In 1992 Congress passed a law committing the drug industry to pay so-called user fees to help fund the FDA’s drug approval process. Big Pharma has used that law to corrupt the FDA by funding nearly half its annual budget.
Politics, Corruption & Criminality
Charles Koch and his billionaire buddies in the Koch Network continue their pattern of trying to tear down our government by funding candidates who tried to turn our country into a dictatorship.
Because of key decisions by the Supreme Court equating money with free speech, our political system is now overrun with grifters, con artists and career criminals.
While the New York Attorney General's massive lawsuit against Donald Trump, his children and companies is a civil suit, it marks a beginning and an acceleration of legal actions against him.
Still recovering from the 2017 disaster of Hurricane Maria, which killed 3000 Americans in Puerto Rico, the islands have been blacked again out by much smaller Hurricane Fiona. Two professors explain the issues.
Our government institutions are the glue that actually holds our society together and keep things rolling. What happens when that glue stops sticking?
The Sacklers became the public face of the opioid crisis despite not being the only players. They were the first to hypermarket opioids and then led the pack in blaming consumers for becoming addicted.
We need more action on legislation that would ban Congressional stock trading. And fewer members of Congress in violation of the rules already on the books.
Military contractors and arms manufacturers and other weapons industry players cash in as Congress adds billions to the Pentagon budget each year.
A year after COVID-19 had first ripped through the United States, Republican lawmakers in Montana passed the nation’s most extreme anti-vaccination law. Not even nurses in a cancer ward could be required to get the shots.
In what may be the first use of the 14th Amendment's Section 3 disqualification clause, Otero County New Mexico County Commissioner and Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin was removed from office.
Liz Truss will has replaced Boris Johnson, who was compelled to step down as Conservative leader and prime minister in July after a mass resignation of around 60 ministers and other political appointees.
The last several elections have seen large numbers of amateur politicians seeking top offices. They are enjoying greater success than newcomers in the past.
Results of a recent study show that many Americans think they know much more about politics than they really do. And political overconfidence can make people more defensive of factually wrong beliefs.
Trump's continued endorsement and support of January 6th insurrectionists is hopefully being duly noted by the FBI and the staff of the House investigation. Aside from the obvious play at corruption, it is further evidence of his involvement.
Forgiving student loan debt is not a slap at anybody. It's righting a moral wrong inflicted on millions by Reagan and his morbidly rich Republican buddies.