents Disappear.  Fifteen people, including Bill [Clinton]'s successor as governor, were convicted of Whitewater-related crimes.  The Clintons' records were subpoenaed — and vanished.  Two years later, just two days outside the statute of limitations, the records materialized in the White House residence.  In "Filegate," hundreds of FBI files on Republicans were somehow transported from the Bureau's offices, to be found in the White House.  "It appears to have been a completely honest bureaucratic SNAFU," President Clinton explained.

New York's Corruption Pit.  As usual, New York is flush with political corruption scandals, with a number of trials and investigations in progress or gearing up.  Alain Kaloyeros, the nanotech Svengali and Andrew Cuomo associate who had been in charge of hundreds of millions of dollars of state funds, is accused of rigging bids for personal gain.  Retrials are scheduled to begin in the cases of former state assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and former state senate president Dean Skelos; both men's corruption convictions were overturned.  Cuomo aide and close friend Joseph Percoco was convicted in March of influence peddling, and the trial of Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano for accepting bribes has revived allegations of corruption that have haunted Mayor Bill de Blasio, whom a key witness in the Mangano case has pleaded guilty to bribing.

House ethics panel orders payments from U.S. Reps.  Bobby Rush, Luis Gutierrez.  Ending congressional investigations pending for years, the House Ethics Committee on Thursday [3/22/2018] determined that, in separate cases, U.S. Reps.  Luis Gutierrez and Bobby Rush, Illinois Democrats, violated House rules and ordered payments made to the U.S. Treasury.  The Rush reviews had been prompted by a Better Government Association / Chicago Sun-Times investigation of the congressman's paying zero rent on a campaign office in the Lake Meadows strip mall on the South Side for 20 years.  The 10-member House ethics panel — evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats — also handed Rush and Gutierrez each a public reprimand called a "reproval."

Chappaquiddick: The Kennedy Cover-up.  After his brothers were tragically assassinated, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy had to carried the weight of his family's political ambitions.  It was expected Ted would run for President, but the car accident we know as Chappaquiddick changed everything.  [Video clip]

DOJ: Inspector General Examining Whether McCabe Was Promised Promotion to FBI Director by Hillary Clinton.  Andrew McCabe may have revealed to his inner circle an inside plan to replace his friend James Comey as FBI director if and when Hillary Clinton was elected president of the United States, according to top officials in the Justice Department. [...] If those discussions about a promotion to FBI director with co-workers and McCabe's inner circle were anything more than bravado, that certainly is troubling.  And given the fact that McCabe's wife Jill was given more than $1.25 million in Hillary-backed campaign donations to run for state senate in Virginia, it could spell additional legal woes for her husband.  McCabe was in charge of the Hillary Clinton email investigation at the FBI at the same time his wife ran for office.  At the same time he and his wife struck a deal to run for office with Hillary consigliere and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who was allegedly under investigation at the time by the FBI for a public corruption case.

Russians wanted Hillary Clinton to be President and Adam Schiff is their Number One Shill.  Democrat Adam Schiff is a shill of the Russian government and I'm going to tell you why.  It is Schiff who is a propagandist for the Russian government despite his spinning on all these left-wing TV shows.  He put out a list of 30 more interviews he wants to do even though the Republicans on the committee said there's no collusion. [...] He didn't say we should subpoena Hillary Clinton even though it was the Hillary Clinton campaign that laundered money through a law firm in this Fusion GPS to do what?  To corroborate and collude with the Russians with their phony dossier.  He didn't ask for a single Hillary Clinton campaign official.  Why is that, Mr. Schiff?  We know they colluded!  He didn't ask for the former head of the DNC.  I don't know if that was Wasserman Schultz or Donna Brazile, he doesn't want to subpoena them and question them.  Where did their money come from?  That money that they laundered through that law firm to Fusion GPS to the Russians.  That's something he doesn't want to talk about.

Andrew Cuomo's Corruption Circus Rolls On.  Tuesday's conviction of Andrew Cuomo's close associate Joe Percoco deals a sharp blow to the Governor's 2020 Presidential hopes and may even jeopardize his reelection prospects this year.  Percoco was Cuomo's executive deputy secretary and longtime confidant.  He was found guilty of soliciting and accepting bribes from top management of two companies with state business.  This was quite a downfall for Percoco, a man so close to the Cuomo family that Andrew had once referred to him as his father's "third son".  The companies who paid the bribes — Competitive Power Ventures, an upstate NY a clean natural gas provider, and COR Development, a Syracuse real estate firm — were integral parts of Cuomo's effort to revive the moribund Upstate New York economy via crony capitalism initiatives or, as he would put it, public-private partnerships.  Instead of jump-starting a depressed economy, these programs have brought a corruption circus.

Why Doesn't Mainstream Media Demand Democrats Denounce Farrakhan?  Sometimes media bias has nothing to do with what reporters say, but what they don't say.  Recently, we've learned additional members of the Democratic Party have a relationship with the racist and anti-Semitic Louis Farrakhan, whose hatred has been a well-known fact for well over a decade.  But when Farrakhan released new hatred this past weekend the MSM did not question his relationship with the party.

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More Ties Between Democrats and Russian Oligarchs Poised for Exposure.  The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is requesting an interview with a Washington-based lobbyist who served as an intermediary between a Democratic senator and two key figures in the Russia investigation, dossier author Christopher Steele and Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.  "The nature and extent of the relationship between Mr. Steele, Mr. Deripaska, and you are of potential relevance to the Committee's work," Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, wrote Monday [2/26/2018] to the lobbyist, Adam Waldman.  Waldman emerged earlier this month as a figure in the Russia investigation after it was revealed that he exchanged text messages last year with Virginia Sen. Mark Warner regarding Steele and Deripaska.

No 'We remember Mary Jo' at the women's marches.  We remember mid-July 1969 because Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.  I watched it in the living room with my parents and my brother and sister.  We also remember Chappaquiddick, the tragic story of Mary Jo Kopechne.  There is a new film about to be released, and I'm looking forward to it.

Jury Finds Texas Democrat Guilty of Multiple Felonies Including Fraud.  On Thursday afternoon [2/22/2018], a Democratic Texas state senator was found guilty on 11 felony charges, including "multiple counts of fraud and money laundering," reports the Texas Tribune.  State Sen. Carlos Uresti was charged last year for his role in what authorities called a "Ponzi Scheme" involving a bankrupt oilfield services company called FourWinds Logistics.  Uresti, the Texas Tribune says, "used his prestigious reputation to lend credibility to an unknown company; several investors testified that Uresti's presence reassured them that their money would be safe with FourWinds."

Obama appointee to senior ICE post pleads guilty.  Raphael A. Sanchez has switched roles in the chronicle of Obama administration appointments.  No longer an ornament on the Obama diversity Christmas tree as a Hispanic senior legal official, the top attorney for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Seattle has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Obama Knew.  Former President Obama wanted "to know everything" the FBI was doing in its investigation into claims that Russia was interfering in the 2016 election, a new report suggests, raising the specter of a sitting president becoming involved in a plot to rig the 2016 election.  It was a year ago the outlines of a Watergate-like conspiracy emerged in which a term-limited Democrat president used the privacy-invading apparatus of the state to spy on a Republican presidential candidate.  Watergate differed in that President Nixon didn't get involved in the plot against the Democratic National Committee until later as an accomplice after the fact.  But this new evidence suggests Obama may have been part of a sinister anti-democratic cabal from the beginning.

When is a bribe not a bribe?  NYC mayor says he did no wrong.  Harendra Singh [...] donated thousands of dollars to the mayor's election campaign and, as a result, got a meeting with top city officials in which he hammered out a more favorable lease.  Singh ultimately pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge.  The man he admitted to bribing, Mayor Bill de Blasio, was not prosecuted.

Democracy's Highest Crime and Misdemeanor.  Every week brings new revelations and details about a cabal in the federal government whose actions border on both sedition and conspiracy.  The evidence suggests that specific high level officials in the Justice Department and the FBI colluded to violate the law in unprecedented ways for the singular purpose of subverting the will of the people both before and after the 2016 election.  The United States is now at a defining moment.  Will there be a restoration of the rule of law, or will Washington's elite continue to give cover and a pass to fellow members of the Ruling Class (a descriptive phrase coined in these pages by Angelo Codevilla)?  The question:  Is there sufficient decency and courage in the midst of Washington's swamp to compel the pursuit of justice wherever in the Ruling Class it leads and then to prosecute the lawbreakers — whomever they are?

The Idiots That Don't Concede Elections.  Here in America, the Democrats have failed to concede the last two normal change elections that went against them:  the 2000 presidential squeaker election and the 2016 election.  But you will search long and hard among your liberal acquaintance for anyone that understands how serious this is.

Hallandale Beach mayor accepted illegal checks from Russians, prosecutors say.  Joy Cooper knew the value of her political power.  On a summer day in 2012, the Hallandale Beach mayor met in her City Hall office with two men she thought were wealthy landowners from California as well as a close acquaintance, South Florida attorney and lobbyist Alan Koslow.  The landowners — FBI agents working undercover — would help finance Cooper's re-election run.  In return, she would push their construction project through the city commission.

Corrupt Florida Democrat Mayor Busted For Money Laundering In FBI Sting.  Joy Cooper is the Democrat mayor of Hallandale Beach, Florida.  She's in big trouble after being caught money laundering by the FBI in what was basically a sting operation.

Mayor sought illegal funds for political allies, records allege.  Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper, who was removed from office Friday [1/26/2018] after being snared in an FBI sting, solicited illegal campaign contributions not only for herself but for two political allies, court documents say.  Gov. Rick Scott suspended Cooper on Friday, a day after she was arrested and accused of accepting contributions funneled through Alan Koslow, a once prominent attorney who has since been disbarred after a conviction on federal charges.  In August 2012, undercover agents handed Koslow a Dunkin' Donuts bag filled with $8,000 in cash — all in $100 bills, investigators said in court records.

Corrine Brown's requests to delay reporting to prison denied.  The 71-year-old Democrat was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud as well as lying on her tax returns and congressional financial disclosure forms about income from a purported charity for poor students that she used as a personal slush fund.

Convicted Dems Corrine Brown and Chaka Fattah Still Receiving Taxpayer-Funded Pensions.  Former Democratic representatives Corrine Brown (Fla.) and Chaka Fattah (Pa.) are still receiving taxpayer-funded federal pensions despite being convicted and sentenced to prison on corruption charges.  The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) confirmed to the Washington Free Beacon that Brown is still receiving Federal Employees' Retirement System annuity benefits even though she was sentenced to prison for wire fraud and tax evasion — actions that stemmed from a sham charity founded by the former congresswoman.

John Conyers III Officially Running For His Father's Seat.  John Conyers III, an alleged domestic abuser and the son of disgraced former Democratic Michigan Rep. John Conyers Jr., has filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission to officially launch his campaign to fill his father's seat.  Conyers Jr. resigned in disgrace last month following several sexual harassment accusations against him.  The outgoing congressman endorsed his son as his appointed successor.  Conyers III's campaign comes despite his own history of allegedly mistreating women.  Conyers III was arrested in February 2017 after he allegedly body-slammed his girlfriend, spat on her and sliced her arm with a knife.

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How nice that Junior is learning the family trade.  But aren't these the same people who groused about the Bush Dynasty and hereditary political offices?

Obamagate timeline.  The Obamagate timeline is a record of known facts about President Obama's misuse of foreign intelligence gathering for domestic political spying, media manipulation, wiretaps, intimidation of journalists and critics, use of government intelligence agencies to influence domestic elections, efforts to thwart the election of President Donald Trump, subversion of the new administration's personnel and agenda, and to delegitimize and undermine his presidency.  During and immediately after that the 2016 Presidential election CIA director John Brennan targeted Donald Trump.  This covert disinformation campaign became widely known in the fake news mainstream media as Trump-Russia, alleging collusion between Trump and associates with Russia.  The side that actually colluded with foreign powers was that of Hillary Clinton.  After President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, seditious activity and an unwillingness to accept the results of a democratic election by Obama holdovers in the US Intelligence Community came to light.

Where Do We Get Such Losers?  [O]ver the last six years, Senator Bob Menendez has gone through two criminal trials and an ethics investigation.  During all these legal proceedings, there was very little disagreement about the facts:  Menendez received hundreds of dollars in gifts and favors from Dr. Salomon Melgen — a doctor who is now sitting in the hoosegow for 17 years for Medicare fraud.  These gifts include sexual tourism trips to Central America, where Menendez later used his office to try and get his concubines into the United States as residents.  The list of sordid activities is long and not in dispute:  But Menendez successfully convinced enough people that he was just doing favors for a friend, and vice versa.  Thus, it was within the bounds of the law.  Enough people (and jurors) bought it that he is up for re-election in a few months.

Feds to retry Senator Bob Menendez in bribery case.  The Department of Justice announced Friday it intends to retry New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, two months after a federal judge declared a mistrial in the high-profile bribery case.  "Today, the United States filed a notice of intent to retry Sen. Robert Menendez and Dr. Salomon Melgen and requested that the court set the case for retrial at the earliest possible date," Department of Justice spokesperson Wyn Hornbuckle said in a statement.  "The conduct alleged in the indictment is serious and warrants retrial before a jury of citizens in the District of New Jersey."  Hornbuckle said the decision to retry the case was "based on the facts and the law, following a careful review."

Justice Dept intends to re-try Menendez in corruption case.  The Justice Department announced Friday [1/19/2018] that they intend to re-try Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on corruption charges after a deadlocked jury resulted in a mistrial in November.  "Defendants Robert Menendez and Salomon Melgen have been indicted for bribery and corruption by two separate grand juries properly empaneled in the District of New Jersey," the department said in a notice filed in U.S. District Court.  "The first trial ended in a mistrial with a deadlocked jury.  An early retrial date is in the best interests of the public, and the United States is available to schedule a retrial at the Court's earliest convenience."

New Report Says FBI Fraud Probe into Bernie's Wife Has Deepened, Cites Grand Jury Action.  Back in June, we highlighted an awkward television exchange in which Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders really, really didn't want to answer questions from CNN anchor Erin Burnett about a federal bank fraud investigation targeting his wife — and in which he himself was also implicated.  It wasn't the first time the Socialist lawmaker got testy on the subject, which he's cynically tried to dismiss as a "pathetic attack" that was "launched by" a Trump supporter against his wife.  As explained at the time, this FBI probe into financial misconduct was actually kicked off by the Justice Department during the Obama era, and Jane Sanders — a grown adult and active political figure in Bernie's orbit — isn't above criticism for alleged criminal acts.  And once again, part of the investigation is reportedly examining whether the Senator abused his power and influence to help secure the fraudulent bank loan for the now-defunct college that his wife ran into the ground.  In other words, there could be serious trouble afoot for both halves of this left-wing couple, who saw fit to honeymoon in the Soviet Union.

Maryland Democrat confessed to taking cash, prosecutors say.  A Maryland state senator has confessed to taking cash payments in exchange for conducting official business, federal prosecutors said last week.  State Sen. Nathaniel T. Oaks, a Democrat, is scheduled to stand trial in the spring on charges of bribery and obstruction of justice.  Oaks has pleaded not guilty.

Corinne Brown asks for prison reprieve.  Slated to report to prison Jan. 29, former Congresswoman Corrine Brown is asking a federal appeals court to allow her to remain free while she continues to fight her conviction on charges related to a charity scam.  Brown's attorney, William Mallory Kent, filed a 37-page document Friday at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that seeks to keep her out of prison while an appeal is pending.  The request is based on what will be a key issue in the appeal: whether U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan improperly removed a juror who said during deliberations that the "Holy Spirit" told him Brown was not guilty[.]  Kent wrote that the issue could lead to the reversal of Brown's conviction and, as a result, she should stay out of prison during the appeal.

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Isn't that interesting.  A bunch of Democrats — the people who constantly wail about the "separation of church and state" when the church interferes with the government — are now willing to have a criminal case overturned based on a second-hand rumor from the Holy Spirit.  That's called playing on both sides of the fence.

Dem Congressional Candidate Shaun Brown Charged With Fraud, Theft.  A congressional candidate in Virginia may have an uphill battle going into 2018.  A federal grand jury charged Democrat Shaun Brown with fraud, theft, and embezzlement that allegedly took place back in 2012.  If convicted, she faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.  According to the indictment, Brown was accused of filing fraudulent claims with the Summer Food Service Program as part of the JOBS Community Outreach Development Corp. by inflating the number of children from low-income families in their records in order to receive more money.  Her organization received roughly $803,000.  She has denied any wrongdoing.

Fmr. Dem Congressional Candidate Indicted for Fraud, Theft From Low-Income Children's Food Program.  A former Virginia Democratic congressional candidate was charged with fraud on Wednesday for stealing from a government program meant to help children from low-income households.  The 2016 candidate, Shaun Brown, was charged with wire fraud and theft of government property, the Daily Press reported.  If convicted, Brown could face a penalty of 20 years in prison.  Brown was unsuccessful in her run for Congress, losing in the 2nd Congressional District race to Republican Rep. Scott Taylor (Va.) by 23 percentage points.  The former candidate has been accused of submitting fake paperwork for the JOBS Community Outreach Development Corp's Summer Food Service Program that provides free lunches through the Department of Agriculture for children from low-income households.

Free advice:  Get somebody else to start your car.
Jailed Russian says he hacked DNC on Kremlin's orders and can prove it.  A jailed Russian who says he hacked into the Democratic National Committee computers on the Kremlin's orders to steal emails released during the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign now claims he left behind a data signature to prove his assertion.  In an interview with Russia's RAIN television channel made public Wednesday, Konstantin Kozlovsky provided further details about what he said was a hacking operation led by the Russian intelligence agency known by its initials FSB.  Among them, Kozlovsky said he worked with the FSB to develop computer viruses that were first tested on large, unsuspecting Russian companies, such as the oil giant Rosneft, later turning them loose on multinational corporations.

Corrupt Democrat Loses Bid To Stay Out Of Jail During Appeal.  Corrupt Florida Democrat Corrine Brown has been sentenced to jail.  She is set to start her sentence in January but wanted to be released from jail until then.  A judge just told her no deal.

Concord State Rep. Pleads Guilty To Assault Charge.  A local Democrat and state representative pleaded guilty this morning [12/22/2017] to assaulting a political opponent during a state Senate ballot recount in November 2016.  State Rep. Katherine Rogers, D-Concord, 61, pleaded guilty to the assault charge as part of a plea deal that would help her avoid jail time as well as a fine so long as she stays out of trouble during the next year and attends anger management classes during the next 90 days.

Memphis mayor should be hauled out of city hall in handcuffs.  For the past several years progressives have been waging a culture jihad across the nation, turning our nation's heritage into a pile of rubble.  They've been bulldozing our history much like the Islamic Radicals have been doing in Iraq.  Sadly, my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, has suffered a similar fate.

Hillary Clinton campaign, DNC accused of 'corrupt' money scheme in new FEC complaint.  A new legal complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission alleges that the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee used state chapters as strawmen to circumvent campaign donation limits and laundered the money back to her campaign.  The Committee to Defend the President, a political action committee, filed its complaint with the FEC on Monday with the allegations that the Hillary Victory Fund (HVF) solicited cash from big-name donors, including Calvin Klein and "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane — money that was allegedly sent through state chapters and back to the DNC before ending up with the Clinton campaign.

Pa. House Democrats pay $248K to settle sexual harassment complaint against 40-year lawmaker.  Pennsylvania House Democrats spent nearly a quarter-million dollars in taxpayer money to secretly settle a sexual harassment complaint against a 40-year lawmaker, according to a document obtained by the Inquirer and Daily News and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  A payment of $248,000 went to resolve a complaint in 2015 against State Rep. Thomas Caltagirone, a Democratic lawmaker from Berks County, by a longtime legislative staffer.  The settlement included a nondisclosure agreement, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Rep. Ruben Kihuen won't seek reelection amid sexual harassment allegations.  Rep. Ruben Kihuen (D-Nev.) will not seek reelection next year amid allegations that he sexually harassed women, making him the seventh — and youngest — member of Congress felled by reports of misconduct since October.  Once considered a rising star in Democratic politics, Kihuen announced Saturday [12/16/2017] that he will leave Congress at the end of his first term.

California Democratic Party official resigns after rape, misconduct allegations.  A regional director has resigned from California's Democratic Party following accusations of rape and inappropriate behavior.  Craig Cheslog, 46, allegedly "acted in an inappropriate and sexually aggressive manner" toward a 23-year-old woman after an executive board meeting Nov. 18, according to a letter that party leaders sent to the party's secretary, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Dem Rep. Kihuen won't seek re-election amid sexual harassment claims.  Rep. Ruben Kihuen, D-Nev., announced Saturday that he would not seek re-election in the wake of multiple sexual harassment allegations against him.  "I want to state clearly again that I deny the allegations in question," Kihuen said in a statement.  "However," the freshman congressman added, "the allegations that have surfaced would be a distraction from a fair and thorough discussion of the issues in a reelection campaign."

Pelosi's super PAC keeps donations from owners of prostitution website Backpage.  The uproar over sexual harassment that began with the Harvey Weinstein scandal has intensified the scrutiny of political contributions linked to Backpage, which law enforcement officials say is the chief platform for activities far worse than harassment, including sexual slavery and child prostitution.  Mrs. Pelosi isn't the only Democrat struggling to deal with the piles of cash that Backpage's owners spread around to candidates and state Democratic parties over the years.  Even Ms. Harris, a California Democrat who is now a U.S. senator, ducked the issue.  Her office wouldn't respond to repeated emails about Backpage money going to House Majority PAC and other Democratic organizations.

Dem Rep. Bobby Rush Sued for $1 Million to Collect Unpaid Loan for Church He Founded.  Democratic representative Bobby Rush is being sued for $1 million after failing to make payments on a loan he received for a church he founded in his home district in Illinois.  A wellness center linked to the church has also collected more than $2.6 million in taxpayer-funded government grants in 2017 and more than $17 million in grants since 2008, according to records.  Rush founded the Beloved Community Christian Church, a nondenominational Christian church, in Chicago in 2002 with the intent of helping disadvantaged people in his community.

Democrats forgave Rep. Studds for preying on teen boys, hailed as gay rights pioneer.  Massachusetts voters stood by Democratic Rep. Gerry Studds even after he was censured by the House in 1983 for his sexual relationship at age 36 with a 17-year-old male congressional page, as well as making sexual advances toward two other teenage pages.  Far from dooming the Democratic Party, the episode barely registered at the ballot box.  Democrats kept their House majority and gained Senate seats in 1984, while Studds was re-elected in his liberal Cape Cod district with 56 percent of the vote.

Retiring Dem Rep. Gutierrez Paid Wife $430,000 From Campaign Funds Over Past Seven Years.  Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez (Ill.), who announced last week that he will not seek reelection after spending 24 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, will no longer be able to pay his wife hundreds of thousands of dollars from campaign funds once he officially departs from Congress.  Soraida Gutierrez, his wife, has collected more than $430,000 from Gutierrez for Congress, Luis's campaign committee, since 2010.  Soraida is the top recipient of expenditures this year.  Soraida, who was a registered lobbyist in Illinois prior to appearing on the campaign's payroll, has been listed as the campaign's office manager, fundraiser, and treasurer for the past seven years.

Jail for Fla.  Rep. Who Blasted Feds for Investigating Her Instead of Orlando Terrorist.  The disgraced Florida congresswoman who suggested federal agents could have prevented the Orlando terrorist attack if they weren't preoccupied investigating her is headed to prison.  This week a federal judge in Jacksonville sentenced Democrat Corrine Brown, who served 12 terms in Congress, to five years in jail for fraud and tax crimes involving an $833,000 phony education charity.  In a 24-count federal indictment, prosecutors called the fake charity (One Door) Brown's "personal slush fund."

Democrat Accused Of Sexual Harassment:  Pelosi Knew And Did Nothing About It.  A first-term Democratic congressman accused of sexual harassment said that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi knew about the allegations while he was running for office and supported him anyway, putting millions of dollars behind his 2016 congressional campaign. [...] Pelosi was quick to demand [Nevada Rep. Ruben] Kihuen's resignation after the allegations became public, but she actually has known about the harassment allegations for a while, Kihuen told ABC News.

Lawmaker behind secret $84K sexual harassment settlement unmasked.  Rep. Blake Farenthold used taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by his former spokesman — the only known sitting member of Congress to have used a little-known congressional account to pay an accuser, people familiar with the matter told POLITICO.  Lauren Greene, the Texas Republican's former communications director, sued her boss in December 2014 over allegations of gender discrimination, sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.

Disgusting Democratic Dirtbags Duck Discipline.  [Scroll down]  I'm a live-and-let-live sort of guy, and my libertarian self says that if one old dude wants to pay a young woman to consensually shove a █████ up his ███ and walk him around on a leash in the privacy of his expensive New York hotel room, the state shouldn't get involved.  But in addition to the (alleged) assault, remember that this is a guy who not only broke the law by hiring prostitutes while he was attorney general and governor, but also chastised Americans for not having being willing to sacrifice for the common good, so yeah, I have no problem further exposing this hypocrite's freak fetish.

Woman Says Democratic Congressman Harassed Her During Campaign.  A woman who worked as the finance director for Democratic Nevada congressman Ruben Kihuen's 2016 campaign told BuzzFeed that Kihuen made several unwanted sexual advances toward her.  Kihuen repeatedly asked the woman, identified only as "Samantha" by BuzzFeed, whether or not she would cheat on her boyfriend, touched her thighs without her consent, and suggested the two of them get a hotel room together, among other violations.  Samantha was 25 at the time, while Kihuen was 35.  This is his first term in Congress.

House Ethics opens sweeping probe into secret harassment payouts.  The House Ethics Committee signaled Friday [12/1/2017] it has begun a sweeping probe into misconduct of lawmakers and staff that resulted in taxpayer-funded settlements.  The 10-member bipartisan panel ordered the Office of Compliance to turn over "all records... related to any claims of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation or any other [prohibited] employment practice," by House lawmakers or congressional staff.

Report: Congress Paid Out $100K Of Taxpayer Money To Settle Male Staffers' Harassment Claims Against Disgraced Democrat.  The Congressional Office of Compliance paid out just under $100,000 in taxpayer funds to two male staffers to settle sexual harassment claims against disgraced former Democratic New York Rep. Eric Massa, according to a new report.  Massa resigned in 2010 following allegations that he groped and sexually harassed his male staffers.  The secret settlement payments took place in 2010 following Massa's resignation, ABC News reported on Thursday [11/30/2017].

Top Democrat:  Politicians Shouldn't Have To Resign Over Sex Assault Allegations.  A reporter asked [11/29/2017] why men in Congress are taking much longer to step down from office than men in the private sector, whose careers have gone down in flames pretty swiftly after allegations against them became public knowledge.  "You'd have to give me some examples," said Rep. Cedric Richmond, a Congressional Black Caucus member and its former chairman.  The reporters responded with a list of men who have lost their prominent roles in media in recent weeks due to allegations of sexual assault and inappropriate behavior:  Harvey Weinstein, NBC's Matt Lauer, and Charlie Rose.  "Who elected them?" Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) shot back.  [Video clip]

Thanks to Conyers, Identity politics finally is splitting the Democrats.  Normally, Democrats sweep under the rug the obvious clashes among the interest of the various identity groups — for example, the homosexual lobby and the courting of Muslims, whose religion calls for the death penalty for homosexuals.  With the support of the MSM, they get away with it by demonizing Republicans as the real enemy.  However, we are in the midst of a form of hysteria driven by long repressed anger.  Women have been abused in the workplace in the media and political bastions of Democrats for as long as anyone can remember.  The party even united behind supporting the obvious abuse that Bill Clinton practiced in Arkansas and brought with him to the White House, where the Oval Office itself was defiled by inducing a young intern to deliver sexual acts along with pizza.

Taxpayers funded $50G settlement to aide who complained of House Democrat's drinking, report says.  A female aide on Capitol Hill was paid nearly $50,000 in a taxpayer-funded settlement in 2015 after complaining about the drinking and office environment of a Democratic member of Congress, according to a new report.  The Washington Times reported this week that an unnamed former congressional aide threatened a lawsuit against Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva two years ago by accusing him of being frequently drunk and fostering a hostile work environment.  The House Employment Counsel negotiated a $48,395 severance — the equivalent of five months additional salary — for the aide, the report said.  The accuser, who worked for Grijalva for three months, dropped her complaint after the settlement, the newspaper said.

Congressman Slept With And Then Sued Allegedly Drug-Addicted Staffer.  Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green had sex with a staffer who he said was a drug addict and then sued her when she threatened to go public with claims she suffered a hostile work environment, saying he "will not be extorted or blackmailed."  Lucinda Daniels, his onetime district director, claimed she suffered a hostile work environment, claimed sexual harassment and demanded $1.8 million.

Why Have Liberals Been Such Horrendous Hypocrites on Women's Rights?  To ask the question why liberals have been such hypocrites about their treatment of women and about women's rights is not to say that conservatives haven't been.  They have.  And some of their actions have been pretty bad.  But by comparison, GOP hypocrisy in this area has been quite literally dwarfed by the Democrats.  Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton are the most recent spiritual fathers of this atrocious behavior.  Both extreme sexual predators — Teddy to the extent of walking away from the corpse of Mary Jo Kopechne and other improprieties, Bill for, well, practically everything from rape to cigars — they were revered as American heroes for decades by their party with but glancing and forced (in Clinton's case) attention to their abhorrent, often illegal, personal behavior and complete disrespect for and objectification of women.

FBI Investigating House Democrat For Paying His Opponent To Drop Out Of The Race.  The FBI is investigating Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Bob Brady for conspiracy, false statements and campaign fraud in relation to payments his campaign allegedly made to 2012 primary opponent Jimmie Moore in order to persuade him to drop out of the race, court documents reviewed by The Daily Caller show.  FBI special agent Jonathan R. Szeliga filed a search warrant request on November 1 in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for all emails associated with Brady's campaign email, [...] Szeliga asserted he had "probable cause to believe that Kenneth Smukler, Robert Brady, Donald 'D.A.' Jones, Jimmie Moore, and Carolyn Cavaness and others known and unknown have committed violations" including charges of conspiracy, false statements, producing false records, causing false campaign contribution reports and violating limits on campaign contributions and expenditures.

Democrat Congressman Bob Brady Accused of Rigging Pennsylvania Election.  Pennsylvania Congressman Bob Brady is a ranking member of the Committee on House Administration which oversees settlements paid by Congress for sexual discrimination and harassment complaints.  Additionally, representative Brady is also under FBI investigation for false statements, conspiracy and campaign fraud, according to FBI documents revealed on Tuesday [11/21/2017].

Let The Left Destroy Its Own.  The left used to protect sexual predators like Bill Clinton and Roman Polanski while mercilessly going after conservatives like Justice Clarence Thomas with false allegations of sexual misconduct.  Today, accusations of "sexual assault" and misconduct against liberal men are finally seeing the light of day.  Harvey Weinstein and other Hollywood liberal darlings have been exposed.  Producer Brett Ratner and music mogul Russell Simmons face new allegations of sexual assault and misconduct.  "Live with Kelly and Ryan" co-host Ryan Seacrest took the pre-emptive move of denying an accusation before it went public.  Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., was outed as a creep for his lewd behavior toward Leeann Tweeden.  For decades, feminists and their supporters in the Democratic Party have been engaged in a scorched-earth strategy to destroy white, Christian, conservative men with power.  While they still engage in political attacks and target good men like Judge Roy Moore, they're also taking down their own.

Two kinds of truth: actual and political.  It was the New York Times's journalistic equivalent of a nuclear bomb that revealed what thousands of people had known for three decades:  that Harvey Weinstein has been a sexually abusive monster.  Everyone in the "business" knew it but kept quiet.  His politics were "correct," so no one reported his many crimes against women.  He was a huge donor to Democrats, especially to the Clintons.  To be in bed with the Clintons is to be above the law and corrupt to the core.  All of which means that, as night follows day, the Hollywood/Weinstein level of predation is probably rampant in Congress as well.  Some of the journalists who viciously demeaned Bill Clinton's victims in the 1990s are crawling all over themselves now, to say that they were wrong to defend him. [...] Just as everyone in Hollywood knew Weinstein was a barbarous abuser of women, every member of Congress knew the same about Ted Kennedy.

Let's All Savor The Democrats' Pervgate Pain.  Sure, we have an issue of our own, but is it unfair to point out that Judge Jailbait was a Democrat back when he was cruising malls for teen action?  Yeah, it's probably unfair.  Too bad. [...] And Senator Al Franken (D-Medellin) continued his unbroken dumbness streak by actually letting someone photograph him while he made a play for the only kind of woman who digs him, an unconscious one.  That made it a bit hard to deny, though he did troop out seven women to assure us that he never harassed any of them.  Of course, most of us could probably round up seven people we didn't molest.  Not Bill Clinton, but most of us.

Creeping, Gripping, Groping, and Griping:  The Year of Al Franken.  By now, we are well aware of the extraordinary predilection that certain prominent liberal Democrats — and their bagmen, donors, and fundraisers — have for sexually harassing women, objectifying women, using women as playthings and sex objects, even while giving the other kind of lip service to the "dignity of women."  From the vehicular bridge spans of Ted Kennedy to the antics within the John Kennedy White House, from the Bill Clinton state house in Little Rock to his oval office and under his desk in D.C., from the Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey movie and television sets to the John Edwards saga and the editorial offices of the New Republic, we find an extraordinary consistency of deceit and hypocrisy.  "We support women.  We respect a woman's right to choose."  And then, when the camera lights are off and the microphones removed, the abasement and defilement of women begins.

McConnell calls for ethics probe of Menendez.  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Thursday that the Senate Ethics Committee should investigate Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) after his bribery and corruption trial ended in a mistrial.  "Because of the seriousness of these charges, I am calling on the Senate Ethics committee to immediately investigate Senator Menendez's actions which led to his indictment," McConnell said in a statement.  He added that "Senator Menendez was indicted on numerous federal felonies.  He is one of only twelve U.S. senators to have been indicted in our history."

The Uses of Disgrace.  In 1983, two congressmen, one a Democrat and the other a Republican, were censured by the House.  Both had admitted to having affairs with 17-year-old pages.  The Republican, Daniel Crane, represented a conservative Illinois district.  His constituents sent him packing the following year, despite his apology and request for forgiveness.  The Democrat was Gerry Studds, who represented a liberal Massachusetts district.  His relationship had been with a young man.  He admitted to a "very serious error in judgment," but seemed to imply that he was owed more latitude because he was gay.  "It is not a simple task for any of us to meet adequately the obligations of either public office or private life, let alone both," Studds said in an address to the House.  "But these challenges are made substantially more complex when one is, as I am, both an elected public official and gay."  He was reelected seven more times and retired voluntarily in 1997.

Democrats Applauded Accused Rapist Bill Clinton After His Impeachment.  Immediately following his impeachment on December 19, 1998, Democrats stood behind disgraced former President Bill Clinton and applauded him despite his having been charged under articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives for obstruction of justice and lying under oath to a federal grand jury.  Clinton, accused of committing sexual crimes against multiple women, lied about having an inappropriate sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.  Despite this, Democrats applauded Clinton after his impeachment and portrayed him as the victim of "politics of personal destruction."  [Video clip]

Every Democrat Presidential Candidate In 25 Years Had Pedophile Ties.  [Scroll down]  Even years later in the governor's mansion, Hillary thought that getting a 12-year-old girl's rapist off the hook was the funniest thing ever.  Roy Reed, the great media hero of the civil rights movement, never wrote about it.  There were no outraged stories in the New York Times or Esquire.  Just like Harvey Weinstein's associates.  They knew.  They knew and they said nothing.

Menendez could remain in Senate even if he's convicted.  As the bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez concludes, Senate Democrats could face a stark question — how long will they stick by the New Jersey Democrat if he's convicted?  Menendez's lawyers have a final chance Monday in their closing arguments to persuade the jury hearing his case in Newark that the veteran lawmaker is not guilty.  With Menendez's fate likely to be decided within days, Democrats are already quietly strategizing on how to respond if he's found guilty.

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Bob Menendez juror interrupts deliberations to ask judge, 'What is a senator?': Report.  A juror taking part in the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., interrupted deliberations Tuesday [11/7/2017] to ask the presiding judge for the definition of a senator.  U.S. District Judge William Walls denied the juror's request for a transcript of the closing argument from Menendez's attorney, Abbe Lowell, in which he argued that Menendez never pushed through legislation to help a friend, per Bloomberg and CNN.  Instead, the federal judge instructed the jurors to rely on their individual and collective memories to define the role of a senator and remember important points from Lowell's final address.

Down the Memory Hole:  Obama Stole the 2008 Primary with Help of DNC.  Obama's illegal shenanigans in the 2008 Democrat primaries were far worse than Clinton's — and will never be widely reported.  It's an odd experience to dig this information out of the memory hole.  No Democrat cares:  no party leaders, no members of Congress, no journalists, and no ordinary people.  Democrats do not care about rule of law or fair elections.  All of them feel morally entitled to win.  That is the corrupting influence of their identity politics that tars political opponents as moral reprobates.  Democrat primaries show us who they are:  their will to power trumps every other value.  Progressives want permanent power, not a functioning republic.  They don't accept fair and free elections — witness their dirty attempts to overturn the last one and deprive Trump voters of their victory.

Honchos at Bankrupt DNC [were] Kept 'Fat and Happy' With Perks While Clinton Ran [the] Show.  Hillary Clinton's Brooklyn-based campaign controlled the Democratic National Committee (DNC) while its neutered leadership was kept "fat and happy" with needless perks paid out by the bankrupt party committee, according to a new book by former interim DNC head Donna Brazile: [...]

Menendez corruption trial goes to jury.  The fate of Sen. Robert Menendez is now in the jury's hands.  With the New Jersey Democrat's career and freedom hanging in the balance, his defense lawyer said Monday that Menendez's relationship with Salomon Melgen, a wealthy Florida ophthalmologist, was a longstanding friendship — not a corrupt connection, as claimed by the Justice Department.  "This case is not about what was done, it's about why it was done," Abbe Lowell said in his closing argument of the bribery trial, the first in a generation involving a sitting senator.  "Friendship explains that."

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Awwww...   His only crime is being a friend!  We should just let him go!

So the Steele dossier was bought cheap.  What did the other $12 million pay for?  Fusion GPS, the Washington "opposition research" smear firm, produced its salacious "dossier" on President Trump on the cheap, paying only $168,000 to an oddly-chosen British subcontractor to falsely depict Trump as a [...] pervert in Moscow hotel rooms.  It's cheap given the large amounts of money that changed hands from the Democratic National Committee, the Hillary Clinton campaign and President Obama's Organizing for Action, all of which paid the same Washington lawyers at Perkins Coie for their efforts to beat Trump during the election.  Perkins Coie paid Fusion GPS to produce the dossier and obscured its payments through attorney-client privilege.  It's expensive when you consider that what it paid for in the "dossier" is worthless information, a collection of lies that any Trump hater could have made up for free.

Fiery Closing Arguments in Menendez Bribery Trial Draw Yawns from Nets.  "This is what bribery looks like," declared federal prosecutor J.P. Cooney on Thursday as the closing arguments in the long-running corruption trial of Democratic New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez took place.  The trial had seen contentious exchanges between the defense and the judge, claims of a lack of impartiality, and requests for the case to be thrown and for a mistrial to be declared.  The closing arguments themselves were just as fiery, but just as with the rest of the trial, the big three networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) pretended it didn't happen.

DNC Chief Stonewalls Reporters On Payments To Fusion GPS.  Tom Perez, the Democratic National Committee's new chairman, stonewalled reporters Tuesday by refusing to divulge any concrete information about the DNC's financial payments to Fusion GPS, the opposition research company that produced the salacious "Trump Dossier."  In his first national press conference since the DNC payments became public, Perez stoutly defended the DNC's decision to hire Fusion GPS, saying it would have constituted "malpractice" to not retain the opposition research firm.

Menendez files motion for mistrial in corruption case: report.  Sen. Bob Menendez's (D-N.J.) lawyers filed a motion Sunday [10/29/2017] to declare a mistrial in his current trial on corruption charges, Politico reported.  Lawyers for Menendez and Salomon Melgen, the other man facing bribery charges in the case, repeatedly threatened to file a motion for a mistrial during a hearing with U.S. District Judge William Walls on Thursday [10/26/2017].  In their filing on Sunday, the lawyers claim that Walls has blocked them from introducing key evidence in the case, including the testimony of two defense witnesses.

Hill Republicans want more answers from Wasserman Schultz, Podesta about Trump dossier money.  Congressional Republicans on Sunday [10/29/2017] called for Democrats John Podesta and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to provide further answers about their party paying for a dossier on President Trump's alleged ties to Russia, after telling Senate investigators last month that they had no knowledge of such payments.  Wasserman Schultz is the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Podesta was the chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.  Both groups purportedly paid millions for research that led to the dossier, The Washington Post reported last week.

The Mother of All Scandals.  All of Trump's ducks are lining up.  Trump looks happy when he talks, and has for many weeks.  He is in control.  He sees the long game, and knows he is holding all the cards.  It appears he has entrapped them all in this scandal called Uranium One.  The FBI and the Deep-State.  James Comey.  Eric Holder.  Loretta Lynch.  The Clintons.  Barrack Obama.  The leftist news media.  Real collusion, with a real crime.  And it really is the mother of all scandals.  Allowing the sale of 20% of US uranium for money.  The biggest breach in national security since the Rosenbergs gave away the atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union.

Hillary's Dossier.  After much pain — after much lying, Clinton style — the Washington Post reported on Tuesday evening [10/24/2017] that the Trump Dossier was commissioned by the smear outfit GPS Fusion at the behest of the Clinton campaign.  It was funded by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.  Tom Perez, the current chairman of the Democratic National Committee wants it to be known that the DNC's "new [post-election] leadership" (Perez and Minnesota's own fast-talking hustler Keith Ellison) know nothing.  They all sound like Mafia types.  Nobody knows anything.

Yes, There WERE Russian Ties to Election Via Hillary and DNC.  The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trump's connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin, people familiar with the matter said.  Marc Elias, a lawyer representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC, retained Fusion GPS, a Washington, D.C., firm, to conduct the research.  Fusion GPS hired dossier author Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer with ties to the FBI and the U.S. intelligence community.

With FBI Actions Now Under Suspicion, WSJ Editors Call on Special Counsel Mueller to Resign.  In my earlier analysis of the latest dossier/collusion developments — which have taken an abrupt turn in the last week, to the dismay of many liberals — I wrote that newly-revealed and -confirmed details raise serious and uncomfortable questions for both the Democratic Party and the FBI.  In a house editorial published today [10/26/2017], the Wall Street Journal's editors explicate several of those questions that demand a full accounting.

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Happy Birthday Hillary Clinton!  HAHAHAHA.  After nearly a year of cries of Russia, Russia, Russia against Donald Trump who absolutely obilerated Hillary Clinton in the electoral college in last year's election, the Russia collusion scandal has done a complete turn out and it pointing at Hillary Clinton, her rapist husband, Hussein Obama, Eric Holder, James Comey and Robert Mueller.

Clinton and DNC Paid Almost $10 Million for Russia-Trump Dossier.  The corrupt Hillary Clinton campaign paid $5.6 million and the just as corrupt Democratic National Committee paid $3.6 million for the dossier coming to a grand total of $9.1 [million].  That's how much the corrupt Democrats paid for their debunked, [...] dossier.  No wonder the DNC is in the hole when it comes to fund raising and no one is donating to the Clinton Crime Foundation anymore.  I wonder how much of the money Clinton paid for the dossier came out of the Haiti "earthquake relief" fund.

The Lawyer Behind The Trump Dossier Testifies At Menendez Trial.  Marc Elias of Perkins Coie, the Democratic lawyer and Clinton ally who hired Fusion GPS to compile the notorious Trump dossier, was scheduled to testify Thursday in New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez's ongoing corruption trial.  Defense lawyers hoped Elias would rebut charges that Menendez lied on financial disclosures forms for failing to disclose a number of free airplane rides on a donor's private plane.  Federal prosecutors claim that the donor, Dr. Salomon Melgen, purveyed a stream of benefits for Menendez, who took various actions to bolster Melgen's medical practice in exchange.  U.S. District Judge William Walls ultimately blocked Elias' testimony, concluding it was inadmissible hearsay.

With DNC's Trump dossier payoffs, what foul people the Dems have crawled into bed with.  Revelations that the Democratic National Committee paid for the Russian-produced "Trump dossier" of phony, gross, stories unprintable in a family newspaper, have left some pretty disgusting conclusions about them, their ethics, and the company they keep.  According to a fairly good analysis from Aaron Blake of the Washington Post, one of the most important reasons why the news matters is that it's clear that Democrats, not their supporters, paid for the report.  Effectively, that's Hillary Clinton herself.  And second, we all now know that Democrats are willing to pay foreign powers — including enemy powers — big bucks in their quest to win elections at any cost.  That amount may have been more than $9 million, if this report has it right.  And what a coincidence — it's almost exactly the amount the Democrats found themselves in the hole for around the same time.  It sounds as though they paid for that dossier out of money they didn't even have.

How Corrupt Are American Institutions?  In 2009, the Obama Justice Department began investigating a Russian plan to expand Russia's atomic energy business by acquiring uranium in the United States.  Through bribery, kickbacks, money laundering and extortion, the Russians were able to acquire 20% of the uranium mining rights in the United States.  Shareholders in the Russian firm Rosatom funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation in the months leading up to the Obama administration's approval of the transaction.  The sale was officially approved in 2010 by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), whose members included both Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Attorney General Eric Holder.  Apparently neither Holder nor Clinton informed the other members of the committee just what an historic act of corruption they were participants to. [...] The government informant at the heart of the case was (and remains) forbidden to speak to Congress by an Obama Justice Department gag order (that gag order has yet to be lifted by the Trump Justice Department).  If this story is true, then all our worst fears have been confirmed, and we are indeed living in a banana republic, with one set of rules for the rich and powerful, and another set of rules for everybody else.

Massive criminal conspiracy unravels:  Hillary Clinton took $145M from Russians to sell out the U.S. uranium supply to America's enemies.  We have truly reached the point in American history where criminal indictments need to be immediately leveled against James Comey, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Robert Mueller and a dozen other high-ranking officials who are now known to have been complicit in one of the most treasonous criminal cover-ups in American history.  Although the entire left-wing media is running a campaign of complete silence on this story, the rest of the media is now widely reporting that, under President Obama, the FBI had documented an exhaustive trail of corruption, bribery and treason that involved Hillary Clinton, State Department corruption and Russia-linked mining companies that acquired rights to U.S. uranium supplies.

Media Silence:  New Jersey Democratic Congressman Bob Menendez Is Still On Trial For Corruption.  After the prosecution concluded their case Friday [10/13/2017], Menendez's lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the case, claiming that prosecutors couldn't tie Menendez's friendship with Melgen to any of Menendez's specific actions, and that any meetings Melgen had with Menendez were simply friendly chats that just happened to lead into offers of help.  Judge Walls didn't see it their way.  "This court concludes that a rational jury could deduce that the defendants entered into a quid pro quo agreement," Walls said in his decision Monday morning.  "The jury is at liberty to accept or reject."  That means Menendez must now launch a defense.  A quick rundown of court filings will tell you that won't be an easy task.

Condemning Harvey, Still Clinging to Bill and Teddy.  Amidst the flurry of demands that Harvey Weinstein be extinguished from the liberal memory, Democrats keep turning up at institutions and award ceremonies named after serial exploiters of women.  The other day John Kerry took a break from the denunciations of the bloated mogul to pick up an honor from the "Edward Kennedy Institute."  Barack Obama sent his fraternal greetings to the august gathering.  Needless to say, memories of Teddy Kennedy's exploitation of waitresses and campaign volunteers didn't figure into the high proceedings.

The Overlord of Oscar Bait.  Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was a celebrated figure during the (perhaps now finally concluded) Bill and Hillary Era.  In particular, he was the central string-puller of the insufferable orgy of virtue-signaling that the Academy Awards have become. [...] Harvey's downfall is revealing how The Narrative is molded:  Follow the money.  Harvey was a master of vertical integration, bribing journalists to be his coconspirators in promoting his movies and covering up his misdeeds.  Despite his close ties with existing periodicals such as Vanity Fair, in 1999 Harvey's Miramax firm cofounded its own slick magazine, Talk.  Harvey hired away Tina Brown, editor of The New Yorker, and gave her roughly $50 million to blow during Talk's short lifespan.  Talk put Hillary on its first cover and used its magazine to promote Miramax stars like Gwyneth Paltrow.  While Brown was happy to help with Harvey's overt propagandizing, she soon discovered a sub-rosa aspect.  Harvey's modus operandi was to bribe reporters, witnesses, and victims with magazine assignments, book contracts, and movie deals.

Why Hollywood is the perfect hunting ground for pervs.  At last check, 47 women have now said they were sexually harassed and/or assaulted by the producer Harvey Weinstein.  That number is certain to grow. [...] These astounding numbers do not suggest, as many now are, that Weinstein is a representative figure of American maleness in our time.  It's precisely the opposite:  His is a story of demonic excess that is so horrifying because it is so exceptional.  In that sense, it tracks precisely with the story of Bill Cosby, who stands accused by dozens of women of having drugged and then molested them.  These are habitual and repetitive fetishistic behaviors that make Weinstein and Cosby more akin to serial killers than to the handsy creep down the hall or the sleaze who dangles a job prospect even as he's asking for a date.

Complaint Filed Against DNC Chair Perez With FEC Over Donations.  A complaint has been filed on Tuesday [10/17/2017] with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by a watchdog group over donations from DNC Chairman Tom Perez's campaign account to former opponents.  The complaint was made by the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) where they allege the donations may have been illegal, Fox News reports.  The allegation is that the donations were only made by Perez's team to opponents after they dropped their bids for DNC chair and then supported Perez.

Judge refuses to throw out case against New Jersey senator.  In a big defeat for Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, the judge at his corruption trial Monday refused to throw out any of the charges against him in light of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling narrowing the definition of bribery.

PedoWood Braces For Weinstein Backlash As More Wonder If PizzaGate Was Real.  The now "breaking" Harvey Weinstein story has been around for decades.  His abusive behavior, his penchant for singling out and intimidating up-and-coming talent, his threats, intimidations, payoffs, it has long been a running inside joke among the Hollywood elite.  So why now?  And what of the longstanding financial links between Mr. Weinstein and Washington D.C.?  Some readers might recall the shocking claims of child sex trafficking abuses that are said to be rampant among the globalist elites, stretching from private clubs in London, to high-rise New York, and yes, the scripted caverns of PedoWood and all points between.  Mr. Weinstein bounced around often from LA to New York to London, Italy, Germany, and Paris, among other places.  He has longstanding connections to China's ruling class, billionaire Saudi investors, and of course, U.S. politicians like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

Contradictions and Condescension.  When a decent old stiff such as Mitt Romney talks earnestly about looking for suitable female job candidates and clumsily distills the effort into the phrase "binders full of women", all the smart sophisticated types jump on it and make it a punchline for an antiquated condescension that only confirms how irredeemably misogynist the GOP is.  By contrast, when Harvey Weinstein corners a TV reporter in the corridor of his restaurant and [...]

Abortion Activist Harvey Weinstein is a Sexual Predator and Major Planned Parenthood Donor.  Hollywood, the Land of Make-Believe and Botox injections, loves to inject its "moral" authority into every social issue.  But, like everything Tinseltown produces, it's all duplicitous.  They do give rousing performances, especially at their self-awarding ceremonies where they applaud their "courage" for groupthink.  They love to lecture America on a host of their choice inequalities: income, racism, elitism, LGBT-ism, and feminism.  From a demographic where many spend millions changing their biologically-given face to a surgically altered one, is it any wonder they're two-faced about all of these issues? [...] Speaking of sexual appetite, I wonder if Planned Parenthood will return Harvey Weinstein's $100k donation given back in May.  The Harvey Weinsteins of the world love supporting "women's rights" (while stripping women of their dignity) and ensuring the continued existence and violence of Planned Parenthood.  The nation's leading abortion chain has, since Roe, been the enablers of sexual predators and the daily perpetrators of violence against women (and their unborn children).

Report: NBC News Passed on Ronan Farrow's Bombshell Report of Weinstein Rape Allegations.  NBC News passed on a story by contributor Ronan Farrow that it allegedly possessed in August about three separate rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein that eventually appeared in the New Yorker Tuesday, according to a report.  According to the Huffington Post, Farrow's bombshell Tuesday report — in which three women, including actress Asia Argento, accused the movie mogul of rape — "was in NBC's hands as recently as August, according to multiple sources both inside and outside the network."

Trump talked the talk; Weinstein and Clinton walked the walk.  Hillary "What Happened" Clinton finally weighed in after days of silence.  I suspect she didn't realize all the fuss was about Weinstein, thinking instead that accusations of rape and abuse against a powerful Democrat meant her husband, making it awkward for her to weigh in.  This is especially noticeable after her campaign tweet, "Every survivor of sexual assault deserves to be heard, believed, and supported."  That applies except when the perp is a famous Democrat.  Like Harvey Weinstein.  Or Bill Clinton.  Or Anthony Weiner.  Or Ted Kennedy.

The Left's Collusion with Harvey Weinstein.  The fleshy, repellent, sinister look of Harvey Weinstein, akin to the brutal indifference on the face of an overfed badger before devouring his prey, is proof of the unity between body and soul.  If beauty adorns virtue, ugliness adorns vice.  The horror stories about Weinstein continue to multiply and now include tales of criminal flashing and sexual assault.  Out of the mushrooming scandal has come a blast of dirt, from which particles are settling on top officials in the Democratic Party, starting with the Clintons and the Obamas.

Harvey Weinstein is not the nastiest thing going on in Hollywood.  As more (and more) revelations come out about slimeball and (alleged) serial rapist Harvey Weinstein, there is a more sinister conspiracy still hidden in the Hollywood hills:  pedophilia.  It seems that, for a decade and more, courage was in short supply in Hollywood, as dozens (maybe hundreds) of people knew of Harvey's predilections (for starlets) and did absolutely nothing.  It has now been reported that as far back as 2004, the N.Y. Times was aware of at least some of the extent of Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse and, one suspects for political reasons, decided to spike a story that would have exposed and possibly put a stop to his deviancy.  How many women were sexually assaulted or even raped between 2004 and today?  It's been reported that Matt Damon and Russell Crowe were part of a group that pressured the Times not to report on these salacious activities.  Are they, in part, culpable for subsequent assaults?  How about all of the dozens of Miramax employees and others who sent young women to Harvey to be exploited and abused?  Sadly, Harvey Weinstein's act isn't the darkest in Hollywood's repertoire — at least that we know of.  As has been reported, the women Harvey sexually abused were adults.  But did Harvey rape or sexually abuse any minors?

Weinstein Collateral Damage:  The Obamas.  Barack Obama, whom his campaign bundler Harvey Weinstein once introduced to Hollywood elites as "the Paul Newman of American presidents," came out with his "shocked, shocked" statement now that Weinstein is exposed and down and every celebrity and his brother is making Weinstein-was-a-pig statements for the press. [...] It's as if Obama never gummed up traffic in Los Angeles during rush hour to raise campaign funds and schmooze with celebrities of Weinstein's ilk over the long course of his presidency. [...] So now we are expected to believe that the Obamas were "disgusted"?  Where were they when all this was going on, and why are they only speaking out about it now that Weinstein is down and not in a position to hold Democratic fundraisers anymore?  And with all their post-presidential millions, why aren't they giving any of it back?

Harvey Weinstein Has Destroyed Hollywood — Now What?  Hollywood's politics have always been a self-serving charade, a liberal masquerade for a rapacious and lubricious lifestyle.  But now, thanks to the Weinstein scandal, we see it more clearly than ever.  And it couldn't be more repellent.  (I had always thought Bill Clinton would have made the greatest studio executive of all time.  Now I'm convinced of it.)  If conservative investors had any courage, this would be the time to make a hostile takeover of the movie business.  Unfortunately, they don't.

Hillary's election would have shelved Weinstein story.  Amanda Carpenter threw cold water on the media feeding frenzy over the revelation that for decades Harvey Weinstein preyed on women in Hollywood.  She pointed out that if we elected Hillary president, he would be home free.  The New York Times would have protected him just as it did in 2004 when Sharon Waxman tried to break the news.  But Trump is president, and Weinstein is expendable.  So the Times dusted off a 13-year-old story and poof, he is gone.  Hooray for the Times, right?  Well, except for the part where he continued to victimize women for 13 years.

'Disgusted' Obamas were star-struck by Hollywood mogul Weinstein's access, cash.  Barack and Michelle Obama now say they are "disgusted" by Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment accusations.  But as president and first lady, oh my, how they loved the movie mogul's cash and Hollywood glitz.  As a powerful pipeline to the Democrats' cash machine in the entertainment industry, Mr. Weinstein raised millions of dollars for Mr. Obama's presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012.  He and his wife, Georgina Chapman, hosted Mr. Obama for a high-end fundraiser at their home overlooking Long Island Sound in Westport, Connecticut, in August 2012.  Other guests included actress Anne Hathaway, Vogue editor Anna Wintour and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin.

The Democrats cannot ignore their Harvey Weinstein problem.  [Scroll down]  It took the two most dominant Democrats of the past 17 years five days to cook up responses that could have been written in 10 minutes after the first New York Times bombshell appeared.  It's a demonstration of stunning political incompetence.  More than that, it's a failure of leadership from the two top leaders in which the Democratic Party invested itself over the last generation.  It appears that both Obama and Clinton hoped to skate past a moment of outrage without alienating a formerly powerful Hollywood ally, which demonstrates just how beholden the entire party has become to the entertainment industry for their cash and star power.  That is a big problem for the Democratic Party.  If this scandal expands past Weinstein — and there are already suggestions it might — then the next generation of leadership may have to figure out how to compete without the baggage Hollywood carries.

High-Ranking Dem[ocratic] Sen[ator]s Gave Campaign Cash to Menendez After Indictment.  A number of high-ranking Democratic senators combined to contribute tens of thousands of dollars to Sen. Robert Menendez's (D., N.J.) campaign committee this year, a review of Federal Election Commission records shows.  Menendez, who was indicted in April 2015, is currently facing 12 counts of corruption charges that include bribery.  Prosecutors have said that the senator had a "corrupt pact" with Salomon Melgen, a wealthy Florida eye doctor, a previous donor to Menendez's campaign.  Menendez himself has contributed to the campaigns of a number of top Democratic senators this year from his leadership PAC, the New Millennium PAC, the Washington Free Beacon previously reported.

Obama speaks out on Harvey Weinstein allegations.  Former President Barack Obama has issued a statement on the series of reports of sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations against movie mogul — and major Democratic donor — Harvey Weinstein.  "Michelle and I have been disgusted by the recent reports about Harvey Weinstein," Mr. Obama said in the statement.  "Any man who demeans and degrades women in such fashion needs to be condemned and held accountable, regardless of wealth or status. [...]"

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Such behavior is not to be permitted — unless the perpetrator's name is Bill Clinton.

Why the Media Covered for Harvey Weinstein.  At the 100th anniversary of Planned Parenthood, honoring Hillary Clinton, the recently defeated candidate, drinks named "Toxic Masculinity" were being served.  Also on the scene was Harvey Weinstein.  And Harvey had his thick wallet open to the tune of $100K for the abortion organization.  Harvey was sitting with Hillary.  Not to mention Meryl Streep and Shonda Rimes.  The A-list celebs in attendance knew exactly what and who Harvey was.  His habits were no secret.  If you look carefully enough at certain TV shows and movies, they are referenced and winked at.

Why the Harvey Weinstein Story Is Worse Than You Think.  The New York Times last week broke the story of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's long record of sexual harassment. [...] The details were so jarring and the trail of abuse so long, that it was impossible to read the story and not come away wondering:  How did no one know what he was doing?  But of course people knew about Harvey Weinstein.

The Harvey Weinstein scandal and the silent left's stunning hypocrisy.  "Who is Harvey Weinstein?" is a perfectly acceptable question in light of a bombshell story The New York Times broke Thursday [10/5/2017] that reports decades of his alleged serial sexual harassment and settlements with women in Hollywood.  Putting it bluntly, Harvey Weinstein, for a time, was the most powerful producer and studio head in Hollywood.  He is almost singlehandedly responsible for the indie-to-mainstream film explosion in the 90's (backing "Pulp Fiction," "Good Will Hunting" and "Shakespeare in Love" to name just a few examples).  His influence in Hollywood is unparalleled.

Michelle Obama In 2013: Harvey Weinstein Is 'A Wonderful Human Being'.  At a film workshop for students from across the country in 2013, then-first lady Michelle Obama praised Harvey Weinstein as a "wonderful human being."  Weinstein has come under fire after The New York Times reported the Miramax head has been paying women to keep quiet about sexual assault allegations against him for decades.  The film mogul has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democrats for years.  CNN reports that Weinstein has made more than 185 donations to Democratic candidates and liberal organizations totaling more than $350,000.

Democrat Muslim IT Spy Scandal Spreads to Pelosi and Clinton.  This goes all the way to the top.  Florida Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's top information technology (IT) aide was arrested Monday attempting to board a flight to Pakistan after wiring $283,000 from the Congressional Federal Credit Union to that country.  The Democrats have paid the Muslim IT spy ring $4 million since 2009.  FBI agents seized several hard computer drives that had been smashed from the home of former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's information technology aide.

Menendez has set a new low for blatant corruption in the US.  The bribery trial of senior New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez has it all.  Menendez is facing charges that he sold his US Senate office to a Palm Beach, Fla., eye doctor, his co-defendant Salomon Melgen, for bribes in the form of private jets stocked with Menendez's favorite beverages, a private villa at one of the lushest resorts in the Caribbean, and a Paris hotel suite for which Melgen spent 650,000 American Express points.  The two men met in 1993 when Melgen contributed $500 to Menendez's first House re-election campaign at a South Florida fundraiser — his first political contribution.  In the decades since, Melgen became a major high-dollar Democratic donor, and when Menendez was appointed to the Senate in 2006, they already had an extraordinarily close relationship.

