Tom DeLay

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Tom DeLay, Jack Abramoff: The Hammer Faces Prison as Seattle Lobbyist Casino Jack Leaves It

Casino Jack​As you may have read this week, the arrogant onetime Republican House whip Tom (The Hammer) DeLay is facing anywhere from probation to life in prison for his political money-laundering conviction. It's a historic case that reverberates from Texas to D.C. to Seattle. DeLay's conni ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

Casino Jack​As you may have read this week, the arrogant onetime Republican House whip Tom (The Hammer) DeLay is facing anywhere from probation to life in prison for his political money-laundering conviction. It's a historic case that reverberates from Texas to D.C. to Seattle. DeLay's conni ... More >>

Burn the Floor

Casino Jack​As you may have read this week, the arrogant onetime Republican House whip Tom (The Hammer) DeLay is facing anywhere from probation to life in prison for his political money-laundering conviction. It's a historic case that reverberates from Texas to D.C. to Seattle. DeLay's conni ... More >>

SIFF Week 2: Picks & Pans

Casino Jack​As you may have read this week, the arrogant onetime Republican House whip Tom (The Hammer) DeLay is facing anywhere from probation to life in prison for his political money-laundering conviction. It's a historic case that reverberates from Texas to D.C. to Seattle. DeLay's conni ... More >>

Casino Jack and the United States of Money: Or, Jack Abramoff Goes to Jail

Casino Jack​As you may have read this week, the arrogant onetime Republican House whip Tom (The Hammer) DeLay is facing anywhere from probation to life in prison for his political money-laundering conviction. It's a historic case that reverberates from Texas to D.C. to Seattle. DeLay's conni ... More >>

Thomas Frank

Casino Jack​As you may have read this week, the arrogant onetime Republican House whip Tom (The Hammer) DeLay is facing anywhere from probation to life in prison for his political money-laundering conviction. It's a historic case that reverberates from Texas to D.C. to Seattle. DeLay's conni ... More >>

Slush Pile! Godless Heathen Edition

Casino Jack​As you may have read this week, the arrogant onetime Republican House whip Tom (The Hammer) DeLay is facing anywhere from probation to life in prison for his political money-laundering conviction. It's a historic case that reverberates from Texas to D.C. to Seattle. DeLay's conni ... More >>

Hutcherson's Anti-Gay Crusade Starts With A Glitch

Casino Jack​As you may have read this week, the arrogant onetime Republican House whip Tom (The Hammer) DeLay is facing anywhere from probation to life in prison for his political money-laundering conviction. It's a historic case that reverberates from Texas to D.C. to Seattle. DeLay's conni ... More >>

Lobbygate Marches On

Casino Jack​As you may have read this week, the arrogant onetime Republican House whip Tom (The Hammer) DeLay is facing anywhere from probation to life in prison for his political money-laundering conviction. It's a historic case that reverberates from Texas to D.C. to Seattle. DeLay's conni ... More >>

Lobbygate Tolls 7

Casino Jack​As you may have read this week, the arrogant onetime Republican House whip Tom (The Hammer) DeLay is facing anywhere from probation to life in prison for his political money-laundering conviction. It's a historic case that reverberates from Texas to D.C. to Seattle. DeLay's conni ... More >>

Lobbygate, Con't.

Casino Jack​As you may have read this week, the arrogant onetime Republican House whip Tom (The Hammer) DeLay is facing anywhere from probation to life in prison for his political money-laundering conviction. It's a historic case that reverberates from Texas to D.C. to Seattle. DeLay's conni ... More >>

Mercer Island's Famous Rabbi

Casino Jack​As you may have read this week, the arrogant onetime Republican House whip Tom (The Hammer) DeLay is facing anywhere from probation to life in prison for his political money-laundering conviction. It's a historic case that reverberates from Texas to D.C. to Seattle. DeLay's conni ... More >>

June 21-28, 2006

All hail Jim Henson!

June 14-21, 2006

Tom DeLay and Sam Raimi get what's coming to them?

Bus-Stop Smoking Ban

Plus: Another congressional scandal to be ignored by "Ethics Committee Chairman" Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Pasco.

Lobbygate's Gateses

The coincident D.C. connections of the lawyer father and the software-titan son.

A Rabbi's 'Regret'

Daniel Lapin finally explains his relationship with Jack Abramoff.

