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**Written by Doug Powers So it’s settled: Quoting Elvis before your verdict is announced won’t ward off a conviction: CHICAGO (AP) — A jury convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday of nearly all the corruption charges against him, including that he tried to sell or trade President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat. Blagojevich [...]

Graphic via CBS News I’ve been keeping you abreast of all the Obama administration’s Project Gunrunner stonewalling since March (links/chronology below). Today, vigilant GOP House Oversight and Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa is holding another hearing to pressure Team Obama for the whole truth. On Monday, Issa and GOP watchdogs spotlighted DOJ obstructionism (Sipsey Street [...]

Capitol Hill’s Other Dirty Laundry by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2011 The same congressional panel that launched a preliminary inquiry into Weiner-gate this week has been diddling around with several other Democratic ethics scandals for years. These aren’t foxes guarding the henhouse. They’re sloths guarding the foxhole. The House Ethics Committee is now reportedly [...]

It’s not going anywhere. It hasn’t been going anywhere since April, when I last reported on stonewalling in the case. Flashback: Confirmed: “Drain the swamp” is Washington-speak for “Let it fester.” While House ethics watchdogs dither, it’s shady business as usual for ethics scandal-plagued Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters. Last summer, the House Ethics Committee charged [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Donald Trump went off on Anthony Weiner today. HAP has the full video, but here’s a partial transcript I jotted down just to give you an idea: Many people have been asking me about Anthony Weiner, the congressman from New York who had big ambitions and wanted to run for Mayor [...]

**Written by Doug Powers You probably guessed it: Raise taxes. Oh, and spend less — but without a doubt that last part isn’t on the agenda: “All I know is, whenever you have any type of a problem and the problem is one that you spend more than you are actually bringing in then you [...]

Barney Frank’s Friends with Benefits by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2011 If you want to watch a corruptocrat start sputtering like Porky Pig with allergies, confront him with three simple words: conflict of interest. Asked this week about his role in securing an ex-lover’s highly coveted job at government mortgage giant Fannie Mae, Massachusetts [...]

Whatever happened to the Mad Maxine Waters ethics trial? Today’s column answers the question. Meanwhile, the minority-owned bank Waters lobbied for — OneUnited — is now under scrutiny from the Treasury Department for skipping TARP aid repayments. Mm, mm, mm. Heckuva job, Congresswoman Bank on OneUnited. Maxine Waters: Swamp Queen by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate [...]

As readers of this blog know, I called on scandal-ridden corruptocrat GOP Sen. John Ensign to resign early and often. Flashback: John Ensign plays the victim card for cash 8/23/10 Flashback: I repeat: John Ensign needs to go away 8/2/10 Flashback: The GOP Crapweasel Club 5/18/10 Flashback: Republicans: Clean your own house 7/17/09 Flashback: Ensign [...]

Yesterday, I brought you up to speed on GOP Sen. Charles Grassley’s fight with DOJ over its Project Gunrunner stonewalling. Today, GOP Rep. Darrell Issa warns that DOJ’s intransigence could lead to contempt proceedings. He released a letter this morning to acting ATF chief Kenneth Melson. You can read the PDF version here. The key [...]

Tick, tick, tick. Another Project Gunrunner disclosure deadline approaches for the Obama Department of Justice. And GOP watchdogs are hammering away at yet another stonewall erected by corruptocrat Attorney General Eric Holder. Late last week, Sen. Charles Grassley roasted the DOJ for failing to produce documents he requested in February — and released his own [...]

Update: Look who went fleebagging from Fannie/Freddie reform hearings…and look who’s raising more money from fat cats… The Democrats Friends-N-Fat Cats Protection Plan by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2011 As the budget stalemate in Washington continues, Democrats are ratcheting up their class-warfare caterwauling. Time to bring out your earplugs and hypocrisy meters. Liberal political [...]

Stop ATF’s anti-gun zealots by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2011 For 30 years, Chicago banned handguns. The crime rate skyrocketed. Murders soared. Gangs blossomed. Desperate city officials even considered calling the National Guard to combat the out-of-control violence that all the “community organizing” in the world couldn’t curb. The Supreme Court struck down Chicago’s [...]

