Media Matters is Having a Very Bad Day

John Verum Serum 2/27/2012

Media Matters is facing not one but two very bad stories in the press today. First is this embarrassing story about David Brock being blackmailed by a former boyfriend for almost a million dollars:

In an acrimonious lawsuit settled at the end of last year, Brock accused William Grey of making […]

Flap with Marco Rubio causes six GOP candidates to boycott Univision debate in January

Tina Korbe HotAir.com 10/5/2011

After the Spanish-language TV network Univision reportedly tried to coerce Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) into an interview, six GOP presidential candidates say they will boycott Univision’s proposed presidential debate in January if the network doesn’t apologize.

Apparently, Univision planned to air a story about the decades-old drug-trafficking conviction of Rubio’s brother-in-law, […]

Secret recording: ATF agent suggests digging up dirt on Sen. Chuck Grassley to help forestall Gunwalker investigations

Doug Ross DirectorBlue 9/20/2011

I think this seals the deal. When Pulitzer Prizes are awarded next year, CBS News’ Sharyl Attkisson should walk away with the investigative journalism award for her work exposing Eric Holder’s disastrous “Gunwalker” program.

Gunwalker’s fatally flawed “Operation Fast and Furious” intentionally allowed drug cartels to smuggle military grade weapons into […]

Mullen: Effect of debt ceiling crisis on military unknown

David Ariosto CNN 7/31/2011

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said Sunday during an unannounced visit to Afghanistan that he doesn’t know whether soldiers will continue to receive paychecks if an agreement over the U.S. debt ceiling cannot be reached.

“I certainly hope it gets solved,” Mullen told reporters.

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Judge Clears Way for Sodexo to Present Evidence of Extortion in RICO Suit Against SEIU

Liberty Chick Big Government 7/27/2011

You may recall that Sodexo slapped the SEIU with a RICO suit in March, citing the labor union’s “blackmail, vandalism, trespass, harassment, and lobbying law violations designed to steer business away from Sodexo USA and harm the company.” SEIU had filed a motion to dismiss the suit, but according to […]

SEIU Intimidation Manual Advocates Bullying Of Employers And Their Families To Force Companies Into Unionizing…

Zip Weasel Zippers 7/17/2011

Unions are a cancer.

(Washington Times) — In the past decade, unions have become increasingly desperate to obtain new dues-paying members. An example of how desperate can be found in a 70-plus-page intimidation manual from the Service Employees International Union(SEIU), which only recently came to light in a pending court case.

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