The Rabbi Responds

The full text of Daniel Lapin's e-mail explaining his relationship with felonious lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

The Jack Abramoff File

A collection of our stories about the D.C. super-lobbyist's Seattle connections.

Frog March 2005!

Election messes; secret gulags; monorail meltdowns; flaming hair; Bill, Melinda, and Bono; horse sex; Deep Throat; FEMA failures: It's been a heckuva year.

2005 Media Follies!

Election messes; secret gulags; monorail meltdowns; flaming hair; Bill, Melinda, and Bono; horse sex; Deep Throat; FEMA failures: It's been a heckuva year.

City Hall, National Politics, Organized Labor

Election messes; secret gulags; monorail meltdowns; flaming hair; Bill, Melinda, and Bono; horse sex; Deep Throat; FEMA failures: It's been a heckuva year.

Meet Mr. Valerie Plame

With former Olympic Peninsula carpenter Joseph Wilson in town and news about to break in D.C., here's a rundown of blossoming GOP scandals and what he thinks.

Fair, Balanced, Foolproof

Oct. 19-25, 2005

A Child of Scoop

William Kristol talks about Bush, Plame, the state of the GOP, and the godfather of the neocons, Henry M. Jackson.

Harriet Miers and MS-DOS

The Supreme Court nominee helped defend Microsoft against consumer lawsuits.

Fall Fashion

The Supreme Court nominee helped defend Microsoft against consumer lawsuits.

Dead-End Jail

The Supreme Court nominee helped defend Microsoft against consumer lawsuits.

National Politics, City Hall, State Politics, Transportation, Seattle School Board

The Supreme Court nominee helped defend Microsoft against consumer lawsuits.

Seattle, Seventh Heaven

For the religious right, that is.

A GOP Lobbyist in Cuffs

Jack Abramoff, who worked for Seattle's Preston Gates Ellis law firm, is charged with fraud and conspiracy.

A Fraudulent Finish

Republican Dino Rossi ends his 2004 bid for governor by attacking the judiciary.

National Politics, Media, Employment

Republican Dino Rossi ends his 2004 bid for governor by attacking the judiciary.

A Bug in Windows GOP

Microsoft is ending its relationship with choirboy-lobbyist Ralph Reed, but the company's ties to others in the seemingly infinite loop of the Republican lobbying scandal are deep—in D.C. and Seattle.

Meet the Lapin Brothers

Rabbis Daniel and David both count superlobbyist Jack Abramoff as a friend, and both now are turning up in news coverage of the Tom DeLay scandal.

Al Franken's Sense

The comedian, author, and talk-show host anticipates a visit here, discusses Rush Limbaugh's butt, and explains how Seattle money saved Air America.

Without DeLay

The comedian, author, and talk-show host anticipates a visit here, discusses Rush Limbaugh's butt, and explains how Seattle money saved Air America.

Bad Democrats

Karl Rove's bitch, Little Liebermans, and a public perversion.

Saints and Winners

Karl Rove's bitch, Little Liebermans, and a public perversion.

Following the Money

The Seattle-based Preston Gates Ellis law firm is attracting more attention as the Tom DeLay investigations widen.

Willing to Die

The Seattle-based Preston Gates Ellis law firm is attracting more attention as the Tom DeLay investigations widen.

The Sanctity of the Dying Room

Let's pull the plug on playing politics with Terri Schiavo.

The Preston Gates Mates

The venerable Seattle law firm launched key players in the Tom DeLay scandal.

Rick Anderson's 2004

It was the year of the Rainier Bear, the flu-vaccine 'shortage,' Ichiro, Bill O'Reilly's 'falafel thing,' and, of course, the re-recount.

Letters to the Editor

It was the year of the Rainier Bear, the flu-vaccine 'shortage,' Ichiro, Bill O'Reilly's 'falafel thing,' and, of course, the re-recount.

Bushron and Brazil

It was the year of the Rainier Bear, the flu-vaccine 'shortage,' Ichiro, Bill O'Reilly's 'falafel thing,' and, of course, the re-recount.

Homeland insecurity

It was the year of the Rainier Bear, the flu-vaccine 'shortage,' Ichiro, Bill O'Reilly's 'falafel thing,' and, of course, the re-recount.

Leave no embryo behind!

Dissecting the messy politics of stem-cell research.

Diving for dollars in Mukilteo

Washington's second Congressional district, a national bellwether, is set for another bruising and big-money political battle.