Politics, Corruption & Criminality

Thanks to the increasingly commingled worlds of politics and popular entertainment, the State of the Union address has devolved into something that resembles an awards show or grand fund-raising gala, except with hecklers.

Corporations that pledged to stop funding members of the "sedition caucus," those who objected to certifying the election, are quietly finding ways to give again.

Congress outlawed tax deductions on “wash sales” in 1921, but Goldman Sachs and others have helped billionaires like Steve Ballmer see huge tax savings by selling stocks for a loss and then replacing them with nearly identical investments.

A study conducted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found a link between dropping permit requirements for carrying concealed weapons and increased police shootings with civilian victims.

The federal government paid more than $478 billion from 2015 to 2021 in farm subsidies for crop insurance, disasters, conservation payments. And the top 1% collected 27% of the total.

In a dizzying display of twisted "logic," the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are not requiring repayments of funds stolen through rampant overbilling by Medicare Advantage plans.

The wife of Chief Justice John Roberts, like insurrectionist Ginni Thomas, apparently has been utilizing her position of being "married to the Court" for financial advantage.

The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association has spent more than a decade actively recruiting and training sheriffs to believe that their office is more powerful than the president.

The burners under the pot of questions and investigations surrounding the lies and possible crimes of George Santos appear to have been turned up full blast.

It's no surprise that Big Oil is infiltrating the halls of Congress after spending millions to elect some of the most extreme legislators in American history.

Kari Lake raised over $2.5 million after her election loss, but less than 10% of her post-election spending went to lawyers.

A surprise documentary about Brett Kavanaugh reveals disturbing new evidence of misconduct by Kavanaugh and his associates surrounding the right-wing justice's 2018 Senate confirmation hearings.

True the Vote, a group that spread discredited election conspiracy theories, “abandoned” The Freedom Hospital in April 2022, according to its lawyers. Yet board member Gregg Phillips continued to seek donations for the project for months afterward.

Republicans plan to destroy Medicare and Social Security because their fondest wish is to protect the wealth of the rich. Thus they are prepared to ignore the preference of three-quarters of Americans, including their own voters.

I am a former health-care executive who helped develop PR and marketing schemes to sell private Medicare Advantage insurance plans.

While forty states provide for the recall of state and local elected officials, there is no federal recall law that could lead to the removal of someone like Santos from Congress.