Tag Archives: Democrats

Vox Provides List of Clinton Foundation Donors

From the blind-squirrel-finds-an-acorn department, here’s another rare interesting and useful piece from Vox that actually lists 181 major donors to the Clinton Foundation that also had business with Hillary Clinton’s State Department. Tidbits: Microsoft/The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Roundup for April 30, 2015

Time for another Texas vs. California roundup, albeit a somewhat smallish one: UC-Berkley misused nearly $2 million in National Science Foundation funds on staff salaries, travel expenses, and booze. How California teacher’s unions indoctrinate children with left-wing propaganda. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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Baltimore is the Natural Fruit of the Democratic Welfare State

Despite the best effort of the far-left to spin it as such, the riots in Baltimore were not an “uprising” against “oppression.” (What oppression, the tyranny of CVS stores selling goods people want and the racism of fire hoses?) Instead, … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for April 24, 2015

Time for another Texas vs. California roundup: The Manhattan Institute has a new report out discussing how California’s pension spending is starting to crowd out essential services. (Hat tip: Pension Tsunami.) Austin is the number one city in the country … Continue reading →

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Did I Say the Clintons Earned $2 Million Off Russian Uranium Deals? I Meant $31 Million

Looks like yesterday’s story on the Clinton bribe machine underestimated the amount of money the Clinton Foundation received from oligarchs connected to the Rosatom energy agency. By an order of magnitude. The monster deal stunned the mining industry, turning an … Continue reading →

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The Clinton Foundation Bribe Machine

The Clinton Foundation foreign bribery scandal just keeps getting bigger: The headline in Pravda trumpeted President Vladimir V. Putin’s latest coup, its nationalistic fervor recalling an era when the newspaper served as the official mouthpiece of the Kremlin: “Russian Nuclear … Continue reading →

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Texas House Votes To Defang Runaway Travis County Public Integrity Unit

More good news from the Texas legislature: The Texas House has voted to remove jurisdiction over statewide elected and appointed officials from Travis County’s corrupt, partisan Public Integrity Unit. Instead, such investigations would be handled by the unimpeachable Texas Rangers … Continue reading →

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Hillary Clinton and Sir Mix-A-Lot

Sometimes I amuse myself: Oh we like big bribes and we cannot lie Those other foreign donors we just can't deny… http://t.co/2o8IWOG5rH @WSJbreakingnews @zerohedge — BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) April 15, 2015 Might have some real content coming later today…

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John Wiley Price Update

Remember John Wiley Price, the longtime Dallas Democratic political fixture arrested on bribery charges? Well, he’s now on his second court appointed lawyer. At taxpayer expense. Price is accused of taking $950,000 in bribes over a decade from businesses seeking … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 6, 2015

I might have an analysis of the the Iranian nuclear deal later, or I might now, depending on how my taxes are going… UN Human Rights chief praises Islamic State for “diversity.” No, really, that happened. It’s not a parody … Continue reading →

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