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Charlie Rangel
Rangel Guilty on 11 of 13 Counts

The first day of Rep. Charlie Rangel’s ethics started yesterday. He walked out, protesting the “unfairness” of the trial. Today, he was found guilty on 11 of the 13 charges he was accused of committing: Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), the [...]

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Race Hustling Poverty Pimps Cry Racism, Claim Ethics Committee Targets Black Folks

My alternate headline was “Millionaire Black Power Brokers Possible Victims of White Industrial Hate Machine” but I thought I’d throw out a homage to J.C. Watts. Watts was the only black member of Congress not the join the Congressional Black [...]

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Rangel Admonished, Refuses to Step Down, Pelosi "We’ll See What Happens Next…"

Rep. Charles Rangel was admonished by the House Ethics Committee for accepting vacations sponsored by corporations, a big ethics no-no: Rep. Charles Rangel said Friday he won’t step down as chairman of the powerful House tax-writing committee after being admonished [...]

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