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Politics, Corruption & Criminality
The real power of authoritarian populists like Trump and Orban lies not in the institutions they hijack but in the novel electoral support coalition they create.
Sinema was an obstacle to achieving progressive policy goals in Congress, blocking many key priorities, including eliminating the legislative filibuster, along with Sen. Joe Manchin.
Florida will continue to spend an ever-increasing amount of taxpayer money on pipes and pumps and seawalls, but considers anything that might deal with the causes of climate change to be “an obsolete program or whatnot.”
Many of the same fossil fuel companies that knew and lied for decades about how their products cause climate change have also known and lied to the public about plastic recycling.
Elections officials said they had a multitude of problems with the proposal which comes from one of the most strident election deniers.
Navalny highlighted the very real opposition to Putin and authoritarian rule that exists in Russia despite attempts to hide it from the world.
Congress’ oversight work is influenced by partisan considerations. Committees conduct more investigations of the incumbent administration when Congress and the presidency are controlled by opposing parties.
Top CIA, DHS, DOJ, and FBI officials recently gathered to discuss simulations on deepfakes and violence at the polls—and, as one journalist put it, "the results weren't encouraging."
Caught with a “little army” and plans to provoke confrontation at a gay pride event, the white nationalist had his charges dismissed.
Thomas choosing to participate in cases involving Trump’s claims of being above the law, including his incitement of an insurrection against our nation, is truly beyond the pale.
As amendments aimed at legalizing abortion in cases of rape or incest were voted down, one Republican state senator defended the decision saying, "God does not make mistakes."
While Republicans are hell-bent on villainizing immigrants, immigration is BOOSTING our economy.
Far right Republicans have been screaming about a migrant invasion for years. They finally have the solution they wanted to combat it, but now, they apparently were just kidding.
Now that several of the Republican justices have been so heavily saturated with fat-cat money and thus regularly vote in favor of their morbidly rich “friends,” what do those rich dudes want?
Influential corporations and other special interest groups wanting a say in government policy decisions have beefed up their lobbying game to a staggering level.