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A controversial donor with ties to prominent Democrats who is under investigation by the FBI may not have the qualifications he claims. The resume of Dr. Salomon Melgen, a Florida-based ophthalmologist and controversial Democratic donor, boasts medical education and experience at Harvard University, Yale University, and the University of Missouri. But none of those schools says it can find any record of Melgen, who claims to be a Harvard alumnus, the former chief resident of the University of Missouri’s ophthalmology department, and a former Yale intern. Questions concerning Melgen’s background are also coming to light. According to his biography, posted...

After the story broke about Senator Menendez paying for illicit sex with prostitutes, I found the video of him being interviewed on a Local New jersey show. The host asked Menendez about the scandal involving the White House Secret Service men who were paying prostitutes in Columbia for sex. Anyway, I isolated the portion of the interview where he is asked, and uploaded it to my YuTube account. You can watch it here at; "YouTube clip of Mendenez Calling For Agents To Be Fired" or if you prefer, you can watch it on a conservative video site similar to...

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) on Friday compared the tax-cut fight with Republicans to negotiating with terrorists, while Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri suggested Americans might need to “take up pitchforks" if Congress renews tax breaks for the wealthy. “Do you allow yourself to be held hostage and get something done for the sake of getting something done, when in fact it might be perverse in its ultimate results?” Menendez said, when asked whether he and other Democrats would compromise with Republicans. “It’s almost like the question of do you negotiate with terrorists.” The comment was one of several sharp remarks...