Posts tagged scandal

• 05 Aug

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Ted Stevens Biker Force!

  Ted Stevens Biker Force!Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Nothing says "not guilty" like dozens of leather-clad bikers. So it was a good thing that a large group of motorcyclists were on hand at the Anchorage airport yesterday to meet Sen. Ted Stevens and escort him to his first post-indictment campai

• 25 Jun

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  TPMtv: Bush DOJ Scandal, Update #1

  Bush DOJ Scandal, Update #1Your Daily Politics Video Blog: As you know, Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine came out yesterday with the first installment of his long-awaited report on the panoply of DOJ scandals growing out of last year's US Attorneys firing story. In today's episode we

• 22 Apr

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: GOP Justice

  GOP JusticeYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Usually, it's not a good thing when a Republican elected official gets caught with hundreds of tapes of himself having sex with prostitutes.  But for Cumberland County Commissioner Bruce Barclay (R), it was his lucky day.  We give you the low-down in toda

• 25 Mar

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: King of Swing

  King of SwingYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Sure you know about Eliot Spitzer's hooker-gate implosion. But did long-time Spitzer nemesis and GOP dirty trickster Roger Stone grease the skids for Spitzer's downfall with information he learned while chillin' at a Miami swingers club? In today's epis

• 11 Mar

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Eliot's Mess

  Eliot's MessYour Daily Politics Video Blog: So how exactly did the Feds end up investigating the New York Governor for paying for sex from prostitutes? We try to untangle the story.

• 31 Dec

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: The 1st Annual Golden Duke Awards

  The 1st Annual Golden Duke AwardsPolitics 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 genuine

• 25 Dec

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  TPMtv: Josh's Picks for the Dukes

  Josh's Picks for the DukesSomeday 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 ar

• 19 Dec

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: 2007 Golden Duke Award Nomination Show

  2007 Golden Duke Award Nomination ShowOkay, 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,