THOMAS CARLYLE RODGERS
"Tom is ... the best and foremost Native American advocate, strategist and lobbyist."
- Jim Messina
THOMAS CARLYLE RODGERS
"Tom is ... the best and foremost Native American advocate, strategist and lobbyist."
- Jim Messina
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Abramoff corrupting influence reaches the media:
- Abramoff says his corrupting influence reached into the media By Jordy Yager, 03/05/12
- ABRAMOFF TRIED TO SWAY MEDIA COVERAGE Politico - 03/06/12 POLITICO's Robin Bravender has this report on disgraced ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff's discussion at a National Press Club event Monday, where he told attendees that he sought out favorable op-ed pieces to bolster his clients during his tenure on K Street and even considered buying his own newspaper. In a bid to get clients' stories out, Abramoff said he would go to writers - "mainly think tank folks' - to write op-eds and to try to get more op-ed pieces placed to promote his side. 'Something like the Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, that kind of a thing,' he said. Earlier in his lobbying career, he said, 'I tried to put together an effort to either start a new Washington newspaper or to make a run at trying to buy The Hill or Roll Call,' he said. 'We didn't succeed.'Pressed by Native American lobbyist Tom Rodgers, who's credited with helping bring down Abramoff, Abramoff said he couldn't remember whether he tried to influence any 'mainstream reporters,' but he didn't rule it out. 'I'm not saying there couldn't have been. My mindset in those days, if I could have gotten a mainstream reporter, 100 percent I would have gotten them, as unfortunate as that is,' he said. 'I was a killer in that business.'
- Tribes rip Abramoff, ethics watchdogs By Jordy Yager, 03/07/12
- Jack Abramoff Confronted By Native American Tribes By Paul Blumenthal, 03/07/12
- Abramoff Scandal Secrets: Tribal Confrontation Sparks Journalist Mystery By Rob Capriccioso, 03/08/12
Tom Rodgers is Abramoff Whistleblower:
- Tom Rodgers on Bill Press Show Monday, November 7, 2011
- Abramoff Whistleblower Tom Rodgers Slams '60 Minutes' and Leslie Stahl's Softballs Monday, November 7, 2011
- Abramoff talks corruption in Washington - The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
Timeline: people convicted in the Abramoff lobbying scandal
Recommendations From ERNEST SICKEY: I have had the pleasure of working with Tom and his firm for the past five years in many arenas advocating for Indian people.
TRUST: Tom Rodgers of Carlyle Consulting is known as a hard worker and a good organizer who takes the lead on his clients' issues ...
THE ABRAMOFF EFFECT: You did it..........wow, changed the whole political climate. - Nikki Symington, public relations expert
If your mother says she loves you, check it out: There's a war out there, old friend, a world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets, it's about who controls the information.
High Plains Drifter - It's what people know about themselves inside... that makes them afraid.
PAY IT FORWARD: RAISED $500K IN CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
Tom C. Rodgers O-tee-paym-soo-wuk Ethics in Government Scholarship
Tom Rodgers, a member of the Blackfoot tribe and an alumnus of the University of Denver College of Law, recently established the Tom C. Rodgers Ethics in Government Scholarship, which will benefit a Native American law student at his alma mater.
- November 2011
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- Read article by LORNA THACKERAY Of The Gazette Staff
- Read the Billings Gazette Article, Sunday, February 20, 2011
The Legacy of the Abramoff Scandals.
"You know, scandals are very effective tools for the opposition in an election year. And we saw, particularly in 2006, when the Republicans lost the House of Representatives and in large measure, they lost it - at least according to exit polls among the voters - because of the Abramoff scandals, where, you know, a prominent lobbyist in Washington was wining and dining and paying off members of Congress, some of whom went to jail."
-NPR News analyst Cokie Roberts, March 8, 2010
DUE DILIGENCE - Tribes Disappointed After Gifts to DNC Land-Seeking Indians Who Gave $107,000 Cite Pressure to Hire Consultants, Donate More
DUE DILIGENCE Inspector General at Interior To Probe Solicitation of Tribes
FIRST AMERICANS: Last to vote, first to blame
