http://thinkprogress.org Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:29:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff/comment-page-1/#comment-471345 Think Progress » Another Abramoff casualty? Gale Norton Announces Resignation Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:53:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff-scandal-2/#comment-471345 [...] The Denver Post reports that Interior Secretary Gale Norton will announce her resignation today. Recall, Norton received $50,000 from Jack Abramoff: Abramoff clients donated heavily to the Norton-founded group and to DeLay’s personal charity. The Coushatta Indian tribe, for instance, wrote checks in March 2001 for $50,000 to the Norton group and $10,000 to the DeLay Foundation, tribal records show. [...] [...] The Denver Post reports that Interior Secretary Gale Norton will announce her resignation today. Recall, Norton received $50,000 from Jack Abramoff: Abramoff clients donated heavily to the Norton-founded group and to DeLay’s personal charity. The Coushatta Indian tribe, for instance, wrote checks in March 2001 for $50,000 to the Norton group and $10,000 to the DeLay Foundation, tribal records show. [...]

]]> http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff/comment-page-1/#comment-469717 DoubleSpeak with Matthew and Peter Slutsky » Wednesday’s Quote Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:20:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff-scandal-2/#comment-469717 [...] - Jack Abramoff [...] [...] – Jack Abramoff [...]

]]> http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff/comment-page-1/#comment-435469 Think Progress » LETTER: Senators Question Gonzales On Abramoff Ties To Administration Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:04:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff-scandal-2/#comment-435469 [...] More here on Abramoff, Flanigan, and Safavian. [...] [...] More here on Abramoff, Flanigan, and Safavian. [...]

]]> http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff/comment-page-1/#comment-430415 DoubleSpeak » Blog Archive » Stoller: Some Real Questions Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:05:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff-scandal-2/#comment-430415 [...] Matt Stoller, of the newly rebranded My Direct Democracy, attended a meeting of a bunch of bloggers and media types to discuss blogging, mainstream journalism, and the interaction of the two.  Inevitably the discussion turned towards Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell and the recent dust-up over her false assertion that Jack Ambramoff “directed” money towards Democrats.  Despite evidence to the contrary, Howell parroted the right wing talking point that this is a bipartisan scandal.  Nothing could be further from the truth. [...] [...] Matt Stoller, of the newly rebranded My Direct Democracy, attended a meeting of a bunch of bloggers and media types to discuss blogging, mainstream journalism, and the interaction of the two.  Inevitably the discussion turned towards Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell and the recent dust-up over her false assertion that Jack Ambramoff “directed” money towards Democrats.  Despite evidence to the contrary, Howell parroted the right wing talking point that this is a bipartisan scandal.  Nothing could be further from the truth. [...]

]]> http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff/comment-page-1/#comment-426777 Think Progress » PHOTO: Abramoff and Interior Secretary Gale Norton Sat, 28 Jan 2006 15:55:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff-scandal-2/#comment-426777 [...] The Abramoff scandal is not just a Congressional scandal, it’s also a Bush administration scandal. According to news reports the Bush/Abramoff photos should be surfacing shortly. [...] [...] The Abramoff scandal is not just a Congressional scandal, it’s also a Bush administration scandal. According to news reports the Bush/Abramoff photos should be surfacing shortly. [...]

