Government & Politics

Dold Receives Green Award Despite Anti-Environment Record

Thu Sep 29, 2011 03:48 am Cardinal News

Arlington Heights, IL — September 23, 2011 — According to a statement from the Wheeling Township Democrats, in a curious turn of events, a coalition of environmental defenders has given U.S. Rep. Bob Dold (R-IL […]

Mechanical Bull: Angry Man Accosts Bristol Palin at Saddle Ranch Bar; Bristol Stands Up for Mom, Sarah

Fri Sep 23, 2011 01:04 pm Cardinal News

GRAPHIC LANGUAGE: Unidentified man in a bar yells to Bristol Palin that her mother, Sarah Palin, is a whore and the devil after she rode a mechanical bull for a reality show. Yells to her […]

Radogno, Senate GOP Lawmakers Praise Government Spending Web Portal

Mon Sep 19, 2011 07:06 am Cardinal News

Springfield, Ill. – Senate Republican leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) was joined on Sept. 13 by fellow Senators Matt Murphy (R-Palatine), Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale) and Ron Sandack (R-Downers Grove), to support the launch of a massive […]

Job Seekers ?Encouraged? By Obama Jobs Plan While Stocks Fall Over 300 Over Worried About Europe

Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:27 am Cardinal News

Job seekers at a Miami unemployment office say they’re encouraged President Barack Obama’s jobs plan will encourage employers to hire, something they say is desperately needed. While the stock market doesn’t seem so encouraged … […]

Wheeling Dems Volunteer for WRD Commissioner Debra Shore Re-Election After Discussing Cost-savings, Flooding

Fri Sep 9, 2011 05:25 pm Cardinal News

Volunteers from the Wheeling Township Democratic Organization (WTDO) have begun circulating petitions for Debra Shore’s re-election as Commissioner to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD). Shore met with the group on Aug. 31. She discussed […]

Tea Party: “Terrorists from the Word ‘GO'” in Waco, Texas

Thu Sep 8, 2011 07:10 am Cardinal News

Accuracy in Media (AIM’s) Benjamin Johnson uncovers the SHOCKING Tea Party terrorist training convention in Waco, Texas. Accuracy In Media (AIM) is an American, non-profit news media watchdog founded in 1969 by economist Reed Irvine. […]

USC Dornsife/LA Times Poll September 2011 Shows Blue State California Opinions on Recovery

Wed Sep 7, 2011 07:36 am Cardinal News

With the nation’s unemployment rate stuck around 9 percent, there are high stakes surrounding President Obama’s speech to the nation Thursday on jobs. President Barack Obama has previously called for strategic government investments to stimulate […]

Jim Hoffa Before Labor Day Rally: ‘Let’s Take These Son of a Bitches Out!’; ‘Civility’ President Obama ‘Proud’

Tue Sep 6, 2011 05:38 am Cardinal News

At President Obama’s Labor Day Rally James Hoffa, son of Jimmy Hoffa and current President of the Teamsters Union says ‘They have a War!’ ‘Our Army is Ready to March For You’. ‘Let’s Take These […]

NTSB Faults PG&E, Regulators and Politics in Pipeline Gas Explosion that Killed 8 in San Bruno

Wed Aug 31, 2011 09:28 am Cardinal News

A federal safety panel blamed a series of missteps by one of the nation’s largest gas companies for the largest pipeline accident in a decade, a suburban San Francisco explosion that killed eight people and […]

Daryl Hannah Arrested Protesting Keystone XL Pipeline on White House Sidewalk

Tue Aug 30, 2011 05:17 pm Cardinal News

Daryl Hannah arrested outside White House by park police for refusing to move off sidewalk. The sit-in protested a planned pipeline expansion, Keystone XL, an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. The Keystone Pipeline System […]

Hackers’ Group ‘Anonymous’ Protests BART Over Cell Phone Block

Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:40 am Cardinal News

San Francisco’s mass transit system prepared for renewed protests Monday, a day after hackers angry over blocked cell phone service at some transit stations broke into a website and posted contact information for more than […]

Video/Transcript: Chronic Pain? Struggling to Make Ends Meet? Food and Gas Prices Going Up? Try Miracle Drug, Spenditol

Thu Jul 21, 2011 01:16 pm Cardinal News

This video is brought to you by Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC). Find out more at Spenditol.com. TRANSCRIPT for parody Spenditol commercial … I was in chronic pain, and my family struggling […]

Fox News Politics Twitter Hacked: False News of Obama Assassination in Iowa

Mon Jul 4, 2011 08:24 am Cardinal News

A Fox News Politics twitter account was hacked early Monday. The hackers posted messages falsely claiming the assassination of President Barack Obama. Foxnewspolitics Twitter Feed Hacked FoxNews.com’s Twitter feed for political news, FoxNewspolitics, was hacked […]

Blagojevich Convicted on 17 of 20 Corruption Charges

Mon Jun 27, 2011 05:04 pm Cardinal News

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted Monday on 17 of the 20 public corruption charges against him involving his attempt to sell the U.S. Senate seat held by Barack Obama before he resigned to […]

‘Blagojevichian-Era’ Highway Sign Ban Now Official

Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:55 pm Cardinal News

Drivers will be spared “Rod Blagojevichian-like” highway signs, thanks to legislation signed into law on June 16, which was sponsored by State Sen. Matt Murphy (R-Palatine). “I have stated before, this is common-sense legislation that […]

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