Rules exist stating that judges must not only avoid actual conflicts of interest, they must also avoid the appearance of impropriety. But not so for the Supreme Court.
Politics, Corruption & Criminality
Now that tax day is over, where do the majority of our tax dollars go? Into over-priced and useless weapon systems and corporate coffers.
"Price gouging is unfair and illegal and my office is determined to make sure it doesn't happen in our state," said Attorney General Letitia James.
The Council for National Policy (CNP) was formed in the early 1980s. It has operated largely under the radar, secretly operating an influential network of conservative think tanks, religious extremists, Republican operatives, elected officials and wealthy donors to advance their social and political agenda.
Investigation has revealed the funding sources behind Ginni Thomas and the Council for National Policy as they helped lay the groundwork for the January 6 insurrection.
Governments have been paying hidden subsidies the fossil-fuel industries even as they push poorer countries to do more to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
Former U.S. officials appearing as pundits on corporate media news programs have ties to military-industrial companies or groups and are representing their interests without full disclosure.
The indelible lesson that Trump taught the world is that audacious and unrepentant lies are tools that he and people like him will never fail to use to undermine Democracy.
Republican members of Congress who were involved in the January 6th insurrection are whipping up loads of distractions to divert attention from the question, "Why are they still in office and not in jail?"
The GOP’s voter suppression laws are a coordinated effort to turn back the clock on civil rights. The problem is that these laws are working. They need to be stopped before more states adopt them.
Celina, an old logging town about two hours northeast of Nashville, was primed for the drug trade. Four pharmacies sat within 1,000 feet of each other, at the crossing of two highways, dispensing millions of opioid pills.
If the House Oversight Committee is serious about getting to the bottom of the fossil fuel industry's longtime campaign to stymie climate policy, it should subpoena Charles Koch to testify before it.
Another new analysis details how Big Oil executives are suppressing production and boosting prices to maximize shareholder returns.
Republicans who voted against protecting diabetics from inflated insulin prices are clearly in the camp of corporate profits over human lives. This dramatically points to the dire necessity of finally instituting universal healthcare.
Traditionally nonpartisan school board campaigns have become polarized battlegrounds. Voters in next week’s Wisconsin races may set the tone for how contentious races across the country will become this year.
Putin’s Russia fits the bill of a fully fascist state. The political system is unquestionably authoritarian — some might say totalitarian.