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HookerGate: What Did @AliciaMenendez Know, and When Did She Know It?

“Alicia Menendez is a Senior Advisor to NDN and its sister organization, the New Policy Institute. . . . Ms. Menendez comes to NDN/NPI as a well-established television commentator and experienced organizer in important emerging communities. You can find her talking about national politics just about every week on the cable news networks, Fox and […]

Dominican Prostitute in Menendez Scandal Says They Were ‘Very Mistreated’

Here’s this morning’s Menendez headline stack at the Drudge Report: REID BACKS MENENDEZ OVER UNDERAGE HOOKER CHARGES… ‘I have confidence he did nothing wrong’… PROSTITUTE: ‘THEY THREATENED THOSE GIRLS’… REPORT: Fourth flight raises new questions… I point this out because there were people in the comments of my post this morning (“HookerGate: Miami Herald Confirms […]

HookerGate: Miami Herald Confirms Elements of Menendez Prostitute Story

The shadowy (and probably pseudonymous) tipster “Peter Williams” gave specific details about the prostitutes who were allegedly provided to New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez in the Dominican Republic. Two Miami Herald reporters, Kathleen McGrory and Melissa Sanchez, traveled to Santo Domingo to check out the story and, while they were unable to locate the prostitutes, […]

Billion With a ‘B’: Did Menendez Provide Special Favors to HookerGate Donor?

A sex scandal is quite often more than just a sex scandal, and the emerging story of the connection between embattled Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and his shady Palm Beach patron, Dr. Salomon Melgen, appears to be developing as a complex scandal: Sen. Bob Menendez used his influence to advocate for a Dominican Republic business deal that […]

If You Don’t Think ‘Jailbait Hookers’ Is Headline News, You Don’t Know News

When the major news networks ignored the FBI raid on the Miami doctor who bankrolled Sen. Robert Menendez’s trips to the Dominican Republic, I was frankly stunned. No matter how liberal your bias may be, the allegation that Menendez was banging underage hookers during his Caribbean expeditions is irresistible as news. There is nothing in […]

Democrats: The Party of Criminals

The Filthy Rotten Party of Corruption, Treason, Fraud, Sodomy and Abortion is represented in Congress by such vicious specimens as Harry Reid, Charlie Rangel, Robert Menendez and Jim Moran. But the party elects thieves and thugs at every level, which explains why suburban Richmond is represented in the Virginia House of Delegates by a disbarred, disgraced and […]

The Filthy Rotten Party of Corruption, Treason, Fraud, Sodomy and Abortion

Charles Rangel: Why ‘corrupt Democrat’ is a redundancy In a Twitter colloquy with Susan Cloud, producer of the Mark Davis radio show, I found myself compelled to explain and defend my previous criticisms of National Review. The problem, really, is that Republicans just don’t hate Democrats the way Democrats hate Republicans. Most Republicans are born and […]

ATRA: Not The Shave You Wanted

by Smitty The American Taxpayer Relief Act, per the modern usage, offers the precise opposite of its title. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the fiscal deal adds $332 billion in new direct spending over ten years. The deal also contributes $620 billion in additional revenue, as reported by the White House and members of […]

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