
Newly Released FBI Files Show ex-Sen. George McGovern Was Pursued for Years
In April 1975, Sen. George McGovern wanted to know whether the FBI had collected any information on him in case he ended up on the presidential ticket.
In April 1975, Sen. George McGovern wanted to know whether the FBI had collected any information on him in case he ended up on the presidential ticket.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s crime statistics on mass shootings are “politically biased” to make the incidents appear more common and deadly than they actually are, according to a criminologist. John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, told Fox News that the information is misleading and not substantiated by facts. “The…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder said the Justice Department is “obsessed with race” and has demonstrated more racism than “than anywhere I see in the St. Louis area,” The Huffington Post reports. Kinder claims protests over the death of Michael Brown are “based on a lie” and have been exacerbated by…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating voter fraud and financial mismanagement of politicians in The Bronx, the New Work Post reports. The probe comes at a time when Albany’s power shifted to Bronx politicians after Sheldon Silver stepped down as speaker of the New York Assembly following his arrest by the FBI. Replacing…
By Michael Gerson Opinion Writer for Washington Post There are any number of marvelous things one might do as president, if Congress were not such a checked and balanced mess. But future presidents now have a new method at their disposal: Declare a long-running debate to be a national emergency. Challenge Congress, under threat of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal judge dismissed charges Tuesday against the former president of the National Border Patrol Council who was accused of funneling union money to finance pornography and trips to see his mistress, CBS8.com reports. Terence J. Bonner has long claimed that he was set up for political reasons. “This is about as…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What does it mean to be alive? Who are we? What is our purpose? Those weren’t the question the FBI was interested in answering while agents spied on French philosophers John-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. Instead, the FBI was concerned about their politics and whether they were a danger to the U.S.,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A California lawmaker says the FBI raided his office because he refused to rat out two of the state’s top Democrats, NBC News reports. State Sen. Ronald Calderon, D-Montebello, filed a federal complaint, saying agents asked him to “sting” Sen. Darrell Steinberg, leader of the state Senate’s Democratic majority and Sen. Kevin…