redstate.com - 7/29/2008
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Ted Stevens (R-AK) has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 7 counts.
While people are innocent until proven guilty, we know enough facts
to suggest Mr. Stevens is going to be looking for a deal.
And the voters of Alaska, committed to reform, are going to
throw him out of office.
This is one seat that should stay in Republican hands. It will
not, however, if Ted Stevens decides to ...
BREAKING: U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens Indicted in Federal Court
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 7/29/2008 — From Reuters :
Sen. Ted Stevens from Alaska, the longest serving U.S. Republican senator ever, was indicted on seven counts related to his holding of public office, a federal law enforcement official said Tuesday.
Late update : It's worth ...
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) indicted
qando.net 7/29/2008 — I t couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy: Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, has been indicted on seven "charges related to (his) holding of public office," two federal government sources told FOX News on Tuesday. The Department of Justice has ...
Breaking: Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) indicted on seven criminal counts.
thinkprogress.org 7/29/2008 — In a few minutes, the Department of Justice will announce seven criminal counts against Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK). MSNBC’s Pete Williams reported that Stevens will be indicted by the department’s Public Integrity section for making false statements to ...
Ted Stevens Indicted
huffingtonpost.com 7/29/2008 — McClatchy reports :
Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the U.S. Senate and one of the chamber's most powerful members, was indicted Tuesday in Washington, a result of a year-long investigation into corruption in Alaska politics.
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Ted Stevens: Down The Toobz
firedoglake.com 7/29/2008 — Ted Stevens has been indicted :
Sen Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, has been indicted on corruption charges, CBS News has learned.
The FBI, working with an Alaska oil contractor, secretly taped telephone calls with Sen. Ted Stevens as part of a ...
Down the Tubes: Sen. Ted Stevens (R) indicted
thecarpetbaggerreport.com 7/30/2008 — Exactly one year ago this week, agents from the FBI and the IRS raided Sen. Ted Stevens’ (R) home in Alaska — the first ever such rain on a sitting senator’s home — as “part of a broad federal investigation of political ...
Ted Stevens to Surrender Passport —
Booman Tribune
Ted Stevens has entered a plea of not-guilty and asked for an expedited trial so he can 'clear his name' before the November election. The prosecution has not demanded that Stevens post a bond but they have requested that he surrender his passport so that he cannot flee the country. Nice. The government is not offering Stevens any plea deal, which seems obvious. Stevens was the big fish in ...
Sen. Ted Stevens Enters Not Guilty Plea In Federal Court —
TPMMuckraker
From the AP :
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has pleaded not guilty to charges that he lied about accepting more than a quarter of a million dollars worth of gifts from a powerful oilfield contractor.
In the midst of his re-election bid, lawyers for the Senate's longest-serving Republican maintained Stevens' innocence at his afternoon arraignment in federal court in Washington.
Stevens did ...
AK-Sen: Stevens Trails by Double Digits —
Swing State Project
Rasmussen (7/30, likely voters, 7/17 in parens):
Mark Begich (D) : 50 (50)
Ted Stevens (R-inc) : 37 (41)
(MoE: ±4.5%)
In a testament to Stevens' legacy in the state, 50% of voters still have a favorable opinion of the senator, and only 33% want him to resign. Still, his negatives, at 47%, are almost as high, and voters seem ready to turn the page.
So what would happen if Ted Stevens ...
Ted Stevens Declares Himself Unfit to Stand Trial —
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily
Ted Stevens , the senator facing indictments on seven counts of criminal charges , is clearly unfit to stand trial, due to the clinical depression he admits to suffering from. Perhaps Stevens' earliest sign of psychopathology was in 1997 when he diagnosed himself as a mean miserable son of a bitch. Ted's 28 years of tirelessly protecting the American people from the polar bears ...
The Ted Stevens Story On Today's TPMtv —
TPMMuckraker
One year after the feds searched his Alaska home, and one day after a grand jury handed up a seven-count indictment, Sen. Ted Stevens is the subject of today's TMPtv. Muckraker reporter Kate Klonick recaps Ted's troubles and tells us what that means for the GOP in Alaska and nationwide.
