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🙈 Corruption: When norms upstage the law
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2025/how-corruption-interplays-with-social-norms

Corruption: When norms upstage the law
People with good motives may engage in bribery and worse depending on what society expects of them. A political scientist explains.

"Inside the ‘industrial-scale’ Trump pardon machine"
#Trump #corruption #autocracy #pardons

Now we see why Trump wants AI companies to thrive. There's every chance that AI companies are motivated and committed to "funding" this fusion company.
Just one more stop in the AI "investment circle jerk".
#corruption #nuclear #energy #fusion #business #finance

#Trump #corruption exposed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_q741QO_m0

"The applicant will be asked to submit a gift [of $1 million] to the United States to demonstrate his or her ability to provide a substantial benefit to the United States"
You'll be forgiven for thinking this "grift registry" site is run by American Express.
#USA #immigration #grift #corruption

What the heck??
Surely there is a money trail here. Nothing else makes sense.
Who benefits and how much stock does Trump and his cronies have?
#autism #tylenol #corruption #theAmericanFascist
https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/u.s.-and-canada-0m0p8ifgz/-/a-L2d-Ys30QkK6mmy_5XfFTQ:a:3199692-/0

1. Indict a wealthy person
2. Try the person (optional)
3. Pardon the person
4. Cha ching
#USA #justice #corruption #pardons

"I’m not looking for money. I’d give it to charity or something.”
Yup, most of it will go to "something" and to "charities" which are actually "something". Plus the tax break from giving to "charities".
Daylight robbery.
#USA #uspol #DOJ #corruption

"Trump calls for end of Senate filibuster to break funding stalemate"
Ah yes, end filibuster to end shutdown, and keep the buster ended for all the grifting and dictating to come. 🤓
#filibuster #uspol #USA #shutdown #strategy #corruption

I don't know what y'all are complaining about. $230M is less than a dollar per person in USA; less than $2 per voter or tax filer.
How about y'all include $2 "injustice compensation" in annual tax filing for the next four years and we call it square? Deal? 🤑
#USA #uspol #DOJ #corruption #sarcasm

List of donors for White House ballroom:
BTW the cost estimate went from $200M to $300M. I suppose it will keep going up as "more donors come forward".
#USA #uspol #WhiteHouse #ballroom #waste #corruption

The #grift hits the fan.
#NYT: Trump demands #DOJ pay him $230 million compensation for investigations into him.
Bondi will approve most/all of it while Congress twiddles thumbs. The guv shutdown has to work for someone. 🫤
#uspol #USA #news #justice #corruption

Judge Aileen Cannon has her next assignment:
#NYT #news #justice #USA #uspol #AileenCannon #JudgeCannon #corruption #retribution #abuse