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Anti-Marijuana Politician Busted For Weed

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Rhode Island’s GOP House minority leader is famous for two things: Criticizing gays, Guatemalans, and pot smokers; and now, being busted for smoking pot. In a comment Robert Watson wishes he probably hadn’t made, the Republican minority leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives said in February that the state legislature’s priorities are fine “if you’re… Continue reading Anti-Marijuana Politician Busted For Weed

Federal · GOP

FCC Commissioner to Join Comcast

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/fcc-commissioner-meredith-baker-to-join-comcast-nbc/2011/05/11/AFYfl1rG_blog.html Federal Communications commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker announced Wednesday that she will resign from the FCC on June 3 and join Comcast-NBC Universal as its senior vice president of governmental affairs. Baker, a Republican, joined the FCC in 2009 after working at the National Telecomunications and Information Administration under President George W. Bush. While at the NTIA, Baker oversaw… Continue reading FCC Commissioner to Join Comcast

GOP · Taxes

Budget Cuts Meet Poverty in the Heartland

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https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/worst-ive-seen-far-budget-cuts-meet-poverty-heartland/ Congress and statehouses across the country are pushing budgets that would further cut assistance for poor people. https://www.cbpp.org/research/chairman-ryan-gets-nearly-two-thirds-of-his-huge-budget-cuts-from-programs-for-lower https://www.cbpp.org/blog/house-budget-committee-mistakes-were-made This finding emerges from a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis of the Ryan plan.  Table S-4 of the plan, as Chairman Ryan unveiled it on April 5, showed that the plan contains net program cuts… Continue reading Budget Cuts Meet Poverty in the Heartland

American Fascism · Local Politics

Judge Convicted in Pennsylvania Kids-for-Cash Scheme

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https://www.democracynow.org/2011/2/22/judge_convicted_in_pennsylvania_kids_for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PA_Child_Care Former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella, Jr., was convicted Friday of accepting bribes and kickbacks for putting juveniles into detention centers operated by PA Child Care and a sister company, Western Pennsylvania Child Care. Ciavarella and another judge, Michael Conahan, are said to have received $2.6 million for their efforts. The “cash for… Continue reading Judge Convicted in Pennsylvania Kids-for-Cash Scheme