SEC charges the Wyly Brothers, longtime major GOP fundraisers, with insider trading....


Insider trading - Business - Sterling Software - Allegedly Unethical Firms - One Complainant Josh Marshall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/joshmarshall.php

This should go over well. A campaign aide to first term Dem Mike McMahon (D-NY) of Staten Island wanted to show that a lot of Republican challenger Mike Grimm's money came from outside the district. Putting together a list of...


Staten Island - Michael McMahon - Republican - Mike McMahon - Mike Grimm Josh Marshall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/joshmarshall.php

Diane Serafin, the leading of the protest against the building of a new mosque in Temecula, CA.: "They hate Jews, they hate Chrisitans, they hate women, they hate dogs. [The idea of the new mosque] scares the daylights out of...


Jews - Race-Ethnic-Religious Relations - Hate - Hate crime - Antisemitism Josh Marshall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/joshmarshall.php

Okay, you've seen as we have reported that the House Ethics Committee has released a list of 13 charges against former Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY). The key question that still seems murky -- and which we have...


United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct - United States House Committee on Ways and Means - Ethics - House Ethics Committee - Charles B. Rangel Josh Marshall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/joshmarshall.php

Put this down as just a 'feel' for what's going on -- this is not based on independent reporting. But in our editorial chat just now David Kurtz said: "You get the strong sense that the leadership, the ethics committee...


Ethics - Journalism - Management - Business - Philosophy Josh Marshall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/joshmarshall.php

Here's our report....


Charles B. Rangel - Democratic - Government - United States - Charlie Rangel Josh Marshall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/joshmarshall.php

Watch the Rangel hearing, which just got underway, live....


United States - Charles B. Rangel - United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct - Democratic - Ethics Josh Marshall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/joshmarshall.php

All signs suggest that House Ethics Committee sachems and Charlie Rangel's lawyers have reached a deal that will prevent any public ethics 'trial' over the charges against the former Ways and Means Chair. Up on the Hill Rep. Alcee Hastings...


Ethics - United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct - Charles B. Rangel - United States House Committee on Ways and Means - House Ethics Committee Josh Marshall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/joshmarshall.php

Gray Davis now more popular than Arnold in California. Arnold is now clocking in at a non-Terminating 19%....


California - Gray Davis - Arnold Schwarzenegger - United States - Politics Josh Marshall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/joshmarshall.php

U.S. military restrictions on the media are partly to blame for making Afghanistan and Iraq seem like bloodless wars to most Americans. But the media -- especially the TV networks -- are not blameless. Editorial decisions have contributed to the...


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Senate Dems turn down Republican request to open senate probe into bogus New Black Panther Party voter intimidation / DOJ coverup / why can't we have our own US Attys firing scandal too case....


New Black Panthers - Republican - Electoral fraud - Politics - Nationalism Josh Marshall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/joshmarshall.php

WCBS in New York is reporting that Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) has cut a deal with the House Ethics Committee to avoid a trial on charges he violated House rules. The first meeting of the subcommittee that will hear the...


New York - New York City - Charles B. Rangel - United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct - United States David Kurtz http://talkingpointsmemo.com/

A new poll says opposition to Health Care Reform continues to decline....


Health Care Reform - United States - Healthcare reform - Politics - Health care Josh Marshall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/joshmarshall.php

Colbert picks up on the "Islam is a cult" craziness from the Tennessee lieutenant governor that we first flagged a couple of days ago. Watch....


Tennessee - Islam - Heaven - United States - Religion and Spirituality David Kurtz http://talkingpointsmemo.com/

Rand Paul tells magazine that mountain top removal mining has gotten a bad rap and leads to prettier and easier to use flat lands....


Mining - Mountaintop removal mining - Environment - Organizations - West Virginia Josh Marshall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/joshmarshall.php

Which Republican leaders are most implicated in whipping up the anti-mosque hysteria?...


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Durbin gets behind filibuster reform....


Filibuster - United States - Politics - Senate - Government Josh Marshall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/joshmarshall.php

Interesting point in this piece in Politico. Tom Tancredo's surprise third party race for governor of Colorado may seem like it's only an issue in Colorado. But his getting on the ballot could tip the balance in favor of endangered...


Tom Tancredo - Colorado - United States - Government - Republican Josh Marshall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/joshmarshall.php

Polls hazy and confused on whether California will legalize pot....


Dazed and Confused - California - United States - Home - Online Issues Polls Josh Marshall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/joshmarshall.php