Weiner and his wife have lied again, again and again.  Standing before a federal judge Monday morning [9/25/2017], Anthony Weiner sobbed as he faced sentencing for sexting a 15-year-old girl.  He had hit rock bottom, he told the judge.  He was making amends to his wife, Hillary Clinton's top aide Huma Abedin, and their 5-year-old son, Jordan.  Public approbation no longer mattered to him, nor did his now-ruined political career nor his public reputation.  He was once mentally diseased, but since his arrest in May by the FBI, no more.  The judge didn't buy it, sentencing Weiner to 21 months in prison.  It wasn't for lack of trying on Weiner's part, though.

N.J. voters overwhelmingly want Sen. Bob Menendez to resign if he is convicted of bribery.  New Jersey voters overwhelmingly want Sen. Bob Menendez to resign if he is convicted of bribery charges, and those with an unfavorable opinion of the Paramus Democrat outnumber those with a favorable view by more than 2-to-1, a Suffolk University poll conducted for the USA TODAY Network in New Jersey found.  Menendez, 63, went on trial Sept. 6 in U.S. District Court in Newark for allegedly taking bribes over a period of years to use his office to benefit the business and personal interests of his longtime friend and codefendant, Dr. Salomon Melgen, also 63, of North Palm Beach, Fla.

CNN Once Called Menendez Trial 'Big Deal,' So Where's the Coverage?  Since it began more than two weeks ago, CNN has provided a paltry 14 minutes and 11 seconds of coverage to the corruption trial of Democratic Senator Robert Menendez.  In fact, the 24-hour cable news network has mentioned the trial only once since September 7.

CNN Loves To Cover Corruption Trials Of Senators, Unless The Senator's A Democrat.  The ongoing trial of Sen. Bob Menendez is a big deal.  But you wouldn't know that from the scant coverage it has received from CNN.  The Democratic senator and his co-defendant face a collective 18 counts of bribery and fraud for a scheme involving private plane rides, luxury vacations, $750,000 in campaign contributions, and Medicare fraud.  If Menendez is found guilty and steps down from office, Republican Gov. Chris Christie could choose his successor — potentially altering the political makeup of the U.S. Senate.

Is This Why 50 Percent of NJ Voters Want Menendez Gone?  We've had almost a month of media silence on the corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ).  The New Jersey Democrat is accused of allowing his office to be used to help longtime friend Dr. Salomon Melgen in exchange for campaign contributions and lavish gifts, including paid vacations and over $700,000 in campaign contributions.  And it's not just the bribes.  USA Today had the rundown of the unethical allegations undertaken by Menendez that includes using his office to fast track visas for Melgen's girlfriends, stopping the Department of Homeland Security from donating cargo screening equipment to the Dominican Republic, and placing pressure on DHS to allow Melgen's company do the security.

Witness says Menendez lived large at Dominican resort.  Robert Menendez's stays at the luxurious Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic gave him access to white-sand beaches, a marina filled with expensive yachts and five golf courses, a resort executive testified Monday [9/18/2017] at the New Jersey senator's corruption trial.  The seven-acre gated community on the Caribbean Sea also boasts the top-rated golf course in the Dominican Republic, six international restaurants, a security staff of 800, and access to elite sports like pheasant shooting, Andres Pichardo Rosenberg, the resort's president, told a Newark federal jury.  "We import the eggs and cultivate them," Rosenberg explained when the judge asked, somewhat incredulously, if there are pheasants in the island nation.  "You cultivate the eggs to shoot them?" the judge said in disbelief.

Electing to Investigate Voter Fraud.  Broward County Election Supervisor Brenda Snipes' non-efforts to prevent voter fraud are typical of Democrat officials.  She sounds like your run-of-the-mill, corrupt Democrat capo from Philly or Pittsburgh whose primary objective is maintaining Democrats' power without regard for the rule of law or maintaining a civil society.  Both social norms and the Constitution are targeted by the nihilist, communist left/Democrat Party for annihilation. [...] Leftist apparatchiks like Snipes are vital to the Joey Stalins of the Democrat Party, the malevolent Schumer and abortionist Pelosi.  Snipes most likely considers Antifa to be a community organizing group; in fact, it is — like ACORN and Black Lives Matter — violent, anti-American, communist, and darlings of the mainstream media.

Senator's Corruption Trial Reveals State Department Favors.  For the first time in nearly four decades, a sitting U.S. senator is on trial for federal bribery, and he's dragging the State Department into his legal quagmire.  Sen. Bob Menendez's trial for bribery is shining an uncomfortable light on the lawmaker's efforts to pressure State Department, including allegations he helped settle a dispute over a lucrative foreign contract in favor of a friend and campaign donor.  That's just one of a dozen other bribery and corruption charges being levied against Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey.  Prosecutors also allege that the senator helped acquire U.S. visas for several of the donor's foreign girlfriends, citing official State Department records and emails between the senator and his staff.

Democrats Have a Pedophilia Problem.  Today, pedophile Seattle Democrat Mayor Ed Murray was forced to resign after a fifth person (his younger cousin) came forward and accused him of child molestation.  Ed Murray isn't the only Democrat pedophile out there.  Joe Biden who routinely liked to fondle kids during members of congress swearing in has gotten away with it for years.  Anthony Weiner sexted teen age girls with his four year old son next time him.  But those aren't the only Democrat pedophiles either.

Elite Epidemic:  At Least 10 US Mayors Accused of Child Sex Crimes in Just the Last Year.  As TFTP reported yesterday [9/13/2017], Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has resigned after a fifth victim has come forward and alleged the mayor raped him as a child — it was his cousin.  While this is certainly a massive revelation, it is important to note that Ed Murray is only one name on a long list of mayors accused of child sex-related crimes since 2016.  According to a scathing report from the Daily Caller, at least 10 current and former mayors have been accused of unspeakable crimes against children.  Ranging from child porn to rape, some of the victims were as young as four-years-old.

Cory Booker Gave $20,000 to Menendez's Legal Expense Fund.  Democratic Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) gave $20,000 to the legal expense fund of Sen. Robert Menendez (D., N.J.), who is now on trial for corruption charges, records show.  Salomon Melgen, the wealthy Florida doctor prosecutors say had a "corrupt pact" with Menendez, and his wife also donated tens of thousands to a prior legal expense trust that was established by Menendez.  Booker appeared at the opening day of the corruption trial last week and sat in the first row behind his Democratic colleague.  Booker said he expects "some serious appeals" if his mentor is convicted.

Witness: Sen. Menendez Helped Me Get A Visa After My Rich Boyfriend Gave Him Money.  A Dominican woman testified on Tuesday [9/12/2017] that Sen. Bob Menendez, who faces felony corruption charges, helped her with her U.S. visa application after her alleged ex-boyfriend, who is also on trial, asked the Democratic senator to intervene.  Rosiell Polanco-Suera told the court her visa application was initially denied in 2008, but after her wealthy ex-boyfriend — Dr. Salomon Melgen, who was convicted of Medicaid fraud earlier this year — asked "the senator" to intervene, her application was green-lighted, the Associated Press reports.

If Bob Menendez is guilty, boot him:  No place for a senator on the take.  New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez stands trial in federal court, credibly charged with trading lavish gifts for government favors.  If convicted, he must be swiftly ejected from office by a bipartisan vote of his peers — never mind the collateral damage to the Senate Democratic caucus of which he is a part when Jersey's governor, currently Republican Chris Christie, gets to tap a successor.  Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ought to waste no time making that ethical standard clear.

Gay Democrat Seattle Mayor resigns after five claims of child molestation.  It took FIVE accusations to get this gay mayor to finally quit his job.

Democratic Seattle Mayor Ed Murray resigns after fifth child sex-abuse allegation.  Seattle Mayor Ed Murray resigned Tuesday, just hours after new allegationsthat he sexually abused a younger cousin decades ago in New York.  Murray, a former Democratic state legislator elected mayor in 2013, said in a statement he is resigning effective 5 p.m.  Wednesday [9/13/2017].

Seattle's Anti-Trump Democrat Mayor Resigns After Multiple Allegations Of Sex Abuse.  Seattle's Democrat Mayor Ed Murray has resigned his position after a fifth person came forward to accuse him of sexual abuse in the past.  This scandal has been unfolding since the spring but it finally caught up with him.

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray to resign.  Mayor Ed Murray is expected to resign at 5 p.m.  Wednesday [9/13/2017] amid allegations from five sex abuse accusers.  Murray made the announcement in a written statement at 1:07 p.m.  Tuesday, roughly two hours after a fifth man accused him of sexual abuse.

Democrat Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison For Running Ponzi Scheme.  Democrats embody the "Culture of Corruption," as Nancy Pelosi used to say, but have remained silent on the matter since for the past few years, so many of them have been placed behind bars.  And on Wednesday [9/6/2017], the first prosecution for a US Senator is taking place as Sen. Robert Menendez goes to court over $750,000 in contributions and gifts in the biggest corruption trial since ABSCAM.  Legal experts are expecting a conviction for Menendez and Dr Melgen on bribery charges.  Dr Melgen has already been convicted on fraud charges related to Medicaid fraud.  He has not been sentenced yet.  That could mean they are waiting to see how cooperative he will be against Menendez.

When Is A Scandal Not A Scandal?  When There's A Democrat Involved.  A sitting U.S. Senator is currently on trial for bribery, and if he's found guilty it could have major political ramifications.  Haven't heard about this case?  That's because the Senator in question is a Democrat.  A CNN story this week about the opening of the trial against New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez noted that "Democrats are eager to avoid the subject of Menendez's bribery trial."  That headline would have been just as accurate if it said "Reporters" instead of "Democrats."  Menendez in on trial for allegedly having sold his office in exchange for luxury vacations, private flights, and piles of campaign cash.

The Bob Menendez corruption trial sure won't be boring.  For the first time in nearly four decades, a sitting US senator goes on trial Wednesday on federal bribery charges in a case that could have profound political impact.  Prosecutors have laid out a strong case against New Jersey Democrat Robert Menendez in their indictment.  But in the two years since it was unveiled, the Supreme Court has made it much harder to win a conviction.  The senator is charged with taking nearly $1 million in personal gifts and campaign cash from a longtime friend, allegedly in return for political favors.

Judge Rejects Menendez's Request To Delay His Corruption Trial Because He's A Senator.  A federal judge in New Jersey rejected Sen. Bob Menendez's request to allow breaks in his criminal trial in order to fulfill his Senate duties, excoriating the senator for seeking "special treatment."  Menendez's lawyers filed a motion requesting that his upcoming criminal trial take recesses any time the senator is needed in Washington on official business.  They argued that forcing the senator to leave an ongoing trial to attend to congressional business would violate his due process rights.

Prosecutors: Menendez bribery scheme went on for years.  Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez allegedly starting taking bribes from a wealthy donor shortly after he entered the Senate in 2006, federal prosecutors assert in a new document.  Menendez's bribery and corruption trial is set to begin next week.  In preparation for that, Justice Department prosecutors filed a new document Wednesday laying out their case against the New Jersey senator, as well as Dr. Salomon Melgen, his alleged co-conspirator.  Melgen has already been convicted in a separate case of bilking Medicare but has not been sentenced yet.

Networks Hide Senator Bob Menendez's [D-NJ] Corruption Trial.  Federal prosecutors are currently trying to put away Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) on corruption charges, but in the world of the mainstream media, the trial isn't even going on.  If found guilty, Menendez's replacement could increase GOP control in the upper chamber of the legislature.  However, despite the high stakes, broadcast news networks have barely even mentioned the senator's name this year, let alone the trial.

NYT Article on Senator's Corruption Trial Omits the Word Democrat.  A "trivial detail."  But if the story was about a "Republican" senator, the word Republican would be in the headline... with "Conservative" thrown in too.  And probably in every sentence of the article.

Where's Coverage of Democratic Senator's Corruption Trial?  Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is scheduled for trial on corruption charges on September 6, 2017.  The jury selection in that trial starts today.  While local newspapers like the NY Times and local television stations have covered jury selection, cable networks have been eerily silent.

Anti-Trump AG Raked In Campaign Donations From An Oil Tycoon With Ties To Putin.  One of the attorneys general who has sought probes against the Trump administration has accepted large individual campaign donations from an energy tycoon with connections to Russian President Vladimir Putin.  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has accepted more than $60,000 in small donations from Leonard Blavatnik, a Ukrainian-born energy billionaire with ties to Russian oligarchs, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation examination of the Democrat's financial disclosure reports.  Blavatnik plowed $25,000 into Schneiderman's political war chest in January of 2017 — his generous contribution was one of the largest individual donations given to the New York Democrat this year.

Half of Detroit's 8 mayoral candidates are felons.  Half of the eight mayoral hopefuls on Detroit's primary ballot next week have been convicted of felony crimes involving drugs, assault or weapons, a Detroit News analysis shows.  Three were charged with gun crimes and two for assault with intent to commit murder.  Some of the offenses date back decades, the earliest to 1977.  The most recent was in 2008.  Political consultant Greg Bowens said there are candidates with past hardships in every election cycle.  It's not something unique to Detroit or the political arena in general, he said.

Four convicted felons seek to become Detroit mayor.  Half of the eight candidates in Detroit's mayoral primary are convicted felons, mainly for crimes involving drugs, firearms or assault with intent to commit murder.  Could make for exciting council meetings.  Other than that, Tuesday's voting in the nation's 23rd largest city is just another contest among Democrats for municipal control of a decaying big city.

Jeff Sessions Orders Look into 'DOJ Slush Fund' Payments to Leftists.  An internal Department of Justice memorandum obtained by Breitbart News Friday indicates Attorney General Jeff Sessions is trying to get to the bottom of the DOJ "slush fund" for left-wing groups he dismantled in June.  The memo asks all components of the DOJ to recount the last ten years of payments made to non-governmental organizations as third parties in settlements and provide that information to Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, the number three Justice official.  These "cy pres" payments were a long-standing policy of having mostly corporate defendants, for example in a civil rights suit, agree to pay into charities as part of their settlement with the government to avoid further prosecution.

Jane Sanders's Little College That Couldn't.  Burlington College closed in 2016, crushed under the weight of debt it took on in a 2010 real estate deal.  In its last five years, this tiny liberal arts school of fewer than 200 students occupied the former St. Joseph's Orphanage (and its 33 acres, including the last virgin lakefront in town) overlooking Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks.  A $10 million acquisition from the cash-strapped Catholic diocese was made while Jane Sanders, the wife of Vermont's most famous socialist, was president of the college.  The site offered just what Sanders needed to fulfill the promise she made in 2004 to be a "transformative president."  The college's operating budget at the time was just $3.6 million, and it had no endowment.  The deal was made with a mortgage from the diocese, tax-exempt bonds, and a bridge loan from a 99-year-old philanthropist.  Twelve years and three administrations later, the last president penned a letter blaming Sanders, whom the board dismissed in 2011, for sealing the college's fate with an "appallingly inappropriate business deal."

Democrat Bob Brady Under Federal Investigation — Media Silent.  Another corrupt Democrat, this time Pennsvania Democrat Rep. Robert "Bob" Brady is under federal investigation over allegations his campaign illegally paid a primary challenger to drop out in 2012.  As is typical, Democrats circle the wagon and protect their own as Nancy Pelosi tried to defend the corrupt Brady.

Russia probe:  Democrats block key witness against shadowy firm Fusion GPS.  Senate Democrats used a parliamentary maneuver Wednesday [7/26/2017] to cut short a high-profile hearing, where a key witness was set to testify on Russia's misdeeds and also raise fresh allegations against the company behind the infamous anti-Trump dossier.  Bill Browder, the CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital, was set to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee that the co-founder of the firm Fusion GPS was hired to conduct a "smear campaign" against him.

Dem Rep. Luis Gutierrez Has Now Paid His Wife More Than $400,000 From His Campaign Funds.  Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez (Ill.) has disbursed tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds to his wife this year, bringing her total compensation to more than $400,000 since she first appeared on his campaign's payroll.  Gutierrez, who was first elected to Congress in 1992, recently grabbed headlines for saying that Democrats would "eliminate" Trump as president if they take back the House of Representatives.  It appears the one thing Gutierrez won't eliminate anytime soon is the lucrative campaign payments to his wife.

'Kerosene' Maxine Waters:  How Much Longer Will Her District Tolerate Her?  For the 2018 midterm election, Waters has a Republican challenger.  His name is Omar Navarro, born and raised in her district, one that is now 46 percent Hispanic and 24 percent black.  Navarro ran against her the last election cycle, getting only 24 percent of the vote.  But that was before Waters became the "face of the resistance."  Some tacticians argue that with Waters leading the "Trump Is Public Enemy No. 1" brigade, the Republican Party is better off.

FBI probe of Bernie Sanders' wife closely tracks Hillary's secret campaign plan.  The FBI and U.S. Attorney in Vermont are investigating Jane O'Meara Sanders for her role in a failed 2010, $10 million college land deal that she orchestrated during her seven-year stint as president of Burlington College in Vermont.  According to a series of 2015 emails to and from Clinton's campaign manager, John Podesta, leaked to and published on Wikileaks, the Clinton team wrote an extensive political opposition memo entitled "Sanders Top Hits-Thematics."  The memo details Mrs. Sanders' role in the college's financial failure, and parallels the ongoing FBI investigation, now before a grand jury, into the scandal.

McAuliffe's Former Electric Car Company Audited for $6.4M in Repayment to Mississippi.  Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe's (D.) former electric car company has been audited to repay $6.4 million of public funds to the state of Mississippi.  GreenTech Automotive, which McAuliffe left in 2012, was unable to deliver on its promise to create jobs in the state of Mississippi, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.  Now Mississippi State Auditor Stacey Pickering is asking for the full sum of $5 million in public loans, along with interest and recovery costs, to be repaid in full within 30 days.  He warned GreenTech CEO Charles Wang that failure to pay could result in the state filing a lawsuit against the company.

Jane Sanders land deal:  Federal probe reportedly seeking grand jury testimony.  A federal probe into allegations that Sen. Bernie Sanders' wife fraudulently obtained a nearly $10 million loan for a land expansion at a Vermont college has intensified, with prosecutors reportedly calling a state official to testify before a grand jury.  The federal investigation is focused on actions by Jane Sanders in 2010, when she was president of Burlington College.  At the time, she sought a multi-million dollar loan for a new campus on 33 acres along Lake Champlain.  Sanders reportedly told college trustees and bank lenders that the college had millions of dollars in donations that could be used to repay the loan.

FBI trailing 'socialist' Bernie Sanders and wife over bank loan deal.  U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and his bride, Jane, have become the Bonnie and Clyde of national Democratic politics — the law is hot on their trail as the lovebirds restlessly move from one hideout to another.  The difference, of course, is that Bonnie and Clyde were dirt poor, while Sen. Sanders, the 75-year-old Social Justice Warrior, reported an income of $1,052,000 last year.

Claire McCaskill Used Undisclosed Foundation to Pay for Dinner at Russian Ambassador's House.  Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill (Mo.) used a personal foundation to pay for a dinner she attended at Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak's Washington, D.C., residence.  The senator had failed to disclose her role in the foundation until earlier this month.  McCaskill came under fire this March after she told the Washington Post she never had a "call or meeting" with Kislyak even though she had publicly announced both a call and meeting with him.  This week, CNN reported that McCaskill also attended a black-tie reception at Kislyak's D.C. residence in November 2015.  McCaskill's attendance at the dinner was accompanied by an $873 payment to the American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation, where Kislyak serves on the board of directors as honorary chairman.

Will She Resign?  Democrat Sen Used Undisclosed Charity to Pay Russian Ambassador's Foundation.  An official secret connection between U.S. government officials and Russia has been discovered... and it's a Democrat who is the guilty party!

Bernie's Daughter [was] Paid $500k To Teach Woodworking At Jane's Bankrupt College.  Burlington College prided itself on catering to "non-traditional students," such as veterans and adults, and had a relatively small enrollment — about 200 students.  It also offered degrees in unconventional fields such as woodworking, but when Jane Sanders arrived at the college in 2004, it didn't offer any sort of program for woodworking.  That's when things get a little... corrupt.

Bernie Sanders Doesn't Like Being Asked About His Wife's FBI Investigation.  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) has reacted with dodging or hostility to questions about the reported FBI investigation into his wife Jane Sanders surrounding her tenure as head of the now-defunct Burlington College.  The couple has retained legal counsel amid the probe into allegations of bank fraud, Politico reported.  A federal investigation is probing allegations that Jane Sanders fraudulently obtained a bank loan for the college while she was at the helm, while the senator himself is being looked at for using his influence to pressure the bank to approve the loan.

Here's why the feds are investigating Bernie Sanders' wife Jane.  Because [Bernie] Sanders hasn't ruled out a presidential run in 2020, any federal investigation has the potential to become disastrous or, at the very least, politically embarrassing.  And because the scandal touches on the themes of education costs and six-figure severance packages — two issues that were central to Sanders' populist message — discussing the investigations at all could tarnish his brand as a champion of the little guy.

Bernie Cries Political Witch Hunt Over FBI Fraud Probe of Wife.  In an uncomfortable exchange with CNN's Erin Burnett Tuesday night [6/27/2017], Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) twice dismissed reports the FBI is actively investigating his wife, Jane Sanders, for fraudulent activities as president of Burlington College.  "My wife is about the most honest person I know," claimed Sanders, cutting off Burnett's initial line of questioning.  "When she came to that college it was failing financially and academically.  When she left it, it was in better shape than it had ever been."

[Recent events do not bode well] for the Democrats.  The Russia collusion story is now in full blowback mode, with obvious questions being asked about the Obama administration, which failed to take action against what the Democrats now hype as a veritable Pearl Harbor, an "act of war."  Watching Dems talk their way out this one will be fun.  Coming attractions:  the multimillion-dollar donations to the Clinton Foundation after Hillary approved sale of 20% of our uranium reserves to Russia, and then-president Obama's open mic comment telling Russia's then-president that he would have "more flexibility" after the election, which looks a lot like outright collusion.

Trump is not under an FBI investigation.  Bernie Sanders is.  The irony here is rich.  Democrats have rallied to Bernie Sanders as the leader of the opposition against Donald Trump.  He attracts huge crowds across the nation.  One of his acolytes tried to assassinate members of Congress.  And Bernie Sanders is under investigation by the FBI, unlike the president.  In fact, Sanders and his wife are both under investigation stemming from a bank loan.  The FBI is investigating whether Sanders used his position to pressure the bank to give a college in Vermont a loan.  His wife is the president of the college and signed the paperwork.  So President Trump did not pressure James Comey, but Bernie Sanders might have pressured a bank.  The FBI is now investigating.  And still the left will rally to Sanders because they really do not care about the allegations.  They just hate Donald Trump.

Bernie Sanders' Wife Lawyers Up Amid FBI Probe Of Alleged Fraud.  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' wife, Jane Sanders, has hired two well-known attorneys amid an ongoing investigation into allegations she defrauded a bank while serving as president of the now-defunct Burlington College.  Jane Sanders served as president of Burlington College from 2004 until 2011 and is blamed for leading the school into bankruptcy by falsifying a loan application.  Rich Cassidy, a lawyer based in Burlington, Vt., and Larry Robbins, an attorney from Washington, D.C. who previously defended politicians on both sides of the aisle, are representing Jane Sanders against the allegations, a representative for Sen. Sanders confirmed to Politico.

Can We Talk About Bernie Sanders And His Wife Being Under FBI Investigation?  In 2016, reports about Sen. Bernie Sander's (I-VT) wife, Jane, running the college into the ground, coupled with his tax plan, made for some good cannon fodder against the self-described democratic socialist's financially reckless agenda during the 2016 primaries.  Yet, what was missed was the fact that the FBI began peering through the financial records of the college, which had secured a $10 million loan to expand the campus along Lake Champlain.  The local Catholic archdiocese had owned the property and had just settled on sexual abuse charges that totaled over $17 million.  They were eager to sell.  Still, the college's plan to expand seemed lofty.  It only had an enrollment of around 200.  In short, this expansion project sunk the college, but the loan to secure the purchase involved Sen. Sanders, who reportedly placed pressure on the People's United Bank for the loan.

Jane Sanders Hires Lawyers in DOJ Probe of Burlington College Land Deal.  Jane Sanders, wife of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), has hired attorneys to represent her in a Department of Justice probe of her time as president of Burlington College.  A former Burlington employee who coordinated the school's response to an FBI subpoena in February 2016 said that she was contacted by Sanders's lawyers, VT Digger reports.  The probe concerns a land deal Sanders conducted while she was president.  Coralee Holm, the former employee, said that the lawyers "wanted information on what I had been asked by the FBI.  They were trying to get clarification on what the accusations are because they had not been contacted by anybody as to an investigation."  She received a call from Burlington attorney Rich Cassidy in late April or early May.

Bernie and Jane Sanders, under FBI investigation for bank fraud, hire lawyers.  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his wife, Jane Sanders have hired prominent defense attorneys amid an FBI investigation into a loan Jane Sanders obtained to expand Burlington College while she was its president, CBS News confirms.  Politico Magazine first reported the Sanders had hired lawyers to defend them in the probe.  Sanders' top adviser Jeff Weaver told CBS News the couple has sought legal protection over federal agents' allegations from a January 2016 complaint accusing then-President of Burlington College, Ms. Sanders, of distorting donor levels in a 2010 loan application for $10 million from People's United Bank to purchase 33 acres of land for the institution.  According to Politico, prosecutors might also be looking into allegations that Sen. Sanders' office inappropriately urged the bank to approve the loan.

Jane and Bernie Sanders Under FBI Fraud Investigation Begun During Obama Administration.  At the end of 2010, Mrs. Jane Sanders took out $10 million in loans on behalf of Burlington College to purchase a 32-acre swathe of land from the Roman Catholic diocese, which put the land up for sale to help cover the costs of a $17 million sexual-abuse settlement.  As Ms. Sanders pursued financing for the land acquisition, she repeatedly said that Burlington College had received more than $2 million in fundraising commitments and pledges, according to numerous records.  However, in fiscal year 2011, Burlington College raised only $279,000, though the college had earlier claimed to have secured $1.2 million in confirmed pledges.  The college almost immediately fell short on its financial obligations as the fundraising pledges and commitments Ms. Sanders cited in loan agreements never materialized.  Less than a year after leading Burlington College into massive debt, Ms. Sanders resigned, taking with her a $200,000 severance package.  The college was forced to close in 2016.

Sessions drains a slush fund.  Firing Pheet Bharara as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York was the first step toward ending a corrupt slush fund scheme and restoring a constitutional government.  Bharara was crooked politician who instead of sending corrupt CEO to prison for their misdeeds accepted payoffs.  Oh not directly.  He was not that stupid.  No, Bharara allowed the crooked CEOs to buy their way out of jail by "giving" billions to Democratic Party-approved "charities."  This scheme dodged the Constitution, which holds that Congress writes the budget, not the president.  (This is why the opposition always declares a presidential budget proposal DOA, because by definition it is.)

Janet Napolitano is sorry she got caught trying to rig a state audit.  In a contentious four-and-a-half-hour legislative hearing yesterday [5/2/2017] in Sacramento, Janet Napolitano, president of the University of California, made a pro forma apology for conduct that should have gotten her fired. [...] And she still has her job.  Despite the bipartisan anger that was expressed at the hearing.  And nobody cares that she has dodged any responsibility for the safety of the Berkeley campus, despite her background as secretary of homeland security.  Nobody has even asked her about it, so far as I know.

Sen. Robert Menendez's (D-NJ) No-Good, Awful, Very Bad Day.  The walls are closing in on Senator Robert Menendez.  With Dr. Salomon Melgen's conviction today, it's clear Menendez isn't long for the Senate.  It's time for Senator Schumer to see that too.  Menendez's political career was handed a massive setback today.  One of his key partners — Dr. Salomon Melgen — was convicted on all 67 counts of Medicare fraud.  It's now apparent that Menendez's days in the Senate are numbered... possibly in the single digits.

Draining the Swamp in NYC.  This city that I was born and raised in is at the nadir of its history with only a 20% voter turnout and our state has over 30 corrupt officials who've either quit in disgrace or who've been arrested.

Andrew Cuomo manages to earn $738,000 from a book that sold only 3,200 copies.  Andrew Cuomo seems like someone who could teach Donald Trump a few things about making a deal.  Or else he is corrupt and has been bribed.  Which explanation fits the facts better?

John Podesta slaps the Daily Caller with a cease-and-desist letter.  John Podesta slapped the Daily Caller with a cease-and-desist letter on Wednesday [3/29/2017] after the conservative news outlet published a story about the former Clinton campaign chairman and Obama counselor.  The letter sent to publisher Neil Patel by Podesta's counsel, Marc Elias, singles out a March 26 article titled, "EXCLUSIVE: John Podesta May Have Violated Federal Law By Not Disclosing 75,000 Stock Shares."  In it, reporter Richard Pollock wrote that Podesta "may have violated federal law by failing to disclose the receipt of 75,000 shares of stock from a Kremlin-financed company when he joined the Obama White House in 2014."

Podesta Still Hasn't Explained Where 41,000 Stock Shares Went.  John Podesta, Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign chairman, has not accounted for thousands of shares he was given by a company where he served on the board of directors with three powerful business figures with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.  "Your letter does not respond to the substance of the article, which concerns the whereabouts of 75,000 shares of stock in Joule that Mr. Podesta was entitled to receive," The Daily Caller News Foundation's publisher, Neil Patel, said.  "The fact that Mr. Podesta, a senior national political figure, apparently sat on the board of Joule with Russian state-owned entities only elevates the importance of this matter."

Peter Schweizer Details How John Podesta May Have Violated Federal Law.  Tuesday [3/28/2017] on Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends," Breitbart editor at large Peter Schweizer, the author of "Clinton Cash," detailed how the former chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign John Podesta may have violated federal law by failing to disclose stock shares he owned from a Kremlin-funded company.  Schweizer said, "In 2011, John Podesta joins the board of this very small energy company called Joule Energy based out of Massachusetts.  About two months after he joins the board of a Russian entity called Rusnano, puts a billion rubles which is about 35-million-dollar into John Podesta's company.  Now, what is Rusnano?  It's not a private company, Steve.  It is a fund directly funded by the Kremlin.  In fact, the Russian science minister called Rusnano, Putin's child.  So you have the Russian government investing in one John Podesta's businesses in 2011, while he is an advisor to Hillary Clinton at the State Department."

Democrat Lobbyist Podesta Made $500K Lobbying For Chinese Firm Convicted Of Illegal Sales To Iran.  Democratic super-lobbyist Tony Podesta grossed more than $500,000 to represent a Chinese company criminally convicted in March of sending illegal shipments of telecom equipment to Iran, The Daily Caller News Foundation's Investigative Group has learned.  The seriousness of the illegal sales to Iran were so extreme and continued for so long — from 2010 to last year — the Department of Justice (DOJ) imposed a record $1.19 billion fine on the ZTE Telecommunications company, making it the largest penalty ever imposed in a U.S. sanctions case.  The Chinese firm hired the Podesta Group, one of Washington's biggest and best-connected lobbying companies in the nation's capital, in January 2016.  ZTE retained Podesta's personal help as negotiations intensified for a final resolution with DOJ during the final year of President Barack Obama's tenure in the White House.

Hillary Clinton and John Podesta's Troubling Ties to Russia.  Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute and the author of "Clinton Cash," explained on Fox News Tuesday how a Russia connection to the Clinton campaign and Obama presidency is much bigger and more troubling than anything Democrats have accused Team Trump of.  During his appearance on "Fox & Friends," Schweizer alleged that Clinton campaign chair John Podesta probably violated federal law when he failed to disclose his stock holdings in a Kremlin-funded company.

How Local Citizens Can Take Up the Fight Against Public Corruption.  New York might be the epitome of a state where corruption and abuse have run wild.  Politicians here have long failed to live up to their promises to fix things.  The New York Legislature and governor have passed "ethics reforms" year after year of late, yet New York remains one of the most corrupt states in the nation.  According to a University of Missouri study, New York has been home to the most corrupt officials in the U.S. over the past decade or so.  Waste and favor-trading is part of this culture of corruption, and it goes right down to the local level.  On Long Island, one town official in Oyster Bay was convicted of tax fraud surrounding a scheme where he secretly guided taxpayer-backed contracts to a paving company, where he also worked.  These examples are just the tip of the iceberg.

De Blasio decision [is] a huge win for corrupt officals everywhere.  He beat the rap, so Bill de Blasio needs a campaign song to celebrate.  I humbly recommend a twist on a 1960's hit, "I fought the law and the law won."  The mayor could boast a different ending:  "I fought the law and the law lost."  The decision by federal and state prosecutors not to file criminal charges against de Blasio is a huge victory for him — and for corrupt officials everywhere.  In plain English, the statement by prosecutors boils down to this:  You can avoid the law, you can evade the law and you can do your big donors' bidding.  The only thing you can't do is put money in your pocket.  Everything else is legal, especially when your expensive private lawyers say it is.  That's a very low hurdle for public service.

Congressional Black Caucus PAC Spends Big on Luxury Resorts, Restaurants.  The Congressional Black Caucus PAC (CBC PAC) spends lavishly on upscale resorts and hotels, catering at exclusive restaurants, and on fundraising and Broadway tickets, according to a review of campaign finance records.  The CBC PAC, which is the fundraising arm of the Congressional Black Caucus, puts far more money towards administrative and fundraising purposes than it donates to candidates, the intended purpose of the political action committee.

Feds will question de Blasio about campaign fundraising.  Mayor de Blasio will be questioned by federal prosecutors Friday morning as part of the wide-ranging investigation into his campaign fundraising, sources told The [New York] Post.  The long-anticipated sit-down with prosecutors from Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara's office will take place at the Midtown offices of the mayor's lawyer, Barry H. Berke of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, sources said.  The feds have been probing whether de Blasio and his aids traded favors in exchange for donations to his 2013 campaign or to his shuttered nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York.

Chilling New Scandal Hits House Democrats; Media Stays Silent.  The Democrats are in another pickle that has to do with technology after shady congressional aides have been caught taking $100,000 from an Iraqi politician; all while they still had administrator level access to the House computer network, according to The Daily Caller News Foundation's Investigative Group which analyzed court documents.

Democrat Caught Having Sex with 17-Year-Old Boy at Rest Stop.  Democratic leaders in Minnesota are demanding a state lawmaker withdraw from his re-election bid after police claim he admitted to having sex with a 17-year-old boy at a rest stop.  While Rep. Kerry Gauthier, 56, will lose support from fellow Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party members if he continues with his campaign, party leaders stopped short Monday [2/27/2017] of asking him to immediately resign.

Iowa Moves Against Democratic Party Slush Funds.  Iowa, like so many other states, has gone Republican.  What happens when you have a Republican legislature and a Republican governor?  The corrupt public sector union spigot gets turned off.

The corruption cloud over Mayor de Blasio just got darker.  Mayor de Blasio set Monday [2/13/2017] for his State of the City address, but possibly more worrisome is the state of his personal finances — at least when it comes to financing his mounting legal bills.  Last week, we noted problems with de Blasio's plan to set up a legal-defense fund to pay the lawyers representing him in several corruption probes.  Those problems may be worse than we thought.

Washington Post demonstrates importance of voter ID laws.  Little agitates Democrats more than claims of voter fraud.  Such fraud is a hardy perennial of American politics.  Our history is full of examples, such as Mayor Daley's Chicago.  Yet, Democrats want us to believe that, notwithstanding solid evidence to the contrary, it's not a problem in modern American politics.  The reason is obvious.  Democrats don't want laws and procedures to protect against voter fraud because they want to preserve their ability to engage in it.

Liberals Now Getting a Taste of How the Obama Years Felt for Conservatives.  Voter fraud?  Now you're talking Mom and apple pie to the Alinsky left.  Obama himself never bothered to win a real election in Illinois, always managing to blackmail his opponents into resigning before the vote was ever taken.  Obama learned his politics under the tutelage of Emil Jones, the godfather of the Illinois machine.  There are hundreds of jokes about the dear departed voting for Democrats in Boston, Chicago, Philly, and New York.  Today we have millions of illegal voters — foreign nationals with unknown loyalties — voting wherever paid Democrat thugs can intimidate the wrong American voters.

Trump's Got a Big Job Reining In Voter Fraud.  Fraud long has been an ugly element of American politics, and it has been almost exclusively the dominion of Democrats.  From the reckless corruption of the Boss Tweed and the Tammany Hall thugs in New York during the mid-1800s through the heavy-handed precinct politics favored by Mayor Richard J. Daley and his successors in Chicago during much of the 20th century, to the wide-spread graft of today, the Democratic Party has virtually sole claim to the mechanisms of election corruption.  The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), of which former President Barack Obama has had a close working association and heavy funding for his campaign coffers, has a 40-year rap sheet of widespread voter registration fraud.  Untold thousands who went to their just rewards years ago are resurrected on each election day to cast one more ballot for their favorite Democrat pol, while an estimated 2.8 million are registered to vote in more than one state and often do.

Rep. John Lewis and Top Aide Hit With Ethics Complaint.  A watchdog group is asking congressional ethics officials to investigate Rep. John Lewis (D., Ga.) and his chief of staff over apparent violations of House ethics rules, according to a letter released on Monday [1/30/2017].  The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust's letter is asking the Office of Congressional Ethics to probe Lewis chief of staff Michael Collins' dual roles in the congressman's Washington office and as the treasurer for his 2016 reelection campaign.  Ethics rules bar senior House staff from serving in any fiduciary role for a political organization, and specifically mentioned campaign treasurers as a prohibited position for such staffers.

Former Clinton Superdelegate Chaka Fattah Begins 10-Year Prison Sentence.  Former Rep. Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.), who was a superdelegate for failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, has reported to prison to begin his 10-year sentence stemming from numerous corruption charges.  Fattah reported Wednesday [1/25/2017] to the Federal Correctional Institution-McKean in western Pennsylvania near the New York border, CBS Philly reported.

How Illinois Violates Voting Rights.  Rule 4 has stolen the authority of the state governor to veto bills since the bills are vetoed by the speaker.  The governor can only sign or pass bills passed, not by the two chambers of the state legislature, but only those that the Speaker of the House allows to appear for a vote.  This strategy, of denying the people a voice in legislation, is a violation of the one person one vote concept that has been repeatedly affirmed by SCOTUS.  The votes of not just one person but all people in Illinois are stolen by one person, the House Speaker.  The autocratic rule practiced by Obama then can be understood because he comes from Illinois.  This has led to a one-man government in Illinois.  All financial issues handled by the legislature are then controlled by one person and his political party.

Top Aide to Rep. John Lewis Again Skirts Ethics Rules.  The top aide to Rep. John Lewis (D., Ga.) served dual roles in the congressman's office and on his 2016 reelection campaign, possibly running afoul of House ethics rules, public records show.  Michael Collins, Lewis' chief of staff, served as the campaign's treasurer in 2015 and 2016, according to Federal Election Commission records.  Ethics rules bar senior House staffers from working in any fiduciary role for a political organization, including congressional campaigns.  Senior staff "may not receive any compensation for either providing legal services to a political organization, or for serving as an officer (such as treasurer) of such an organization," according to the House ethics manual.  That rule applies to all members of Congress and employees who earn the "senior staff" rate of pay; the salary threshold in 2015 was $121,956.  According to congressional research service Legistorm, Collins made $167,000 that year.

Why Term-Limiting People Like John Lewis Would be Good for the Nation.  John Lewis has been a Representative for Georgia's 5th district for 28 years.  The 5th district of Georgia, which is mostly the city of Atlanta, has seen 5,203 commissions of violent crime in 2015, with 94 murders, 170 rapes, almost 2,000 robberies, almost 3,000 aggravated assaults and 25,556 total property crimes according to the FBI.  Trump is right, Atlanta is crime-ridden.  But not only is Atlanta a pretty dangerous city, it has become more dangerous since it has become a major drug-trafficking hub for Mexican drug cartels.

Maxine Waters' Daughter Profits From Lucrative Campaign Operation.  The daughter of Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) was paid nearly $70,000 by her mother's campaign during the 2016 election cycle.  Karen Waters has been on the payroll of her mother's campaign committee, Citizens for Waters, since 2006.  She has pulled in more than $600,000 for her services since that time.  Karen is in charge of endorsement mailers, known as "slate mailers," for her mother's campaign.  The slate mailer operation has generated hundreds of thousands of dollars for Waters' federal campaign committee in recent years.

The law was bent and broken to keep Clinton in the game.  [Scroll down]  Democrat voters also should be questioning the legitimacy of Clinton's nomination because the rule of law was corrupted to preserve her political viability.  Her candidacy should have ended when the email server story broke.  (Really, it should have ended with the publication of Clinton Cash, but the Democrats incorrectly believed their controlled media could insulate her from the fallout of those astounding revelations.)  The politicized Obama Justice Department did Democrats no favors by staving off indictments that would have taken Clinton out of the game, or by slow-walking the email investigation until her replacement became prohibitively difficult.

Former governor fined $5 million for 2011 financial scandal.  Former Democratic New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine was fined $5 million today [1/5/2016] by a federal judge for his role as head of a brokerage firm that took $1.2 billion from its clients — mostly farmers and ranchers — amid its impending collapse.  Recall that his brokerage, MF Global, lost big money betting on European sovereign debt.  When it happened, the firm's officers began dipping into clients' money in a futile effort to prevent its collapse.  In the end, all of the money was returned to the clients, but the firm's breach of trust was unlike anything that had happened in the history of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the regulatory entity that took Corzine to court.

Communism Doesn't Pay:  Two Grand Juries Circling de Blasio And His Administration.  The walls must be closing in on New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NY).  Out of the five(!) separate investigations into de Blasio and the shakedown operation masquerading as an administration he runs, two have moved forward to the extremely serious step of presenting evidence to a grand jury.  The two criminal grand juries, one federal and one state, represent, the "strongest indication" yet that criminal charges are forthcoming, according to the New York Times, which broke the story.

Mayor de Blasio fined over $47G for violating campaign finance regulations.  Mayor de Blasio was hit with over $47,000 in fines for violating campaign finance rules — including having his partially taxpayer-funded campaign pick up the tab for a makeup artist for his family and a six-figure payout to his buddy's PR firm that appeared unwarranted.  The huge fine is one of the highest on any of the 2013 campaigns.  The Campaign Finance Board, in a determination released Thursday [12/15/2016], levied most of the $47,778 in fines against the mayor for what it called "impermissible" post-election spending.

Judge orders Fattah to prison despite appeal.  Former Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) will have to appeal his corruption conviction from prison starting in January, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday [12/20/2016].  Fattah, 60, was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison on charges of fraud, bribery and money laundering after a jury convicted him on more than 20 counts.  He has been ordered to report to prison by Jan. 25.  Fattah had argued a Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that limits the legal definition of bribery would likely help his appeal, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Ex-Congressman and Gun Control Advocate Found Guilty of Corruption.  Former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah was sentenced Monday [12/12/20167] to a 10-year prison term by a judge who said he was "astonished" that a veteran legislator would steal government and charity funds to pay his son's debts and buy a vacation home.

Former Philadelphia Congressman Chaka Fattah sentenced to 10 years in prison.  Former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah was sentenced Monday [12/12/2016] to 10 years in prison, one of the longest terms of incarceration ever imposed on a member of Congress for federal corruption crimes.  The Philadelphia Democrat remained stoic as U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III announced the prison term — half as long as the two decades Fattah spent in Congress.

Democratic ex-Congressman Chaka Fattah sentenced to ten years in prison.  Former Democratic Representative Chaka Fattah has been sentenced to ten years in prison after being found guilty of a litany of federal corruption charges.  Fattah, 60, was convicted in June for 22 charges including racketeering, money laundering, and mail and wire fraud.  On Monday [12/12/2016] he received ten years in prison.  That was the end result of a long campaign of corruption designed to pay back the illegal $1 million loan he took when trying to become mayor of his hometown of Philadelphia, CBS reported.

Andrew Cuomo's Top Aides and Donors Indicted On Corruption Charges.  An array of figures from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's inner circle — including a confidante so close the governor called him "my father's third son" — got slapped with a sweeping 14-count federal indictment today, which alleges they colluded in a pair of schemes to solicit bribes for state assistance and to rig economic development contracts for companies that gave to Cuomo's campaigns.  A grand jury gave crusading U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara the go-ahead to prosecute his case against Joseph Percoco, the governor's former campaign manager, deputy executive secretary, political fixer and body man, on charges he solicited bribes and a "low-show job" for his wife from two major Cuomo contributors.  In return, the federal government alleges Percoco pressured executive agencies and entities to offer assistance and loosen regulations for the companies' operations in New York State — and lied about the arrangement on disclosure forms.

NY Governor's top aides indicted on sweeping corruption charges.  We've discussed U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara here many times in the past.  His pursuit of government corruption wherever it may be found and the prosecution of those who betray the trust of the public has become legendary.  That's why, when he told reporters earlier this year that he detected an "air of corruption" in the executive branch of New York's state government people were rightly looking over their shoulders.  Now his work in that area is moving into high gear.  Bharara has made his case to a grand jury and been given the green light to take eight top aides and associates of Governor Andrew Cuomo to trial on charges of corruption.

Meltdown at Justice:  Attorney General Lynch Abdicated Her Duty in the Clinton Probes.  Fewer than three of 10 Americans trust government to do the right thing always or most of the time, Gallup reports, and the years since 2007 are "the longest period of low trust in government in more than 50 years."  The details emerging about the multiple investigations into Hillary Clinton explain a lot about this ebbing public confidence in institutions such as the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Feds Open Criminal Probe of Thornton Law Firm, Major Democratic Fundraiser.  Federal prosecutors in Boston have opened a grand jury investigation into potentially illegal campaign contributions from lawyers at the Thornton Law Firm, a leading donor to Democrats around the country, according to two people familiar with the probe.  The U.S. Attorney's office is one of three agencies now looking into the Boston-based personal injury firm's practice of reimbursing its partners for millions of dollars in political donations, according to the two people.  The law firm has insisted that the donations were legal, but, soon after the Globe and the Center for Responsive Politics revealed the firm's practice, politicians began returning hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations.

"Fast Eddie," ex-Chicago alderman, indicted again.  It's the second time for this guy, and he's a big deal, the former boss of the Cook County Regular Democratic Organization, otherwise known as "the Machine," Fast Eddie Vrdolyak. [...] The onetime 10th Ward alderman later switched to the Republican Party and he contributed to the destruction of the GOP in suburban Cook County, where it was once a potent political force.  Do you wonder why Illinois isn't trending red like Wisconsin and Michigan?  Fast Eddie is one of the reasons.

Massachusetts law firm donated $1.6M to Democrats including Hillary Clinton and received bonuses that matched their political donations in massive 'straw-donor scheme'.  A Massachusetts law firm has been accused of funneling funds to the Democrats through an massive and illegal straw-donor scheme.  A growing number of party politicians are now returning donations from Thornton Law after it was found that the firm's partners received bonuses that matched their political donations in what may be one of the largest schemes ever revealed.  An investigation found that partners donated nearly $1.6 million to mostly Democratic committees and candidates, including Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, from 2010 through 2014.  During that same period, the lawyers received $1.4 million listed as 'bonuses,' including more than 280 in amounts that precisely matched their donations.

Clinton Email Scandal Evokes Berger Burglary.  A Sandy Berger quality colors Hillary Clinton shielding her State Department emails from FOIA requests and Congressional subpoenas, but not foreign hackers, on a private server.  More than a decade ago, the late national security advisor to President Bill Clinton shoved documents from the National Archives down his pants and in his socks.  Under the guise of needing privacy for cell phone calls, he absconded from the archives with the material regarding terrorism and hid it under a construction trailer.  Later, he retrieved the papers to destroy the embarrassing contents.  Library larceny isn't normal behavior for an official at the highest level of government.  Neither is shielding public business on a private server.

Boston law firm accused of massive straw-donor scheme.  A small law firm that has given money to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Harry Reid, President Obama and many others is accused of improperly funneling millions of dollars into Democratic Party coffers.  The program was exposed by the Center for Responsive Politics and the same team of Boston Globe investigative reporters featured in the movie "Spotlight."  The Thornton Law Firm has just 10 partners, but dollar for dollar, it's one of the nation's biggest political donors, reports CBS News correspondent Tony Dokoupil.

Hold Democrats Strictly Accountable for the Clintons.  The Democratic Party needs to pay an agonizing price for robust support of Hillary (Obama, too, for breaching national security by being on Hillary's private servers and lying about it). There's no wink and a nudge "this is just politics" excuse for Democrats.  You know, Reid and Democrats claiming just to be good soldiers.  That works in Washington, a city wallowing in cynicism — and with every new revelation, a capitol city riddled with corruption.  But elsewhere?  Not where honest citizens live.  The Democrats are colluding.  They're knowingly aiding and abetting Hillary's criminal conduct — multiple criminal actions, in fact.  Grave breaches of the law that very likely seriously compromised national security.  That's your safety and your family's.  The violations are obvious.  Democrats have no plausible excuses for backing the Clintons.

A $72-million apartment project.  Top politicians.  Unlikely donors.  No one is registered to vote at the run-down house on 223rd Street.  The living room window has been broken for months.  A grit-covered pickup sits in the dirt front yard with a flat tire.  Yet dozens of donations to local politicians — totaling more than $40,000 — have come from four of the people who have lived there over the last eight years.  Victor Blanco, a repairman originally from El Salvador, gave the most:  22 donations totaling $20,300 since 2008, according to contribution reports.  More than half that money went to U.S. Rep. Janice Hahn (D-Los Angeles) while she was pursuing local, state and federal office, according to contribution reports.

WikiLeaks: Tax Form Reveals John Podesta Continued Ties to Russian Energy Company After Claiming He Divested.  New WikiLeaks emails show Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta apparently maintained his connection to Russian government-backed Joule Unlimited long after he claimed to have severed ties and divested from the energy company.  As Breitbart news previously reported, Podesta obtained "75,000 common shares" from his membership on Joule's executive board.  He transferred those shares to his daughter, Megan Rouse, and designated her Dublin, California residence as the address for Leonidio Holdings LLC, the Delaware-based holding company that Podesta used to transfer his Joule shares.

A Warning, A Reminder, The Final Ten Days.  [Scroll down]  [T]here is nothing they will not do to retain their power.  Every social media platform that brings sunlight represents an existential threat to them.  Every voice that shares reality must be shut down, controlled and removed.  There is nothing they will not do to retain themselves.  There are trillions of dollars at stake.  You've seen it play out with censorship on Facebook and shadowbanning on Twitter.  However, that's small potatoes considering the scope of what they are capable of.  Shutting down YouTube to block visibility of Trump Rallies, and the voice therein, is no different.  Any action that can be taken to overwhelm the truth telling will be deployed.

They Knew:  The End of the Clinton Lies Begin.  When in doubt, the Clintons take refuge in the final lie that you may be able to prove that they did wrong, but not that they meant to do wrong.  That was Hillary's final email defense to the FBI.  Spliced with claims of memory loss due to a concussion was that old Sergeant Schultz favorite, "I know nothing."  But that defense completely falls apart once you prove that they did know.  That is what the leaked emails have begun doing.  They are establishing that the Sergeant Schultz defense is utterly hollow.  Cheryl Mills knew.  John Podesta knew.  Barack Obama knew.  And Hillary Clinton knew.  When Obama told a lie that could easily be disproven while trying to distance himself from Hillary, Mills quickly fired off a warning that he had better get his story straight.  And his people did.  That makes Obama complicit before and after the fact.  He knew what Hillary was doing when she was doing it.  And his people participated in the effort to cover it up afterward, not just to protect her, but to protect him.

Democrat Corruption is Much Worse Than Trump.  This week the [Wall Street] Journal revealed that Clinton crony Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe — no stranger to suspicious fund-raising irregularities — funneled more than half a million dollars to the unsuccessful state senate campaign of the wife of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.  McCabe, whom the Journal describes as FBI Director James Comey's "right-hand man," was deeply involved in the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server — an investigation that found Mrs. Clinton in clear violation of the law but unindictable because... well, just because.  Fortunately, Mr. McCabe has investigated himself and found himself completely innocent of any wrongdoing!

Hillary Clinton's chain of command for dirty tricks.  If you put together data from James O'Keefe's two videos for Project Veritas Action (transcripts [elsew]here), you can see the actual organizational structure used by the Democratic Party for vote-stealing dirty tricks.

Kathleen Kane gets 10 to 23 months in jail, judge chides her for political 'ego'.  Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was sentenced to up to two years behind bars followed by a probation that will keep her under court supervision for nearly a decade for crimes she committed in pursuit of retribution against political foes.  "This case is about ego — ego of a politician consumed with her image from Day One," Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy said during Kane's sentencing Monday in Montgomery County Court.  "And instead of focusing solely on the business of fighting crime, her focus was on defeating these perceived enemies."

Former Pennsylvania Democratic AG Sentenced to 10-23 Months in Jail.  Pennsylvania's former Democratic Attorney General Kathleen Kane was sentenced to 10 to 23 months in jail for perjury and obstruction of justice that was a part of a political retaliation feud.  Kane, 50, had illegally disclosed details from a grand jury investigation to embarrass a rival and then lied about the incident under oath, local ABC affiliate WTAE reported.  The former attorney general was also sentenced to eight years of probation by Montgomery County Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy.  "This case is about retaliation and revenge against perceived enemies who this defendant ... felt had embarrassed her in the press," Demchick-Alloy said during the sentencing.

Republicans claim 'collusion' after email appears to show DOJ, Clinton campaign contact.  Republicans accused the Hillary Clinton campaign and Obama Justice Department of "collusion" on Tuesday [10/11/2016] after an email surfaced from the latest WikiLeaks document dump indicating the Clinton camp got a heads-up from the DOJ about one of the former secretary of state's court cases.

November 8, 2016: America's First-Ever National Refenderum on Government Corruption.  If you would like to know how a Hillary Clinton administration would operate, remind yourself of how her email scandal was handled, not just by Hillary and her aides, but by the Obama Department of Justice, the FBI and the Republicans in Congress — one might say they are all unindicted co-conspirators in a cover-up.  It is a scandal punctuated by government lying and stonewalling and a conspicuous absence of moral courage by those in a position to do the right thing. [...] The efforts taken by the Clintons to avoid transparency by setting up a private server and the quantity of money flowing to them dwarfs any previous government scandal.  During Hillary's public service, about $250 million went to the Clintons directly and about $2 billion to the Clinton Foundation, an entity seemingly designed to intentionally evade the laws preventing foreign interests from influencing American politics and policy decisions.

Trump Foundation Probe Shows NY AG Uses Office to Protect Clinton, Attack Her Political Foes.  Despite what you may hear from political talking heads, there is no question that this move by the Democratic New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office is simply an extension of an ongoing, politically motivated probe into Donald Trump's charity.  It has previously been reported that it is no secret Schneiderman is a Hillary Clinton supporter.  Disclosures from 2015 show he donated $2,700 to Clinton's campaign, the maximum amount allowed under federal law.  He also serves on the Clinton campaign's leadership council for the state of New York.

Bridgeport State Rep. Christina Ayala arrested on 19 voting fraud charges.  State Rep. Christina "Tita" Ayala, D-Bridgeport, was arrested Friday [9/30/2016] on 19 voting fraud charges.  Ayala, 31, is accused of voting in local and state elections in districts she did not live, the Chief State's Attorney's Office said in a press release.  The arrest warrant affidavit also alleges Ayala provided fabricated evidence to state Election Enforcement Commission investigators that showed she lived at an address in a district where she voted while actually living outside the district, according to the release.  Ayala, who represents the 128th District, was elected in 2012, replacing her cousin, Andres Ayala, who was elected to the state Senate.  She chose to run for reelection earlier this year, despite the voting fraud investigation, but lost a four-way primary in August.

Tennessee Congressional Candidate Busted for Growing A Ton of Weed.  Flo Matheson wants to be elected to the 6th District congressional seat in Tennessee.  She also wants to smoke a [lot] of marijuana.  So now the question raised by Matheson is this:  Can she have it both ways?!?  On May 20, police officers in Crossville, Tennessee, raided the home of Matheson, a Democrat who is running in that state's Congressional primary.  According to authorities, they became aware of an indoor pot-growing operation on Matheson's property and therefore obtained a search warrant that covered her residence and a barn on her land.  The investigation turned up more than 180 marijuana plants and various kinds of equipment, says Steve Harrington, someone who lives on Matheson's property and admitted to growing the drug.

John Kerry Knew The State Department Funneled Millions To His Daughter's Charity.  Secretary of State John Kerry lauded a program run by his daughter's nonprofit as he announced an extension of its non-competitively awarded Department of State funding in 2014, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.  "What we're talking about here is a multi-million dollar effort that will strengthen the capacity of healthcare workers to deliver lifesaving HIV services," Kerry said in December 2014, at a World AIDS Day event.  "[I]t will build on the Global Health Service Partnership with Peace Corps and Seed Global Health."

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Hillary campaign accused of fraudulent charges to low-income donors' credit cards.  You know those horrible people who take your credit card information, supposedly for a one-time purchase or a single donation, then turn around and charge it again multiple times beyond what you authorized?  Scam artists!  Criminals!  Who are these people and where do they get the nerve to prey on people like that?  For one thing, it is usually people who know how to fly under the radar screen.  For instance, if they know that no one investigates thefts under $100, they'll steal $99, or something less than that.  People who know how to break the law without ever having to pay a price for it.

Bill Clinton and the Selling of America's National Security.  This may be the greatest scandal in 50 years of American history.  It makes Watergate look like a jay walking charge.  It makes the Iran Contra affair look like a small time operation.  This is what House Republicans should have Impeached Bill Clinton for instead of lying about a White House Intern [...] in the Oval Office.  It's called treason.

22 signs of Democrat Voter Fraud in 2012 Election.  [#1] According to the Election Protection Coalition, voters across the United States reported more than 70,000 voting problems by 5 PM Eastern time on election day.  [#2] There were 59 voting divisions in the city of Philadelphia where Mitt Romney did not receive a single vote.  In those voting divisions, the combined vote total was 19,605 for Barack Obama and 0 for Mitt Romney.  [#3] The overall voter turnout rate in Philadelphia was only about 60 percent.  But in the areas of Philadelphia where Republican poll watchers were illegally removed, the voter turnout rate was over 90% and Obama received over 99% of the vote.  Officials in Philadelphia have already ruled out an investigation.

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Accused of Rigging Florida Primary.  Professional Clinton crony Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who was forced to resign as head of the Democratic National Committee after Wikileaks released emails from the party which showed that she rigged the presidential primaries for her friend Hillary Clinton, is now being accused by her local rival, Tim Canova, of rigging her own primary.  Tim Canova, a law professor and Democrat candidate running for Wasserman Schultz's House seat in Florida, sounded off on Twitter this afternoon [8/22/2016] where he accused his opponent of trying to influence people's votes and undermining his campaign.

Clinton-Connected Pennsylvania AG Found Guilty of 9 Felonies.  A jury on Monday night [8/15/2016] found Pennsylvania's Democratic attorney general Kathleen Kane guilty on nine felony counts stemming from her attempt to leak confidential information aimed at embarrassing Republican political rivals.  Kane, who became a rising political star thanks to support from Bill and Hillary Clinton, has been asked to resign by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D.), and prosecutors say they are considering recommending prison time for Kane.

Chris Matthews Fails to Identify Disgraced Pennsylvania AG as a Democrat.  Imagine that a Republican state attorney general had been forced to resign after being convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice.  Now imagine how the story would have been played on MSNBC.  Fair to assume that the word "Republican" would have featured in the story's first sentence?  But in a stand-alone segment on today's Hardball on the forced resignation of Kathleen Kane, the Pennsylvania AG who was convicted on nine charges, host Chris Matthews failed to ever mention, and the screen graphics never revealed, that Kane is a Democrat.  Kane had illegally leaked secret grand jury documents to harm a rival prosecutor, then lied about it under oath.

Pennsylvania Democrat AG Kathleen Kane Found Guilty on All Counts in Perjury/Obstruction of Justice Prosecution.  Then she immediately began leaking derogatory information about the judge, bailiffs, and jurors.

Jury convicts Attorney General Kathleen Kane.  Attorney General Kathleen Kane, the state's top law enforcement officer and once an ascending star in politics, was convicted by a jury Monday [8/15/2016] of perjury and related charges for covering up a grand jury leak she orchestrated.  Gov. Tom Wolf called on Kane, 50, of Scranton to resign immediately.

Democrat AG, Kathleen Kane, Found Guilty on Nine Criminal Charges — Criminal Conspiracy, Perjury.  A Pennsylvania Jury found Democrat Attorney General Kathleen Kane guilty on nine criminal counts last night including conspiracy and perjury.  Elected to office in 2014, found guilty of criminal conspiracy in 2016.

PA Attorney General Kathleen Kane Faces Prison Time After Being Convicted of 9 Criminal Charges.  Pennsylvania's top prosecutor, Kathleen Kane, was found guilty of perjury and obstruction of justice on Monday evening [8/15/2016].  A jury found Kane guilty of a total of 9 criminal charges.  Kane, who once was a rising star in Democratic party, is facing mounting calls to resign as Pennsylvania Attorney General.  "We will continue this litigation we will continue this fight because we believe that our client has been wrongfully accused of misconduct," her defense attorney Gerald Shargel told media outside the court, according to CNN.

Historic! Another Top Clinton Supporter is Under Federal Investigation.  It's really weird how all these Democrats mysteriously find themselves under federal investigation during a Democrat administration.  It's almost as if they think they're above the law.

Feds investigating Mayor de Blasio's involvement in sale of Long Island College Hospital.  U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is looking into Mayor de Blasio's involvement in the sale of Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, the [New York] Daily News has learned.  Bharara's office recently issued a subpoena to the State University of New York, which had owned the hospital, seeking all communications between the university system and City Hall regarding the sale of LICH dating to Jan. 2, 2014, when de Blasio took office, said two sources familiar with the matter.  One source close to SUNY confirmed the subpoena and said "the clear target seems to be de Blasio."  But the specifics of what Bharara is looking into were unclear.

