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The Office of Congressional Ethics is investigating the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee over possible violations of insider-trading laws, according to individuals familiar with the case.
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), who holds one of the most influential positions in the House, has been a frequent trader on Capitol Hill, buying stock options while overseeing the nation’s banking and financial services industries.
Rep. Spencer Bachus faces insider-trading investigation
White Supremacists Showcased At CPAC Conservative Conference
Two white supremacists are set to speak at panels at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference that will also feature speeches by Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.
The first white supremacist is Peter Brimelow the owner of the website VDare, which is labeled by the SPLC as an anti-immigration hate website. VDare has featured the works of noted white supremacists, Jared Taylor, Sam Francis, Virginia Abernethy, Kevin MacDonald as well as conservative pundits, Michelle Malkin and Pat Buchanan.
Who’s Financing the ‘Super PACs’
The Times tracked donors to “super PACs” as they filed reports on Tuesday detailing their activities in the final three months of 2011. Unlike candidates, who can raise a maximum of $2,500 per person for each election, super PACs are independent from candidates and can raise unlimited amounts from individuals, corporations and labor unions, and spend unlimited amounts to support or oppose a candidate.
Occupy DC to protest Conservative Political Action Conference
The Occupy Wall Street movement in Washington announced on Tuesday, just days before the three-day Conservative Political Action Conference is set to kick off on Thursday, that it is planning to send a clear message to the “gathering of bigots, media mouthpieces, corrupt politicians and their one percent elite puppet masters.”
“CPAC will parade and attempt to perpetuate the radical right wing’s imperialist ideologies with keynote speakers, movies and banquets dedicated to pursuing its racist, sexist, patriarchal and exploitative agenda,” the movement said on its website.
Turns Out Komen Vice Pres. Karen Handel is Anti-Gay Everything
In a 2010 interview with an NBC affiliate in Georgia—just one year before she took the job at Komen—Handel bloated about supporting Georgia’s constitutional amendment against gay marriage.
“I’ve been very clear. And you know, as a Christian, marriage is between a man and a woman,” she said in the interview with Atlanta’s WXIA-TV.
Georgia Judge Backs Off Pro-Birther Decision, Holds Obama Is a Natural Born Citizen
Last month, an administrative law judge in Georgia issued a widely-mocked decision rejecting President Obama’s attorneys’ argument that the president should not be forced to testify in a case brought by several birther activists who claim that he is ineligible to be president.
On Friday, however, the judge finally decided to end this charade, holding that President Obama is indeed eligible to hold his current office:
Koch Brothers, Allies Pledge $100 Million At Private Meeting To Beat Obama
At a private three-day retreat in California last weekend, conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch and about 250 to 300 other individuals pledged approximately $100 million to defeat President Obama in the 2012 elections.
The fact that the wealthy conservative donors pledged $100 million for the 2012 elections shows how intent they are on trying to get Obama out of office -- and previews how intense, and likely nasty, the general election will be.
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