]]> http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff/comment-page-1/#comment-421430 VirusHead Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:15:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff-scandal-2/#comment-421430 [...] Before you even think about voting for him, consider this information from Think Progress: TIGUA CASINO — CORNYN PART OF ABRAMOFF, REED, SCANLON SCHEME TO CLOSE TIGUA CASINO: Abramoff, Scanlon, and Reed (”an avowed foe of gambling”) secretly helped then Texas Attorney General Cornyn shut down the Tigua tribe’s Texas casino. They then exploited “the financial crisis they were helping to create for the tribe” by convincing the Tiguas to pay Abramoff $4.2 million (and $300,000 they doled out in political contributions to Abramoff allies) to get Congress to reopen the casino. (”In the end, Abramoff and Scanlon failed to get the casino reopened.”) “Former Christian Coalition director Ralph Reed claimed in a 2001 e-mail to [Jack Abramoff] that he choreographed John Cornyn’s efforts as Texas attorney general to shut down an East Texas Indian tribe’s casino.” Reed, “an avowed foe of gambling,” was “paid $4.2 million by Abramoff and Scanlon for his work opposing several tribal casinos in southern states from 2001 to 2003, government sources said.” [Washington Post, 9/26/04; Associated Press, 11/12/05] [...] [...] Before you even think about voting for him, consider this information from Think Progress: TIGUA CASINO — CORNYN PART OF ABRAMOFF, REED, SCANLON SCHEME TO CLOSE TIGUA CASINO: Abramoff, Scanlon, and Reed (”an avowed foe of gambling”) secretly helped then Texas Attorney General Cornyn shut down the Tigua tribe’s Texas casino. They then exploited “the financial crisis they were helping to create for the tribe” by convincing the Tiguas to pay Abramoff $4.2 million (and $300,000 they doled out in political contributions to Abramoff allies) to get Congress to reopen the casino. (”In the end, Abramoff and Scanlon failed to get the casino reopened.”) “Former Christian Coalition director Ralph Reed claimed in a 2001 e-mail to [Jack Abramoff] that he choreographed John Cornyn’s efforts as Texas attorney general to shut down an East Texas Indian tribe’s casino.” Reed, “an avowed foe of gambling,” was “paid $4.2 million by Abramoff and Scanlon for his work opposing several tribal casinos in southern states from 2001 to 2003, government sources said.” [Washington Post, 9/26/04; Associated Press, 11/12/05] [...]

]]> http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff/comment-page-1/#comment-396195 Think Progress » Ney loses chairmanship. Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:25:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff-scandal-2/#comment-396195 [...] “House Speaker Dennis Hastert has asked Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) to step down from his post as chairman of the House Administration Committee,” the Hotline reports. Details on Ney’s connection to Abramoff here.  5:25 pm | Comment (0) [...] [...] “House Speaker Dennis Hastert has asked Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) to step down from his post as chairman of the House Administration Committee,” the Hotline reports. Details on Ney’s connection to Abramoff here.  5:25 pm | Comment (0) [...]

]]> http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff/comment-page-1/#comment-391916 dent » Morning Post Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:13:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff-scandal-2/#comment-391916 [...] •I’m glad somebody is helping keeping the rosters and scorecards in this Abramoff thing. Hard to tell the players without one. •The last vestige of oversight in Bush’s D.C.? Yikes. •And only three years too late. •Now was that last comment an indication of a loyal opposition that points out what is wrong or of defeatists who refuse to see that anything is right? I’m so confused. •Then what about Rich “It’s the Republicans Stupid” Lowry? [...] [...] •I’m glad somebody is helping keeping the rosters and scorecards in this Abramoff thing. Hard to tell the players without one. •The last vestige of oversight in Bush’s D.C.? Yikes. •And only three years too late. •Now was that last comment an indication of a loyal opposition that points out what is wrong or of defeatists who refuse to see that anything is right? I’m so confused. •Then what about Rich “It’s the Republicans Stupid” Lowry? [...]

]]> http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff/comment-page-1/#comment-390484 The Poor Man Institute » A-yup Thu, 12 Jan 2006 03:40:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/abramoff-scandal-2/#comment-390484 [...] (Here are just a few of the alleged GOP ethics abuses from the Washington Post. Here’s an even longer one. And here’s Think Progress’ indispensible compendium of Abramoff criminals.) [...] [...] (Here are just a few of the alleged GOP ethics abuses from the Washington Post. Here’s an even longer one. And here’s Think Progress’ indispensible compendium of Abramoff criminals.) [...]

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