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Cleaning House

Glenn Beck rally:  a warning to Obama and Dems? . . . signals election troubles for Dems . . . 1980 Déjà Vu? . . . the death of conservatism was greatly exaggerated

Dems face harsh economic reality . . . policy options dwindle as fears grow . . . Obama and Bloomberg talk tough times over round of golf . . . waiting for Obama

Watchdog:  U.S. wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq

No surprise:  Obama & Dems got 88% of 2008 campaign contributions from MSM

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson steered Black Caucus Foundation scholarships to relatives

How New Orleans, LA is cleaning up its big sleazy reputation

Illinois:  when governors go bad

Businessman Wafeek Aiyash admits bribing Chicago, IL Alderman Isaac Carothers

Chicago, IL bld'g inspector Thomas Ziroli gets 21 months for taking bribe

More bribery allegations against Orange County, FL Comm'r Mildred Fernandez

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CBO:  Medicare fix coupled with ObamaCare increases the deficit

Court:  Federal Reserve must disclose bank bailout records

Democrat donor Hassan Nemazee pleads guilty to $292 million fraud

Chicago, IL developer convicted for bribing Alderman Isaac Carothers

Two more sentenced in Dallas, TX City Hall corruption case

St. Louis, MO cop Christian Brezill gets probation after felony theft conviction

Auburn, NY cop Brian Hutchings charged with taking bribes

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Record spending, record deficit

Rep. James Clyburn:  "We've got to spend our way out of this recession"

Deficit balloons into national security threat

Democrat Senators spend weekend in Miami Beach, FL cavorting with 108 lobbyists

Ben Stein:  Free James O'Keefe

BonusGate trial opens against former PA House Democratic Whip Mike Veon

Statewide grand jury to investigate public corruption in FL

Pittston Area, PA school board member Joseph Oliveri gets a year in prison

The stench of spreading corruption among NC Democrats

Chicago, IL Alderman Isaac "Ike" Carothers pleads guilty to federal corruption charges

 

Cleaning House

GOP:  Obama is soft on terror

White House drops plan for terror trials in NYC . . . KSM may be tried at Gitmo

DOJ clears Bush lawyers in torture memo probe

Afghanistan's corruption poses dilemma for U.S. military

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official Gloria Martinez gets 5 years for taking bribes

Most voters don't trust Obama . . . his math just doesn't add up

100 allegations of Senatorial misconduct made in 2009

Rep. William Jefferson brother Mose Jefferson gets ten years in bribery scheme

Rep. Henry Hyde was investigated for suspected mob-linked corruption

Anthony Spalliero sentenced for bribing former Marlboro, NJ Mayor Matthew Scannapieco

Chicago, IL alderman Isaac Carothers expected to plead guilty on Monday to corruption

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Trial begins today for former U.S. Representative William Jefferson

Judge rejects bid by Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez to get charges dropped

Former Congressional staffer indicted

Campaign contributions to judges undermine fair trials

Former Massachusetts House speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi pleads not guilty

Chicago Alderman Isaac Carothers pleads not guilty

Prosecutors unveil road map for Dallas City Hall corruption trial

Former NYC school bus safety inspection supervisor sentenced to 30 months