Hall of Fame
Lou Diamond Phillips ($2,000)
Glenn Close ($37,525)
Mike Binder ($8,200)
Cuba Gooding, Jr ($4,300)
Janeane Garofalo ($9,888)
Talia Shire ($5,500)
Joe Paterno ($7,550)
Alexander Payne ($4,750)
Vera Wang ($37,120)
Jamie Farr ($5,300)
Paul Thomas Anderson ($1,500)
Al Pacino ($4,000)
Kelsey Grammer ($15,600)
Linda Ronstadt ($14,000)
Patty Duke ($1,000)
Ivan Boesky ($105,950)
Lawrence Kudlow ($42,077)
Monica Lewinsky ($250)
Maria Bello ($4,300)
Meryl Streep ($26,500)
Kenny Rogers ($1,000)
Toni Morrison ($7,300)
Tina Brown ($1,000)
Charles Barkley ($2,000)
Eve Ensler ($13,255)
Enrico Colantoni ($250)
Trisha Yearwood ($3,000)
Gabrielle Union ($2,300)
Susan Saint James ($44,800)
Walid Phares ($1,000)
Pat Summerall ($3,500)
Ron Jaworski ($5,000)
Penny Marshall ($29,258)
John W Henry ($1,105,750)
Haim Saban ($11,077,028)
Larry Flynt ($49,074)
Jim Boeheim ($500)
John Podhoretz ($450)
Harvey Fierstein ($4,750)
Kate Jackson ($500)
Timothy Dalton ($250)
Blake Edwards ($8,500)
Woody Allen ($12,750)
Andy Reid ($2,300)
Alan Arkin ($250)
Cris Collinsworth ($6,500)
David Westin ($9,000)
John Davidson ($550)
Daryl Hannah ($800)
Emmitt Smith ($7,700)
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Hall of Fame ► Media
David Talbot
Salon Media chairman
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,636
Election Picks: 1 win, 3 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Talbot, David San Francisco, CA 94110 Talbot Player, LLC/Media ExecutiveBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICAWon $200 general 09/05/08
Talbot, David San Francisco, CA 94110 salon.com/media executive DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $250 primary 10/21/04
Talbot, David San Francisco, CA 94110 Salon/Media executive DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $250 primary 10/01/04
Talbot, David San Francisco, CA 94110 Salon.com/media executive DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $250 primary 09/23/04
Talbot, David San Francisco, CA 94110 Salon Media Group/JournalistJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $250 primary 06/30/04
Talbot, David San Francisco, CA 94110 Salon Media Group/JournalistJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $250 primary 06/16/04
Talbot, David San Francisco, CA 94110 Wesley Clark (D) President CLARK FOR PRESIDENT INC.Lost $500 primary 12/31/03
Talbot, David San Francisco, CA 94110 Salon Media Group/EditorHoward Dean (D) President DEAN FOR AMERICALost $500 primary 04/07/03
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political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,556
3,084
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
722
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
906
206
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,930
2,953
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
98,000
68,000
Brookings
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2010)
$791 Bln
$269 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$288 Mil
$82 Mil
casualty status updated March 8, 2010
NEWSMEAT HALL OF FAME
individual donations of $200 or more made after 1977
Political donations made by the powerful, rich, and famous.
• Celebrities (actors, musicians, authors, icons)
• Billionaires
• Sports Stars
• Media
• Business Executives
• Politics (pols, players, pundits, shills)
Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 3/15/10
17,488,084 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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