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Obama 'birther' fined $20K

Orly Taitz, the southern California dentist/lawyer who has filed numerous suits challenging President Obama's citizenship, yesterday was fined $20,000 by a federal judge in Georgia for using the courts "as a platform for a political agenda disconnected ...

From ANDY ZAJAC, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  14 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Baucus asked to curb insurers

A group of insurance consumer advocates has asked Montana Democratic Sen. Max Baucus to back off plans to put rule-writing authority for drafting health care coverage standards in the hands of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, a ...

From ANDY ZAJAC, The Swamp,  29 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Max Baucus

Obama 'birther' hit with Cal bar complaint

A day after telling a politics blog that the federal judge who threw out her case was corrupt and might merit a trial for treason, leading Obama birther Orly Taitz was slapped with a California bar complaint alleging professional misconduct. Chandra's ...

From ANDY ZAJAC, The Swamp,  17 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Obama: Be not afraid of health reform

Don't let the venom and bad manners in some of the town hall meetings on health care distract you from the real issues involving the availability and affordability of medical insurance, President Obama told listeners this morning in his weekly radio ...

From ANDY ZAJAC, The Swamp,  15 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Orrin Hatch,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Congress

GOP 'umpire' blows call on Sotomayor

by Andrew Zajac One of the more curious - and flawed - lines of attack by Republicans against the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court is to raise doubts about whether she would be a fair "umpire" of legal ...

From ANDY ZAJAC, The Swamp,  15 Jun 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Sonia Sotomayor,  American League,  John Hirschbeck,  John Roberts

Chicago pols hail retiring priest

A slew of high-ranking Democratic office holders showed up at St. Andrew Catholic Church on Chicago's North Side last week to wish a happy retirement to the Rev. Jack Farry, a local priest known for his involvement in civil rights and other social ...

From ANDY ZAJAC, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  15 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Rahm Emanuel,  Barbara Flynn,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama

Sebelius son pitches prison soap game

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, President Obama's choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services, cuts a figure of no-nonsense, Midwestern rectitude. If there is a provacateur gene in the family, it may have gone to son John, who caused a ...

From ANDY ZAJAC, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  3 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Kathleen Sebelius,  Barack Obama,  Department of Health

Obama's Northern Trust Mortgage

Chicago's Northern Trust Corp. now under fire for excessive merrymaking after collecting federal TARP money, earlier was under scrutiny for the favorable mortgage terms it granted to now-President Barack Obama when he bought his Hyde Park personal ...

From ANDY ZAJAC, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  25 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Obama spurs security...and fashion

It's an unusually well-decked out crowd, with many men in suits and several women in furs and dressy hats. A flight attendant notices, telling passengers via the intercom, "I've been flying for eight years and I've never seen a better-dressed flight." ...

From ANDY ZAJAC, The Swamp,  19 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Chicago GOP markets self as the anti-Blago party

It's the Chicago way. Use the suffering of others to advance yourself. This time it's the Chicago Republican Party -- yes, there is one -- seeking to capitalize on the misfortune of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is accused of trying to peddle ...

From ANDY ZAJAC, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  3 Jan 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  Rod R. Blagojevich,  Alan Keyes

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