Sean Eldridge Stays Quiet on Syria
Congressional wannabe Sean Eldridge, the husband of New Republic owner Chris Hughes, will not tell reporters about his views on Syria, according to Politico. Eldridge, who is expected to run for a...
View ArticleFormer NLRB Member Craig Becker Appeared on AFL-CIO Conference Stage
Former Obama National Labor Relations Board member Craig Becker joined AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka onstage at the labor behemoth’s national conference. Becker was spotted by RedState’s labor watchdog...
View ArticleLongtime McAuliffe Operative Implicated in Clinton Campaign Scandal
Individuals at the center of an ongoing investigation into more than a half-million dollars secretly spent in support of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign have close ties to Terry McAuliffe,...
View ArticleCronyism Continues
The Department of Energy recently awarded a multi-million dollar contract to a green energy company financed by a major Democratic Party fundraiser and supporter of President Barack Obama. The...
View ArticleFDA Spending $182,814 to ‘Better Understand’ Social Media
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is paying six figures to a group that worked for the “Obama for America” campaign to monitor its social media platforms so it can be more effective on Facebook...
View ArticleFormer Energy Secretary Joins Board of Stimulus Recipient
Former Energy Secretary Steven Chu will join the board of a company that got millions of dollars from the Department of Energy during Chu’s tenure and is backed by some of the nation’s most politically...
View ArticleWFB’s McMorris and Markay Featured in New Documentary ‘Bankrupt’
A new documentary featuring a pair of Washington Free Beacon reporters examines the bailout of General Motors and the decline of the once great American city of Detroit. Bankrupt, a film produced by...
View ArticleReid’s Sale of Mining Rights Revives Allegations of Cronyism
Decades of legislative work by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) on behalf of Nevada’s gold mining industry culminated this week when he sold the rights to a number of mines and moved to Las...
View ArticlePaul Ryan Slams Ex-Im Bank as ‘Crony Capitalism’
By David Lawder (Reuters) – Republican congressman Paul Ryan on Wednesday slammed the U.S. Export-Import Bank as a purveyor of “crony capitalism” that mainly helps a few large companies, and said...
View ArticlePelosi Subsidies Benefit Husband’s Investment in Dem Mega-Donor’s Company
The top Democrat in the House of Representatives steered more than a billion dollars in subsidies to a light rail project that benefitted a company run by a high-dollar Democratic donor and in which...
View ArticleObama Donor Blocks Access to Hagan Stimulus Records
An incumbent senator voted for a massive taxpayer stimulus that just happened to benefit businesses owned by that senator’s immediate family members. That same senator later recommended someone to lead...
View ArticleObama Operative Joins Taxpayer-Backed Solar Company
A top official at President Barack Obama’s personal advocacy group will join a major Obama donor’s solar firm, the company announced on Wednesday. Obama operative Jon Carson will be a top executive at...
View Article‘Leviathan’ Review
“The best one-liner in Leviathan comes in the opening credits,” the New Yorker’s Anthony Lane noted in his review of the Russian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Oscars. “Reportedly,...
View ArticleForeign Firm Funding U.S. Green Groups Tied to State-Owned Russian Oil Company
A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and...
View ArticleEx-Im Official Secures Millions for Indian Solar Company, Then Joins Its Board
As a controversial federal agency prepares extensive taxpayer support for green energy companies in India, one such company has hired a former top official at the agency who has helped it secure...
View ArticleDISH Manipulates Federal Rules, Gets Billions in Discounts for Wireless Licenses
DISH Network, whose co-founder is a major Democratic donor, cashed in on a $3.3 billion taxpayer-funded discount to purchase wireless licenses from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on...
View ArticleCongress Looking Into White House’s Role in FCC’s Net Neutrality Regulations
The secrecy surrounding the Obama administration’s plans for regulating the Internet has prompted a congressional inquiry into whether the independent Federal Communications Commission or the White...
View ArticleTom Steyer’s Deep Ties to Oregon Corruption Scandal
Top advisers to the billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer helped run a green group, financed in part by Steyer himself, that is at the center of a corruption scandal that could force the Democratic...
View ArticleHarry Reid Secured Subsidies for Aides’ Donors
Corporate donors to a green energy nonprofit operated by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid’s (D., Nev.) former staffers and a current campaign operative have received billions of dollars in federal...
View ArticleReid Landed Federal Posts for Partners at Law Firm Funding Aides’ Group
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) recommended for powerful federal posts three partners at a Nevada-based firm that donates to a nonprofit run by his current and former aides. Reid...
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