Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) blasted "tea party" protests yesterday, labeling the activities "despicable" and shameful", but forgot to mention that her husband is a convicted felon for tax violations and bank fraud, writing rubber checks and failing to collect withholding taxes and swindling nine financial institutions out of at least $2.3 million dollars. In court she testified on behalf of her husband: "In my heart, I know that these mistakes do not define or diminish this good man".
Good Lord!
A Day Escaping Libby Prison, 1864
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By the winter of 1863–64, Libby Prison — a converted ship-chandler’s
warehouse on Cary Street in Richmond, Virginia — held roughly 1,200
captured Union o...
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