Maya Schenwar, TruthOut.org AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 16, 2009. Top Dems, including Governor Patrick Quinn and Sen. Dick Durbin, have announced their support for the plan, calling it an economic boon for the area.
ZP Heller, Open Left AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. July 14, 2009. Why won’t Wells Fargo use its bailout billions to keep the Quad City Die Casting company afloat?
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 18, 2009. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has until midnight tonight to sign legislation to shut down the state's death machinery.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. January 3, 2009. For reasons that have never been clear to me, state lawmakers in Illinois haven't been in too big a rush to impeach Blago. That's about to change.
Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. December 30, 2008. "No appointment by this governor under these circumstances could produce a credible replacement."
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 23, 2008. There's a very good reason the president-elect seemed completely unconcerned about any connection to the Blagojevich controversy ...
Nico Pitney, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. December 22, 2008. Emanuel is on tape telling Blago's chief of staff that Obama would not offer any favors to induce the governor to choose Obama's favored candidate.
Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. December 19, 2008. "I'm here to tell you right off the bat that I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing, that I intend to stay on the job ... "
Bob Cesca, Huffington Post AlterNet: Media and Technology. December 11, 2008. We've seen this show before: the Right try to connect Obama with a controversial figure in Chicago and the Media go nuts.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. December 11, 2008. The signatories include Vice President-elect Joe Biden and Secretary of State nominee Hillary Clinton.
Sam Stein, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. December 10, 2008. Senator Harry Reid is drawing a fairly bold line in the political sand in regard to the ethical missteps surrounding Rod Blagojevich.
Staff, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. December 10, 2008. "I thought -- mistakenly -- that the governor was going to make a decision in the best interest of our state as well as our nation."
Gregg Levine, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. December 10, 2008. Barack "agrees with Lt. Gov. Quinn and many others that under the current circumstances it is difficult for the governor to effectively do his job."
Sam Stein, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. December 9, 2008. This is "a new low," said U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, discussing the arrest on Tuesday. "The conduct would make Lincoln roll over in his grave."
Phoenix Woman, AlterNet: PEEK. December 9, 2008. Speed is of the essence since even a jailed Blagojevich can make appointments, and the last thing anyone wants to see are tainted appointments.
