In the midst of an ongoing lawsuit against the Biden administration alleging collaboration with social media companies to censor Americans, a new report has detailed the extent to which former Justice Department (DOJ) employees are now working at “Big Tech” firms. Source Views: 0
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Same as the old boss? President Biden, revolving doors and foreign policy continuity
With a pandemic raging and promises including a $15 minimum wage and student debt relief seeming to acknowledge the growing power of the progressive wing of his party, the troubling aspects of Joe Biden’s picks to run his foreign policy were not seen as very newsworthy during the transition period prior to his inauguration. While […]
Watching The Hawks – Selective Outrage & Revolving Revolvers
Watching The Hawks – Selective Outrage & Revolving Revolvers Watching The Hawksyoutube.com Mainstream media carries extensive coverage of mass shootings in the US, but what of other, less politically convenient instances of mass violence? Law enforcement agents across the country are involved in a massive arms confiscation and resale scheme. Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern […]
Congressmen Pushing LNG Exports Bills Have Deep Financial, Revolving Door Ties
Congressmen Pushing LNG Exports Bills Have Deep Financial, Revolving Door Ties Above Photo: Revolving doors. Credit: Lionel Allorge, CC BY–SA 3.0 Last week the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce held a subcommittee hearing on two bills to expedite permitting for exports of natural gas. Domestic production of this fossil fuel has been booming in recent years, mainly thanks to hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) opening up vast reserves […]
DOJ Wall Street – Get Rich Quick – Revolving Door$
December 12, 2017 By Aaron Kesel This is the fourth part of an investigative series concerning the troubling matter of Wall Street crimes protected by federal agents switching sides to protect their secret buddies’ “bizness” schemes by conflict of interests and “revolving doors.” In this segment, we’ll look into apparent acts of federal […]
The revolving door between HSBC and the BBC
Non-executive HSBC director turned chair of BBC Trust strolls into her role as Conservative government minister and gains a seat in the House of Lords for life. Article written by Iain Fenton, journalist for EsportsOnly. Rona Fairhead, the former chair of the BBC Trust, who was described by Labour MP Margaret […]
Does Wall Street Bully or Bribe Prosecutors? Revolving Doors At The DOJ
By Aaron Kesel The recently published book The Chicken Shit Club by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jesse Eisinger, documents a massive account of corporate greed and impunity. The book alleges that the DOJ has a culture of a revolving door where Wall Street personnel become federal agents, even prosecutors, who then betray the public’s […]
FERC’s Revolving Door: Former Commissioner Joins Pipeline Lobby Firm
Above Photo: Screenshot from CERAWeek video. Only one week after leaving the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), former commissioner Colette Honorable has joined a law firm lobbying for Dominion Energy, the company behind the controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Honorable is joining Reed Smith LLP, a firm lobbying in the state of Virginia for Dominion, the energy giant leading the proposed natural […]
Fearful of EU Disintegration and Mired in Crisis, France Wants Britain Punished for Brexit Revolt
As support for a British exit from the EU strengthens, at least according to the latest polls that give some people whiplash, policy makers on both sides of the English Channel are finally beginning to think about the days, weeks and months after June 23. Some countries, such as Germany, seem more inclined to favor […]
‘Information attack’: Russian Sports Minister on ARD claims of his ties to doping scandal
“This is a sort of an information attack. The aim of this and other publications is clear to me, it is to influence [the ruling] of the athletics committee on the eve of the meeting,” Vitaly Mutko said Wednesday. His comments followed a documentary on alleged doping in Russian sports which was to be aired […]
Snowden Files: Guantanamo Bay Routine Included Torture And Water Skiing
Print Friendly Above Photo: A U.S. Coast Guard vessel patrols Guantanamo Bay. Newly released internal NSA documents show that torturing prisoners and water skiing were part of the daily routine for agents stationed in Guantanamo Bay during the Iraq War. AUSTIN, Texas — Water skiing in the morning, supervising the torture of a prisoner of the global […]