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The Obama Malaise:  economy sheds 95,000 more jobs . . . Gallup finds 10.1% unemployment rate . . . food stamp nation . . . fed spending rises 9% . . . 72,000 stimulus payments went to dead people

Ethics trials for Reps. Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters scheduled after election

MTV screens audience for Obama visit on their physical looks and political views

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White House in Disarray:  military disses the clowns in the White House  . . . stimulus plan architect Peter Orszag will resign next month . . . Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel expected to quit after mid-term elections

MSNBC hostess Mika Brzezinski admits she's a tool for Obama

PA state lawmakers under investigation

Philadelphia, PA District Att'y to form anti-corruption task force

MD grand jury investigates Prince George's County corruption

Jersey City, NJ deputy mayor Leona Beldini appeals 3 year sentence

Jersey City, NJ councilman Philip Kenny loses bid to delay reporting to prison

Brownsville, TX city employee Gabriel Verduzco charged with soliciting bribes

Texas State Rep. Terri Hodge reports to federal prison

CHP officer Abram Carabajal convicted for dismissing ticket for sex

NYC agency project manager Latif Abdulmalik faces 10 years on bribery conviction

Hartford, CT Mayor Eddie Perez still at work following conviction

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MSNBC team trashes Obama's Oval Office address on oil spill:

Chris Matthews: Ludicrous that he keeps saying [Secretary of Energy] Chu has a Nobel prize. I'll barf if he does it one more time.

Poll:  Most Louisianans say Bush did better job with Katrina than Obama with oil spill

Poll:  Most Americans dissatisfied with Obama's reponse to Gulf disaster

Joe Biden:  "I'm a politician, and I'm proud of it"

Jenkins Township, PA supervisor Russ Arnone pleads guilty

Chicago, IL building inspector Michael Reese gets 5 years for taking bribes

Jibreel Rashad gets 57 months in Dallas, TX City Hall corruption case

Rand Paul Hits The Shark On The Nose

Rand Paul, the libertarian folk hero and son of Texas Congressman Ron Paul, won the Republican primary nomination earlier this week for a U.S. Senate seat from Kentucky, and the big government left has its panties in a bunch.  Although Rand Paul abhors discrimination -- and in fact is in favor of the 1964 Civil Rights Act -- he previously has questioned whether Congress had the constitutional power to pass the legislation.  Of course, liberals cannot distinguish between the means and the end because like good Marxists they believe the end justifies the means.  And so because Rand Paul merely questioned the government means by which to end discrimination in the private sector they now are engaged in a smear campaign falsely accusing Rand Paul of racism.  Welcome to America 2010.

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Rand Paul:  "we have come to take our government back"

Obama endorsement is an electoral curse for candidates

Former Fed Reserve Chief Paul Volcker:  time is "growing short" to fix U.S. fiscal crisis

Next year's budget is sinking in deep red ink

Los Angeles boycott of Arizona may lead to power blackouts in Lalaland

Jury finds former NJ Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt guilty on corruption charges

Some charges dropped against NJ politico brothers  Louis and Ronald Manzo

Hartford, CT Mayor Eddie Perez will testify at his corruption trial

Crane company owner pleads guilty to bribing NYC DOB inspector

Former lawyer for Cleveland, OH sewage agency pleads guilty to bribery

Kentucky jail administrator Henry Clayton "Butch" William arrested on bribery charge

Louisville, KY cop Jacqueline Hollingsworth suspended over alleged forged receipt

FBI executes search warrant at Vidalia, LA police department

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow "vibrating" off her seat by "about six inches"