Justice Clarence Thomas has been breaking the rules of the court for 13 years by not reporting his wife’s income. That income shows a direct conflict of interest with cases Thomas has ruled on, including Citizens United. As Jonathon Turley points out: For many, the incident will be cited as evidence of how toothless these […]
By now I’m sure everyone has heard that Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely from MSNBC for contributing to political campaigns without disclosing those contributions to his superiors at MSNBC. There has been a lot of back and forth over this decision in the blogosphere and twitterverse today. I have mixed feelings on the story. […]
Greg Sargent has confronted CNN about one of their Republican contributors, Alex Castellanos, and their failure to mention his ties to the health care industry: CNN has acknowledged in a statement to me that a high-profile Republican commentator who frequently discusses health care on the air is also the media buyer for one of the […]
Very, very interesting: A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County’s federal detention centers. The indictment criticizes Cheney’s investment in the Vanguard Group, which holds interests in the private prison companies running the federal […]
Andrea Mitchell was on Morning Joe blaming Barack Obama for the bailout failing. Her argument is that he didn’t bring the Congressional Black Caucus on board to vote for it. She gets noticeably mad about this, despite the fact that Democrats delivered more votes than promise and the fact that the CBC was dead set […]
It used to amaze me when I went to my old doctor. Every time I sat in the waiting room you would see all these sharp dressed sales reps come in from different drug companies. Once you got back to the exam room, the walls would be plastered with posters from drug companies, as well […]
Here in Butler County, Ohio, we are plagued with GOP scandals also. Just today we had this happen: A Butler County official pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor crime. Former county treasurer Carole Mosketti avoided jail time for her conviction on a conflict-of-interest charge, a judge fined her $1,000 and ordered her to pay $3,800 […]
And for another dose of corruption: Lester Crawford, the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner who resigned suddenly in September 2005, was indicted in U.S. court for making false statements related to his investments and conflict of interest. U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Taylor announced the indictment in a court filing today in Washington. Forget the fact […]
From the Associated Press Frist Knew About Blind Trust Investments Despite Denials, Frist Updated on His Investments in Blind Trust Investments By JONATHAN M. KATZ and LARRY MARGASAK Associated Press Writers The Associated Press Sep. 24, 2005 – Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., was updated several times about his investments in blind trusts during […]
Bush has made an appointment to head the investigation into what went wrong with last week’s response to Katrina. The head of this investigation is none other than the President himself, leaving one to wonder the kind of conflict of interest that lies in that decision. One of the critical components that failed was FEMA’s […]