Tag Archives: John Harris

Washington starts to notice our reporting

by admin on 16. Jul, 2010 in John Harris, Mainstream Media, Rahm Emanuel, SEIU, Tom Balanoff, Valerie Jarrett

Since starting our blog, we have talked to reporters interested in our findings comparing the incoming Obama adminstration’s report on its Blagojevich contacts to reality. Today we find an example of how our observations are finding credence across the internet. The Daily Caller picks up on our some of our main findings: The Dec. 23 [...]

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Wyma gets to walk away with mega-millions?

by admin on 14. Jul, 2010 in John Harris, John Wyma, Rahm Emanuel

After he walked away from federal court yesterday, John Wyma must have felt like a bank robber walking away unnoticed from the scene of the crime. Kind of like his good friend Rahm Emanuel, who danced around and through corruption in Chicago and Washington and magically got instantly rich as an investment banker. Contrary to [...]

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Did Wyma tip Emanuel off?

by admin on 13. Jul, 2010 in John Harris, John Wyma, Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarrett

Did Blagojevich superlobbyist John Wyma tip off his good friend, Rahm Emanuel, to back away from Blago because the feds were closing in? A timeline of events certainly raises that possibility. Note that Obama and his people are pushing hard for Jarrett before the tone changes on Nov. 10, 2008: October 2008—Wyma begins cooperating with [...]

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Axelrod dissembles; Tapper fumbles

by admin on 11. Jul, 2010 in David Axelrod, Mainstream Media, Rahm Emanuel, SEIU, Senate Seat, Tom Balanoff, Valerie Jarrett

Usually, Obama administration spokesmen can count on dancing through national television interviews without being asked thorny questions like those pertaining to the Blagojevich trial. Give ABC’s Jake Tapper for trying to get an answer out of David Axelrod. TAPPER: Last question. It appears from the Blagojevich trial this week that the White House’s version of [...]

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Politico soft-pedals Obama report discrepancies

by admin on 08. Jul, 2010 in Jesse Jackson, Jr., John Harris, Mainstream Media, Rahm Emanuel, SEIU, Tom Balanoff, Valerie Jarrett

The Politico has your typical Beltway attempt at covering the Obama connection to the Blagojevich trial without scratching too hard. Yeah, Politico mentions that Obama and his cronies are getting hurt by the trial and adds there are no big bombshells yet. Where does the story draw that arbitrary conclusion? From Obama cronies and allies, [...]

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The Obama report is BS—a summary

by admin on 06. Jul, 2010 in John Harris, Rahm Emanuel, Senate Seat, Tom Balanoff, Uncategorized, Valerie Jarrett

In four posts, we’ve established that the incoming Obama administration’s internal report that cleared itself was a fraud. Here are the highlights: The report states Obama did not “actively” favor any candidate yet he picked up the phone a day before the election and lined up SEIU chief Tom Balanoff to send the message personally [...]

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Why the WH report on Blago is BS, part 4

by admin on 05. Jul, 2010 in Dan Hynes, David Axelrod, Jesse Jackson, Jr., John Harris, Lisa Madigan, Rahm Emanuel, SEIU, Tom Balanoff, Valerie Jarrett

As will be a surprise to no one except perhaps the MSM, the Rahm Emanuel section in the Dec. 23, 2008 report by the incoming Obama administration on its contacts with the Blagojevich administration is particularly slippery. The report conveniently omits any contacts between Obama and his advisors and Blagojevich and his advisors BEFORE the [...]

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Obama didn’t “actively” seek to get Jarrett seated if you don’t count four major communiques

by admin on 02. Jul, 2010 in John Harris, Rahm Emanuel, SEIU, Tom Balanoff, Valerie Jarrett

So far, we have learned that the Obama administration’s report that said Obama didn’t actively seek to have Valerie Jarrett succeed him in the U.S. Senate is laughable. Here are the four efforts he made that we know of: His incoming Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel called Blagojevich Chief of Staff John Harris two days [...]

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Why the WH report on Blago is BS, part 3

by admin on 02. Jul, 2010 in David Axelrod, John Harris, Rahm Emanuel, Senate Seat, Valerie Jarrett

Recent testimony in the Blagojevich trial revealed another major problem in the WH report on Obama’s senate seat—one that slipped right by the MSM. The WH report makes a big deal of saying that Valerie Jarrett withdrew her name from consideration as Obama’s successor on Nov. 9, 2008. After Ms. Jarrett decided on November 9, 2008 [...]

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