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Wisc. Republican Senate candidate forgets how many homes he owns

Former Gov. Tommy Thompson, a Wisconsin Republican running for Senate, recently repeated a mistake that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) made during the 2008 presidential race and forgot home many homes he owned. During a campaign event last week, the former Wisconsin governor was asked to count his properties. “Three,” Thompson…

Major GOP donor arrested in $100 million veteran charity scam

The U.S. Marshal Service announced Tuesday that it had captured one of America’s Most Wanted fugitives who is accused of creating a fake charity for Navy veterans that funneled some of the $100 million collected to Republican candidates. Between the early 2000s and 2010, a man using the alias “Bobby…