Tag: corruption
Senate Intelligence Chairman steps down amid investigation probe
Richard Burr spent most of his time as Intelligence Committee Chairman suppressing intelligence reports and public knowledge of government misconduct.
Will America’s corruption end on a ventilator or in a mushroom...
A political system that is structurally incapable of acting for the common good, even when millions of lives are at stake, is not just failing to solve our problems. It is the problem.
Former LA City Councilman agrees to plead guilty to obstructing corruption...
According to the indictment, Mitchell Englander was soliciting bribes from a local businessman in exchange for political favors.
Power in a time of coronavirus
To fight like hell for the living will require unrelenting work from progressive movements willing and able to organize effectively in every political arena.
Blackwater founder Erik Prince recruited spies to infiltrate progressive groups with...
The story exposes previously unreported details about the ties between Prince and Project Veritas, a right-wing group that often sets up sting operations targeting the media and journalists by recording covert videos.
Piling on Dirty Harvey… NOT the War Criminals!
Well, dirty Harvey deserved what he got coming to him. Sounds like another guy who 'got over' on vibrant young women... the guy now in the White House perhaps?
‘An astonishing rate of corruption’: Trump has amassed 3,000 conflicts of...
Trump's frequent interactions with people and groups who have a vested interest in influencing U.S. policy amount to an "astonishing rate of corruption."
Former DEA agent arrested for laundering money for drug cartel
“It’s a black eye for the DEA to have one of its own engaged in such a high level of corruption.”
Oil and gas firms reward politicians when they vote against the...
“These findings are troubling, considering that Congressional candidates are much more likely to win if they raise more money than their opponents.”
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Trump is trying to reverse the New Deal
The class politics of Trump carry forward the actions of his predecessors across the last century.
73% of Israelis want the Gaza genocide to end. Netanyahu says, ‘NO, full speed...
Israel did not enter this Land of Palestine to work with the Palestinians to create a two-state solution, as they were expected to do, but rather, they waged war to take over the entire country and its people.
Federal judge slams Trump funding freeze, orders restoration of $176 million in environmental grants
Judge Gergel rules that the Trump administration violated congressional authority and the law by halting environmental and climate-related funding to cities and nonprofits across the U.S.
Controversial ‘nonprofit killer’ clause quietly removed from GOP megabill—but advocates warn it could return
A sweeping provision to strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status without due process is no longer in the latest House GOP budget bill, but civil liberties groups say the threat to free speech and advocacy is far from over.
14,000 babies at risk of death in Gaza as Israel blocks aid, UN warns
UN and international leaders condemn Israel’s blockade as thousands of trucks wait at Gaza’s border while children face imminent starvation.