DNC Shared Its Donor Appointment List With White House.  New details have emerged about a possible "pay-to-play" scheme that surfaced in the Democratic National Committee documents released by Wikileaks last week.  The Democratic National Committee's national finance director sent a White House official who handles personnel matters a list of Democratic donors that the DNC hand-picked for appointments to federal boards and commissions.  The Daily Caller reported earlier this week that Jordan Kaplan, the DNC finance director, sought guidance from his colleagues on what donors to choose for federal appointments.  Names were collected, and a spreadsheet entitled "Boards and Commissions" was created.

DNC Breaks Federal Law; Violation of Sec. 8 U.S. Code § 1324.  In their bizarre showcase of illegal aliens on the first day of their convention, Democrats not only shamelessly used a little girl for crass political reasons, they also managed to break federal immigration law — twice.  Karla Ortiz has appeared on television and in commercials telling Hillary Clinton how scared she is that her illegal immigrant mom will be deported.  In the ad — and again Monday night — we hear that Hillary told her that she would do the worrying for Karla.  Aww.  Karla then appeared Monday night [7/25/2016] on stage at the Democratic National Convention with her illegal-immigrant mother, Francesca.  In addition being a disgusting display of political pandering, this is also a violation of 8 U.S. Code § 1324.  The law makes it a felony to "conceal" or "harbor" any "alien" "including any means of transportation."

Lawyers Repeatedly Flagged Illicit Politicking by Dem Legal Strategy Group.  Democratic Party lawyers had to step in repeatedly to prevent illegal or prohibited political fundraising by a new Democratic National Committee group designed to coordinate legal strategy with hundreds of friendly attorneys, internal documents show.  Multiple proposed fundraising pitches by the new Democratic Lawyers Committee (DLC) invoked the names of high-ranking administration officials in what would have been violations of federal laws and White House policies against political activity by administration officials, according to emails between the group's top staffers and their attorneys.

Wasserman-Schultz's Opponent to File Complaint Accusing Her of Using DNC Resources for Reelection.  It seems that Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has been through quite a week.  Following the release of Wikileaks emails that show the DNC's general disdain for Bernie Sanders, Wasserman-Schultz will step down from her role as the chair of the DNC at the end of the convention.  In addition, she has minimized her role at the Democratic convention currently happening in Philadelphia.  Now, she faces a new challenge.  This time from her primary opponent in Florida, Tim Canova.  Canova has begun the process of filing a legal complaint against Wasserman-Schultz claiming that she misappropriated DNC resources to help in her reelection campaign in Florida.

A Guide to Buying Access at the Democratic National Convention.  Corporations, labor unions, and wealthy individuals can buy access to top Democratic policymakers at the party's convention in Philadelphia this week, according to internal documents detailing the perks that the party is offering to its wealthiest donors.  Political action committees that gave $90,000 to the Democratic National Committee between January 2015 and June 2016 will get two tickets to an "exclusive roundtable and campaign briefing with high-level Democratic officials," the documents reveal.  Political groups that donated at least $150,000 will get four tickets instead of two.  Native American tribes can get five tickets, but they must have donated at least $200,000.  PACs that gave at least $30,000 will also get access to "business roundtables and industry panels throughout the Convention."

Debbie Fired For Collusion and Corruption — Instantly Hired By Hillary.  You can't make this stuff up!  Debbie Wasserman Schultz steps down/gets fired for colluding with the media and others to crush Bernie.  She becomes the picture of all things corrupt, but Hillary instantly hires her on for the campaign.  That is the kind of resumé Hillary appreciates.

Leaked DNC Documents Show Plans To Reward Big Donors With Federal Appointments.  Democratic National Committee documents recently released by WikiLeaks include spreadsheets and emails that appear to show party officials planning which donors and prominent fundraisers to provide with appointments to federal boards and commissions.  The documents, which were circulated among top DNC officials in April, could raise legal questions for the party, says Ken Boehm, the chairman of the National Legal and Policy Center, a government watchdog group.  "The disclosed DNC emails sure look like the potential Clinton Administration has intertwined the appointments to federal government boards and commissions with the political and fund raising operations of the Democratic Party," Boehm told The Daily Caller.

Team of Grifters:  Tim Kaine Reinforces 'Crooked' Hillary's Weaknesses on Cronyism, Corruption.  Hillary Clinton may have selected Sen. Tim Kaine (R-VA) as her running mate to help her appeal to blue-collar men, but her selection only reinforces her biggest weaknesses with voters.  In an election cycle in which voters are revolting against career politicians like Clinton who play by a different set of rules and are associated with cronyism and corruption, Kaine is none other than a lifelong politician who accepted lavish gifts while he was Virginia's governor and lieutenant governor.

Kaine accepted clothes, vacation as gifts.  Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine took advantage of the state's lax gift laws to receive an $18,000 Caribbean vacation, $5,500 in clothes and a trip to watch George Mason University play in the NCAA basketball Final Four during his years as lieutenant governor and governor, according to disclosures he filed.  Now a leading contender to be Hillary Clinton's running mate, Kaine reported more than $160,000 in gifts from 2001 to 2009, mostly for travel to and from political events and conferences, according to disclosures compiled by the Virginia Public Access Project.  The givers included political supporters, a drug company that soon after bought a facility in Virginia, and Dominion, the state's biggest provider of electricity.

Hillary Veep Pick Eagerly Accepted $160,000 in "Gifts" as Virginia Governor.  Has there ever been a more corrupt, venal and destructive ticket than this particular Democrat offering?

Mike Brown's Mom Robs & Beats Her Mother-In-Law, Still Slated To Speak at DNC.  Look who is going to be speaking at the DNC this year for Hillary.  This isn't too surprising, considering the fact that the Democrats have a criminal openly running for President.

Labor Secretary Misrepresented Grandfather's Ties to Dominican Dictator.  Labor Secretary Tom Perez, one of Hillary Clinton's top choices for vice president, misrepresented his grandfather's relationship to a Dominican dictator, according to a report.  Perez has lauded his grandfather, Rafael Brache, for "standing on the right side of history" against the brutal regime of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic.  He said that Brache was expelled for speaking out against the regime, but a new Wall Street Journal investigation revealed that Brache exited the country after years of support for the regime.  "In his comments, Mr. Perez rarely, if ever, mentions that Mr. Brache was one of the dictator's champions during at least the first five years of his repressive three-decade regime, a fact documented in dozens of cables, letters and memos in public archives in the U.S. and the Dominican Republic," the article states.

Clinton Foundation Corruption Should Be Next for the FBI.  North Florida-based Congresswoman Corinne Brown is the latest Clinton superdelegate to receive an indictment for corruption and ethics violations.  Brown allegedly received $800,000 from an organization called One Door For Education under false pretenses that the funds would be used for charitable purposes.  One Door For Education touts itself as a nonprofit, but is not legally registered as such.  Brown is just one of several Clinton superdelegates to recently be exposed for fraudulent activity.  Late last month, Congressman Chaka Fattah was convicted on charges of racketeering, corruption and stealing charitable funds.  Sen. Bob Menendez, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Gov. Dannel Malloy and the former Virginia governor who served as Clinton's 2008 campaign chair, Terry McAuliffe, are also in the midst of corruption probes.

NYC could be on verge of making the worst kind of history.  As they seek to prove big crimes, prosecutors must present large amounts of evidence, some of it complex.  But persuading juries also requires a simple theory of the case that shows how the evidence fits together, and the best way to do that is it give jurors catchy details to help them understand the narrative — and find the defendants guilty.  By that standard, prosecutors are hitting the motherlode in the ballooning New York corruption scandal.  Among the seal-the-deal details are elves and hookers, garbage bags and fancy Italian bags, a private jet and a private lane in the Lincoln Tunnel.  Prosecutors allege, for example, that a cash kickback was delivered in a Salvatore Ferragamo bag, and that businessmen wearing elf hats delivered expensive Christmas presents to police officers' homes.

Congressman Chaka Fattah receives his walking papers.  Earlier this week, John [Sexton] covered the end to the Pennsylvania trial of Congressman Chaka Fattah and his conviction on multiple counts of racketeering and fraud.  One would expect that with such a result, Fattah would quickly depart the scene, sparing his constituents and his colleagues in the lower chamber any further embarrassment.  But Fattah initially offered his resignation for October 3rd, the day before he's to be sentenced.  That didn't sit well with the Speaker of the House, and facing the possibility of more severe measures, he quickly suggested some sort of compromise might be in order.

Congressman Chaka Fattah guilty on all charges in corruption case.  The veteran Pennsylvania congressman was convicted Tuesday [6/21/2016] in a month-long racketeering case that largely centered on various efforts to repay an illegal $1 million campaign loan related to his unsuccessful 2007 mayoral bid.

Clinton Superdelegate Chaka Fattah Found Guilty on Corruption Charges.  Rep. Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.), a Hillary Clinton superdelegate, was convicted on Tuesday on corruption charges stemming from a racketeering conspiracy in which the congressman and four associates misappropriated thousands of dollars from federal, campaign, and charitable sources.  Fattah and four associates were indicted in July 2015 on 29 corruption charges including racketeering, bribery, money laundering, mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, and falsification of records, among other charges.  The Department of Justice said Fattah took an illegal $1 million loan from his failed Philadelphia mayoral bid in 2007 and disguised it as a loan to his consulting company.

Leaked Memo Teaches Clinton Staffers How To Break Campaign Finance Laws And Get Away With It.  A leaked 2015 memo appears to give Hillary Clinton staffers advice on how to solicit large-sum donations for super PACs without breaking campaign finance laws restricting that behavior.  According to the Intercept, the memo in question was uncovered in Guccifer 2.0's recent hack of the DNC and was written by Marc Elias, who now serves as general counsel to Clinton's campaign.

Luis Gutierrez Paid His Wife Over $300,000 From Campaign Funds.  Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D., Ill.) has paid his wife and daughters hundreds of thousands of dollars from his campaign's coffer since 2010, according to campaign finance data.  Gutierrez, who was first elected to Congress in 1993, brought his wife, Soraida Gutierrez, onto his campaign's payroll six years ago to act as his office manager, treasurer, and fundraiser.  Soraida Gutierrez was a registered lobbyist in the state of Illinois from 2003 to 2009 before joining Gutierrez for Congress.  She has since raked in more than $300,000 for her work on behalf of the committee while being the top recipient of campaign cash in three cycles since stepping into her role.

4 NYPD officials busted in de Blasio fundraising probe.  Four NYPD officials — including three high-ranking cops — have been busted as part of the sweeping federal corruption probe rocking the police department and Mayor Bill de Blasio's office, federal prosecutors announced Monday [6/20/2016].  "It is a heartbreaking thing," Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said.  "An officer who betrays his badge betrays every honorable officer."  Deputy Chief Michael Harrington, Deputy Inspector James Grant and Sgt. David Villanueva were arrested at their homes at 6 a.m.  Monday by FBI agents and hauled into 26 Federal Plaza in lower Manhattan, sources said.  Officer Richard Ochetal has already pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for expediting gun permit applications, prosecutors revealed.

Former DC mayor returns to council after federal probes.  Two years after he lost his bid for a second term as District of Columbia mayor amid a federal corruption probe, Vincent Gray has assured himself a return to elected office in the nation's capital.

Al Sharpton still too busy to pay his taxes.  MSNBC host and perpetual race agitator Al Sharpton certainly gets around quite a bit.  Any time there's any sort of Black Lives Matter protest or urban unrest with a race relations twist, Sharpton seems to appear within hours as if by magic.  So busy is the man's schedule that he apparently still can't find time to sit down with an accountant and clear up more than a half million dollars in unpaid taxes which the IRS has been pestering him about for some time now.

The Rule Of Law Is Dead.  Note that this is not just about possible security problems; there is apparently evidence that Hillary and Bill used their "family foundation" to sell influence including to foreign entities and in fact there are people speculating that she won't just be indicted related to mishandling classified information (which I remind you can and often does get people killed) but possibly on racketeering charges — that is, just like the mob!  Yet 71% of Democrat voters say this doesn't matter and she should keep running even if indicted on such charges.

50% Say Clinton Should Keep Running Even If Indicted.  Most continue to believe likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is a lawbreaker, but half of all voters also say a felony indictment shouldn't stop her campaign for the presidency.  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 43% of Likely U.S. Voters think Clinton should immediately stop campaigning if she is charged with a felony in connection with her use of a private e-mail server while secretary of State.  Fifty percent (50%), however, think she should continue running until a court determines her guilt or innocence.

Under investigation, Mayor de Blasio's administration is acting like it has plenty to hide.  As investigations of New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's administration deepen, his denials and obfuscations are becoming increasingly disconnected from reality.  The first-term Democrat is now retailing straight balderdash and trying to bluster his way through a thickening bramble of ethical questions.  The besieged mayor continues to defend his use of the Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit that took millions of dollars from his progressive allies, many of whom sought (and received) favors from the city.

Why Are the Clintons Always Under Investigation?  [Scroll down]  The Clintons, it might be noted, are not the only ones to be involved in a fresh time of troubles.  They extend to their former consigliere Terry McAuliffe, who is Governor of Virginia and former head of the Democratic National Committee.  McAuliffe was a dynamo as a fundraiser for the Clintons.  Now he's under federal investigation for campaign contributions.  The Justice Department, as part of its investigation, is apparently examining McAuliffe's work as a board member of the Clinton Global Initiative, itself a dubious organization that has accepted contributions from some very questionable customers.  Apparently 120 donors gave to both McAuliffe and the Clinton foundation.

FBI investigation of McAuliffe leaked: why?  The stunning news that the FBI has been investigating Virginia Governor (and key Clinton Machine operative) Terry McAuliffe for a year is widely seen as an ominous sign for Hillary Clinton's campaign. [...] A former chair of the Democratic National Committee, McAuliffe raised a then-unprecedented $275 million for the Clintons in the 20th century, and set a record for a single night fundraiser with $26 million.  He also personally guaranteed the mortgage on the Chappaqua mansion purchased by the Clintons for their post-presidency residence, when they were, according to Hillary, "dead broke."  The term "bagman" has been applied to him for years, particularly since he has made no secret of his pattern of mixing politics and his personal business interests.

McAuliffe: That Donation from a Chinese Parliament Member Was Totally Legal!  Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe said his reaction was "shock" when he learned the FBI was investigating donations to his 2013 campaign.  He must be the only person in Virginia who was.

McAuliffe Shields Clintons: 'This Has Nothing to Do With the Clinton Foundation'.  The governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, is responding to news of him being under federal investigation by shielding his close associates, Hillary and Bill Clinton.  McAuliffe told reporters, "this has nothing to do with the Clinton Foundation.  This was an allegation of a gentleman who gave a check to my campaign.  I didn't bring the donor in.  I didn't bring him into the Clinton Foundation.  I'm not sure if I've ever met the person."

First 'Clinton Cash' Domino to Fall:  FBI Investigating Hillary Bagman Terry McAuliffe.  Close Clinton operative Terry McAuliffe is under federal investigation for campaign contributions from a Chinese billionaire who has also donated $2 million to the Clinton Foundation.

People Putting 'Huge Amounts of Money' In Clintons' Pockets Had 'Strong, Rich Ties With Oppressive Forces'.  [Scroll down]  [Stephen K.] Bannon added a hat tip to [Peter] Schweizer by pointing out that Clinton Cash was also released about four weeks before the FBI investigation began, putting years of research on the Clinton's financial dealings into the public domain.  "We like to think that the two are connected, and the areas of investigation hit on the exact point that we reported on in Clinton Cash, which is that money flows to the Clintons in exchange for official favors," Schweizer agreed.  "I think that the leak Terry McAuliffe is under investigation is only the beginning, and I have always believed that the email investigation is important, but really that is just an ancillary to the larger question of the Clintons getting paid off," he said.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe under federal investigation for campaign contributions.  Virginia Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe is the subject of an ongoing investigation by the FBI and prosecutors from the Justice Department's public integrity unit, U.S. officials briefed on the probe say.  The investigation dates to at least last year and has focused, at least in part, on whether donations to his gubernatorial campaign violated the law, the officials said.  McAuliffe wasn't notified by investigators that he is a target of the probe, according to the officials.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe under investigation by DOJ over possible illegal campaign contributions.  Federal officials are investigating whether Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe's 2013 campaign accepted illegal campaign contributions, sources familiar with the investigation confirmed Monday [5/23/2016] to Fox News.  The Democratic governor and Clinton ally is the target of a Justice Department investigation into whether he violated campaign finance laws.  The probe, first reported by CNN, involves a $120,000 donation from Chinese businessman Wang Wenliang through his U.S. businesses.  U.S. election law prohibits foreign nationals to donate to political races.

13 Incompetent Failures in the Obama Administration.  [#4] Well before he became secretary of State, John Kerry profited from the Obama administration.  While he was helping to craft Obamacare, the Massachusetts senator bought stock in a pharmaceuticals company which would benefit from the law.  He also bought shares in a medical device manufacturer — a company whose stock rose 71 percent when the bill passed.  Finally, Kerry and his wife sold off their investments in United Health and Wellpoint, two of the healthcare providers which ended up losing big from Obamacare.

De Blasio shields cronies in 'corruption' coverup.  Besieged by federal and state investigators, Mayor Bill de Blasio turned Nixonian Thursday and declared five of his closest outside confidants exempt from public disclosure laws when they advise him on running the city.  His administration extended the stunning "agents of the city" privilege to BerlinRosen co-founder Jonathan Rosen; Hilltop Public Solutions partners Nicholas Baldick and Bill Hyers; and AKPD partner John Del Cecato.  All four worked on de Blasio's political campaigns.  Also included was Patrick Gaspard, US ambassador to South Africa and a former political operative at SEIU Local 1199.

Pa. Democrats set to host national convention amid 'endemic' party corruption in state.  Pennsylvania Democrats, no strangers to corruption, are surpassing their own dirty reputations as they prepare to host the Democratic National Convention this summer in Philadelphia.  There's Rep. Chaka Fattah, an 11-term Democrat from Philadelphia whose trial opens Monday [5/16/2016] in federal court on charges of bribery, concealment of unlawful campaign contributions and theft of charitable and federal funds.  Voters took the rare step in the Democratic primary last month of voting out Mr. Fattah, the longest-serving black congressman in Pennsylvania's history.

Alan Grayson Loses it on MSNBC Host for Bringing Up Ethics Violations.  Alan Grayson is a hero of online liberals — or at least, he was the last time I read a liberal blog, which has been some years. [...] He's also running for the Florida Senate Seat as an "insurgent" candidate against establishment favorite Patrick Murphy.  Grayson went on MSNBC today with how Joy Reid — hardly a hostile interview for liberals — and absolutely lost his smarmy mind when Reid asked him some basic questions:  [Video clip]

Flint: Never let crisis dollars go to waste.  Death and taxes are said to be life's only certainties, but you can also pretty much count on bureaucrats to care little about doing their jobs well and on politicians to cash in on every crisis.  Government had already let down Flint, Mich. badly enough.  But a new lawsuit alleges that Mayor Karen Weaver, hailed as a champion for her city during its water crisis, siphoned money out of a pool intended to fix the city's tainted water problem into her political action committee.  This accusation will be tested in court.

Feds want corrupt ex-Sen. John Sampson to spend 87 months in jail.  Federal prosecutors are recommending a jail term of 87 months for ex-state Sen. John Sampson when he is sentenced next week in Brooklyn Federal Court.  The once-powerful Democrat was convicted last year of obstructing a mortgage fraud probe involving a deep-pocketed crony of Sampson's who had loaned money to the Brooklyn politician, and lying to the FBI.

Corruption probe into Cuomo, de Blasio expands.  There'[s] been an interesting twist in the ongoing corruption investigation swirling around New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo.  The Mayor has apparently had enough of all these pesky questions and he's no longer going to cooperate with any such lines of inquiry.  That might not normally be newsworthy since these are no doubt uncomfortable questions to answer, but the unique aspect of the story is who the Mayor is blaming.

Ex-NY Speaker Sheldon Silver sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption.  Sheldon Silver, longtime Democratic politician and former speaker of the New York State Assembly, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption by a federal judge on Tuesday [5/3/2016].  Silver was also ordered to pay $1.75 million in fines.  The 72-year-old lawyer and longtime representative of Lower Manhattan was found guilty last November of fraud, extortion and money laundering.  In addition to trading favors with local real estate developers, it was determined that Silver found jobs for two women he had extramarital affairs with.

From Albany to Prison:  Ex-Lawmakers on Life Behind Bars.  In May, three more corrupt New York State lawmakers are expected to join the jumpsuited ranks, three more cautionary tales from a State Legislature with no apparent shortage of them.

De Blasio staffers slapped with subpoenas as scandal deepens.  Mayor Bill de Blasio received a rude awakening from federal investigators — who slapped City Hall, including three members of Hizzoner's inner circle, with subpoenas amid a growing probe of his shady fundraising, sources confirmed to The [New York] Post on Wednesday [4/27/2016].  De Blasio's most trusted aide, Emma Wolfe, his top fundraiser, Ross Offinger, and a consulting firm that has run his campaigns were all served with the legal papers, sources said.

How de Blasio ran political campaigns out of City Hall.  Bill de Blasio and his team brazenly ran political campaigns straight out of City Hall, according to state investigators.  The administration was still reeling Saturday from a state Board of Elections memo that alleged City Hall made "willful and flagrant" violations of campaign finance law by steering unions and deep-pocketed donors to indirectly funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars to three upstate Democrats running for the state Senate.  The big-money donors would cut six-digit checks to county Democratic committees, which would then send the money to the campaigns, thus circumventing legal caps on contributions.

The mayor is going down!  Less than a week ago, Mayor de Blasio was offering aid to Ecuadorians after the earthquake there.  Now a political earthquake is rocking City Hall and the mayor is the one who needs help.  The report from the state Board of Elections that accuses him and his team of "willful and flagrant" violations of campaign-finance laws immediately changes everything.  The veneer of business as usual is shredded.

De Blasio team skirted campaign donation limits; investigators found 'willful and flagrant' violations 'warranting prosecution'.  The head investigator for the state Board of Elections probed the 2014 fundraising efforts by Mayor de Blasio and his team on behalf of the Senate Democrats and found enough "willful and flagrant" violations to warrant a criminal referral to the Manhattan DA's office.  The Daily News obtained a bombshell memo state Board of Elections Chief Enforcement Officer Risa Sugarman sent to the board's four commissioners on Jan. 4 recommending the referral.

Ex-Congressman Mel Reynolds, facing tax charges, gets locked up.  A misdemeanor tax case against an ex-congressman delivered yet another twist Wednesday [4/20/2016] when a federal judge locked up former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds.  U.S. District Judge John Darrah gave Reynolds six days last week to find a place to live where he could be put on electronic monitoring.  Reynolds said Wednesday he had failed to do so, but he asked for time to keep looking.  He also announced plans to represent himself.

NYPD officers shared prostitute in private jet funded by businessman in corruption probe, reports say.  Several New York police officials have been accused of having sex with a prostitute dressed as an air hostess while travelling on a private plane paid for by a city businessman at the heart of a federal corruption probe.  The prostitute is said to have enacted a "Coffee, tea, or me?" routine during both legs of a return trip to Las Vegas, informed sources told the New York Post.  The private plane was reportedly paid for by Jona Rechnitz, one of two businessmen with ties to Mayor Bill de Blasio who is being investigated over gifts made to five high ranking police officers.

City Hall squirming as corruption scandal widens.  Well, that didn't take long:  Mayor de Blasio has now lawyered up in the ever-widening federal corruption probe by US Attorney Preet Bharara.  To be sure, attorney Barry Berke officially represents the mayor's 2013 election campaign, and he was officially asked only to reach out to Bharara's office and offer to help "in any way that we can.  But it's another sign that things may be getting increasingly uncomfortable for the folks at City Hall.

De Blasio handling corruption scandal like a true scoundrel.  [Scroll down]  Cops are all-too familiar with double standards.  They're usually held to the highest test of integrity while also considered the most expendable in a political crisis.  That strikes me as foolishness compounded.  Yet corruption has little to do with fairness and everything to do with power.  And to hear de Blasio talk, he is far too big to be held to the same rules as the little people, cops included.

NYPD corruption scandal leads straight to de Blasio.  As Bob Dylan told us long ago, "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."  These days, a foul wind blows from City Hall.  With subpoenas issued, investigations spreading and at least one federal grand jury at work, the question isn't whether Bill de Blasio's administration has a corruption problem.  The questions are how big is the problem, how many agencies are tainted and how high up the pecking order does it go?  The preliminary answers are worrisome.  A small army of investigators, including the FBI, is on the hunt, and all roads appear to lead straight to Mayor Putz.

Office of Congressional Ethics calls for full investigation of Alan Grayson.  Last month Ed [Morrissey] noted that the House Ethics Committee was opening an investigation into apparent moonlighting by Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson.  Tuesday, the Office of Congressional Ethics published a 74-page report detailing its findings recommending the committee undertake a full investigation of multiple allegations against Grayson.

Ethics report: Florida Democrat Grayson likely violated House rules.  A congressional review panel said Tuesday [4/5/2016] that Florida Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson likely violated House rules in his business activities and use of congressional staff, as the separate House Ethics Committee moved to extend its probe.  Grayson, who is running for the Senate seat being vacated by ex-GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio, is being scrutinized regarding a hedge fund he started when he was not a member of Congress and for allegedly using his congressional staff for unofficial business.

Dem Donors Plead Guilty to $33 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme.  Five individuals who have donated to Democratic politicians pleaded guilty to a scheme that drained Medicare out of $33 million dollars.  Two physicians and three owners of hospice and home care companies based out of Detroit, Mich., were charged on June 18, 2015 as part of the largest Medicare fraud case in history for submitting fraudulent claims for home health care and hospice services that were either not provided or deemed medically unnecessary.  The elaborate operation revolved around Muhammad Tariq, Shahid Tahir, and Manawar Javed — the owners of the home health care and hospice companies — paying kickbacks and bribes to physicians for referrals to their companies that included A Plus Hospice and Palliative Care, At Home Hospice, and At Home Network Inc.

Clinton superdelegate disbarred while awaiting prison sentencing - still a superdelegate.  Just a quick update on the superdelegate situation for the Democrats this evening.  Normally we'd be talking about which of the army of superdelegates is backing which candidate or how they might make the process a tad bit more democratic in nature, but this story has to do with who will (or more to the point, won't) be attending the festivities in Philadelphia.  You may recall that we earlier talked about one of Hillary Clinton's long time friends and supporters who also happens to be a superdelegate, Sheldon Silver.  The disgraced former Speaker of the State Assembly in New York was previously convicted of a raft of corruption charges and is currently awaiting sentencing where he could receive up to 130 years behind bars.

Australians say they were paid by Labor Party to work for Sanders.  Young Australians say they are being paid to work for Sen. Bernard Sanders' campaign by the Australian Labor Party in what appears to be a violation of U.S. election law, according to an undercover video released Thursday [2/25/2016].  The footage captured by Project Veritas Action shows three campaign volunteers discussing how they received compensation from the Australian Labor Party — including airfare, housing and a daily stipend — in order to help Mr. Sanders' bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Feds Flag Thousands of Illegal Bernie Sanders Contributions.  Thousands of contributions to Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' campaign in January violated federal campaign finance laws, election regulators said on Thursday [2/25/2016].  The Federal Election Commission sent a letter to the Democratic presidential candidate's campaign committee on Thursday with a 90-page spreadsheet listing 3,457 "excessive, prohibited, and impermissible contributions."  The campaign's January financial disclosure filing listed contributions from foreign nationals and unregistered political committees, the FEC said.  Other contributions came from donors who exceeded the $2,700 per-election limit.

The H-Factor in voter turnout.  Think about this situation:  not only do the Democratic Party insist on running a candidate who is hands down the most reviled woman in America, but they insist on doing so in the face of revelations that would already have required any other candidate to step down and retire from all politics.  But those Democrat power brokers are so hell-bent on their party electing the first female president that they'll even support a candidate who, were she Jane Doe, would be facing multiple federal felony charges and likely serious prison time.  Hillary has had a lot of time since Bill left office to make lucrative promises to a lot of powerful people, so that those folks have a clear interest in seeing her made president, criminal or no — in fact, probably even better if she is, because she'll be easier to manipulate.  And that, folks, is who the Democrats think should be our next president.

Ex-Calif. State Sen. Leland Yee, gun control champion, heading to prison for weapons trafficking.  On the surface, the story of Leland Yee looks like a precipitous fall from grace.  The 67-year-old had risen steadily in the ranks of Bay Area politics since the late 80s, when he was elected to the San Francisco School Board.  He then went on to sit on the city's Board of Supervisors and in the state Assembly.  The latter role saw him become the first Asian American speaker pro tem in 2004, making him the second-highest ranking Democrat in the California assembly at the time.

Ex-state Sen. Leland Yee gets 5 years in prison in corruption case.  A federal district judge sentenced former state Sen. Leland Yee, a San Francisco Democrat, to five years in prison Wednesday [2/24/2016] for trading political favors for campaign contributions.  He was also fined $20,000.  Yee admitted in a plea deal that he was part of a racketeering conspiracy that involved exchanging official acts for money, conspiring to traffic in weapons and money laundering.  Specifically, Lee promised an undercover FBI agent favors in return for campaign contributions.

Iowa Democratic party altered precinct's caucus results during chaotic night.  In Grinnell Ward 1, the precinct where elite liberal arts college Grinnell College is located, 19 delegates were awarded to Bernie Sanders and seven were awarded to Hillary Clinton on caucus night.  However, the Iowa Democratic party decided to shift one delegate from Sanders to Clinton on the night and did not notify precinct secretary J Pablo Silva that they had done so.  Silva only discovered that this happened the next day, when checking the precinct results in other parts of the county.  The shift of one delegate at a county convention level would not have significantly affected the ultimate outcome of the caucus, but rather, it raises questions about the Iowa Democratic party's management of caucus night.

That Smell Isn't the Ethanol.  Sixteen years after the chad-diviners of Florida we now have the coin-flippers of Iowa.  The Des Moines Register, which endorsed Hillary Clinton pre-caucus, is post-caucus calling for a "complete audit" of the vote to establish whether she actually won it — as the maniacal cackler has been going around bragging about ever since.  I would say it is almost certain that she did not win it.  But whether anyone can know for sure is more doubtful.  The Democrats run their end of the Iowa caucus as a folksier version of the union block vote in the old British Labour Party.  No actual vote tallies are released, just the numbers of SDEs — or "state delegate equivalents".

The Iowa Democratic Party Chair Refusing To Review Caucus Results Is A HUGE Hillary Supporter.  The Iowa Democratic party chair who is refusing to release raw vote totals from Monday's state caucuses is a long-time Hillary Clinton supporter who donated to the politician's various campaigns and who reportedly drives a Buick with the license plate "HRC 2016."  Dr. Andrea "Andy" McGuire has shot down calls to review vote tallies from Monday's contest despite Clinton's razor-thin win over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.  The former secretary of state squeaked by the democratic socialist, hauling in 49.9 percent of state delegate equivalents versus Sanders' 49.6 percent.

The Bill Clinton effect: Behind the left's sex-harassment problem.  News of rampant sexual harassment at a leading progressive public relations firm seems to have surprised some on the Left:  How can enlightened liberals, so staunchly committed to women's equality and progress, allow old-school sexism and abuse of power to persist?  How could FitzGibbon Media, which represented MoveOn.org, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and the AFL-CIO, have a CEO sending text messages asking for dirty pictures from female underlings?  Conservatives shouldn't start throwing stones:  There are plenty of cads in every political party.  Yet progressives really shouldn't be surprised that such behavior exists in liberal enclaves; in fact, there's reason to suspect there may be more mistreatment of women by the Left than the Right.  It's a phenomenon I call "the Bill Clinton effect."

The Clinton Curse returns.  The FBI's investigation is finding so much additional evidence of wrongdoing by the Clintons and their Clintonistas that the copious evidence is actually impeding the bureau from recommending indictments.  No sooner does the bureau think it has wrapped up one set of indictments than it trips across another category of malfeasance.  For instance, it seems that the FBI has now found the Clintons to have co-mingled their foundation's interests with Hillary's State Department work, and then there is her campaign fundraising, Bill's exorbitant lecture fees, and — who knows — the needs of the Clinton Library.  If Hillary and Bill are lucky, the FBI investigations will be mired in new evidence for months to come.

90 percent of New Yorkers think Albany is corrupt.  Ninety percent of New Yorkers believe Albany is corrupt and two-thirds believe there are problems with the elected officials representing their hometowns and cities. [...] Some 84 percent of voters want to take pensions away from pols who are convicted of crimes related to their official obligation to serve the public.  Sixty-two percent of voters polled want the state to close an LLC loophole that allows companies to skirt campaign contribution limits by setting up shadowy limited liability corporations that donate to candidates and increase influence on lawmakers.

Supreme Court will review corruption conviction of former Va. governor Robert McDonnell.  The Supreme Court will decide whether former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell was rightly convicted of corruption for his efforts on behalf of a businessman who bestowed money and gifts on the governor and his family.  The court announced Friday [1/15/2016] that it would intervene in the long-running saga of McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, and the case provides the justices a fresh opportunity to define what kind of political conduct crosses the line into criminal behavior.

Update:
Prosecutors will drop case against former Va. governor Robert McDonnell.  Federal prosecutors will not attempt to retry former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, on corruption charges, ending a years-long saga that rocked the commonwealth's political class and cut short the rise of a Republican Party star.  The conclusion came unceremoniously, as prosecutors filed one-paragraph documents telling a federal appeals court they would move to dismiss the indictments.  It means that the McDonnells — who have always maintained they did nothing illegal — will avoid criminal convictions and prison time.

Sanders and Wife Steered Campaign, Nonprofit Money to Family and Friends.  Bernie Sanders and his wife have on numerous occasions steered money from organizations under their control to friends and family members, public records show.  The payments benefitted the wife of the Democratic presidential candidate, his stepdaughter, and the son of a former colleague in city government whom Sanders has described as a close friend.  Sanders, a self-described socialist, is now running for the presidency on an anti-corruption platform, decrying public officials' attempts to use their positions for personal financial gain.  Following 16 years as a member of the House, Sanders was elected to the Senate in 2006.  His political campaigns were an early vehicle for payments to his family members.  According to Jane O'Meara Sanders, the senator's wife, Sanders' House campaigns paid her more than $90,000 for consulting and ad placement services from 2002 to 2004.  She pocketed about $30,000 of that money.

Clinton donors use Maine Democrats to skirt campaign cash limits.  A Cuban-born sugar tycoon.  A California-based registered foreign agent for the government of Sri Lanka.  A Chicago billionaire.  All of them are recent large donors to the Maine Democratic Party via a complex fundraising scheme called the Hillary Victory Fund.  The fund exploits recent court decisions and weakened campaign finance laws to maximize political contributions and funnel them to the Democratic National Committee.

Liberalism and Optional Law.  The sad reality is that rule of law — that the laws apply equally to all Americans — no longer exists in America.  Obama's imperial presidency, sanctuary cities, and the liberal establishments refusal to enforce laws they don't like means that the law does not apply equally, even in principle, to all Americans.  Some cite the Constitutional remedies such as impeachment but the reality is that the liberal politicians have no honor and will support their own no matter what, as they did when Bill Clinton committed perjury to protect himself from sexual-harassment charges.

How Political Machines End.  Ross Douthat, writing in the New York Times ruefully writes "I simply do not believe that the Obama Justice Department is going to indict the former secretary of state and Democratic front-runner for mishandling classified information, even if the offenses involved would have sunk a lesser figure's career or landed her in jail."  The observation is almost tantamount to arguing that the rule of law no longer exists; that the political class can literally do whatever it wants.

Albany's protection racket could be straight out of the Mafia.  New Yorkers who are cynical about the cesspool otherwise known as Albany are getting vindication these days.  The separate but simultaneous corruption trials of the former leaders of the Legislature are revealing a culture even more rotten than we knew.  Democrat Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the Assembly, and Republican Dean Skelos, the former Senate majority leader, stand accused of being greedy serial manipulators who used their power to enrich themselves and their families.

Morning Joe Panel Says [the] DNC [is] Rigging [the] Primary for Hillary Clinton.  The panel on MSNBC's Morning Joe harshly criticized the Democratic National Committee on Monday [11/21/2015] for trying to protect Hillary Clinton and ensure she receives the Democratic party's presidential nomination.  While discussing Saturday night's Democratic presidential debate, co-host Mika Brzezinski asked, "There isn't really a nomination fight, is there?  The way this is set up."  Her co-host Joe Scarborough shook his head in agreement before saying to BBC's Katty Kay, "If the Democrats, I think, for the first time in the history of modern politics — and I'm serious — you had a political party take every measure they could for Americans not to see their candidates."

Dean Skelos, Ex-New York Senate Leader, and His Son Are Convicted of Corruption.  Dean G. Skelos, the former majority leader of the New York Senate, and his son were found guilty of federal corruption charges on Friday [12/11/2015], a quick and devastating follow-up punch to the State Capitol, which has seen two entrenched leaders convicted and removed from office in less than two weeks.  The jury in Federal District Court in Manhattan took roughly eight hours over two days to reach its verdict against Senator Skelos, 67, and his son, Adam B. Skelos, 33, finding them guilty of all eight bribery, extortion and conspiracy counts.

New Mexico secretary of state resigns, enters guilty plea.  New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran pleaded guilty to embezzlement and other charges Friday after abruptly resigning amid a fraud investigation that alleges she siphoned thousands of dollars from her election account and withdrew the money at casinos around the state.

The So-What Democrats Shrug Off A Serious Charge.  Hillary Clinton has not been charged with a crime.  But the appearance of wrongdoing is strong enough to warrant an investigation.  Yet Democrats just brush it all off, saying there's nothing here to see. [...] Even if Democrats believe Clinton did nothing wrong with her email, shouldn't they have some concerns about how she handled the terrorist attacks in Benghazi?  They should.  But they don't.

Why isn't this a bribe?  This story has all the elements of Democrat establishment corruption:  an entrepreneur seeking affirmative action preferences, a congressman who is also a preacher, and a nonprofit organization receiving the money.

America's Six Worst Attorneys General.  State attorneys general (AGs) are their state's chief lawyer, tasked with representing state agencies in court, defending state laws, and giving legal advice to state officials.  But in recent years, many AGs have taken on a role as self-serving politicians who neglect these duties and instead seek to expand their own power — from using their office to enrich themselves or their trial lawyer friends to filing lawsuits attacking political opponents or law-abiding businesses.  These and other AG abuses are chronicled in the Competitive Enterprise Institute's latest report, The Nation's Worst State Attorneys General 2015, which names six of the worst offenders.

Has the DOJ Silenced Bob Menendez on the Iran Deal?  On Monday night [8/24/2015], the Department of Justice brought the hammer down on Senator Bob Menendez.  Reportedly in response to the senator's frequent dismissals of the indictment against him as being based on flimsy evidence and FBI's systematic efforts to mislead a New Jersey grand jury, the DOJ submitted a blistering filing that could — and quite possibly should — imperil the Garden State senator's career.

DOJ: Menendez corruption 'clear and unmistakable'.  The Justice Department is slamming Sen. Bob Menendez's push to get corruption charges against him dropped, saying that the "quid pro quo outlined in the indictment is clear and unmistakable."  "The charges in this case are the result of a careful and professional investigation," federal prosecutors said in court documents submitted Monday [8/24/2015].

Something's Happening Here.  Clinton is now immersed in what could very well be the scandal of the century.  There's no way to wriggle free of the mishandling of classified data.  You can finesse financial laws and ethics rules.  You can't finesse this stuff.  News reports suggest there may be dozens of people who have violated the law and conspired to hide their involvement.  This is Watergate level stuff given her position.

Group accuses McCaskill of violating federal campaign finance laws.  A conservative group filed a complaint against Sen. Claire McCaskill on Thursday [8/13/2015], accusing her of violating federal campaign finance laws to beat Todd Akin in Missouri's 2012 Senate race.  The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, a conservative government watchdog group, submitted a complaint to the Federal Election Commission saying that McCaskill attempted to illegally influence who would be her opponent in the Senate race by sharing valuable polling data with the Akin campaign.

Group backing Clinton gets $1M from untraceable donors.  Hillary Rodham Clinton told a cheering crowd at her largest rally so far that "the endless flow of secret, unaccountable money" must be stopped.  Two weeks later, the main super PAC backing her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination accepted a $1 million contribution that cannot be traced.

Corruption probes hitting Dems across the country.  A wave of corruption arrests and investigations is roiling Democratic politicians, posing a potential image problem in an election year.  The latest were a pair of arrests earlier this week, snagging Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon, who later resigned, and California state Sen. Leland Yee.  The latter involved a tangled web of allegations including claims that the gun control-pushing lawmaker tried to connect an undercover agent with an international arms dealer.  So far, these cases are confined to the state and local levels, so it remains to be seen whether Democrats running in the congressional midterms will be tarnished.

Pennsylvania's top prosecutor arraigned on criminal charges.  Pennsylvania's top prosecutor barely spoke at her arraignment Saturday on charges including a felony count of perjury, but her attorney stressed afterward that she has no plans to resign, despite growing pressure even among her fellow Democrats.

Kathleen Kane charged with perjury, obstruction of justice, abuse of office.  Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane is being charged with perjury, obstructing administration of law and other charges that allege she orchestrated a campaign to leak secret information, then lied to a grand jury about it.  Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Ferman said Kane is accused of a scheme in which "we allege she orchestrated to leak confidential investigative information and secret grand jury" information, then lied to a grand jury about that.  Kane, a Democrat who swept into office in 2012 in a decisive victory, has been mired in skirmishes with former staffers and faced a grand jury investigation into leaks of sealed information from her office.

Feds Indict Pennsylvania US Rep. Fattah in Racketeering Case.  A longtime Philadelphia congressman who was indicted Wednesday [7/29/2015] paid off a campaign loan with charitable donations and federal grants, funneled campaign money to pay down his son's student loan debt and disguised a lobbyist's bribe as payment for a car he never sold, federal prosecutors said.  Democratic U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah and four associates were charged with racketeering conspiracy.  They also were charged with bribery, conspiracy to commit wire, honest services, bank and mail fraud, and money laundering, among other things.

Democratic Rep. Chaka Fattah Indicted in Racketeering Conspiracy.  The Justice Department indicted Democratic Rep. Chaka Fattah of Pennsylvania and four of his associates for their involvement in a racketeering conspiracy "to further their political and financial interests," U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger said Wednesday [7/29/2015] at a press conference for the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  The charges within the 29-count indictment include accepting illegal contributions, bribery, creating sham contracts, and misappropriating campaign funds to pay off Fattah's son's college loans.

Drip, Drip, Drip.  With the drip, drip, drip of the many conflicts of interest which enrich the Clinton family and bedevil Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, one refrain remains constant among the liberal punditry:  "These stories are not hurting Hillary's support among Democrats."  Even if the claim were true — which appears increasingly dubious — what does persistently strong support for Mrs. Clinton in the face of endless stories of the Clinton Foundation accepting money from foreign countries that had important business before Hillary's State Department say about Democratic voters?

Democrats criticize government audit of Healthcare.gov.  Ordinarily you would think that members of Congress would be happy when the federal auditor, the General Accounting Office, reveals that a program is vulnerable to fraud of Biblical proportions. [...] If the program we're talking about is ObamaCare, you would be wrong.  It is the signature program of The LightWorker, their Precious, and therefore, it is beyond criticism.

Former mayor of Pa. capital charged with 499 criminal counts.  The former longtime mayor of Harrisburg, Pa., was arrested Tuesday [7/14/2015] and charged with nearly 500 criminal counts, in part stemming from allegations he illegally used hundreds of thousands of dollars from city agencies to purchase historical items, the Harrisburg Patriot-News reported.  Stephen R. Reed, 65, whose term as Democratic mayor of Pennsylvania's capital city spanned nearly three decades, was arraigned on 499 counts stemming from 17 criminal charges before Magisterial District Judge William Wenner.

Former Illinois congressman Reynolds indicted on tax charges.  Former U.S. Representative Mel Reynolds, already convicted of having sex with an underage campaign worker, was indicted again for failing to file income tax returns for 2009 through 2012, federal prosecutors said on Friday [6/26/2015].

The Show Me the Money State.  Missouri's second highest elected official blasted Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon for accepting lucrative union campaign donations after vetoing right to work legislation.  Nixon received $50,000 from the United Auto Workers union just days after vetoing legislation that would have ended the practice of coercive unionism in the state.  Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder demanded a refund, criticizing the seeming quid pro quo.

Massachusetts House Launches Investigation Into Deval Patrick's Hidden Accounts.  Massachusetts House investigators are looking into whether former Gov. Deval Patrick diverted state money to secret funds for travel, advertising and other off-the-books expenses.  The Boston Herald first broke the story of the money transfers earlier this week.

Heilemann: If A GOPer Had Written Bernie Sanders' Rape Tale, It Would Be A 'Huge Scandal'.  Heilemann also told "With All Due Respect" co-host Mark Halperin that journalists need to hold Sanders to the "same standard" as a Republican and ask him "tough questions" about the essay.  "I know we both agree about this, which is that if a Republican, any Republican candidate wrote an essay like this, whether they were 16 years old and high on dope or whether it was two weeks ago, it would be a huge scandal," Heilemann said.  "So I think we need to hold Bernie Sanders to the same standard, and people need to ask him tough questions about it."

Judge Roy Moore: Impeach Ginsburg for Marrying Two Men Ahead of SCOTUS Ruling on Gay Marriage.  On May 17, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg officiated the marriage of two men and used the occasion to cite her constitutional right to do so.  In June, the high court — including Ginsburg's vote — will announce its decision on whether homosexual marriage is guaranteed by the Constitution.  That's grounds for impeachment, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore told CNSNews.com in an exclusive interview.

Green Car Co. Tied to Visas Obtained Under False Pretenses - and Democrat Operatives.  GreenTech Automotive.  Backed by the political elite (Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's brother Anthony Rodham, former Louisiana Governor Katherine Blanco, and former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour) funded by foreign nationals (namely exiled Chinese businessman Charles Wang), and nearly as profitable as Solyndra.  Yes, that Solyndra.  But it gets worse.

Exclusive: Bernie Sanders' Wife May Have Defrauded State Agency, Bank.  Documents obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation indicate that the wife of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders may have been able to use her clout to get away with loan fraud, nearly bankrupting the small college she was president of and collecting a sizable severance package in the process.  These revelations come amid growing speculation that Sen. Sanders, a self-described socialist who has blasted the U.S. government as an oligarchy run by billionaires and railed against the golden parachutes received by top corporate executives, will contend for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Role of Hillary Clinton's brother in Haiti gold mine raises eyebrows.  Drive down the rutted dirt road a couple of miles to the guardhouse, then hike 15 minutes up to the overgrown hilltop, and there it is:  a piece of 3½-inch-wide PVC pipe sticking out of the ground.  This is what, at least for the time being, a gold mine looks like.  It also has become a potentially problematic issue for Hillary Rodham Clinton as she considers a second presidential run, after it was revealed this month that in 2013, one of her brothers was added to the advisory board of the company that owns the mine.

Rand Paul: Foreign donations to Clinton Foundation [are] 'thinly veiled bribes'.  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told POLITICO on Friday that foreign contributions to the Clinton Foundation are "thinly veiled bribes," and said Hillary Clinton should return any donations from Saudi Arabia or other countries that abuse the rights of women.  "The normal Clinton response is to cover up, deny, refuse to acknowledge," Paul said in a telephone interview as he was being driven through New Hampshire.  "But the question is whether the country will rise up and respond to the unseemly nature of accepting foreign donations. "

Dianne Feinstein's Husband Awarded Massive Fortune in Rail Boondoggle.  What a remarkable coincidence.  A guy who was just handed $1 billion of other people's money in the latest rail boondoggle happens to be married to someone we know: [...] The purpose of government spending in a socialistic corruptocracy like ours is to "spread the wealth around" — i.e., confiscate it from those who create it for redistribution to our rulers and those in their favor.  For this reason, it is totally unnecessary for rail and green energy projects to make any economic sense whatsoever.  All by itself this explains why capitalism works and socialism does not work.

Dianne Feinstein's husband wins near-billion dollar California 'high speed rail' contract.  To the surprise of absolutely no one familiar with the ways of Corruptifornia, the one-party state completely in the hands of the Democrats, a consortium whose lead firm is controlled by Richard Blum, husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, was awarded a nearly billion-dollar contract for the construction of the first phase of the so-called high-speed rail line to link San Francisco and Los Angeles.  Those paying attention to the project call it the "half-fast" rail line because it will share trackage with conventional commuter rail trains in the sprawling Los Angeles and San Francisco areas, lowering its average speed to levels achieved by American railways a century ago.

Jane Harman: $500K Unreported Donation to Clintons 'Got Lost In System'.  Former Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-CA) takes a "guess" on Fox News Sunday, that the unreported $500,000.00 Algerian donation to the Clinton Foundation "got lost in the system," and was never submitted to the State Department for approval.  Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State at the time, and the buck would have, or should have, stopped at her desk for final approval, had it been questionable, which it surely was.  Political candidates are not allowed to take money from foreign governments.  Algeria is "foreign," is 99 percent Sunni Muslim with 99 percent Berber/Arab ancestry.  She was not a political candidate, at the time, you are saying?  Hillary Clinton has been a political candidate since she followed Bill into the White House in January 1993.

Virginia Dem Party Chair Arrested for Trying to Hire Hit Man to Kill Girls He Molested.  The former Chairman of the Falls Church, Virginia Democrat Party who has been charged with sexually molesting two young girls is now also accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill the young girls before they could tell police their story.  Loudoun County prosecutors say that Democrat Michael Gardner, who is about to stand trial for the molestation charges, tried to find a hit man while in prison.

NY prosecutor basically calls Governor Cuomo a liar.  As we recently discussed, there's a bit of a tug of war going on inside New York's state government, as Governor Andrew Cuomo dodges around to stay out of the corruption investigation net which has already swept up former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.  While there is no word as to whether or not Silver will roll for the prosecutors and give up the governor, the media has gotten essentially nothing from the big guy.

John Kitzhaber controversy: Cylvia Hayes fighting order to release her emails.  Former Oregon first lady Cylvia Hayes declared Wednesday that she will go to court to block a state order requiring her to turn over emails related to her public service.  Portland attorney Whitney Boise, representing Hayes, notified The Oregonian/OregonLive and the state Justice Department of her intent to sue in Marion County Circuit Court.

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber submits resignation.  Long-time Democratic Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has announced his resignation amid allegations his fiancée used her relationship with him to enrich herself.

The Tree-Hugging Femme Fatale Who Brought Down Oregon's Governor.  By now, you may know that disgraced Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, a Democrat, was brought low this week by a scandal concerning his fiancée's dealings with green energy groups.  You may not be aware, however, of exactly the extent to which Kitzhaber's fiancée, Cylvia Hayes, is a corrupt, serial-marrying tree-hugger with a background of scandals galore.  The green energy scandal involved consulting and policy work conducted by Hayes.

Dems urge Oregon governor to resign, top official reveals 'strange' behavior.  Embattled Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber faced stiff pressure from top-ranking fellow Democrats to resign on Thursday [2/12/2015], shortly after the state's No. 2 official issued a statement describing the governor's recent behavior as "strange" and contradictory.  The latest calls to resign — in the wake of influence-peddling allegations involving his fiancee Cylvia Hayes, a green-energy consultant — came from the upper echelons of Oregon's government.  Senate President Peter Courtney told reporters Thursday afternoon that he and House Speaker Tina Kotek have asked for Kitzhaber to step down.

John Kitzhaber must resign.  No doubt, the governor does intend to do the job Oregonians gave him, which, simply put, is to pursue the interests of his constituents.  That intention, however, is no match for an ugly reality of his own making, whose sordid elements keep surfacing with dispiriting regularity, most recently this week thanks to the work of Nick Budnick and Laura Gunderson of The Oregonian/OregonLive.

Oregon's largest newspaper calls on governor to resign over fiancée controversy.  The Oregonian, the largest newspaper in the state, said in an editorial on Thursday that Gov. John Kitzhaber "can no longer lead Oregon effectively and should resign."  Kitzhaber, a Democrat in his fourth term as governor, has been under attack since revelations that his fiancée, Cylvia Hayes, was being paid to lobby on behalf of the clean energy industry while at the same time holding the title of Oregon's first lady and filling the role of unpaid policy adviser in the Kitzhaber administration.  The Oregon Government Ethics Commission is investigating whether Hayes' consulting work was a conflict of interest, but the Oregonian says the evidence is clear.

Oregon AG: Allegations Against Governor Are 'Troubling' And 'Very Serious'.  [Governor John] Kitzhaber, naturally, is refusing to step down.  He's probably convinced himself that he genuinely hasn't done anything wrong.

Tom Steyer's Deep Ties to Oregon Corruption Scandal.  An executive at one of Steyer's nonprofit groups and a political vendor who has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the hedge fund manager's political operations helped run the group, which is accused of influencing state energy policy through undisclosed payments to Oregon's first lady.  The controversy centers on Gov. John Kitzhaber's fiancée, Cylvia Hayes.  She was paid $118,000 by the Clean Economy Development Center (CEDC) to advocate for environmentalist policies in Oregon.  Hayes never disclosed those payments, despite acting as an informal adviser to the governor as he pushed a low-carbon fuel standard for the state.

Oregon's juicy governor/girlfriend scandal: Why the media yawned.  Imagine the following scenario:  The governor of New York is mired in a scandal.  Not just any scandal, but one that turns on humiliating revelations involving his girlfriend.  The governor is embarrassed as it turns out his fiancée has been married before and didn't bother to tell him.  Worse, it was a sham marriage to get a green card for an Ethiopian immigrant, which netted her $5,000.  Then it turns out that the governor's fiancée was lobbying him for the green energy interests she represents as a consultant, and may not have disclosed all her fees.

Kitzhaber Scandal Exposes The Seedier Side Of Clean Energy.  The story of the fallen Oregon governor is an account of corruption and a revelation into the nasty affairs of renewable energy. John Kitzhaber resigned this week from the governorship under a cloud of scandal that was darkened by his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, who, according to Politico, has "earned at least $213,000 on contracts closely tied to her work in the Kitzhaber administration."

Dem Mega Donor Tied to Oregon Governor Scandal.  Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber was forced to resign over allegations that his fiancee received money from green organizations and companies who wanted to influence the state's environmental policies.  The Washington Free Beacon has uncovered a web of connections between some of those green organizations and Democratic Party mega donor Tom Steyer.  The hedge fund billionaire funded at least one of the groups seeking contracts from the state of Oregon, and several of his associates worked for the organization implicated in the scandal.

Dem Lawmakers Accept Most Private Trips in 2014.  Members of Congress embarked on the most privately funded trips last year since the practice was curtailed in response to a high-profile lobbying scandal, and Democratic lawmakers topped the list, Roll Call reports.  Private groups financed 1,942 trips — some domestic and others overseas — for lawmakers and their staffs last year, which cost a total of $5.1 million.  Congress put more restrictions in place on such trips in 2007 after lobbyist Jack Abramoff was convicted of bribing public officials.  Rep. Mike McIntyre (D., N.C.), who retired last year, accepted the most trips with a total cost of $67,295.

Albany's Corruption Cauldron.  The federal corruption case against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has prompted more calls for reform of the legislature, which has seen more than two dozen members (and counting) leave office under ethical or criminal clouds in the past 15 years.  With U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara hinting that more state officials may be in hot water, the bandwagon is likely to gain even more momentum.  But what, exactly, would effective "reform" entail?  Good-government groups such as Citizens Union have a standard checklist, including more thorough disclosure of outside incomes, greater transparency in state grant-making, a ban on the use of campaign funds for legal fees and other personal purposes, and tougher penalties for violations of the public trust.

Why Is the United States' Economic Freedom Ranking So Low?  Every year, the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal release a detailed, country-by-country policy guide known as the Index of Economic Freedom.  The news for the United States had been getting a little worse each year over the last several editions.  Notice I said "had."  The steady decline charted by the United States since 2008 was, I'm glad to report, halted this year.

Sheldon Silver gave horndogs free rein.  In the end, it was money, not sex, that brought down New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.  And that's a giant slap in the faces of women who've toiled long and hard in the state capital in Albany.  "Don't our lives matter? one female Albany veteran asked me.  Of course not!  Over the decades, Silver, who plans to step down from his powerful post as speaker, likely on Monday [2/2/2015], orchestrated payoffs to four women who accused his pals and cronies of sexual harassment or egregious intimate abuse.  But this series of scandals (Silver has been accused of enabling, not committing, sexual offenses) had nothing to do with his fall from grace.  This proves that our Legislature remains a sexual sewer.

A Criminal Organization Masquerading as...  One of the reasons is that Democrats and Leftists in general have a high tolerance for corruption as long as it benefits their side; they're a "party" with no principles except personal self-enrichment and the acquisition of power in order to boss other people around.  They dismiss wrongdoing with a good-natured shrug and a "whaddya gonna do?" smirk on their lips.

Here Are The Most Corrupt States In America.  A new chart sheds light as to how corrupt state governments are in four different categories.  The list documents: corruption convictions (1976-2010), convictions per capita (1976-2010), ratings according to political reporters who cover each state, and quality of anti-corruption laws in each state.

Who's running the Illinois Lottery? No one seems to know.  Who's in charge of the huge Illinois Lottery — and under what contract terms are they working?  Anyone who knows the answer to those questions isn't answering them today in the wake of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's surprise move Jan. 23 to scuttle a "termination agreement" between the Lottery and Northstar Lottery Group, the private firm that manages its operations.  Madigan said in her opinion that the termination pact, announced in the final days of Pat Quinn's administration, was illegal and would have cost taxpayers millions in extra fees and charges.  But the opinion omitted lots of details about who, what and how much.

Everyone knew about Silver, but no one cleaned it up.  The Empire State's capital is corrupt to the core, and has been for a very long time. Virtually nothing happens there that isn't driven by self-dealing.  It is a cesspool unworthy of respect or trust and now stands naked in disgrace.  The roster of convicted crooks is approaching 40 public officials, but Silver's case is unique.  As speaker for 20 years, he was at the center of every piece of legislation written and every taxpayer dollar collected and spent.  He ruled the Assembly like a private fiefdom, and, governors notwithstanding, he was called the most powerful man in the state for good reason.  Nothing moved without his say-so, and according to the federal charges, he turned that power into personal wealth.

Sheldon Silver arrested for corruption.  Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver lined his pockets with nearly $4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000, federal authorities charged Thursday [1/22/2015].  The Manhattan Democrat, acknowledged as the second-most powerful Democrat in the state, was hit with five felony charges involving fraud, extortion and conspiracy that each carry up to 20 years behind bars.

Sheldon Silver, New York Assembly Speaker, Faces Arrest on Corruption Charges.  Federal authorities are expected to arrest Sheldon Silver, the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, on corruption charges on Thursday [1/22/2015], people with knowledge of the matter said.  The case is likely to throw Albany into disarray at the beginning of a new session.

Law Firm at Center of Silver Scandal Donated Huge Sums to Dems.  The plaintiffs law firm Weitz and Luxenberg, which employed Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, is said to have provided Mr. Silver with $5.3 million in referral fees, despite his having "never performed any legal work whatsoever," according to the prosecutors.  If millions of cash for no work sounds like a generous arrangement, it's not the first time the firm has shown its generosity.

NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver indicted in $6 million bribery and kickback scheme, taken into custody.  Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver declared his innocence Thursday [1/22/2015] after facing bombshell federal corruption charges of soliciting $4 million in dirty money over the last 15 years.  "I am confident that after a full hearing and due process, I will be vindicated of these charges," a relaxed Silver announced after his release on $200,000 bond following a Manhattan Federal Court hearing.

Sheldon Silver's Arrest Leaves Cuomo in a Tough Spot.  On Wednesday [1/21/2015], Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo unleashed a lengthy and aspirational oration laying out an ambitious social agenda for his second term.  In 84 minutes, he devoted only about 40 seconds to the issue of cleaning up Albany.  The next morning, Sheldon Silver, the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly who sat next to Mr. Cuomo before his speech, was in handcuffs, accused by federal prosecutors of abusing his powerful post to obtain $4 million in payoffs.

Silver's law firm rakes in millions from judges he controls.  Sheldon Silver has perverted the courts as well as the Capitol.  His law firm, Weitz & Luxenberg, gets its asbestos cases — and paydays — moved more quickly than those of other attorneys, and reaps a fortune from favorable rulings by friendly judges, charge lawyers and tort-reform advocates.  Silver's East Village firm handles more than half the cases in a special section of Manhattan Supreme Court called NYCAL (New York City Asbestos Litigation).  So dominant is the firm, the court's Web site refers to cases as "Weitz" or "non-Weitz."

Perjury, obstruction among charges recommended against Kathleen Kane.  A grand jury has recommended Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane face charges of perjury, false swearing, official oppression, obstruction of law, according to court records.  The records, ordered unsealed late Tuesday [1/20/2015] by the state Supreme Court and obtained this morning, were related to legal filings in which Kane's defense team asked the state Supreme Court to quash the grand jury.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein's husband is about to make $1B off a government real estate deal.  I know all of you are fans of capitalism in general, and just love seeing hard work and inspiration pay off for the little guy who makes it big.  With that in mind, who wouldn't feel their heart melt over the story of a spunky gal from the left coast who rises from humble roots and winds up helping her husband tuck away a few dollars for retirement?

Ever Wondered How Senators Retire Rich? Dianne Feinstein Shows Us.  It's no secret that many politicians enter Congress humble, fiscally challenged servants of the people, and eventually, as if by some strange magic, retire fabulously wealthy.  One of the examples of this wonderful life lotto machine that Washington, D.C., has become is California Senator Dianne Feinstein.  What's the secret to her financial success?  Why, it's her politically connected husband, Richard Blum.  One of the ways Blum has enriched himself is by bidding on Federal government contracts on behalf of his companies.

