Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Judicial branch. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) Federal District Court Judge was impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate of soliciting a bribe. (1989) [ 373] Harry Claiborne (D-NV) Federal District Court Judge was impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate on two counts of tax evasion.
A gutter punk is a homeless or transient individual who displays a variety of specific lifestyle traits and characteristics that often, but not always, are associated with the punk subculture. [1] Attributes may include unkempt dreadlocks, nose rings, Mohawk hairstyles, and tattooed faces. [2] Gutter punks are sometimes referred to as "crusties ...
A prison cell during the dirty protest. The dirty protest (also called the no wash protest) [1] was part of a five-year protest during the Troubles by Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) prisoners held in the Maze Prison (also known as "Long Kesh") and a protest at Armagh Women's Prison in Northern Ireland.
Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Carow Roosevelt with their children. Children from left to right: Quentin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Archibald Roosevelt, Alice Longworth, Kermit Roosevelt, and Ethel Roosevelt Derby. The following people are children of U.S. presidents, including stepchildren and alleged illegitimate children. All full ...
Chafe argued that the places essential for change to begin were institutions, particularly black churches, which functioned as centers for community-building and discussion of politics. Additionally, some all-black communities, such as Mound Bayou, Mississippi and Ruthville, Virginia served as sources of pride and inspiration for black society ...
Ratfucking. Ratfucking is an American slang term for behind the scenes ( covert) political sabotage or dirty tricks, particularly pertaining to elections. It was brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in All the President's Men (1974), the book that chronicled their investigative reporting of the Watergate scandal .
Cathy Odgers. Cathy Odgers is a New Zealand-born, Hong Kong -based former blogger and lawyer who is best known for running a smear campaign against the head of the New Zealand Serious Fraud Office. [1] [2] She published the Cactus Kate blog, [3] [4] and wrote the fortnightly Cactus Kate column in The Dominion Post from 2006 to 2009.
The embattled congressman and serial liar took to X late on Thursday night to paint himself as a victim of ‘dirty’ politics and ‘poison’ from the House Ethics Committee