By Kate Klonick – October 28, 2008, 4:06PMAfter 13 months of federal investigation, Massachusetts State Sen. Diane Wilkerson (D) was arrested this morning. In a 43 page long affidavit — complete with pictures of hand-offs and money being stuffed into bras — the FBI alleged that Wilkerson took $23,500 in bribes to get a liquor [...]

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I can’t say I blame her. Convicted criminal Senator Ted Stevens asked the people of Alaska to stand by him as he pursues his rights.   However, there is one Alaskan who will not be standing next to the Senator, and that is Gov. Sarah Palin. Yesterday, Gov. Palin told reporters, “This is a sad day for [...]

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 Below is an email that former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney wrote to supporters of Senator Mitch McConnell.  Romeny is the person I think Senator McCain should have picked to be his running mate. Dear Supporter, With just over a week left until Election Day, I am writing to ask for your help. My good friend, [...]

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 According to Huffington Post, Vanity Fair magazine and the National Security News Services are looking into a car accident that Senator John McCain was involved with in 1964.  It is believe that someone was either hurt or killed in this accident. The National Security News Services tried in August of this year to get documents [...]

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  By Tim Wise / BuzzFlash / 13 September 2008  [Tim Wise is the author of White Like Me (Soft Skull, 2005, revised  2008), and of Speaking Treason Fluently, published this month, also by Soft Skull.]   White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that [...]

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