Learned his fate from a federal judge. Monday night, the big story, a sentence of ten years in prison for a man that spent 20 year yen capitol hill and 17 years before that in harrisburg. The judge said while you have done good you have engaged in widespread criminal activity. The prosecutors wanted a sentence of 1721 years. He was sentenced for stealing money from the government and charity toe pay his sons debt and buy a vacation home. He has to pay 6 million to fannie mae and nasa. Dan, can you put some of this into context of fatahs political career . He was once seen as a rising star of the democratic party. Hes been an inspiration to the younger generation. Today was a painful day. It was a young state senator who entered the race for congressman tate senator fatah, here they are together set celebrating as mayor. To see a friend like that a long standing friend like that go through this process, it was very difficult, very painful personally. He was a mentor to cindy bass. I hav
The transformation of american politics. Australia. Melbourne, numerousritten for publications including the new politico, and fox. Nicole i would like to thank both for that great introduction and all of you for coming out here today. Time oft is busy this year postelection and postthanksgiving. Thank you for coming out and for inviting me. About my bookalk and i thought i would focus on the relationship between conservative media and electoral politics since that seems particularly timely this month. To do that, i want to start not in the 1940s in 1950 passes when the book begins, but in the last few months. Donald trump announced in mid august another campaign shakeup. He was hiring steve annan, the breitbart. The world react as if wires had been crossed. From the media, jumping straight into politics. Even in the world of partisan media, it seemed unusual to give up all pretext of difference pretense of difference. Maybe that should not have been so surprising. Conservatives have b
Sports and all indications are that Jahill Okafor is numbered. He was not on the team today and not with the sixers tonight his big man did not travel with the team to charlotte where they will play tomorrow the sixers are trying to complete a trade for okafor before next thursdays deadline. The sixers are hoping they can with talks heating up okafor will not play for the second straight game tomr not want to risk an injury a move coach brett brown made last night as well and since the general manager Bryan Colangelo took over in the summer they have been trying to trade the big guy. Although speculation is rampent all throughout stuff yu learn that as the deadline gets closer that the reality that something could happen goes to a high level. Reporter bead will miss the next few games because of a fracture and meniscus and will not play next week on the riding challenge and big man big problems tonight on action news sports sunday coming up, at 11 45 and just a few moments. The flyers
Thank you very much everyone for being here. Of the smartest writers we have so many wonderful writers who we are blessed to have among us during these two days on culture. You two are some of the best though on culture. One thing i have found when i am traveling is people keep saying to me, and these are people who may or may not have voted for donald trump, depending on the state they live in. Especially if i am in the middle of the country or not on the northeast especially, people will say things like donald trump is president. It is coming from this place like he used to be the host of celebrity apprentice. How did that happen . It is not a dismissal or a criticism. So how are you expecting how are you processing that when people expect you to process that . Are there lessons to learn ere . Once in a while it hits me that donald trump is president. There was a good book by tevi troy who has written for National Review. And it gs through a history of wasidents in terms of what inst
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