Tag: corruption
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.”
Ex-NYPD officer charged with selling meth and date-rape drug
“Methamphetamine devastates communities and GBL spreads danger all over the Southern District of New York, which is why the defendants face serious federal charges.”
‘The right to do whatever I want as president’
The Senate’s failure to convict the president will only confirm his conception of his office as a seat of absolute power (which, as we’ve been told, “corrupts absolutely”).