Corruption won't be tolerated. Unless it's massive and benefits the Left.  [I]t seems pretty obvious that if [Former Virginia Governor Bob] McDonnell should face time in the cold stony for making a phone call to a state agency after receiving a few thousand dollars in gifts, then what about Barack Obama steering billions of taxpayer dollars into businesses run by political cronies who donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to his campaign?  Or, the Obama administration awarding key policy positions to executives from Goldman-Sachs after receiving hundreds of thousands in campaign contributions?  Or how about Mrs. Hillary Clinton, bopping around the country giving speeches at $300,000 a pop that everybody knows are actually campaign contributions?  What about MSDNC host and Obama Advisor Al Sharpton, who owes over $3 million in back taxes?  I don't see the Obama DoJ or IRS going after him.

Two Pennsylvania Democrat Politicians Indicted for Taking Bribes to Oppose Voter ID Laws.  Two Pennsylvania Democrat state lawmakers have been indicted for taking bribes to oppose the state's voter ID laws, a report says.  The Philadelphia district attorney issued the charges after Obama's Department of "Justice" refused to prosecute the lawmakers for their lawbreaking actions.  Acting in a purely political manner — as they always do — Obama and Holder cared more that an indictment would hurt their case for voter ID laws than they did about prosecuting real lawbreakers.

Message From The Mayor: Vote Early — And Often.  The Democrats say that there is no reason to require voters to present identification, nor is any other measure to curb voter fraud needed.  They should meet one of their own, Opelousas, La., Mayor Don Cravins Sr.  While speaking on Nov. 3, the day before the midterm elections, Cravins told a gathering, "If you 'early voted'" for Sen. Mary Landrieu, "go vote again tomorrow.  One more time's not going to hurt."

Federal probation office recommends 10-12 years for McDonnell.  Former Gov. Bob McDonnell faces a prison term of just over 10 years to 12 years and seven months under federal sentencing guidelines as determined by the U.S. probation office.  A source familiar with the guideline range in a pre-sentence investigation report filed on Dec. 2 confirmed the figures first reported Friday [12/12/2014] by The Washington Post.  McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were convicted of 11 and nine corruption charges, respectively, following a six-week federal trial that ended in September.

Hagan Put Judge Up for Federal Appointment As Judge Ruled on Husband's Million-Dollar Lawsuit.  Just a week after Sen. Kay Hagan (D., N.C.) recommended a North Carolina judge to President Barack Obama for a seat in the U.S. District Court, the judge ruled in favor of a company partially owned by Hagan's husband.  The senator's husband, Charles T. "Chip" Hagan, was a managing member of Hydrodyne Industries LLC when it sued a regional water authority for drawing water out of a river that had one of its hydroelectric dams built on.  The lawsuit sought millions of dollars in damages and was carried out by Chip Hagan's legal firm.

Obama Donor Blocks Access to Hagan Stimulus Records.  An incumbent senator voted for a massive taxpayer stimulus that just happened to benefit businesses owned by that senator's immediate family members.  That same senator later recommended someone to lead a government agency that is currently stonewalling journalist requests to obtain documents related to that stimulus funding.  Some would call that cronyism.  Either way, it looks pretty bad for Senate Kay Hagan (D., N.C.).

Charlotte's ex-mayor to spend 44 months in prison.  Charlotte's former mayor was sentenced Tuesday [10/14/2014] to three years and eight months in a federal corruption case that stunned North Carolina's largest city.  In a deal with prosecutors, Patrick Cannon, 47, pleaded guilty in June to one count of honest services wire fraud, which carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.  Prosecutors say Cannon accepted nearly $50,000 in bribes between January 2013, when he was a city councilman, and February, three months after he was elected mayor.

Hagan Husband Pocketed Stimulus Savings.  A company owned by the husband of Democratic senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina received taxpayer money for a green energy project through the federal stimulus of 2009, later revising down the project's estimated cost and keeping the difference.

Hagan Passed North Carolina Law that Aided Family's Solar Company.  Sen. Kay Hagan (D., N.C.) fought for the passage of legislation in both the state General Assembly and the United States Congress that has financially benefitted her relatives.  As a member of North Carolina's General Assembly in 2007, Hagan helped pass legislation that required all investor-owned utilities in the state to utilize renewable energy resources for 12.5 percent of their energy needs.  Hagan used her work to pass the law as proof of commitment to renewable energy such as solar panels

Hagan's Husband Used Stimulus Money To Hire His Own Company.  Sen. Kay Hagan's husband and son created a solar energy contracting company in August 2010, and then, using $250,644 in federal stimulus grant funds, her husband hired that same company to install solar panels at a building he owns.  Public records show that Green State Power was formed seven weeks before JDC Manufacturing — a company owned in part by Greensboro attorney Charles "Chip" Hagan III, Sen. Hagan's husband — received the stimulus grant for the solar project at a 300,000-square-foot facility in Reidsville, N.C.

Nunn-Linked Group Under Investigation for Voter Fraud Starts Handing Over Documents.  Georgia secretary of state Brian Kemp launched the investigation of the New Georgia Project earlier this month after receiving "numerous" complaints regarding applications submitted by the group, including forged signatures and applications.  The investigation has turned up 33 fraudulent applications thus far, ahead of the thousands of pages of documents set to be turned over.

Officials' kin on public housing dole.  A Michigan public housing commission is shot through with conflicts of interests, including two top officials with family members benefiting from the federal program, according to a government watchdog.  "The board president had a relative who participated in the program, and the board vice president was a landlord in the program," the Department of Housing and Urban Development said in a report made public Tuesday [9/16/2014].  The Pontiac, Mich., Housing Commission's five-member board oversees that city's federally funded Section 8 voucher.  Besides the top two board members' conflicts, the HUD IG found that three housing specialists employed by the program had relatives participating in it.

America's First Soviet Attorney General Steps Down.  Of all the malfeasances of William Jefferson Clinton the one that would have most justified a removal from office was not the Monica hijinks, even with the attendant lying under oath and absurd parsings of the word "is," but the pardoning of Marc Rich — the billionaire international commodities trader and mammoth contributor to, er, Clinton.  Luckily for Bill, this action occurred on the last day of his presidency, making anything like impeachment moot, even though it was an example of political corruption that would have made Boss Tweed envious.

Ex-Sen. Roland Burris accused of shake down in court documents.  Former U.S. Sen. Roland Burris tried to "shake down" a business for a $250,000 a year job as a financial consultant in return for Burris' help promoting the business' products to the U.S. military, court documents in a trial due to start next week allege.  The explosive allegations emerged Friday at a hearing ahead of the trial of South Sider C. Gregory Turner, who is accused of illegally trying to help lift U.S. sanctions against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's regime.

How Sen. Kay Hagan's husband won stimulus cash.  When Kay Hagan voted for President Barack Obama's 2009 economic stimulus package, the Democratic senator hailed it as "the best way forward for working families across North Carolina."  One of the families that later benefited is her own.

The Plot to Create a Permanent Democratic Majority.  President Obama and his fellow Democrats are scheming to use immigration and housing policy to fulfill their dream to fundamentally transform America forever. [...] There are clues to this plan in the lax enforcement of our immigration laws, the targeting of states and law-enforcement officials that are trying to enforce those very laws, and the abuse of "prosecutorial discretion" to hand out get-out-of-jail-free cards, as well as tax dollars, to lawbreakers.

RNC Chair Priebus to Landrieu: Open Your Books or Pay Taxpayers Back for Private Flights.  Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is demanding embattled Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) either come clean on dozens of allegedly improperly billed private charter flights or reimburse taxpayers for hundreds of thousands of dollars she spent on private jets at taxpayer expense.

Luis Gutierrez, Obama's Poster Boy for Amnesty, and His Unique Family "Fundraising" Business.  Gutierrez's reputation in Chicagoland's politics is not untarnished.  There's that sweetheart deal he got from Tony Rezko in the purchase of a condo for his daughter.  There's the $500,000 plus he paid in taxpayer money over 10 years to a Chicago lobbyist to advise his congressional staff.  And, the 2004 allegation that Gutierrez lobbied Mayor Daley for a residential development owned by a man who loaned Luis $200,000.  The developer was later federally indicted concerning the same development.

Dem Senator's Small Business Experience Was Co-Running Store that Sold Stolen Goods.  Throughout her political career, including during her current race against former GOP Sen. Scott Brown, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D., N.H.) has touted her experience as a small business owner.  Shaheen's small business "experience" was co-running a store that once sold thousands of dollars-worth of stolen jewelry.  "As the former owner and manager of a small retail business, Senator Shaheen knows what it's like to worry about meeting payroll and inventory costs to keep a business going," the Issues section of her Senate website declares. Her Senate biography also describes her as a "former small business owner."  This week, the Shaheen campaign asked voters to compare Scott Brown's small business record against her own.

Ransom: Dems sold top House positions for $100,000; $200,000 for legislation.  House Democrats, panicked after Newt Gingrich and the GOP shocked Washington by winning the House in 1994, became so obsessed with raising money to take back the chamber they even sold off top leadership jobs, according to a longtime Democratic fundraiser.  In an explosive book out next month, Lindsay Mark Lewis said that former House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt's team set a price of $100,000 to be the top Democrat on every House committee, $100,000 on a trade deal and $200,000 for a tax proposal to be considered by the House Ways and Means Committee.  They also demanded that members raise money 12 hours a week and collect $1.5 million per election cycle or be put on a "deadbeat list."

State Sen. Rod Wright Gets 90 Days for Perjury.  Democratic State Senator Roderick Wright was sentenced on Friday [9/12/2014] to 90 days in jail, three years of probation, and 1,500 hours of community service after being convicted on federal perjury and voting fraud charges in January.  Wright is also banned for life from holding public office.

Rep. Stacey Abrams investigated for voter fraud.  An investigation is underway into claims of voter fraud involving the state's highest ranking Democratic elected official.  The Secretary of State Brian Kemp's office launched an investigation after they allegedly received complaints of possible voter fraud from election offices in nearly a dozen counties.  "Our investigators were talking to the counties and to individuals who'd had their names forged on voter registration documents," Kemp said.  "You know that's fraud."

A Crook as the Face of the Democratic Party.  By the standards the establishment media set in covering Todd Akin in 2012 and Christine O'Donnell in 2010, the new national face of the Democratic party should be an 87-year-old, crude, crass crook who sold snake oil to his state's poor while leaving them impoverished.  In an action of gobsmocking amorality, the Louisiana Democratic Party officially has endorsed the felonious former governor Edwin Edwards for Congress in Louisiana's Sixth Congressional District.  This was not a reluctant acceptance of a popular vote, mind you, but a deliberate choice by the party's state committee, even though two other Democrats are running in the jungle primary and the party was not obliged to weigh in at all.

Landrieu claims parents' home as her own, raising questions of Louisiana residency.  In Washington, Sen. Mary Landrieu lives in a stately, $2.5 million brick manse she and her husband built on Capitol Hill.  Here in Louisiana, however, the Democrat does not have a home of her own.  She is registered to vote at a large bungalow in New Orleans that her parents have lived in for many decades, according to a Washington Post review of Landrieu's federal financial disclosures and local property and voting records.

Another Nail in the Dems' Senate Coffin?  Just when pundits were starting to agree that the odds are tipping in favor of the Republicans winning control of the Senate this November, reports of inquiries about potential misconduct by Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu may make the embattled Red state Democrat's re-election fight may be another nail in her party's midterms coffin.  The story, published Friday night [8/15/2014] by the New Orleans Times-Picayune, reveals that in response to charges from her Republican challengers that she has been paying for campaign expenses, including flights, from official government funds rather than her private account, the senator has ordered an inquiry into the records of her office during the last 18 years she has been in the Senate.

Major Car Trouble for Ohio Dem.  Ohio police caught Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ed FitzGerald driving a woman around at 4:30 in the morning without a license two years ago, and FitzGerald now calls the incident "a silly mistake." [...] Police found FitzGerald and the female passenger, who was not his wife, talking in an empty parking lot.  "I let my driver's license expire," he admitted to NBC 4.  "I did, I sure did."  "For five years?" the anchor exclaimed.

The Three Faces of Cronyism.  [R]ampant cronyism is one of the most insidious outgrowths of a government gone wild, and has become a swirling vortex of self sustaining and systemic corruption.  Thus, the focus on cronyism is necessary — but missing from the conversation seems to be a distinction among the three very different genres of cronyism.  And there are at least three very different varieties.

Senator Manchin: What My Daughter Did Should Be Illegal.  You're a United States senator from a state struggling to compete in the world economy.  Your daughter runs a giant drug company with roots in your state, and the firm makes a fortune from taxpayers via Medicare and Medicaid.  Everything's cozy and connected and perfectly Washington — until your daughter renounces the firm's U.S. citizenship to reduce its U.S. taxes.  What do you do?  If you're Joe Manchin, you duck a reporter's telephone call for six days, then emerge for an interview in which you vow to make your daughter's actions, from this day forward, illegal.  Sort of.

Felon, Former Black Panther Party Leader Hosts Fundraiser for Democratic Senate Candidate Michelle Nunn.  The suggested contribution amounts for entry to a Capitol Hill fundraiser held Tuesday evening for Democratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn rose to $2,600 a head.  The special guest advertised on the invitation was former Democratic senator Sam Nunn, the candidate's father, who represented Georgia in Washington for over two decades.  There was another guest, however, who probably turned more heads.  Among the co-hosts of the of the event was Virtual Murrell, an early leader of the Black Panther Party during its militant phase and later a political consultant who, in the mid 1990s, spent time in jail for using his perch in city government to extort local businesses.

Immigration Criminal Voted for Gun Ban.  Democratic Assemblywoman Rosa — a foreigner, an illegal alien, and now an admitted criminal — co-sponsored and voted for the law that destroyed the Second Amendment rights of 20 million New Yorkers.  Rosa is the fifth Democrat who voted for the law to be indicted or convicted.  Pro-amnesty Republicans who think that illegal aliens are nascent conservatives-in-waiting who will uphold the Constitution and traditional American values are simply barking mad.

Shaheen support, ties to breast cancer research scrutinized.  Senator Jeanne Shaheen has been a strong advocate for spending government money to fight breast cancer.  The New Hampshire Democrat has signed letters since she entered the Senate five years ago seeking $150 million to maintain a Defense Department breast cancer research program — despite objections by some other lawmakers — and last year, she endorsed an initiative to "end breast cancer" by 2020.  But Shaheen has also had a family financial stake in the research.  In 2009, her husband, William, became an adviser to a Southern California startup, Ultrawave Labs Inc., that was developing new imaging technology to detect breast cancer and acquired stock options in the firm.

Maryland's Endemic Corruption: An Object Lesson for the Nation.  Maryland is one of the most corrupt states in our nation.  Nowhere is this fact more evident than with the state's treatment of illegal aliens.  Maryland politicians have literally become lawless in their efforts to cultivate illegals, and this lawlessness flows downhill from the very top.  I will focus on a few of the more egregious examples.  In 2011, we published a report on CASA de Maryland, a Silver Spring-based illegal immigrant advocacy group that parrots ACORN in both its methods and associates — which include the Communist Party USA, FMLN, (a former Salvadoran communist guerilla group, now a political party), ACORN and others.  Yet it is one of the most influential organizations in the state.

Reid and Pelosi Go To The Movies.  Just when you think the Democrats' Koch addiction can't get any crazier, they surprise you.  As it happens, we know all about "Koch Brothers Exposed," which Robert Greenwald released in segments in 2011 and then combined into a single internet video.  Greenwald is a failed Hollywood director whose most famous film, "Xanadu," was one of the biggest flops ever.  He is now reduced to making far-left propaganda videos, financed by a secret group of rich leftists. [... But] using the Visitor Center to screen the Greenwald video is illegal unless both the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Committee on House Administration have adopted rules permitting use of the Visitor Center for showing partisan propaganda films.  I am skeptical that those committees have done any such thing, and I can't find any public record of such action.

Lawless Order Is How This White House Always Operates.  Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., told a Senate subcommittee Monday [5/19/2014] that until an amnesty-based immigration "reform" gets passed, "every institution in America, including our military, must work around the inability of our federal government and the U.S. House of Representatives to fix our immigration system."  Gutierrez is another Chicago community organizer-turned-politician, and has represented one of the most shamelessly racially gerrymandered congressional districts in the country. [...] According to Gutierrez, illegal aliens are "'Dreamers,' who are American in every way except for a piece of paper."  It's no surprise he wants the U.S. government to violate laws, since he himself was arrested repeatedly during pro-amnesty demonstrations at the White House during Obama's first term.  But as a scofflaw, Gutierrez is minor league compared with this administration.

I'm Sick To Death Of Bill And Hillary.  I am an optimist where the Clintons are concerned.  By that I mean that I am among those who still believe that in the end civic virtue will prevail and justice will be served.  In other words, I remain hopeful that Bill and Hillary will spend their twilight years together in a federal penitentiary.

Voter Fraud: An Existential Threat to America.  It is difficult to describe the enormity of the crime being committed by the Obama administration and their Democratic allies.  They flagrantly flout the law, while simultaneously turning it into a weapon against political opponents, use government agencies to target innocent Americans, attempt to create legal voters through amnesty, and undermine voter integrity measures to facilitate vote fraud, while denying it even exists.  In short, they are corrupting the entire process.

Pennsylvania Democrats Walk Out of Hearing on Members Accused of Taking Bribes.  This morning, the Pennsylvania House State Government Committee held a hearing on the case of the Democrats caught accepting bribes in exchange for voting against voter ID in the state.  The case against the Democrats is well-documented, yet Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, a Democrat, scuttled it shortly after she took office.  Kane also accused the career investigators who built the case of racism.  That charge doesn't stand up to any level of scrutiny.  The investigation targeted Republicans and Democrats, male and female, black and white.  As it so happens, only Democrats chose to accept the bribes, and those members who did happen to be black.

House ethics panel extends Gutierrez review.  The House Ethics Committee said Monday it would continue to review Rep. Luis Gutierrez's hiring of an Illinois lobbyist who was paid more than $590,000 to perform extensive duties for his congressional office.  The lobbyist, Doug Scofield of The Scofield Company in Oak Park, for years was Gutierrez's chief of staff in Congress.  He left in 2002 to work briefly for Rod Blagojevich when he first won the Illinois governor's job.  But Scofield soon quit and in 2003 began assisting Gutierrez as a contractor paid from $4,500 to $6,000 a month.

Two Dems Accuse Party Leaders in CA-33 of Changing Rules to Favor Wealthy Insiders.  Two Democratic Party candidates in the primary race for California's 33rd congressional district in West Los Angeles have accused local party officials of using an arbitrary fundraising minimum to favor established insiders — then raising that minimum at the last moment to exclude them from a recent candidates' forum.

Hillary's glass jaw.  Do you remember Webb Hubbell, the McDougals, the missing Rose Law firm billing records, Travelgate, or Hillary's surprise acumen at high-risk commodities trading?  Super PACs and other groups will remind voters of all of these case studies of corruption if Hillary proceeds with a campaign.  Democrats are terrified of this likelihood, not because it points to Hillary's distant past, but because it helps illustrate her more recent corrupt behavior — and that of the elite political class she represents.

Major Democratic donor indicted over campaign contributions.  A hotel executive and Democratic fundraiser has pleaded guilty in New York to witness tampering and conspiracy to evade campaign finance laws.  Hampshire Hotels chairman Sant Singh Chatwal appeared Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn.  The candidates were not identified.  Chatwal, whose firm runs hotels around the world, had raised at least $100,000 for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign against Barack Obama.

Hotel Magnate Pleads Guilty to Campaign Finance Fraud.  Hotel magnate Sant Singh Chatwal, who has lavished campaign cash on everyone from Hillary Clinton to Mayor Bill de Blasio, pleaded guilty today in Brooklyn federal court to campaign finance fraud and witness tampering, U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch announced.  Mr. Chatwal, 70, who runs a chain of luxury hotels and other companies, allegedly broke federal law by using straw donors — whom he called "conduits" — to make more than $180,000 in illegal campaign contributions to three candidates in an effort to gain access and influence federal regulations, according to a federal complaint.

Vote Fraud is a Venerable Tradition.  Barack Obama accuses Republicans of threatening the right to vote.  Standing alongside Al Sharpton — the FBI snitch who aided Tawana Brawley's hoax and probably sparked an anti-Semitic riot, Obama spoke before Sharpton's National Action Network.  Obama allegedly said, "[t]he right to vote is threatened today in a way that it has not been since the Voting Rights Act became law nearly five decades ago."  He also declared that, "[a]cross the country, Republicans have led efforts to pass laws making it harder, not easier, to vote."  What are those rascally Republicans doing?  Efforts to require photo IDs in order to vote are probably uppermost in Obama's mind.  He might also have been thinking about moves to limit the times polls are open, cut back on early voting, especially on weekends, curtail the mailing of absentee ballots, and require proof of citizenship in order to vote.  These and other changes to American voting practices are anathema to Democrats, who claim they are efforts to suppress voting by minorities and the poor.

Begich Earmarked Millions for Bankrupt Green Energy Company.  As Sen. Mark Begich (D., Alaska) seeks to shore up his energy policy credentials, a now-bankrupt green energy company to which he steered federal subsidies could cloud his message.  Begich received campaign contributions from a lobbyist for an Alaska geothermal plant after helping the company obtain federal financing.  The company is now bankrupt, but Begich continues touting his support for alternative energy.

Progressive Insurance.  Three miscreant California Democratic state senators — two charged with multiple felonies, one convicted of them — have only recently been put on leave.  They are still receiving their state salaries.  Since they are left-wing and of minority status, the scandals will soon be off the front pages, and calls for their resignations will be muted.

Rizzo gets 12 years in prison, marking end to scandal that rocked Bell.  Rizzo's total compensation as Bell's city manager was roughly $1.5 million — the highest municipal salary in California, and probably the nation.

The Terrifying Implications of the IRS Abuse-DOJ Connection.  [Hooray] for Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George.  His investigation of what turned out to be the IRS abuse scandal may well have saved the Constitution and the nation.  For his fair and impartial investigation into the Internal Revenue Service's abuse of Americans who dissent from President Obama's agenda, Democrats have called for an investigation of him.  George should not be investigated, but perhaps the Democrats who want him investigated — Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Matt Cartwright (D-PA) — should be.  Their call for an investigation of the investigator might constitute interference with the ongoing investigation of the IRS abuse scandal.  That would be obstruction of justice, in what may turn out to be the most widespread and damaging scandal in American history.

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush faces ethics inquiry.  An attorney for Rep. Bobby Rush said Wednesday that the South Side Democrat is cooperating with an inquiry by the Office of Congressional Ethics.  Scott E. Thomas, a Washington lawyer, said Rush had retained his firm, Dickstein Shapiro, and "asked that we be cooperative and provide the information requested."  Thomas, a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, did not disclose the subject of the inquiry.  But he did say:  "We believe that the circumstances being reviewed do not warrant any ethics sanctions, and we are hopeful that this inquiry will be concluded relatively soon."  At the Office of Congressional Ethics, spokeswoman Kelly Brewington had no comment Wednesday.  Rush's spokeswoman, Debra Johnson, did not respond Wednesday to calls and emails from the Tribune.

How Comcast Bought the Democratic Party.  The communications giant Comcast announced in February that it would buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion, creating the largest cable provider in America, with more than 33 million customers.  That is about one third of the U.S. cable- and satellite-television market.  FCC approval is required for the merger to go into effect.  Critics of the deal say it would lessen competition and lead to even shoddier customer service.  They are probably right, as all of us will soon find out, because there is little chance the merger will be stopped.  Comcast, Time Warner, and their political fixers have spent years preparing for this moment — by buying off the Democratic party.

California Democrats Await Fallout After 3 Are Caught Up in Scandals.  One state senator was charged with conspiring to traffic in arms from the Philippines, and taking bribes from undercover F.B.I. agents including one who posed as a marijuana dealer.  Another was accused of taking bribes from federal agents impersonating Hollywood film executives.  And a third was convicted of perjury and voter fraud after lying about where he lived when he ran for office.  All three are Democratic state senators from California, and their recent legal problems have brought rare bad news to a party that has come to thoroughly dominate politics in this state but now looks besieged by high-profile corruption cases.

Leland Yee's interesting history of cash for votes.  Ever since the recent revelations regarding California state senator Leland Yee's allegedly somewhat unusual approach to capitalist endeavors — to put it charitably — the media has begun digging more deeply into the elected official's past.  And as the LA Times reports, there are more than a few curious votes in Yee's legislative record which, by some amazing coincidence, seem to line up with large political contributions he received.

The poster boy for liberal hypocrisy ignored by national media, but outrages San Francisco.  The liberal media are trying to ignore his arrest, but California State Senator Leland Yee is such an amusing piñata of liberal hypocrisy that even his home town liberal newspaper is joining in the mockery fun. [...] Outlets like CNN which ignore this embarrassment to liberals do so at their peril.

Indicted Charlotte mayor used access to White House in making plans for pay-offs.  Former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon was indicted on federal corruption charges last week and immediately resigned his position.  Cannon had replaced former Mayor Anthony Foxx, who was tapped in 2013 by the Obama administration to lead the Department of Transportation. News of Cannon's indictment got only passing mention in national news, along with a handful of other corruption charges for Democrats.

Corruption Costs Dems Their Supermajority in California.  Two years ago, California Democrats celebrated victory in a decades-long struggle to win a supermajority in the Legislature, where a two-thirds majority is required for any tax increase.  It was the latest chapter in a long descent into inconsequence by California Republicans, who hold no statewide offices and party registration of only 29.3 percent of the voters.  But corruption has achieved what the Republicans could not.  The supermajority is now down the drain as three of the Golden State's 27 Democratic state senators have within the past two months been convicted or indicted on charges ranging from bribery to gun-running.

Scandal-Weary Voters Boot DC Mayor From Office.  Reeling from allegations by federal prosecutors that he knew about the dirty tricks that helped him get elected four years ago, District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray tried to rally his base.  But his core supporters weren't nearly enough, as a scandal-weary electorate rallied behind a much-younger challenger who promised honest and ethical leadership.

Democrats behaving badly: Scandals taint party in a tough election year.  In a week Democrats won't soon forget, the Democrat-dominated California Senate took the unprecedented step Friday of voting 28-1 to suspend with pay three state senators in their own party accused or convicted of criminal conduct.  State Sen. Leland Yee was arrested Wednesday on federal gun trafficking and corruption charges.  Sen. Ron Calderon pleaded not guilty Feb. 24 to charges of influence-peddling, and Sen. Roderick Wright was convicted Jan. 28 of perjury and voter fraud.

Dirty Democrats.  On Wednesday, the FBI raided the offices of three Democrat politicians coast-to-coast on corruption charges.  They include Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon, a Friend of Barack, who allegedly took more than $48,000 in bribes — including $20,000 in cash from an undercover agent, who delivered the bribe, "American Hustle"-style, inside a briefcase in the mayor's office.

Gun Rights Advocates Pretty Impressed with the Mindblowing Scale of Leland Yee's Hypocrisy.  By day, California Democrat Leland Yee was an outspoken gun control advocate.  But by night, he is alleged to have been a broker for Russian arms dealers to arm Islamic militants, for piles of cold, hard cash.  That dual life hasn't been lost on Yee's enemies on gun control. [...] Isn't Leland Yee an excellent argument for keeping and strengthening the Second Amendment?  The Second Amendment is not and never was about hunting.  It's about an armed populace being a check on out-of-control, tyrannical government and also about national defense.  This is a man who used his political power to disarm Americans, while he was allegedly arming America's enemies.  It's treasonous.

Dem gun control advocate charged with gun-running.  The irony police are going to need reinforcements to handle the tsunami being generated in San Francisco.  State Senator Leland Yee appeared in federal court yesterday in shackles, and faced a lengthy indictment for a series of corruption charges, including shocking allegations of gun-running — including shoulder-fired rocket launchers.  An undercover FBI agent met repeatedly with Lee, a prominent gun control advocate who had authored legislation to expand the definition of "assault weapons."

The Big Dreams of Corrupt Politicians.  [Patrick] Cannon was elected mayor of Charlotte in November, which incidentally happened to be almost a year into the FBI's investigation of him.  A former city councilman, it is alleged that the North Carolina Democrat took cash and gifts in exchange for helping with real estate developers secure prime properties along the city's expanding light rail system.

Why did the FBI take so long on Cannon investigation?  As the corruption investigation of former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon went back underground Thursday [3/27/2014], a nagging question hung over his embarrassed city:  Couldn't this have been known before he was elected mayor in November?  According to an affidavit released this week, the FBI became aware of possible illegal activity of then-City Council member Cannon as early as August 2010.  By the time Cannon was sworn as the city's top elected leader, undercover agents posing as real estate developers had flown him and his wife to Las Vegas and paid him almost $30,000 in bribes, prosecutors say.

Democrats sinking in sea of charges.  Right now, a crime wave is sweeping the nation, and everyone in this out-of-control mob has a D after their names, even if most of the media are loath to report it.  If you are a low-information voter, a [Boston] Globe subscriber, say, you have been told endlessly that the root of all evil in American politics is the Tea Party, better known in your moonbat media as "teabaggers."  Oddly, however, the hacks rounded up over the last few days, well, let's put it this way.  They voted for Obama 100 percent.  They think Obamacare's great.  How could they possibly be guilty as charged?

Calif. state senator arrested for alleged gun-running was gun-control advocate.  California state Sen. Leland Yee (D) was arrested Wednesday at his home in San Francisco and accused of — among many, many other things — offering to procure some seriously illegal weapons.  The irony:  Yee was one of the driving forces behind some of the toughest gun-control legislation in the country during his tenure in the state Senate.

FBI Raids Assemblyman Bill Scarborough's Office.  Federal agents today raided the Albany and city offices of Queens Democratic Assemblyman Bill Scarborough, the FBI confirmed this afternoon.  "The FBI conducted searches today of the Albany and New York City Offices of New York State Assemblyman William Scarborough," FBI Albany spokesman Paul Holstein said in a statement.  "At this time, no further information is being released."

Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon resigns after arrest on corruption charges.  Patrick Cannon, who rose from public housing to become mayor of North Carolina's largest city, was charged Wednesday by federal authorities who said he accepted tens of thousands of dollars in bribes — including $20,000 in cash delivered in a briefcase last month to the mayor's office in a meeting where he solicited $1 million more.  Cannon, a 49-year-old Democrat who took office only four months ago, was arrested when he showed up at a luxury apartment in SouthPark for yet another payoff from what he thought were businessmen needing his influence in city matters, a source confirmed.

California state senator arrested in FBI raids along with Asian gang leader known as 'Shrimp Boy'.  State Sen. Leland Yee and Raymond Chow, were taken into custody after a series of raids by federal and gang task force officials, but the charges against them remained undisclosed.

California state senator Leland Yee arrested in FBI sweep.  A longtime California politician who was praised for his efforts to make government more transparent and authored gun control legislation was arrested Wednesday, accused of conspiracy to deal firearms and wire fraud.  The allegations against State Sen. Leland Yee were outlined in an FBI affidavit in support of a criminal complaint against him and 25 other people.  The affidavit was unsealed on Wednesday, as Yee was scheduled to appear in court.

FBI says Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon took bribes.  Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges, with the FBI alleging he took tens of thousands of dollars in bribes — including $20,000 in cash delivered in a briefcase last month to the mayor's office where he also solicited $1 million more.  Cannon resigned Wednesday evening [3/26/2014].  In return for the money, trips, hotel rooms and access to a luxury SouthPark apartment, Cannon promised to help agents posing as potential commercial investors with zoning, parking and other city-related issues.

California state senator arrested in FBI sweep.  A prominent California lawmaker was arrested on Wednesday in an FBI sweep that netted 26 people, a high-profile case that could affect statewide elections and brings to three the number of Democratic state senators who face criminal charges this year.

Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon arrested on corruption charges.  Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon was arrested Wednesday [3/26/2014] on public corruption charges, with the FBI alleging he took tens of thousands of dollars in bribes — including $20,000 in cash delivered in a briefcase last month to the mayor's office where he also solicited $1 million more.  In return for the money, trips, hotel rooms and access to a luxury SouthPark apartment, Cannon promised to help agents posing as potential commercial investors with zoning, parking and other city-related issues.  According to officials, Cannon turned himself in to federal marshals after learning of a warrant for his arrest.

Big political corruption arrest in California.  There are encouraging signs that the very corrupt Democrat political machine in the California state legislature may be finally getting exposed, indicted, and, God willing, destroyed.  The state of California is a corrupt banana republic, run by Democrats, and spending a yearly budget in excess of a hundred billion dollars a year.  Evidently, the FBI and federal prosecutors have taken notice, and the arrest last month of powerful Democrat state Senator Ron Calderon was this morning [3/26/2014] followed by the indictment and arrest of another Democrat powerhouse, state Senator Leland Yee.

'A Criminal Organization Masquerading as a Political Party'.  Certainly, at a minimum it's safe to say that Democrats were rather active on the nation's police blotters today.  Since this is one narrative the MSM will never assemble (as they're in on the fun), it's up to the Blogosphere — so here we go.

ABC, CNN, MSNBC, PBS All Skip Political ID for 'Shocking' Corruption By Democrat Mayor.  ABC, CNN, MSNBC and PBS on Wednesday and Thursday all covered the "shocking" corruption involving the Democratic mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina.  Yet, while talking about the tens of thousands of dollars in bribes he sought, none of these networks identified Patrick Cannon's political party. Only a Fox News host referred to him as a Democrat.

No Justice Department Charges Against Ohio Woman Who Voted Six Times for Obama.  Last week Al Sharpton embraced convicted vote fraudster Melowese Richardson at a "voting rights" rally in Cincinnati.  The United States Department of Justice under Eric Holder has done nothing to Melowese Richardson 410 days after she admitted on camera that she committed multiple federal felonies by voting six times for President Obama's reelection.  Federal law makes it a felony to vote more than once for President.  In fact, 42 U.S.C. Section 1973i(e) subjects Richardson to twenty-five years in federal prison for her six votes for Obama.

Philly DA Blows the Whistle on Pennsylvania's State AG.  Prosecutors almost never go to war against each other.  But in Pennsylvania, Democratic attorney general Kathleen Kane is being brutally criticized by Seth Williams, Philadelphia's district attorney and a fellow Democrat.  Williams is upset that last year one of Kane's first acts in office was to decline to prosecute four Philadelphia state legislators and other government officials.  In a sting operation, all had been caught accepting cash or Tiffany jewelry in exchange for votes or favors.  Kane, who is white, has defended herself, saying that the investigation was badly managed and tainted by racism.

Unethical Media Helps Sweep Democrat Bribe-Taking Under the Rug.  So far, the big three networks have yet to cover the major bribery scandal unfolding in Pennsylvania.  In that scandal, state investigators targeted Republicans and Democrats in the legislature and offered them bribes.  But only a few of the Democrats accepted bribes.  The investigation began under a Republican attorney general, but when Democrat Kathleen Kane won the state attorney general's office in 2012, she quickly scuttled that investigation.

Authorities Just Raided The Office of Rhode Island's House Speaker.  FBI, IRS, and Rhode Island law enforcement officials entered the Rhode Island State House on Friday [3/21/2014], apparently to collect evidence from the offices of Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox.  A spokesperson for the Democrat's office said to the AP that his staffers weren't informed why they were asked to leave the premises by state police.

Rhode Island House Speaker resigning after fed and state police raid.  The most powerful politician in my former home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is not the Governor.  It's the Speaker of the House.  And Mr. Speaker, Gordon Fox, is stepping down as Speaker after the feds and state police raided his office and home yesterday [3/21/2014].

Bribe-taking convict and accused fraudsters run for office in Illinois Democratic primary elections.  A convicted bribe-taker in President Barack Obama's political backyard, and at least two other public servants accused of felonies, are seeking office in Tuesday's Illinois Democratic primary elections.  Former Chicago city alderman Isaac 'Ike' Carothers spent 28 months in prison for taking bribes, and was released in March 2012.  He's running for commissioner of the Cook County board, among the most powerful positions in the Chicago metropolitan area.  Carothers followed the family legacy established by his father, who once held the same position before going to prison for official corruption.

PA Democrats Took Bribes to Oppose Voter ID: Where is Holder?  Pennsylvania Democrats were caught on surveillance tape reportedly accepting cash bribes in return for opposing voter ID in the Pennsylvania legislature.  Gifts of Tiffany's jewelry were also given to Democrat legislators from Philadelphia, reportedly in exchange for "NO" votes on a Pennsylvania voter ID bill that passed in 2012.  Despite this evidence, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has not charged any officials.  Kane is a Democrat.  Kane's excuse for her inaction?  Racism:  some of the legislators caught on tape accepting bribes were black Democrats from Philadelphia.

Report: Pennsylvania Dem took bribe to oppose voter ID law, but never got charged.  Pennsylvania Democrats reportedly were caught on tape accepting cash bribes, including one lawmaker who was paid to vote against a state voter identification law, but Democratic Attorney General Kathleen Kane shut down the investigation.  "Before Kane ended the investigation, sources familiar with the inquiry said, prosecutors amassed 400 hours of audio and videotape that documented at least four city Democrats taking payments in cash or money orders, and in one case a $2,000 Tiffany bracelet," the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Kane shut down sting that snared Philadelphia officials.  The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office ran an undercover sting operation over three years that captured leading Philadelphia Democrats, including four members of the city's state House delegation, on tape accepting money, The [Philadelphia] Inquirer has learned.  Yet no one was charged with a crime.  Prosecutors began the sting in 2010 when Republican Tom Corbett was attorney general.  After Democrat Kathleen G. Kane took office in 2013, she shut it down.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kane lawyers up.  The decision of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane to drop the investigation and potential prosecution of Philadelphia Democrats who were recorded accepting cash, money orders, or jewelry certainly seems suspicious.  According to news reports, investigators collected over 400 hours of audio and video of five Democrats, including four state lawmakers, before Kane, also a Democrat, secretly killed the investigation last fall.  When confronted with this troubling story by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Kane cited racism and mismanagement in the investigation, but the detailed descriptions of the recordings certainly seem to indicate that the payments were made.

Dem Who Pled Guilty to Illegal Fundraising for D.C. Mayor Also Contributed to Hillary; Nets Ignore.  A prominent Democrat who illegally funneled $660,000 into the mayoral campaign of Vincent Gray in 2010 also contributed to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, according to the Washington Times.  All three networks on Monday night and Tuesday morning ignored the story.

Federal jury convicts former Arkansas treasurer.  A jury convicted former Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner of federal bribery and extortion charges Tuesday [3/11/2014], saying her acceptance of $36,000 from a bond trader who did business with the state was a felony rather than just a lapse in ethical judgment.

Democratic Donor Pleads Guilty to Illegal Campaign Donations.  A major Democratic donor pleaded guilty on Monday [3/10/2014] to funneling millions of dollars in illegal campaign donations to federal and local politicians, including an unnamed 2008 presidential candidate believed to be Hillary Clinton.  District of Columbia businessman Jeffrey Thompson, who federal prosecutors say financed a "shadow campaign" for D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray in 2010, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate campaign finance laws.  Thompson claimed some of the candidates, including Gray, were aware of the illegal fundraising.

A Real New Jersey Scandal Tied to Democrats Being Ignored by Media.  Even as Newark, New Jersey was laying off policemen and was pleading for more tax money and state bailouts, it has now been discovered that a heavily employed city contractor was stealing millions from the city with crony deals and bribery and it's all tied to people appointed by Cory Booker — the man many Democrats think might be the "next" Barack Obama.  There is even no-work jobs to buddies and other such criminal waste.  All this comes from investigations into a city agency called the Watershed Conservation Development Corporation, an entity that supposedly monitored and managed the city's 35,000 acres of reservoirs and other water resources.

How Cory Booker's Cronies Made Out Like Bandits.  New Jersey state senator Ron Rice, a Democrat, calls it "Newark-gate."  He is referring to a state comptroller's report that details how a contractor swindled the city out of millions in public funds, and to the larger culture of "white-collar crime" that he says former Newark mayor Cory Booker allowed to flourish on his watch.

Don't Give Booker a Pass.  Cory Booker may be the most puzzling man in the Senate.  We don't know where he lives.  We don't know whom, if anyone, he lives with.  And he's been caught in lie after lie about his heroics.  Yet, this enigma of a man has emerged as the king of odd-couple bromance, using selfies and Instagram posts to burnish his stardom even as he appears surprisingly vulnerable in his upcoming bid for reelection.

'Torquemada' John Dingell.  At the height of his powers as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in October 1991, Representative John Dingell (D., Mich.) was feted by 800 Washington lobbyists — representing Morgan Stanley, AT&T, Merck, and more — who laid out $600,000 to honor the ruthless congressman nicknamed "Torquemada."  I was a young journalist in D.C., and the glitzy Washington Hyatt Regency event was called a "Tribute to John Dingell."  Any other town might have called it a shakedown.

Dewhurst: Investigate Battleground Texas Immediately.  Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst issued a letter to Secretary of State Nandita Berry today [2/21/2014] urging her office to immediately turn over all complaints of Battleground Texas' violations of election law to Attorney General Greg Abbott.  The scandal was revealed after Breitbart Texas released the latest James O'Keefe undercover video on what appeared to be a Battleground Texas illegal voter data-mining operation to help elect Wendy Davis.

Source: Rob Andrews to leave Congress.  South Jersey Congressman Rob Andrews will resign from Congress later this month to take over as head of government affairs at prominent Philadelphia law firm Dilworth Paxson, Andrews announced Tuesday morning [2/4/2014].  Andrews, a Democrat in his 24th year in the House, will leave office Feb. 18. [...] Andrews, 56, has faced an expensive House ethics probe into his use of campaign money for a family trip to Scotland.  The investigation has gone on for more than a year.

Michigan House bill would force candidates to reveal felony convictions.  The new bill, which passed the committee on a 9-0 vote, would add a requirement that any felony convictions from the prior decade be disclosed as a matter of transparency.  Juvenile convictions would not have to be listed.  The bill would not have identified two Flint City Council members who were elected last year without the public being aware that one had been convicted of manslaughter and the other of felonious assault.  Both convictions were more than 20 years old.  But it would have affected state Rep. Brian Banks, D-Harper Woods, who has eight felony convictions, mostly for writing bad checks and credit card fraud, dating to a period of time in 1998-2004.

California Sen. Rod Wright convicted of perjury, voter fraud.  A Los Angeles jury on Tuesday convicted state Sen. Roderick D. Wright on all eight counts in his perjury and voter fraud trial.  The Inglewood Democrat was indicted by a Los Angeles County grand jury in September 2010. [...] In a trial that began Jan. 8, prosecutors accused Wright of faking a move to a rental property he owned in Inglewood so he could run in what was then the 25th Senate District.  They accused him of lying on voter registration and candidacy documents and of casting ballots in five elections he was not entitled to vote in from the Inglewood address.

Neighbors: Cory Booker never lived in Newark.  As Cory Booker looks set to win the junior Senate seat in New Jersey Wednesday, his supposed neighbors in Newark say Mayor Booker doesn't live in the Gateway City.  Multiple residents of Newark told The Daily Caller that the longtime mayor doesn't live at any of the addresses he has claimed as home.  The mayor is believed to live in New York even though he is registered to run for New Jersey's special senate election.

Clinton, Reid, DNC took campaign contributions from deathbed identity thief.  Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Reince Preibus called for Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to return campaign donations they received from a man who pled guilty to identity theft of the terminally ill.  Clinton, Reid, and the DNC all received donations from Joseph Caramadre.  Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe invested $47,000 in an illegal business in which Caramadre applied for annuities and bonds with the stolen identities of dying people.

Robert Rizzo must come clean on Bell corruption, activists say.  If Robert Rizzo wants to "make amends" to the city of Bell — as his attorney said Thursday [10/3/2013] — then members of a local activist group are expecting him to disclose more information about corruption in the city and others who may have participated in it.

Bell's Rizzo to serve prison time.  Robert Rizzo, the central figure in the scandal that made the working-class city of Bell a national symbol for government graft, effectively admitted for the first time Thursday [10/3/2013] his role in the corruption scheme.  On the eve of his trial, Rizzo made a surprise appearance in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom and pleaded no contest to 69 felony charges of misappropriating public funds, hiding and falsifying records, perjury and other crimes.

Dangerous Times: The Crisis-Monger.  The Center for Policy Studies has now exposed secret money streams from the Muslim Brotherhood to the Democrats.  That hidden flow of cash explains everything that made no sense before, going back to 9/11/01.  The MBs run layers of shell corporations to hide money for the Democrats from the IRS — which isn't looking very hard.  The Clinton Center is one major conduit.  The Obama campaign is another.

Fmr. Chicago Alderman Convicted of Third Corruption Charge.  Former Chicago Democratic Ald. Ambrosio Medrano was convicted of a third corruption charge Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reported.  Medrano pleaded guilty "in a 2010 bribery scheme to influence a bandage contract."

For Those Who Don't Believe in Election Fraud.  "Yes, the Rizzo-Royster race turned on vote fraud," admitted the Kansas City Star's Barbara Shelly in a crow-eating column nearly three years after it would do any good.  For years the Star has routinely mocked anyone who dared suggest vote fraud was a problem.  Among those mocked was Will Royster, a retired Navy fighter pilot who seemingly lost in a northeast Kansas City Democratic primary for state representative in 2010 by the final count of one single vote.  The seeming victor, endorsed by the Star, was neophyte J.J. Rizzo, the son of Democratic machine honcho, Henry Rizzo.

The Clintons Can't Shake Their Reputation for Ethical Shadiness.  Last week, businessman Troy White pleaded guilty to federal charges arising from a Clinton for President campaign scheme hatched five years ago with the help of key Clinton supporter Jeffrey E. Thompson.  The scheme was designed to assist Hillary's ground game in the run-up to the March 2008 Texas Democratic Primary — which she ultimately won.  According to the underlying legal documents, more than $608,000 was channeled to White to hire "street teams."  But the saga didn't end with White or Thompson.

Jeffrey Thompson's Tentacles.  National media tend to ignore the corruption that passes as local D.C. politics.  As a consequence, it's missed a city scandal that is now cascading onto the national political scene, with potential fallout for the 2016 presidential election, federal and state politicians, and even the government.

Former Bergen County Democratic chairman indicted on racketeering charge.  Joseph A. Ferriero, the former chairman of the Bergen County Democratic Organization, was indicted today [9/11/2013] by a federal grand jury for allegedly running a racketeering scheme in which he paid lucrative kickbacks to a public official, solicited more than a million dollars in illegal payments and extorted companies wanting to do business in Bergen County.

Grimes Won't Call for Democratic State Rep. Arnold's Resignation.  Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is declining to call for Democratic State Rep. John A. Arnold to resign, leading her opponents to call her less than genuine about "fighting for Kentucky women."  Arnold is currently facing formal complaints from three employees for sexual harassment.

Senators who backed Syria resolution got 83 percent more defense lobby money than those who voted against it.  Wednesday's 10-7 vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee supporting an authorization of military attacks on Syria may have been affected by varying levels of financial support the senators got from political action committees representing the defense industry, and from the companies' employees.  On average, a 'yes'-voting senator received 83 percent more money from defense contractors than one who voted 'no.'

Arrests of 3 Mayors Reinforce Florida's Notoriety as a Hothouse for Corruption.  Even by Florida standards, the arrests of three suburban Miami mayors on corruption charges within a month were a source of dismay, if not exactly a surprise. [...] Not that such situations are unusual in Florida, which led the country in convictions of public officials — 781 — between 2000 and 2010, according to Department of Justice figures.

Democrats and Lawlessness.  President Obama has already seized the power to rule by decree, and is doing so virtually every day now. [...] He is now regularly exercising the power to legislate directly himself, either by announcing on his own supposed authority changes in existing laws that Congress has already passed, or by announcing that he will carry out entirely new laws that Congress never passed, or even refused to pass.  These actions are brazen, lawless violations of the Constitution.

Obama stays silent on Dems mired in scandals.  When President Barack Obama ran for re-election last year, he and his advisers were quick to condemn comments from Republicans that were deemed offensive or demeaning to women.

Democrats' 'war on women' boomerangs as Obama, top leaders fail to condemn bad boy behavior.  Democrats launched the "war on women," but they didn't first sweep their side of the battlefield for land mines.  Anthony Weiner, Eliot Spitzer and San Diego Mayor Bob Filner have dominated the headlines for their atrocious disrespect and sexual harassment of women.  Yet the Democratic leadership is hiding in a foxhole.

Detroit Ran Into The Inviolable Rule Of Economics.  [Detroit's] Cause of death?  Corruption, both legal and illegal, plus a classic case of reactionary liberalism in which the governing Democrats — there's been no Republican mayor in half a century — simply refused to adapt to the straitened economic circumstances that followed the post-World War II auto boom.  Corruption of the criminal sort was legendary.  The former mayor currently serving time engaged in a breathtaking range of fraud, extortion and racketeering.  And he didn't act alone.  The legal corruption was the cozy symbiosis of Democratic politicians and powerful unions, especially the public-sector unions that gave money to elect the politicians who negotiated their contracts — with wildly unsustainable health and pension benefits.

'Culture of Corruption' boomerangs on Democrats as scandals blossom nationwide.  The Democratic Party is battling scandals from New York to San Diego and from city hall to Capitol Hill, as the party finds itself on the defensive over embarrassing lapses ranging from sexual misconduct to multiple scandals ensnaring the Obama administration.  President Obama on Wednesday [7/24/2013] denounced what he called "phony scandals" and "an endless parade of distractions" blocking progress on the economy and other issues, but critics say the controversies underscore the missed opportunities for the president and his party to live up to pledges to clean up politics and break traditional patterns of money, influence and privilege in government.

Only in Chicago ... and the Obama White House.  Each [Chicago] Alderman receives about a million dollars for an "Aldermanic menu" — part of city budgeting for decades.  It's a great slush fund that Aldermen usually use to reward friends and remove annoyances that make voters mad.  There is virtually no accountability and voters have no say in how the money is spent. 

Nancy Pelosi, Creep Enabler.  The most powerful female Democrat on Capitol Hill has turned her back on women.  Again.  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, entrenched 13-term incumbent, refuses to say whether creepster San Diego Mayor Bob Filner should resign amid an avalanche of longstanding sexual harassment allegations, staff resignations and now a lawsuit.  "What goes on in San Diego is up to the people of San Diego.  I'm not here to make any judgments," declared the very same feminist crusader who has spearheaded unabashedly judgmental nationwide attacks on the so-called "Republican War on Women."

High-profile Dems reluctant to weigh in on San Diego mayor groping claims.  Democrats who accused Republicans of being anti-women during last year's campaign are strangely silent now that one of their own — San Diego Mayor Bob Filner — is accused of groping and sexually assaulting women.  "Don't identify him as my former colleague," an agitated House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi reportedly said Thursday night [7/18/2013] when asked about the claims against Filner.  Pelosi worked alongside Filner for 10 years in Congress.

Chicago whistle-blower implicates top state Democrat.  A former Chicago-area executive is blowing the whistle in the latest case to showcase what is derisively known as the "Illinois way" — politicians' practice of doing business by dishing out favors to friends who contribute generously to their campaigns.  This time, a top-ranking Democrat has been implicated.  The case involves Illinois' most powerful Democratic leader — state House Speaker Michael Madigan — and the former head of the Chicago area's commuter rail service, Metra.

How Obamacare Is Being Used to Create a Permanent Democratic Majority.  To a remarkable degree, liberalism has been institutionalized as an official ideology, funded by your tax dollars.  [A recent] editorial in Investors Business Daily explains, in shocking detail, how Obamacare is being used to fund Democratic Party operatives and drive Democratic Party enrollment.

California state senator is targeted in FBI searches.  FBI agents searched offices in the Capitol on Tuesday [6/4/2013] — the first such raid in 25 years — serving warrants and carting away evidence in what law enforcement officials said was a corruption probe that began in Los Angeles County.  As the agents combed the offices of state Sen. Ron Calderon (D-Montebello) and the Latino Legislative Caucus into the evening, a federal law enforcement source said Calderon, a member of the caucus, was "the focus of the investigation."

All in the Family.  A nonprofit connected to Rep. Corrine Brown (D., Fla.) and run by a local political power player overbilled Medicaid by nearly $1.4 million, the Florida Times-Union reported.  According to an audit by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, the Community Rehabilitation Center in Jacksonville overbilled Medicaid by nearly $1.4 million.

McCaskill: Fire Everyone Involved in Obama's IRS Scandal.  Let's be honest:  There's not a single Democrat in Congress who cares if the Obama Administration uses the IRS to target its political enemies.  We're the bad guys to them and they're willing to do anything they can get away with to stick it to us.  That's why nobody at the IRS had been punished for this scandal before it went public and blew up like a nuclear bomb.  However, the situation has now changed because the scandal is getting traction with the public.

A Brief History of Slimy Dem Snoops and Dumpster Divers.  It's always the "low-level" peon's fault, isn't it?  When Democrats get caught red-handed abusing government powers and bullying their political enemies small and large, nobody at the top knows nuttin'. [...] While they pretend to champion privacy rights, top left-wing operatives have routinely ransacked and plundered through the private documents and personal records of conservative groups, business owners and public figures.  Through it all, those on the right standing against government tyranny have refused to stand down.

Dem Candidate Listed Twice on Ballot in South Carolina Special Election.  Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, the Democratic nominee for the South Carolina First Congressional District special election, is listed twice on today's ballot.  Colbert-Busch is also the nominee of the Working Families party.

Dianne Feinstein's Husband Bags High-Speed Rail Construction Contract.  Sen. Diane Feinstein's husband Richard Blum won a construction contract for California's high-speed rail project, reports the California Political Review.  Author Laer Pearce says Perini-Zachary-Parsons, a construction group partially owned by Blum's investment firm, Blum Capital, and their investors, bagged the nearly billion dollar contract.

Junk politics.  So Anthony Weiner is thinking about running for mayor.  The guy's a contemptible liar, a creepy egomaniac and a man of seriously flawed character.  In other words, politics is the perfect profession for him.  Queens Congressman Gregory Meeks, who failed to report (at least until the FBI began an investigation) that he took $40,000 from a felonious businessman who was convicted of running a $50 million fraud scheme, remains in office.  Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington placed Meeks on its list of the most corrupt congressmen.  And Meeks last fall was re-elected to an eighth term in Congress with 75% of the vote.

Soviet Agent Award for Mother Jones Reporter.  As new developments in the McConnell story seem to indicate a political espionage operation against the Senate Republican leader, the prospect of being linked to those behind a campaign on behalf of Bradley Manning — on trial for espionage against the U.S. — could become a public relations nightmare for [David] Corn.  That is, if the media cover the scandal.

Alleged McConnell Bugger Visited White House.  The head of a group accused of illegally taping private meetings of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign visited the White House days before the group's Twitter account began actively attacking the Kentucky Republican, according to White House visitors logs.

Democrat changes story of Progress Kentucky members taping McConnell meeting.  The Democrat who implicated two members of the liberal super PAC Progress Kentucky in the secret taping of a campaign strategy meeting for Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is changing his story.

Still OK to withdraw welfare benefits at ATMs in Colorado strip clubs.  An attempt by Colorado lawmakers to ban welfare recipients from withdrawing their benefits at ATMs located inside strip clubs was killed by Democrats Thursday night [4/4/2013], even though the state House's third-ranking Democratic legislator supported the measure.

The Editor says...
It is not difficult to restrict the use of food stamp cards in specific ATMs, if the state government wants to do so.  Apparently the Democrats do not want to establish such restrictions.  The message is clear:  This is no longer a program to temporarily help hungry people.  It is an unmitigated handout which the recipients can use for anything at all, and it is provided by politicians who are shamelessly buying votes.

EPA Corruption and Scandal.  The EPA and Ms. Lisa Jackson, its chief, have committed extensive violations of law that should receive in-depth scrutiny from Congress, law enforcement and the American people.  Yes the Obama administration has yet another serious scandal on their hands.  The scandal features a fantasy administrator, 'Richard Windsor', and 'his' email account.  The account was established and used by Ms. Jackson to camouflage controversial EPA processes, discussions, decisions and accountability.

Levin's Last Stand.  Carl Levin's retirement announcement today [3/7/2013] was delicious.  The millionaire Michigan senator who gifted himself a $7,500 tax break to buy his $40,000 2012 Chevy Volt said his Number One priority in his last two years in office is cleaning up fat-cat tax breaks.

The Mysterious Office on Metrocentre Boulevard.  The offices of Dr. Salomon Melgen raided by the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services last week served as the postal address of 11 mysterious companies linked to the ophthalmologist, who is now the subject of two federal investigations into allegations of Medicare fraud and public corruption.

The Democratic Disgrace.  [Scroll down]  A decade later, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held Attorney General Holder in contempt for his cover-up of the Fast and Furious gun-running operation that led to hundreds of deaths.  That made Holder the first sitting cabinet member to be held in criminal contempt of Congress and in another administration that might have led to his dismissal. During the Bush Administration, cabinet members had resigned for much less, but the Democrats had given up even maintaining the pretense of being a law-abiding party.

N.H. Dem Delinquent on Taxes.  Rep. Ann McLane Kuster (D., N.H.) owes nearly $11,000 in overdue property taxes on her two homes, according to WMUR New Hampshire's Political Scoop.

4 of Illinois' last 7 governors went to prison.  Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan will be leaving prison and heading to a halfway house after serving more than five years for corruption.  His departure from prison follows a rich, if ignominious, history in Illinois of ex-governors arriving in and departing from prison.

Va. lawmaker who brandished AK-47 during legislative session was disbarred following assault, death threat.  A Virginia lawmaker who drew gasps from his colleagues when he brandished a borrowed AK-47 during an anti-gun speech Thursday [1/17/2013] was found guilty in 2002 of committing a vicious 1999 assault, was sanctioned for legal misconduct while prosecuting a rape case, spent six months in jail for contempt of a federal court, and saw his law license revoked in 2003.  Democratic Delegate Joseph Morrissey brought the rifle to the floor of the House of Delegates to demonstrate how easy it is to carry firearms in Virginia.

Mass. Dem Resigns after Pleading Guilty to Voter Fraud.  WBZ Boston reports Massachusetts State Rep. Stephen Smith resigned Monday [12/31/2012] after pleading guilty to voter fraud.

Democrat Officials in Maryland, NJ, NY and Massachusetts Face Prison Time for Voter Fraud.  Democratic Congressional candidate Wendy Rosen dropped from her race against Republican Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) in September after it was discovered she had been voting in two states in recent elections — Maryland and Florida.  Rosen said she was saddened to leave the race in Maryland.  She still received 92,000 votes in November.

2012 Illinois Political Hall of Shame: A Bakers Dozen.  Naturally these selections are based upon my own opinions.  But I believe most people would agree that these 13 public figures are at least somewhat indicative of what is wrong with our politics in the State of Illinois; i.e. political corruption, nepotism, ethical lapses and even outright malfeasance. [...] Democrats pretty much act with impunity due to their near absolute power.  And because of that they also happen to take up the most newsprint when it comes to scandals.

Obama Admin Protected Sex Offender, Helping Re-election.  In a new low for Obama corruption, AP reports that the Homeland Security Department "several times" protected a Democratic senator's registered sex criminal aide from arrest before November's election.

Kathleen the Terrible.  Among the gifts Nancy Pelosi brings to the House of Representatives is her ability to draw a hearty guffaw from the most jaded observer of American politics.  This talent for comedy was on display last Wednesday [12/12/2012] when she told a group of toadeaters disguised as journalists that she belongs to the anti-corruption party.  The Orwellian absurdity of the claim, combined with her trademark vapid expression, was enough to make a cat laugh.

Nancy Pelosi pushes Democrats as the anti-corruption party.  How well did Pelosi succeed in "ending the culture of corruption"?  Rep. Shelly Berkley, D-Nev., is leaving D.C. after losing a Senate campaign largely because of ethical problems, including how she used her position as lawmaker to prevent the closure of a kidney care center — a kidney care center that paid her husband almost three quarters of a million dollars a year.

Clayton Luckie: 45 Days in Office with 45 Felony Charges.  Ohio Republican Party Chairman Bob Bennett called on leaders in the Ohio Democratic Party to force disgraced Democrat State Representative Clayton Luckie to stop drawing a taxpayer paycheck and resign, as this week will mark day 45 Luckie has received a paycheck while under indictment.  Luckie is under federal indictment for 49 counts of criminal activity in one of the largest FBI investigations of the Ohio Democratic Caucus in Ohio legislative history.

Convicted former Rep. Mel Reynolds wants Jackson seat in Congress.  Disgraced former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds said he will ask voters to focus on his congressional experience rather than his state and federal criminal record as he announced his bid today [11/28/2012] for the seat held by Jesse Jackson Jr., who has resigned.  At a downtown hotel news conference, Reynolds acknowledged having made "mistakes" in the past.

Useful Liberal Idiots and Vote Fraud.  Among the responses to my recent article on Democrat vote fraud were those of liberals who were happy to hear no evil, see no evil — and be the evil.  Their rationalization-aided attitudes ranged from accusing traditionalists of being sore winners to equating 2012 with Bush-Gore in 2000 to simply denying hard evidence.  Does it matter at all to you, liberals, that Democrats were actually caught on video facilitating and promising to engage in vote fraud?

Trial set for next fall for indicted lawmaker.  Newly elected state Rep. Derrick Smith could serve nearly a year in office before he has to face trial on federal bribery charges. [...] Smith was expelled by the House after he was indicted on the federal charges.  But the Democrat was easily elected last week, defeating an independent candidate.

Cuellar Follows Biden's Playbook:  Uses Campaign Donations for Legal Defense.  Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, has used nearly half of his campaign funds for the 2024 election cycle to cover legal bills resulting from a DOJ criminal indictment for alleged bribery and money laundering.  Following a strategy similar to President Joe Biden's, Cuellar has spent over $750,000 from his campaign donations — almost half of the $1.6 million in his campaign account.  Biden previously milked $1.5 million from the Democratic National Committee to pay for his legal fees related to the Special Counsel Robert Hur's investigation into classified documents found at his residence.  Cuellar's significant campaign expenditures were first reported by the Daily Caller and Open Secrets, which examined his campaign's filings with the Federal Election Commission.

