The case of the forged regulatory letters appears to be solved. Over the last month, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission received more than 150 letters about its proposal to limit conflicts of interest at derivatives clearinghouses. But some of the letters were fakes. The apparent source of the bogus letters: a grassroots advocate gone rogue. [...]
Arkansas, you run deep in me. That’s a line from the state song. But this week, red ran deep in this Blue Dog state that is just this side of wacky. No doubt, Bill Clinton has to be crying somewhere. His home state slipped completely down the rabbit hole. On Tuesday night, Democrats were hyperventilating [...]
Clint McCance, who came under immense fire this week for anti-gay Facebook posts, will resign from his position as vice president of the Midland School Board. He made the announcement Thursday night on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360.”He told Cooper that he regretted his inflammatory Facebook posts in which he said he wanted gay people to [...]
The gay and lesbian blogosphere went into overdrive Tuesday when The Advocate, a longtime online news source in the LBGT community, posted a series of vicious and inflammatory anti-gay rants, which the Advocate attributed to an Arkansas school board member. “Seriously they want me to wear purple because five queers killed themselves,” a screen shot [...]
Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.) had his mustache for 41 years. But no more. On Sunday, Snyder’s wife, the Rev. Betsy Singleton Snyder, shaved off her husband’s mustache at Gen. Wesley Clark’s Little Rock home. The reason: Joyce Elliott, the Democratic 2nd Congressional District candidate, raised $50,000. Snyder, who has held the congressional seat since 1996 [...]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — It’s one thing to see a politician stand behind a podium and recite talking points on their Senate votes.It’s another picture entirely to see that same politician walking around cow manure, petting goats, taking a hand-writing analysis and shaking hands. Arkansas Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln did just that Friday afternoon at [...]
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