Charlie Rangel’s Ethics Trial: How Did He Get Here?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 1st, 2010 4:45 am by HL
Charlie Rangel’s Ethics Trial: How Did He Get Here?
Unless Rangel cuts a deal in which he admits wrongdoing — something his lawyers are reportedly still trying to do, although Rangel has been adamant about professing his innocence — he will face a very public trial on the 13 alleged violations, just weeks before the midterm elections. The trial could end with a recommendation to expel Rangel from the House. So how did we get here?
Rangel Center – Dominican Republic – Charles B. Rangel – Nabors Industries – Charlie Rangel
Right-Wingers Stand By Their Fabricated Mexican Drug Cartel Raid Story
According to anonymously-sourced reports pushed by right-wing blogs last week, members of Mexico’s notorious Zetas drug gang crossed the border into Texas and, “in what could be deemed an act of war,” seized two ranches near the border town of Laredo. The situation was dire, wingers warned, but a government enforced media blackout kept knowledge of the raid from the general public. Really? No, not really. Here’s the thing: the “raid” never happened.
United States – Mexico – Los Zetas – Texas – Laredo Police Department
Gates And Mullen: Wikileaks Might Already Have Blood On Their Hands
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen held a press conference today to address the leak of 92,000 documents about the Afghanistan War by the website Wikileaks. Gates condemned the leaks, warning “the battlefield consequences” are “potentially severe and dangerous for our troops.”
Wikileaks – Robert Gates – War in Afghanistan – Michael Mullen – Afghanistan