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School Raps McCain For Using Image As Speech Backdrop Without Permission
Okay, the McCain-Walter Reed Middle School backdrop debacle is getting weirder by the second. Now the principal of the school is hammering McCain for using footage of the school during his convention speech without seeking the school's permission. Here's the...more »
Posted on September 5, 2008 4:32 PM
WH Gets Temporary Stay for Testimony
The latest in the back and forth between Harriet Miers and the House Judiciary, from the AP: A federal appeals court has blocked former White House counsel Harriet Miers from testifying about the firing of nine U.S. attorneys until judges...more »
Posted on September 5, 2008 4:27 PM
Trooper-Gate Trooper Breaks Silence
CNN caught up earlier today with Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten, the former brother-in-law of Sarah Palin, who is at the center of Trooper-Gate. Wooten doesn't appear to have spoken publicly since his name became the focus of the investigation...more »
Posted on September 5, 2008 12:30 PM
Abramoff Given Four Year Sentence
After lenient sentence recommendations from the prosecution, and pleading letters to the Judge, disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff has finally received his sentence: 4 years. From the AP: A federal judge has sentenced disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff to four years...more »
Posted on September 4, 2008 4:44 PM
Safavian Gets a New Court Date
In June, an appeals court granted Jack Abramoff crony David Safavian a new trial. Safavian, the former chief of staff for the General Services Administration, was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison for lying to investigators about his...more »
Posted on September 4, 2008 4:25 PM
Abramoff's Letter to Court: "I'm Not a Bad Man"
On the eve of his most recent sentencing tomorrow, infamous former lobbyist Jack Abramoff did his best to explain his scurrilous past actions to the court. In a letter to Federal Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle, Abramoff described himself as "not...more »
Posted on September 3, 2008 7:02 PM
OIG Report May Indicate Gonzales Perjury
We noted yesterday that the Justice Department Office of the Inspector General issued a report on the found that former Attorney Gen. Alberto Gonzales had mishandled classified documents during his time in office -- and that the DOJ had decided...more »
Posted on September 3, 2008 1:31 PM
AIP: We Were Wrong, Sarah Was Never a Member. . . But Todd Was
Retracting past statements, the chair of the secessionist Alaska Independence Party told TPMmuckraker that they were mistaken in stating that Sarah Palin was once a member of their party -- but that her husband Todd, was. "We searched for it...more »
Posted on September 2, 2008 8:00 PM
Todd Palin Was Registered Member of Alaska Independence Party Until 2002
The McCain camp today disputed rumors that presumptive vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was ever registered with the secessionist Alaska Independence Party by releasing years of voter registration history . . . but it looks like that doesn't apply to...more »
Posted on September 2, 2008 3:25 PM
Report Finds Gonzales Mishandled Classified Documents; Won't Be Charged
From the AP: The report says Gonzales failed to store the documents in proper secure facilities and at one point took them home. The report released Tuesday also says he stored them in his briefcase because he did not know...more »
Posted on September 2, 2008 11:22 AM

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you scare me sometimes ben.

Posted at August 26, 2008 10:55 AM in response to Super Highways! Coast to Coast!
I like big words and I cannot lie.

Posted at August 26, 2008 9:04 AM in response to Michelle Obama Roll-Out Continues
Excuse me, let me clarify: Taping herself cuddling her children and putting it on the internet is DEFINITELY about softening her image. My factual evidence? I base it on having eyes in my head.

Posted at August 25, 2008 10:54 PM in response to Michelle Obama Roll-Out Continues
Disagree.

Posted at August 25, 2008 10:53 PM in response to Michelle Obama Roll-Out Continues
No. . . but TAPING her cuddling with her children and presenting it in a roll out on her speech prep, might be about softening her image.

Posted at August 25, 2008 10:29 PM in response to Michelle Obama Roll-Out Continues
thanks for the back up, greg.

Posted at August 25, 2008 10:24 PM in response to Michelle Obama Roll-Out Continues
How do we know that that's a legitimate letter Eldrick1? That's not an official site.

Posted at August 8, 2008 5:30 PM in response to Suskind's Report About Forged Iraq-Al Qaeda Letter Holding Up Under Scrutiny
Good catch ARG, thanks.

Posted at August 4, 2008 3:49 PM in response to President To Appear With Sen. Stevens In Alaska Despite Indictment
Glad you've been reading the site for so long, but very much resent that you've chosen my TPMTV reporting -- of all the TPMTV that goes on this site and has gone on for years -- to highlight as the "HuffPo-ization" of TPM.

Not only is it fundamentally misogynist to suggest that I'm "one more step" towards a "sexy weathergirl," it's ridiculously hyperbolic to call it some kind of descent into "making TV and celebrity" a part of TPM.

So buddy, in your mind are only men capable of "earnest reading and earnest typing?" Why does my presence suddenly make TPMTV "splashy and sassy?" Why no long rant on any of Josh's TPMTV posts?

My suspicions? You're an unadulterated chauvinist.

How's that for earnest?

Posted at July 31, 2008 4:09 PM in response to TPMtv: Down the Tubes
For *my* sanity anyway, I certainly hope it's not posted on a Friday afternoon. To the OIG's credit, they released the report on the Honors Program politicized hirings on a Tuesday-- but who knows.

As for what's going to come of this-- it'll take a while, but I think they'll get theirs in the end. Gotta think so, right?

Posted at July 23, 2008 8:54 PM in response to Iglesias Riffs on Predictions for Upcoming OIG Report