tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/21/2009
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Back in August, when it was revealed that Chris Christie had given an unreported $46,000 loan to Michele Brown, his top deputy at the US attorney's office, we had a sense there was more to the story than we'd yet learned.
And today's revelations from the New York Times help fill out the ...
balkin.blogspot.com - 10/27/2009
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Although Justice Antonin Scalia and I are both
originalists, the two of us have quite different theories...
of original meaning. Scalia has always looked to how the public would have applied the words of the Constitution at the time of their enactment, ...
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Justice Scalia comes clean on Brown v. Board of Education?
hotair.com - 10/17/2009
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When the grassroots come together for events like
Western CPAC, it usually brings together a great deal...
of energy as well as a wide idea of ideas, some better than others. One of the worst — and worst defended — ideas at WCPAC comes from ...
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Impeach Obama?
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/20/2009
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Did a top prosecutorial deputy to Chris Christie
improperly use her position earlier this year to boost...
his run for governor -- despite the candidate's recent claim that she had done nothing to help his campaign? The New York Times has assembled ...
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Christie's Top Aide Got Loan Then Helped His Campaign: ...
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TPM's Christie-Brown timeline
Blue Jersey - Quick Hits's RSS Feed —
Pretty interesting Christie timeline of his activities at the US Attorney's office.
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for October 21, 2009
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... she pledge to vote for the Republican Leader, Rep. Boehner, as speaker of the House in 2011 if she wins? " Has the Weekly Standard bought and paid for John Boehner, what makes them think the Repuglicans will gain the majority in the next election, do they know something we don't, are future elections rigged in favor of the Repuglicans. Inquiring minds would like to know! * * * Gasp, gasp another Repuglican, another scandal!!! "Did Christie Politicize U.S. Attorney's Office?... Christie had given an unreported $46,000 loan to Michele Brown, his top deputy at the U.S. ...
Report: FBI Looking At Land Deal Linked To Rep. Calvert
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Report: FBI Looking At Land Deal Linked To Rep. Calvert An FBI agent has reportedly been poking around in southern California looking at a lawsuit over land bought by a group including Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA). [image] [image] Did Christie Politicize U.S. Attorney’s Office? Chris Christie’s ties to former colleagues in the U.S. attorney’s office suggest that in the service of his bid for governor, he may have improperly politicized an office that’s supposed to be an independent administrator of justice. [image] [image] Bernie Kerik Jailed As Judge Revokes Bail In Corruption Case A federal judge has revoked bail for former NYC police commissioner ...
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