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Conservatives demand crackdown after 8,000 pet projects in Congress cost taxpayers $15 BILLION in 2024: Republicans urged to ban earmarks that included cash for salmon research, studies on sharks and LGBTQ groups
05 Apr 2024 21:51 GMT
A coalition of conservative groups led by former Vice President Mike Pence's Advancing American Freedom wrote a letter this week calling on congressional Republicans to once again ban earmarks.
A pair of spending bills to fund 12 agencies of …
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California State University San Marcos to Remove Founder’s Name
03 Feb 2023 04:39 GMT
… building at the California State University–San Marcos … which included testimony from California residents, as well … by former U.S Representative Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-San Diego … successful establishment of California State University San Marcos …
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Column: Corruption and lava lamps: The saga of Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham
22 Jan 2021 13:00 GMT
… hour pardon of the former congressman — announced early Wednesday … ’s other corrupt former congressman, will never have to … than market value. The congressman used the proceeds from … Saga of Randy “Duke” Cunningham, the Most Corrupt Congressman Ever Caught.”
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Trump’s 11th hour pardon of Duke Cunningham called ‘total disgrace’
20 Jan 2021 21:18 GMT
… Dec. 22 he pardoned former Rep. Duncan Hunter, who pleaded guilty … .
“Providing a pardon to former Congressman Duke Cunningham is a total disgrace,” Nehring … former executive director of the California Republican Party and now the …
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Former Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham pardoned by Trump
20 Jan 2021 20:16 GMT
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) – Former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham was among 73 people pardoned …
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The Search for Vietnam's Supposed Top Ace Who Beat the U.S. Air Force
17 Mar 2024 16:33 GMT
… day for Navy Lt. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, and his back-seat radio … 15 years as a Republican congressman for California before being jailed for …
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Earmarks were banned for a decade. Their return means money for projects across California
17 Mar 2022 01:12 GMT
… fire in Nevada County, Calif. Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale … Mascarenas / Sacramento Bee)
Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) … any earmarks. They included California Reps. Darrell Issa of … scandal involving former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-Rancho Santa …
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Earmark idiocy: Democrats withdraw $1 million request for LGBT center amid report of 'sex parties'
07 Mar 2024 01:14 GMT
… was the case of Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, a Republican who sold … a library. The local congressman doubled the money but, … money to go to Jamestown, California — which didn’t even … government or a nonprofit agency.
Rep. John Rutherford, Florida Republican, …
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Seahorse in Glorietta Bay, San Diego underground press, C. Arnholt Smith, Duke Cunningham, San Diego vice squad, Eric Show, OMBAC
16 Apr 2019 20:25 GMT
How Matthews came to write for the Reader:
In the spring of 1978, San Diego’s gaslit journalistic parlors were electrified by the arrival of the Los Angeles Times, San Diego edition. The San Diego Union, long considered one of the worst newspapers in …
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Trigger for journalism's problems identified
03 Mar 2024 22:43 GMT
… and profitability during Southern California’s population boom after … , where I started in California journalism, spent unstintingly on … filed by a Republican congressman from San Diego, the … this means is that if Duke Cunningham, whom Donald Trump pardoned …