corruption
Trump Makes Corruption Great Again: Pardons For Sale
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 05/08/2025 - 11:50amCorporations are people. So the SCOTUS says. And like people, they can be pardoned too, so Trump says.
Trump Makes Corruption Great Again: Mission Accomplished
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 04/26/2025 - 4:30pmTrump makes corruption great again: part 6
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 03/01/2025 - 10:28pmA lot of people have a hard time wrapping their heads around the idea that since the federal government has always had some corruption, that Trump could have brought corruption to an entirely new level. So I thought it might help to give an individual example.
Trump makes corruption great again: part 5
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 02/11/2025 - 12:17pmI didn't expect to need to post an update on this series already, but here we are.
Trump makes corruption great again: part 4
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 02/08/2025 - 1:56pmThis has got to be the least surprising development so far.
Trump makes corruption great again: part 3
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 02/04/2025 - 2:18pmSummarizing Trump's executive orders so far:
1. Trump fired most of the inspector generals.
2. Trump revoked Biden's rules against accepting gifts from lobbyists
3. Trump revoked Biden's rule against the "revolving door"
4. Trump replaced civil service classification with political appointees.
Trump makes corruption great again: part 2
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 01/26/2025 - 6:37pmThis actually happened several days ago, but I didn't notice it until now.
Open Thread - 01-24-25 - People Don't Get What They Deserve
Submitted by JtC on Fri, 01/24/2025 - 7:00am
The constitutional principles of separation of powers and a co-equal tripartite government are out of balance. The president has become too powerful. Congress has abrogated too much of its power to the executive branch. The president can unilaterally declare war and essentially allocate funding by edict (executive orders). Presidents can now ignore Supreme Court decisions with no consequence. It seems like each subsequent president grabs more power and then flaunts that power in the face of the people along with blatant in-your-face corruption, which now seems the norm.

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Trump makes corruption great again
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 01/23/2025 - 2:29pmThis is the first of a 4-year long series.