“The Attorney General made clear that the chain of command will remain in place as it has been. She pointed out that 98 percent or so of her duties are administrative or ministerial, and she plans to continue performing those duties,” said Kane spokesman Chuck Ardo, who briefed reporters on what Kane relayed to about a dozen top aides Wednesday afternoon. A memo to staff outlining her position has not yet been written, he said.
Biden says he will not seek 2016 Democratic nomination
AOL: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would not run for president in 2016, ending months of suspense and easing Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton’s path to the party’s nomination. Biden, who had been pondering a run since August, appeared in the White House Rose Garden with his wife Jill and President Barack […]
CRIZ and City get even crazier!
But wait a second. According to the CRIZ statute, the City already is the guarantor of payment of all delinquent CRIZ debt.
So what Gray is simply bringing into the open is what has not been talked about, except here at NewsLanc. The City will guarantee the CRIZ bonds because it already has guaranteed repayment of the debt!
Ryan In for Speaker, With Conditions
DAILY BEAST: …[Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan] told the fractured House Republican conference Tuesday evening that he would seek the top spot in the House of Representatives only if he received the endorsement of the three largest GOP groups—the Freedom Caucus, the Republican Study Committee, and the Tuesday Group. The former vice-presidential nominee’s move puts the […]
The ten most corrupt states in the U. S.
5. Pennsylvania
George W. Bush unleashes on Ted Cruz
POLITICO: …[Former President George W.] Bush took a harsh view of [Ted] Cruz’s apparent alliance with Trump, who stood with the senator at a Capitol Hill rally last month in opposition to the Iran deal. While Trump, the current GOP poll leader, has attacked most of his competitors in the 2016 field, he has avoided […]
Fiorina’s support collapses, Trump leads in CNN poll
POLITICO: Carly Fiorina’s time near the top of the Republican polls may have come to an end, as another national CNN/ORC poll out Tuesday suggests. Just 4 percent of Republican or Republican-leaning voters said they would cast their votes for her in a primary election, down from 15 percent in September. Overall, Donald Trump led […]
Justin Trudeau elected as Canada’s next prime minister
WASHINGTON POST: Canadians voted for a sharp change in their government Monday, resoundingly ending Conservative Stephen Harper’s attempt to shift the nation to the right and returning a legendary name for liberals, Trudeau, to the prime minister’s office. Justin Trudeau, the son of late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, became Canada’s new prime minister after his […]
SHOCKING: Now LNP news coverage blatantly deceives readership about Justice Eakin
LNP front page along side the masthead: “Cleared: State Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin didn’t send racy emails investigators said”
LNP heading on the Associated Press article: “Panel found Eakin Didn’t send porn”
Actual Associated Press headline: “Eakin cleared in 2014 after panel found he didn’t email porn.
Re Judge Eakin and A. G. Kane, LNP management tries to cover up its mistakes
By the same token, Eakin certainly could have, and should have, called off the partisan dogs attacking Kane this week over the rushed hunt for his emails that, just as obviously, were his responsibility not only in their circulation, but also in his continuing to hide them.
Medical Marijuana Update
By Phil Smith DRUG WAR CHRONICLE: Nearly two decades after the passage of Proposition 215, California will finally get comprehensive, statewide medical marijuana regulation, legal dispensaries come a step closer in Michigan, and more. California Last Friday, the governor signed a medical marijuana regulation bill package into law. Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed into law […]
LETTER: What’s not supposed to happen in a judicial system
What of Eakin’s wife Heidi representing sinning judges before the Judicial Conduct Board? What of Judge Eakin playing golf with Jayne Duncan’s Judge and Heidi telephone the DA’s office and bragging about it?
MILLER: Choice in Supremes’ race, Democrats by a whisker
The “Boys-will-be-Boys” scandal dealing with pornographic emails appears to deal more with Republican judges, prosecutors and other court personnel.
Higher estate taxes on the top 0.01% is would have twin benefits
Not only is this a huge source of potential revenue, but it serves to mitigate the negative impact of huge fortunes passing from the reasonably responsible hands of the earners to the haphazard, inexperienced and untested recipients.