Tag: corruption

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

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

On the surface is partisanship loaded heavily with lies; underneath is the reality of America’s aristocracy controlling, now, both of the two political Parties.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote a letter to President Obama urging the replacement of Mary Jo White as chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Stumpf’s actions were not merely “unethical” — they were criminal. And in the current system, he’ll not only get away with it, he'll profit more than handsomely.

Besides charging two former Cuomo aides with multiple counts of bribery, extortion, and fraud, federal prosecutors also announced public corruption charges against state official, Alain Kaloyeros, president of the State University of New York (SUNY) Polytechnic Institute.

Nestlé has been using a pipeline to take public water, in drought-stricken California, and use it for selling purposes on an expired permit from 1988.

An arms race is being created that makes money for some but creates bad outcomes for all.

This scam supposedly began in 2011 and for the last five years, roughly 1.5 million deposit accounts and 65,000 credit-card accounts were created.

Influence is typically written in an abbreviated, matter-of-fact style, but its brief items speak volumes about the realities of American politics.