Corruption/Crime

THE PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS ARE THE NEW TAMMANY HALL

NOVEMBER 26, 2011 ‘The New Tammany Hall’ The historian of the American city on what Wall Street and the ‘Occupy’ movement have in common, and how government unions came to dominate state and local politics. By MATTHEW KAMINSKI New York ‘What has the country so angry,” says Fred Siegel, “is the sense that crony capitalism […]

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THE PUBLIC-UNION ALBATROSS

NOVEMBER 9, 2011 What it means when 90% of an agency’s workers retire with disability benefits. By PHILIP K. HOWARD The indictment of seven Long Island Rail Road workers for disability fraud last week cast a spotlight on a troubled government agency. Until recently, over 90% of LIRR workers retired with a disability—even those who

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ABC, CBS AND NBC OVERLOOK OCCUPY WALL STREET RADICALISM

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER      www.mrc.org OCCUPIER OUTRAGES OMITTED Study: ABC, CBS and NBC Overlook Radicalism and Criminal Behavior at Occupy Wall Street Protests; Soundbites Favorable by 19-1 By: Geoffrey Dickens | View PDF Version Monday, November 07, 2011 9:40 AM EST ABC, CBS and NBC have continued their overly positive coverage of the Occupy Wall Street

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LAWYERS NETTED MILLIONS IN SOLAR LOAN DEAL

Contractors’ fees recorded By Jim McElhatton– The Washington Times Wednesday, September 21, 2011 In the fallout of the collapse of solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC — a company awarded more than a half-billion dollars in federal loans before it went bankrupt late last month — members of Congress are demanding to know how all that money

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THE WHITE HOUSE-ACORN SMOKING GUN

WASHINGTON TIMES Disgraced vote-fraudster affiliate lobbying the Obama administration By Matthew Vadum- Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Why is an affiliate of the disgraced group ACORN lobbying the White House? White House visitor records show that attorney Estelle H. Rogers, director of advocacy at ACORN-affiliated Project Vote, met with a senior aide to Obama adviser Valerie

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WHAT SOLYNDRA FIASCO?

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 The Department of Energy keeps shoveling out taxpayer money. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  The Energy Information Administration estimates that new natural gas-fired plants will create electricity at a cost of $63.10 per megawatt hour, compared to the Administration’s “green” favorites, offshore wind and solar thermal plants—like the one in Nevada funded yesterday—which

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