Young Bites Back
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: For two years now, we've been chronicling Alaska Rep. Don Young's (R) efforts to be involved in every major political corruption scandal of the last decade. And now that the political waters are rising around him back in his home state, he's gone on the attack. So here in today's episode of TPMtv, we bring you some of the choice mouth-foaming moments.
The 1st Annual Golden Duke Awards
Politics Video Blog: Okay, the wait is over. You sent in your nominations. The judges pored over each candidate's dossier. And now the winners are ready to be announced. The winner for Best Scandal -- General Interest -- the Dukes' version of Best Picture genuinely surprised me. And one winner and one winner alone was the unanimous choice of all five judges, that was the winner for Outstanding Achievement in Corruption-based Chutzpah. We are pleased to bring you this...
Josh's Picks for the Dukes
Someday I hope to be selected to be a judge for the annual Golden Duke awards. But since I wasn't chosen this year, I thought I'd still give you my picks for what I thought should be the award-winning scandals and the biggest crooks of 2007. (Remember, the real winners are going to be announced on December 31st. So stay tuned!)
2007 Golden Duke Award Nomination Show
Okay, the big moment has arrived. Or at least the biggest moment till December 31st. As you know, TPM is running the First Annual Golden Duke awards, named in honor or iconic political crook Randy "Duke" Cunningham and awarded to the biggest political crooks, scoundrels and bamboozlers in six separate categories. TPM Readers sent in dozens of great nominations measuring the comparative muckliness and bamboozlism of TPM favorites like Larry Craig, Alberto Gonzales,...
Golden Duke Awards Contest Rules
Nominate your favorite political crook or bamboozler to win a Golden Dukey in this year's first annual Golden Duke Awards to honor the best scandals, bamboozlers, crooks and evildoers of 2007. Find out the categories, contest rules and how you can win special TPM prizes for winning nominations!
Ted Stevens Muck Update
Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) hasn't been kicked out of the Senate yet, but he's teetering ever closer to the edge. We've been intently covering his Byzantine dance of corruption involving former Veco CEO Bill Allen, his son
former Alaska State Senator Ben Stevens (R), and a newly remodeled home. To save you from losing track of all the sordid details we bring you an update on where exactly Stevens stands and the surprising leniency of his fellow Senate Republicans in light of the...
The Muck Gap Methodology
In last Thursday's episode of TPMtv we explored the striking disparity in the number of scandal and muck cases between Democrats and Republicans. The GOP maintains the overwhelming advantage, which is extraordinary considering its minority status in congress. After receiving a welter of viewer mail about the names we included on our list we take a moment today to elucidate our methodology and even add a couple names we missed the first go around.
Alaska Mucktacular!
When you're a state with just 3 people in your entire congressional delegation and all 3 are involved in public corruption scandals, well... that probably merits an Alaska Mucktacular!
The One that (Didn't) Get Away
We held Yesterday's episode for the Gonzales hearings. Here it is- Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has landed herself a pretty nice spot of land on Alaska's Kenai River. But it wasn't just lucky fishing. We explain, with a little help from TPMmuckraker.
Muck, Northern Exposure
TPMtv sinks its teeth into a good old-fashioned Alaska government corruption story.
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