WND Founder, Joseph Farah , At Odds With Esquire Magazine

Corsi's high-flying book challenging Barack Obama's eligibility for office

The founder and chief executive officer of WND has decided to pursue an aggressive legal challenge of what he calls Esquire's "libelous smear" in which the magazine's executive editor published a completely fictional article claiming Jerome Corsi's best-selling book – "Where's the Birth Certificate?" – was being pulled from the shelves and destroyed and that book purchasers were being offered refunds.

Read more: Farah vows to sue Esquire, 'take ownership' http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=300761#ixzz1NKxv996X

You Need Me. Pelosi Told Boehner

Pelosi is wrangling for a seat at the table for the budget  cuts-Aka: Debt Ceiling ascendency.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55074.html#ixzz1NEnLyOSi

Insurance Companies Brokers And Agents Political Donations At A glance

Name	Amount Received
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]	$71,600
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]	$58,950
Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH]	$33,300
Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA]	$31,500
Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO]	$30,900
Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]	$27,500
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]	$24,500
Sen. John Thune [R, SD]	$23,800
Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]	$22,000
Sen. Michael Crapo [R, ID]	$20,500
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7]	$23,500
Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2]	$21,250
Rep. Joe Barton [R, TX-6]	$20,500
Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8]	$20,250
Rep. Cynthia Lummis [R, WY-0]	$20,000
Rep. Doc Hastings [R, WA-4]	$19,650
Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]	$16,400
Rep. Michael McCaul [R, TX-10]	$15,500
Rep. Jim Matheson [D, UT-2]	$15,500
Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R, CA-22]	$15,500

Major (Mulitinational) Oil And Gas Producers Political Donations At A Glance

Name	Amount Received
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]	$71,600
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]	$58,950
Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH]	$33,300
Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA]	$31,500
Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO]	$30,900
Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]	$27,500
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]	$24,500
Sen. John Thune [R, SD]	$23,800
Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]	$22,000
Sen. Michael Crapo [R, ID]	$20,500
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7]	$23,500
Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2]	$21,250
Rep. Joe Barton [R, TX-6]	$20,500
Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8]	$20,250
Rep. Cynthia Lummis [R, WY-0]	$20,000
Rep. Doc Hastings [R, WA-4]	$19,650
Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]	$16,400
Rep. Michael McCaul [R, TX-10]	$15,500
Rep. Jim Matheson [D, UT-2]	$15,500
Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R, CA-22]	$15,500

Teacher Unions Political Donations At A Glance

Name	Amount Received
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]	$20,000
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]	$19,832
Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO]	$12,000
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]	$12,000
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]	$12,000
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]	$12,000
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]	$7,500
Sen. Al Franken [D, MN]	$5,750
Sen. Mark Kirk [R, IL]	$2,500
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]	$2,500
Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]	$119,302
Rep. Mark Critz [D, PA-12]	$34,860
Rep. Judy Chu [D, CA-32]	$27,500
Rep. John Garamendi [D, CA-10]	$22,500
Rep. Ted Deutch [D, FL-19]	$20,000
Rep. William Owens [D, NY-23]	$17,500
Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D, CA-8]	$15,000
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D, HI-1]	$15,000
Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]	$15,000
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]	$13,500

Labor Unions Political Donations At A Glance

Name Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]	Amount Received $8,000
Sen. Robert Menéndez [D, NJ]	$7,500
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]	$6,000
Sen. Al Franken [D, MN]	$5,000
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]	$5,000
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]	$3,750
Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA]	$1,000
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]	$1,000
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]	$1,000
Sen. Carl Levin [D, MI]	$0
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]	$16,000
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D, VA-11]	$12,250
Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D, CA-8]	$10,000
Rep. Donna Edwards [D, MD-4]	$6,000
Rep. Larry Kissell [D, NC-8]	$5,000
Rep. Mark Critz [D, PA-12]	$5,000
Rep. Shelley Capito [R, WV-2]	$5,000
Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6]	$5,000
Rep. Nick Rahall [D, WV-3]	$5,000
Rep. Melvin Watt [D, NC-12]	$5,000

Trial Lawyers and Law Firms Political Donations At A Glance

Name	Amount Received
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]	$458,739
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]	$141,462
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]	$92,660
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]	$46,608
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]	$39,731
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]	$33,300
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]	$27,500
Sen. Mark Begich [D, AK]	$26,000
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]	$24,950
Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]	$24,250
Rep. Mike Quigley [D, IL-5]	$61,900
Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1]	$46,771
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]	$41,000
Rep. William Owens [D, NY-23]	$24,600
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R, PA-7]	$23,200
Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]	$21,750
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]	$20,350
Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]	$19,600
Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]	$19,400
Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]	$17,800

Bills Heating Up

S.679 - Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011

A bill to reduce the number of executive positions subject to Senate confirmation.

Stories Written:

CREATING AMERICA'S FIRST DICTATOR THROUGH SENATE LEGISLATION S.679

Obama and Senate Rewriting Article II

S.350 - Environmental Crimes Enforcement Act of 2011 

Stories Written:

Making Lawyers Wealthy enough to Keep the Democrat Party Political Campaign Coffers Full

Meredith Attwell Baker Is The Lastest Thorn In The New York Times Calling For Expanding The Lobbying Disclosure Act Definitions

Lisa Rosenberg  > Sunlight Foundation
In the most recent, and possibly most repugnant, turn of the revolving door, FCC commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker will join Comcast just months after approving the Comcast/NBC Universal merger. The move spurred the New York Times to call for expanding the definition of lobbying. We agree. While Baker’s hiring may be a done deal, the lobby laws need to be changed so that we know who she is lobbying, about what, and when.
The current laws do next to nothing to inform the public about the ways Baker will wield her power on Capitol Hill. Sunlight is calling for changes in the current Lobbying Disclosure Act that would require her and others like her to report the names of the offices she lobbies—whether in person, on the phone, in writing or email—and link the names with the specific issues on which she sought government action. We would require that reporting to happen in real time and online.
We may not be able to close the revolving door, but we can find out what happens whenever people pass through it.
Rules put in place by the Obama administration mean that Baker will not be allowed to lobby anyone at the FCC for two years. That’s a sliver of an exclusion that leaves her plenty of opportunities to spread the Comcast/NBC message inside the beltway. The day after she starts, this well-connected, high-ranking administration official can start lobbying Congress on any issue, including the Comcast/NBC merger.


Will this ever find it's way to the Halls of Congress?