From AFP: US health officials on Friday revoked the authorization of Roche’s Avastin for breast cancer treatment, saying it concluded the drug had “not been shown to be safe and effective for that use.” Avastin will still remain on the
The latest poll out of Iowa has Newt Gingrich opening up a double-digit lead. We’ll see if this latest anti-Romney flavor can last.
From The Wall Street Journal: Mark Twain famously wrote, “There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.” Peter Schweizer’s new book, “Throw Them All Out,” reveals this permanent political class in all its arrogant glory. (Full disclosure: Mr.
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL), under pressure from conservatives, liberals, and his own constituents, has announced that the House Financial Services Committee, which he chairs, will hold hearings on Dec. 6 to consider legislation to prevent insider trading by members of
From Reuters: Chu, a bookish physicist and Nobel laureate, took full responsibility for decisions on the loan, but did not apologize. He said his department did its due diligence on the risks, and was not influenced by Solyndra investor George
From MetroNY: Occupy Wall Street protester Nkrumah Tinsley, 29, was arrested after making threats to “burn this city down” in Metro. Tinsley gave an impassioned speech on Tuesday after the protesters’ eviction from Zuccotti Park, telling a crowd of his
Today, in 1800, the U.S. Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C. No one was trading on inside information.
From BreitbartTV: Because of the revelations in Peter Schweizer’s new book Throw Them All Out, a Tea Party group along with Big Government contributor Dr. Gina Loudon have called for the resignation of Senator Bachus. The Tea Party rally will
Democrats, Republicans, and Independents are uniting to put a stop to insider trading in Congress. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), who is rising in Republican presidential polls this week, told Fox News’ Megyn Kelly that insider trading must be punished: [youtube
Lee Stranahan is literally on the front lines of clashes between police and Occupy San Francisco activists. Watch live: Occupy San Francisco activists have been joined by recently-evicted Occupy Oakland activists. Developing…
With Facebook being beseiged by pornographic images of all sorts, some are pointing the finger at anonymous. Nothing else to do besides target a judge, I guess. But numerous reports are now pointing to a threat made by Anonymous, a
From TPM Muckraker: The Secret Service searched Occupy D.C. on Monday for a man suspected of firing bullets at the White House on Friday, one of which was stopped by the building’s ballistic glass. Protestor Ralph Wittenberg told TPM on
Tonight, all is quiet on the #Occupy front.
This is a solid campaign move by Perry. Newt Gingrich is coming on strong in the polls as the anti-Romney, but the fact that the former Speaker is an old-school Beltway insider is a vulnerability. If Perry hopes to revitalize
From the Associated Press: A New York judge has upheld the city’s dismantling of the Occupy Wall Street encampment, saying that the protesters’ first amendment rights don’t entitle them to camp out indefinitely in the plaza. Supreme Court Justice Michael
From CBSNews: A bill to stop “insider trading” in Congress is gaining momentum with two new Senate sponsors. Sens. Scott Brown, R-Mass., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., today are introducing the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2011, which
Reports of Big Labor support come in as NYC police act to remove occupiers from Zucotti Park. Reports indicate as many as 70 people have been arrested. Sarah Maslin Nir of the New York Times has tweeted a couple of
From BusinessInsider: The fact that many members of Congress appear to have traded on non-public information in their personal brokerage accounts during the financial crisis is outrageous. But since this bombshell news broke on Sunday night, the excuse has been
Kyle Wingfield in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: See if you can follow me here: 1. CBS’s “60 Minutes” caused a stir with its report Sunday, based on a forthcoming book by Peter Schweizer, about members of Congress who may have traded
The Occupy movement’s professional victims were about to have the worst day ever thanks to a few pesky things called law and order, but thankfully, rich One-Percenter lawyers stepped in to save the debt-beguiled squatters. You know what that means:
From Newsweek: The effort began in earnest in late 2007. Ogilvy, one of Visa’s outside lobbying firms, picked off one of Pelosi’s government-affairs advisers, Dean Aguillen, who had close ties in the speaker’s office. Aguillen quit the speaker’s team and
Today, in 1864, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burned Atlanta and began his ‘March to the Sea.’
Just hours after local residents protested against Occupy Wall Street, New York Police Department officers are moving into Zuccotti Park, clearing activists (temporarily) and their tents (permanently) from the site. Police have donned riot gear and have apparently prepared special
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) has responded to insider trading allegations revealed in Peter Schweizer’s new book, Throw Them All Out, and by 60 Minutes: “Congressman Bachus makes sure to comply with the law and House Ethics rules, and his financial
[youtube bWV_nwpRG9c] Presidential candidate Rick Perry released an ad featuring the congressional insider trading scandal broken by Breitbart Editor Peter Schweizer in his new book “Throw Them All Out.” Gov. Perry is the first presidential candidate to publicly comment on