Third person pleads guilty in investigation related to bribery charges against Rep. Henry Cuellar.  Federal investigators have secured a third guilty plea in connection with an investigation into U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas on charges that he accepted nearly $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijan-controlled energy company and a bank in Mexico.  Irada Akhoundova, 67, pleaded guilty May 1 in Houston federal court to acting as an agent for Azerbaijan without registering with federal officials.  Details of her guilty plea were unsealed on May 9.  Federal authorities have charged Cuellar, 68, and his wife Imelda Cuellar, 67, of accepting the money from 2014 to 2021 in exchange for the congressman advancing the interests of the former Soviet republic and the Mexican bank in the U.S.  He says they are innocent.

Read the Indictment Against Henry Cuellar to Understand Why Congress Never Challenges the Intelligence Community.  There is a rather remarkable indictment against congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Texas, CD-28) that everyone should read.  You might remember that Cuellar was openly critical of the Biden border crisis in the latter half of 2021.  Approximately a few weeks after Cuellar was openly and strongly criticizing Biden, FBI agents raided his home.  At the time of the FBI raid (January 2022), everyone noted the visible connection between Cuellar's criticism of Biden and the launch of the DOJ investigation against him.  The timing was just too convenient.  Last Friday an indictment was unsealed.  Representative Cuellar and his wife are each charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit bribery of a federal official and to have a public official act as an agent of a foreign principal, two counts of bribery of a federal official, two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, two counts of violating the ban on public officials acting as agents of a foreign principal, one count of conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering, and five counts of money laundering.  Interestingly, the charges and the activity date back to 2014 and continue over the next ten years culminating in the indictment a decade later.

DOJ official who signed Cuellar indictment refused to prosecute apparent Biden FARA violations.  The Department of Justice announced on Friday the indictment of Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, on charges related to their participation in two schemes involving bribery, unlawful foreign influence, and money laundering.  According to court documents, beginning in at least December 2014 and continuing through at least November 2021, Cuellar and his wife allegedly accepted approximately $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities:  An oil and gas company wholly owned and controlled by the Government of Azerbaijan, and a bank headquartered in Mexico City.  Charges included violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The indictment stated: "Public officials, including Henry Cuellar and all Members of Congress, have a lawful and official duty not to be or act as an agent of a foreign principal required to register under FARA."  The Marco Polo investigative group, which compiled and published a database of the Hunter Biden laptop, noted that DOJ official Jennifer Kennedy Gellie, who signed off on the FARA charges against Cuellar, "refused" to prosecute alleged violations of FARA by the Biden family, as noted by WorldTribune.com [...].

Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar Charged With Accepting Massive Bribes From Azerbaijan.  Rep. Henry Cuellar has been one of the only Democrats in Congress to speak out against Joe Biden's border policies.  Now, the Justice Department has charged the congressman and his wife Imelda with accepting $600,000 in bribes, money laundering, and other charges.  The indictment reveals a good, old-fashioned "pay for play" scheme with Cuellar doing various favors for the Azerbaijan government in exchange for cash and looping in a corrupt Mexican bank for a cut.  Cuellar "agreed to perform official acts in his capacity as a Member of Congress, to commit acts in violation of his official duties, and to act as an agent of the Government of Azerbaijan" and the bank, the indictment says.  Cuellar says he's innocent.  "Everything I have done in Congress has been to serve the people of South Texas," Cuellar said.

That's what they all say.
Cuellar says he's innocent of public corruption charges.  Federal prosecutors indicted longtime Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife on Friday [5/3/2024] on foreign bribery charges.  The indictment unsealed in the Southern District of Texas charged the 68-year-old Democrat and wife Imelda Cuellar, 67, with participating in two schemes involving bribery, unlawful foreign influence and money laundering.  Both made an initial court appearance Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dena Palermo in Houston.  Even before that appearance, Cuellar said he and his wife were innocent.

FBI agents descend on Rep. Henry Cuellar's mansion in an 'ongoing investigation'.  FBI agents searched the Texas home and campaign headquarters of United States Representative Henry Cuellar as part of a 'court-authorized' investigation.  Federal agents were seen inside and around Cuellar's mansion in Laredo on Wednesday, where they took photos of trucks parked in the circular drive out front, The Monitor reported.  FBI agents were seen loading boxes, bins, bags and a computer from Cuellar's home into their vehicles.  The FBI also executed a separate search at the same time at an office where Cueller's campaign is headquartered on Washington and Davis Avenue in Laredo, reported KGNS News.  In a statement, the FBI remained tight-lipped about the reason for the visit, but confirmed that it was part of an 'ongoing investigation.'

Justice Department:  Cuomo sexually harassed 13 women while governor.  The Justice Department on Friday announced an agreement with the New York governors office that former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed 13 women who worked for the state over eight years.  The agreement concluded that the Cuomo administration violated federal Title VII rules against discrimination and retaliation between 2013 and 2021.  Justice Department officials said Cuomo and his staff engaged in a "pattern or practice of discrimination against female employees based on sex" and retaliated against the women who spoke up.  The agreement did not disclose the identities of the 13 employees.

More Dems want Mario Cuomo's name off Tappan Zee Bridge replacement.  More Democratic lawmakers are looking to cancel Mario Cuomo — at least the former three-term governor's name from the Hudson River span that replaced the old Tappan Zee Bridge.  They said Tuesday [3/22/2022] it was wrong for disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo to name the $4 billion Westchester-Rockland bridge after his father as part of a legislative backroom deal in 2017 — without input from area constituents.  "The people want the name to be the Tappan Zee Bridge.  The renaming of the bridge after Mario was snuck in and people didn't have a say," said Assemblywoman Chantel Jackson (D-Bronx), who participated in a press conference at the state capital about the bridge renaming.

No Charges for Cuomo Admin After Manhattan DA Closes Nursing Home Probe:  Spox.  An investigation led by the Manhattan district attorney into the Cuomo administration's alleged mishandling of COVID-19 nursing home deaths has come to a close, a spokesperson for the former governor announced Monday [3/21/2022].  The probe into the any potential wrongdoing by the governor's Executive Chamber has seemingly concluded without the district attorney filing any criminal charges.  "I was contacted today by the head of the Elder Care Unit from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office who informed me they have closed its investigation involving the Executive Chamber and nursing homes," Elkan Abramowitz, former outside counsel for the Executive Chamber, said in a statement.  "I was told that after a thorough investigation — as we have said all along — there was no evidence to suggest that any laws were broken," the attorney added.

God doesn't want you to cancel me:  The skin-crawling return of Andrew Cuomo.  Believe it or not, in my own lifetime a politician who left office disgraced by scandal and poor performance would at least feign having been chastened by the experience.  Occasionally an official in that position really would be chastened and would turn over a new leaf; John Profumo in the UK is one famous example, Charles Colson in the U.S. is another.  Whatever their personal sense of remorse, though, it used to be that if someone was driven out of public life by self-humiliation you could expect them to stay out as a tacit admission that they'd broken the public's trust and were no longer fit for office.  Or at least an admission that they wouldn't win if they ran again and therefore would spare themselves a further humiliation by declining to do so.  Somewhere along the way, that habit ended.

DA drops Andrew Cuomo's last sexual harassment criminal case.  An upstate district attorney's office is dropping its criminal investigation of sexual harassment allegations against Andrew Cuomo — shutting down the last of five criminal cases involving the disgraced ex-governor.  But Oswego DA Gregory Oakes told The [New York] Post on Monday [1/31/2022] that while there's not "sufficient legal basis" to bring charges based on allegations of unwanted physical contact by accuser Virginia Limmiatis, "this decision is not an exoneration."  "After a thorough review of the available evidence and applicable law, the Oswego County District Attorney's Office has concluded that there is not a sufficient legal basis to bring criminal charges against former Governor Andrew Cuomo based upon the allegations of unwanted physical contact made by Virginia Limmiatis," Oakes said in a statement Monday.

Andrew Cuomo's criminal sexual assault charges dropped by Albany DA.  Andrew Cuomo appears to be spending his winter skating — at least when it comes to legal charges.  The criminal sexual assault case against the disgraced former governor was dropped Tuesday by the Albany County district attorney.  "Albany County District Attorney David Soares announced today that a thorough and independent review of the investigation into the allegations against former Governor Andrew Cuomo has concluded," the DA's office said in a statement.  "While many have an opinion regarding the allegations against the former Governor, the Albany County DA's Office is the only one who has a burden to prove the elements of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt.  While we found the complainant in this case cooperative and credible, after review of all the available evidence we have concluded that we cannot meet our burden at trial," Soares' statement said.

Manhattan DA dropped COVID nursing home probe of Cuomo: lawyer.  The Manhattan district attorney's office has dropped a probe into Andrew Cuomo over allegations he mishandled nursing homes during the initial coronavirus outbreak, the ex-governor's lawyer said Monday [1/3/2022].  Cuomo's spokesman forwarded a statement from Elkan Abramowitz, an attorney who had repped the governor's office under Cuomo.  "I was contacted today by the head of the Elder Care Unit from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office who informed me they have closed its investigation involving the Executive Chamber and nursing homes," Abramowitz said.

Andrew Cuomo ordered to return $5.1M pandemic book profits to state.  New York's top ethics panel on Tuesday ordered disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo to pay the state $5.1 million in book profits he made on the backs of taxpayers amid the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The extraordinary resolution was approved by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics in a 12-1 vote — a month after the ethics agency voted to revoke its prior approval allowing Cuomo to earn outside income from his book "American Crisis:  Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic" while he was still governor and New York was in the throes of the deadly coronavirus outbreak.  The lone dissenter was William Fisher, a Cuomo appointee.

Former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo is ordered to return $5.1 million proceeds of his self-congratulatory book.  Andrew Cuomo has angrily denounced an ethics panel's decision to force him to return the $5.1 million paid for his 2020 book, describing it as 'political hypocrisy and duplicity at its worst'.  The former New York governor, 64, was ordered on Tuesday to turn over the proceeds to the state Attorney General's office within the next 30 days, following a probe by a state ethics panel.  The profits from Cuomo's 'American Crisis:  Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic' came into question in October, when the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) announced that it was conducting an internal inquiry, reassessing its initial approval of Cuomo's 2020 book.

Cracked Icons.  [Scroll down]  Think too of the now feet-of-clay, disgraced Cuomo brothers.  These were the media darlings who hammed it up on television — as thousands of New Yorkers unnecessarily died in long-term care facilities due to Governor Andrew Cuomo's decision to redirect COVID-19 patients to share facilities with the elderly and infirm.  Once there, the virus wiped out thousands of the elderly and vulnerable — a moral crime that Cuomo did his best either to cover up or massage the statistics downward.  Andrew, the elder and former governor of New York, was an unrepentant bully.  He was also apparently a chronic sexual harasser.  And Cuomo allegedly hired his staff to write his growing res gestae, likely on state time, and for a ridiculously obscene book advance that all parties to such a contract knew would never be paid by book sales.

Is Biden's DoJ investigating Cuomo sexual-harassment allegations?  According to a document obtained by the New York Post, the answer is yes, at least in the past tense.  A legal services contract revealed that the Department of Justice under Merrick Garland had opened a civil-rights probe relating to multiple allegations of sexual harassment by Andrew Cuomo.  Is the investigation still underway, though? [...] The Post's anonymous sources within the DoJ confirm it, clarifying that the investigation focuses on "possible violations of federal civil rights and labor laws."  Those may not produce criminal charges in the sense that would put Cuomo at risk of federal prison, but could result in other penalties.

State Assembly Issues Cuomo Report Detailing Sex Harassment, COVID Coverup.  Findings from the New York State Assembly's impeachment investigation of Andrew Cuomo released Monday revealed a string of abuses of power by the former governor, including sexual harassment, the use of staff to write his book, and a cover-up of COVID-19 nursing home deaths.  The eight-month probe found "overwhelming evidence that the former governor engaged in sexual harassment," according to the 46-page report.  The report focused on two of the at least 11 women who have accused Cuomo of sexual assault:  an unidentified state trooper and Brittany Commisso, who served as an executive assistant to Cuomo and has accused him of groping her.  Commisso's allegations resulted in a criminal complaint against Cuomo.

12th Cuomo accuser included in state Assembly's bombshell report.  The New York state Assembly's [...] report on sexual harassment allegations against disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo's corroborates claims by a 12th accuser who said he forcibly kissed her while touring her flood-damaged home and then sent her signed photos of the visit.  Sherry Vill, 55, publicly accused Cuomo in March of "manhandling" her when he visited Greece, just outside Rochester, in 2017 after the area was ravaged by floods.  The legislative report released Monday [11/22/2021] lists the married mother of three as one of Cuomo's accusers for the first time.

Cuomo: Maybe I could be Attorney General... again.  Is disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo seriously considering mounting a political "comeback" and trying to take back his old job as Attorney General?  There's plenty of reason to doubt this story (as we'll get to in a moment), but multiple outlets began reporting it yesterday, so let's at least take a look.  The story first broke in the New York Post and was later followed up at Mediaite.  Other local outlets in the Empire State quickly began putting in calls requesting comment.  But Cuomo is in the middle of a swirling, toxic stew of scandals and doesn't appear to have a friend left in the political world.  This can't be real, right?

Ethics agency subpoenaed in investigation of Cuomo's book.  Attorney General Letitia James' office has issued a subpoena to the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics for its records on Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's book chronicling his administration's early response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Times Union has learned.  The subpoena was issued in connection with a criminal investigation that the attorney general is conducting into whether Cuomo's use of government workers to assist him in writing the book violated any laws.

Cuomo is condemned for commuting sentences of FIVE murderers including father of radical leftwing San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin.  Outgoing NY Governor Andrew Cuomo has been blasted by victims' groups for commuting the murder sentence of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin's dad over an armored car robbery that killed three.  Cuomo announced Monday evening that he was commuting the prison sentences of David Gilbert, 76, Greg Mingo, 68, Robert Ehrenberg, 62, Ulysses Boyd, 66, and Paul Clark, 59.  All five have murder convictions, with Gilbert — Boudin's father — the only killer still incarcerated with no possibility of parole over a deadly 1981 hold-up of a Brinks cash truck, that left a security guard and two cops dead.

Cuomo uses final days as gov to commute [or] pardon 10 felons, including 3 tied to killings.  Days after giving two weeks' notice that he would resign his office amid a serial sexual harassment scandal, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is using the unprecedented lame-duck period to grant clemency and pardons to 10 felons — including three convicts tied to killings. [...] Cuomo commuted the sentence of Nehru Gumbs, 36, who was convicted of first-degree manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon and assault in 2005 — crimes committed when he was 18.  Gumbs was fingered for the brutal shooting death of an innocent bystander heading to his Canarsie home from a midnight church service on New Year's Eve 2004.  Gumbs has served 17½ years of a 25-year sentence.  He has served as the youth counselor at Sing Sing prison and earned an associate's degree from Mercy College and is pursuing a job as a plumber.

Some 15,000 dead seniors and 11 harassment victims later, Andrew Cuomo finally resigns in disgrace.  Nearly half a century into the Cuomo dynasty's stranglehold over the New York state Democratic Party, the once-beloved but always crooked Andrew Cuomo has resigned as governor in disgrace, effective in a fortnight.  Like the bully he always has been, the pugnacious politician once regarded as a hero of the pandemic by the corporate media refused to go down without a fight.  Even as the most vile of rats, such as former secretary Melissa DeRosa, abandoned the sinking ship, Cuomo did not stop smearing his 11 sexual harassment accusers — all of whose claims were vetted and corroborated by state Attorney General Letitia James — as liars, up until the very same press conference where he announced his resignation.  A blue state succeeding in pressuring its tyrannical party prince from Albany on the grounds of corruption is a success devoid of partisanship as much as it is a victory over partisanship.  But even if it's not too little, it certainly is later than his victims who cannot speak for themselves deserve.

Ex-New York Gov. Paterson 'Suspicious' of Cuomo's 14-Day Wait to Leave Office.  Former Gov. David Paterson, D-N.Y., said he was "suspicious" of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., needing 14 days to officially leave office after his resignation announcement.  "It was just a little puzzling that they wanted to have that amount of time," Paterson said during an interview on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show.  "And what they're going to do with that time, it's suspicious — I'll put it that way."  Cuomo, 63, announced Tuesday [8/10/2021] that he would resign rather than face a likely impeachment trial after Attorney General Letitia James released a report concluding he sexually harassed 11 women and created a toxic work environment.

Cuomo is still eligible for $50,000-per-year state pension.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo's fall from grace will come with a nice golden parachute in the form of a $50,000-per-year lifetime pension that he will remain eligible for despite his resignation — provoking outrage from the disgraced executive's critics.  The windfall for Cuomo, who announced his resignation on Tuesday [8/10/2021] in the midst of a sexual harassment scandal, is coming because he has accumulated 15 years of state service thanks to his 11 years as governor and four years as attorney general, a pension expert said.  "So if you're wondering, without a felony conviction and several other steps, Cuomo would be eligible for his full pension, at taxpayer expense, for the rest of his life," said Tim Hoefer, president and CEO of the Empire Center for Public Policy.

Andrew Cuomo Is 7th Powerful New York Democrat Ousted in Disgrace Since 2006.  In just 15 years, no fewer than seven powerful New York Democrats have been forced to resign in disgrace.  That includes New York's last three governors — three in a row!

As Cuomo resigns, fresh calls from N.Y. Dems to pursue nursing home deaths pours in.  Embattled New York Democrat Andrew Cuomo announced he would be officially stepping down from his position as governor in a matter of weeks following an attorney general report on sexual harassment allegations against him.  Cuomo's Tuesday announcement of his imminent resignation has been met with universal praise from across the political spectrum.  However, some of the Democrats celebrating have joined others in asking people to make sure Cuomo's other scandals are not forgotten.  Namely, they have called out Attorney General Letitia James' other report on nursing home deaths in the state.  According to that bombshell report, Cuomo undercounted deaths in New York nursing homes by 50 percent when the first wave of COVID decimated the state.  This cover-up followed a Cuomo order that forced nursing homes to accept COVID-positive patients.

Cuomo has more to account for than sexual harassment.  Andrew Cuomo has announced his resignation as governor of the state of New York.  This came on the heels of a damning New York Attorney General's report detailing sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations against numerous women.  Before his announcement on Tuesday, CBS News reported a state senator revealed that all 63 members of the state's senate "were likely to vote for his removal."  Like President Richard Nixon, Mr. Cuomo's resignation has nothing to do with him suddenly developing a conscience.  Suppose he had one.  None of this would've happened in the first place.  What we get instead is a man who resigned because impeachment could bar him from running for state office again.  Many remain dismayed, including me, that his policy specifically ordering COVID-19 infected individuals into nursing homes, which may have led to the deaths of 15,000 people, was not part of what led to outrage and resignation.  As many observers have noted, this in and of itself has stained our social and political culture.

You won't have Gov. Andrew Cuomo to kick around anymore.  Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday that he's resigning as governor of New York because he loves the state and it's clear that he's in the way.  Since I think very little of the man, both as a person and a politician, the fact that he's leaving seems like good news.  However, it's very likely that, by pulling out now, he's sparing himself and his minions a criminal investigation into the 15,000 old people who died last year when he insistently warehoused COVID patients in retirement communities.  Also, considering who's already lining up to take his place, New York may find itself going from the corrupt Democrat frying pan into the equally corrupt communist fire.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns.  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday he will resign after a withering report from the state's attorney general documented multiple accusations of sexual harassment against women.  The decision heads off his almost certain impeachment and conviction in the state Legislature.  "Given the circumstances, the best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to government, and therefore that is what I'll do, because I work for you, and doing the right thing, is doing the right thing for you," Cuomo said in a televised address, at which he took no questions.  Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, a fellow Democrat, will serve the rest of his term when the resignation becomes effective in 14 days.  She will become the state's first female governor.

The Editor says...
If the governor is facing impeachment, and his departure is inevitable, let him delay his departure for 14 days?  He could do a lot of damage in two weeks.

Cuomo resigns.  One of the weirdest people to ever hold high office in the United States.  Probably one of the worst too, although that competition is stiff.  But weirdest?  No question.  This clip unfortunately doesn't capture the weirdness of his full remarks today.  He began by grumbling that the harassment accusations against him were really just a series of misunderstandings about what was and wasn't appropriate between the sexes, something he attributed partly to age.  One Twitter pal compared it to Phil Hartman's "unfrozen caveman lawyer" defense.  Then he went into Colonel Jessup mode, saying he's inclined to fight and even telling viewers "It is your best interest that I must serve."  And then ... he quit.  He loves you, his constituent, too much to stand in the way of the important government business of fighting COVID.  [Video clip]

Elise Stefanik Calls for Andrew Cuomo's Arrest — Resignation 'Long Past Overdue'.  Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, called for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) arrest Tuesday [8/10/2021] after he announced he would resign over multiple sexual harassment allegations.  "New Yorkers have lived for far too long under the Worst Governor in America's corrupt and criminal tenure," said Stefanik.  "This resignation is long past overdue.  Governor Cuomo needs to be arrested and prosecuted for sexual harassment, sexual assault, and sexual abuse.  Governor Cuomo also needs to be arrested and prosecuted for his criminal acts covering up the tragic deaths of our most vulnerable seniors in nursing homes.

Janice Dean's Reaction to the Resignation of Cuomo Says It For All of Us.  As you might imagine, the reactions are coming in fast and furious to the surprising resignation of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.  It's not surprising because it wasn't well-deserved or long coming.  It's surprising because he is such a narcissist that no one thought he could ever be forced to resign, given the lack of character he's shown.  But even if it isn't because of the thousands of people who died after his horrific nursing home order and even if he's not being prosecuted in regard to that, yet, one hopes that it gives the people whose parents and family members died in nursing homes at least a little satisfaction today.

Cuomo Trying to Cut a Deal to Avoid Impeachment, Sources Say.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been trying to cut a deal with top state officials, promising not to seek a fourth term if impeachment talks are scuttled — but no one is buying it, sources told THE CITY.  The governor and what's left of his inner circle have been working the phones, fighting for his political life in the wake the damning Aug. 3 report detailing the sexual harassment allegations of 11 women and what investigators found was retaliation against one who went public.  Cuomo, whose term ends Dec. 31, 2022, has ignored calls for his resignation as the state Assembly pushes ahead with the impeachment process, which lawmakers said could take weeks.  On Monday afternoon, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) said he's not entertaining any possible deals with Cuomo, whom he has not spoken to since February.

The Hypocrisy Variant.  Another virulent outbreak of the Hypocrisy Variant has been raging in Albany, New York.  Last year, when COVID-19 was decimating the elderly population, Empire State Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted on shipping COVID-positive patients to nursing homes.  When this killed thousands of seniors, he tried to cover it up.  While this was going on, this character had the audacity to lecture other governors, including Florida Gov. Ron Desantis, about how they handled the pandemic.  It turns out that even with a recent spike in cases, Florida's COVID-19 death rate per 100,000 residents (184) is far below that of New York (279).  Moreover, when confronted with the carnage he had caused, Cuomo indifferently asked, "Who cares?"

Time's Up Co-Founder Resigns amid Backlash over Cuomo Ties.  The co-founder of Time's Up, an advocacy group created amid the #MeToo movement to combat sexual harassment, resigned on Monday following reports that she was involved in an effort to discredit a woman who accused New York governor Andrew Cuomo of harassment.  Roberta Kaplan, who co-founded the group and heads its legal defense fund, said in her resignation letter that her work as a lawyer prevents her from publicly responding to questions about her involvement in that effort.

Just After Cuomo's Top Aid Melissa DeRosa Resigned Photos Surfaced Where Cuomo Appeared To Touch Her Thigh In A Restaurant.  A top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has resigned amid an AG report that accused Cuomo of sexually harassing several women, according to the Wall Street Journal, CNN, and other national media outlets.  Melissa DeRosa tendered her resignation on Sunday night [8/8/2021].

Cuomo's lawyers just proved he has no credible defense.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo hasn't been seen since state Attorney General Tish James' damning report dropped Tuesday, but he sent his lawyers — and anonymous advisers — to make the case that not one of the 11 women who've accused him of sexual harassment (yup, not one!) can be believed.  It's unconvincing.  Rather than refute the allegations, Cuomo's shills are attacking his accusers and investigators and claiming the gov didn't get a chance to respond — despite 11 hours of testimony in which he gave his side of the story.  Couple this with his other scandals (the latest: two of his spin doctors work for a firm with $88 million in state contracts), and it's beyond clear he's simply unfit to continue in office.  Late Friday afternoon, Cuomo's lawyers held a virtual press conference insisting the gov "was ambushed" by a "predetermined" investigation.

Cuomo's Fall Would Be a Win for the Cabal.  The people running our government and fronting Biden had a great day Tuesday [8/3/2021].  In one fell swoop, with New York Attorney General Letitia James' case — not even charges, merely a case — against Governor Andrew Cuomo for prolific, ridiculous sexual harassment, they solved a great many of the Biden Administration's looming problems:  political, personnel, and criminal. [...] As of this writing, a majority of Democratic state legislators have announced support for impeachment, with hearings to begin at the end of August.  For Democrats, that beats the alternatives.  The national outrage at Cuomo's handsiness and bullying — from feminists, Democratic officials, and others who have ignored Joe and Hunter's actual criminal sexual depravity — and the expiation of sin to follow as he leaves the scene, has made it unlikely that Cuomo will ever face justice for the deliberate murder of roughly 15,000 seniors in New York nursing homes.  That is a far more serious charge.  Were that case to be unraveled, with evidence, in a court of law or even in a real newspaper, many people besides Cuomo would be in deep trouble.  Particularly hard hit would be those for whom he acted in pursuit of unseating Donald Trump in the coming election.  So that could not be allowed to happen.

Cuomo's Signature On Document Attesting He Took Sexual Harassment Training Course Was Fabricated, Aide Admits.  An aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted to fabricating the governor's signature on a document attesting that he had completed a mandatory sexual harassment training in 2019, according to an investigation released by the state's attorney general.  Stephanie Benton, Cuomo's office director, told investigators that she was the one who produced the governor's signature on a 2019 document attesting that he had completed the "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace" training course, according to report from Attorney General Letitia James's office released Tuesday that said the governor unlawfully sexually harassed multiple women.  Cuomo denied that he ever inappropriately touched any female subordinates in a statement Tuesday.  He acknowledged that he does publicly kiss and embrace both men and women, behavior he attributed to "generational or cultural perspectives."

This is why the [socialist] Democrats want Cuomo out now.  The New York Times is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to step down following a state attorney general's report that found he sexually harassed nearly a dozen women, allegations that he has denied.  No one seems concerned about the thousands of elderly in nursing homes that his policies killed.  Nor do they seem to care that he covered it up.  They care about the lesser cause. [...] They aren't doing it to eat their own nor are they worried solely about their image.  What they want is to replace him NOW with a Democrat so it is easy to fill the spot with another Democrat in the next election.  They also plan to put in a governor to the left of the leftist Governor Cuomo.  Finally, Democrats don't want to deal with the nursing home deaths and cover-up, a far more serious crime.  If they address it, they have to do it with the other governors who did the same thing.  They followed his lead in Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and elsewhere.  They have to get rid of him.  We have zero sympathies for Governor Cuomo but we know they have worse out there to take his position — like Letitia James.

The Real Reason Dems Suddenly Want Cuomo Gone.  To anyone even remotely acquainted with events of the last year and a half, it should be no surprise that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being asked now even by his own party to resign.  What's disturbing is that Democrats didn't do it sooner.  After being the media's most coddled, falsely praised politician in America, nearly impervious to any and all criticisms, a new report alleges that Cuomo engaged in serial criminal behavior while governor.  "The independent investigation has concluded that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated federal and state law," New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday [8/3/2021].  Is anyone really surprised about Cuomo's conduct, which has been well covered outside of the mainstream media in recent years?  Despite repeated claims of harassment by Cuomo's victims — 11 of them total — Dems now profess to be "shocked, SHOCKED!" to discover their fellow party member committed acts that could end his political career.

Cuomo Sexually Harassed Multiple Women, Retaliated Against Employee:  NY Attorney General.  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed several women and retaliated against a former employee, said New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing the Democrat governor of violating laws.  "Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated federal and state law," James said in a news conference on Tuesday, adding that Cuomo fostered a "hostile" and "unsafe" work environment.  The governor engaged in "unwanted groping, kissing, and hugging," as well as making inappropriate remarks, she said.  James' office concurrently released a 165-page report following an investigation, which started in March when several women publicly accused the governor of misconduct.  The report, which doesn't have any criminal consequences, included interviews of 179 witnesses and a review of thousands of documents.

Hammer Drops for Gov. Cuomo as NY Attorney General Finds He Sexually Harassed Multiple Women.  Though New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his handlers in recent weeks have sought to cast doubt on the investigation by State Attorney General Letitia James into multiple sexual harassment allegations against him by suggesting at least one of her independent investigators and possibly even James herself was motivated by politics, he's also repeatedly told New Yorkers to wait for the process to play out, assuring them that what the AG's office ultimately found would clarify matters in a way that would absolve him of wrongdoing.  Well, James has just today released her findings, and suffice it to say that the hot water Cuomo landed himself in earlier this year when the first allegation came to light has now started boiling over.

The Walls Are Closing In:  Nancy Pelosi Becomes Latest High-Profile Dem to Turn On Cuomo.  In the hours after New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that a months-long investigation into Cuomo found that he "violated federal and state law" by allegedly sexually harassing almost a dozen women, calls for his resignation started pouring in.  By the afternoon, [Nancy] Pelosi had issued a brief statement calling for one of the most powerful Democrats in the country to step down.

NJ Gov. Murphy, alongside governors of CT, RI, PA, call on Cuomo to resign.  New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined several other northeastern governors, all Democrats, in calling for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation Tuesday [8/3/2021].  "We are appalled at the findings of the independent investigation by the New York Attorney General.  Governor Cuomo should resign from office."  Gov. Ned Lamont of Connecticut, Dan McKee of Rhode Island and Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania all released the joint statement with Murphy.

Biden calls on Cuomo to resign in wake of NY AG's report that he sexually harassed 11 women.  Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday night was clinging on to power, despite his impeachment seeming inevitable after the state Democrats declared that they had lost confidence in the governor and would vote against him.  President Joe Biden led calls for Cuomo to resign, echoing demands made by other Democratic Congressional leaders, as one of his most high-profile accusers said she felt 'vindicated' by the attorney general's report.  The governors of neighboring Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut, plus Rhode Island, all joined in the chorus of condemnation.  All four are fellow Democrats.

Joe Biden Just Officially Buried Andrew Cuomo.  Well, it's official.  After previously snapping at reporters for asking him, Joe Biden took questions this afternoon [8/3/2021] and proclaimed that Gov. Andrew Cuomo needs to resign.  This came after New York AG Letitia James released the findings of an investigation showing that Cuomo had sexually harassed at least eleven women, including committing what sounds like sexual assault in one instance.  Biden had originally passed on calling on Cuomo to resign, instead, saying he would wait for the investigation to complete.  Now that it's over and the results are what they are, Biden huddled with his handlers and decided it was best to stick by his prior comments.

Cuomo refuses to resign, denies allegations in explosive AG report.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo maintained Tuesday that he "never touched anyone inappropriately," pushing back on a bombshell official report that concluded he sexually harassed several women in violation of state and federal law — while suggesting that he was the victim of a smear campaign.  Speaking on video without reporters to ask questions, the governor was adamant in his denial, as he has been since the scandal erupted.

New York AG: Gov. Cuomo 'sexually harassed multiple women' in 'toxic workplace'.  This morning [8/3/2021] Ed wrote about the Luv Guv's 11-hour grilling under oath that took place yesterday.  AG Letitia James' plan all along has been to work through everyone's account of what happened culminating in yesterday's interview of Gov. Cuomo.  Given that his interview was the final step, it's not surprising that only a day later, the AG can report the outcome of the investigation which began with a referral on March 1.  Speaking this morning at a press conference AG James got right to the point.  "The independent investigation has concluded that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated federal and state law."  She went on to say that Cuomo engaged in "unwelcome and non-consensual touching" in addition to suggestive sexual comments.  All of this created a "hostile work environment" for women.

NYT: Love Gov grilled for 11 hours over sexual misconduct complaints.  Couldn't happen to a more deserving pol, even if we have to wonder why we're hearing this insider-ish account of the deposition of Andrew Cuomo at all.  Last month, special investigators appointed by Attorney General Letitia James put the Lov Gov through the wringer for 11 hours over complaints about sexual misconduct.  It sounds deeply unpleasant, which itself might come as good news to Cuomo's accusers regardless of what happens next.

No Criminal Consequences — New York AG and State Investigators Find Governor Cuomo Sexually Harassed Current and Former Female Employees and Violated State and Federal Harassment Laws.  Perverted, creepy, sick, narcissistic, ego-maniacal New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is laughing hysterically right now as the dual-justice system of New York politics is on full display.  Infuriating does not scratch the surface.  New York State Attorney General Letitia James specifically said at the beginning of her remarks releasing the investigative findings of a 5 month investigation:  "The independent investigation has concluded, and Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated federal and state law."  Moments later one of the investigators, the former federal prosecutor from Manhattan, Joon Kim, said:  "We find that the governor, on numerous occasions, engaged in conduct that constitutes unlawful sex based harassment," as outlined in the extensive investigation. [...] Yet, despite their words, neither the State Attorney General nor the U.S. Attorneys' general, will bring any criminal charges against Governor Cuomo.

Cuomo Sexually Harassed Multiple State Employees in Violation of Law, New York AG Report Finds.  New York governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, among them current and former state employees, in violation of federal and state law, state attorney general Letitia James announced at a press conference on Tuesday [8/3/2021].  The announcement represents the conclusions of a months-long probe by the attorney general's office into sexual harassment allegations made against the governor.  Several women have alleged that the governor inappropriately touched them, although Cuomo has denied wrongdoing.  "Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated federal and state law," James told reporters.  Cuomo and the Executive Chamber cultivated a "toxic" workplace that allowed "harassment to occur and created a hostile work environment."

Biden DOJ drops civil rights probe of Gov. Cuomo over nursing homes and COVID-19.  The Department of Justice has decided not to investigate whether the civil rights of residents in New York's government-run nursing homes were violated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's controversial admission policy related to the COVID-19 pandemic.  In a letter Friday [7/23/2021], the DOJ's Office of Legislative Affairs told US Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), ranking member of that House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, that New York was off the hook in connection with potential violations of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act.  In August, the DOJ's Civil Rights Division requested information from New York in connection with a March 25, 2020, order from the state Department of Health that required nursing homes to admit "medically stable" COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals.

Hunter Biden's Laptop Keeps Doling Out More News About Joe's Sleazeball Operations, But No One Cares.  They can get away with anything.  Joe Biden knows it.  Andrew Cuomo knows it as well.  The latter killed thousands with his reckless nursing home order during COVID and cooked the books on the true death toll.  He was then subjected to numerous women alleging sexual misconduct.  There was a big show, and the end result is Cuomo remaining as governor with high approval ratings.

Andrew Cuomo Under Federal Investigation for VIP Coronavirus Testing Scandal.  The far-left New York Times reports that disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) is currently under federal investigation over credible allegations that he gave friends, family, and supporters special access to coronavirus testing.  "Federal prosecutors have been looking into whether Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's administration granted special access to rapid coronavirus test results for the governor's family and other influential people, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions," writes the left-wing Times.

File Cuomo's obscene $5 million book under true crime.  We now officially know how much Gov. Cuomo received for his disgusting and possibly criminal book "American Crisis:  Leadership Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic."  $5 million.  Was it worth it, Governor?  When I first learned he was writing it, I thought it was a joke. [...] But, the joke was on us, and the nightmare is actually true.  My husband lost both his mother and father in separate elder-care facilities last spring.  So while Cuomo was trying to sell his lies on a page to the highest bidder, a COVID-19 fire was spreading through nursing homes where our most vulnerable lived.

Andrew Cuomo's shameless $5.12M payday profiting from the pandemic.  "Blood money."  That's what Tracey Alvino calls Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $5.12 million payday for his book touting his pandemic "leadership."  Alvino's dad, Daniel, was one of the 16,000 nursing-home residents who died after being infected with the coronavirus following Cuomo's March mandate that forced COVID-contagious patients into the state's most vulnerable population.  It's an apt description of a possibly unprecedented payout for a serving elected official, who wrote the book with the seemingly illegal help of government staff while he and his aides spent months going to great lengths to cover up his edict's deadly results.  Cuomo revealed his $5.12 million contract for "American Crisis:  Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic," previously thought to be $4 million, when he released his tax returns ahead of Monday's deadline.  He received $3.12 million last year, garnering $1.54 million after taxes and $117,000 in expenses, and is set to get another $2 million in the next two years.

Governor Cuomo's Book Deal [is] Valued at over $5 Million.  A tax return from the governor's office released Monday confirmed that Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo's book deal was worth $5.12 million and is positioned to earn that sum in the next couple of years.  Cuomo penned "American Crisis" during the early stages of the pandemic as a memoir retelling of his administration's response to the COVID crisis.  The governor reportedly secured $3.21 million in 2020 for the book.  State officials said that its contract stipulates an additional $2 million to be paid out over the next two years, the New York Times reported.

Six Democrat Scandals That Should Have Ruined Careers.  To start off, it seems fair to ask what became of Andrew Cuomo.  Or rather, what did not become of Andrew Cuomo.  Not that long ago, he was facing two significant charges, the first being the fact that he knowingly lied about Covid deaths in long-term care facilities and the second being the better-publicized sexual harassment allegations that the media used to cover up the rising body count.  There were calls for his resignation, even from the wholly incompetent and unscrupulous New York City mayor Bill de Blasio.  It seemed momentum was growing on both sides of the political aisle to oust Cuomo.  Indeed, by any account, most politicians would have seen any further aspirations for public leadership derailed.  After all, Senator Al Franken of Minnesota had to surrender his senatorial duties after a single photo of him pretending to fondle a woman circulated on social media just a few years ago.  Andrew Cuomo was facing more serious charges from an ever-increasing roster of women.

Team Cuomo is now just piling lies atop lies.  Gone are the days when Emmy Award-winning Gov. Andrew Cuomo made himself king of the news briefing, answering reporters' questions face-to-socially-distanced-face all the day long about COVID-19 and his "leadership" during a pandemic.  Now he insists on virtual-only press conferences, and his staff cuts the feed mid-question of any reporter who dares challenge him — then lies about it.  On Wednesday [4/21/2021], Ryan Tarinelli of the New York Law Journal asked: "If the attorney general's report concludes that under state law you did sexually harass employees in violation of state law, will you resign?  Yes or no."  Cuomo answered, "Let's see what the review says, and then we'll take it from there."  Tarinelli asked Cuomo to "please clarify exactly what that means"; the gov repeated his first response word for word.

NY's AG is investigating whether Cuomo used state resources to complete his book about the pandemic, which reportedly earned him a $4 million advance.  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing yet another investigation as his third term in office remains beset by multiple ongoing scandals.  Upon a recent referral from New York Comptroller Thomas Di Napoli, New York Attorney General Tish James — who is already investigating the governor over accusations of workplace sexual harassment and an alleged groping incident — confirmed on Monday [4/19/2021] that there is an "ongoing investigation" into Cuomo's use of state resources for his 2020 book, according to The New York Times.  Cuomo reportedly sought an advance of around $4 million for his book, "American Crisis:  Leadership Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic."  Earlier on Monday before news of the investigation broke, a reporter asked Cuomo how much money he received for his book and how staffers contributed to it.  The governor deflected on the advance, saying his compensation for the manuscript will show up in his forthcoming tax returns.

'It was not optional': Cuomo staffers say work on governor's pandemic book was not voluntary.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo is once again in hot water as several staffers came forward to say their work on his COVID-19 response book was not voluntary, despite the office saying it was.  According to Fox News, several staffers have come forward to say their work was not voluntary, which would then be illegal and an ethics violation.

Rep. Lee Zeldin announces run for NY governor amid Cuomo scandals.  Long Island Rep. Lee Zeldin announced his candidacy for governor of New York on Thursday with the message:  "Cuomo's gotta go!"  Zeldin, 41, is the first GOP contender to officially challenge three-term Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2022.  "I'll bring the kind of relentless, fighting spirit towards helping to save our state that Cuomo reserves for multi-million dollar self-congratulatory book deals, cover-ups, abuse & self-dealing," the congressman tweeted.

New York Congresswoman Calls on Cuomo to Resign Over Nursing Home Deaths.  A New York congresswoman is calling on the state's governor, Andrew Cuomo, to resign over his administration's cover-up of reporting of thousands of COVID-19 deaths in the state's nursing homes.  In an interview with The Daily Signal, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., said she called on the three-term governor to step down after Jill DesRosiers, his own chief of staff, revealed the cover-up.  The cover-up "was purposely done because they were afraid of the [federal] Department of Justice getting this information," Malliotakis said.  The congresswoman said that the nursing home deaths occurred because of Cuomo's executive order of just over a year ago on March 25, 2020, which forced nursing homes to take in COVID-19-positive patients discharged from hospitals, exposing vulnerable elderly in the nursing homes to the coronavirus.  [Video clip]

Are the Walls Finally Closing in Around Andrew Cuomo?  NY Post's Michael Goodwin Nails It.  As weeks have stretched into months and the dark cloud over New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's head has continued to grow ever-larger and more ominous, one thing remains crystal clear: while multiple New York members of Congress — Republicans and Democrats — along with New York State Republican lawmakers and a growing number of State Democrat lawmakers — have demanded he resign or be impeached and convicted, the Luv Guv as defiantly declared on a number occasions he's "not going anywhere."

Chris Cuomo reportedly received even more attention than other 'VIPs' during COVID tests.  The Washington Post ran a brutal "behind-the-scenes" report on how Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo prioritized COVID testing in the early months of the pandemic, including how his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, allegedly received treatment "beyond" others on the so-called VIP list.  According to sources, more than "100 individuals" with close ties to the governor were referred to as "priorities," "specials," "inner circle" or "criticals" and were "logged in an electronic data sheet that was kept separate from a database for the general public."  The Post reported that Dr. Eleanor Adams, a top New York physician who was tasked by the Cuomo administration to coordinate COVID testing in nursing homes, was "dispatched multiple times" to Chris Cuomo's home in the Hamptons, where visits "sometimes stretched hours."

New Andrew Cuomo accuser Sherry Vill speaks out alongside Gloria Allred.  A woman described in detail Monday [3/29/2021] how Gov. Andrew Cuomo grabbed her face, "manhandled" her and forcibly kissed her while touring her flood-damaged home in 2017 — saying he did so in a "highly sexual manner."

Cuomo Aides Subpoenaed in Sex-Harassment Case, WSJ Says.  New York Attorney General Letitia James's office has sent subpoenas to dozens of officials in Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration in connection with an investigation into sexual-harassment claims against the governor, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday [3/26/2021].

Gov. Cuomo prioritized family and associates for COVID testing in early days of the pandemic.  Embattled New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker reportedly instructed local health officials to prioritize Cuomo's family and individuals with links to his administration during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.  According to the Albany Times Union, sources with direct knowledge of the occurrences told the outlet that family members received multiple tests even when they were scarce.  Reportedly, epidemiologist Dr. Eleanor Adams was sent to the Governor's brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo's residence in Long Island to test him.  The Cuomo Prime Time anchor was diagnosed with the coronavirus on March 31 and according to the Times Union, the test came "at a time when many members of the public struggled to obtain coronavirus tests."

New York Lawmakers Commit to Thorough, Lengthy Impeachment Investigation of Andrew Cuomo.  The New York State Assembly's judiciary committee announced on Tuesday that its investigation of Governor Andrew Cuomo's behavior could take "months."  The New York State Assembly Judiciary Committee Chair, Long Island Democrat Charles Lavine, said its investigation of embattled New York Governor Andrew Cuomo could take "months, rather than weeks" to "assess whether there's evidence that the governor has engaged in conduct that justifies articles of impeachment."

Cuomo directed NY health officials to prioritize COVID-19 testing for his relatives:  Report.  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker directed health officials to prioritize the governor's own family and figures with ties to his administration in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report Wednesday [3/24/2021].  Family members who allegedly received preferential testing included Cuomo's brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, as well as his mother and at least one of his sisters, the Albany Times-Union reported, citing sources with direct knowledge of the matter.  Some family members reportedly received multiple tests.  Chris Cuomo was reportedly tested at his home on Long Island.  One source told the Times-Union that tests administered to Cuomo's family members or associates were referred to as "critical samples" and processed ahead of others.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo Now Has a Third Scandal.  At the start of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, testing was scarce.  The limited number of tests that were available were set aside and reserved for those who had symptoms.  But, according to the Albany Times-Union, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) pulled strings to get his family, friends, and other politicians' and their spouses COVID tests. [...] It's important to note that Cuomo's brother, CNN host Andrew Cuomo, was diagnosed with the Wuhan coronavirus on March 31.  It was so early on in the pandemic that very few had access to testing.  As Fox News noted, it's unclear who paid for the test, Cuomo, CNN, or the state.

Sure Seems Like Cuomo Broke The Law By Prioritizing His Family For Early COVID Testing.  It's a real foot race at this point between the Cuomo boys to see who'll lose his job first.  On the one hand, we seem to be gaining completely new and independent grounds for impeaching Andrew each week.  On the other hand, Chris's ratings are tanking and CNN's embarrassment at his softball treatment of his brother last year — which the network approved, let's not forget — is deepening by the day.  I used to wonder how many of Andrew's scandals Chris was privy to yet withheld from his colleagues and his viewers despite their obvious news value.  In light of today's news, I've started wondering how many of Andrew's scandals Chris may have personally participated in but didn't disclose.

Top health officials [were] told to prioritize COVID testing for Cuomo's relatives.  High-level members of the state Department of Health were directed last year by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker to conduct prioritized coronavirus testing on the governor's relatives as well as influential people with ties to the administration, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter.  Members of Cuomo's family including his brother, his mother and at least one of his sisters were also tested by top health department officials — some several times, the sources said.

Always a bully.  [Scroll down]  Cuomo is who he always was.  The lies, the bullying, and the incessant cover-ups have been part of the Cuomo administration for years.  The current unraveling might have begun with a bad press conference in November, but the stories had been there all along to discover if a compliant media had done a better job investigating a popular governor riding on his high approval ratings.  The governor of the state with the most COVID-19 deaths by population produced a poster, a sculpture, and ultimately a book on leadership touting his own success, a book that reportedly fetched a seven-figure advance, and few in the press questioned it.  His administration has admitted to staggering corruption in hiding the nursing home deaths and has forcefully targeted anyone who dared criticize it.  There are seven women who say he sexually harassed them.

10th Cuomo Victim Steps Forward; Accusations Of Drugging And Assault.  Things have gone from bad to worse for embattled New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.  For weeks now Cuomo has dodged and weaved as woman after woman went public with accusations of Sexual Harassment against him.

Biden's conspicuous silence on the Cuomo scandal.  Based on everything we know about New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's psyche, it's impossible to imagine him resigning unless he knows he has no way out.  The only Democratic figure who could plausibly persuade Cuomo to resign is President Biden.  Unlike many of his other Democratic critics, Cuomo respects and likes Biden.  The two men have had good relations — during the transition, there was even (far-fetched) talk that the governor would be considered as Biden's attorney general.  If Biden called for Cuomo to resign, it would mean infinitely more than Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's statement on Friday.  Schumer and Cuomo have years of bad blood — and the governor would never take marching orders from the Senate majority leader.

Joe Biden Breaks Silence on Andrew Cuomo Sexual Harassment Scandal.  President Joe Biden declined the opportunity to call for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation, suggesting he would wait until the end of the investigation before giving his verdict.  When the president was asked by a reporter if he believed Cuomo should resign, he replied, "I think the investigation is underway and we should see what it brings us."  Biden spoke briefly about the scandals as he returned to the White House on Sunday [3/14/2021] after spending the weekend at his home in Delaware.

Biden breaks silence on Cuomo, but dodges question about whether he should resign.  President Joe Biden wants to wait for New York State Attorney General Letitia James' investigation into allegations of sexual harassment of at least seven women by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to wrap up before saying whether Cuomo should resign.

Throwing the Book at Andrew Cuomo.  Let me be perfectly clear about this:  If Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York purposefully put elderly men and women infected with COVID-19 into crowded nursing homes and if he had any idea of how lethal a move that was, he should be prosecuted for a crime.  Not sued.  Not removed from office: prosecuted for negligent manslaughter at the very least.  It was an act so reckless and contemptuous of human life that it was akin to murder.  But I am not aware that there has been any proof produced that Mr. Cuomo knew what he was doing.  This still raises the issue of negligence to such a high degree that it looks like textbook negligent manslaughter.  I hope and believe that an investigation into this issue is taking place right now.

Police: Andrew Cuomo Might Be In Criminal Trouble.  Embattled New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo might be in criminal jeopardy as more allegations of sexual misconduct surface to fuel growing calls from members of the state legislature in his own party for impeachment.  On Tuesday, a sixth accuser came forward with charges that the governor "aggressively groped her in a sexually charged manner" on the second floor of his New York mansion, first reported in the New Albany Times Union.  The local paper did not unveil her name but disclosed she was one of the governor's aides.  "They were alone in Cuomo's private residence on the second floor when he closed the door and allegedly reached under her blouse and began to fondle her," the Times Union reported, citing a source familiar with the unidentified woman's claims.  On Thursday, officials with the Albany Police Department told the New York Times the state governor may now be facing criminal charges based on the latest accusation, the most intrusive to date.

Cuomo staffers have stopped showing up to work as scandals mount.  Disillusioned staffers are abandoning embattled Gov. Cuomo, sources said.  "I hear that most people aren't even coming into work, and the offices at the Capitol are empty," said one well-placed insider in touch with staffers in recent days.  "He'll fight and fight and fight, but the staffers I've talked to are ready for him to hang up the gloves.  Everyone feels like there is an inevitable conclusion — I mean at some point will Biden call on him to step down?  They [staffers] just want this torture to stop."  Rebellion in the ranks deepened as Cuomo on Friday defiantly refused to step aside and blamed "cancel culture" for his downfall.

Cuomo Was Warned His COVID Group Home Policies Would Kill.  A New York State whistleblower says that another wrongheaded policy has cost lives to the state's most vulnerable, and he blames Governor Andrew Cuomo.  In 2011, Jeff Monsour won a landmark federal jury trial for whistleblower retaliation after he disclosed abuses in New York state's group homes.  He told The American Conservative that he and Mike Carey, whose son died in a group home over fourteen years ago, have been warning everyone — including Gov. Cuomo — of the so-called floating policy and its deleterious effects on COVID spread in group homes.

Cuomo's Nursing Home Scandal Should Have Already Done Him In.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo's reputation as the tough-love COVID savior of New York, promoted by the liberal media, is utterly collapsing.  He is facing calls to resign from the majority of Democrats in New York's House delegation and around 40 percent of New York's legislature.  Yesterday [3/11/2021], Democrats in the state Assembly opened an impeachment inquiry into the governor's actions.  And New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Chuck Schumer have now called on Cuomo to resign.

Five of Andrew Cuomo's other biggest scandals.  [#2] The Buffalo Billion:  Cuomo, in his first term, pledged more than $1 billion to revitalize infrastructure in post-industrial western New York cities.  The governor named Alain Kaloyeros, founder of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, to be the state's "secret weapon" in implementing the project.  Kaloyeros soon came under federal scrutiny for his flashy lifestyle and boasts of connections to the governor.  In 2018, Kaloyeros was sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a complicated bid-rigging scandal in which he had steered more than $850 million in building contracts to Cuomo's political allies.  The two top firms implicated, LPCiminelli and COR Development, were major Cuomo campaign donors.

Emmy Organization Silent After Giving Andrew Cuomo Award for Televised Coronavirus Press Briefings.  The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is remaining silent about the growing scandals surrounding New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), who recently received an Emmy award from the group in recognition of his daily coronavirus press briefings.  Breitbart News reached out the academy for comment, but the organization hasn't responded.  As Breitbart News reported, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) issued a joint statement Friday in which they called on Cuomo to resign.  Reps.  Jerry Nadler and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have also called on the governor to step down.

Abuse and Power Andrew Cuomo's governorship has been defined by cruelty that disguised chronic mismanagement.  In February, liberal State Assembly member Ron Kim, who had criticized the governor in the wake of that report, spoke publicly about how Cuomo called him at home and threatened his career.  Then the floodgates opened:  His adversary Mayor Bill de Blasio called the bullying "classic Andrew Cuomo"; state legislators Alessandra Biaggi and Yuh-Line Niou began openly suggesting that the governor's hard-knuckled approach to politics is simply abusive.

Maybe the pendulum is starting to swing on cancel culture.  [Andrew] Cuomo has a lot of blood on his hands because he insisted on warehousing COVID infected patients in old age homes long after it became clear that doing so was unnecessary (Trump had made enough hospital beds available) and that it turned old age homes into slaughterhouses.  It doesn't matter why he did it; it's enough that he knowingly, unnecessarily, and cruelly brought about the premature and lonely deaths of thousands of elderly people — and then lied about it afterward.  However, Democrats are afraid to attack him on this ground because it will expose several other governors to impeachment or criminal prosecution (e.g., Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, etc.).  Because he's a liability, though, they need him gone — and so they've rediscovered what everyone has known forever, which is that, like innumerable powerful, Democrat, feminist politicians, he's a groper and a lech.  And it's on those grounds, not on manslaughter and dishonesty grounds, that his fellow Democrats are now demanding he resign.

Cuomo's 30 new accusers:  Ex-staffers say he forced them onto anti-depressants, black speech writer accuses him of racism.  A group of 30 women on Friday [3/12/2021] spoke out about the bullying and harassment they faced while working with for Andrew Cuomo as the New York Governor insists he won't resign and is not guilty of abuse.  It came as a reporter came forward as Cuomo's seventh accuser, claiming she endured unwanted touching and humiliating comments while covering his administration.

Ex-Gov. Cuomo staffer says he hired her for her looks, then verbally, mentally abused her.  A former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo described how he spotted her at a lobbying event, "grabbed her in a kind of dance pose" and then had her hired for his office, where he went on to "verbally and mentally abuse" her, she told New York Magazine, recalling how he would critique her outfits and once threatened to "end" her career over her failure to transfer a phone call.  The account is one of 30, New York wrote, from women who spoke "about their experiences with Cuomo, almost all who worked for him commented on the extreme pressure applied by both the governor and his top female aides to dress well and expensively; some were told explicitly by senior staff that they had to wear heels whenever he was around."

AOC, Nadler Call on N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo to Resign.  Leading New York Democrats Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Jerrold Nadler called on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) to resign in statements issued Friday morning.  Nadler, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee released a solo statement that only cited the allegations of sexual assault and harassment against Cuomo while Ocasio-Cortez was joined by Rep. Jamaal Bowman in a joint statement that also mentioned Cuomo's deadly COVID nursing home scandal.

New York assembly approves 'impeachment investigation' into Andrew Cuomo.  The New York state assembly has authorized its judiciary committee to start an "impeachment investigation" into sexual misconduct allegations brought by six women against Andrew Cuomo.  The panel's investigation into the New York governor, which would run parallel to one being led by the state attorney general, Letitia James, would be authorized to interview witnesses, subpoena documents and evaluate evidence, said Carl Heastie, the speaker of the state assembly.  "The reports of accusations concerning the governor are serious," Heastie, a Democrat, said in a statement.  The assembly judiciary committee will oversee the investigation, which will have the power to interview witnesses and subpoena documents.

Cuomo faces new sexual harassment allegation, this time at Executive Mansion.  A sixth woman has leveled allegations of sexual harassment or inappropriate conduct against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, after a supervisor in the Executive Chamber recently became aware the woman said that the governor inappropriately touched her late last year during an encounter at the governor's mansion, where she had been summoned to do work.  An official close to the matter on Tuesday confirmed to the Times Union that the new allegation had been made.  The governor's office learned of the matter on Monday, an aide said.

Sixth Woman Accuses Gov. Andrew Cuomo of Sexual Harassment.  A sixth woman has brought forth allegations of sexual harassment against Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), claiming that the governor inappropriately touched her last year at the governor's mansion, according to a Tuesday [3/9/2021] report.

Cuomo Revelations Mean It Is Time to Re-Examine NY Fracking Ban.  New York's Nero is being noticed for what he is; a corrupt bully who only got where he is by virtue of his last name.  As tragic as the deaths of over 15,000 elderly in NYS-Nursing Homes have been, and as absurd as it may be that one of the biggest supporters of the #MeToo movement may turn out to a poster child for it, this is just the logical progression in Cuomo's mad pursuit of power.  He introduced new laws and legislation regarding sexual harassment in the workplace and now stands accused of the very trespass himself.  These grievous Cuomo revelations are a reminder, however of who Andrew Cuomo was from the beginning.

Dem New York State Senate Majority Leader Calls on Cuomo To Resign.  New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) is calling for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to resign after two more women accused him of sexual harassment.  In a statement on Sunday, Stewart-Cousins said, "Every day there is another account that is drawing away from the business of government.  We have allegations about sexual harassment, a toxic work environment, the loss of credibility surrounding the Covid-19 nursing home data, and questions about the construction of a major infrastructure project."  "New York is still in the midst of this pandemic and is still facing the societal, health, and economic impacts of it.  We need to govern without daily distraction.  For the good of the state Governor Cuomo must resign," she added.

Cuomo:  You'll have to impeach me.  Yesterday [3/7/2021] we learned that the senior Democrat in the New York State legislature called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign after two more women came forward with allegations of sexual harassment.  This didn't sit well with the Governor, who promptly told the press that there was "no way" he was going to leave on his own.  Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins was the highest-ranking Democrat in the state government to call for Cuomo to step down, but she was quickly joined by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie... sort of.  Heastie stopped short of using the "R word," but said that he shared the concerns raised by Stewart-Cousins and wanted the Governor to "seriously consider whether he can effectively meet the needs of the people of New York."  So with his own party in open revolt, how did Cuomo respond?  In a call yesterday evening, the Governor told reporters that if they want him gone they're going to have to impeach him.

State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins Calls For Cuomo To Resign.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo "must resign" as sexual harassment allegations against him continue to mount, state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said Sunday — after the governor reportedly insisted she'd have to impeach him.  In a brief statement issued shortly after a press briefing in which Cuomo vowed not to step down, Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) cited not only the mushrooming sexual harassment scandal, but also other black eyes including a looming federal probe over the Cuomo administration's accounting of the coronavirus death toll in nursing homes.  "Everyday there is another account that is drawing away from the business of government," said Stewart-Cousins.  "We have allegations about sexual harassment, a toxic work environment, the loss of credibility surrounding the COVID-19 nursing home data and questions about the construction of a major infrastructure project.

Defiant Cuomo ignores State Senate Majority Leader's calls for him to resign.  A top Democratic lawmaker in New York has called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign after a fifth woman came forward to accuse him of sexual harassment.  The latest allegations prompted State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, a fellow Democrat, to demand the governor's resignation in a statement on Sunday [3/7/2021].  'For the good of the state Governor Cuomo must resign,' said Stewart-Cousins, who has publicly sparred with Cuomo in the past.  'Every day there is another account that is drawing away from the business of government.'

The Rise and Fall of Andrew Cuomo.  As many as 15,000 virus deaths have now been attributed to Cuomo's March 25, 2020 policy of forcing the admission of patients who had tested positive for the China virus into nursing homes which held the most vulnerable to the virus.  The policy made no sense except as a payoff to the Greater NY Hospital Association, a major donor, (nearly $1 million in support of his 2018 election) which found the COVID patients unprofitable and wanted to make room for more lucrative patients. [...] He paid the donors off in another way, too.  Legislation which he signed on April 2, 2020 shielded the hospital and nursing home executives from any lawsuits respecting the China virus outbreak in their institutions.  The directive deliberately ignored former President Trump's provision of a hospital ship which made it to New York in record time and other quickly arranged alternative sites for treatment.  It was designed to help the donors and the Democrats fashion and enforce the notion that Trump didn't help New York, but that Cuomo was the man for the job.

Two more women accuse Gov. Andrew Cuomo of inappropriate behavior.  Two more women came forward Saturday to accuse Gov. Cuomo of sexually harassing behavior, including a former press aide who describes struggling to free herself from his repeated hugs, and a young assistant who now says he left her feeling like "just a skirt."  Former press aide Karen Hinton endured a "very long, too long, too tight, too intimate" embrace from Cuomo in a dimly lit Los Angeles hotel room in December 2000, she told the Washington Post.  The married Hinton pulled away, but "he pulls me back for another intimate embrace," she told the paper.  "I thought at that moment it could lead to a kiss, it could lead to other things, so I just pull away again, and I leave."  At the time, Cuomo led the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Third Ex-Cuomo Aide Recounts Inappropriate Behavior, WSJ Says.  A former aide of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo became the third woman to accuse him of inappropriate behavior as she recounted unwanted advances at the workplace, the Wall Street Journal reported.  Ana Liss, Cuomo's policy and operations aide from 2013 to 2015, told the newspaper that the incidents took place during her first year at their offices in state capital Albany.  She added that they were "not appropriate, really, in any setting," the paper said.

Andrew Cuomo blamed The Post — but HE was the liar and a fraud.  On July 24, 2020, Gov. Andrew Cuomo was asked about criticism of his handling of COVID-19 in nursing homes.  His response:  "I believe it is a political issue.  I think it's the New York Post, I think it's Michael Goodwin, I think it's Bob McManus, I think it's Fox TV.  I think it is all politically motivated.  If anybody looked at the facts, they would know that it was wholly absurd on its face.  People died in nursing homes.  That's very unfortunate.  Just on the top line, we are number 35th in the nation in percentage of deaths in nursing homes.  Go talk to 34 other states first.  Go talk to the Republican states now.  Florida, Texas, Arizona.  Ask them what is happening in nursing homes.  It's all politics."  We now know that New York scored as 35th in the nation only because Cuomo was engaged in a criminal coverup to hide the true numbers.

