[Hot Air] Here’s a name that’s something of a blast from the past. Those of you who have been following political corruption stories for a while will likely recall the tale of former Pennsylvania Congressman Chaka Fattah. It’s been a while since his name has been in the news. In fact, the last time I wrote about him was back in December of 2016 when he was sentenced to the longest stretch in prison of any member of Congress in the history of the country. Fattah was given a ten-year sentence for stealing millions of dollars in both taxpayer money and funds designated for charitable causes. He was only halfway through his time in the crowbar motel, but this week he was quietly released from the slammer with no explanation being given for this generous maneuver by the federal Bureau of Prisons. (Free Beacon)
[Blaze] Mike Madigan, whose party/Chicago machine have always been crooked
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D) has been implicated in a massive bribery scandal involving utility company ComEd, and Illinois' Democratic governor J.B. Pritzker has stated that Madigan "must resign" if the allegations against him are true. Madigan strongly denies any wrongdoing.
Federal prosecutors revealed last week that ComEd had agreed to pay $200 million to resolve the criminal case against them, in which they are accused of having arranged for jobs and vendor contracts for a person identified in charging documents as "public official A" in order to help get rate increases more quickly approved by the Illinois legislature. In the plea documents, ComEd admitted to having effectively bribed this official in exchange for more favorable treatment from the Illinois legislature.
Although Madigan is not mentioned by name in the charging documents, the evidence is overwhelming that Madigan is the target of the investigation, which prosecutors described as "vibrant" and ongoing.
Madigan seemingly confirmed this through a spokesperson on Friday. The spokesperson admitted that Madigan's office had received subpoenas for documents from federal investigators, and vowed, "He will cooperate and respond to those requests for documents, which he believes will clearly demonstrate that he has done nothing criminal or improper."
WBEZ-TV also reported that feds have subpoenaed records from AT&T, Walgreens, Rush University Medical Center and "a host of political operatives and lobbyists," indicating that their investigation into possible corruption in the Illinois legislature is likely much wider than has already been indicated. According to WBEZ, investigators have also subpoenaed record pertaining to Madigan's law firm, "four former state lawmakers, four former or current Chicago alderman and a Chinatown land deal that was a cornerstone of a federal corruption probe that brought down former Ald. Danny Solis."
Commenting on the investigation, Pritzker said, "The speaker has a lot that he needs to answer for to authorities, to investigators, and most importantly, to the people of Illinois."
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Chris Wallace Is Wrong, Joe Biden Does Want to Defund the Police
“It’s gotten totally out of control and it’s really because they want to defund the police, and Biden wants to defund the police,” Trump said in the clip.
“Sir, he does not,” Wallace shot back.
I don’t doubt the “unity charter” between Biden and Sanders makes no written statement about defunding the police. But here’s the problem with Chris Wallace’s fact-check: it’s still wrong.
Joe Biden, absolutely, one-hundred percent, no doubt about it, called for the defunding of police. In fact, it happened just over a week ago -
Joe Biden says “Yes, absolutely!" to “redirecting” police funding and calls them “the enemy.”
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Bill O'Reilly/Chris Wallace was/is reason enough to not watch Fox.
While views are similar among registered voters, Biden loses ground on three of these items among those who are likeliest to vote.
Also:
Methodology
This ABC News/Washington Post poll was conducted by landline and cellular telephone July 12-15, 2020, in English and Spanish, among a random national sample of 1,006 adults, including 845 registered voters. Results have a margin of sampling error of 3.5 points for the full sample and 4.0 points among registered voters, including design effects. Partisan divisions are 30-24-39%, Democrats-Republicans-independents.
So, less than a quarter of the participants were avowed Republican.
I guess it's possible that GOP registration is actually down to that percentage, but what are the odds?
The Lid via Instapundit
...The Lincoln Project, a political group comprised of Republicans who oppose the reelection of President Donald Trump
...Since its launch, the Lincoln Projected has raised more than $19 million, with most of the money ($16.8 million) coming in over the last three months.
...Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings made public on Wednesday grant an inside view of how the Never Trump organization has operated in its first six months of existence.
The filings indicate that the Lincoln Project’s biggest vendors, Summit Strategic Communications, LLC, and Tusk Digital, Inc., are owned by two of its board members. The Never Trumpers are grifting liars. Rick Wilson is a paid agent for Russian interests
The largest donor, supplying $1 million, was billionaire hedge fund manager Stephen Mandel Jr., founder of Lone Pine Capital, according to Federal Election Commission filings released Wednesday.
Other supporters include Hollywood billionaire David Geffen (who donated $100,000), Boston media magnate Amos Hostetter Jr. ($100,000) and Silicon Valley investors Michael Moritz ($50,000) and Chris Sacca ($10,000). Martha Karsh, who is married to private equity billionaire Bruce Karsh, gave $50,000.
This group of donors is following in the footsteps of Walmart heiress Christy Walton, who gave $20,000 to the Lincoln Project in January. Apparently pleased with her investment, she contributed another $10,000 in May. All of the donors except Walton have also contributed to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign or a super-PAC supporting the former vice president.
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The associates will enjoy the high salaries and plush salaries, while the donors get nothing but the usual variety of op-eds that ever fewer read for their money.
Still, once released the the money will trickle down, up, and sideways through the economy.
[PJ] Oregon officials have claimed a side. They’ve chosen the violent rioters of antifa and Black Lives Matter over the civil rights interests of citizens of the City of Portland.
The state of Oregon and the ACLU have filed lawsuits demanding the Trump administration from arresting and questioning the violent antifa and Black Lives Matter terrorists who have conducted nightly riots for the last 50 nights.
