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Palin Aide Fined for Revealing Emails the State of Alaska Doesn’t Want You to See

Palin aide Frank Bailey, whose story was published in the tell-all book Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin [Frank Bailey, Ken Morris, Jeanne Devon - Simon & Schuster] has agreed to pay $11,900 in civil penalties to the state of Alaska for publishing revelatory emails he retained from his time working for the State of Alaska [...]
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Unvetted Palin Says Republicans Should “Vet One Another.”

Sarah Palin, perhaps politics’ most high-profile vetting escapee seems to have a strong opinion on the matter of vetting when it comes to people who are not Sarah Palin. Despite documentation that proves Palin was never vetted (as John McCain and others claim), she is waving the red flag, encouraging Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and [...]

Oyster Roundup – Doritos, Cocktails, a Bitter Pill and more…

~Thick and fast they came at last, and more, and more, and more! Google for Pebble? It doesn’t seem possible that a company which has always been known for its progressive leanings, and whose slogan was “don’t be evil” could be supporting a project like The Pebble Mine. The first hint should have been the [...]
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Pray for Me While I Kick Some Ass – From the Cutting Room Floor of Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin

By Ken Morris and Jeanne Devon As outlined in our last piece Obsessive Perfection and Anger Mismanagement, Sarah Palin’s temperament, emotional instability, and what others suggested were psychological disorders that bordered on, or actually crossed into pathology, necessarily leads to the inescapable conclusion that she would, as Frank Bailey stated in Blind Allegiance, be a [...]
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Truthout exposes the trials of Joe McGinniss

Since the manuscript of Frank Bailey’s memoir Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin was leaked in its entirety to the media by author Joe McGinniss, whose own Palin book will be out this month, the authors of Blind Allegiance (Frank Bailey, Ken Morris and myself) have been asked questions.  What’s the back story?  How did this [...]
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From the Cutting Room Floor of Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin – Obsessive Perfection and Anger Mismanagement

By Ken Morris and Jeanne Devon This is the first article we will be posting on material that was ultimately cut from Frank Bailey’s memoir - Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin. That book was Frank’s story, but we felt it was important to share what we learned that was outside the scope of Bailey’s direct [...]
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Blind Allegiance Revisited – New Sarah Palin Bombshells from the Cutting Room Floor

In February of this year, there was a deliberate and unauthorized leak of the draft manuscript of the book Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin (Frank Bailey with coauthors Ken Morris and Jeanne Devon). Rival Palin author Joe McGinniss obtained through his publisher a copy of the copyrighted manuscript and emailed it in its entirety to [...]
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Frank Bailey on The O’Reilly Factor Tonight (UPDATE)

For those of you playing “Follow Frank,” you can catch him tonight on The O’Reilly Factor with Bill O’Reilly to talk about Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin.  I know you’ve all got Fox News on right now, so you won’t even have to change the channel to catch BillO. Yes, I am kidding. At least [...]
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Jeanne Devon on The Ron & Don Show on KIRO in Seattle

More audio at MyNorthwest.com Check out Jeanne’s interview on The Ron & Don Show on KIRO in Seattle. She talks about Blind Allegiance, and the Palin email dump. Her segment goes from 1:30 to 17:00.
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New Emails Reveal Palin Lied When She Denied Online Poll Fixing

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy During Sarah Palin’s brief tenure as governor, staff spent a great deal of time repeatedly voting in online polls. They even used special software that would vote over and over in these non-scientific opinion polls from local TV stations like KTUU in Anchorage. [...]
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Open Thread – Blind Allegiance on Firedoglake Book Salon Sunday

By Shannyn Moore Wahoo! Who needs a Red Bull and a seat belt? YOU! That’s who! Tomorrow, Sunday, June 5, Firedoglake’s Book Salon will feature Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin – A Memoir of Our Tumultuous Years. I’ll be hosting the event, and you’ll be able to ask Jeanne Devon (AKM) about the book – [...]
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Open Thread – Truth Sandwich on Crazy Bread

A Mudflatter in Wasilla snapped this picture in the local Waldenbooks. It’s like a truth sandwich on crazy bread! On the way home, the book and it’s new owner paused at the Wasilla City Hall for a pictorial tribute.   Photos by: Beverly Serrano
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Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin – Some Insight and an Excerpt!

By Co-Author: Ken Morris Despite being filled with regret for his own actions while serving for nearly four years under candidate and then half-governor Sarah Palin, Frank Bailey came to fear that his former boss remained a voice in American politics. In Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin, former insider and my co-author Frank Bailey said [...]
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Mudflats Chats – Frank Bailey

~Sarah Palin and Frank Bailey By Jeanne Devon I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with ex-Palin aide Frank Bailey about his memoir Blind Allegiance (co-authored by myself and Ken Morris).  Frank Bailey is one of those people I never imagined I’d ever meet, nevermind work with. I once called him “the second [...]
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Open Thread – Where in the World are the Authors?

Blind Allegiance co-authors have been busy! Frank Bailey has been doing back to back interviews in the Big Apple with everyone from Lawrence O’Donnell to Sean Hannity to The View and CNN. Be sure to look for him tomorrow on Inside Edition. Jeanne Devon appeared on Sun Network News in Ottawa with David Akin, and [...]