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Wednesday, June 6, 2018
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Thursday, May 31, 2018
Tribalist Mitch Daniels urges Graduates to Reject Tribalism
From Bangert's report:
The biggest challenge facing this graduating class, Daniels said, “will involve the repair and renewal of trust among ourselves as a people.” Daniels’ speech was set along themes similar to his commencement addresses from recent springs. (Purdue tradition holds that the president gives most commencement speeches, rather than calling on guest speakers.) He called the class of 2018 new aristocrats, privileged elites “of a knowledge economy” who might well be tempted “unintentionally to segregate from their less blessed, less well educated fellow citizens.”
Daniels had some other things to share with this year's graduating class:
Unfortunately the high priest of the Cult of Mitch, Eric "High Tax" Holcomb is now our Governor. Hold onto your wallets and liberties before old Eric takes them all away. Our sources tell us there is more trouble brewing for DCS. Will let you know if we hear anything. Once again this is IR and the Gang wishing you all a good night!
Monday, May 21, 2018
Twist the Night Away with Rod Stewart
Sunday, May 13, 2018
Happy Mother’s Day!
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Paul Ogden Nails GOP’s Worthless Hoosier Senate Choices
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Jon Easter Returns to the Blogosphere
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Todd Rokita Touts Former GOP State Chairman Cardwell’s Endorsement
Chairman Jeff Cardwell has been a selfless leader for Hoosier Republicans. I’m honored to have his endorsement. pic.twitter.com/JvwFyhV7Xv
— Todd Rokita (@ToddRokitaIN) May 2, 2018
I admire your dedication to defeating the elite by destroying your own 16 year career as a politician by running the worst campaign in Indiana history pic.twitter.com/IwZOPJbpy2
— Conrad Spann (@ConradSpann) May 2, 2018
Todd Rokita’s Tasteless Attack’s on WIBC Producer Brian Baker
Monday, April 30, 2018
The Straw Donor Scheming of Rokita, Messer, Walorski & Renacci
Ohio Congressmen Jim Renacci |
gave and received money from Ohio Rep. Jim Renacci in what experts said may have been an improper straw donor scheme. Reps. Todd Rokita and Luke Messer, denied any wrongdoing. Rep. Jackie Walorski's campaign did not respond to multiple phone calls and emails seeking comment.
Congresswoman Jackie Walorski |
Congressman Todd Rokita |
Cook and Lange go further and write:
Within two months of receiving a donation, all three then contributed money to Renacci's gubernatorial campaign. In Messer's case, the contribution occurred just one day after his campaign received a donation from Renacci. Under Ohio's campaign finance laws, Renacci was prohibited from transferring more than $12,707 from his federal campaign to his gubernatorial account once he announced he was dropping out of the congressional race to run for governor in March 2017.
Congressmen Luke Messer |
According to Cook and Lange:
Ohio's campaign finance laws, Prohibited Renacci from transferring more than $12,707 from his federal campaign to his gubernatorial account once he announced he was dropping out of the congressional race to run for governor in March 2017. But over the next few months, Renacci's congressional campaign gave out $56,000 to 12 House Republicans — eight of which donated a collective $26,700 back to Renacci's state campaign for governor, often within weeks or even days of receiving the contribution from Renacci's federal campaign.
The Cincinnati Enquirer spoke with election ethics expert Brendan Fischer. Fischer told the Enquirer:
"this sounds like is a straw donor scenario, where Renacci is using funds from his federal campaign account to unlawfully support his state gubernatorial run and doing it through his fellow elected officials,”
INDYSTAR makes mention of the following suspicious campaign donations:
Renacci's congressional campaign gave Messer's campaign $4,000, and his leadership PAC an additional $2,000 on June 27. The very next day, Messer's campaign donated $2,000 to Renacci's gubernatorial campaign.
Walorksi, Messer and Rokita have not donated to other GOP members of Congress who like Renacci were also competing in governor's primaries. The Star examine the campaign finances of Rokita, Walorski and Messer and found they had not donate to the gubernatorial campaigns of Ron DeSantis of Florida, Diane Black of Tennessee, or Raul Labrador of Idaho.
Andy Downs political scientist at IUPU at Fort Wayne told IndyStar:
"That’s another piece of evidence that you could argue is kind of damming," said Andy Downs, a political scientist at the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. "If this is really about supporting your friends in contested primaries … or supporting a conservative candidate, why didn’t you also give to X,Y and Z?" Rokita, for example, has strong ties to both Black and DeSantis.
This isn't the first time that Congressman Renacci has been accused of being part of a straw donor scandal. IndyStar says that:
In 2014 Renacci's campaign found itself in the middle of a court case involving another alleged straw donor scheme in Ohio. Federal prosecutors accused an Ohio direct marketing firm and its owner of skirting federal campaign contribution limits by funneling about $200,000 through the company's employees and their spouses in 2011 to the campaigns of Renacci and Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, who was running for Senate. The company's owner, Ben Suarez, was found not guilty of violating campaign finance charges, but was sentenced to 15 months in prison for witness tampering in the case.