Riven by the more than six weeks of nightly rioting, the Trump administration sent federal police from several different agencies to defend the federal courthouse in downtown Portland. In one wild night, federal police officers from the Department of Homeland Security, Border Patrol, and other agencies battled antifa terrorists lobbing IEDs, rocks, and bottles and shining lasers in the eyes of officers. Police battled for six hours to keep the terrorists from getting inside the glass door they’d earlier shattered.
Reportedly starting July 14, the federal officers have stopped and questioned suspected black bloc-attired antifa militants in the middle of the night. They attempted to set up yet another "autonomous zone" right across the street from the federal courthouse.
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They sort of forgot that Trump has already issued the paper that stipulated Antifa is a terrorist organization. Now they're walking into the trap by 'aiding and abetting'.
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This plus other similar events will make the Trump
"We're for Jobs; They're for Mobs" slogan resonate in Nov, assuming the Republicans are smart enough to save the meme until, say Oct. and then blast the country with it.
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ACLU == accessory after the fact.
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Based on their voting record they have what they want. I must admit I don't care for it and neither to see it. Then again I don't live there. The problem is they demand everybody live under their dictates and that is when we have to scalp and eviscerate them alive over a period of days for the fun and amusement of the tribe.
John Durham was chosen by Attorney General William Barr to lead a review into the Russia investigation
U.S. Attorney John Durham is under pressure to wrap up his investigation into the origins of the Russia probe by the end of the summer
If he fails to complete by September he may wait to reveal his findings or initiate prosecutions until after the 2020 presidential election
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation yielded no evidence of criminal conspiracy or coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian officials
After Mueller’s investigation, Barr appointed Durham to investigate origins of the FBI’s original Russia probe, which began in July 2016
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It'll probably be a bit of a nothing burger like everything else. And even if there should be something noteworthy, expect another concocted crisis to divert attention. "The American people deserve...." Yawn. Sounds like the same nonsense we've been hearing from Gowdy and Chaffetz for years (so, yeah, they are not in the House anymore...hmmmm).
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Does story mean indictments. Somehow story seems a bit less than perpwalked assh*les including Brennan, Comey, Rice, ValJar, et al. Still, maybe I’m just a tad cynical after decades of watching the rot in Washington.
[STARTRIBUNE] While the Trump administration turned down a request to help rebuild the Twin Cities after the riots sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, Minnesota House Democrats are pressing for nearly $168 million in state dollars to help businesses and nonprofits damaged during the civil unrest.But so far the GOP-led Senate hasn’t matched that effort in a special session that’s expected to wrap up in a few days.
Democrats and Republicans said during a committee hearing Friday they want to help communities where property was destroyed. But Rep. Barb Haley, R-Red Wing, said Republicans are concerned about using general fund dollars while there’s a looming budget deficit. They also want grants to go directly to businesses, as opposed to giving the money to Minneapolis and St. Paul, she said.
The immediate relief program the DFL-led House wants is one piece of a broader $300 million PROMISE Act aimed at rebuilding the Twin Cities’ riot-damaged commercial corridors.
Rep. Mohamud Noor, DFL-Minneapolis, said he is glad community members and foundations are donating to help businesses rebuild, but more assistance is crucial.
He plans to keep fighting for state money in future sessions — whether through the general fund or other sources: "We’re going to come back again and again until we get something done."
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While Minnesota's government is in a generous mood, the Feds should them a bill for the nationwide destruction that could have been prevented if Minneapolis and Minnesota governments did their job.
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So why should all of Minnesota pay for the malfeasance of the Mayor of Minneapolis? Why for the same reason all of America should pay for the slavery, segregation, and the Klan of the Democratic Party.
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He plans to keep fighting for state money in future sessions — whether through the general fund or other sources: "We’re going to come back again and again until we get something done get our way."
[Breitbart] James Murdoch, the son of billionaire and Fox Corporation founder Rupert Murdoch, and his wife Kathryn have donated $1.23 million to former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, according to filings.
New York Times reporter Kenneth Vogel, citing Federal Election Commission (FEC) receipts, first highlighted James and Kathryn Murdoch gave $615,000 each last month to the Biden Victory Fund, a joint fundraising effort between the Biden campaign, the Democrat National Committee (DNC), and state parties.
Murdoch, previously CEO of 21st Century Fox, is known as a political centrist compared to his more conservative brother, Lachlan Murdoch. Since departing the Fox empire in March, Murdoch launched the investment group Lupa Systems.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Hot Air] Here’s a name that’s something of a blast from the past. Those of you who have been following political corruption stories for a while will likely recall the tale of former Pennsylvania Congressman Chaka Fattah. It’s been a while since his name has been in the news. In fact, the last time I wrote about him was back in December of 2016 when he was sentenced to the longest stretch in prison of any member of Congress in the history of the country. Fattah was given a ten-year sentence for stealing millions of dollars in both taxpayer money and funds designated for charitable causes. He was only halfway through his time in the crowbar motel, but this week he was quietly released from the slammer with no explanation being given for this generous maneuver by the federal Bureau of Prisons. (Free Beacon)
[Blaze]
[PJ] Oregon officials have claimed a side. They’ve chosen the violent rioters of antifa and Black Lives Matter over the civil rights interests of citizens of the City of Portland.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
[STARTRIBUNE] While the Trump administration turned down a request to help rebuild the Twin Cities after the riots sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, Minnesota House Democrats are pressing for nearly $168 million in state dollars to help businesses and nonprofits damaged during the civil unrest.But so far the GOP-led Senate hasn’t matched that effort in a special session that’s expected to wrap up in a few days.
