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Rand Paul
Paul Has Been Guest Of Conspiracy Theorist Shock Jock Alex Jones (VIDEO)
Justin Elliott | May 21, 2010, 9:14AM
Alex Jones and Rand Paul
Kentucky Republican Senate nominee Rand Paul has been a guest on the show of wacky conspiracy theorist radio host Alex Jones multiple times in the past couple years.
For Jones, who runs the site Infowars.com and broadcasts his eponymous radio show out of Austin, 9/11 trutherism is only the beginning. He regularly devotes his show to investigating the Bilderberg Group, the "rise of FEMA," the Bohemian Grove, how to fight the New World Order, etc.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (42) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (3)Topics: 2010 Elections, Alex Jones, Bilderberg Group, Bohemian Grove, FEMA, Kentucky, Rand Paul
Right-wing extremism
Going To Extremes: The Obama Era's Top Ten Anti-Government Flare-Ups
Zachary Roth | April 1, 2010, 6:35PM
Clockwise from top left: David Stone, Sr., John Patrick Bedell, Joseph Stack and James von Brunn
The charges filed this week against nine members of the Hutaree Christian militia group have re-focused attention on the resurgence over the last year or so of the broader militia movement.
That resurgence has been driven in part, say experts, by the election of President Obama. But during the Obama era, threats of anti-government violence -- and even the real thing -- have become more widespread. In fact, with disaffected Americans from Massachusetts to California freaking out against the Feds en masse, it sometimes seems that going postal has become all the rage. Of course, in some cases, that anti-government animus long predates the election of our current president. But there seems to be something about the current climate that's contributing to the rash of incidents.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (41) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (2)Topics: Barack Obama, Eric Cantor, FEMA, Glenn Beck, Gregory Girard, Guns, Hutaree, IRS, James von Brunn, Joe Stack, John Gimbel , John Patrick Bedell, Joshua Cartwright, Michelle Obama, Militia Movement, Nancy Pelosi, Norman LeBoon, Pentagon, Pentagon Metro Shooter, Racism, Richard Poplawski, Right-wing extremism, Sarah Palin, Steven Anderson, Tea Parties
Blackwater
Lawsuit: Blackwater Put Filipino Prostitute On Government Tab
Zachary Roth | February 11, 2010, 9:23AM
Blackwater training compound in Moyock, NC.
A lawsuit filed by two former employees of Blackwater charges that the controversial security contractor defrauded the U.S. government, including charging it for strippers and prostitutes, the New York Times reports.
Perhaps the most explosive charge in the lawsuit -- filed by a married couple, Brad and Melan Davis, is that the company put a Filipino prostitute in Afghanistan on its payroll under the "Morale Welfare Recreation" category, then billed the government for her salary and plane tickets.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (35) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (8)Topics: Afghanistan, Blackwater, Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, Sex, Xe
Lashonda Booker
Ex-FEMA Worker Charged With Stealing Katrina Relief Money
Justin Elliott | January 11, 2010, 3:04PM
A FEMA official talks to a New Orleans resident after Hurricane Katrina.
A former FEMA worker and her cousin have been charged in Mississippi with stealing $721,000 in disaster relief money, including allegedly diverting $58,000 directly from three victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Lashonda Booker, who worked in FEMA's Biloxi office processing Katrina disaster assistance claims, is accused of conspiring with her cousin to divert FEMA funds to bank accounts Booker controlled, according to court documents filed by the U.S. Attorney Jan. 8.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (9) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (10)Topics: Crime, FEMA, Katrina, Lashonda Booker, Peggy Hilton
Michael Brown
Michael Brown To Teach Class On Patriot Act
Zachary Roth | December 4, 2009, 3:10PM
Michael Brown
Heckuva seminar, Brownie!
Michael Brown, the much-ridiculed former FEMA director who became a symbol of the Bush administration's disastrous response to Hurricane Katrina, has landed a new gig: teaching a law-school class on the Patriot Act next spring.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (21) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (2)Topics: FEMA, George Bush, Michael Brown, Patriot Act
David Vitter
Vitter Wants EPA To Delay Rules On Pollutant -- Mirroring Stance Of Industry That Backs Him
Zachary Roth | September 25, 2009, 4:20PM
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) is blocking an EPA nomination because he wants the agency to delay establishing safety procedures for formaldehyde. Meanwhile, major emitters of the dangerous chemical have been generous contributors to the senator's reelection campaign.
Vitter met yesterday with EPA administrator Lisa Jackson, who sought, unsuccessfully, to convince him to remove the hold he had placed on Paul Anastas, who has been nominated to be the EPA's assistant administrator in charge of its Office of Research and Development, reports the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (12) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (9)Topics: David Vitter, EPA, FEMA, Katrina, Lobbyists
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