Unsafe Conditions

Liberal critic of Walmart fails to disclose it is funded by Walmart
Bangladesh factory wreckage / AP

Retail giant Walmart defended its garment production operations on Wednesday in the face of reports that a Bangladeshi factory that killed hundreds when it collapsed last month was producing apparel for its stores.

Tom Steyer’s Bet is Paying Off

Column: Meet one of Barack Obama’s richest green energy cronies
Tom Steyer / AP

Those curious to know how Washington functions in the era of Barack Obama would benefit from reading a Dec. 17 item by Al Kamen in the Washington Post. Its 333 words pretty much sum things up.

A Question of Coordination

Obama campaign official: ‘We do work with some of the (c)(3)s’
AP Images

The apparent admission of a top lawyer for the Obama campaign during a recent conference call that the campaign has “work[ed] with some” nonprofit organizations raises questions about the campaign’s coordination with liberal nonprofit groups and could put the nonprofit status of those groups at risk.

House Boy Blues

Report: Husband of Democratic donor accused of sexually harassing domestic worker
Patricia Bauman, John Landrum Bryant / Getty Images

A former domestic worker for a major Democratic donor and socialite has accused her husband of sexual harassment.

Wal-Mart Bought That

Center for American Progress to be feted by corporate lobbyists, anti-union powerhouse
John Podesta

Retail giant Wal-Mart plans to throw a party for the Center for American Progress, the liberal think-tank that has become an incubator for administration policy, including the green-energy loans that have been badly tarnished by allegations of cronyism and corruption, according to reports.

Marion Sandler, 1930-2012

Left-wing philanthropist leaves mixed legacy
Marion and Herb Sandler in 2006 / AP

Marion Sandler, the prominent left-wing philanthropist who helped pioneer a controversial mortgage-lending practice at the heart of the 2007 mortgage crisis, has passed away at her San Francisco home, according to her personal website.

Statistical Follies

Center for American Progress Action Fund figures cited by Obama campaign and liberal media wildly misleading, experts say
Michael Linden of CAP Action Fund

A recent blog post authored by an employee of the left-wing Center for American Progress Action Fund and touted by the Obama campaign and media sympathizers is under fire from center-right experts, who charge that the post is flawed and misleading.