Military Sexual Assault Prevention Coordinators Investigated for Sexual Assault
May 14, 2013 | lyincheatin
In the latest episode of “couldn’t-make-it-up-if-we-
Brian McLaughlin
May 12, 2013 | lyincheatin
Can debt collectors come calling when you’re in prison? Apparently, they can. Ex-Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin, currently serving a 10-year sentence for charges of theft and embezzlement, has been ordered to pay back his thefts totaling almost $3.1 million while still behind bars. Read More
Weiner’s Tweeting Again
May 6, 2013 | lyincheatin
If anyone should swear off Twitter forever, it’s Anthony Weiner. But no. On April 22, he was back at it. He tweeted just a link — which is frowned on in Twitterland, but at least it wasn’t a photo. Read More
Carlos Alvarez
May 4, 2013 | lyincheatin
IT WAS TOO MUCH. The former mayor of Miami-Dade County tried to raise property taxes while giving pay hikes to staffers. The voters threw him out on his tush. Read More
Rita Crundwell
March 10, 2013 | lyincheatin
UPDATE: Rita Goes to Jail
When we last left off, Rita Crundwell had been caught with her hand in the proverbial cookie jar, but was free pending trial. Today, she’s serving a 235 month prison sentence in a federal penitentiary. Read More
Bell Council
March 8, 2013 | lyincheatin
UPDATE: 5 Down, 2 To Go.
Five former council members involved in the scandal have been found guilty of a variety of charges. A separate trial lies ahead for the alleged ringleader, former city manager Robert Rizzo, and his assistant, Angela Spaccia.
Richard Mourdock
March 2, 2013 | lyincheatin
It’s hard to win an election when you’ve alienated half the population, but some guys like a challenge. Richard Mourdock, the Treasurer for the state of Indiana, made news while running for state Senator when he proclaimed that pregnancies resulting from rape are “gifts from God” and shouldn’t be terminated. Read More
Jesse Jackson, Jr.
March 1, 2013 | lyincheatin
Jesse Jackson Jr.’s once-bright political career was done in by elk heads, fur capes and Michael Jackson’s fedora. Read More
Derrick Smith
February 26, 2013 | lyincheatin
Chalk another one up to Illinois voters. Just months after being impeached and expelled from the state House, former 10th District Representative Derrick Smith was reelected to that same seat. Read More
Todd Akin
February 26, 2013 | lyincheatin
2012 will be remembered as the election year when ill-informed, out-of-touch men said really dumb things about rape, birth control, contraception and a host of other women’s issues. Read More
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