Archive for April, 2008
Scandal Sheet: Hypocrisy Alert!
Hillary’s Top Strategist Once Called For Violent Overthrow of U.S. Government
Eights Years After Dirty Tricks in 2000, Rove Praises McCain For Adopting Bangladeshi Daughter
Who’s Behind the Robo-Calls to Black Voters in NC?
McCain Bucks Farm Lobby, Leans Against Subsidy-Laden Bill
Sen. Ted Stevens’ Alaska Volcano Celebration Probed By Interior Dept IG
San Diego GOP Chairman Used to Pirate Software
Walking on [...]
Popularity: 3%
Cheney Takes Aim At…
Endangered Whales (It’s No Joke)
THIS IS NOT A PARODY
Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) just sent a letter to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs detailing how White House officials, including the office of Vice President Cheney, questioned proposed rules to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale from collisions with ships.
Cheney’s office doubted whether new speed limits planned for [...]
Popularity: 9%
Audit: Marines Corps’ New Tank
Breaks Down and Busts Budgets
According to a new report on the Marine Corps EFV amphibious tank prepared by Rep. Henry Waxman’s House Government Reform and Oversight Committee:
- During crucial tests in November 2006, the tank could operate only 4.5 hours between breakdowns, completed only two of eleven amphibious tests and one of ten gunnery tests and its weapons system failed [...]
Popularity: 5%
Scandal Sheet: Wright, Earmarks, Rezko
Clinton Supporter Organized Rev. Wright’s Press Club Speech
Clinton Requests $2.3B in Earmarks for 2009
Obama to Donate Funds Received From Rezko Pal
Witness: Rezko Said “Fitzgerald Would Be Eliminated”
Abramoff’s Scheme: Importing Israeli Ringers to Juice Up Middle School Basketball Team
Did the US Photoshop Those Photos of Syria’s Nuclear Lab?
FDA Allowed Risky Human Testing of Blood Substitutes
Search the Proceedings of the [...]
Popularity: 5%
DynCorp Manager Used Armored Car
To Transport Hookers in Iraq
Some explosive testimony this afternoon from a panel of whistleblowers testifying before the Senate’s Democratic Policy Committee on contractor abuse in Iraq.
A contractor died when a DynCorp manager used an employee’s armored car to transport prostitutes, according to Barry Halley, a Worldwide Network Services employee working under a DynCorp subcontract.
“DynCorp’s site manager was involved in bringing prostitutes [...]
Popularity: 28%
Scandal Sheet: Obama’s Bad Monday
Obama’s Finance Chair Led Bank to Push Subprime Loans
Obama Steered State Grant to Legal Client-Turned-Donor
Returning Soldiers Face Broken Toilets, Mildewed Ceilings at Fort Bragg
Who Are the Muckrakers of the 21st Century?
As Oil Drilling Increases, So Do the Number of Worker Fatalities
Wal-Mart’s PAC Mentality: Sweetening the Pot of Its Political War Chest
Popularity: 1%
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Scandal Sheet: Pakistan’s Deals
Where’s Evidence that Political Stalemate Over FISA Has Harmed Any Investigations?
Former Security Contractors Claim They Were Fired for Questioning Problems at U.S. Embassy in Kabul
Disneyland-Style Theme Park Set for Baghdad
How Pakistan Has Used $6B in U.S. Military Aid…
…And Signed a Security Deal with the Mastermind of Bhutto’s Assassination
Popularity: 1%
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Old CIA Records
To Be Transferred to National Archives
Historians rejoice!
Last month, CIA director Michael Hayden signed a memorandum of understanding with National Archivist Allen Weinstein to transfer many agency records that are 50 years or older to the custody of the archives.
Wonder if it will clear up more info on the CIA’s role in the overthrow of Iranian president Mohammed Mossadeq in 1953, the agency’s [...]
Popularity: 1%
Scandal Sheet: Edwards for HRC?
Elizabeth Edwards To Stump for Hillary in NC?
SEC Rebuffs Lawmakers Over Why Agency Dropped Bear Stearns Probes
Audit: FDA’s Revamped Foreign Drug Inspection Program Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Alberto Gonzalez, David Addington and Rumsfeld’s Lawyer Went to Gitmo to See Interrogation Techniques
Deadly Diseases Medical Research Lab Planned For Heart of London
Popularity: 1%
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Scandal Sheet: Now It Gets Dirty
Here They Come! ‘Willie Horton’ Ad Creator Targets Obama
McCain Helped Fundraiser Snag Million-Dollar Deals
Queen of Pork’s $upport for Harlem Pastor Who Endorsed Her Over Obama
Scandalized HUD Chief Gets Royal Send-Off
Former CIA Base Chief in Italy (Who’s Implicated in Kidnapping Terror Suspect) Is On the Run
US Seeks to Block Zimbabwe-Bound Chinese Arms
Popularity: 1%
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