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Michael Collins
DC area writer and researcher
Michael Collins is a DC area based writer and researcher. His work focuses on the abuse of power through the influence of big money. His series, The Money Party, illustrates this ubiquitous theme. Collins has a strong track record publicizing and exposing high impact forms of election fraud. His "Scoop" special, Election 2004: The Urban Legend and the three part series on Republican primary election fraud were very special scoops.
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Tinfoil Blogging: Obama and the Military
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 8:41 am | Michael Collins
There is some understandable gnashing and wailing going on about the "team" that Obama has put together. It certainly doesn't look like the "change" we'd hoped for, "we" being those free thinkers who are looking at results ... More >>
Michael Collins: Economic Disaster Are You Next?
Sunday, 8 February 2009, 10:16 pm | Michael Collins
The human costs of the U. S. financial crisis are coming into clear focus. Family members lose their jobs, then their homes, and the cascade of ruin begins in earnest. Health problems are ignored, anxiety and depression increase, and domestic violence ... More >>
Michael Collins: USA Gets a D in Infrastructure
Sunday, 1 February 2009, 7:54 pm | Michael Collins
"The overall grade for the nation’s infrastructure is again a D and the cost to bring it up to good condition has risen to $2.2 trillion. In more than a decade, the United States has made no measurable progress in improving either the condition ... More >>
Susan Lindauer IV On TV Today - Sunday 2pm EDT
Monday, 26 January 2009, 8:44 am | Michael Collins
Sunday, 2:00 pm, EDT SUSAN LINDAUER INTERVIEW by SAMUEL ETTARO of RepublicMedia.TV. Lindauer will be joined by Michael Collins, citizen journalist who has provided in depth coverage of this story for over a year. ettaroLIVE 2:00 pm, EDT Link: http://www.republicmedia.tv/live/ ... More >>
Feds Drop Case Against Accused Iraqi Agent
Saturday, 17 January 2009, 10:02 am | Michael Collins
(Jan. 16, Wash. DC) The Department of Justice entered a motion to drop all charges against Susan Lindauer yesterday morning, Jan. 15, 2009. The filing (see below) at the federal district court in lower Manhattan ends the government's attempt to prosecute ... More >>
Ratings Rule in Obama's "Virtual" Cabinet
Friday, 9 January 2009, 10:13 am | Michael Collins
The appointment of television celebrity, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, MD, as Surgeon General of the United States looks like the boldest step yet in the creation of a "virtual" cabinet by President-elect Barack Obama. More >>
Michael Collins: Seating Franken and Burris
Monday, 5 January 2009, 9:03 pm | Michael Collins
January 4, 2008 – Washington, DC - We've seen what happens when people don't follow the letter and intent of important laws, particularly those where there is a general consensus and an absence of moral ambiguity. Consider our history from the implosion ... More >>
'Stop criticizing Obama. You'll ruin everything!'
Tuesday, 30 December 2008, 11:06 am | Michael Collins
'Stop criticizing Obama. You'll ruin everything!' The Absolute Right of Citizens to Speaking Freely More >>
Rick Warren - The New National Preacher
Sunday, 21 December 2008, 8:24 pm | Michael Collins
Rick Warren's selection to open the upcoming inauguration created a well justified scandal given his appallingly bigoted views on gay marriage. Equating that institution with both incest and pedophilia shows a total lack of judgment and compassion. This ... More >>
Senate Rules Kill Bailout, Foil Democracy
Saturday, 13 December 2008, 11:04 am | Michael Collins
(Wash. DC) The Unites States Senate voted down a "cloture" resolution last night killing the automaker bailout before it was even considered. Failure to gain approval for cloture opened the bill up to an anticipated filibuster. General Motors, the ... More >>
End Presidential Pardons and Clemency
Wednesday, 10 December 2008, 10:02 am | Michael Collins
(Wash. DC) The prospect of the criminal in chief, George W. Bush, issuing pardons to his co-conspirators is repugnant to all citizens who've paid any degree of attention over the last eight years. More >>
GM, Ford - Won't Pledge to Buy American
Monday, 8 December 2008, 11:04 am | Michael Collins
(Wash. DC) The CEO's of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler were in the Capitol Thursday asking for $34 billion dollars to stay in business for the next few months. The three companies are now at the top of the corporate "dead pool," with a bankruptcy for ... More >>
Michael Collins: Cliffhanger in a Sea of Blue
Saturday, 29 November 2008, 3:09 pm | Michael Collins
California turned blue with a vengeance in the 2008 presidential election. President-elect Obama's 61% majority plus a 78% turnout rate statewide was enough to strip the Republicans of all but one county with a significant population. More >>
Michael Collins: Lieberman Keeps "Made Man" Status
Thursday, 20 November 2008, 9:52 am | Michael Collins
Lieberman Keeps "Made Man" Status The "three wise guys" at the Republican National Convention Image cc Triumph of The Money Party & the Collective Amnesia Michael Collins More >>
Tasks Ignored During the Bush Reign of Horror
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 9:57 am | Michael Collins
The last eight years can best be described as the illegitimate rule of deviant forces bent on enriching the few at the expense of the many. Poverty is up, real income is flat for the majority of citizens while the elite have " super sized " their holdings ... More >>
FLFascism: Elections Official's Opponent Arrested
Friday, 14 November 2008, 4:49 pm | Michael Collins
Ellen Brodsky, long time election reform advocate was a candidate for Broward County Secretary of Elections. An employee of her opponent and winner in the Supervisor of Elections had Brodsky arrested. More >>
Presidential Turnout Flat: How Did That Happen?
Saturday, 8 November 2008, 4:49 pm | Michael Collins
(Wash. DC) In 2004, we were told to anticipate a red versus blue election. It didn't turn out that way but that was hardly mentioned . More >>
Ohio: Suit Filed For Election Observers
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 4:34 pm | Michael Collins
With the help of the Ohio Election Justice Campaign (OEJC), Robert Owens, Independent candidate for Attorney General and Delaware County, Ohio attorney filed suite Friday, Oct. 31 in Delaware Common Please Court to open up the presidential election to independent ... More >>
ACLU Stops Illegal Voter Purges in Michigan
Saturday, 1 November 2008, 10:42 pm | Michael Collins
Judge Karen Nelson Moore of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an order that ends the Michigan Secretary of State's unlawful purging of voters from the registration rolls ( court decision ). More >>
Michael Collins: Exit Poll Mess - 2008
Saturday, 1 November 2008, 10:47 am | Michael Collins
(Wash. DC) Did you know that 2004 was not a "red versus blue" election? Did any analysis that you heard or read mention that the very red rural voting segment went from 23% of the vote total in 2000 to 16% in 2004? How about the 2.4 million fewer votes Bush ... More >>