NY Dem Leader:  I'll Call For Cuomo's Resignation If Just One More Accuser Comes Forward.  State senate majority leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins told Spectrum News that she is "so, so disappointed" by fellow Democrat Andrew Cuomo and the three allegations of sexual harassment and/or predatory behavior that have emerged.  She's so disappointed, in fact, that she thinks Cuomo should resign ... if the number hits four.

Gov. Cuomo reportedly 'groomed' ex-aide for sex, 'derailed' her career.  One of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's accusers believes he "groomed her" for sex — and her lawyer says he "derailed" the young woman's career, according to reports Thursday [3/4/2021].  Charlotte Bennett, 25, spoke to the "CBS Evening News" for an interview set to air Thursday night and anchor Norah O'Donnell previewed her remarks in a video clip posted on Twitter.  Bennett, a former Cuomo aide, detailed the "shocking questions" that Cuomo, 63, allegedly "asked her about her sex life," including whether "she had sex with older men," O'Donnell said.

Former Cuomo Staffer: 'We're All Kind Of Waking Up To The Fact That We Were In A Cult'.  Today Gothamist published a story full of quotes from current and former staffers for Gov. Cuomo.  All of the people who spoke did so anonymously out of fear of retaliation.  As they describe it, working for Cuomo was a a very high-stress environment with a lot of unwritten rules: [...] That seems to jibe with some of the allegations made against Cuomo, but even Sarah (not her real name) didn't think Cuomo's kisses on the cheek were meant to be harassing.

There most recent sex claim against Gov. Cuomo is a doozy.  On Wednesday [3/3/2021], New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a teary apology during which he said that he didn't do anything he was alleged to have done but, if he did in fact do those things, he had no idea that they were bad things.  On Thursday, Charlotte Bennett, a 25-year-old former health policy adviser to Gov. Cuomo, told CBS that Andrew Cuomo explicitly propositioned her during an office meeting, in addition to crude, personal questions about her sex life.  Cuomo's going to have a hard time explaining that he didn't know he's not supposed to proposition employees almost four decades younger than he is.

Cuomo says he won't resign following sexual harassment allegations, insists he 'never touched anyone inappropriately'.  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he was "embarrassed" and "ashamed" on Wednesday over the way he behaved with women who have recently come forward to accuse him of sexual harassment.  "I now understand that I acted in a way that made people feel uncomfortable, and I truly and deeply apologize for it," Cuomo said.  "And frankly, I am embarrassed by it.  And that's not easy to say, but it's the truth," the governor added.  When asked if he would resign, Cuomo talked about the looming budget deadline of April 1 and insisted there is much at stake for New Yorkers.  Another reporter asked him specifically if he was saying he wouldn't resign, and Cuomo said yes.

Andrew Cuomo, patsy?  After sentencing thousands of elderly New Yorkers to death by seeding nursing homes with Covid-infected patients, Andrew Cuomo seems to be on the verge of losing his political future, and maybe his job, over saying unpleasant things to a few women. [...] To anyone with a sense of proportion, this must appear odd.  Don't accuse me of minimizing the seriousness of sexual harassment!  To say that it isn't as bad as killing thousands of people is not the same as trivializing it.  Few things are worse than mass killing.  How does one explain this focus on the lesser charge, when it has been known for many months (to consumers of conservative media, if not those reliant on the legacy blue media) that Cuomo has a copious amount of blood on his hands?  One explanation is that feminist groups have enormous sway in the legacy media, so their concerns trump those of the relatives of the prematurely departed.  But, the [f]eminist groups have been slow to denounce Cuomo.

Cuomo's Fatal Nursing Home Order May Be Payback For Major Campaign Donations.  Campaign donations of over a million dollars from a hospital trade association may have been behind NY Gov. Cuomo's infamous nursing home order, resulting in thousands of Nursing Home deaths.  In September 2020[, i]n the Wall Street Journal, Bill Hammond reported that one trade association came up with and sold to Cuomo the idea for his March 25, 2020 order that caused the deaths of thousands of Seniors in nursing homes. [...] According to Hammond, it was the powerful GNHA that came up with and sold the idea to the Governor, which resulted in the lame-brained March 25th, order which said, "No resident shall be denied readmission or admission to a nursing home solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19.  Nursing homes are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 before admission or readmission."

Assessing Andrew Cuomo.  The allegations of sexual harassment show Cuomo to be a boor, something many of us already suspected.  Reasonable people can disagree as to whether the allegations are just cause for removing him as governor.  The fact that Cuomo sent New Yorkers infected with the coronavirus back to nursing homes where, inevitably, they became super-spreaders is a far more serious matter.  And if, as may well be the case, he committed federal crimes when asked by the Justice Department about this scandal, this is just cause for removal and for criminal prosecution.

Gov. Cuomo is on the verge of being done for good.  Andrew's in the soup, that's for sure.  Wrap your head around this:  The New York Times is reporting that Gov. Cuomo took time out from coronavirus hot-dogging last June to offer tattoo-placement advice to a just-turned-25-year-old female aide of no particular expertise during a private, closed-door sit-down in the state Capitol.  Cuomo suggested "she should put the tattoo on her buttocks, so people would not see it when she wore a dress," the paper says.  That was probably sound tattoo strategy — except that 23 years after Monica Lewinsky became a household name it's pretty astonishing to learn that powerful elected leaders are still maneuvering women of a tender age into private offices and hitting on them.  Or, as Cuomo conceded to the Times, "mentoring" them.

Is mob justice now poetic justice?  Due process, like free speech, is rarely valued until its loss becomes personal.  Take Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.). Cuomo advanced his political career by positioning himself at the front of every mob pursuing political rivals, as during Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing.  Before hearing the defense of now-Justice Kavanaugh, Cuomo described the allegations against him by Christine Blasey Ford as presumptively true.  He not only effectively called Kavanaugh a rapist, without any due process, but demanded that Kavanaugh take a polygraph as a condition to be believed.  Cuomo was not alone.  Many Democratic leaders insisted that "women must be believed" when raising sexual harassment allegations and declared Kavanaugh guilty before hearing any testimony.  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) dismissed due process concerns for Kavanaugh, adding:  "When we talk about ... due process and justice, it must focus on the victim."  Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) said Kavanaugh was not entitled to a presumption of innocence and that men should "just shut up" and accept the allegations.

New York AG receives referral to investigate Cuomo over sexual harassment allegations.  New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) said Monday that she has received a referral letter to move forward on an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment made by two former aides of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.  James's announcement comes one day after a series of back-and-forth statements between James and Cuomo's office about the parameters of how such a referral was to be made, which James determined had to come from the governor's office, per state law.  Cuomo at first on Sunday suggested that James join the chief judge of New York's Court of Appeals Janet DiFiore in appointing an independent attorney to investigate the claims against Cuomo, but James said she would not accept such a proposal because she had sole authority over such a probe.

Alleged Sex Pest Andrew Cuomo Hires Lawyer Who Defended Harvey Weinstein, Woody Allen.  Embattled governor Andrew Cuomo (D., N.Y.) has retained the services of a high-powered criminal defense attorney who defended Harvey Weinstein and Woody Allen against allegations of sexual assault.  Elkan Abramowitz, a former federal prosecutor with close ties to Manhattan district attorney Cy Vance, will serve as legal counsel to the governor and his top aides, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday [3/1/2021].  New York attorney general Letitia James is investigating the Cuomo administration on several fronts.  Three women have now accused the governor of sexual harassment.  Allegations include unwanted kissing and touching, as well as inappropriate or suggestive comments, such as asking a 25-year-old female subordinate if she "had ever been with an older man" while the pair were alone in his office.

Andrew Cuomo was quick to tell others to resign over sex[ual] harass[ment] claims.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been quick to call for the resignations of powerful Albany lawmakers accused of sexually harassing aides — including known harassers Vito Lopez, Micah Kellner and Dennis Gabryszak — but refuses to heed his own advice now that he's the one facing multiple claims, critics argue.  The third-term Democratic governor faces three accusations of sexual harassment of his own within the last week, and has been called on by Democrats and Republicans alike to step down.  "Shouldn't the governor, the most powerful official in New York, be held to at least the same ethical standard as an Assembly member?" said John Kaehny, executive director of watchdog group Reinvent Albany.

We've known who Andrew Cuomo was for a long time.  It took Trump's loss for the media to care.  With Donald Trump out of the White House, the walls can finally close in on the media's once-favorite foil to the former president.  But despite the treatment of negative news about Andrew Cuomo as a revelation, we've all known who the New York governor is for a long time.  It's finally just convenient for his cheerleaders in the press to face the facts.  The latest twist in the Cuomo saga is the string of allegations from women alleging he sexually harassed them. [...] Journalists covering Albany have known for years that Cuomo is a bully and brute, and anyone pretending he hasn't been a creep is willfully ignorant.

Jen Psaki won't directly say where Biden's 'red line' is on sexual misconduct claims.  White House press secretary Jen Psaki reiterated President Biden's support for an independent investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday, but wouldn't directly say at what point the president views such allegations as warranting the governor's ouster.  Psaki was asked about Charlotte Bennett's accusations that Cuomo made sexual advances toward her — one of two former staffers, including Lindsey Boylan, going public with their claims.  The governor released a statement on Sunday acknowledging his comments to Bennett could be "misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation" and that he was "sorry."

Stick a Fork in Andrew Cuomo... He's Done.  Between killing thousands of elderly folks with his deadly nursing home COVID-19 policy, and the now two allegations of sexual harassment, the Emmy Award-winning Governor Andrew Cuomo has found himself lacking in political capital recently... and it just got worse.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has finally spoken out about the allegations against the governor, and called both of the charges made against him "credible."  "The women who have come forward with serious and credible charges against Governor Cuomo deserve to be heard and to be treated with dignity," Pelosi said in an exclusive statement provided to Fox News.  "The independent investigation must have due process and respect for everyone involved."

Third woman accuses Cuomo of harassment.  A woman who met New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the first time at a wedding has accused him of making an inappropriate advance, according to the New York Times.  Anna Ruch, 33, told the Times that the governor — who is under investigation by state Attorney General Tish James' office for alleged harassment of two former aides — placed his hand on her back.  The governor then put his hands on her cheeks and asked to kiss her after she removed his hand.  The Times account is accompanied by a photo of the governor holding Ruch's face.  She told the Times she felt "uncomfortable and embarrassed."

Unsurprisingly, another woman is accusing Cuomo of harassment.  Is anyone surprised to learn that another woman has accused Governor Andrew Cuomo of inappropriate behavior?  I'm not surprised.  He's a powerful man in a party that historically gives a pass to men who mouth feminist platitudes.  What's more interesting is the bizarre Democrat values at play in the Andrew Cuomo saga.

Low-level domestic terrorism:
Cuomo staff accused of 'incessant bullying,' 'constant threats,' local TV reporter claims.  A local New York journalist is speaking out about the apparent abuse she faced from the Cuomo administration as the Democratic governor is fighting to salvage his political career amid multiple accusations of sexual harassment.  "'You have a vendetta against him don't you!'  That was the last time I allowed someone connected to Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration to harass and manipulate me," former News10 reporter Lindsay Nielsen wrote in a statement on Sunday.  "It was during one of the many accusatory and threatening phone calls I received by his staff members that I realized this behavior was never going to stop.  It was shortly thereafter that I decided to leave my job at News10."  "The late night phone calls from the administration, the constant threats to call my boss, the incessant bullying to try to get me to stop doing my job and reporting specific stories... it would never end.  The tactics used were deliberate yet evasive.  They skimmed the line of inappropriateness ever so delicately as to make you feel like they were acceptable," Nielsen wrote.

The NYT Takes Andrew Cuomo Out on Lake Tahoe to do Some Fishing.  The NYT put a metaphorical muzzle to the back of the head of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Saturday in pulling off a political assassination through its reporting on the allegations of a 25-year-old former aide to the Governor.  A massive 2500 word story appeared on the newspaper's website on Saturday afternoon with on-the-record statements from a second former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo stating that the Governor had made clear his interest in having a sexual relationship with her, leading her to resign in November 2020.

Time to impeach the unmasked Gov. Cuomo.  Gov. Cuomo has long portrayed himself as a model of propriety — a paragon of virtue, competence, leadership.  Yet now a starkly different picture of him is emerging: that of a bully, a liar and, it appears, a sexual harasser.  The latest charge comes from his former deputy secretary for economic development, Lindsey Boylan, who's now running for Manhattan borough president.  In a 1,700-plus-word essay, she lays out creepy details of how Cuomo eyed her from early on; went "out of his way" to touch her on her "lower back, arms and legs"; asked her to play strip poker while flying home on "his taxpayer-funded jet"; and blocked her exit from his office and kissed her "on the lips" without warning.

Rep. Elise Stefanik:  Gov. Cuomo is a 'criminal sexual predator' and should resign.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo is a "criminal sexual predator" who "must immediately resign" over a former aide's detailed sexual-harassment allegations, a member of Congress from upstate New York said Wednesday [2/24/2021].  Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-Glens Falls) also said that "any elected official who does not immediately call for his resignation is complicit in allowing a sexual predator to continue leading the great state of New York."  Stefanik's remarks came after Lindsey Boylan, now a Democratic candidate for Manhattan borough president, published an online essay in which she accused Cuomo of kissing her "on the lips" without warning following a 2018 meeting in his Manhattan office.

Major cable networks quiet on sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo.  Several major cable networks failed to report on sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the wake of the Sunday accusations, according to a media watchdog group.  CBS, NBC and ABC were all silent on Sunday night [12/13/2020] — the same day Cuomo's former aide Lindsey Boylan tweeted out the claims against her ex-boss, according to the Media Research Center.  The group said the same networks' Monday morning news shows also failed to report on the allegations, which Cuomo has denied.  Fox News, meanwhile, ran a report on the news at about 6:10 p.m.  Sunday.  Boylan served as Cuomo's deputy secretary for economic development and a special adviser from March 2015 through October 2018, when she resigned amid scrutiny of her own workplace conduct.

Hack Networks Silent on Sex Harassment Claims Against Andrew Cuomo.  The network newscasts on Sunday night [12/13/2020] and Monday morning were predictably silent on the shocking sexual harassment claims against Governor Andrew Cuomo, a hero among liberals.  These are the same networks that praised his "excellency" and gossiped over the single Democrat.  On Sunday night, Fox News broke from the Democrat media and alerted viewers to the story.

Serious Sexual Misconduct Allegations Surface Against Andrew Cuomo.  On Sunday [12/13/2020], new sexual misconduct allegations were brought forward against New York governor Andrew Cuomo by one of his former advisers.  The serious allegations were made by progressive activist Lindsey Boylan who came forward in a series of tweets. [...] The allegations come as former Vice President Joe Biden is considering Cuomo as his attorney general pick, assuming Biden takes office in January.

"I Know I Wasn't The Only Woman" — Former Cuomo Aide Accuses NY Governor Of Sexual Harassment.  New York's Lindsey Boylan is writing the playbook for underdog progressives looking to pick off established Dems during hard-fought primaries in and around NYC (where progressive Dems, including AOC, Jamaal Bowman and others, have had perhaps the most success in upsetting/unseating establishment Dems — even some who might be considered members of the party's "liberal" wing themselves).  Step one:  Accuse a high-ranking Dem with massive national profile of being a nightmare "boss from hell", leaving a wake of traumatized staffers.  Step two:  Kick it up a notch by accusing them of "sexual harassment" spanning "years" while working in their employ.  That isn't to say we doubt the authenticity of Boylan's accusations.

NY Governor Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by former government official.  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been accused of sexual harassment "for years" by a woman who worked in his administration.  Lindsey Boylan was Deputy Secretary for Economic Development and Special Advisor to the Governor from 2015-2018.  The accuser, Lindsey Boylan, is also a former Democratic Party primary candidate for New York's 10th Congressional District in 2020, for which she came in second to incumbent Congressman Jerrold Nadler.  She is currently a candidate for Manhattan Borough President.

Andrew Cuomo Says He Learned 'Humanity' from Ted Kennedy, Who Left Woman to Die in Submerged Car.  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said he learned "humanity" from the deceased Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), who pleaded guilty in 1969 after he left the scene of an accident that resulted in a woman drowning.  Cuomo received the Edward M. Kennedy Institute Aware for Inspired Leadership, he announced Wednesday [12/9/2020]:  [Tweet]

Andrew Cuomo gave immunity to nursing home execs after big campaign donations.  As Governor Andrew Cuomo faced a spirited challenge in his bid to win New York's 2018 Democratic primary, his political apparatus got a last-minute boost:  a powerful healthcare industry group suddenly poured more than $1 [million] into a Democratic committee backing his campaign.  Less than two years after that flood of cash from the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA), Cuomo signed legislation last month quietly shielding hospital and nursing home executives from the threat of lawsuits stemming from the coronavirus outbreak.  The provision, inserted into an annual budget bill by Cuomo's aides, created one of the nation's most explicit immunity protections for healthcare industry officials, according to legal experts.

Sen. Raphael Warnock Deletes Easter Tweet After Being Accused of 'Heresy'.  Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), who was a prominent Atlanta preacher before he was elected to the Senate, deleted a tweet on Easter Sunday [4/4/2021] that drew allegations of heresy.  "The meaning of Easter is more transcendent than the resurrection of Jesus Christ," Warnock wrote in the tweet posted Sunday morning.  "Whether you are Christian or not, through a commitment to helping others we are able to save ourselves."  [Tweet]

The Editor says...
If an ostensibly Christian preacher says that by "helping others we are able to save ourselves," he or she is a heretic.  Jesus himself said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life:  no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."  (John 14:6)  You cannot earn admission to Heaven by your good works.  (Ephesians 2:9)  For this reason, lots of very nice and generous people are in Hell right now.  The Bible is very clear that few people make it to Heaven — most do not — (Matthew 7:13-14), and there's only one other place to spend eternity.  Some of the most popular preachers in America today are the ones who will tell you everything you want to hear and nothing that you don't want to hear.  (2 Timothy 4:3-4)

Randy Andy Cuomo's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.  The State of New York is in turmoil.  Well, more turmoil.  After months of Gov. Andrew Cuomo cooking the books on Covid-19 nursing home deaths finally coming to light, it seems the proverbial dam has burst.  In the wake of the nursing home scandal, there came the sexual harassment scandal.  If that's not bad enough, Mario's little boy has seen his emergency Covid-19 powers stripped by the state legislature and the state's attorney general has instructed his staff to "safeguard" any records that might be germane to the sexual harassment investigation.  Without a doubt, Randy Andy's glad the week is almost over.

Warnock Under Investigation for Role in Stacey Abrams' Voter Registration Org.  Senator Raphael Warnock (D., Ga.) is under investigation for his involvement in the New Georgia Project, a voter registration organization founded by Stacey Abrams, which officials say failed to follow state election deadlines in 2019.  The Georgia State Election Board voted 3-0 Wednesday [2/10/2021] to launch an investigation into Warnock's time as chairman of the board for the New Georgia Project in 2019, when officials say the group violated state election rules that require voting registration organizations to submit completed voter application within ten days after they are received from the voter.

'The View' Explodes After McCain Presses Warnock to Reject His Party's Extremism.  Wednesday marks the third day in a row of shocking blowups on The View.  Georgia's Senator-Elect Raphael Warnock was being blessed with heavy praise and softball questions from the liberal hosts when conservative co-host Meghan McCain changed things by asking him a real critical question.  But when she kept pressing Warnock for a direct answer, she faced the wrath of co-host Whoopi Goldberg and the show's producers.  Before this crazy part, each host shamelessly fawned over their Democrat guest.  A beaming Whoopi Goldberg couldn't contain her excitement.

Did Georgia Really Just Elect an Anti-Semitic Socialist Who Covered Up Child Abuse?  I was cautiously optimistic that the GOP would hold at least one seat in Tuesday's runoff elections in Georgia.  Frankly, I gave the edge to Kelly Loeffler, whose opponent, Raphael Warnock, had been exposed as a far-left radical who supports defunding the police. [...] Georgia hasn't voted for a Democrat for president since Bill Clinton in 1992.  Not even Barack Obama was able to win the state in 2008, despite the historically high turnout in favor of voting for the first black president.  But the mass delusion that Joe Biden is a moderate is still easier to swallow than Warnock.

Can Georgians Be Foolish Enough to Vote for a Hate-Filled Lying Phony Like Warnock?  Of course Raphael Warnock has no business running for a serious political office.  Still, he certainly is allowed to try. [...] For years Warnock would get up in church, week after week, and attack Jews in Israel, accusing them of horrific things that have no relationship to reality.  It was safe for him to do so.  He was preaching in a Black church.  Jews don't attend Black churches in any particular numbers, if at all, so there is nowhere safer to beat up on Jews.  Compare us to Nazis — who is going to take umbrage?  Tell a Black audience that Jews in Israel are like those who imposed Apartheid against Blacks in South Africa.  Who will stand and exclaim, "You are a liar!"  In a room where even Waldo will not be found, it is safe to slander Jews and Israel.  So, with no Jews in the church to bear witness to truth, this anti-Semite compared the prime minister of Israel to... former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, the ultimate racist encountered by Blacks in southern segregationist states like Georgia and adjacent Alabama.  Warnock used his Black church pulpit for years to attack Jews, to attack Israel.  Who can know or gauge how many truly decent, kind-hearted Black Americans in Georgia have been converted for life into Jew-haters for life by this evil man?  Preachers carry enormous influence.

I am appalled at the election of Raphael Warnock.  As an American who reveres our country, our founding, and our Constitution, I am appalled at the election of Raphael Warnock.  His beliefs, as declared over the course of decades, about this country, race, Israel, and a host of other issues are frightening.  As a Jew, Warnock's relentless anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statements are shocking, yet they represent a growing view within the Democrat Party, the Left, and the media.  And those statements were never condemned by Democrat Party leaders and the media.  In fact, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris campaigned hard for Warnock, and this morning the media are touting his historic victory without comment about what the election of such an extremist and anti-Semite means for the future of the Democrat Party and the nation.

The Warnock Media Blackout.  The last time there was an off-cycle Senate election, investigative reporting was the decisive factor in the race.  The enterprising work of the Washington Post, among others, revealed that the former Alabama Supreme Court justice turned Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore had repeatedly engaged in inappropriate behavior with teenage girls.  A trio of Post reporters tracked down four of those women, who attested on-the-record to Moore's revolting behavior.  Fast forward three years to a Senate race in which another set of lurid allegations has surfaced, this time involving Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock.  The difference: their political affiliation.  Like Moore, the allegations against Warnock involve the abuse of underage children decades ago.  They center on a Maryland church camp where a young Warnock served in a senior role, and where he was arrested in 2002 for obstructing a police investigation into alleged abuses taking place on camp grounds.

Camper Recounts Abuse at Warnock Church Camp.  Among the indignities 12-year-old Anthony Washington endured at the church camp overseen by Reverend Raphael Warnock: counselors who tossed urine on him and locked him outside his cabin overnight.  Washington, now 30, recounted the events in an interview with the Washington Free Beacon and said his experience at the camp resulted in a 2003 lawsuit that ended two years later, when Washington says he and his family received a large financial settlement.  Washington's account of the 2002 events provides the first direct insight into the alleged abuse and neglect that transpired at Camp Farthest Out, which Warnock oversaw as senior pastor of Maryland's Douglas Memorial Community church, and raises new questions for the Democrat, who is currently vying for a Senate seat in Georgia.

Loeffler to Warnock:  Say, why *were* you arrested for obstructing a child-abuse investigation, anyway?  A good question, and one which Raphael Warnock mostly dodged in the finale of the Georgia special-election runoff debate last night.  The national media coverage of the debate between Warnock and Kelly Loeffler focused singularly on Loeffler's deferral to Donald Trump on whether the presidential election was finished.  However, this exchange was the final word that Georgia voters saw in the only debate of the runoff season, and Trump wasn't even part of Warnock's rebuttal.

Democrat Raphael Warnock [was] Arrested in 2002 for Obstructing Child Abuse Investigation.  Georgia Senate Democrat candidate Raphael Warnock was arrested in 2002 for obstructing a police investigation into alleged child abuse at a church camp in Carroll County, Maryland.  Revs.  Warnock and Andre Wainwright, who both worked at Douglas Memorial Community Church, were accused in court documents of attempting to prevent a state trooper from interviewing counselors at the church's Camp Farthest Out in Eldersburg, Maryland, regarding alleged abuse at the church.  Warnock hopes to oust Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) during the January senate runoff.

Meet Raphael Warnock.  The Reverend Raphael Warnock, 2020 Democratic candidate for Senate from Georgia, goes off on a false and slanderous anti-Israel tirade in a 2018 sermon (video clip below, full video here). He accused Israel of shooting Palestinian like "birds of prey," compared violent Palestinian riots to peaceful African-American civil rights protests, and claimed that Palestinians are "struggling for water and for their lives."  As Uri Pilichowski states in a comment on the video, either Warnock is an anti-Semitic liar, giving it up to demonize the Jewish state, or ignorant of the realities.  Either way, he shouldn't be a major party candidate for a seat in the United States Senate.

Sen. Cotton:  Will The Media Ask Democrat Senate Candidate About 2002 Arrest?  On Wednesday, Arkansas GOP Senator Tom Cotton, citing a story that surfaced delineating how Georgia Democrat senatorial candidate Raphael Warnock was charged and arrested in 2002 after allegedly obstructing a police investigation into suspected child abuse, bluntly asked whether the media would even ask Warnock about it.  Cotton tweeted, "In 2002, when the police investigated suspected child abuse at Raphael Warnock's church camp for children, Warnock was arrested for obstructing the investigation.  Will the media ask Raphael Warnock why he interfered with the police investigation?"

Go On the Offensive In Georgia.  The battle over this [questionable] presidential election has had the fringe benefit of exposing exactly what the scams, grifts, and cons the Dems will use to try to steal the January 5, 2021 Georgia Senate run-off elections.  What the GOP needs to do is to keep up the fight to count every legal vote in the presidential race while ensuring that the Dems can't pull off the same scam again in two months. [...] Kelly Loeffler's opponent, Raphael Warnock, is a full-fledged Castro-kissing commie.  He did significantly worse than Ossoff in the general, and maybe the wife-abuse accusations had something to do with it.  By the way, the garbage Atlanta Journal-Constitution hilariously headlined it this way:  "Warnock, wife involved in dispute."  The article text notes that the Democrat "was accused by his wife of running over her foot with his car during a heated argument days before he filed paperwork to officially seek the office."  Yeah, that would technically count as a "dispute" in my book.

FBI Agents Thought Swalwell Had 'Sexual Relationship' with Fang Fang, But Dem Senators Halted Probe: Report.  Jerry Dunleavy, author of Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco, and former Justice reporter at the Washington Examiner, revealed a disturbing new "scoop" about the FBI's alleged investigation into House Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and his purported ties to a Chinese intelligence-connected woman known as "Fang Fang."  The report raises the alarming possibility that the Justice department politicized yet another investigation into an elected Democratic official.  "Scoop: Some new details below on the Chinese spying sagas related to Eric Swalwell and Dianne Feinstein — and on the FBI's handling of the allegations," Dunleavy wrote in a lengthy thread.

Eric Swalwell Was Livin' La Vida Loca, Spent $583K in Campaign Funds on Yachts, Resorts and Limos.  California Democrat Representative Eric Swalwell, recently kicked off the House Intelligence Committee because he'd had an affair with a Chinese spy, sure seems to know how to spend other people's money.  RedState has covered his profligate ways before, but now Fox News is reporting some new numbers that are truly jaw-dropping.  To wit, during the 2022 election cycle, Swalwell's campaign spent nearly $583,000 on travel expenses, using donated money to pay for limousines, flights, yachts, and fancy hotels.

GOP's Kevin McCarthy Will Attempt to Remove Eric Swalwell from Intelligence Committee.  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will offer a resolution to force Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) off his Intelligence Committee assignment after having a reltionship with an alleged Chinese spy.  McCarthy said he would offer a resolution to remove Swalwell from the Intelligence Committee next week.  This represents another attempt by the Minority Leader to hold Swalwell accountable after reported ties between him and Chinese national Christine Fang.

Eric Swalwell's relationship with a spy can't be ignored.  Earlier this month, before Congress went on Christmas break, the capital was abuzz about California Rep. Eric Swalwell's relationship with a representative of a foreign power whose interests don't exactly coincide these days with the United States.  The normally chatty, media-friendly congressman who was one of President Donald J. Trump's principal accusers hasn't had much to say about his relationship with Fang Fang (also known as Christine) who the FBI says was a spy for the Chinese government who cultivated relationships — several of which were intimate — with rising Democratic politicians across the United States.  She vanished, apparently back behind the Bamboo Curtain about five years ago.  Mr. Swalwell's still around though — and still a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the place where the early part of the plot to impeach Mr. Trump was carried out.

China 'Struck Paydirt' With Alleged Spy Who Got Close to US Politicians:  Journalist Bill Gertz.  The Chinese regime "struck paydirt" when one of its alleged spies got close to U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), said Bill Gertz, who is the national security correspondent for The Washington Times and author of the book "Deceiving the Sky:  Inside Communist China's Drive for Global Supremacy."  The alleged Chinese spy, Fang Fang, was the subject of an investigative Axios report detailing how she allegedly posed as a U.S. university student to focus on up-and-coming U.S. officials in the San Francisco Bay Area between 2011 and 2015.  She was allegedly working for the Ministry of State Security, China's chief intelligence agency.  Swalwell was a councilman for the city of Dublin in California from 2010 until 2012, before he was elected to the House of Representatives, representing California's 15th District in 2013.  The congressman, who is in his fifth term and serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, briefly sought the Democratic nomination in the 2020 presidential race before bowing out in July 2019.

Establishment media is poised to let Swalwell off the hook for Chinese spy story.  A congressman who ran for president was compromised by a Chinese espionage operation.  And yet, Eric Swalwell remains on the House Intelligence Committee without offering any real explanation of what happened, because ... well, it's good to be a Democrat!  Swalwell had been close enough with a Chinese intelligence officer that she was able to place an intern in his office.  Christine Fang (or Fang Fang) had been in contact with Swalwell as early as his days as a Dublin city councilman in 2012 and had fundraised for his reelection to Congress as late as 2014.  Swalwell has refused to discuss his relationship with Fang, who was also reported to have been in sexual relationships with two unnamed Midwestern mayors.  Instead, he claimed the story was a hit job by the Axios, which isn't exactly known for being the home of Trump sycophants.  He was joined in this deflection by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who instead attacked Republicans over the QAnon conspiracy theory that most people haven't even heard of.

Top Democrat Claims Ignorance About Swalwell's Ties to Purported Chinese Spy.  A top Democrat on Monday dodged a question about Rep. Eric Swalwell's (D-Calif.) ties to an alleged Chinese spy.  Swalwell has been pictured with Christine Fang, who is reportedly a Chinese operative.  Asked whether Swalwell should step down from the House Intelligence Committee until the extent of the relationship is known, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) immediately turned to President Donald Trump.  "I don't know about the committee.  But I know that this president has some ties to" Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia, Clyburn said during an appearance on Fox News "Your World."  Host Neil Cavuto pressed Clyburn again on the Swalwell issue.  "I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.  You're talking about appearances.  Just because somebody says something, doesn't make it so.  How many lies has this president told?" Clyburn added.

From China, With Love.  Congressman Eric Swalwell is a rather dull California politico more widely known for stepping on a frog during a televised news interview.  After years of slandering Donald Trump as a Russian patsy, his own goings on with a dishy Chinese spy, Fang Fang were revealed.  She had plied her trade bundling and bedding Democrat lawmakers with ambitions for higher office.  Starting out in 2011 as a Chinese national student at a Bay Area University, her work for Asian community organizations allowed her to infiltrate the offices of many upwardly mobile northern California politicians and officials.  The scope of her contacts with the Chinese consulate in San Francisco and involvement in Democrat political circles across the country brought her to the attention of federal authorities.  The FBI tells us that Fang traded sexual favors with more federal, state, and local lawmakers than we have been given names, at least one of which was videotaped during a counterintelligence probe.  With the feds closing in, she somehow slipped the net in 2015 and fled back to Beijing.  Her sudden escape, in the midst of an intense spy investigation, was a blunder all too common to federal probes linked to the Democrats.

Kevin McCarthy:  The FBI Briefed Me on Swalwell's Chinese Spy Problem, and It's Not Good.  Yesterday [12/18/2020], I covered a story put out by The Federalist (and later confirmed by The Daily Wire) that some members of Congress had been briefed on Eric Swalwell and his relationship with a Chinese spy named Christine Fang.  Part of that report was that it was confirmed by the FBI that Swalwell did have a sexual relationship with Fang.  That's been suspected from the beginning given Fang's typical tactics and the fact that Swalwell refused to deny the claim.  Well, it looks like we've just gotten confirmation the FBI did indeed provide such a briefing.  Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has announced that he was indeed briefed and that nothing he heard was good.

Did Communist Spy Know That Rep. Swalwell Was Being Appointed to Intel Committee?  The Swalwell Saga keeps getting curiouser and curiouser.  The Wall Street Journal tried to put the events down on paper but it's still not adding up.  Forget the juicy details of Swalwell's possible romantic involvement with a pretty young Communist spy.  The real questions that need to be asked have more to do with national security than anything that might have happened in the bedroom between a United States congressman and Christine Fang, a Chinese national that the FBI says was spying for the Chinese Communist Party.  Swalwell says he met Ms. Fang in 2012.  She worked as a fundraiser on his 2014 re-election campaign.  And that's when the fun begins.  Fang apparently had enough sway with Swalwell to name an intern to his Washington office.  But the vital issue is when?

Swalwell Tries to Deflect from Chinese Spy Story by Attacking Tucker Carlson.  Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) has made news in the past couple of weeks with the stunning news that he was among the people that a Chinese spy cosied up to in a long term effort by Communist China to influence politicians in California.  The FBI was just briefed on the effort to target lawmakers like Swalwell to get long term information.  As we reported earlier, now there are also reports alleging that Swalwell slept with the spy, Fang Fang.  If so, he's completely compromised and we don't know what kind of blackmail there might be sitting out there.  What was incredibly ironic about the accusations was that Swalwell had been a big Russia collusion truther when he had this information sitting in his background.

Eric Swalwell and the spy:  A lesson in how China is undermining us.  Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) represents the state's 15th Congressional District, which sits like a splattered trapezoid between Berkeley and Silicon Valley.  The Blue Man Group is less blue than Rep. Swalwell's district.  He has served eight years and was just re-elected with more than 70 percent of the vote.  He's as safe in office as a 450-foot home run.  The only reason we even know Rep. Swalwell's name is because he thought, as a three-term, 30-something representative, he could pole-vault directly into the White House and so ran for president in 2019.  No one in history has made that leap, but give him credit for youthful — if naive — exuberance.  In the end, his presidential campaign didn't just fail to launch, it didn't make it out of the hangar, lasting a fizzling three months.  But the campaign was not without some political value that Rep. Swalwell leveraged to become one of the most quoted and aggressive Trump-Russia collusion and impeachment howlers on the left.  The attention was intoxicating for a newer congressman in a large state whom no one normally would know or care about.

Anonymous source confirms Swalwell was having sex with Chinese spy Fang Fang.  It may be purely coincidental, but on the same day that House speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader McCarthy received an intelligence briefing on Eric Swalwell's relationship with Chinese spy Fang Fang, two highly regarded conservative journalists report that an anonymous source has confirmed that he was engaged in a sexual relationship with her. [...] I trust both [Sean] Davis and [Ryan] Saavedra more than I trust the New York Times, but the source remains anonymous, so we can't be 100% sure.  However, given that we know from intelligence sources that the Chinese Mata Hari was using sex with two unnamed Midwestern mayors, one of them quite elderly, and given that Swalwell refuses to deny a sexual relationship, it seems highly probable that he was doing the deed with the spy.

China, Spies, And Sexual Harassment: 3 Bombshell Stories The Legacy Media Are Hiding From You.  Early last week, Axios reported that an alleged Chinese spy, a woman named Fang Fang or Christine Fang, had "forged ties with Swalwell while he was a city council member in Dublin, California."  Fang had helped fundraise for Swalwell's 2014 reelection campaign, and even placed an intern in his office.  White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany excoriated the legacy media for their complete disinterest in the possibility that Swalwell — who still sits on the House Intelligence Committee and was a vocal instigator in the Russia collusion hoax — could have been compromised by a Chinese spy.  On December 17th, The Hill reported that the "CBS, NBC and ABC evening newscasts haven't dedicated one second to the story," that Rep. Swalwell was "barely pressed" during an interview with CNN, and that The New York Times had failed to report on the story in any fashion.  One would imagine that had it been a Republican Congressman who was accused of sleeping with a spy, the legacy media may have expressed more interest.

GOP Leader McCarthy:  FBI Stonewalling on Briefing Congress on Eric Swalwell's Reported Chinese Spy Ties.  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday he has asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a briefing on Rep. Eric Swalwell's reported ties to a Chinese spy and the agency has canceled two times.  "Swalwell is a national security liability.  This is too important for the FBI to continue to stonewall," he tweeted.

House Republicans Call For Eric Swalwell's Removal From Intelligence Committee Over Relations With Chinese Spy.  House GOP members are calling for California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell's removal from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence after it was revealed he maintained a political and alleged sexual relationship with Chinese spy Christine Fang.  "The House Intelligence Committee is instrumental in overseeing our national effort to counteract our chief global rival's espionage initiatives; for one of its members to have had an undisclosed relationship with a foreign asset in the manner described by recent reports is unacceptable and dangerous," the members wrote in a letter addressed to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

Mollie Hemingway:  Swalwell Story Increases Concern That China Controls Democrats.  Federalist Senior Editor Mollie Hemingway said Thursday that recent revelations about California Rep. Eric Swalwell's deep partnership with a Chinese spy heightens worries the Chinese have developed compromising influence on the Democratic Party.  "I think there's a lot of concern that the Democratic Party, that the Chinese have too much control over the Democratic Party and its agenda, in the same way that they have too much control over Hollywood and the NBA," Hemingway said.  "This is a big issue for the entire party."

New Information Indicates Democrat Eric Swalwell Is Lying About Breaking Ties With Chinese Honeytrap.  The hot news today has been Eric Swalwell. [...] Given Swalwell's story about being warned by the FBI, then what are we to make of the fact that the same woman was in contact with another California congressman who, it seems, didn't take any action at all when the FBI briefed him.  And if the FBI didn't brief him, we have to ask why that was the case.  Did they only brief guys she was banging?  Or is Swalwell lying about the FBI briefing because he knows the FBI won't confirm or deny those events?  And then there is the issue of whether Swalwell even cut ties with his honeypot.  How do we know that the lines of communication open between Fang and Swalwell's family were not used by Fang to receive information and to give instructions?

Zero security:  Nancy Pelosi defends Swalwell on China honeytrap.  Ever nonchalant, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she does not have "any concern" about her fellow Bay Area leftist colleague Eric Swalwell, having been the target of a Chinese intelligence honeytrap operation from 2011 to 2015.  Swalwell sits on the House Committee on Intelligence, which has access to some of America's biggest secrets as well as oversight over the entire CIA.  Swalwell, who has supposedly been accused of no wrongdoing (we will know for sure if we learn exactly what was in the FBI's defensive briefing to him), had at best been a naive dupe or else an outright collaborator who got away with it after he cut ties in 2015.

Schiff Refuses To Disclose Why He Withheld Details Of Swalwell's Relationship With A Chinese Spy From Intel Committee.  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff did not respond to The Federalist's questions about Intelligence Committee member and California Rep. Eric Swalwell's position on the committee in light of recent news revealing Swalwell's connections with a suspected Chinese spy.  When asked whether Swalwell's position on the House Intelligence Committee would be tainted or compromised by his relationship with Christine Fang, a suspected spy for communist China, Swalwell's office did not reply as of press time.  According to a new report by Axios, Fang leveraged her position and connections in California's Bay Area for years to gather intelligence on Democrat politicians and government officials.

China's extensive 'honey trap' spy network could involve thousands of ploys underway now, ex-operative says.  It is the stuff of a James Bond blockbuster: a young, attractive woman lures a rising political star into a romantic web, all the while collecting critical information to trickle back to her handler or big bosses back home.  Axios revealed this week that more than six years ago Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., began a relationship with a woman suspected of being a Chinese espionage operative.  He was alerted by federal investigators in 2015 and given a "defense briefing," which resulted in him breaking off ties to the suspect.  However, Swalwell wouldn't be the first or last political figure to be "honey-trapped" — with multiple former intelligence officials surmising that such schemes carried out by Chinese spies have long played out on U.S. soil, and remain ongoing.

While Eric Swalwell Was Sleeping With a Chinese Spy Adam Schiff Put Him in Charge of CIA Oversight.  When newly elected California representative Eric Swalwell arrived in Washington, DC, in January 2013, he brought three things with him: a reputation as someone to watch, having bumped off ossified 20-term Democrat incumbent Pete Stark in the primary; a crap ton of ambition; and a Chinese spy he was banging.  According to media reports, the spy, Fang "Christine" Fang, latched onto Swalwell around 2011 when he was a new city councilor for Dublin, California.  She became a bundler for his campaign in addition to other services performed.  Swalwell let her place at least one intern in his congressional office; as a freshman, he was slotted onto the Science, Space, and Technology subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee where Democrat Bennie Thompson was ranking member at the time.

CA Democrat Swalwell Says Relationship With Chinese Spy 'Classified'.  Axios released the story on Monday [12/7/2020], about Fang Fang, or Christina Fang, a Chinese national and alleged operative for China's Ministry of State Security, who was tasked with targeting San Francisco Bay area Democrats, particularly up-and-comers in politics.  "Fang met Swalwell in 2012 when her cover was a student in the Bay Area and became involved in activism and politics, moving on to fundraise" according to the Daily Mail.  The Daily Mail also reported that "intelligence agencies were so concerned about Fang's involvement in Swalwell's office that they organized a briefing for Swalwell, and he severed ties with her immediately."  Not long after, "she vanished... presumably back to China."

There Are Mayors, Governors, Senior People — Eric Swalwell Is the Tip of the Iceberg.  ["]I think there needs to be a gang of intelligent group investigations, certainly an acting chairman, Marco Rubio should immediately call the intelligence committee together.  They should get a confidential classified briefing on what Eric Swalwell new and how much did he give away.  Because the reality is he spent years downplaying the China threat and overhyping the Russian threat.  This is playing exactly into what the Chinese want people to do.  They want to be under the radar.  Eric Swalwell did exactly what the Chinese wanted.  We need to figure out are there others.  And I can tell you without giving away too much intelligence this is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the leverage that China is putting on our politicians.  There are many, many more.["]  [Video clip]

Eric Swalwell, a Chinese 'honeytrap' and FBI double standards.  Rep. Eric Swalwell cut off contact with a young woman allegedly spying for China as soon as the FBI gave him a defensive briefing alerting him to the situation.  Why didn't the FBI give Team Trump the same option — instead of spying on it?  Fang Fang, a/k/a Christine Fang, got close to several politicians, especially in the Bay Area, from 2011 to 2015, only to abruptly leave the country as the FBI was closing in.  US officials believe China's Ministry of State Security, its main civilian spy agency, sent her here to collect intelligence and gain influence with up-and-coming politicians.  Since Democrats dominate Bay Area politics, she focused on officials such as Swalwell, starting when he was a Dublin city councilman and continuing after he won election to Congress in 2012.  She turned out to have a good eye for talent:  The congressman became a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in 2015, getting the lead role in the subcommittee on CIA oversight.

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Hmmm.  I wonder how she knew "the FBI was closing in."

Swill this.  The story of the Chinese Mata Hari who embedded herself in Rep. Eric Swalwell's world — emphasis on bed — is impacting, as Drudge used to put it.  The New York Post reports, for example:  "Swalwell mum on sex with China spy, but family remains Facebook friends with honeytrap."  Swalwell was of course a prime retailer of the Russia hoax and the impeachment farce over the past four years.  The regnant cliché about Democrats and projection applies in spades to this vile lout.  Indeed, Swalwell is proof positive of its veracity.  Swalwell appeared yesterday with his buddy Jim Sciutto at CNN to unleash these howlers [...]

Kevin McCarthy demands answers from Pelosi on Chinese spy infiltrating Rep. Swalwell's office.  Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., was "so preoccupied with going after President Trump" that he was not "protecting the USA from bad actors," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said on Wednesday, reacting to a report of a Chinese spy infiltrating Congress.  "This is only the tip of the iceberg because remember what we're hearing.  These are Chinese spies that go down to the level of a mayor," McCarthy told "The Ingraham Angle."  "[China] helps a city council member become a congressman.  This congressman now gets on the intel committee.  They are only selected from the intel committee by the leaders of their party meaning Nancy Pelosi.  Nancy Pelosi is one of the Gang of Eight, along with myself," McCarthy said.  "Did Nancy Pelosi know this had transpired when she put him on the committee?"

Swalwell Refuses To Discuss Relationship With Chinese Spy Who Had Affairs With Two US Mayors.  California Rep. Eric Swalwell is refusing to discuss his relationship with Christine Fang, an alleged Chinese spy who cozied up to multiple California politicos and reportedly had romantic relationships with two U.S. mayors before skipping the country in 2015.  Instead, Swalwell is diverting attention from his role in a story about Fang, reported by Axios on Monday, by claiming he is the victim of a political hit job because of his open criticism of President Donald Trump.  "I've been a critic of the president.  I've spoken out against him.  I was on both committees that worked to impeach him," Swalwell, a Democrat who serves on the House Intelligence Committee, told Politico in an interview on Tuesday.

Eric Swalwell Implicates Democrat Leadership, Blames Trump for Revelation of Chinese Spy Who Infiltrated Him\.  In today's version of "You've got to be kidding me," Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) is blaming President Trump for the Axios report that disclosed his questionable relationship with a Chinese spy. [...] Is Swalwell alleging that Trump waited until more than a month after the election to out him?  Never mind that Swalwell was photographed with the woman he refers to as "this person," who went by Christine Fang, numerous times smiling broadly.  According to the Axios report, she had enough influence in Swalwell's inner circle to place an intern in his Washington, D.C., office.  She also helped with his campaign fundraising.  There are also allegations that Swalwell had a sexual relationship with Fang.  He refused to answer questions about this when Politico asked him.

Lawmakers: Remove Swalwell From Intelligence Committee After Link to Chinese Spy Revealed.  Lawmakers are asking Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives to remove Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) from a powerful committee after his alleged ties to a Chinese spy were reported this week.  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday night [12/8/2020] wondered whether Democratic congressional leaders were aware of Swalwell's reported links to Fang Fang, a Chinese spy.  "Remember what Swalwell said.  He accused the president of everything that he did, by lying to the American public and sitting on the Intel Committee," McCarthy said on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle."  "Not only should he be removed from the Intel, he should be removed from Congress as well."

Swalwell: 'I Was Shocked' When FBI Alerted Me About China Spy.  Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) told CNN on Wednesday [12/9/2020] he was "shocked" to learn he'd been hanging around with a woman who was here as part of a Chinese effort to influence up-and-coming politicians.  "No.  Jim, I was shocked," Swalwell told CNN's Jim Sciutto.  "You know, just over six years ago I was told about this individual, and then I offered to help, and I did help, and I was thanked by the FBI for my help, and that person is no longer in the country."  [Video clip]  Axios, which broke the story on Tuesday, reported that a "suspected Chinese intelligence operative" calling herself Christine Fang "developed extensive ties with local and national politicians," including Swalwell, who now sits on the House intelligence committee.

House Intel Republicans [were] not told about Eric Swalwell's relationship with Chinese spy.  House Intelligence Committee Republicans were surprised to learn this week that a member of their panel, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, was targeted by a suspected Chinese spy who slept with US politicians as a tactic to elicit information.  Swalwell, who represents a California district south of Oakland, received an FBI "defensive briefing" in 2015 on operative Fang Fang, but most if not all Republicans on the elite committee weren't told that a colleague had been targeted by China.  Fang, also known as Christine Fang, returned to China in mid-2015 as US officials heightened their scrutiny of her string of honey-trap seductions.  She reportedly fundraised for Swalwell's 2014 re-election campaign before he joined the Intelligence Committee in 2015.

Axios' Swan:  Swalwell Blaming Trump for Spy Story 'Completely Absurd.  On Wednesday's [12/9/2020] broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "Special Report," Axios reporter Jonathan Swan panned Rep. Eric Swalwell's (D-CA) claim that the Axios story about him and a suspected Chinese spy was leaked by President Donald Trump or his allies by saying the claim makes no sense to "anyone who has any passing understanding of how Trumpworld works," and is "completely absurd."

Eric Swalwell now thinks Trump colluded with Axios.  A new report from Axios details how a female Chinese intel operative forged warm and friendly relations, campaign and fundraising relations, even romantic and sexual relations, with California and Midwestern politicians between the years of 2011 and 2015 in order to influence their policies in American government.  In other words, she was trying to collude with U.S. politicians.  This is hardly shocking.  China wants to upset America's global dominance.  What is a bit shocking, though, is the fact one of her collusion targets, Rep. Eric Swalwell, who couldn't wait to impeach President Donald Trump for false Russia collusion charges, is now shaking off any negative press here by — get this — accusing Trump of colluding with Axios.  Or maybe it's Axios colluding with Trump.  Either, or.  Either way, it's ridiculous.

Why is Eric Swalwell still on House Intel Committee after Chinese spy revelations?  The defining characteristic of the American ruling class is narcissism.  The people in charge talk almost exclusively about themselves, about their limitless neuroses, their so-called privilege, their guilt about that privilege, their "identity."  No matter what they're saying, it's always all about them.  America's frame of reference has shrunk to the point where we can only see ourselves, and the rest of the world knows that — especially China.  China's leaders aren't frivolous and stupid like our leaders are.  They don't care what pronouns you use.  They don't hire people because of the way they look.  They have a very specific goal:  To knock the U.S. from our perch.  To accelerate this, the Chinese Communist Party has engaged in a ceaseless effort to subvert our leadership class, and that has worked more effectively than anyone imagined.

Time to throw Eric Swalwell off the House intelligence committee.  Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell is being questioned about his fitness for the House intelligence committee by Republican House leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, for his cozy relationship with alleged Chinese spy Fang Fang, a.k.a.  Christine Fang. [...] But instead of bowing out gracefully, though, Swalwell is yelling that he was a victim, not of the ChiComs, but of President Trump, whom he claims was behind the damning Axios report. [...] So Trump did it?  Trump was behind the Axios report?  That would be Axios, an internet news site run by Washington swamp thing Mike Allen, reported from U.S. intelligence sources, and done over the course of a year.  This doesn't sound like a hit job coming from Camp Trump.  Axios, remember, is on the center-left.  The intelligence community is on the left, too, and what's more, out to Get Trump.

Networks Censor Bombshell on Chinese Spy-Swalwell Relationship; Tucker Buries All of Them.  When it comes to claims of Russian collusion (fake or real), the liberal media have proven to be all ears.  But when it comes to the ever-growing threat from China, they're far less interested.  Whether it's due to their corporate interests, the Communist Party's tilt, or something else, the outrage was almost non-existent.  So, it was unsurprising to see how the major broadcast network newscasts refused on Tuesday [12/8/2020] to acknowledge a bombshell Axios story chronicling how a Chinese spy named Christine Fang "developed extensive ties with local and national politicians, including a U.S. congressman, in what U.S. officials believe was a political intelligence operation run by China's main civilian spy agency between 2011 and 2015."  That congressman?  Eric Swalwell (D-CA).  Thankfully, the Fox News Channel's Tucker Carlson not only covered this in his opening monologue, but went further by stating that "U.S. intelligence officials believe that Fang had a sexual relationship with [Swalwell]" and that his team contacted Swalwell's office seeking comment on all of the allegations.

FBI stepped in after suspected Chinese spy got close to Swalwell, other politicians, report finds.  A suspected Chinese spy got so close to a number of politicians — including Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. — that the FBI stepped in to disrupt the situation, even going so far as to give a "defensive briefing" to Swalwell, a report has found.  Axios reported that a Chinese national named Fang Fang or Christine Fang targeted up-and-coming local politicians, including those who had the potential to become national figures.  Current and former intelligence officials told the outlet that Fang used campaign fundraising, networking and rallies as well as romantic relationships with at least two Midwestern mayors to gain proximity to political power.  She also attended regional mayoral conferences.

American Pravda:  JFK, LBJ, and Our Great National Shame.  [Scroll down]  The first and most important of these works was LBJ: The Mastermind of the JFK Assassination, a hefty 2011 volume running well over 600 pages by Phillip F. Nelson, a retired Texas businessman.  Nearly fifty years had elapsed since Johnson's death, and Nelson did an excellent job of collating and compiling the overwhelming evidence of Johnson's long and extremely sordid political career, a career that allegedly culminated in the murder of his predecessor.  Johnson had been a product of Texas politics and during the first half of the twentieth century his state seems to have borne a strong resemblance to a corrupt Third World country, whose vast oil wealth and lucrative federal programs offered enormous financial opportunities for those clever and ruthless enough to take advantage of them.  Thus, Johnson was born dirt-poor, held low-paying government jobs throughout his entire life, yet in 1963 he took the oath of office as the wealthiest president in modern American history, having accumulated a personal fortune of over $100 million in present-day terms, with the financial payoffs from his corporate benefactors laundered through his wife's business. [...] Johnson's political and financial rise had relied upon stolen elections and massive government corruption schemes and these sometimes placed him in legal jeopardy.

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The article above is a composite review of multiple books about the Kennedy assassination.  It might take you an hour to read it, and another hour or two to read the comments that follow, but it is a real eye-opener.  The official explanation of the Kennedy assassination is simply not credible, and neither are the official stories about many other events since then.  Once you discover that the federal government lies to protect itself, and the news media willingly assist, skepticism and disillusionment will probably follow.

The Most Destructive Americans of the Last 70 years.  [#3] Lyndon Johnson [...] turned the Vietnam conflict into a major war for America.  It could have ended early if he had listened to the generals instead of automaker Robert McNamara.  The ultimate result was:
  A) 58,000 American military deaths and collaterally tens of thousands of American lives damaged; and
  B) a war that badly divided America and created left-wing groups that evaded the draft and eventually gained control of our education system.
Even worse, his so-called War on Poverty led to the destruction of American black families with a significant escalation of welfare and policies designed to keep poor families dependent on the government (and voting Democrat) for their well-being.  A life-long racist, LBJ deliberately created a racial holocaust that is still burning today.  A strong case could be made for putting him at the top of this list.

LBJ: The most corrupt US president.  [Video clip]

Here Are 3 Big Elections from the Past Where Voter Fraud May Have Changed the Outcome.  [Scroll down]  LBJ had first run for the Senate in 1941.  He lost by 1,311 votes and blamed voter fraud for his defeat.  In 1948, Johnson ran again.  On election night in the Democratic primary runoff against former Texas Gov. Coke Stevenson, it appeared LBJ had lost.  Then, as if out of a magician's hat, a box of uncounted ballots was "discovered" in the south Texas town of Alice.  By the end of that week, LBJ had "won" by 87 votes, earning him the title "Landslide Lyndon." Each side accused the other of voter fraud.

Voter Fraud in Presidential Elections Has Been Going on for at Least 60 Years.  It's Time to Call a Halt.  [Scroll down]  In Texas, meanwhile, Republicans charged that Democratic vice presidential candidate Lyndon Johnson, whose past recourse to voter fraud was legendary, had been up to his old tricks.  In his 1948 Senate race, voters helpfully voted in alphabetical order to put Johnson over the top.  Twelve years later, the Republicans contended, Johnson had made sure that tens of thousands of fraudulent votes were cast for Kennedy, while tens of thousands of other ballots, marked for Nixon, were invalidated, generally on the thinnest of pretexts.

Lyndon B. Johnson.  [Scroll down]  In the 1948 elections, Johnson again ran for the Senate and won in a highly controversial Democratic Party primary against the well-known former governor Coke Stevenson. [...] The runoff vote count, handled by the Democratic State Central Committee, took a week.  Johnson was announced the winner by 87 votes out of 988,295, an extremely narrow margin of victory.  However, Johnson's victory was based on 200 "patently fraudulent" ballots reported six days after the election from Box 13 in Jim Wells County, in an area dominated by political boss George Parr.  The added names were in alphabetical order and written with the same pen and handwriting, following at the end of the list of voters.  Some of the persons in this part of the list insisted that they had not voted that day.  Election judge Luis Salas said in 1977 that he had certified 202 fraudulent ballots for Johnson.

How Johnson Won Election He'd Lost.  [Paywall]

Don't Forget Box 13.  [Scroll down]  But then on Friday — seven days after the runoff election — South Texas's Jim Wells County, which was controlled by a powerful rancher named George Parr, a close friend of Johnson, sent in an amended election report.  Suddenly Stevenson was no longer winning.  Johnson had won the statewide election by a margin of 87 votes.  Stevenson decided to contest the election.  Johnson's victory, however, was affirmed in a 29-28 vote of the Texas Democratic Party's executive committee.  Stevenson didn't stop there.  He filed suit in federal court and secured an injunction against Johnson's name appearing on the ballot in the general election until the matter could be investigated and resolved.  The injunction was voided by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black after Johnson's lawyer, Abe Fortas, filed a petition in the high court.  After he became president, Johnson rewarded Fortas with an appointment to the Supreme Court, where he served from 1965-1969, when he was forced to resign due to ethics violations.  Many years later, Caro conducted a detailed investigation into the election.  He secured a sworn statement from a man named Luis Salas, who had been the election judge in Precinct 13 in Jim Wells County.  Knowing that Parr was not above murdering political opponents, Salas had waited until both Parr and Johnson were dead before talking about how the election had been stolen for Johnson.  Salas confirmed that Johnson's vote totals had been padded with enough names of the dead and others to give him his margin of victory.

Abuse of Power:  When LBJ Spied on Goldwater.  As liberals dig furiously for evidence of an abuse of power by President Trump against a Democrat presidential rival, let's hop into the time machine for a history lesson of what President Lyndon Baines Johnson did to Sen. Barry Goldwater in anticipation of the 1964 presidential race.  What LBJ did has not been bothered with by liberal journalists or historians, whose job is to ignore those transgressions.  The few sources to address LBJ's Goldwater malfeasance have been conservative ones.  That's all the more reason for liberals to quit reading now and cover their eyes.  Most recently, LBJ's shenanigans against Goldwater were addressed in Mark Levin's new book, Unfreedom of the Press.

The FBI Spied for LBJ's Campaign.  Every poll agreed that President Lyndon B. Johnson would easily win the election against the conservative Sen. Goldwater of Arizona.  But LBJ wanted a landslide so he could implement his Great Society vision without resistance and go down in history as one of America's greatest presidents.  For Johnson, extremism in the pursuit of victory was no vice.  Thus was born Johnson's "Anti-Campaign" to smear Goldwater's candidacy.  The operation was run from the second floor of the West Wing by veteran Washington-based Democrats like Leonard Marks, who would become director of the U.S. Information Agency, and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, then an assistant secretary of labor and later a U.S. senator from New York.  Typical of their black-bag politics was scheduling Democratic speakers before and after Goldwater's appearance in a city, smothering his message with pro-Johnson, anti-Goldwater rhetoric.  Advance knowledge of Goldwater's travel schedule and advance copies of his remarks were provided by a spy the Central Intelligence Agency had planted in Goldwater headquarters.

Get off your high horses.  Was it presidential when John Kennedy invited Mafia molls to the White House for a roll in the hay?  Was it presidential when he and his brother Triborough Fitzgerald Kennedy shared the sexual favors of a pathetic movie star?  Was it presidential when his successor, Lyndon Johnson — purveyor of the ruinous entitlement scam known as "The Great Society" showed his class in conducting press conferences from the toilet?  Was it presidential when Bill Clinton used government employees to find him sex partners?

The art of stealing elections.  Stealing elections is an old game politicians play.  Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president, got to the U.S. Senate in 1948 by "winning" the closest race in Texas history by a margin of 87 votes out of more than a million cast.  An election judge in tiny Alice, Texas, said he counted more than 200 names on the voting roll for Box 13 that were written in alphabetic succession in the same hand, same color of ink.  When a federal court subpoenaed Box 13, it was discovered to be "lost."  LBJ took his seat in the Senate.

There is no room on this website for tabloid gossip — like this:
Democrat Candidate Cal Cunningham Kicked Out of Family Home.  North Carolina's Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate, Cal Cunningham, has moved out of his family's Raleigh home and is now living with his sister, according to photos of Cunningham taken at his sister's house obtained by National File.

Democrat Cal Cunningham Gets Brutalized by the Local Media Down the Home Stretch of Senate Campaign.  As I wrote earlier this week, Democratic Senate nominee Cal Cunningham has become persona non grata in his own party now as we head into week four of him refusing to answer questions about the one, possibly two affairs the married father of two has conducted during the course of his Senate campaign.  It's gotten so bad for Cunningham here that not only is he skipping out on some of his virtual town halls and being dropped from local fundraisers, but Gov. Roy Cooper (D) was caught on hot mic during Joe Biden's Sunday visit to the state promising to drag Cunningham over the finish line in spite of the scandal.

Cal Cunningham's Campaign Just Went Up in More Flames With the Release of New Text Messages.  Democrat North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham has been in a race with Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC).  But this week, Cunningham's campaign has completely melted down with the news of a sexting scandal and alleged multiple affairs with women not his wife. [...] This can't play well in North Carolina and Cunningham keeps trying to say it isn't about his "personal life."  But it surely is about his honesty, his judgement and his deceit.

Woman confirms affair with Cunningham; texts reference sex at his NC home.  A California woman on Tuesday confirmed to The Associated Press that she had a physical relationship with Cal Cunningham, North Carolina's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.  Both are married to other people.  Wednesday morning [10/7/2020], the Army Reserve confirmed to WRAL that it has opened an investigation into Cunningham.  "The Army Reserve is investigating the matters involving Lt. Col. James Cunningham.  As such, we are unable to provide further details at this time," said Simon B. Flake, chief of media relations and public information for the Army Reserve Strategic Communications.  It's unclear why the Army Reserve launched an investigation.  NationalFile.com reported last week that Guzman Todd is married to a service member.

Chuck Schumer Wanted a Boring White Dude Locked in a Basement.  Cal Cunningham Had Other Ideas.  The next time Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) tries to lock a male Democrat in a basement, he'll make sure to take away his cell phone.  Cal Cunningham was Schumer's handpicked candidate to run for Senate in North Carolina.  Reports indicated Schumer's ideal candidate to challenge incumbent senator Thom Tillis (R., N.C.) would be as boring as possible and spend the entire campaign "in a windowless basement raising money" for "negative ads about Tillis."  Apparently, Schumer forgot to throw in a prohibition on sexting side chicks because Cunningham — a married father of two — was recently caught exchanging flirty messages with a married woman in California.

Cunningham cancels appearance after second allegation.  Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham canceled a planned town hall appearance as a second allegation against him was made public.  According to WUNC's Jeff Tiberii, Cunningham backed out of a previously-scheduled appearance to talk to voters on Monday afternoon [10/5/2020].  "I'm disappointed for the organizers who worked hard to put this together; also that we will not hear from Cunningham about sexually suggestive texts he sent to a woman (not his wife, nor mother of his children). Fascinated to see when he publicly addresses this," Tiberri said in a tweet Monday.

North Carolina Senate race in 'chaos' after Cunningham sexting scandal, Tillis coronavirus diagnosis.  The critical and expensive Senate race in North Carolina, central to determining which party controls the upper chamber, was thrown into uncertainty this weekend.  Within the span of just a few hours on Friday, Republican incumbent Thom Tillis announced that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, while his Democratic challenger, Cal Cunningham, acknowledged and apologized for exchanging sexually suggestive text messages with a woman who is not his wife.

NC Sen:  Cal Cunningham Admits to Sending Sexual Messages to California Strategist During Campaign.  North Carolina Democrat Cal Cunningham, who is running to unseat incumbent GOP Senator Thom Tillis, found himself involved in a sex scandal late on Friday night.  The Charlotte News-Observer reported that Cunningham admitted to sending a series of sexual messages to a woman other than his wife; the National File first reported alleged texts between Cunningham and a California public relations strategist, Arlene Guzman Todd, that his campaign confirmed to be authentic.

Sex Scandal Roils North Carolina Senate Race.  North Carolina has played a key role in Democrats' hopes to take control of the Senate this year.  Republican Thom Tillis is considered an uninspiring figure, while the Democrats seemed to have found a strong challenger in veteran Cal Cunningham.  But yesterday [10/2/2020] the news broke that Cunningham has been carrying on a torrid affair with a political consultant from California.  Both Cunningham and the consultant, Arlene Guzman Todd, are married.  The affair became public when someone leaked a series of texts between Cunningham and Todd.

Democratic VP Front-Runner Started a Spy Technology Company Partially Funded by China.  Arizona Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly faced increased scrutiny following news that he may become the Vice President nominee on the 2024 presidential election Democratic ticket.  Kelly found himself on the top of a shortlist of Vice President Kamala Harris's potential running mates, above names such as Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, The Hill reported.  The increased scrutiny has raised questions about Kelly's dealings with China.  As reported by Fox News, Kelly co-founded World View, a company that originally aimed to provide customers with space tourism using balloons.

Sen. Mark Kelly Owns a CCP-Funded Spy Balloon Company.  Last year, the administration allowed a Chinese Communist Party spy balloon to fly over our secure installations throughout the nation.  As it happens, Sen. Mark Kelly owns a CCP-funded spy balloon company.  Axios reported last year that Tucson-based World View, cofounded by now-U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly in 2012 and a vice presidential prospect, received venture capital from Tencent.  It is among the largest tech companies in Communist China.  He received funding from them in 2013 and 2016.  Tencent, like most Chinese tech giants, is integrally tied to the Chinese Communist Party.  Yes, but World View president and CEO Ryan Hartman told The Arizona Republic in 2020 that Tencent had "zero access, zero input, and zero control" over the company.  They still took money from communist China to create a lucrative business.

Astronaut Mark Kelly, one of the favorites to be Kamala's VP pick, literally owns a spy balloon company funded by a Chinese venture capitalist.  I did NOT have the Democrats' darling politician and favorite to be Kamala's VP, Astronaut Mark Kelly, as a Chinese spy balloon guy on my bingo card.  But, dudes, it's real.  [Tweet]  Yeah, that's a REAL story from the REAL New York Times.

Lawsuit breathes life into publication's claim that Mark Kelly dressed as Hitler at party.  Back when Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly ran for office in 2020, a black and white photograph surfaced of someone in a Nazi uniform, taken from a yearbook dating from the time the former astronaut attended the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.  The costumed Nazi was Mr. Kelly, dressed "as Hitler," said the National File, a right-wing online publication that also broke the story about another controversial photograph, one from Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam's medical school yearbook showing two men, one dressed as a Ku Klux Klansman and the other in blackface.  Mr. Northam first acknowledged he was one of the men in racist garb, then denied it.  Mr. Kelly, on the other hand, denied it was him from the start, and his campaign provided statements from former Kingspoint classmates saying the pretend Nazi wasn't him.

Arizona Senate Race Shaken Up.  Mark Kelly, Gabrielle Giffords' husband, is running for Arizona's Senate seat against Martha McSally.  Kelly, a former astronaut, is one of those Democrats who pose as normal Americans.  His cover was blown today when it came out that a key campaign aide denounced police officers as "worthless f****** pigs" one week before he went to work for Kelly: [...] [T.L.] L'Heureux deleted his tweet and locked his account.  Now he says his absurd attack on law enforcement didn't reflect "who he is," one of the lamest of dodges.

Kelly Campaign Spokesman Calls Police 'Worthless [...] Pigs'.  The campaign spokesman for Arizona Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly referred to police as "worthless [...] pigs" on Twitter in August, a comment that could complicate Kelly's effort to distance himself from radical anti-police sentiment from the left flank of his party.  T.J. L'Heureux, Kelly's deputy press secretary, posted the message in response to a video that showed Chicago police clashing with protesters over the summer.  "You worthless [...] pigs," wrote L'Heureux on Aug. 17, directing the message to the Chicago Police Department's official Twitter account.

AZ Senate Candidate Mark Kelly's Ties With China [are] Tighter Than Previously Known.  It's no secret that Democratic Arizona Senate candidate Mark Kelly has a long history of business dealings with companies with strong ties to the Chinese Communist Party.  But a new report details just how far back those relationships go.  According to the Washington Free Beacon, in 2003 "Kelly attended the annual Young Leaders Forum, a five-day junket co-hosted by the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs, which is 'under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.'" Kelly was personally invited to the conference by the Chinese government, with all expenses to the exotic retreat paid for.  The prestigious conference provided Kelly the opportunity to associate with high-level CCP officials and rising stars in Chinese society.

China infiltrates US — Hunter Biden, other examples show extent of the problem.  Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly's activities with the Chinese Communist dictatorship have become an issue in that state's senatorial election.  Hunter Biden's acceptance of money from allies in China, Russia and Ukraine has become an issue in the presidential election.  Some Democrats apparently find it hard to understand how ruthless and dictatorial their Communist Chinese business partners are.  In Kelly's case, riding around China with a Chinese flag on his motorcycle was probably good for selling products and putting money in his pocket, but it also helped legitimize the totalitarian police state Xi Jinping is building.  After all, if an American astronaut is comfortable waving the Chinese flag, can the dictatorship really be that bad?  Similarly, selling the giant Chinese conglomerate Tencent a role in Kelly's surveillance balloon company offers the Chinese dictatorship an opportunity to acquire surveillance technology that will help it further control the Chinese people.

For Mark Kelly, Attending Forum Hosted by CCP Was the Beginning of Lucrative Relationship with China.  The Chinese government invited then-astronaut Mark Kelly, now an Arizona Democratic Senate candidate, to an all-expenses-paid retreat at a countryside resort in 2003.  He left China five days later not only with a future spouse, former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D., Ariz.), but also with lucrative regime business contacts.  Kelly attended the annual Young Leaders Forum, a five-day junket cohosted by the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs, which is "under the leadership of the Communist Party of China."  The conference allowed Kelly an opportunity to mingle with high-profile Communist Party officials and rising stars in Chinese society.  Attendees included Cui Tiankai, now Chinese ambassador to the United States; Fang Xinghai, former director of the CCP's top committee on the economy; and Zhou Mingwei, the party's former top foreign propaganda honcho.  China analyst Gordon G. Chang said that party connections — such as those Kelly fostered — are "absolutely essential" for securing Chinese business deals.

Gun-Grabbing Grifter Mark Kelly Is Yet Another Democrat in Bed With the Chinese Communist Party.  We are currently witnessing just how important having control of the United States Senate is, especially as the Democratic Party is in the midst of its lemming rush off of the socialist edge.  Control of the Senate is up for grabs this year and one of the most pivotal races for it is happening here in my home state of Arizona.  Republican Sen. Martha McSally is being challenged by Mark Kelly, a Democrat who is benefiting mostly from money pouring in from outside of Arizona.  Kelly is a former astronaut and, of course, the husband of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who was a victim of a tragic mass shooting here in my hometown in 2011.  As a result of that, Kelly is vehemently anti-Second Amendment.  In fact, that is probably the only area of policy where his intentions are clear.  Everything else is boilerplate 2020 leftist garbage without many specifics.  Not only is Kelly a carpetbagger and Second Amendment hater, but he is also pretty buddy-buddy with the Chinese Communist Party, and the relationship goes back to 2003.

The Liberal Media's 'Rising Stars' Always Seem to Crash and Burn.  Yet again, when Democrats were desperate for an answer to Ron DeSantis who clearly had the political chops and conservative principles to lead the state of Florida, they fell for a phony whose shiny political veneer barely concealed his personal and professional indiscretions that crossed the line into criminality.  Andrew Gillum, who was supposedly the man to make Florida a blue state, imploded in spectacular fashion within years of losing the 2018 contest for governor.  First, it was the "incident" in a hotel room filled with baggies of pills, a vomit-covered pillow, and meth.  Lots of meth.  The former Tallahassee mayor apologized, claimed he hadn't used any of the drugs covering the room in which he was found incoherently babbling, and said he was retreating from public political life.  Until 2022, when he was charged with more than 20 felonies relating to his losing 2018 campaign.

The Democrat who was almost the governor of Florida was just indicted on 21 felony counts — and it's as bad as it sounds.  In 2018, Andrew Gillum ran against Ron DeSantis in the race for the Florida governor's mansion.  He lost that race.  Now, the former Tallahassee mayor may be losing something for more precious than an election: his freedom.  According to the Daily Wire, Gillum was just indicted on 21 counts related to crimes he allegedly committed in relationship to his campaign finances.  Gillum claims his innocence and says that the charges are political, but the charges are coming from the Biden Department of Justice.

Dirty Democrat Frequently Compared To Barack Obama, Hit With 21 Counts Fed Indictment Including Wire Fraud and Conspiracy.  The 2018 Democrat gubernatorial candidate and former Mayor of Tallahassee Andrew Gillum, who was frequently compared to Barack Obama, has been indicted on 21 felony charges, including wire fraud, conspiracy, and making false statements.  In 2018, Barack Obama called the Florida governor's race that pitted Republican Ron DeSantis against Democrat Andrew Gillum the "most important election of our lifetime." [...] Newsmax reports on the disgraced Democrat — Gillum, 42, and Sharon Janet Lettman-Hicks, 53, were accused of unlawfully soliciting and obtaining funds from various entities and individuals between 2016-19 through false and fraudulent promises and representations indicating the funds would be used for a legitimate purpose, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida Jason R. Coody announced.  The 21-count indictment also alleges that the defendants used third parties to divert a portion of those funds to a company owned by Lettman-Hicks, who then fraudulently provided the funds, disguised as payroll payments, to Gillum for his personal use.  Both defendants were charged with 19 counts of wire fraud.  Gillum also was charged with making false statements to the FBI.

Candidate That Almost Beat DeSantis In 2018 May Now Be Headed To Prison.  Considering the high-profile status that Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has achieved, it's easy to forget that he almost lost his state's gubernatorial election four years ago.  He may be the front runner to succeed Donald Trump as the GOP's presidential nominee during the next election cycle should Trump decide to sit it out, but in 2018 Governor DeSantis barely squeaked by the Democrats' candidate, former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum.  Fortunately for Florida, and indeed for all Americans, DeSantis succeeded in defeating Gillum the last time around, even if it was by only 34,000 votes.  Because, while Ron DeSantis appears headed to a landslide victory in November in his quest for a second gubernatorial term, Andrew Gillum may be headed to prison.

Andrew Gillum, Former DeSantis Opponent, Charged in 21-Count Indictment.  Florida voters dodged a bullet in 2018 when Ron DeSantis narrowly beat Andrew Gillum — then considered a rising star — to become the governor of Florida.  Their trajectories couldn't have been more different after that race.  Gillum's career blew up after he was found inebriated in a hotel with a man who was suspected of having overdosed on crystal meth.  Meanwhile, DeSantis has gone on to do great things for Florida and is now a highly-touted as a possible presidential candidate for 2024.  NBC reported on the indictment that is related to fraud during the campaign and noted he's retained Marc Elias for his defense.  [Tweet]

Report: Andrew Gillum's Sexual Affairs With Male Escort Were More Extensive Than First Claimed.  Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum had multiple liaisons with a male escort, a new profile reveals.  The former mayor of Tallahassee, Gillum's political career was derailed by a sex scandal in which he was found passed out in a hotel room with Travis Dyson, a male escort.  Gillum, who lost the 2018 Florida gubernatorial general election to Ron DeSantis, paid Dyson multiple times for sex, according to GQ.  Gillum had previously told talk show host Tamron Hall that Dyson was just a friend.  However, Dyson alleged that he and Gillum matched on Grindr, a gay dating app.

Police Photos Show Crystal Meth in Hotel Room Where Andrew Gillum Was Found.  New photos from the Miami Beach Police Department confirm the presence of crystal meth in the hotel room where former Democratic candidate for Florida governor Andrew Gillum was found after a suspected overdose incident in March.  Early in the morning on March 13, Miami Beach Fire Rescue were called to the hotel room by an associate of Gillum's who found the former Tallahassee mayor and another man in the room in an intoxicated condition.  The man told police that he suspected Gillum and the other man to be under the influence of an unknown substance.

Andrew Gillum's attorney confirms nude picture.  Andrew Gillum's lawyers have now confirmed that it was him who was lying on the tile floor and apparently "under the influence of an unknown substance" during an apparent overdose at the Mondrian Hotel on Miami Beach," as we posted here.  According to Alex Spiros, an attorney at Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP in New York City, in a cease and desist letter our news outlet received from his firm regarding the overdose incident at the Mondrian Hotel on Miami Beach that involved Gillum, our story was a "violation of Mr. Gillum's privacy rights" and was "merely an appeal to prurient interests, and serves no legitimate news-related purpose."

After Getting Drunk and Being Found in a Hotel Room with Meth and an Alleged Gay Escort, Andrew Gillum Heads to Rehab.  Well, maybe this was a predictable result of what appears to be quite a night for former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum.  He was found in a hotel room last week totally drunk and incapable of speaking with police.  Oh, and did we mention that there were bags of meth and reported gay escorts in the room as well?  Yes.  The other man involved was reportedly suffering a drug overdose.  Gillum did not take any drugs or sexual activity, but this is an embarrassing story for one of the state's rising stars.  It's quite the public relations mess[.]

After Being Discovered Wasted and Naked in a Hotel Room With a Gay Male Escort and Bags of Crystal Meth, Andrew Gillum Says...  It was only a matter of time before the familiar "entering rehab" and "apologize to my family" excuse was trotted out by former Florida gubernatorial candidate and CNN contributor, Andrew Gillum.  After being discovered naked in a hotel room with an overdosed gay male escort and three bags of crystal meth next to the bed, Andrew Gillum says he is withdrawing from public life to deal with "deeper struggles".

Top Democrat Andrew Gillum says he is entering rehab.  Former Florida candidate for governor Andrew Gillum disclosed Sunday that he is entering a rehabilitation facility, saying he had fallen into a depression and alcohol abuse after losing his bid for the state's highest post.

Andrew Gillum's naked meth party:  Is there police BodyCam footage?  Former Tallahassee Mayor and Democrat star Andrew Gillum was found naked and vomiting in a Miami hotel room with a male prostitute overdosing on methamphetamine in an apparent sex orgy gone wrong.  Gillum has been touted as a rising star in the Democrat party.  He ran against sitting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the 2018 election.  Gillum lost despite having President Barack Obama's endorsement.  Miami Dade police found Gillum, 40 years old, incoherent when they responded to a cardiac arrest 911 call at the Mondrian South Beach Hotel.  BodyCam footage of the police interactions is certain to exist and will almost certainly be released

Florida's vaunted 'making history' man, Andrew Gillum, gets caught with his pants down.  Andrew Gillum, the corruption-tinged left-wing mayor of Tallahassee, who less than two years ago darn near got elected goveror of Florida, based on a glowing 'making history' press narrative, has been caught naked, in a hotel room with a gay "escort," barfing over a toilet, and too inchoate to answer questions from cops, who were called in to hose out a $220 a night Miami hotel room of meth baggies.  The self-described porn star in the room had a profile on "Rent Men" and being that he was with Gillum and another guy, naked, was in what cops reportedly suspected was a orgy.  Someone knew about this stuff long before this became news.  But somehow, it never made the press.

Andrew Gillum's political career questioned after Miami Beach hotel room incident.  Andrew Gillum's carefully cultivated image as a rising political star and God-fearing family man came crashing down after he was found in a Miami Beach hotel room with two men and baggies of suspected meth.  The former Tallahassee, Fla., mayor was in Tallahassee on Monday to energize college voters at Florida State and Florida A&M University, where his political ambitions were born.  But four days later, his well-publicized effort to register a million voters ahead of Election Day was in major doubt, along with his once-promising political career.

This is the gay escort found overdosed on meth in a South Beach hotel room with top Florida Democrat Andrew Gillum.  Andrew Gillum, a married father-of-three who narrowly missed out on becoming Florida's first black governor, was too 'inebriated' to speak when cops arrived at the ritzy Mondrian Hotel in Miami's South Beach party district.  He was inside the room early Friday with two more men, one of them a 30-year-old male escort named Travis Dyson who was being treated by paramedics for a suspected drug overdose.  Cops found three plastic bags of suspected crystal meth and the third man present, Aldo Mejias, 56, told officers that Gillum and Dyson had been 'under the influence of an unknown substance', according to a police report obtained by DailyMail.com.

FL Dem Star Andrew Gillum Caught Up In Crystal Meth.  At first, it almost seemed surreal — a tweet by outspoken conservative Candice Owens that Florida's almost-governor and CNN's new contributor, Andrew Gillum, was caught in a Miami hotel room where a substance suspected to be crystal meth was also present.  But a police report offers a vivid account of the prominent Florida Democrat at the scene.  Could this be another Andrew Gillum, we wondered?  Are we certain?  Is the home address on the report the one for the man who gave Gov. Ron DeSantis a run for his money and almost replaced him as head of the Sunshine State?  Indeed, all the facts available at this time show that the man they found inebriated and vomiting in a Miami hotel room as another man in the room was in cardiac arrest is the same Tallahassee Democrat.

Florida governor wannabe Andrew Gillum has the ultimate Florida Man moment.  Andrew Gillum, the former Mayor of Tallahassee, was the Democrat candidate for governor in 2016. Ultimately Ron DeSantis won by almost 34,000 votes.  Florida may have dodged a bullet.  On Friday, Candace Owens published on Twitter photos of a police report in which Gillum figured prominently with a sordid tale of drugs and, possibly, a gay sex orgy.  According to the police report, in the early hours of February 13, Miami Beach police responded to a possible overdose in a hotel room.  When they arrived, they discovered three men:  Travis Dyson, the man who overdosed; Aldo Mejias, who made the 911 call; and Andrew Gillum.

Police Report:  Andrew Gillum Involved in Suspected Crystal Meth Incident.  Failed Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum (D) was allegedly involved in a suspected crystal meth incident on Friday morning [3/13/2020] at a Miami Beach hotel, according to a local police report.  The Miami Beach Police Department report states officers found Gillum inside a West Avenue hotel room with two other men shortly before 1:00 a.m., where first responders were providing medical attention to one of the individuals for a possible drug overdose.

Rashida Tlaib Speaks at Detroit Conference Tied to Terrorist Group.  Over the weekend, while most Americans were barbecuing and honoring our fallen soldiers, U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was in Detroit, speaking at a conference alongside two people with links to a U.S. designated terrorist organization.  Tlaib was a surprise speaker Saturday at the three-day "People's Conference for Palestine."  Minutes before she took the stage at the Huntington Place convention center, hundreds of attendees, many dressed in keffiyehs, danced and sang along to music, which one of the organizers told the crowd was a "medley of songs from the first Intifada."  Then he introduced Tlaib, who walked up to the podium with her fist in the air as the audience stood and cheered.  In her 15-minute talk, the Michigan congresswoman accused Israel of "war crimes" and called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "murderous war criminal."  She also appeared to threaten Joe Biden's election prospects in her state.

Biden's Clean Energy Scam Fund.  Buried in all the trillions of dollars of Biden's stimulus bills is a reboot of the Obama-era fund that poured billions into failed Green Tech companies that left Obama cronies infinitely richer and the rest of us substantially poorer.  You remember, right?  In Obama's stimulus package, $80 billion was set aside to squander on people who could talk a good game about transforming energy, and who just happened to be politically connected.  It was a nice scam for them, infuriated people like you and me, and provided some minor dark humor to people who are so cynical that they just expect everything that happens in government to be a scam.  Out of this, we got Solyndra, Fisker Automotive, A123 battery, and a lot of companies that never became household names, but left a lot of scammers wealthy.  Well, Biden is good at one and only one thing:  being corrupt, he took Obama's $80 billion and quintupled the size of the "loan" fund to a massive $400 billion, and according to [Kimberly] Strassel the loan fund is indeed a well-oiled machine for distributing taxpayer cash to politically-connected friends of the president's team.

Tlaib and the Turncoats.  Ardent anti-Israel Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D) thanked and praised one of the anti-Zionist Jewish groups that violent assaulted the Democratic National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill on Nov. 15, where six officers were injured and Tlaib's Democratic colleagues had to be whisked away by police for their safety.  She told a Nov. 20 organizing webinar by the group If Not Now:  "As someone who is the only Palestinian American in Congress, when I am looking through and see you doing all of this, it makes me march on floor a little bit stronger.  When I go on the house floor, despite being censured, your group makes me feel I am not alone."  Tlaib made no mention of the more than 200 Israeli and international citizens, including infants, who Hamas took hostage in its Oct. 7 assault on Israel, nor the more than 1,200 Israelis killed including decapitated babies and girls sexually mutilated at a kibbutz outside Gaza[.]

Arizona State Cancels Event With Democrat Rashida Tlaib After She Called For Genocide Of Israel:  Report.  Arizona State University canceled an event that the school was set to host on Friday featuring Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), which comes after she openly expressed support for the elimination of the state of Israel.  The Arizona Republic reported that the event, dubbed "Palestine is an American Issue," was set to be hosted by the far-Left group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), according to a bipartisan group of Arizona state lawmakers.  The event was canceled after the lawmakers signed a letter titled, "Congresswoman Tlaib's Extremist, Antisemitic Views Are Not Welcome in the State of Arizona."  "The State of Arizona is a safe place for Jews, both on and off campus, and the antisemitic rants regurgitated by SJP and others are not representative of Arizona values," the lawmakers said. "Students supporting Israel have been verbally and physically assaulted on campus in recent days, requiring police escort during SJP rallies."  The lawmakers noted Tlaib's repeated anti-Semitic remarks and her "support [for] the destruction of the state of Israel."

The Ugly Face of Antisemitism Is Female.  When it comes to antisemitism in the Western world, the face is wretchedly ugly and, in large part, female.  It starts in the halls of Congress and oozes its insidious way onto college campuses and fills city streets.  Too many women loathe Jews and support Hamas, and they need to be shamed for it.  It is ignorant, it is evil ... and it is the antithesis of feminism.  Rashida Tlaib, of course, distinguishes herself when it comes to Jew hatred; her smug face is the very embodiment of the dangerous "From the river to sea" slur that calls for the extermination of Israel and its Jewish citizens.  Yes, she was finally censured for her hatred, but she's still there in Congress, and it seems like only a matter of time before she's running through its halls screaming, "Allahu Akbar!"  You know she would do it, if she thought she could get away with it.  Tlaib is a known enemy of our country, but it would be foolish to think she and her fellow Hamas Caucus members are just part of a small minority of women pushing the pro-Hamas, anti-Israel rhetoric.

Rashida Tlaib [is a] member of [a] secret Facebook group where Hamas terrorists [are] glorified.  Rep. Rashida Tlaib is part of a secret social media group in which its members have glamorized Hamas in its war battle with Israel after the terror group attacked and killed hundreds of innocent Israeli civilians last month, Fox News Digital has found.  The Michigan Democrat is a member of the Palestinian American Congress group on Facebook.  The group is hidden from non-members and does not appear on the platform's search engine, though Fox News Digital was able to gain access to it.  The group's founder, Maher Abdel-qader, who has extensive ties to Tlaib and has also been linked to other liberal politicians, has come under fire in the past for his antisemitic social media posts, including questioning if the Holocaust ever occurred.

What Rashida Tlaib reveals about how the left really feels on antisemitism.  According to Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the term "from the river to the sea," is a call for "freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence."  According to many others, including Hamas, it is a call to destroy Israel even at the cost of Jewish lives.  Even after being censured by the House of Representatives for her antisemitic remarks and for spreading Hamas propaganda, with 22 Democrats voting to rebuke her, Tlaib doubled down, saying she would not be silenced and that her words were being distorted.  So how are we to determine where pro-Palestinian sentiment ends and antisemitism begins?

Report: Six Rashida Tlaib Fundraisers [are] Connected to Terrorism.  A new watchdog report claims that at least six fundraisers for Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) are connected to terrorism.  According to the Washington Free Beacon, the report from the Canary Mission, an organization which monitors anti-Semitism in the United States, declares that at least "six terror-linked activists who all served as co-hosts for fundraisers for her 2018 congressional campaign," when she was first elected to Congress.  Among these six individuals, one of them, Mwafaq Jbara, "met with a Hamas co-founder while [both were] in a maximum-security Israeli jail."  Jbara, one of the 2018 fundraisers for Tlaib, is also reported to have "called for the death of Jews and praised the terrorist who killed U.S. Army veteran Taylor Force."  Another Tlaib fundraiser, Sheikh Muhammad Qatanani, has been threatened with deportation from the United States after failing to disclose the fact that he was convicted "by an Israeli military court for providing material support to Hamas."

Tlaib Tlies.  The House of Representatives handily passed a resolution censuring Rep. Rashida Tlaib for "promoting false narratives" and calling for the destruction of Israel by a vote of 234 to 188.  The censure resolution is posted online here.  Tlaib promotes the destruction of Israel "from the river to the sea," as the slogan has it and as the resolution points out (i.e., the slogan is "widely recognized as a genocidal call to violence to destroy the state of Israel and its people to replace it with a Palestinian state extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea").  Tlaib holds herself out as a courageous Palestinian Arab.  She brags that she is "from Detroit, where I learned to speak truth to power, even if my voice shakes."  She allegedly "speaks truth to power" in mind-numbing slogans, including that one.  On the contrary, however, Tlaib lacks the courage of her convictions.  She farcically asserts that "from the river to the sea" is "an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence."  She cowers like a Hamasnik in Doha or an underground tunnel.  The gentleman in the video below briefly exposes Tlaib's tlie.  [Tweet with video clip]

Rashida Tlaib Releases Astonishing Propaganda Video That Confirms Her Hatred for Jews.  It's hard to imagine there's a more antisemitic person in the U.S. than Congress' own Rashida Tlaib.  Every time she opens her mouth these days, she spews incendiary, hateful rhetoric against the Jewish state, even as Jews in her own country fear for their safety.  The fact is, Tlaib doesn't care about them and probably would prefer they go away — by any means necessary.  It's clear she doesn't care about those who are being held hostage in Gaza after being brutally ripped from their homes in Israel.  She hasn't once expressed remorse about that or called for them to be returned to their families.  No, Rashida Tlaib is 100 percent aligned, instead, with the antisemitic mobs that, throbbing with self-righteous rage, are taking to college campuses and the streets of U.S. cities demanding, well, the extermination of Jews.  Those are her people, and there's no denying it.

Rashida Tlaib Kept up to $100,000 in Rental Income During Pandemic While Calling for Rent Cancellation.  Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) kept up to $100,000 in rental income during the coronavirus pandemic despite calling on Congress to cancel rent, according to her most recent financial disclosures.  Tlaib's financial disclosure report, released Thursday [8/11/2022], showed she received anywhere from $15,001 to $50,000 in rental income in 2021, Fox News reported.  Tlaib received this rental income from a Detroit property she owns.  Her rental income from 2021 is on top of the $15,001 to $50,000 she already reported for 2020, bringing her total rental income throughout the pandemic to anywhere from $30,000 to $100,000.  However, while the Michigan congresswoman was collecting a steady flow of rent checks, she was at the forefront of a progressive movement in Congress to cancel rent and mortgage payments during the pandemic.

Did Rashida Tlaib Just Commit Treason?  The noble and patriotic Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Gaza) has a big new idea: defund not only the police, but Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  Why?  Because they engage in terrorism, of course.  The Democrat effort to scapegoat and criminalize all opposition to the Leftist agenda in response to their imaginary January 6 "insurrection" is gathering steam, and now Tlaib wants to take it even farther, treating organizations dedicated to defending the United States as if they were enemies of the state.  In the Left's new America, that's exactly what they are.

Squad member Rashida Tlaib calls to defund Homeland Security and all border and immigration agencies.  Rashida Tlaib called on Congress in a Wednesday interview to defund every federal enforcement agency tasked with protecting U.S. borders as Joe Biden's administration continues to struggle to address a growing migration crisis at the southern border.  'We must eliminate funding for CBP [Customs and Border Protection], ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and their parent organization DHS [Department of Homeland Security],' the progressive 'squad' member demanded.  Tlaib insisted during a virtual interview published Wednesday with Just Futures Law, an immigrants rights group, that advocates and human service agents 'continue to see over and over again that these agencies are inept.'

Crazed Squad Member Rashida Tlaib Gets Heated After Questioning Bank Execs On 'Environmental Racism'.  Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan's 13th congressional district, is a close political ally of socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who constantly pushes for a massive multi-trillion 'Green New Deal.'  Tlaib's bank questioning appears to be a precursor to introducing regulation to micromanage which companies get loans.  "Are you familiar with the term environmental racism?" Tlaib went around asking different bank executives from Chase Bank, Citigroup, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and Well Fargo.  The Michigan representative became frustrated after she learned that most of the executives did not know what environmental racism was or very familiar with it.

Our Democrat Rulers Can't Be Serious.  Michigan representative Rashida Tlaib says she wants to do away with policing in the United States.  Following the April encounter between Daunte Wright and police that ended in Wright's shooting, Tlaib said, "I am done with those who condone government-funded murder.  No more policing, incarceration, and militarization.  It can't be reformed."  Tlaib, like all Democrats who call for defunding the police or for more restrictive gun laws and the like, lives in a low-crime, affluent area and enjoys the personal safety benefits of armed security.  Unsurprisingly, she is a total hypocrite.  Her statements are not serious on any level, not as a matter of public policy and not as they pertain to her.  Her utterance is meant as a self-serving, publicity-grabbing instrument, to solidify her voting base and make her required payments to the sympathetic liberal media.

Tlaib: Senate Would Have Removed Trump From Office If He 'Looked Like Me' Or Obama.  Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) claimed Tuesday that the Senate would have convicted President Donald Trump during his impeachment and removed him from office if he were a person of color like her.  Speaking to Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman, Tlaib claimed that not just Trump should be held accountable, but also anyone in Congress who "enabled him."

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[#1] Every Republican voter in America "enabled him."  [#2] Obama looked like Obama and nobody made much effort to impeach him.

Rep. Tlaib:  Allah Has Given Us the Opportunity 'To Show The Power of Muslims in Georgia'.  Muslim leaders, including Reps.  Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), expressed the hope and expectation on Sunday [12/13/2020] that Muslim voters would be a deciding factor in the pivotal Senate runoff election in the state of Georgia early next month.  The early voting period begins on Monday.  Participating in an online "vote-a-thon" co-hosted by the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Georgia Muslim Voter Project, Tlaib said:  "I hope that you realize just the opportunity here that Allah has given us to show the power of Muslims in Georgia."

Rashida Tlaib Reacts to Likelihood of Jewish Secretary of State With Textbook Antisemitism.  Fresh from being announced as a panelist on a "Dismantling antisemitism" panel, congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has gotten back to work, showing how her expertise on antisemitism comes from personal experience[.]  Antony Blinken is Jewish.  Tlaib's first utterance to him being the likely US Secretary of State is concern he will be pro-Israel.  Of course to those of us paying attention (or who care), this is not Tlaib's first time perpetuating the antisemitic dual loyalty canard.  She simply cannot help herself.

'The Squad' pushes Biden to cancel student debt — here's how they'd personally benefit.  The four progressive congresswomen known as "The Squad" have been some of the most vocal advocates pushing President-elect Joe Biden to cancel student loan debt during his first 100 days in office — and would be among dozens of members of Congress to financially benefit from such a policy.  Fifty-nine members of Congress reported owing student loans in their latest financial disclosures published last year, including Reps.  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.  Collectively, the 59 lawmakers with student loan debt owe at least $2.4 million.  Both Ocasio-Cortez and Omar reported owing between $15,001 and $50,000 in student loans (federal lawmakers report a range for their finances, but not exact amounts), while Tlaib reported owing between $50,001 and $100,000 in law school loans.

Is Rashida Tlaib an Agent of Jihad?  [Scroll down]  Tlaib is an avowed Jew-hater who stands for everything that a genuine Jihadist admires.  If she were to head HUD, she could use her authority to administer federal aid to manage housing for low-income residents.  With this power she could take actions in the country to strategically place shariah-compliant individuals in specific areas.  This could (a) change the voting demographics; (b) insinuate jihadist ideology into unsuspecting low-income families; and (c) create the possibility of no-go zones where Muslims would enforce shariah law and ignore American law.  It would be the realization of ongoing efforts to turn America into an Islamic caliphate.  Over the years, Tlaib has cultivated ties to a number of Islamist organizations such as the Islamic Relief USA, which is a branch of Islamic Relief Worldwide.  This group has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates.

Tlaib lashes out at centrist Dems over election debacle: 'I can't be silent'.  Rashida Tlaib isn't apologizing for wanting to yank money away from bad police departments.  She has no second thoughts about her embrace of the Black Lives Matter movement, or for wanting to aggressively fight climate change.  House Democrats lost seats instead of expanding their majority, underperforming expectations across the board.  And moderates have pounced on liberals like Tlaib, the Michigan congresswoman, accusing them of handing conservatives a set of slogans and policies to scare voters.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib Votes 'No' On Democratic Party Platform, Nominating Biden.  Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI) does not support the party's 2020 platform.  The Michigan lawmaker said on Saturday that she can't support the Democratic National Committee (DNC) platform because it does not include a plan for a single-payer health care system.  "Today, I cast my DNC ballot and voted NO on the proposed platform," Tlaib wrote on Twitter.

Jihad-Rep Rashida Tlaib Found Guilty Of Misusing Campaign Funds — Doesn't Even Get A Slap On The Wrist.  The Democrat party cares not.  They revel in perfidy.  Tlaib, her jihad sister Ilhan Omar and the rest of the criminal corp are placed above the law.

Rashida Tlaib Found Guilty Of Misusing Campaign Funds, Ordered By Dem Run Ethics Committee To Repay $10,800.  Minnesota Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a member of the much ballyhooed "Squad" led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has been found guilty of misusing campaign funds.  On Friday [8/7/2020] the Democrat controlled US House Ethics Committee found that Tlaib violated federal law by using campaign funds for personal purposes, The Daily Mail reported.

Rashida Tlaib violated election laws, must pay back campaign funds, House Ethics Committee rules.  Rep. Rashida Tlaib has managed to stay out of the news lately but she's back in it tonight, and in a big way.  The Office of Congressional Ethics has referred Tlaib to the House Ethics Committee for campaign finance violations.  An investigation has now been opened and part of the evidence includes messages sent by the Congresswoman asking for money from her campaign for personal use.

Rashida Tlaib Backpedals After Sharing David Hogg's [...] Message.  Rasida Tlaib backpedaled after sharing a post by Parkland survivor and anti-gun activist David Hogg dismissing President Trump's National Day of Prayer announcement over the coronavirus crisis.

Rep. Tlaib Retweets.  Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) at the weekend retweeted a post on Twitter which said in part "F**k a National day of prayer," in relation to President Trump's call for Americans of all faiths to pray for all those affected by the coronavirus outbreak.  Late Saturday [3/14/2020], anti-gun activist David Hogg posted a tweet, saying, "Don't let this administration address COVID-19 like our national gun violence epidemic.  F**k a National day of prayer, we need immediate comprehensive action."  Tlaib, a Palestinian-American and one of the first two Muslim women to be elected to the U.S. Congress, retweeted it, without comment.

'Do I look white to you?' Tlaib accuses census director of 'erasing' people of Middle Eastern descent.  Rep. Rashida Tlaib accused Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham of "erasing" people of Middle Eastern descent during a House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee meeting.  The congresswoman from Michigan was upset that the 2020 census does not include "Middle Eastern/North African" as an option in the ethnicity category despite an Obama-era study that recommended otherwise.  "Do I look white to you?" Tlaib asked Dillingham.  Dillingham began to explain that there is a write-in option on the census to compensate for people who don't feel a category accurately depicts their background.  Tlaib cut him off and said that "circling white" on the census changed her "lived experience as a person of color" in the United States.

Rashida Tlaib arrested protesting with airline workers.  Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, was arrested at Detroit Metro Airport Friday [2/14/2020] while joining a protest by airline workers.  Photos by a spokeswoman for the hospitality workers' union UNITE HERE showed Tlaib joining catering workers for Delta Air Lines, who were protesting for higher wages and better healthcare.  Tlaib was detained briefly and then released, according to the ABC affiliate for Chicago.

Rashida Tlaib arrested protesting with airline workers.  Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, was arrested at Detroit Metro Airport Friday [2/12/2020] while joining a protest by airline workers.  Photos by a spokeswoman for the hospitality workers' union UNITE HERE showed Tlaib joining catering workers for Delta Air Lines, who were protesting for higher wages and better healthcare.  Tlaib was detained briefly and then released, according to the ABC affiliate for Chicago.  A spokesperson for Tlaib could not be reached for comment.

Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Pramila Jayapal: 'We Need Everyone in the Streets'.  Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D.-Wash.) sent out a tweet on Tuesday evening [1/7/2020] calling for people to join street demonstrations on Thursday that MoveOn.org is promoting.  Her tweet was then retweeted by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D.-Mich.).  "We need everyone in the streets," Jayapal said in her tweet that was retweeted by Tlaib.

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Rashida Tlaib Persists as the Biggest Embarrassment in Congress.  Take, as the latest example, Tlaib's ill-advised hot take on the New Jersey shooting that left six people (1 good guy, 3 innocent people, and the 2 murderers) dead.  Having caught wind of a senseless act of violence that had occurred in Jersey City, Tlaib took to her personal Twitter account to play politics.  She tweeted, "This is heartbreaking.  White supremacy kills."  The killers were both black.  Not only that, but they had both demonstrated an interest in the black supremacy movement modeled by the Black Hebrew Israelites.  Talk about swinging, missing, and slipping into the bushes.  Within about 20 minutes, the ratio on her tweet had gotten so bad that she deleted it, and then proceeded to continue on as though nothing had happened.

Rep. Tlaib Under Investigation After Messages Surface Showing She Asked for Campaign Money for Personal Use.  Exhibits show Tlaib messaging her congressional campaign about her financial woes, saying, "I am struggling financially right now. ... I am sinking."  On April 4, 2019, she requested to receive a one-time payment of $5,000.  On April 27, 2017, she asked for a stipend of $2,000 every two weeks.

Tlaib frantically asked campaign for personal money, messages show, as ethics probes announced.  The House Ethics Committee on Thursday released a trove of striking internal campaign communications sent in 2018 by Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, in which Tlaib urgently requested money from her congressional campaign to defray personal expenses — and, a government watchdog said, possibly violated federal law in the process.  The document dump was related to the committee's ongoing ethics probe into Tlaib, which the panel said on Thursday would be "expanded" based on a referral from the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE). Additionally, the Ethics Committee acknowledged for the first time on Thursday an investigation into Florida Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings concerning a "personal relationship with an individual employed in his congressional office."

Rashida Tlaib Faces Expanded House Ethics Panel Review of Possible Campaign Finance Violations.  The House Ethics Committee on Thursday [11/14/2019] announced it has expanded its examination of possible campaign finance violations by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).  The committee released a series of eyebrow-raising messages in which the freshman congresswoman asks for congressional campaign money to help relieve her personal financial struggles.

Rashida and the law.  It seems that the charming and attractive Rashida Talib is still running off at the mouth about arresting people, specifically administration officials who refuse to respond to the House's "impeachment" subpoenas. [...] There's only one problem, as I see it.  To arrest somebody, you have to be able to appeal to authority, and there's no authority involved here. [...] Interestingly enough, though, there is an individual accused of criminal behavior in the House itself.  It seems that one of the House members looted her own election funds after the election, treating herself to two $17,500 payments as "salary," even though election law states that all such payments must end on election day.  That particular member is Rashida Tlaib.  Now, there's no sense in asking when Rashida is going to be arrested.  It ain't gonna happen.  She's a Democrat, a Muslim, a female, and a "minority."

Rashida Tlaib received donation from prominent Michigan businessman who's been dead for a decade.  Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib received a $2,500 campaign contribution from a prominent Michigan businessman who died more than 10 years ago, Federal Election Commission filings show.  George S. Farah, Sr., a real estate developer and community leader in Flint, Michigan, made the large donation on June 22.  However, Michigan Live reported he died of heart failure at the age of 73 on Feb. 1, 2009.  According to a scan of public records by the Washington Free Beacon, Farah is listed as deceased, and the address linked to his name is the same one registered on the contribution to Tlaib's campaign.

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I'm guessing Mr. Farah will probably vote for her, too.

Confirmed: Rashida Tlaib Broke State and Federal Law By Lying About Her Address To Run For Office.  Democrat Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib violated state election law and also federal law by lying about her residence to run for office in Michigan.  Since Big League Politics exposed her residence lie using credit score and property records and archived information, Congressman John Bumstead communicated to us through an intermediary that Tlaib broke the law.  Tlaib's own father even said that Tlaib "lied" about her address in order to run for office, meaning that Tlaib represented a state House district that she did not live in.

Rashida Tlaib's campaign paid her $17,500 in salary after Election Day, in possible violation of FEC rules: report.  U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is facing questions after campaign records revealed she paid herself $17,500 as a salary after the midterm elections, in what appeared to be a violation of campaign finance rules, a report said.  Tlaib, a firebrand freshman Democrat from Detroit, has been facing scrutiny over her connections to radical anti-Israel activists and a profane call to impeach President Trump.  She caused uproar on Capitol Hill earlier this week by insinuating that Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. — her colleague on the House Oversight and Reform Committee — had used Trump family friend Lynne Patton, an African-American, as a racist "prop" during former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's appearance before the panel.

Former Rep. Katie Hill Files for Bankruptcy Following $220,000 Attorney Fees Judgment.  Former Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA), who owes roughly $220,000 in attorney fees to two news outlets and two conservative journalists after an unsuccessful lawsuit in a California state court, has filed for bankruptcy, the Los Angeles Times reports.  In 2019, the openly bisexual Hill resigned in disgrace after reporters uncovered she was engaged in a "throuple" relationship with her former husband, Kenny Heslep, and Morgan Desjardins, one of her former staffers.

Disgraced ex-congresswoman Katie Hill quietly settles divorce from 'abusive' husband.  Disgraced Democratic Congresswoman Katie Hill has quietly settled her divorce from husband Kenny Heslep after blaming him for exposing a 'throuple' sexual relationship they were having with a young female campaign staffer, DailyMail.com can reveal.  Hill, 33, resigned from Congress last year after the publication of shocking nude photos of the politician cavorting with junior staffer Morgan Desjardins, who was 22 at the time, and an ethics probe was launched into her alleged affair with another aide.  The freshman Democrat from California immediately accused her 'abusive' husband Heslep, 36, of trying to humiliate her and leaking the snaps to ruin her political career.

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There will be no further updates on ex-congresswoman Katie Hill, because whatever she does now is irrelevant and immaterial.

Katie Hill: rightwing media attack women because 'they're easier targets'.  The former California congresswoman Katie Hill, who resigned in October after the publication of nude photographs and allegations of an affair with a member of her congressional staff, said on Sunday [11/24/2019] rightwing media outlets attacked women because "they're easier targets" for bullying.  In an interview on CNN's Reliable Sources, the Democrat said bullying affects women across the US, whether they are teen girls or power-players such as the former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and ex-national security council official Fiona Hill.

Dogpatch in D.C.  Hunter Biden joins Katie Hill and Ilhan Omar in the annals of disreputable personal lives.  I don't generally care about the private lives of politicians, and it is a hackneyed observation, but still:  can you imagine the press hysteria if the people involved in these stories were Republicans?

Democrats Must Really Hate Women.  Have you noticed that the #MeToo movement is dead to Democrats these days?  Democrat representative Katie Hill had an affair with a staffer, a violation of the core concept of #MeToo that bosses can't have sexual relations with subordinates, and Democrats are bemoaning the fact that she had to resign.  How can that be?  That's because they never really believed in #MeToo, and they never cared about women.  Democrat support for #MeToo was nothing more than a ploy to attack Trump and other Republicans.

Katie Hill Affair and its Aftermath are Signs of America's Decline.  It's truly not shocking that a political leader would be a reprobate behind closed doors.  From Caligula to the Marquis de Sade to Bill Clinton, the depraved have always been overrepresented among the ruling classes.  It is for this reason that what's even more distressing about the Katie Hill affair than what she did is the reaction to it from the broader society — including "broadminded conservatives" defending her.  Hill, the former Democrat congresswoman whose resignation from office took effect Nov. 1, certainly is our time's Thoroughly Modern Millie. [...] She's also fashionable in her lack of appropriate shame and in her externalizing; à la Monica Lewinsky, she's blaming everyone for her scandal but herself.

Ocasio-Cortez, Omar And Pressley Rally Behind Democrat Accused Of Using Employees For Extramarital Trysts.  Democratic Reps.  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts came to the defense of Democratic California Rep. Katie Hill, who is resigning amid scrutiny on her alleged extramarital affairs with two different staffers.  Hill gave a departing address Thursday [10/31/2019] in which she blamed a "double standard" for her resignation.  She previously admitted to having an "inappropriate" affair with a female campaign staffer, but denied having an affair with a male congressional aide.

Media Mourn Katie Hill.  Rep. Katie Hill's (D., Calif.) resignation announcement this week had some members of the media in mourning over the Democratic "rising star."  MSNBC's Chris Hayes said it felt like the "bad guys" won, and another analyst called the resignation a "tragedy."  Much of the media coverage focused on Hill's allegation that she was the victim of "revenge porn" distributed by her husband, whom she is divorcing.

Katie Hill reveals sex scandal put her in 'darkest' place in final Congressional speech.  Democratic Rep. Katie Hill said her explosive sex scandal put her in one of the "darkest places that a mind can go" as she gave her final speech on the House floor — and blamed a "misogynistic culture" for her resignation.  The California congresswoman said Thursday [10/31/2019] she was stepping down due to a "misogynistic culture that gleefully consumed my naked pictures, capitalized on my sexuality and enabled my abusive ex to continue that abuse."

The Coming War Over Kinky Katie Hill's Congressional Seat.  Katie Hill, she of the bizarrely convoluted relationships and questionable hairbrush perch hygiene, got the ole heave-ho by Nancy Pelosi after Redstate reporter Jennifer Van Laar's exposé of the up 'n coming Democrat's multi-faceted relationship choices, choices so icky that they even freaked out the Cali crowd.  Now that her former congressional seat, snagged from the sleeping GOP in 2018, is going to be the subject of a special election of surpassing specialness.  To get the House back, this swing district is a must win for the Republicans; to keep the House, it's a must win for the Democrats.

The Naked Democrat.  When Katie Hill ran for Congress in 2018, her open bisexuality was part of her campaign message.  Indeed, so often did Ms. Hill proclaim herself to be bisexual that some of her rivals suggested she was exploiting this to gain endorsements (and money) from the LGBT organizations that exercise a powerful influence in Democratic Party politics.  During the 2018 midterm campaign, when feminists and gay-rights activists were among the loudest voices of the anti-Trump mob, the Democrats nominated lesbian or bisexual women in several key races. [...] At no point in the enthusiastic media coverage of Ms. Hill's campaign against Republican Steve Knight in California's 25th District, however, did any reporter ask, "Exactly what does 'bisexual' mean?" [...] The arrangement between Ms. Hill and her husband, Kenny Heslep, was apparently what is nowadays called "polyamory," but used to be called "swinging" or "wife-swapping."

Congresswoman Katie Hill resigns amid allegations of inappropriate relationships with staffers.  Democratic Congresswoman Katie Hill quit Sunday, days after DailyMail.com revealed she was part of a 'throuple' with her husband and a campaign worker and an ethics probe was launched into her alleged affair with another aide. [...] The married congresswoman is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly having an affair with her campaign finance director Graham Kelly, which she has vehemently denied.

Trump Kept Democrat 'Leaking Machine' in the Dark on Raid.  [Scroll down]  Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) who introduced the term "thruple" into the public consciousness will resign from office.  Hill has been in the headlines after it was revealed she and her husband had a relationship with a campaign staffer. [...] Hill was also alleged to have a relationship with a current staffer, her legislative director.  The House Ethics Committee announced last week it was opening an investigation into the allegations.  Whatever went on with Hill is probably worse than what we currently know.  Bon voyage.

Katie Hill Sex Life Financed by Campaign Dollars, FEC Complaint Charges.  I live in the 25th Congressional District.  While the District is close to Hollywood, our Congresswoman is acting like an out of control pleasure seeker — in drugs or sex.

MSNBC Hides Bizarre Democratic Sex Scandal.  As NewsBusters has previously reported, ABC World News Tonight was the only network newscast to report on the latest developments in the scandal surrounding Democratic Congresswoman Katie Hill's relationship with one of her staffers; which has led to a probe from the Congressional Ethics Committee.  The scandal, to say the least, is weird.

Where are the feminists on Katie Hill?  Freshman Democratic Rep. Katie Hill, who sits on a House committee trying to impeach President Trump, and has been called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's "new favorite," has been in office less than a year and already we know too much about her.  It's not merely the naked pictures, actually, though yes, one wonders why someone like her would stand there buck naked and maybe ask for someone to take a snap to share that precious memory.  It's that she's an exploiter.  And with an emerging pattern of that coming into play, nobody in the all-Democrat feminist industrial complex is saying a thing.

Another House Democrat Is Under Investigation For Allegedly Sleeping With Staffer.  Another freshman Democrat in the House is under investigation for allegedly sleeping with a staffer, among other possible violations of House ethics rules.  The House Ethics Committee is investigating Michael San Nicolas, Guam's non-voting delegate to Congress, who allegedly "engaged in a sexual relationship with an individual on his congressional staff, converted campaign funds to personal use, and/or accepted improper or excessive campaign contributions," the committee announced Thursday [10/24/2019].

Obama And Clinton Megadonor Sentenced, Dems Silent.  A high-profile, big-spending Democrat donor, was sentenced to thirty years in a federal prison for his role in distributing illegal drugs that resulted in the deaths of two people.  It should be noted that those two deaths were of black men.  Black Lives Matter, right?  Ed Buck was found guilty on nine counts of drug-related charges last summer, including distributing methamphetamines that led to the fatal overdoses.  As prosecutors revealed, there was a disgusting layer of perversion and manipulation in what amounted to a significantly large operation.  Buck was a well-known contributor within Democrat circles.  Over the years, he has funded far-left radicals in California including clueless Representative Ted Lieu, the evil and corrupt governor Gavin Newsom, and even presidential candidates like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Ed Buck sentenced in drug deaths case.  A former Democratic political donor who supplied drugs to two men who overdosed in his West Hollywood apartment was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in federal prison.  Ed Buck, who was found guilty last year of nine felony counts, faced between 20 years and life in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.  In a sentencing memorandum, federal prosecutors said he lured young Black men who were often experiencing homelessness, addiction, and/or poverty to his apartment for sexually charged sessions in which he would inject them with methamphetamine and drug them with sedatives, with and without their consent.

Dem Megadonor Ed Buck Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison in Connection with Meth Overdose Deaths of Two Black Men.  Hillary Clinton pal and Democrat megadonor Ed Buck was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Thursday in connection with meth overdoses of two black men at his West Hollywood apartment.  Buck was convicted and found guilty on all 9 felony counts, including two counts of distribution of controlled substances resulting in death last July.  Ed Buck loved to inject young black gay escorts with methamphetamine — the mother of one of Ed Buck's victims described it as a fetish.

Wealthy Democratic donor Ed Buck, 66, is found guilty of providing fatal meth doses to two men.  Prominent California Democratic donor Ed Buck was convicted Tuesday [7/27/2021] on charges he injected gay men with methamphetamine in exchange for sex, leading to two deaths and other overdoses.  A federal jury found 66-year-old Buck guilty of all nine felony counts against him, which could lead to a life sentence.

Ed Buck Was Protected.  He Still Is.  Part III.  Despite multiple escorts dying of methamphetamine overdose in his West Hollywood apartment since 2017, Democratic megadonor Ed Buck managed to evade charges for over two years. [...] Journalists in Los Angeles are playing defense for Buck's protective matrix instead of investigating corruption in Buck's political circles.

Ed Buck Was Protected.  He Still Is.  [Scroll down]  "Everyone knew it," says Steve Martin, former West Hollywood Mayor and former president of the Stonewall Democratic Club.  "It's [false] if they say they didn't.  It was like a family, you know?  Everyone in the family knew it...If there was anybody in West Hollywood whose bed you expected a dead body to turn up in, it was Ed Buck."  "Did Ed Buck finally kill someone?" asked K. Richard Fiero, linking to Marco Colantonio's story on Facebook.  Buck had moved from Phoenix in 1991.  Fiero was asking from Phoenix.

Ed Buck Was Protected.  He Still Is.  Part II.  What some in West Hollywood had hoped would be a quiet removal of a dead escort from Democratic megadonor Ed Buck's apartment quickly morphed into a public relations nightmare for all associated with Buck, including members of City Council and the Stonewall Democratic Club's Steering Committee. [...] The autopsy report, released in November 2017, showed that Ed Buck's apartment indeed contained drug paraphernalia.  "Multiple syringes with brown residue, scale, lighters, straw with possible white residue, glass pipes with white residue and burn marks, plastic bags with white powdery residue and a clear plastic bag with crystal-like substance was located in the drawers of the toolbox roll-cabinet in the living room."  Coroner Investigator Joseph Cronin explicitly states that these items were "Suspected illicit drugs/paraphernalia" and collected the items as evidence.  Gemmel Moore was found nude on a mattress in the living room with "male pornography" playing on the television, undercutting claims made by Buck's attorney.

What Ed Buck's Pseudo-Sexual House of Horrors Says about Collectivism.  An old, rich, white man abducting young gay black homeless men, injecting them with illegal substances, and sexually assaulting their unconscious bodies to death may sound like something out of a bad horror film, but this is the true story of political celebrity Ed Buck.  Despite multiple instances of his victims found dead at his West Hollywood home, Ed Buck continued his life as a celebrated LGBT activist, high-profile Democratic donor, and beloved Beverly Hills socialite until his arrest in September 2019.  Buck's prolonged evasion of justice is not merely an example of the privilege that political donors can purchase; it is a case study in the principles of collective justice held by various neo-Marxist groups that increasingly dominate political and cultural verticals in American society.  As a donor and an activist, Ed Buck was a useful player in politics.  Over the years, Buck donated upwards of $500,000 to Democratic affiliates and politicians.

Dem Donor Ed Buck Charged With 4 More Felonies In Drug/Prostitution Case.  Ed Buck was a major Democrat Donor who was arrested last year after a male prostitute was found dead in his home of an apparent overdose.  Turns out, it wasn't the first time.  Now, as he awaits trial, The Justice Department has charged him with 4 more felonies.

Democratic donor Ed Buck facing new charges for prostitution, fatal drug overdose.  Disgraced Democratic donor Ed Buck has been charged with four more felonies, including enticing victims to travel interstate for prostitution.  The Justice Department announced Tuesday [8/4/2020] that a Los Angeles federal grand jury returned an updated indictment with the additional felony charges, bringing a total of nine counts against Buck, 65, before he is scheduled to head to trial in January.  Prosecutors have alleged Buck operated a drug den in his West Hollywood home, where he administered methamphetamine to men against their will during sexual encounters.

How A Wealthy LA Democratic Donor Muted The Political Party of "Allies" and "Coalition Building".  It's been 21 days since 26-year-old Gemmel Moore's body was removed from the West Hollywood apartment of 63-year-old prominent Democratic political donor Ed Buck.  Moore was homeless and worked as an escort.  Because Ed Buck is a white gay man in West Hollywood the police didn't bother to investigate Moore's death which was immediately classified as an accidental meth overdose by the Los Angeles County Coroner.

Another pervert turns up in Adam Schiff's orbit.  We all know about Rep. Adam Schiff's gamy ties to pervert and Democratic donor Ed Buck, who's since been busted for his penchant for drugging and sometimes killing not-always-willing young black gay men.  Schiff took at least $2,700 from Buck and posed for a picture with him, too.  Buck was a big in the West Hollywood radical gay community, and Schiff, while not gay, clearly feels at home with those far-leftists.  Now there's another one turning up in Schiff's orbit. [...] What does it say about Schiff that these kinds of people keep turning up in his orbit?  Why are they attracted to them, what is he giving them that a Republican would not give?

Democrats' Contempt for the Sanctity of Life.  Ed Buck, a prominent Democrat donor and fundraiser, has been charged with battery, administering illegal drugs, and operating a drug house.  The charges paint a disturbing picture of this wealthy scion of liberal politics.  At this time, two men have been identified as having died and a third having been seriously harmed, but prosecutors are said to have found hundreds of photographs "of men in compromising positions" who may have been lured to Buck's home with the promise of money, shelter, and drugs.  This case raises many questions, not just concerning the several felonies with which Buck has been charged, but about the morality of this and other prominent liberals.  On what basis could any human being engage in sexual conduct with "hundreds" of unfortunate human beings, using them like playthings and then casting them aside?  What does such conduct suggest about the capacity of some individuals to use others for their personal pleasure, regardless of the dangerous consequences involved?

30 of The Biggest Lies & Hoaxes Perpetrated on The American People.  [#15] Justice & the Courts:  There has been a 2-tier system since the beginning of time.  Where billionaires, celebrities, politicians, and key people get criminal charges dismissed, or pay a minimal fine, and serve little to no time, regular citizens or key people they do not want in positions of power, they frame and try to lock them up and throw away the key.  Just look at what they've done to General Michael Flynn as one example.  Democratic mega-donor Ed Buck got away with two murders in his Los Angeles apartment before they finally arrested him on a third overdose victim.

New York Times' lie reveals the extent of Democrats' fear of the Ed Buck scandal.  The media and other Democrats obviously are deeply worried over the arrest of their prominent donor, Ed Buck, on charges of drugging and paying for homosexual sex with impoverished black males.

Another day, another coverup for Democrats by the New York Times.  After numerous poor young black male homosexual prostitutes were found drugged and/or dead in the home of homophobic homosexual (and no, that is not contradictory), racist, sadist and not so incidentally major white Democratic donor, (yes, on this I'm proudly judgmental) Ed Buck was finally arrested in Los Angeles last Thursday. [...] Also, strangely — okay, not so strangely — the New York Times, which recently announced with great fanfare its 1619 Project, a series of articles how slavery affected all aspects of American life which continues until today, took little notice of a not-major Democratic donor who was white, paying young poor black men for various sexual acts and injecting them with addictive, and often deadly, drugs.

Democrats as a protection racket?  Ed Buck makes it a trifecta.  The New York Times has been trying to dismiss the arrest of Ed Buck, a Democratic fatcat who had a thing for injecting young black men with drugs before paying them for sex, as a "small-time Democratic donor," but the facts on the ground suggest he was a rather big one.  And maybe that's a function of the paper's desire to protect its masters, the Democrats.

LA 'predator' Ed Buck had at least 10 victims and drugged unconscious men, complaint says.  Ed Buck, the Los Angeles political activist accused of preying on gay black men and forcibly injecting them with fatal doses of drugs, had at least 10 victims, would drug them while they were unconscious and was known locally as "Doctor Kevorkian", according to new court records.  The wealthy Democratic donor, 65, was arrested this week and charged with running a drug den more than two years after 26-year-old Gemmel Moore fatally overdosed in Buck's West Hollywood home.  On Thursday [9/19/2019], federal prosecutors charged him with administering methamphetamine to a victim who died and released new details about how he targeted men struggling with homelessness and addiction.

Democratic hypocrisy on sex and murder.  Can you imagine the headlines we'd be reading if Ed Buck was a Republican?  You might even be wondering, who is Ed Buck?  Reporting on his crimes has been less than enthusiastic up to this point, but given the pattern of behavior and the increase in frequency of the "incidents," the story cannot be ignored for much longer.  According to the police in West Hollywood, Ed Buck, a violent, dangerous sexual predator, lured homeless victims with money, drugs, and the promise of shelter to his home, where he apparently attempted to murder them with lethal injections of amphetamines.  I generously used the word "apparently," since author Ian Fleming wrote, "Once is happenstance.  Twice is coincidence.  Three times is enemy action."

Prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck is arrested for running a drug den and 'being a violent sexual predator [...]'.  A prominent California Democratic donor was charged Tuesday with running a drug house where two men died of overdoses and a third nearly died last week.  Prosecutors say Ed Buck is 'a violent, dangerous sexual predator' who offered drugs, money and shelter to vulnerable addicts in exchange for participation in sexual fetishes, including administering dangerous drug doses.  Prosecutors allege Buck provided the meth that killed two men who were found in his apartment in 2017 and this January.

Hillary Clinton and Adam Schiff Friend/Donor Arrested, Charged With Running Drug House.  Ed Buck is a major donor to the Democrat party.  Buck's list of close political associations extends from Adam Schiff to Hillary Clinton.  Two black males were previously killed in Mr. Buck's apartment by drug overdoses.  Last week the third overdose victim barely survived after fleeing the apartment and calling police for help.  Tuesday [9/17/2019] Ed Buck was arrested.

'A Violent, Dangerous Sexual Predator': Democratic Party Donor Arrested After Third Man Overdoses at His Home.  A 65-year-old prominent Democratic Party donor was arrested on Tuesday [9/17/2019] after a third man overdosed at his West Hollywood home but survived.  The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office alleged in a bail motion that Ed Buck is "a violent, dangerous sexual predator" who "mainly preys on men made vulnerable by addiction and homelessness."  According to KABC, prosecutors sought to have Buck's bail set at a whopping $4 million.  To support that, they said that Buck is "a predator with no regard for human life" who gave the victims "dangerously large doses of narcotics."

Hillary Clinton Donor Ed Buck Arrested After Another Male Overdoses in His Seedy LA Apartment.  Democrat donor and Hillary friend Ed Buck was finally arrested Tuesday night after a third man overdosed in his apartment.  The man who overdosed in Ed Buck's Los Angeles apartment last week survived, however the other two victims previously died.  Ed Buck will be in court Wednesday [9/18/2019]. Ed Buck loves to inject young black gay escorts with methamphetamine — the mother of one of Ed Buck's victims described it as a fetish.  He was finally arrested after two black gay escorts died in his apartment from overdoses.

Wealthy Democrat donor Ed Buck has a second black man in 18 months die in his West Hollywood home.  Protests have erupted outside the home of a wealthy Democratic donor in California, after a second man died there in 18 months.  More than 100 people gathered at the house of Edward Buck in West Hollywood on Monday night to demand the activist be arrested.  Buck — a regular donor to Democratic campaigns including Hillary Clinton's presidential bid — was investigated for a suspected murder when Gemmel Moore, 26, was found dead of a meth overdose in July 2017.

Justice for Gemmel Moore?  Family wants answers in escort's death at Dem donor's home.  Family and friends of a male escort found dead in the West Hollywood home of a high-powered Democratic Party donor last year continue to press for answers — in a case that has eluded the national media spotlight on incidents of sexual misconduct and racial injustice.  Gemmel Moore, 26, was discovered by police on July 27 inside the apartment of Ed Buck, 63.  Buck is a well-known Democratic contributor, and has given more than $500,000 to an array of Democrats including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey and a variety of state and local organizations in California.  The Los Angeles County Coroner's office initially ruled the death an accidental methamphetamine overdose.

The Curious Case of the Black Male Escort Found Dead Inside a Wealthy Democratic Donor's Home.  On July 27, 2017, 26-year-old Gemmel Moore was found in the bathroom of a West Hollywood, Calif., apartment belonging to Ed Buck, 62.  Moore was young, black and poor.  Buck was white, wealthy and powerful.  That's all we know.  Moore's family is searching for answers.  Buck has not spoken publicly about the incident.

Vote Every Muslim Out of Office.  First and foremost:  I'm fed up with everything from math to street signs being branded as racism.  Too many of these accusers are themselves racists and bigots to the core, i.e., U.S. Reps.  Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.  Neither of them should be serving in our Congress.  Both belong to the political party, Muslim, not the Democrat Communist Party USA.  Ilhan the Trojan Horse:  Part One, Feb. 4, 2024 — "Recently, Ilhan Omar gave two speeches in Minneapolis and another in Somalia which went viral.  In them, she says publicly that she is Somalia First, not America First, that Somalia is ONLY for those of pure Somali-Muslim heritage (no diversity allowed) — that the President of Somalia is HER President and that the Obama-Biden regime will do whatever she wants them to do!"

Flashback: Ilhan Omar's Father was Top Propaganda Official in Genocidal Somalian Barre Regime.  Far Left Communist Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar's father and other Somalian war crimes perpetrators are currently living illegally in the United States.  The Gateway Pundit obtained information that is [bad] for Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.  Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed (aka Nur Said Elmi Mohamed), is connected to the former dictator in Somalia, Said Barre.  Nur and other former Barre accomplices are living in the US illegally.

Yet Another Video Surfaces, Making Ilhan Omar's Real Allegiance Even Clearer.  Ilhan Omar (D-Mogadishu) recently raised some eyebrows even more than she usually does, when she delivered a speech to Somalis in Minneapolis in which she more than once gave the impression that her loyalty was not to the government in Washington, but to the one in Mogadishu.  Her friends and supporters among the far-left cognoscenti, however, rushed to dismiss any concerns about her dual loyalty (or her single loyalty to Somalia) by claiming that she was simply talking about serving her constituents in Minnesota.  Sure.  A new video, however, came to light Friday, that will be harder for Omar and her minions to wave away.  Dr. Salman Caaro [...] has found footage of Omar from 2022, once again speaking in Somali to a Somali audience as she was in the video that began the present controversy (which is, of course, all on the right). She begins by saying: "We must fix our roads."  Nothing wrong with that, except that she isn't talking about the roads in her congressional district.  She is talking about roads in Somalia.

MTG Introduces Resolution To Censure Ilhan Omar For 'Working As A Foreign Agent'.  Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced a resolution Thursday to censure Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar for "admitting she's working as a foreign agent for a foreign country."  The Daily Caller obtained a copy of the resolution, which comes after Omar gave a speech saying her primary job in Congress is to protect Somali interests.  Omar has faced criticism from Republicans in Congress after her Jan. 27 speech to Somalian leaders in Minnesota went viral.  Omar was speaking in Somali and allegedly did not mention her support for the U.S., according to a translation of her speech shared on Twitter by Ambassador Rhoda J. Elmi, the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs of Somaliland.  Omar appeared to say she was "Somalian first, Muslim second" and that she was "here to protect the interests of Somalia from inside the U.S. system," according to the translation.

Video of Ilhan Omar Repeatedly Calling Somali Leader "Our President".  A video from 2022 of Somali refugee Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaking in the Somali language to a gathering of Somali-Americans in Minneapolis and, according to posted translations, repeatedly calling the visiting President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, "our president," and saying "Somalia is our home," is raising new questions about her loyalty to the United States.  Omar added she has a "special relationship" with Mohamud.  In a visit a week later to Somalia, Omar again called it "our country" while addressing Somali government leaders.

If you like Somalia so much, go there.
Rep. Ilhan Omar Represents Everything Wrong With America's Immigration System.  There's a clip going around of Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar talking to a group of Somalians about her allegiances and priorities as a U.S. congresswoman.  What Omar says is instructive, not just about her general worldview but mostly (and more importantly) about how backward and destructive our immigration system is.  Omar is a woman of the left, but her speech over the weekend was pure blood-and-soil nationalism — for Somalia, not America.  She tells them she's a Somalian first and a Muslim second.  She doesn't even mention the United States or her citizenship here.  She promises to use her power and influence in Congress to protect her nation's interests.  (Again, that nation being Somalia, not America.)  Speaking in Somali, Omar tells the cheering crowd that her "top priority" is to expand Somalia's territory.  "As Somalis, one day we will go after our missing territories," she says, referencing disputed regions in Kenya and Ethiopia.

Ilhan Omar Speech on Representing Somalia in Congress Goes Viral With Calls to Expel Her From the House.  Somalian refugee Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) gave a speech to the Somali community in Minnesota on Saturday that has gone viral thanks to English translation subtitles.  The translations have Omar saying she and her fellow Somalis are Somali first and Muslim second — with no mention of being American.  Omar also said she represents Somalia in Congress and told the audience that they control the U.S. government's Somalia policy.  Outraged Americans called for Omar's expulsion from the House of Representatives.

Ilhan Omar Backtracks on Accusing Israel of Hospital Strike in Gaza, Blames AP Report.  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) backtracked on her blame of Israel for a hospital strike in Gaza, after further evidence suggested that Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) had nothing to do with the explosion, and it was caused by a misfired rocket fired from a Palestinian militant group.  Omar had initially accused the IDF of war crimes, posting on X, "Bombing a hospital is among the gravest of war crimes.  The IDF reportedly blowing up one of the few places the injured and wounded can seek medical treatment and shelter during a war is horrific."

Rep. Ilhan Omar Retweets False Photo Of Palestinian Children Killed By Israeli Forces.  Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has long been a leading voice among Democrats calling for censorship and speech controls in the name of combatting disinformation.  She is now accused of precisely the same conduct after posting a picture purportedly showing children killed by Israeli forces.  In reality, it was a picture of victims of a 2013 sarin gas attack in Ghouta, Syria.  The incident should, but is unlikely to, prompt Omar and fellow Democrats to reconsider their push for censorship and other anti-free speech measures.  Such false imagery was quickly and effectively addressed in this incident without the need for bans and speech regulation.  Omar has denounced social media companies for their failure to take "information down and discontinuing the accounts of people who practice disinformation."

Ilhan Omar Promotes Photo Falsely Showing Dead Palestinian Children.  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) promoted propaganda over the weekend that falsely portrayed children as having died from Israeli military operations when, in reality, they died a decade ago from fighting in Syria.  The false claim that Omar promoted on her X account originated from self-described "investigative journalist" Sulaiman Ahmed.  "CHILD GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE," the post, which included a photo of dead children, claimed. "614 Palestinian children murdered by the Israeli IOF Forces."  Omar then shared the false claim to her nearly three million followers on X.  The reality is that the photo is from an August 2013 article in National Geographic and it shows children in Damascus, Syria, "shortly after they succumbed to chemical weapon poisoning."

A handful of Republicans may save Ilhan Omar's committee seat.  A handful of Republicans could save Rep. Ilhan Omar's, D-Minn., seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee as Speaker Kevin McCarthy tries to fulfill his promise to eject her over what he described as antisemitic remarks.  McCarthy is meeting with holdouts Monday in an effort to persuade them to vote for his resolution to give Omar the boot over her repeated comments against Israel that she has since apologized for.  Last week, McCarthy unilaterally removed Reps.  Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., from the House Intelligence Committee, a select committee, citing national security concerns.  However, the Foreign Affairs Committee is a standing committee, meaning a full House vote is needed for McCarthy's resolution to remove Omar.

Ilhan Omar does not belong on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.  "I am not a fan of Ilhan Omar.  She's an anti-Semite.  She's a bigot.  She's a racist.  She's a socialist."  In saying this, Rep Nancy Mace (R-SC) is absolutely correct.  Where she errs is in calling Rep. Omar's removal from the House Foreign Affairs Committee "cancel culture."  The work of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) is to consider legislation that affects the diplomatic community, which includes the Department of State, the Agency for International Development, the Peace Corps, and the United Nations, and enforcing the Arms Export Control Act.  The HFAC takes on seriously weighty issues critical to our national peace, affluence, and security.  The members tackle subjects of importance to every region and country in the world.  Tough work.  The kind of work that requires dispassionate, serious, well-rounded, thoughtful, honest people dedicated to advancing America's priorities and ensuring that American citizens can enjoy life, dwell in liberty, pursue happiness, and freely exercise all their inherent rights.

The Republican Party Remains a Useless, Spineless Husk.  Though House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has kept his promise to kick Rep. Eric Swalwell and Rep. Adam Schiff off the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, things are a bit more complicated when it comes to Rep. Ilhan Omar.  That's because the Speaker doesn't have unilateral authority over non-select committees, meaning any removal will take a full vote of the House.  Omar, a notorious anti-Semite who has continuously supported policies that empower terrorist regimes, served on the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee under the last congress.  That she was placed there at all despite her lack of experience was already unusual, and Omar's radicalism only made the appointment all the worse.  Still, Republicans weren't of the mind to remove Omar until Rep. Nancy Pelosi, joined by other Democrats, kicked two Republicans off their committees for supposed inflammatory comments.  Obviously, that set the precedent that the majority party could punish bad actors from the minority party for the things they say.  Omar fits that bill perfectly given her history of antisemitism.

Ilhan Omar's Very Foreign Policy.  Ever since her election to Congress in 2018, Ilhan Omar been conducting her very own foreign policy, not just against Israel, that in her view can do no right, and for the Palestinians, who can do no wrong, but also to help Somalia attract more investment from Turkey, to support President Erdogan's rejection of the charge of an Armenian "genocide"; to make the case for the jihadists in Kashmir who want to force Indian troops out of the area; and, of course, to promote the agenda of CAIR, that rewards her handsomely as one of their favorite speakers.  Omar apparently has no qualms about being so closely associated with CAIR, even though the group was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the trial of the Holy Land Foundation for terrorist financing.

Here's a Democrat who doesn't want more publicity:
Ilhan Omar: Trump, Republicans Mentioning My Name Causes Uptick of Death Threats — 'They Have to Be Held Accountable'.  Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said Friday [10/28/2022] on MSNBC's "Alex Wagner Tonight" that when former President Donald Trump or other Republicans mention her name, she receives a direct uptick in death threats.  During a discussion on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) husband, Paul Pelosi, being attacked in his San Francisco Home early Friday morning, Wagner said, "Marjorie Taylor Greene, she has previously said that speaker Pelosi is a traitor to our country.  She is guilty of treason.  She gives aid and comfort to our enemies."  Omar said, "We should not live in fear just because we have decided to serve our country, our constituents, and want the ability to shape the way in which our country is governed. [...]"

The Editor says...
Regarding that last sentence, Ms. Omar hasn't (as far as I know) denounced or repudiated the death threats against the Supreme Court justices a few months ago.  Also her claims of (multiple) death threats are hard to believe, because approximately 100 percent of the political violence in this country comes from the left.

If you think Somalia is so much better, go there.
Minnesota Rep Ilhan Omar says Minneapolis is more violent than the Somali refugee camps she fled to as a youth.  Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar said that her arrival in Minnesota exposed her to more gun violence than living in an east African refugee camp did.  Speaking at the Gun Violence Community Conversation at North High in Minneapolis on Thursday, Omar said:  'For six years, I had the privilege of not seeing any violence, until I moved to Minnesota.'  Omar continued:  'My first year in Minnesota I both saw a person shot at Peavey Park, dead on the floor, three weeks after my father and I arrived in Minneapolis.  Six months later I watched the Minneapolis police put 38 bullets into the body of a mentally disabled Somali immigrant who didn't speak English.'

Omar leads calls for court-packing after draft opinion in abortion case leaks.  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is leading calls to expand the Supreme Court after a draft opinion leaked on Monday signaled the high court will undo the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion case.  Omar is a frequent advocate of congressional legislation allowing for court-packing.  Her latest call to expand the court of nine justices comes amid the revelation of a document authored by Justice Samuel Alito for the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, ruling that "the authority to regulate abortion must be returned to the people and their elected representatives."

Ilhan Omar demands more Supreme Court justices.  Rep. Ilhan Omar is demanding the Supreme Court add more justices to override its conservative majority while other Democrats are renewing their calls to nix the filibuster and codify the right to an abortion after a leaked preliminary opinion revealed the court is looking to overturn Roe v. Wade.  'Overturning Roe would put the lives of women across the country at risk.  It would fly in the face of decades of precedent and the overwhelming majority of public opinion.  And they will not stop here.  Expand the court,' the Minnesota Democrat said on Twitter.  'Congress must pass legislation that codifies Roe v. Wade as the law of the land in this country NOW.  And if there aren't 60 votes in the Senate to do it, and there are not, we must end the filibuster to pass it with 50 votes,' Sen Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., wrote on Twitter.

Ilhan Omar Finds a New Way to Attack Freedom of Speech.  War in Ukraine, an essentially nonexistent Southern border, out-of-control inflation, rising crime, deep societal divisions, and what does the de facto leader of the Democrat Party, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Islamabad), who can always be counted on to have her finger on the pulse of the American people, decide to tackle?  Why, "Islamophobia," of course.  Come on, man!  Is there something more important that she could be focusing on?  "Islamophobia" is, after all, a free speech issue.  The only problem is that Omar is on the wrong side.  During Omar's recent visit to Pakistan, she made sure to visit Pakistan's just-replaced former prime minister Imran Khan, whose Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party proudly tweeted Wednesday:  "US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) called on @ImranKhanPTI in Bani Gala.  They discussed Islamophobia & related issues.  Ilhan Omar expressed her admiration for Imran Khan and his work for Muslims globally."  That was significant in light of the kind of work Imran Khan has been doing for Muslims globally.

Muslim military veteran hopes to unseat Ilhan Omar, blasts 'Squad' lawmaker for neglecting her district.  A Somali-born U.S. Army veteran has joined the Republican field seeking to challenge Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., calling out her lack of attention to the needs of her constituents as violent crime surges in Minneapolis.  "Minneapolis just saw one of the most violent years on record, falling just one homicide short from the all-time record.  The city at that time was coined 'Murder-apolis,'" the 5th Congressional District candidate Shukri Abdirahman told Fox News Digital.  Abdirahman, a Muslim military veteran and mother of three, announced her campaign Monday.

In Free Lunch Fraud, The Friends Of Ilhan Omar.  We are in the early stages of the apparent USDA free lunch food fraud committed under the auspices of the Minnesota nonprofits including Feeding Our Future.  So far, the FBI has unsealed three search warrants that have now been executed.  The warrants and supporting affidavits lay out the (huge) underlying investigation along with the alleged facts of the case.  The Center of the American Experiment's Bill Glahn has posted a handy summary with links to the local coverage of the story in "$455 million in taxpayer money to MN nonprofits named in FBI search warrants".  Bill notes that, although the dollar amounts involved range into the hundreds of millions, the FBI mentions only tens of millions as allegedly missing.

FEC rejects campaign finance complaint against Rep. Ilhan Omar.  The Federal Election Commission has tossed out a 2019 complaint against Rep. Ilhan Omar from a conservative group alleging the Minnesota Democrat illegally spent campaign funds on her now-husband's political consulting firm.  "The FEC's unanimous 6-0 ruling confirms what we've said from the beginning:  This was a baseless effort by a right-wing group to smear the congresswoman," Omar campaign spokesman Isi Baehr-Breen said in a text message.  "We're glad people now have a better idea of the kind of tactics the right wing is willing to use to try to smear and silence Rep. Omar.  Good riddance."  The complaint from the Virginia-based National Legal and Policy Center questioned whether Omar's campaign paid Tim Mynett's E Street Group for personal travel expenses.  The complaint covers a period from August 2018 to September 2019, when Omar's campaign paid more than $369,000 to E Street, according to campaign finance records.

As homicides surge in Minneapolis, Ilhan Omar denies her district has a crime problem.  The only strategy that supporters of defunding the police have amid the surge in crimes and homicides is to ignore reality.  Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is committed to this.  Her constituents are living through one of the most violent years they have seen, and she has to pretend none of it is real.  Omar responded to a Twitter user who said her district is "being overrun with violent crime" by definitively asserting that it is not.  But that would be news to residents of Minneapolis, who sit in Omar's district and have witnessed a staggering number of homicides over the last two years.

Ilhan Omar's Bill to Combat 'Islamophobia' Passes the House.  Ilhan Omar's bill requiring the State Department to combat "Islamophobia" has passed.  Omar would like us to believe that "Islamophobia" is as much a threat around the world as antisemitism, and she wants the federal government to monitor, to report on, and to fight the spread of this "hatred." [...] Ilhan Omar has persuaded — some might say inveigled — a Jewish Congresswoman to join her in co-sponsoring the bill.  This is her standard technique for avoiding charges of antisemitism, to "reach out" to liberal Jews who are insufficiently wary of her wiles and guiles, to join her in whatever mischief she is up to.  Her latest effort is to make Congress believe that "Islamophobia" — so often invoked, so rarely defined — really is such a major problem worldwide that it needs a special office in the federal government to monitor it.  Etymologically, "Islamophobia" means the "irrational fear or hatred of Islam."  But "Islamophobia" is a word that was invented not to describe that "irrational fear or hatred of Islam and of Muslims," but in order to shut down any criticism of Islam, no matter how justified.  The word is now affixed to anyone who dares to suggest that the large-scale presence of Muslims in non-Muslim lands, given the refusal of many Muslims to integrate into the larger society, and instead remain hostilely aloof from it, is worrisome.

Lauren Boebertt calls Ilhan Omar a 'jihad-squad member'.  Republican Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert accused Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar of being a "jihad-squad member" during a contentious censure vote.  The House of Representatives was deliberating over a censure vote against Republican Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar for a controversial tweet he sent showing an anime clip that Democrats argue promotes violence.  Following deliberations, the House voted 223-207 to censure him and remove him from his committee assignments.  "The jihad-squad member from Minnesota has paid her husband, and not her brother husband, the other one, over a million dollars in campaign funds," she said.  "This member is allowed on the Foreign Affairs Committee while praising terrorists."

Ilhan Omar blames 'dysfunctional' police for Minneapolis violent crime spike.  Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., blamed police for the recent rise in crime in Minneapolis, accusing the city's officers of not fulfilling their oath of office.  "What we must also recognize is that the reduction in policing currently in our city and the lawlessness that is happening is due to two things," Omar said during a town hall event Saturday in Minneapolis.  One of them, she said, is that "the police have chosen to not fulfill their oath of office and to provide the public safety they are owed to the citizens they serve."  The lawmaker's comments come as violent crime has surged in Minnesota over the last year, rising 17% in total while setting records for murders.  Omar's approach to crime includes backing a Nov. 2 ballot measure to replace the entire Minneapolis police department with a "Department of Public Safety."  The measure would remove the requirement that the city have a minimum number of officers based on the city's population.

Ilhan Omar Introduces Bill to Create Special Envoy to Monitor "Islamophobia" Around the World.  Reps Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) on Thursday [10/21/2021] introduced legislation to create a special envoy that would "monitor and combat Islamophobia" around the globe.  "The bill requires the State Department to create a Special Envoy for monitoring and combating Islamophobia, and include state-sponsored Islamophobic violence and impunity in the Department's annual human rights reports," Omar said in a press release.  Through the "Combating International Islamophobia Act," Ilhan Omar wants the US to police the world and silence political discourse and truth about Islamic terrorism.

The Editor says...
[#1] The U.S. is not the world's hall monitor or thought police.  [#2] If there is any Islamophobia, it is well deserved.

Omar calls on Schumer, White House to 'ignore' Senate parliamentarian on path to citizenship.  The Senate parliamentarian determined that lawmakers cannot include a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens in a budget reconciliation package, but Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is pushing the Senate and the Biden administration to do it anyway.  Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough determined Sunday night [9/19/2021] that the provision fell outside the scope of what is allowed in a reconciliation bill[,] which cannot be filibustered, thus requiring the support of only a simple majority in the Senate.  "This ruling by the parliamentarian, is only a recommendation.  @SenSchumer and the @WhiteHouse can and should ignore it," Omar said.  "We can't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to do the right thing."

The Editor says...
If you're trying "to do the right thing," maybe you should play by the rules.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Accuses Ilhan Omar of Marrying Brother, Supporting Terrorism.  Republican Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene on Saturday [9/18/2021] accused Democratic Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar of marriage fraud and supporting terrorism.  Greene's accusations followed Omar's Friday tweet accusing Greene of hypocrisy for wearing a mask on a flight despite publicly opposing mask mandates.  Omar's tweet was in response to another person's tweet accusing Greene of using taxpayer funds to fly first class on Delta airlines.

Bringing Somalia to Minnesota.  [Scroll down]  When voters head to the polls, they will decide whether to eliminate the Minneapolis charter requirement of police department, and replace it with a public safety department that "employs a public health approach."  As [Ilhan] Omar weighs in on this topic, she brings her considerable inexperience to the world of law enforcement.  Once again weaponizing the power provided to her by Minneapolis voters and a sycophantic media, she accelerates as the bus careens off the cliff.  Firmly protected by the shields of others, Omar seems to enjoy a perverse pleasure in tarnishing precinct shields across her district and beyond.  Why the people in Minnesota's fifth district elected this woman remains a mystery, but the majority of citizens in her district evidently approve of her rhetoric, behavior, and agenda.

Ilhan Omar slams judge for blocking ballot measure to scrap Minneapolis Police Department.  Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., railed against a judge's decision to block a Minneapolis ballot measure that would replace the city's police department with a new department of public safety.  During an in-person town hall meeting Tuesday evening [9/14/2021] in Minneapolis, Omar blamed big money for thwarting a progressive measure that she argued would have given the city "flexibility" on how to better police the city.

Ilhan Omar Possibly Committed A Felony By Concealing Her Finances In Required Disclosure Form, Watchdog Group Alleges.  Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar possibly committed a felony by failing to properly report her assets and income in her financial disclosure reports to the House of Representatives, a conservative-leaning watchdog group alleged in a complaint filed Tuesday [8/31/2021].  The group, National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), demanded the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) investigate why Omar's financial disclosures make no reference to the income she may have received from her memoir published in May 2020, as well as the Democratic lawmaker's apparently gross undervaluation of her new husband's consulting firm, which raked in nearly $3 million from Omar's political campaign from 2018 through 2020, campaign finance records show.  "Representative Omar's apparent disclosure omissions and misreporting violate House ethics rules, the Ethics in Government act, and possibly 18 U.S.C. 1001, a felony with penalties up to five years in prison for making false statements in a matter before the legislative branch," NLPC wrote in its complaint.  "There is clearly more than 'reasonable cause to believe' that disclosure violations may have occurred."

Rep. Ilhan Omar Continues to Evade Financial Disclosure of Reportedly Lucrative Book Deal.  Multiple watchdog groups said Rep. Ilhan Omar may have violated federal law for failing to mention any income received from her critically-acclaimed 2020 memoir in her latest financial disclosure report filed on Friday [8/13/2021].  Omar, D-Minn., reportedly signed a deal worth up to $250,000 for her memoir "This Is What America Looks Like" in January 2019, around the same time she was sworn into Congress.  Omar's communications director said the House Ethics Committee approved the book deal, but the Democratic lawmaker's financial disclosures covering the calendar years 2018 and 2019 contain no mention of the book or any advance income received upon signing a deal.  The book was published in May 2020 to rave reviews by the press and Omar's Democratic colleagues.  The Atlantic dubbed it one of the best political books of the year, and numerous high-profile Democrats — including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts — praised the book.

FBI dodged Ilhan Omar-'bro' wed probe.  Only hours after Minnesota GOP operative Anton Lazarro posted online DNA evidence that allegedly shows Rep. Ilhan Omar was once married to her brother, the FBI busted him.  The test results stated there is a 99.999998 percent chance that Omar and her second husband, Ahmed Elmi, now her ex-husband, are siblings, according to an analysis by British company Endeavor DNA Laboratories.  But before Lazarro could share the results with the media, he was arrested Thursday on underage sex-trafficking charges and jailed pending a court hearing Monday.  His website, IlhanOmarDNA.com, containing the DNA test results, was online briefly before it was taken down Wednesday.  Lazarro and a group of conservative donors had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on three continents hiring private investigators to track down Elmi Omar's ex-husband in the UK and procure his DNA from a drinking straw.  Omar's DNA, Lazarro's website claimed, was extracted from saliva on a cigarette butt she was photographed smoking.

Ilhan Omar's career in the Minnesota Senate proves she supports terrorists.  As soon as Omar was elected in November 2016, before she actually took office as a state senator, Omar wrote a letter to Judge Michael Brown asking for leniency for 9 nine Somali men facing sentencing for trying to join ISIS.  In her letter, Omar wrote that the men do not deserve long sentences in prison, as this would destroy their lives.  She suggested instead a rehabilitation program, saying "the desire to commit violence is not inherent to people — it is the consequence for alienation."  However, Judge Brown had already tried a deradicalization program for at least one of the men, placing him in a halfway house.  He violated the terms of parole and was sent back to prison.  Either Omar was not aware of this — which is unlikely, since the Somali community in Minnesota is tight-knit — or she tried to use her influence to release nine men who intended to join ISIS.

Report — DNA Testing Confirms Ilhan Omar Married Her Biological Brother.  A new report alleges DNA testing confirms Ilhan Omar was married to her biological brother Ahmed Elmi.  The two were allegedly married to bypass immigration laws.  Omar has never been indicted on this crime.  The test results were originally posted on GOP strategist Anton Lazzaro's Facebook page.  He was arrested hours later by the feds on sex trafficking charges.

Ilhan Omar's latest socialist proposal would trap us in welfare state stagnation.  Rep. Ilhan Omar wants to spend billions more in taxpayer money.  The far-left Minnesota Democrat's latest socialist scheme is a quasi-universal basic income program.  She just introduced legislation that would pave the way for the first national "UBI" program in the United States.  Omar's legislation, the SUPPORT Act, would create a new office in the Treasury Department and fund a $2.5 billion grant program for local pilot experiments with UBI.  Then, over the next decade, it would establish a taxpayer-funded "basic income" of $1,200 per month for all U.S. adults who earn $75,000 or less annually with an additional $600 per month for each child in a household.  The income "phase out" would begin at $150,000 annual incomes for two-adult households.  This all equates to a "basic income" of $14,400 per adult.  And, in the congresswoman's telling, this bill could eliminate poverty simply by raining cash down to the masses.

Ilhan Omar leads congressional call for U.S. special envoy to combat Islamophobia.  Rep. Ilhan Omar is leading House lawmakers in demanding that the Biden administration create a special envoy to combat Islamophobia, citing a rise in anti-Muslim incidents across the globe.  In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the lawmakers said the U.S. must take the lead in combatting the phenomenon.  "As part of our commitment to international religious freedom and human rights, we must recognize Islamophobia as a pattern that is repeating in nearly every corner of the globe," the lawmakers wrote.

Pelosi refuses to answer question about Ilhan Omar's latest inflammatory statements this week.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., refused to answer a question about "Squad" member Rep. Ilhan Omar's, D-Minn., most recent inflammatory statements about Israel and her Jewish Democratic colleagues.  During her weekly press conference Thursday [7/1/2021], a reporter asked Pelosi a question regarding Omar's comments this week during an interview, in which Omar stood by her comparison of the U.S. and Israel to internationally recognized terror groups Hamas and the Taliban, and blamed her Jewish colleagues for forcing her to walk back the comments.  Pelosi interrupted the reporter during and waved off the question, saying, "let's stay with this" and that she would "answer that afterward."

Ilhan Omar Knows What She's Doing.  The Jews can never seem to live up to Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D., Minn.) exacting standards.  The Minnesota congresswoman's latest broadside came Tuesday afternoon, when she told CNN's Jake Tapper that her Jewish Democratic colleagues "haven't been partners in justice" and have yet to apologize for their allegedly Islamophobic comments.  Omar's statement came after Tapper asked whether she regrets her comments last month comparing the United States and Israel with terrorist organizations like Hamas and the Taliban.  Her answer was unequivocal:  "I don't."  That's funny, because Omar at the time "clarified" that statement, which elicited a rebuke from Democratic leaders and a dozen Jewish Democrats, saying that she did not say what in fact she said:  "I was in no way equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries."  To be clear, she also believes Israel is a terrorist nation.

Omar blasted for remarks about Jews in Congress: 'This is what a modern day Muslim Supremacist looks like'.  Rep. Ilhan Omar's latest remarks about Israel and Jewish members of Congress have sparked backlash, as the Minnesota Democrat expressed zero regret for comparing Israel to Hamas and the Taliban.  In a CNN interview on Tuesday, Omar said she does not regret her tweet from earlier this month in which she lumped Israel, the U.S., Hamas, and the Taliban together.  When asked if she knows why fellow Democrats — particularly Jews — found previous comments of hers about Israel to be anti-Semitic, Omar accused them of not being "partners in justice" while claiming that she herself "knows what it feels like to experience injustice in ways that many of my colleagues don't."

Ilhan Omar Blames GOP for 'False Narratives' Surrounding Critical Race Theory, Denies its Existence in Schools.  As Republicans across the country look to ban critical race theory, a controversial doctrine that highlights systemic racism as defining framework of U.S. history, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) rejected the idea that it is even being taught to public school students.  [Tweet]  Omar's comments on Saturday follows Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman (R) introducing legislation that would prevent public schools in Washington, D.C. from being permitted to teach critical race theory.  His bill is the latest effort by Republicans to put an end to critical race theory in schools.  Grothman said in a press release Friday [6/18/2021] that critical race theory teaches students "to hate each other and hate their country."

Omar Falsely Claims Critical Race Theory Is Not Being Taught in Schools.  Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar has denied Critical Race Theory (CRT) is being taught in public schools, despite a backlash from parents for the doctrine being pushed on their children. [...] Omar's comments come just a day after a bill was introduced by Wisconsin Republican Rep. Glenn Grothman to ban Washington, D.C. public schools from teaching CRT.  The bill was the latest in a series of legislative pushes to ban Critical Race Theory.

Ilhan Omar and Contempt for America.  "We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban," Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota tweeted last week to her 1.2 million followers.  They responded with warm support.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was cooler.  Although the speaker lives in San Francisco's progressive echo chamber, she heads a national party and understands that most voters do not think our country is similar to the Taliban or Hamas.  They have noticed a few small differences.  Nor do they see a moral equivalence between Israel, which tries to avoid civilian casualties, and terrorist organizations, which use human shields and bomb pizza parlors.  They wonder if a representative who thinks America is so evil should sit on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, as Omar does.  Pelosi pressed Rep. Omar for a "clarification" and received a half-hearted one.  That was good enough for the speaker, who stressed that she was not rebuking Omar, whom she called a "valued member of our caucus."

Ilhan, If You Don't Like It Here...  House Democrats released a statement on Wednesday night [6/9/2021] condemning Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-NY) for comparing the United States and Israel to an Islamic terrorist organization.  Only 12 Democrats condemned Omar, which is less than 6% of the total number of Democrats in the House of Representatives.  "We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity," Omar wrote on Twitter earlier this week.  "We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban."  [Video clip]

Ilhan Omar says America, like Hamas and the Taliban, has committed 'unthinkable atrocities'.  Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Monday [6/7/2021] appeared to place America in the same category as the Taliban and Hamas, saying the U.S., Israel and the terrorist groups have all committed "unthinkable atrocities."  Omar, a member of the progressive "Squad," posted a tweet that said that the U.S. needs to "have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity."  The Minnesota Democrat then claimed America and Israel have committed "unthinkable atrocities" like those committed by the terrorist groups.  "We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban," wrote Omar.  "I asked [Secretary of State Antony Blinken] where people are supposed to go for justice."

Mayor Vowed To Take "Illegal Guns Off The Street". Police Just Found One In Her Home.  Rochester, New York Mayor Lovely Warren is a typical Democrat politician when it comes to gun control.  She's complained about the number of "illegal guns on the streets" of the city, supported the state's draconian gun control laws, and even announced a gun "buyback" earlier this week, claiming once again that "getting guns off our streets must be a priority."

Rochester mayor's husband part of 'mid-level' drug ring, officials say.  The husband of Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren was allegedly peddling cocaine as part of a "mid-level" drug ring in the city, officials said Thursday [5/20/2021].  New York State Police took Timothy Granison into custody Wednesday evening after executing a search warrant at a home on Woodman Park that the 42-year-old shares with Warren and their daughter.  Granison pleaded not guilty Thursday morning to two counts of felony drug possession charges, including intent to sell, and a felony count of gun possession, the Rochester City Newspaper reported.

Ilhan Omar Throws a Hissy Fit Over Being Criticized for Israel Remarks.  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is miffed.  Apparently, Facebook has taken a rare departure from ensuring that only the most complimentary of ads regarding Democrats are displayed on its platform and allowed an organization to criticize the lawmaker for her stance on the hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians.  Omar's office demanded that the social media giant remove an ad posted on its platform by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) that features the lawmaker's face on Hamas rockets and says, "When Israel Targets Hamas Rep. Omar calls it an 'act of terrorism.'"  Last week, Omar tweeted:  "Israeli air strikes killing civilians in Gaza is an act of terrorism."

Ted Cruz:  Ilhan Omar Is 'Acting as Press Secretary for Hamas'.  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Monday that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is "acting as the press secretary for Hamas," the Palestinian terror organization, after she tweeted false information about recent clashes in Gaza.  Omar, who is staunchly anti-Israel, and has a history of antisemitic rhetoric, tweeted Monday:  [Tweet]  Omar was responding to claims by Palestinians that 20 Palestinians had been killed in Israeli airstrikes, including 9 children.  What the report did not mention was that Israel claimed it had targeted and killed 11 Hamas fighters who had fired rockets at Israeli civilians.  The Hamas attack was aimed at Jerusalem, where Palestinians have rioted in recent days, at the instigation of Palestinian terror groups and political leaders.

Rep. Ilhan Omar to Reintroduce Bill Creating Federal Board to Investigate 'Brutality' and Potentially Defund Police.  Far-left extremist Rep. Ilhan Omar is planning to reintroduce legislation this week that would create a federal board to investigate "police brutality."  Rep. Omar's bill, the National Police Misuse of Force Investigation Board Act, would create an eight person board appointed by Joe Biden to investigate police use of force and issue determinations of responsibility.  Departments that do not follow orders from the board would have their federal funding cut.  The findings of the investigation and recommendations issued by this board would be admissible in criminal and civil court proceedings against the law enforcement officer, Fox News notes.

Ilhan Omar Is Her New Husband's Biggest Client, Public Records Show.  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) and new husband Tim Mynett — who is also her campaign consultant — are downplaying the campaign cash the freshman lawmaker funneled to his consulting firm.  But campaign records show that Omar's campaign has been by far the firm's biggest client, funneling more than half-a-million dollars to the group in the 2018 and 2020 election cycles, almost half of all the money the company took in from federal candidates.  Omar and Mynett announced their marriage last Wednesday after vigorously denying they were engaged in a romantic relationship.  Now Omar's campaign and Mynett's firm, the E Street Group, a campaign consultancy for progressives, are defending their professional relationship from critics who have charged that Omar broke the law by improperly using campaign money for personal travel — in particular, to reimburse Mynett's travel from California to Washington, D.C., to visit Omar.

Rep. Omar introduces Agenda 21.  Without respect to the fact that states have the authority to regulate housing contracts, Ilhan Omar uses a viral smokescreen to begin implementing some of the worst features of Agenda 21, the leftist promise that the government will provide affordable housing for everyone.  On March 11, she introduced H.R. 1847, a bill "To suspend obligations of residential renters and mortgagors to make payments during the COVID-19 emergency, and for other purposes."  So far only a draft of the text is available.  Essentially, the bill says that real property tenants can stop paying their landlords.  Our country was not founded on the moral code that one is not responsible for one's obligations and debts.  However, these socialists would make it so.  Unsurprisingly, this bill is full of problems.  It provides for a COVID suspension period ending April 2022 (Sec. 8(3)), but the landlord relief fund runs for five years (Sec. 5 (c)(1)).  It seems as if it's planning to extend for up to five years a tenant's freedom from rent obligations, should the bill become law.

Rabbis: Ilhan Omar's Promotion Shows 'Antisemitism Now Accepted in Congress'.  The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), the largest rabbinic public policy organization in America, declared Monday that the promotion of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to a senior committee position shows that Congress accepts antisemitism.  As Breitbart News reported Sunday, Omar was promoted to the position of Vice Chair on the Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights subcommittee within the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Rep. Ilhan Omar takes leadership post in House Foreign Affairs.  U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is rising on the House Foreign Affairs Committee as she steps into the role of vice chairwoman of the subcommittee with jurisdiction over Africa and global human rights issues.  Omar's office said her new position was being announced Thursday in Washington.  The panel's full name is the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.

GOP Lawmakers Introduce OMAR Act to Prevent Federal Candidates from Putting Relatives on Campaign Payroll.  Republican lawmakers in the House introduced legislation last week dubbed the OMAR Act to address the circumstances surrounding Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) paying her husband's consulting firm $2.8 million during her campaign for a House seat.  Conservative congressmembers filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and now hope to prohibit enriching relatives through the campaigning process.  "For too long, lawmakers of both political parties have engaged in the ethically dubious practice of pocketing campaign funds by 'hiring' their spouses and laundering the money as campaign-related expenses," Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) said in a statement.

Cut Off from Campaign Cash, Omar's Husband Turns to Booze Biz.  After Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) announced that she was cutting ties with husband Tim Mynett's political consulting firm, Mynett turned his attention to a new mission: advising wine and beverage companies.  Mynett and his business partner, Will Hailer, quietly registered a second venture in October 2019. But it wasn't until Omar said she would terminate her contract with their political consulting firm that they really turned their attention to the new business.  Omar's campaign paid Mynett's firm, E Street Group, $2.9 million during the 2020 election cycle — nearly 80 percent of what the firm took in from federal committees.  Documents filed with D.C.'s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs show that E Street Group LLC registered the trade name eStreet.co in October 2019.  The newer group carries a website address identical to its name, which is separate from that of Mynett's political consulting site.

Federal filings show Rep. Ilhan Omar's 2020 campaign made up nearly 80% of payments to her husband's consulting firm.  Federal Election Commission filings reveal payments from Rep. Ilhan Omar's campaign made up the vast majority of money her husband's consulting firm earned during the 2020 election cycle.  E Street Group, which is partially owned by Omar's husband, Tim Mynett, drew in $2.9 million from Rep. Omar's 2020 campaign and $3.7 million in total political spending from other candidates.  Between January 2019 and November 2020, Omar's campaign contributed 78 percent of the total campaign funds received by the E Street Group.

House Republicans Begin Effort To Remove Democrat Ilhan Omar From Committees.  Several House Republicans are moving to remove far-left Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from her committee assignments this week after Democrats announced recently that they are pushing to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), a conspiracy theorist, from her committee assignments.  "The House is set to consider a measure this week that calls for Taylor Greene, a controversial first-term lawmaker known for his support of the QAnon conspiracy theory, from her assignment on the Education and Labor Committee," Fox News reported.  "A proposed GOP-backed amendment to that measure calls for Omar, frequently identified as a member of the 'Squad' of progressive Democrats, to be removed from her committee assignments."

Rep. Omar Melts Down; Will Draw Up Articles Of Impeachment In Attempt To Remove Trump.  In light of the protests in Washington DC, Rep Omar and the Democrats are drawing up a plan to try to remove President Trump from office as soon as possible.  Although the protest was overwhelmingly peaceful despite a few exceptions, Rep. Omar is blaming Trump for the chaos occurring at the Capitol.  "I am drawing up Articles of Impeachment.  Donald J. Trump should be impeached by the House of Representatives & removed from office by the United States Senate.  We can't allow him to remain in office, it's a matter of preserving our Republic and we need to fulfill our oath," she tweeted.  Sadly, the tweet has received over 600k tweets.  The left is going to try to overthrow President Trump.

Rep. Ilhan Omar says she's drawing up articles of impeachment against Trump.  Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, a frequent critic and frequent target of President Donald Trump, announced she was drawing up articles of impeachment against the president following supporters infiltrating the Capitol Wednesday.  "I am drawing up articles of impeachment," she tweeted.  "Donald J. Trump should be impeached by the House of Representatives & removed from office by the United States Senate.  We can't allow him to remain in office, it's a matter of preserving our Republic and we need to fulfill our oath."

Rep. Omar:  It's Trump's Fault That Democrats Killed My Father.  Rep. Omar asked for privacy when her father died over the summer.  And that seemed fair enough since she didn't politicize his death beyond a brief Islamic social media tribute.  But Omar can't stop being her own usual horrible self for very long and so she decided to blame President Trump for her father's death. [...] Minneapolis is run by Democrats.  President Trump allowed local areas to set their own coronavirus policies.  Omar's father lived and died by whatever policies were set in Minneapolis and MN. Omar hasn't bothered to explain what exactly she blames President Trump for.  If anyone killed her father, it was her fellow Democrats.  Finally, Somalis in Europe appeared to be especially vulnerable to the virus, dying at higher rates than the native population.  There hasn't been a clear explanation for the causes of this, but some possibilities have included a genetic predisposition.  That and unsafe behavior.

James Woods Dunks On Ilhan Omar After She Calls For the Abolishment of Death Penalty, Electoral College & ICE.  On Thursday, radical Rep. Ilhan Omar called for the abolishment of the death penalty, the Electoral College, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  "Abolish the death penalty.  Abolish the electoral college.  Abolish ICE," Omar said in a tweet.  Conservative Actor James Woods dunked on Omar the next day by bringing up her past:  "Abolish bigamy," Woods said.  Woods was referring to the allegations Omar is facing regarding her relationship with multiple men at the same time.

How Did Omar's Husband Get $634,000 in Pandemic Bailout Cash?  PPP loans were meant to help organizations keep paying their employees.  Economic Injury Disaster loans, the bulk of the E Street Group cash, was meant for organizations experiencing, in the SBA's words, a "downturn in revenue".  Specifically, they had to have, "suffered working capital losses due to the coronavirus pandemic, not due to a downturn in the economy or other reasons".  The Free Beacon report appears to document a thriving business swimming in cash from Rep. Omar and other lefties.  Beyond that, a baseline question is how exactly a political consultancy would have suffered a downturn in revenue during an election year.  Conventional non-profits who live and die by donations might have, but there's no sign that the cash ever stopped flying to Omar or to E Street Group.

Ilhan Omar's husband received $635k in Covid-19 bailout money for his consulting firm.  Ilhan Omar's husband received $635,000 in Covid-19 bailout money for his consulting firm, despite the congresswoman paying his company nearly $2.25 million this year, according to a new report.  Tim Mynett's E Street Group was given $134,800 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and an additional $500,000 in Economic Injury Disaster loans (EIDL) in April, records show.  Mynett co-owns the Washington D.C. firm, which has also been paid $2,256,700 since the start of 2020 from Omar's campaign for services that include digital advertising, fundraising consulting and website production, campaign records show.

Ilhan Omar's husband's firm got $500K in pandemic relief as he raked in $$$ advising her.  Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's campaign paid millions to her husband's media firm for consultations.  The campaign gave him an additional $138,000 right before she severed ties.  This followed her successful re-election, federal campaign finance filings show.  Omar's husband, Tim Mynett, raked in millions during the 2020 campaign season from Omar's campaign through his firm, the E Street Group LLC.  This is an addition to the nearly $2.8 million her campaign had already paid Mynett's firm.  About severing ties, she said it might not look good.

Ilhan Omar Cuts Ties With Husband's Consulting Firm After Nearly $3 Million In Campaign Payments.  Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota announced Sunday that she had severed financial ties with her husband's consulting firm after her campaign had divvied out nearly $3 million to the company.  Omar's campaign was the largest known client of Tim Mynett's firm, E Street Group, having paid the firm $2.78 million since July 2019, Federal Election Commission (FEC) records show.  Mynett co-owns the firm with Will Hailer, a former staffer for Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.  E Street Group's second-largest client that reports to the FEC was the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, which has reported payments of $128,000 to the firm.  Omar said in an email Sunday to her supporters that she did not cut ties with her husband's firm sooner because of the spending her primary and general election opponents put up against her.

Radical Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar Calls President Trump's Campaign Rallies "Klan Rallies".  Radical Muslima Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Monday called President Trump's campaign rallies "Klan rallies."  Ilhan Omar's lies and dehumanization of Trump supporters is precisely why there was violence against men and women who attended the million MAGA march for Trump in DC over the weekend.  According documents and sources previously reported by investigative journalist David Steinberg, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar married her own brother in order to defraud US immigration.  In fact, evidence is mounting that Ilhan Omar isn't even her real name.

Rep. Ilhan Omar has paid her husband's consultancy firm $2.8 million since the start of 2019.  Ilhan Omar paid her husband's political consultancy firm $2.8 million during the 2019-2020 election cycle, campaign finance records show.  The Democrat congresswoman handed husband Tim Mynett's eStreet Group $1.6 million between 2019 and July 22 this year, another $1.1million between July 22 and the end of September and paid an additional $27,000 since then.  The majority of the money has been spent on digital advertising, FEC records show, but charges also include consultancy fees and more than $2,700 in travel expenses.

Omar Says Supreme Court Has Lowest Approval Rating 'At 10%' — But It's Really 58%.  The problem with Democrats is that they literally make things up to avoid telling the truth.  For example, men cannot give birth — but they'll tell you they can.  Accordingly, Congress, has the lowest approval rating of the three executive branches of government — not the Supreme Court.  But if you're a follower of Ilhan Omar (MN), you wouldn't know it.  She lives to lie.

Ilhan Omar Funnels 70 Percent of Campaign Expenditures to Husband's Company.  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) funneled an additional $1.1 million to her husband's company, bringing her total payments to the firm to $2.7 million for the election cycle, new filings show.  Omar's campaign filings, released Thursday, show that she sent $1.1 million more to the E Street Group, a political consulting firm owned by her husband, Tim Mynett.  The payments account for nearly 70 percent of the $1.6 million Omar's campaign has disbursed between July 23 and the end of September.  They have helped cover advertisements, consulting, travel expenses, and production costs.  Omar has faced criticism on a number of issues since she entered Congress in 2018.

Book Her, Danno.  Reporting on Minnesota's ethically challenged Rep. Ilhan Omar over the past four years, I came to the conclusion that she is heedless of the laws and rules that apply to mere mortals.  She views herself as immune from them and so far she has proven right.  In December 2019 Omar reportedly received a substantial cash advance — Forbes pegged it in a range from $100,00 to $250,000, although I was told it was $300,000 — for a book written on her behalf.  (The book was published earlier this year.)  Forbes picked up the Publishers Marketplace notice of Omar's book deal in a report dated January 16, 2019.  I noted the advance in "Divorce, Minnesota style."  The Washington Free Beacon wondered in a staff report whether Omar had complied with the applicable House ethics rule.  Under House Rule 25, among other things, a member (1) is prohibited from receiving royalties unless the book contract is first approved by the Ethics Committee and (2) is prohibited from receiving an advance against royalties.

Minnesota Supporters Chant 'Lock Her Up' as Trump Mentions Ilhan Omar.  Supporters of President Donald Trump on Wednesday chanted, "lock her up," when the president referred to recent reporting exposing an organized ballot harvesting scheme in Minneapolis connected to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).  "I've been reading reports for two years about how corrupt and crooked she is," Trump said at a campaign rally in Duluth, Minnesota.  The crowd repeatedly chanted, "lock her up," after Trump mentioned Ilhan Omar.  "What about Ohmar where she gets caught harvesting," Trump said.  "What [...] is going on!  I hope the U.S. attorney gets involved."

Project Veritas Exposes Naked Corruption by Ilan Omar Supporters Paying Voters for Blank Ballots in Minneapolis.  As more details come to light regarding the undercover operation by Project Veritas, assisted by a Somali Community "whistleblower" in Minneapolis — Omar Jamal, a community activist — the entire country is given an up-close look at how a sophisticated operation can literally create thousands of fraudulent ballots in an unsecured and unregulated "vote-by-mail" free for all. [...] Democrat Party interest groups across the country have, for months, been demanding increased availability and use of mail-in ballots due to health concerns involving the COVID 19 pandemic.  There are a host of questions with respect to issues of security in dealing with a massive volume of mailed ballots, most of which, to this point, have focused on the secure and timely transmission and receipt of those ballots to local election officials by the US Postal Service, which has never been tasked to deliver millions and millions of mailed ballot envelopes on a specific day.  But what the PV investigation has revealed is that the "security" of such a process is inherently compromised long before the ballots enter the mailing system on the return trip to election officials.

After Ilhan Omar's Fiasco, Biden's Texas Political Director Was Formally Accused Of Illegal Ballot Harvesting With Video As Evidence.  [Scroll down]  But it seems that the Dems are exposed even more as witnesses allege Texas Sen. Boris Miles and Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis were orchestrating a ballot harvesting scheme with help from Biden campaign official Dallas Jones.  According to a lawsuit filed with the Texas Supreme Court Monday [9/28/2020], Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden's political director in Texas has been accused of ballot harvesting in Harris County.  Harris County is Texas' most populous county; Houston is its and the state's largest city.  According to the lawsuit, which was filed by conservative activist Dr. Steven Hotze and several others, two investigators accuse Dallas Jones and several prominent Democrat officeholders of organizing a ballot harvesting scheme.  Jones was named Joe Biden's political director in Texas in late August with stories appearing in media earlier in September.

Minneapolis police probing alleged ballot harvesting plot helping Rep. Omar.  A police investigation has been launched into the alleged ballot harvesting plot helping progressive "Squad" member Rep. Ilhan Omar.  "Allegations of voter fraud being evaluated," the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) announced on Twitter Monday [9/28/2020], hours after President Trump called for an investigation into the "misdeeds."  "The MPD is aware of the allegations of vote harvesting.  We are in the process of looking into the validity of those statements," the department said.  The force added that "no further information is available at this time," including whether the Democratic congresswoman would be involved in the initial investigation.

Follow-up: Project Veritas Shows Cash Exchanges for Voter Ballots Organized by Representative Ilhan Omar.  In part two of an explosive exposé, a Minnesota-based source tells Project Veritas that the mastermind behind the rampant voter fraud scheme is Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) herself and her extensive political machine.  "Nobody would say that Ilhan Omar isn't part of this," said Omar Jamal, a Somali community Insider and the Chairman of the Somali Watchdog group.  "Unless you're from a different planet, but if you live in this universe, I think everybody knows it."  Jamal said Ali Isse Gainey, a senior Ilhan Omar staffer, is at the center of the vote-buying scheme.

Flashback: Congressional Candidate Laura Loomer Uncovered Minneapolis Ballot Harvesting Scheme in 2018.  Last night, James O'Keefe of Project Veritas released a bombshell video indicating that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) may be leading an illicit ballot harvesting scheme intended to influence the results of the upcoming elections in November. [...] The report from O'Keefe echoes the work of investigative journalist turned Congressional candidate, Laura Loomer.  Loomer used to work for Project Veritas before she would go on to become the most banned journalist in history, with Big Tech conspiring to remove her from their monopoly platforms.  City Pages covered Loomer's investigative work in the most snarky way imaginable at the time, laughing off all concerns about ballot harvesting by Democrats in Minneapolis.  "Many people telling me they saw Somalis being bussed in to vote in Minneapolis," Loomer wrote in a tweet that has since been wiped from the internet.  "I'm investigating."  The fake news media made light of her concerns.

Cash-For-Ballots Voter Fraud Scheme Linked To Ilhan Omar Supporters, Says Project Veritas.  Project Veritas — the investigative journalism outfit led by conservative activist James O'Keefe — released a new video Sunday night, appearing to expose a massive ballot harvesting scheme, with those involved asserting their fealty to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D). [...] The investigation showed three locations inside Ward 6 — what they calls [sic] "a ballot harvesting triangle" — where the scheme operates: the Riverside Plaza apartments, the senior citizen community at Horn Towers and the Minneapolis Elections and Voter Services office at 980 E. Hennepin Ave., which they say functions as a voting location and ballot drop-off site.

Project Veritas Exposes Ballot Harvesting Scheme With Alleged Ties to Ilhan Omar.  A new investigative report was put out by Project Veritas on Sunday exposing what appears to be a ballot harvesting scheme in Minnesota perpetrated by a group with alleged ties to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).  The video includes footage of a ballot harvester, Liban Mohamed, speaking in both English and Somali as he drives around collecting ballots from senior citizens.  According to Omar Jamal, chair of the Somali Watchdog Group, people like Liban Mohamed are paid to collect absentee ballots from senior citizens and the immigrant community.  Jamal outlines a ballot harvesting scheme conducted on behalf of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, in which Rep. Omar has become a major power broker.  One source in the report linked Ilhan Omar's campaign manager, Ali Isse Gainey, to the harvesting scheme.  "It's an open secret," Jamal said.  "She [Omar] will do anything that she can do to get elected and she has hundreds of people on the streets doing that."

New Project Veritas Video:  Voter Fraud in Ilhan Omar's District.  A "ballot broker" boasts about keeping hundreds of absentee ballots in his car trunk.  He brags about them being filled in by people other than the voters.  Often, money changes hands.  Witnesses tie the rampant fraud to the campaign chairman of a prominent member of the radical "squad" in the U.S. House.  Loose election laws allow people to come from out of state, vote, and then leave again.  This activity is really happening in America in 2020, and it's been captured on video by guerrilla filmmaker James O'Keefe.  Some of it could be coming to swing states near you if something isn't done.

Project Veritas uncovers 'ballot harvesting fraud' in Minnesota.  A ballot-harvesting racket in Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's Minneapolis district — where paid workers illegally gather absentee ballots from elderly Somali immigrants — appears to have been busted by undercover news organization Project Veritas.  One alleged ballot harvester, Liban Mohamed, the brother of Minneapolis City Council member Jamal Osman, is shown in a bombshell Snapchat video rifling through piles of ballots strewn across his dashboard.  "Just today we got 300 for Jamal Osman," says Mohamed, aka KingLiban1, in the video.  "I have 300 ballots in my car right now ... "Numbers don't lie.  You can see my car is full.  All these here are absentee ballots. ... Look, all these are for Jamal Osman," he says, displaying the white envelopes.

Ilhan Omar Connected Cash-For-Ballots Voter Fraud Scheme Corrupts Elections.  Project Veritas investigators revealed a ballot harvesting scheme here involving clan and political allies and associates of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D.-Minn.) in the first of a series of reports.  "Numbers don't lie.  Numbers don't lie.  You can see my car is full.  All these here are absentees' ballots.  Can't you see?  Look at all these, my car is full.  All these are for Jamal Osman... We got 300 today for Jamal Osman only," said Liban Mohamed in a series of Snapchat videos posted July 1 and July 2 on his own Snapchat profile.  Mohamed said he was collecting the ballots to help his brother win the city's Aug. 11 special election for a vacant Ward 6 city council race — which was held the same day as the primary for Omar's MN-05 congressional seat.  Ward 6 is the heart of the city's Somali community and the Omar's political base.

Trump calls for investigation into Rep. Omar over 'ballot harvesting' claims.  President Trump has called for an investigation into Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar for alleged "ballot harvesting" in Minnesota. [...] The president was referring to a report from Project Veritas that implicates progressive "Squad" member Omar in an alleged cash-for-ballots scheme to gather absentee ballots illegally from Somali immigrants.  In a video posted by Project Veritas late Sunday [9/27/2020], Liban Mohamed, the brother of Minneapolis City Council member Jamal Osman, is shown with ballots filling his car's dashboard.

Project Veritas Outlines Ballot Harvesting Fraud in Ilhan Omar Minnesota District.  Project Veritas investigators revealed a ballot harvesting scheme here involving clan and political allies and associates of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D.-Minn.) in the first of a series of reports.  Central to the Project Veritas investigation was Omar Jamal, a political insider active in the city's Somali community.  Jamal works with the Ramsey County Sheriff Department and is the chairman of the Somali Watchdog Group.  "I have been involved in the community for the last 20 years."

His name is David Steinberg.  Speaking at his rally in Bemidji last night, President Trump paid tribute to the journalism of David Steinberg on Ilhan Omar. [...] Trump got it right:  David deserves a Pulitzer Prize for his work exposing Omar.  When I met with President Trump about my own work on Omar just before he took the stage at his Minneapolis rally the following October, he expressed puzzlement over why she has proved immune from prosecution.  The same thought was clearly on Trump's mind last night [9/18/2020].  In the course of my own work, I have discovered that Omar was in fact under investigation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in August 2016 following the publication of my original post "ILhan Omar:  Her back pages" — precisely as FOX 9's Tom Lyden reported later that month.

Nancy Pelosi Stands with Anti-Semites.  Last Wednesday [7/29/2020], Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi endorsed Rep. Rashida Tlaib in her August 4 Michigan Democratic primary rematch with Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones, whom Tlaib narrowly defeated in 2018.  Similarly, for the August 11 Minnesota primary, Pelosi endorsed another of Congress' three Israel-boycotters, Rep. Ilhan Omar, who has been enthusiastically praised by David Duke, and was voted 2019 Antisemite of the Year in a poll by stopantisemitism.org.  What is Pelosi's motivation in supporting them?  Is it identity politics?  In Omar's race, Pelosi had the option of endorsing her progressive African-American opponent, who opposes the Boycott-Divest-Sanction (BDS) campaign to isolate and destroy Israel.  In Tlaib's race, where opponent Brenda Jones is a staunch ally of Rev. Louis Farrakhan, Pelosi had the option of staying neutral.

'Squad' Member Ilhan Omar Pays Husband's Firm Another $600,000, Bringing Total To More Than $1.6 Million:  Report.  Despite an ongoing federal complaint against her, Rep. Ilhan Omar's re-election campaign reportedly paid her new husband's consulting firm more than $600,000 in the first three weeks of July, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records.  The Minnesota Democrat's campaign has now paid E Street Group, the firm led by Omar's husband, Tim Mynett, more than $1.6 million since August 2018, according to FEC records.  The most recent payments were first reported by The Washington Free Beacon.  "The money accounted for 77 percent of the campaign's disbursements during that time," the Beacon reported.

Ilhan Omar Paid Her Husband's Firm $600,000 in Three Weeks.  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) funneled an additional $606,000 to her husband's firm in the first three weeks of July alone, according to new campaign filings.  Federal Election Commission records released Thursday [7/30/2020] show that over the first three weeks of July, Omar's campaign sent $606,000 to the E Street Group, a D.C.-based consulting firm run by Tim Mynett, Omar's husband.  The money accounted for 77 percent of the campaign's disbursements during that time.  Omar has sent massive sums to her husband's firm even as her Democratic opponent, Antone Melton-Meaux, significantly outraised her ahead of the primary.  The challenger drew national attention with a $3.2 million fundraising haul over the past quarter, six times the amount Omar's campaign pulled in over the same period despite paying Mynett's firm large sums for fundraising assistance.