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Finally, a New Black Panther Party Sighting

By | 11.02.10 | 3:12 pm

It was bound to happen eventually. Fox 29 Philadelphia has the scoop:

Fox 29 News spotted Tuesday a member of the New Black Panther Party standing outside of a local polling place where voter intimidation was reported two years ago.

The man was seen outside the polling place in

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Evolution of a ‘Voter Fraud’ Incident in Nevada

By | 10.27.10 | 1:20 pm

Fox News presents a good test case for demonstrating how an unverified account of voting machine irregularities in Nevada can become a national story about how Democrats are trying to steal the midterm elections. First, run a quick story that quotes a single voter in Nevada insisting Sen. Harry More…

Senate Leaders Exchange Barbs Over DISCLOSE Act

By | 09.22.10 | 12:21 pm

This morning’s Senate session was devoted to a debate surrounding the DISCLOSE Act, which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has indicated will likely be put to a vote sometime tomorrow.

Reid and Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), the Democratic Whip, spent the majority of their time ripping the Supreme More…

Keeping Tabs on the Americans for Prosperity Summit

By | 08.27.10 | 2:20 pm

Americans for Prosperity (AFP), a prime arm of the now popularized “Kochtopus,” is hosting its Defending the American Dream summit today in DC. I’m not in attendance, but Dave Weigel is there, live blogging, and he’s doing a great job capturing the feel of the convention:

So are

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Ben Stein: Free James O’Keefe!

By | 02.01.10 | 8:09 am

The conservative celebrity and economist argues for clemency for James O’Keefe because, well, “when was the last time you read about federal charges against a liberal reporter for going undercover?” He contrasts the treatment of O’Keefe — one of four activists currently being investigated for shady behavior in the More…

House GOP Still Pushing for New Black Panther Investigation

By | 01.11.10 | 2:04 pm

The now 14-month old case of members of the fringe New Black Panther Party being charged for voter intimidation outside of a heavily Democratic polling place in Philadelphia — the Justice Department has dropped the case — is getting a little more attention from Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.), who More…

Still Pushing on Black Panthers

By | 12.07.09 | 11:50 am

The strange case of New Black Panther Party oddballs showing their strength at a heavily African-American polling place last year is still churning, with issues being raised by Republican members of Congress who are casting doubt on the integrity of Eric Holder’s Department of Justice. The Washington Times’ new More…

Key Obama Nominee Headed for Cloture Vote

By | 10.05.09 | 6:26 pm

I’m hearing that Thomas J. Perez, the nominee to run the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, may get a cloture vote tomorrow. Perez has been held up for months over Republican concerns about his civil rights stances — specifically his criticism of the Minutemen Civil Defense More…

Mary Frances Berry: The U.S. Civil Rights Commission Has Become ‘Useless Right-Wing Political Cabal’

By | 08.04.09 | 4:45 pm

Nine months after members of the New Black Panther Party were arrested for menacing voters (dressing in black uniforms and holding nightsticks) outside of a Philadelphia polling place, two months after the Department of Justice dropped a case on them, conservatives are still making hay out of the bizarre election More…