Jailed political fundraiser Antoin ''Tony'' Rezko, the Chicago real estate developer who helped launch Barack Obama on his political career, is whispering secrets to federal prosecutors about corruption in Illinois and the political fallout could be explosive.  Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose administration faces multiple federal investigations over how it handed out jobs and money with advice from Rezko, is considered the most vulnerable Rezko also was friendly with Obama -- offering him a job when he finished law school, funding his earliest political campaigns and purchasing a lot next to his house. But based on the known facts, charges so far and testimony at Rezko's trial, there's no indication there'll be a so-called ''October surprise'' that could hurt the Democratic presidential nominee -- even though Rezko says prosecutors are pressing him for dirt about Obama. Read On

Media ignores Obama's socialist past A conservative media analyst says the mainstream media is not only downplaying Barack Obama's connection to former domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, but also choosing not to report on the Democratic presidential nominee's past membership in a socialist organization.  Bob Knight of the Culture and Media Institute believes the media are so busy examining the GOP presidential ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palin, hoping to uncover some dirt, that they are not looking into Obama's questionable connections, including that with former Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers. Knight contends the media are trying to portray Ayers as a "rehabilitated" terrorist whose bombing of the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol was merely a "youthful indiscretion."  "Ayers is still involved in radical efforts to socialize children into left-wing views beginning in kindergarten," Knight says. "That's what he does as an education expert; he's by no means reformed." Reported by Jim Brown with OneNewsNow.

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to rule in a case in which a Massachusetts man was jailed for trying to protect his child from exposure to the homosexual lifestyle in elementary school. WorldNetDaily reports leaders at Estabrook Elementary School in Lexington were teaching homosexuality to young children and refusing to let Christian parents opt out of the indoctrination. David Parker challenged the school's agenda, but remains disappointed the court would not take the case and reverse negative lower-court rulings. "What we asked for is parental notification and to be able to opt our very young children out of what is essentially an indoctrination process of small children to get them up to affirm, embrace, and even celebrate homosexuality and gay marriage -- behind the backs of parents and against their will," Parker contends.  He says the nation's highest court is waving a green flag to activists within and outside the school systems of America. District Judge Mark Wolf said undermining Christian beliefs and teaching homosexuality is necessary to prepare children for citizenship in America. The judge told Parker that he could choose a different school committee or home school his children if he disagreed. "The public school administrators who want to aggressively do this will now have carte blanche. And they really look at these children as naked psyches to be poked, prodded, manipulated, and indoctrinated into whatever views they think are right," Parker explains.  Parker adds that the ruling is all the more reason for parents to consider private schools or home schooling, the latter of which he and his wife have chosen. "This despicable ruling is not of the people, nor for the people, nor by the people," he points out. "We the people must take back our government for the sake of our children and for the sake of this nation."  Reported by WorldNetDaily.

West Palm Beach Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-FL), whose predecessor resigned in the wake of a sex scandal , agreed to a $121,000 payment to a former mistress who worked on his staff and was threatening to sue him, according to current and former members of his staff who have been briefed on the settlement, which involved Mahoney and his campaign committee. Mahoney, who is married, also promised the woman, Patricia Allen, a $50,000 a year job for two years at the agency that handles his campaign advertising, the staffers said. A Mahoney spokesperson would not answer questions about the alleged affair or the settlement, but said Allen resigned of her own accord and "has not received any special payment from campaign funds." Senior Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives, including Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), the chair of the Democratic Caucus, have been working with Mahoney to keep the matter from hurting his re-election campaign, the Mahoney staffers said. Reported by ABC.

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