Posts Tagged ‘cronyism’

Peter Schweizer: Joe Manchin ‘Resisted’ Many Offers for ‘Cronyism,’ ‘Corruption,’ ‘Self-Enrichment’ to Be Bought or Rented

Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute (GAI), praised Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) as a “profile in courage” who rejected offers for self-enrichment while guest-hosting for Monday’s edition of Sean Hannity’s eponymous radio show alongside GAI colleague Eric Eggers. Schweizer and Eggers reflected on their research of political corruption in Washington, DC, while examining […]

Ron Paul on Cronyism in the NDAA

Ron Paul on Cronyism in the NDAA By ns_adminhttp://www.campaignforliberty.org/ron-paul-cronyism-ndaa Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul recently penned an op-ed for Foxnews.com on how a provision in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) forbidding the military from using Russian launch technology benefits one powerful company. Read the op-ed here and below: Behind the high-minded rhetoric […]

Black Box : 4 Air Disasters in 2 Years Above Areas with Conflict or Military Exercise in Progress

Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : Two years after the downing of Malaysian Airlines on Flight MH17 in Ukraine, statistics show that four airliners disappeared or crashed in a two-year period, while flying above an area with military exercises or conflict in progress. Meanwhile, the next of kin, the global flying public and journalists are kept in […]

Supreme Court rules broader immunity to police using deadly force in chases

     The Supreme Court made it harder Monday to sue police for using deadly force against fleeing suspects, ruling that officers are immune from lawsuits unless it is “beyond debate” that a shooting was unjustified and clearly unreasonable. By an 8-1 vote, the justices tossed out an excessive force suit against a Texas police officer […]

Hillary Clinton’s Cronyism Behind a Pipeline for Crude

  Bill McKibben New York Times October 4, 2011 In 2008, Barack Obama promised to turn things around with new ethics guidelines and promises of transparency. But if two batches of e-mails released via the Freedom of Information Act — the first last month and the second on Monday — are any indication, he’s not delivering on […]

Corporate Cronyism: Solyndra and Evergreen Solar

by Sartre Batr   If pleading the “Fifth” smells, the Solyndra drama will prove the stereotype applies in this instance. A good old-fashioned scandal in an election year pumps up the media juices. The timeline on Solyndra tells only part of the history. The linkage of corporate cronyism dodges the real world result of “Green […]

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