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‘F– Michelle Fields!’ — Interview With Reporter Harassed at Occupy DC Protest

Michelle Fields stands next to a policeman while covering ‘Occupy DC’ protests, Nov. 4, 2011 Michelle Fields, a young video reporter for the Daily Caller, was assigned to cover Friday night’s Occupy DC protests outside the Americans for Prosperity “Defending the American Dream” conference at the Washington Convention Center. In an interview Saturday morning, Fields […]

#OWS Protesters Attempt to Storm AFP Defending the American Dream Summit

WASHINGTON, D.C. “Occupy DC” protesters just attempted to force their way into the Washington Convention Center where the Americans for Prosperity Foundation is holding its Ronald Reagan tribute dinner for the “Defending the American Dream Summit.” I was in the middle of the scrum of smelly hippies when they stormed the doors and have multiple […]

Herman Cain: The Third Koch Brother?

WASHINGTON, D.C. An accusation to which he’s proud to plead guilty: After a tough week of media scrutiny, Herman Cain retreated to friendly turf Friday with an address to a conference sponsored by Americans for Prosperity . . . Liberals have criticized Cain for his connection to the group, funded in part by Charles and […]

MITT TO CHINA: DROP DEAD

WASHINGTON, D.C. OK, maybe the NY Post-style headline slightly overstates Mitt Romney’s tough talk on China here at the “Defending the American Dream” summit. Instead the former Massachusetts governor promised that, as president, he would evaluate federal programs in terms of deficit spending financed by borrowing from China. “For each program we have in the […]

Today’s Herman Cain Headlines

Headline at The Week: Herman Cain’s accusers: Should they be allowed to tell their side? And my post from two days ago is cited in arguing that not only should they be “allowed” to tell their side, they should be compelled to tell their side — and under their own names. Anonymous accusations in such a serious […]

999 Ninth Street NW

“You’re very attractive,” says Erik Telford WASHINGTON, D.C. Here at the Renaissance Hotel — the address of which is the title of the post — I was working hard, trying to get an important story written, but my friends insisted on buying me beers and talking about Herman Cain. The Americans for Prosperity “Defending the […]

Complete Burn-Out Looms: Random Notes on the Road to the American Dream

“A top Iowa supporter of Herman Cain’s presidential campaign is blaming top Cain aide Mark Block for the campaign’s poor response to allegations that Cain sexually harassed at least two women in the 1990s. “Jeff Jorgenson, the chairman of the Pottawatamie County Republican Party, said Cain’s campaign has been caught off-guard and that Cain should […]

PJM’s Pollock Publishes First Specific Account of Cain Harassment Charge UPDATE: PJM Makes Corrections

Hat-tip to Ace of Spades and congratulations to Richard Pollock at PJM for finally getting the specifics on the record: Both sources, one male and one female, worked at the time — mid-1990s — for the governmental affairs department of the National Restaurant Association, as did the woman. According to both sources, Mr. Cain and […]

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