Graphic via CBS News I’ve been tied up on other things, but have been following the Project Gunrunner scandal closely — and delve into the basics in my syndicated column today. To its credit, CBS News gave this deadly Obama culture of corruption nightmare mainstream coverage last month. But it’s been brewing on the blogs [...]

Back in June and July of 2009, I spotlighted the Obama corruptocrats’ unceremonious removal of respected veteran Amtrak watchdog Fred Weiderhold (see here and here). Flashback: Who railroaded the Amtrak inspector general? by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2009 Watchdogs are an endangered species in the Age of Obama. The latest government ombudsman to get [...]

**Written by Doug Powers As you would expect in Chicago politics, all potential Team Rahm transition co-chairs were subjected to stringent background checks… except for the ones who weren’t: (CNN) – A co-chair of Chicago mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel’s transition team resigned from her new post Friday after it was revealed that she left her high-level [...]

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This is becoming a weekly feature. How long are Americans going to tolerate the determined disregard of the Obama administration’s job-killing, rule-of-law-defying environmental corruptocrats? A little more than a week ago, I blasted the Interior Department’s culture of contempt for the umpteenth time. Let’s review one more time before we get to the latest spanking: [...]

Photoshop: Doug Powers Yesterday, we had a little fun with Amtrak Joe Biden’s “seize the future” moment during his rail boondoggle event in Philly. Today, I take a serious look at the continued politicization and cronyism in the federal rail bureaucracy. You’ll remember my reports on the railroading of former Amtrak Inspector General Fred Weiderhold. [...]

Eco-radical Carol Browner may no longer be on the Team Obama bus, but her departure has done little to change the culture of corruption — and contempt — at 1600 Pennsylvania. As I reported yesterday, federal judge Martin Feldman kicked the administration’s ass yet again over its rogue drilling moratorium. My column today zeroes in [...]

Hoo-boy. Crook County is all shook up today following the Illinois Appellate Court’s decision to throw Rahm Emanuel off the Chicago mayoral ballot over his residency troubles: The Illinois Appellate Court has tossed mayoral frontrunner Rahm Emanuel off the ballot, reversing the decision of a lower court. The Appellate Court reached a 2-1 decision to [...]

1/5 update As anticipated, a WH announcement on Daley’s chief-of-staff appointment is imminent, according to wire reports breaking this morning. On Fox & Friends, I discussed my column on Daley — and reacted to Karl Rove’s assertion that Daley is a “centrist” here. Update II: White House just announced that they’ll formally unveil Daley Machine [...]

After decades of indulgent public floggings and ideological fishing expeditions led by chief congressional inquisitor Henry Waxman (see here here here here for starters), Democrats are suddenly worried about abuse of investigative powers. Let’s all let out a hearty New Year’s snort: The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee is warning GOP leaders against [...]

Payback’s a cinch

**Written by Doug Powers The House voted 333-79 to make Charles Rangel the first Representative in 27 years to be censured. In congressional terms, a censure is just one notch below expulsion and a half-notch above having to write “I will not be corrupt and I will pay all the taxes I owe” 500 times [...]

With Charlie Rangel’s ethics trial out of the way, it’s one wrist-slap down, one to go, for the Dems. But it looks like fellow Congressional Black Caucus member and entrenched race hustler Maxine Waters will have a little more time to wait. The House Ethics panel says in a statement released this afternoon that new [...]

The House Ethics Committee is now holding an open hearing on corruptocrat Democrat Charlie Rangel’s sanctions for violating 11 of 13 ethics charges. Rangel is in the room. He is flanked by Democrat Rep. John Lewis. You can watch the livestream at CSPAN3 online now. More from CSPAN3: After the committee meets in an open [...]

Photo via NYPost Wake up, Charlie. Just in: “Harlem Rep. Charlie Rangel did break the rules and was convicted this morning of 11 of the 13 ethics violations leveled against him by a House panel. The decision came a day after the 80-year-old lawmaker and former chairman of the Ways and Means Committee walked out [...]

Drain the swamp? HAHAHAHAHAHA! Corruptocrat Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) faces his delayed House ethics trial today at 9am Eastern — though reports say he may not show. Stay tuned for updates. CSPAN-3 is supposed to carry the proceedings – online stream is here. Rangel is expected to stand alone before the panel without a defense [...]