The Blottertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-2957292009-03-10T19:56:03ZDispatches from Brian Ross & the Investigative TeamTypePadLike Jay-Z + the Beatles, But Worsetag:typepad.com,2003:post-638994152009-03-10T15:56:03-04:002009-03-10T19:56:03ZFiasco Mash-up! Stumbling banking giant Citibank is helping build up Iraq's banking industry, reports Spencer Ackerman at the Washington Independent. (To those over 40 or otherwise culturally illiterate: Rapper Jay-Z...Justin Rood Reports:Update: Help for Homeless Childrentag:typepad.com,2003:post-638860692009-03-10T11:07:43-04:002009-03-10T15:07:43ZLast October, we looked at how the economic crisis was pushing thousands of U.S. children out of their homes, along with their families. Now, Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA) is calling...Justin Rood Reports:Bush Era, Revised -- and with More Barbequetag:typepad.com,2003:post-638603552009-03-09T19:02:12-04:002009-03-09T23:02:12ZHindsight's 20-20? White House Web site deletes statement that ex-president Bush worked to create "a future of security, prosperity, and opportunity for all Americans." Adds, also, that ex-prez and ex-first...Justin Rood Reports:The Tax Woman Comethtag:typepad.com,2003:post-638473572009-03-09T14:09:48-04:002009-03-09T18:09:48ZPolitico today names perhaps the most powerful woman in Washington, D.C. And unless you’ve been considered for a key Obama administration post –- or work for the Senate Finance Committee...Justin Rood Reports:Paging Mr. Stanford: Antigua Calledtag:typepad.com,2003:post-637487992009-03-06T15:19:48-05:002009-03-06T20:19:48ZThey want their island back. Among other features, it's home to the rare West Indian whistling duck.Justin Rood Reports:Who Are You Calling Partisan?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-637419232009-03-06T12:36:21-05:002009-03-06T17:36:21ZSticks and stones may break bones, but name-calling will always make headlines. So when a flack for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) called a leading anti-earmark advocate a “partisan...Justin Rood Reports:Update: IRS Won't Use Private Debt Collectorstag:typepad.com,2003:post-637347152009-03-06T10:18:08-05:002009-03-06T15:18:08ZThe IRS is said to be curtailing its use of private debt collection agencies to chase tax deadbeats. We've reported on the sometimes-abusive practices the private firms have used to...Justin Rood Reports:But Is It Art?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-637015552009-03-05T15:42:30-05:002009-03-05T20:42:30Z"Sir" Allen Stanford ruins avant-garde art exhibition: artist Chris Burden was planning to use 100 kilos of gold purchased from accused swindler R. Allen Stanford's empire in an art installation,...Justin Rood Reports:PMA Scandal a Sore Point for Dems in 2010? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-636946912009-03-05T13:35:46-05:002009-03-05T18:35:46ZWill the PMA lobbying scandal will be an issue in the 2010 midterm elections? asks the Hill newspaper. For years, millions from PMA and its clients flowed to campaign coffers,...Justin Rood Reports:Down in Flamestag:typepad.com,2003:post-636624932009-03-04T23:09:02-05:002009-03-05T04:09:02ZSenators defeat Sen. Tom Coburn's (R-OK) quixotic effort to banish $8.8 million in earmarks destined for clients of PMA Group, now under federal investigation and soon to be defunct. Coburn:...Justin Rood Reports: