Meg Whitman is out there denying that she hired an illegal immigrant for a maid, but the maid’s lawyer is set to release proof today: Gloria Allred, a Los Angeles attorney who represents Whitman’s former maid, Nicky Diaz Santillan, said she would release evidence Thursday showing Whitman was aware of the maid’s illegal status as […]
It turns out Christine O’Donnell has a very interesting academia past. It’s just a shame that it isn’t true.
It has been a growing problem in this nation for decades and it continues to increase every year – income disparity: The income gap between the richest and poorest Americans grew last year to its widest amount on record as young adults and children in particular struggled to stay afloat in the recession. The top-earning […]
The whole investigation into the handling of the late Ted Stevens prosecution took a really interesting turn this weekend: One of the prosecutors who handled the corruption trial of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens committed suicide over the weekend, according to his lawyer. Justice Department prosecutor Nicholas Marsh and five others have been the subject of […]
While going through my feeds in Google Reader this morning, one headline really, REALLY stuck out at me: The “But Tour”? Oh I’m sure that the right will quickly paint this as more proof of the so-called “Liberal media” and their attempts to smear the good people of the right. CNN did actually correct the […]
It’s starting to look up for October: White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, widely expected to leave the White House to make a long coveted run for Chicago mayor, could make an announcement on his decision as soon as Friday, a source close to him said. Emanuel has not made a final decision, said […]
You may recall the story of Anthony Gruber. In July of this year he was speeding down a highway. An undercover police officer pulled a gun on him to stop him. Gruber was videotaping his joy ride and decided to post the video on YouTube, a decision that ultimately lead to his arrest and being […]
Oh this is really good. As you probably recall, many Republicans and conservatives who surely knew better got carried away with outrage when the Daily Caller published its thorougly bogus series of hit pieces alleging that Journolist represented some kind of shadowy liberal conspiracy to undermine our journalistic insitutions from within for the good of […]
With all the debate over Cordoba House in New York, something we never hear about is actual concerns. I’m not talking about the “all brownies are terrorists” kind of crap the GOP and FOX News pushes, but rather if there are any serious zoning type complaints. An example of this can be seen in Connecticut, […]
After having spent the past four years in the minority, you would think congressional Republicans could actually come up with some sort of plans. Instead they lay out their “wish list”, but never present any path to make these wishes a reality. That was scene again last week with the Republicans new “Pledge to America”. […]