How does John Thune make his policy decisions? With tequila! A tequila cocktail called the "sugar daddy" was on the menu at a Wednesday night fundraiser for U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, and lobbyists for Verizon Wireless and AT&T…
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Bob Mercer has done excellent work investigating the political contributions of shady Native American Telecom to various South Dakota politicians. Avon attorney Scott Swier, who is defending Native American Telecom before the Public Utilities Commission against Sprint's charges of "traffic…
Dan Lederman and Pat Powers are now playing Eliot Ness and Frank Wilson going after Al Capone for income tax evasion. And in this case, I'm happy to help. In the latest mobilization of the GOP machine's total war against…
In conjunction with its annual conference in Deadwood last month, the South Dakota Telecommunications Association hosted a forum with four of the five candidates for Public Utilities Commission. I would have loved to have covered the meeting live, as I…