Prominent Democrats including President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accepted campaign money from Craig Newmark, whose Craigslist classified ad website profited in part from child sex trafficking. Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, has given over $84,000 to prominent Democrats and Democratic political committees, according to the independent Center for Responsive Politics. Newmark did not...
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Dems Profit from Craigslist’s Sex Slave Scene
How David Westin Ruined ABC News
The slogan of ABC News was once, “More Americans get their news from ABC News than from any other source.” Now, not a single ABC News show leads its time slot. What happened? ABC News President David Westin spent the past 13 years running the network news division into the ground. Photo – New...
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Eliot Spitzer Goes From Client No. 9 to CNN
Despite protests from family-values groups and minority journalists, CNN forged ahead and announced the premiere date for a talk show co-hosted by former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and columnist Kathleen Parker. The creatively named “Parker Spitzer Show” will premiere on October 4 and air Monday through Friday during the 8 p.m. family hour....
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State Dept. Pressed for Imam Book Explanation
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee wants the State Department to explain its use of taxpayer funds to purchase and distribute Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s book What’s Right With Islam. “Certainly Senate Foreign Relations Committee members will want some briefing from the State Department,” Andy Fisher, the spokesman for Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), the ranking Republican...
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Tree Hugger Terrorizes Discovery Channel
Environmental extremist James Lee was shot and killed by police Wednesday evening after a four-hour hostage standoff at the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, Md. The three hostages taken by Lee are safe and unharmed. The building is still a “crime scene,” and police are seraching for explosive devices. Lee, 43, entered Discovery around...
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MediaBistro: Miller Lands New Gig at Human Events
By Betsy Rothstein on Aug 25, 2010 04:33 PM Emily Miller has a new job as as senior editor for the conservative news siteHuman Events. Her primary beat will be political investigations. She will no longer be a TWT contributor. The news is rather timely karma wise. This is the very week that her former...
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Ben Quayle Caught in Raunchy Web Flap
Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle and candidate for congress, admitted that he was a contributor to the raunchy gossip website TheDirty.com. The site’s founder Nik Richie alleges that Quayle was a co-creator in 2007 and wrote about hot girls on the nightclub scene under the alias “Brock Landers.” Quayle denies both of...
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WNYC: Roundup: Cuomo, Genting, Saujani
Roundup: Cuomo, Genting, Saujani By Azi Paybarah Liz and I think the most interesting part of the NYT Sunday magazine story on Cuomo is the last line. Referring to the legislature, Cuomo said, “I think I can be their best friend.” Emily Miller waits for the NYT Sunday magazine story on Lazio. Haberman says Rangel is...
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Andrew Cuomo’s Running Mate Splits Ticket on Mosque
Andrew Cuomo, New York’s Attorney General and Democratic candidate for governor, was blindsided Monday when his running mate Bob Duffy came out in opposition of the Ground Zero mosque. Rochester Mayor Duffy, who was picked by Cuomo for the lieutenant governor slot on his ticket, said that “the best resolution” to the emotional controversy is...
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National Review: . . . and About Those Local New York Politics
By Andy McCarthy The Ground Zero mosque has apparently split the Democratic gubernatorial ticket. Emily Miller of Human Events reports that Bob Duffy, Andrew Cuomo’s running-mate (for lieutenant governor) has come out against the project that Cuomo strongly supports. Duffy, who is mayor of Rochester, said that “the best resolution” to the emotional controversy is to make...
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Bravo’s Real Housewives of D.C. Premieres With Bitter Cast Feuding
The feud among the cast members of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Washington, D.C. escalated before the first show even aired Thursday night. Michaele Salahi, the most famous of the cast, cancelled her scheduled attendance at the official premiere party after a contentious interview on ABC’s The View. Photo – ABC “None of our friends are going...
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Rudy Giuliani’s Daughter Caroline Arrested for Shoplifting
Caroline Giuliani, the 20-year old daughter of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, was arrested at a Manhattan Sephora store for allegedly shoplifting. Photo - New York Post A detective at the NYPD 19th precinct confirms to Human Events that Giuliani was handcuffed at the scene and brought to his station for arrest. The police gave...
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