Today’s Headlines —
Blah3 Feed
Top Story Ted Stevens Goes Down the Tubes In honor of Sen. Ted Stevens' indictment on federal corruption charges, we offer a tribute to the man who once famously declared that the Internet is "not a truck, it's a series of tubes."… His expertise will be sorely missed, though if it's any consolation, Stevens should remember that a prison is really just a series of bars. Ted Stevens: Series ...
Bouncing Stevens is only half the problem —
The Next Right
He makes a good point. We need to find a top-tier replacement for Ted Stevens. -Patrick
Ousting the sticky fingered Ted Stevens is rather obviously a GOOD IDEA.
But, its far from enough. Our track record in 2006 shows abysmal execution in getting good replacement candidates up on the ballot.
Needless to say, the ones we stuck by through think and thin got shown the door, too. But we ...
The corruption of Ted Stevens —
The Reaction
By Michael J.W. Stickings This is one of those stories that gives you a nice warm feeling inside. Not because of the corruption that is so rampant throughout politics but because getting caught couldn't have happened to a better guy, Ted Stevens, the arrogant, ignorant, and corrupt Republican senator from Alaska. Check out Memeorandum for the latest -- the headlines alone are worth ...
The Ted Stevens' Road to Ruin —
TPMMuckraker
We've had a lot of coverage today at TPMmuckraker on the freshly indicted Sen. Ted Stevens (R), but we've actually been following Uncle Ted and his son, Ben , here at TPMm for more than a year.
So for the benefit of our readers we thought we'd wrap it up into one neat little package so you can see how an 84 year-old U.S. Senator can go from free gas grills to federal indictment .
Ladies ...
Senator Ted Stevens Indicted - Say Good Bye —
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
U.S. President George W. Bush (R) shakes hands with U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in this file photo taken August 3, 2007. Veteran Republican senator Stevens was charged on Tuesday with concealing $250,000 of gifts from an oil services company and its top executive, the Justice Department said
Say good bye to Senator Ted Stevens (R- ...
Ted Stevens Indictment —
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
JULY 29 2008 : Ted Stevens Indicted
NOVEMBER 16 2007 :
Stevens Blames Press For Bad Reputation
SEPTEMBER 15 2007 : Oil Executive Testifies On Stevens' Home Remodeling
SEPTEMBER 13 2007 : Veco Executive Admits To Bribing Ted Stevens' Son
JULY 30 2007 : FBI Raids Stevens Home
JULY 17 2007 : Stevens Claims He Paid All Bills For Remodeling
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) indicted on seven felony counts —
Crooks and Liars
or: Ted Stevens: So Dirty Even The Bush Administration Had To Indict Him.
The Justice Department has just handed down a grand jury indictment against Republican Senator Ted Stevens ( .pdf ) consisting of seven felony counts of making false statements. Basically Stevens is being charged for failing to disclose over $250,000 in gifts he received from 1999-2006, as well as improperly ...
Alaska: Ted Stevens indicted —
BlueOregon
NBC News reports that U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) has been indicted .
Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator and a figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, has been indicted on seven counts of falsely reporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in services he received from a company that helped renovate his home.
Stevens, 84, has been dogged by a federal ...
Alaska Senator Ted Stevens indicted —
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
AP : Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator and a figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, has been indicted on seven counts of falsely reporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in services he received from a company that helped renovate his home. Stevens, 84, has been dogged by a federal investigation into whether he pushed for fishing legislation that also ...
Alaska Senator Ted Stevens Indicted —
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily
I have written about Ted Stevens before, and this will mostly serve to remind you of what I have already written about. But the news is that the first indictments are coming through. Ted Stevens has been served with seven indictments for false statements . I say the first because it is clear that these first seven indictments are only the tip of the iceburg. Ted Stevens is going down!
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Senator Ted Stevens Indicted in Corruption Case —
The Caucus
A federal grand jury has indicted longtime Senator Ted Stevens, Republican of Alaska, on corruption charges after more than a year’s investigation, a federal law enforcement official has confirmed to The Times’s David Johnston.
The Justice Department plans to hold a 1:20 p.m. news briefing on details of the indictment.
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