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Category Archives: Republican Corruption

Excuse my cynicism

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

I wish I could agree with this article, which argues that Michael Flynn has retroactively registered as a foreign agent in order to set himself up for leniency when Trump and Pence are investigated. It still begs the question of why Michael Flynn is suddenly doing this. By registering now as a foreign agent, he’s […]

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Perks of Office

Monday, December 28, 2015

This guy makes John Rowland look like a piker: As storms once again battered the state of Alabama over Christmas, Republican Gov. Robert Bentley moved to divert funding from the 2010 BP oil spill recovery effort to finance the renovation of a second Governor’s mansion on the Gulf Coast. Yet that beachside mansion, which Alabama […]

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Ready to charge any price and impose any burden

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

…to assure the survival and success of the Republican Party. The Ohio Secretary of State, Jon Husted, has been slapped down by a federal judge for unconstitutionally trying to deprive people of their right to vote, but he is undeterred: Husted fired back, saying through a spokesman late Tuesday that the judge’s ruling would allow […]

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Mitt’s plans

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

I understand that focus groups have refused to believe that anyone running for president would actually take the positions that Romney has taken. That’s one of the reasons, of course, that Republicans (e.g., Linda McMahon) try so hard not to tell anyone what they will do if elected. Better to spout banal talking points. But […]

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Willard’s Massachusetts coverup

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

It’s actually hard to make the argument that anything could make Mitt Romney look worse, so lets just say that the latest revelation about his preemptive coverup of his record in Massachusetts is getting even more interesting. I give him credit for the gambit, by the way. Most politicians wait until they’re accused of something […]

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Cantor bets against the country

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Nothing much to add to this. I’m just passing it along to see that it gets maximum circulation: Eric Cantor is betting that the country will self destruct. Last year the Wall Street Journal reported that Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House, had between $1,000 and $15,000 invested in ProShares Trust Ultrashort 20+ […]

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Just a coincidence, no doubt

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

The Republican who knocked off Russ Feingold has found himself in a bit of trouble. He loaned himself $9,000.000.00 to run for the Senate. Then, after he won, the company he formerly ran paid him $10,000.000.00 in “deferred compensation”. The two numbers align up well, and suspicious minds might suspect that his corporation actually funded […]

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No surprises here

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Every one of them is a grifter. ABC News reports that Newt Gingrich’s Renewing American Leadership organization, a non-profit dedicated to Christian faith issues, has provided contracts worth $220,000 to Gingrich Communications, a for-profit consulting firm owned by Gingrich. Another one of Gingrich’s non-profits, American Solutions for Winning the Future, which supports oil drilling, shares […]

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Wouldn’t this be wonderful

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Roger Ailes to be Indicted. I’ll believe it when I see it. I think IOKYAR runs too strong in this country.

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Grandstanding in Wisconsin

Friday, February 25, 2011

Scott Walker is engaged in even more nonsense: Today, Governor Scott Walker signed Special Session Assembly Bill 5 which requires a 2/3s vote to pass tax rate increases on the income, sales or franchise taxes. But this is not, as Digby thinks, Wisconsin’s version of the California restrictions. In fact, it means nothing. Anything done […]

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