Has launched witch-hunt after witch-hunt against the Obama administration since taking the gavel in 2011. But now, someone needs to be investigating him. The organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington – or CREW – is accusing Issa of violating House Ethics rules. Days before the election, Issa used his committee resources to upload a YouTube video attacking the President over State Department dinner spending.

As CREW asserts, the ad had nothing to do with Issa’s work on the Oversight Committee and was a blatant attack ad against the President. According to Ethics rules, committee resources, which are funded by taxpayer dollars, cannot be used for political campaigns. Rather than addressing the allegations directly, a spokesperson for Issa attacked CREW as a partisan organization.

What’s the point of government oversight, when the guy in charge has his own fair share of unethical behavior?

-Thom

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Thursday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Obama's win..."Beginning Again"
- Tom Hayden, Peace and Justice Resource Center / Former CA State Senator / Author & Progressive Activist

Article: "Port Huron Statement" by Tom Hayden.

Article: "Beginning Again" by Tom Hayden.

The Big Picture
- Sam Sacks, The Big Picture producer, progressive commentator

Article: "Why Americans Actually Voted For A Democratic House" by Ian Millhiser.

Article: "Poll: Democratic Demographics Faced Significantly Longer Voting Lines" by Benjy Sarlin.

Article: "Merkel calls for eurozone countries to surrender key tax-and-spend powers" by Ian Traynor.

Article: "The Blessings of “Freedom”" by Attaturk.

Article: "Anti-austerity Greek protests get violent" by CBS.

Book: "The Thom Hartmann Reader" by Thom Hartmann.

Site: Hunter School

Site: New England Salem Children's Village (NESCV)

Article: "The "Center-Right Country" Myth " by Media Matters.

Article: "Values, Not Demographics, Won the Election" by Joel Benenson.

Article: "Adviser: Romney "shellshocked" by loss" by Jan Crawford.

Article: "Beck on Romney’s loss: ‘Man, sometimes God really sucks’" by David Edwards.

Election results and the democratization of public media
- Tavis Smiley, Host-"The Tavis Smiley Show" / Co-host-"Smiley & West" / co-author of "The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto"

Book: "The Rich And The Rest Of Us: A Poverty Manifesto" by Tavis Smiley and Cornel West.

Event: Nov 8, Chicago "Poverty, Power and the Public Airwaves: Post Election Analysis and Commentary from Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, and Amy Goodman".

Bible: Proverbs 29:18 "Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.".

Hour Two: Is American Capitalism approaching an end-game Monopoly state?
- Austin Petersen, The Libertarian Republic.com / Freedomworks

Article: "No Conspiracy Theory -- A Small Group of Companies Have Enormous Power Over the World" by Andrew Gavin Marshall.

Law: "Sarbanes–Oxley Act", 2002.

Article: "Report On Manufactures" by Alexander Hamilton.

Article: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890. "Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a felony."

Geeky Science Rocks - The real reason birds fell from the sky!

Article: "Birds Can Get Deadly Drunk on Fermented Berries" by Megan Gannon.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Speech: "First State of the Union Address" by George W. Bush, 2001. "Many of you have talked about the need to pay down our national debt. I listened, and I agree."

Article: "Two Santa Clauses or How The Republican Party Has Conned America for Thirty Years" by Thom Hartmann.

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Article: "Who Will Take the Reins of Senate Campaign Committees?" by Shira Toeplitz.

Article: "Romney advisor concedes Florida to Obama" by Christine Roberts.

Article: "2012 House and Senate Election Winners" by CQ.

Article: "Rep. Allen West Refuses to Concede, Seeks Hand-Count, Impounding of Ballots and Voting Systems in FL-18 U.S. House Race" by Brad Friedman.

Article: "Eric Holder says he’s not sure he’ll stay on" by Rachel Weiner.

Article: "Shake-up of senior staff at White House expected in new term" by Hans Nichols.

Article: "What’s Next For Scott Brown?" by Monica Brady-Myerov.

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "What Right-Wing Attack Groups Got For $228,646,000" by Adam Peck.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.

Case: "Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad", 1886.

Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1, section 8".

Article: "Other Defects of the Present Confederation" (Federalist 21) by Alexander Hamilton.

Book: " What Would Jefferson Do?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Report on Manufactures" by Alexander Hamilton "The terms “general welfare” were doubtless intended to signify more than was expressed or imported in those which preceded".

The good: "L.A. council approves ID cards for city residents" by Catherine Saillant.

The bad: "Karl Rove: Obama Was ‘Lucky’ That Hurricane Sandy Hit" by Aviva Shen.

The very, very ugly: "Ole Miss chancellor denounces campus protests sparked by Obama re-election" by Clarion-Ledger.

Article: "Reagan Proved Deficits Don't Matter*" by Jon Perr.

Article: "Clinton at DNC as GOP uses 1993 talking points against Obama" by Jon Perr.

Article: "Joe Biden: Election A Mandate On Tax Policy" by Sam Stein.

Article: "Senator Murray on Budget Debate: If Republicans Won't Agree to Balanced Approach, Then We Won't Get a Deal This Year".

Article: "Obama win may be good news for Pakistan flag-makers" by AFP.

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