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‘Million Militia Man March’ Planner Arrested

By | 03.29.10 | 12:02 pm

Zachary Roth digs up something I’d nearly forgotten about. In April 2009, Kristopher “Pale Horse” Sickles posted a risible YouTube video beseeching fellow militia members to descend on Washington for a “Million Militia Man March.”

A peaceful demonstration of at least a million — hey, if we can

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‘Keep Doing What Your Doing Man’

By | 01.27.10 | 11:52 am

What’s happening on James O’Keefe’s Facebook wall? Almost exactly what you’d expect.

James O’Keefe, the College Years

By | 01.27.10 | 10:51 am

A friend passes on a copy of the inaugural issue of The Centurion, the conservative paper James O’Keefe started at Rutgers University — before he worked for a year at the Leadership Institute, helping conservatives on other campuses start their own publications.

The issue is after the jump, and it’s More…

James O’Keefe: Not Working for Big Government, But on the Payroll

By | 01.27.10 | 10:31 am

Justin Elliot catches Andrew Breitbart giving a factual-but-tortured explanation of how Big Government was not responsible for James O’Keefe’s bungled phone plot against Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.). The interviewer is Hugh Hewitt — for what it’s worth, a veteran of the Nixon administration who once ran the 37th president’s More…

ACORN Investigator James O’Keefe Arrested

By | 01.26.10 | 3:28 pm

James O’Keefe, who posed as a pimp for undercover sting videos that badly damaged the credibility of ACORN, has been arrested for apparently trying to pull a sting on the office of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.).

FBI Special Agent Steven Rayes alleges that O’Keefe aided and abbetted two others,

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DeMint: Uncommitted on the Fate of Sanford

By | 06.30.09 | 10:51 am

As Dave pointed out last week, some conservatives aren’t mincing words about their desire to see disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) step away from the national stage following revelations of an extramarital affair. Others, though, are treading much more carefully around the issue, favoring a strategy of More…

Jackson Allies Held Fund-Raiser for Blagojevich

By | 12.12.08 | 10:56 am

Things are looking a lot worse for Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) today.

The Chicago Tribune reports that businessmen with ties to both Jackson and Illinois’ Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich discussed raising $1 million for Blagojevich’s campaign fund and then held a fund-raiser on the governor’s behalf in an effort More…

Blagojevich: ‘I Want to Make Money’

By | 12.09.08 | 11:50 am

Politico does the heavy lifting in digging through the 78-page federal criminal complaint (PDF) against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, and man, there’s some good stuff in there.