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Not So Fast! DC GOP Power Couple Roadblocked On Arpaio-Linked Case
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 24 days ago
Not So Fast! DC GOP Power Couple Roadblocked On Arpaio-Linked Case
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The effort by a conservative county prosecutor in Arizona to hire a big-name Washington lawyer power couple to go after a local official has hit a roadblock. Earlier this month, we told you how Maricopa county prosecutor Andrew Thomas, working closely with the notorious anti-immigrant ...
reason.com - 10/27/2009
The Black Conservative Tradition
— reason.com — In the latest New Republic , historian Steven Hahn has a long and very interesting review of... the recent Booker T. Washington biography Up from History . As Hahn discusses, Washington famously championed economic advancement and education  ... (more) The Black Conservative Tradition

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Talking Points Memo:  Over on the Dark Side

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Over on the Dark Side
Talking Points Memo — ... You may know of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the colorful and high-profile Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, best known for his hardline stance on illegal immigration. Early last month we told you about Arpaio's and a political ally's effort to import DC TV lawyer power couple Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing as "special prosecutors" for what appeared to be a fairly transparent hit against one of Arpaio's local GOP political opponents. That effort eventually got shut down by County officials. But now come reports that the FBI is investigating Arpaio for ...

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