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White House: Ethics Rules Don’t Apply to Us.
MPR – The Office of Government Ethics has informed the Trump administration that the White House has an “incorrect” view of ethics laws. In a Thursday letter, OGE director Walter Shaub contradicted what he called the White House’s “extraordinary assertion,” made in a recent letter, that “many regulations promulgated by the Office of Government Ethics…
Trump impeachment march stretches 5 miles thru Atlanta
11alive – A rally in support of impeaching President Donald Trump on Monday in Atlanta continued a President Day’s weekend of similar gatherings across the nation. VIDEO Organizers said the “sidewalk only” march began at the Arts Center MARTA station in Midtown and spanned five miles northward to Lenox Square Mall in Buckhead. Officials from…
Thousands Rally in Support of Jena Six
New York Times JENA, La. (AP) — Thousands of chanting demonstrators filled the streets of this little Louisiana town Thursday in support of six black teenagers initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate. The crowd broke into chants of ”Free the Jena Six” as the Rev. Al Sharpton arrived at…
Evangelicals Condemn Torture in Striking Departure from Bush/Cheney Doctrine
Evangelicals Condemn Torture By RACHEL ZOLL – The Associated Press Monday, March 12, 2007 The National Association of Evangelicals has endorsed an anti-torture statement saying the United States has crossed “boundaries of what is legally and morally permissible” in its treatment of detainees and war prisoners in the fight against terror. Human rights violations committed…
General to Bush: “You didn’t listen”
Jake Tapper, ABC News In an act of defiance perhaps not seen since President Truman fired Gen. Douglas MacArthur, today the anti-war veterans group VoteVets.org, which has been influential with Capitol Hill Democrats, is launching a half-million-dollar TV ad campaign featuring Maj Gen John Batiste (Ret.), former commanding general of the first infantry division in…
Abramoff-Linked Lawyer Resigns
By: Josephine Hearn , politico.com Amid reports the Justice Department is investigating ties between Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) and jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a key link between the two, Kevin A. Ring, has abruptly resigned from his law firm. Ring tendered his resignation from Indianapolis-based law firm Barnes & Thornburg, effective Friday, confirmed the managing…
