Every day in every state across the country, our political system is bankrolled by an army of fundraisers, pulling in millions of dollars a race. Sometimes it looks like you might imagine knocking on doors, calling every name in the phone book, and emailsso many emails. But for all those Little Fish throwing 100 to their local race, its the whales those campaign fundraisers really need powerful, rich individuals and companies. And when they donate 25,000, 100,000, A Million dollars, they want a Favor. Or 10. It should be obvious thats corrupt, but with a wink and a nod, political Deals Toe the Bribery Line every single day. And we may never have noticed that if a certain illinois Governor Hadnt flung back the curtain with an unrepentant ego, a political corruption crime spree, and a set of unprecedented Audio Recordings that shined a bright light on the inner workings of american political power. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Rod Blagojevich. It was early morning, cause i used to get up e
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With a climate change study predicting more frequent and severe flooding of the Mississippi River in the Quad-Cities, it s comforting to see Davenport making progress on its flood protection plan.