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Rick Green
Leading Texas Supreme Court Candidate Has Checkered Ethical Past, Religious-Right Worldview (VIDEO)
Justin Elliott | April 7, 2010, 2:20PM
Rick Green
A former Texas legislator who has a good shot at being the next justice on the state's Supreme Court would bring to the job a checkered ethical past, a Bible-based view of the law, endorsements from Chuck Norris and Alan Keyes, and a commitment to "keeping God in the equation" in American civic life.
Meet Rick Green.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (40) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (5)Topics: David Barton, Debra Lehrmann, FTC, Focus Factor, Rick Green, Texas, Texas Supreme Court, V-Factor, WallBuilders
Kevin Trudeau
Infomercial King Sentenced To Jail For E-mail Bombing Judge
Justin Elliott | February 18, 2010, 12:57PM
Kevin Trudeau
You may remember Kevin Trudeau from such late-night infomercials as Free Money, Mega Memory System, and Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About.
Now, the man dubbed the "infomercial king" by Chicago media, who has been in a cat-and-mouse game with the FTC for years -- for allegedly making bogus claims about everything from weight loss to cures for debt, cancer, and heroin addiction -- may be headed to jail after asking supporters to bombard a federal judge with e-mails.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (23) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (3)Topics: FTC, Free Money, Kevin Trudeau, Mega Memory System, Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About, Twitter
PhRMA
Drug-Makers Paying Off Competitors To Keep Cheap Generics Off Market
Zachary Roth | December 2, 2009, 3:07PM
Republicans and their allies in the business community talk a good game about the virtues of free-market competition. But, as we've seen in the debate over the public option, that stance often goes out the window when corporate profits are at stake.
And now we've got another example -- one of the sleaziest and most blatantly self-serving yet.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (55) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (19)Topics: Chuck Grassley, FTC, Herb Kohl, Jon Leibowitz, Lobbyists, PhRMA, Susan Collins
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