Friday, July 11, 2025

Tag: corruption

Former legislator pleads guilty to bribery conspiracy and fraud

“Public corruption is among the most serious of criminal violations and a betrayal of the public’s sacred trust.”

Feeding the beast!

Those who really ran this country made sure that only elected officials who would keep feeding this beast could hold office.

White House for sale: Emoluments, corruption and Donald Trump

Never in U.S. history has the prospect of a president's real and potential business dealings created such a marked array of conflicts.

How the Koch machine quietly pushed for the Dakota Access Pipeline...

Dakota Access appears poised to line the pocketbooks of Koch Industries, which funnels millions of dollars to his own employer.

7 Baltimore cops arrested in federal racketeering conspiracy

If convicted, the seven officers face up to 20 years in federal prison.

Five faces of dystopia

Never before has a government been so completely fused with business.

The one thing Trump got right: The system is rigged

The entrenched two-party system is itself the consequence of this rigged system.

NY Times publishes article written by Bernie Sanders: Where the Democrats...

“I am saddened, but not surprised, by the outcome.”

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A new far-right American party?

Elon Musk has disrupted Silicon Valley, the electric car industry, and the U.S. government. What is his next target: democracy?

Melting glaciers could lead to more frequent and explosive volcanic eruptions: Study

The process—already seen in Iceland—makes volcanic eruptions more frequent and powerful, according to new research conducted in the Chilean Andes.

The Texas flash flood is a preview of the chaos to come

Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.

Israeli minister proposes forced confinement of all Palestinians in Gaza amid global war crime...

Defense Minister Israel Katz unveils plan to imprison entire Gazan population in a guarded camp as human rights groups warn of ethnic cleansing.

First, a massive Medicaid attack, then come the midterms, then Republican annihilation

Is this country under attack by an authoritarian enemy?