Day: February 18, 2010

Supreme Court Complicates Campaign Finance Rules

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– From Stateline.org: From the 1880s until just before World War I, Montana was essentially owned by mining companies, and most of all by Anaconda Copper. Money bought political power: An industry mogul openly bribed his way to a U.S. Senate seat; the choice of a state capital was[Read More…]

Maddow Calls Out Beck For Falsely Claiming That “Nobody’s Saying” D.C. Snow Disproves Climate Change

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– On her February 12 program, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow responded to Glenn Beck’s claim that "nobody’s saying" the Washington, D.C. snowstorm disproves climate change by noting that Beck himself previously forwarded such a suggestion. In response, Beck accused Maddow of selectively editing his remarks — by airing a[Read More…]

James O’Keefe and the Myth of the ACORN Pimp

Commentary by Eric Boehlert Last September, when the ACORN scandal that his website helped launch was breaking in the press, Andrew Breitbart wrote a column for The Washington Times detailing the rollout of the undercover, right-wing gotcha. He recalled a 2009 meeting with "filmmaker and provocateur James O’Keefe" that took[Read More…]

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