Showing posts with label corruption. Show all posts
Showing posts with label corruption. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Russian Foots Don Jr's Bill

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  Many posts have analyzed how foreign governments try to influence American politics and policy. Russia and China are prominent inf...
Friday, July 24, 2026

No Tribute, No Pardon

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 Many posts have addressed the president's pardon power . A pardon industry has arisen during the Trump years . But not all can affo...
Sunday, June 21, 2026

The Reflecting Pool: Bureoning Algae and Peeling Paint

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Previous posts have discussed federal  monuments . Sahil Kapur and Sophie Ziedalsk i  at NBC : President Donald Trump’s makeover of the Lin...
Tuesday, June 2, 2026

250

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Many posts have discussed patriotism .   Josephine Walker at Axios : Dueling events for America's 250th birthday are creating confusi...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

Profiting from Public Office

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Many posts have discussed political corruption . Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen at Axios : Imagine America put these questions to a public r...
Monday, March 9, 2026

Pardon Lobbying

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 Many   posts  have  addressed  the  president's   pardon   power . A pardon industry has arisen during the Trump years . Kenneth Vogel ...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Nursing Homes and Pay-to-Play Politics

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Many   posts  have  discussed   lobbying ,  " shadow lobbying ," " unlobbying ," and " non-lobbying lobbying ....
Saturday, January 17, 2026

Pardons for Sale

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 Many   posts  have  addressed  the  president's   pardon   power . Kenneth P. Vogel and Susanne Craig at NYT: In 2021, a convicted frau...
Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Weakening Nonprofits

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Many posts  have   discussed  the  politic s  of  philanthropy .  Thomas B. Edsall at NYT: In a detailed email, Kim Lane Scheppele, a sociol...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

Abusing the Pardon Power

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 Many   posts  have  addressed  the  president's   pardon   power . Stephen Holmes at the Project Syndicate: The pardon power is the on...
Monday, November 24, 2025

Pardoning Supporters

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Previous   posts  have  discussed  the  president's   pardon   power . Dan Merica and Matthew Choi at WP : Trump began his presidency b...
Friday, October 24, 2025

Pardon Lobbying

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DANIEL BARNES and CAITLIN OPRYSKO at POLITICO: TRUMP PARDONS BINANCE FOUNDER: President Donald Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, founder o...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

"There's a Flip Side to That Coin."

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  A number of posts have discussed "Miles' Law," that is, where you stand depends on where you sit .  Attitudes toward proce...
Saturday, February 15, 2025

A Strong Letter

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Many   posts  have  discussed   prosecutors .  From WP:Hagan Scotten, the lead prosecutor in Mayor Eric Adams’s federal corruption case, has...
Friday, April 19, 2024

Garfield on Congress

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A  number  of  posts  have discussed  congressional   capacity ,  legislative productivit y, and  deliberation . In April 1877, Representati...
Saturday, October 30, 2021

California's Corridor of Corruption

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Dan Walters at CalMatters: Campaign contributions are a semi-legal way for those who benefit from political decisions to express their grat...
Saturday, January 25, 2020

Comparative Corruption

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From Transparency International: The United States has received its lowest score in eight years on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Corruption: International Data

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From Transparency International : The 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released today by Transparency International reveals the Unit...