A craven press leads to rampant corruption, poor government and cynical voters. Even a partially cowed or captured media could tip the scales in elections. Yet wanting something is not the same as getting it https://t.co/MWWVERJ7j8 ...

This week, you may have heard a number of stories involving the Federal Trade Commission or FTC. It's a 110-year-old independent bipartisan government agency tasked with protecting consumers and ensuring a strong competitive marketplace. It has five commissioners.They're nominated by the president to serve seven-year terms. And no more than three of the five can be from the same political party at any given time. It's designed to be bipartisan and independent.The commissioners draft rules. They conduct inve ...

I'm not going to be intimidated by the likes of Donald Trump. I have always tried to speak my mind and and do what I thought was right. And clearly there is a corruption and a perversion of the of the justice system right now within the executive branch.And so yeah, I I don't know what may be coming my way. Uh but I'm not going to do things that are inconsistent with my ethics and my values and what it is that I believe is important. I think more people have to speak out when they see injustice, when they s ...

I am so appalled at those that took an oath, at those that actually went to law school. Many of us ended up with law school debt. And then we have to take not only the bar exam, but we have an ethics exam that we have to take because there is supposed to be some level of ethics in what we do when we go into a courtroom.Now, you have people that literally either they just don't know the law or they just don't care. But the idea that you would go after someone and listen, even as Democrats, we had our fair sh ...

Merrick Garland flagrantly defied a Congressional subpoena (for the Hur tapes in the Biden classified docs case) THE VERY WEEK Garland sent Bannon to jail for defying a Congressional subpoena. The Biden DOJ prosecuted Bannon & protected Garland because it was fucking CORRUPT.Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman):Bannon and Navarro flagrantly defied Congressional subpoenas, and Joe Biden never discussed these cases (or any case) with the AG.Trump fired the U.S. Atty who would not charge a meritless case and then ...

Joining us now, Democratic Congressman Jim Heims from Connecticut, ranking member of the Intel Committee. Uh, thanks so much for joining us, Congressman. You had a strong reaction out of the gate to this indictment last night, calling it one of the most sickening abuses of power in the history of the DOJ.Explain more. How do you see it and what does this mean for the Justice Department. Well, it's devastating for the Justice Department, right.I mean, here's a storied institution uh that had an immense reser ...

Inequality and endemic corruption have prompted many Filipinos to take to the streets, raising pressure on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. https://t.co/WL5dUqTv6P ...

Angered by corruption, Nepal’s Gen Z ousted its government and turned to Discord for a new leader, @danstrumpf reports.Read more about Asia's deadliest protest this year: https://t.co/foJHn4NgIQ https://t.co/XHaqp1e42Y ...

The wreckage in Nepal, during Asia's deadliest protest this year, sends a stark warning to leaders ruling over increasingly restless populations of smartphone-wielding youths seething over nepotism, corruption and unemployment https://t.co/JmkrzQ07aS ...

Peter Mutharika was declared the winner of Malawi’s presidential elections, reinstating him as leader five years after he left office amid widespread public anger over high levels of corruption and the government’s management of the economy https://t.co/el7CrrwO0c ...