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Today, in 1945, trials against 24 Nazi war criminals began in Nuremberg, Germany.

From KMOV.com: A woman, who was participating in the OccupySTL protest, reported to police that a man sexaully assaulted her while she was in her tent. A St. Louis City Police Officer says the mayor could have prevented it. Brian

From Politico: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested Friday that unions took over the Occupy Wall Street protest yesterday. “A vast percentage of the people were union members protesting — some private unions and then some municipal unions —

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

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

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

From KMTR: A traffic stop of a speeding vehicle led to the arrest of three men, who claimed to be Occupy Portland demonstrators, and the seizure of incendiary devices, gas masks and fireworks. Traffic Safety Deputy Ryan Postlewait saw a

From NBC-New York: Downtown residents and business owners angry that their neighborhood has been occupied for two months by the Wall Street demonstration are staging a protest of the protest Monday, declaring that City Hall has let it get out

From Henry Blodget, Editor of BusinessInsider: Yes, this behavior may be widespread on Capitol Hill. No, there is no universe in which a reasonable person would consider this behavior ethical or in any other way okay. According to a new

You already know this, but it bears repeating. Last night, 60 Minutes aired its blockbuster report on possible insider trading by Members of Congress. Of course, being CBS, they tried to throw as many Republicans into the mix as possible,

From the Associated Press: OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Riot-clad law enforcement officers cleared out a weeks-old anti-Wall Street encampment in Oakland just before dawn Monday after issuing several warnings to Occupy demonstrators. Protesters appeared to put up little resistance to

From Newsweek: One of the more dramatic episodes in the book recounts the trading activity of Republican Rep. Spencer Bachus, of Alabama, who, as the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, was privy to sensitive high-level meetings during

The 60 Minutes report was just the tip of the iceberg. Expect a lot more over the coming weeks.

In Portland, in Salt Lake City, and across the nation, the elected representatives of the 99.999 percent are finally tiring of the antics of the .001 percent. Live stream from Occupy Portland (2:46 pm PST): Watch live streaming video from

Yes, THAT Gene Simmons, from The Sun (UK): This mess is our fault — corporations have no responsibility. Capitalism is the best thing that ever happened to human beings. The welfare state sounds wonderful but it doesn’t work. Governments hand

From the Associated Press: Oakland officials had issued written warnings similar to Saturday’s eviction notice before officers raided the encampment on Oct. 25 with tear gas and bean bag projectiles, arresting 85 people. Oakland became a rallying point for demonstrators