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For two centuries, the Framers' ideas about political corruption flourished in the courts, even in the absence of clear rules governing voters, civil officers, and elected officials. In the 1970s, the U.S. Supreme Court began to narrow the definition of corruption, and the meaning has since changed dramatically. No case makes that clearer than Citizens United.

It's time to "Drain the Swamp." With the right leadership, it will get done. The nation's frustration with political scandals, partisan corruption, and the government's quest for control during the pandemic has created an urgency to drain the swamp of government corruption. America needs a leader with the skill set and empowerment to get the job done.

Operation Car Wash is the inside story of two Brazilian Federal Police officers who found themselves at the centre of the biggest corruption scandal in history; uncovering a web of political and corporate racketeering which would lead them all the way to the arrest and imprisonment of the nation’s President. Through engrossing first-hand testimony, Pontes and Anselmo recount the uphill battle faced by the Federal Police in apprehending Brazil’s white-collar criminals.

This is the story of how I tried to get the Hunter Biden laptop evidence to the authorities.

En un dramático relato de violencia y espionaje, el periodista de investigación y ganador de un Premio Pulitzer Ronan Farrow expone los poderosos intereses de los depredadores sexuales, empeñados en cubrir la verdad a cualquier precio....

Este es un testimonio sobre los 18 años que viví cerca del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador, al ser pareja de su entonces jefe de prensa César Yáñez. Ellos dos son los protagonistas de esta historia llena de traiciones políticas, ambiciones personales, infidelidades, abusos laborales, corrupción y autoritarismo. Mi propósito es evidenciar cómo el poder ha sido el gran amor y la obsesión de López Obrador, y cómo el odio y el resentimiento han sido el alimento que lo sostiene.

La organización de las Naciones Unidas o como comúnmente se le denomina la ONU, ha sido desde su creación hace más de medio siglo un auténtico foco de conflictos. A pesar de haber sido creada después del II Segunda Guerra Mundial en 1945 con la intención de poder solucionar cualquier conflicto transnacional, con el paso de los años aquel sueño romántico se ha convertido en una pesadilla real, mastodóntica en su organización y cara, muy cara.

When Mosilo Mothepu was appointed CEO of Trillian Financial Advisory, in March 2016, the prospect of being at the helm of a Black-owned financial consultancy was electrifying for a Black woman whose twin passions were transformation and empowering women. Three months later, suffering from depression and insomnia, she resigned with no other job lined up. In October 2016, a written statement handed to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela detailing Trillian’s involvement in state capture was leaked to the media.

The Torture Machine takes listeners from the 1969 murders of Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton and Panther Mark Clark - and the historic 13-years of litigation that followed - through the dogged pursuit of commander Jon Burge, the leader of a torture ring within the CPD that used barbaric methods, including electric shock, to elicit false confessions from suspects.

Who is the real Kamala Harris? And how did she ascend to the second highest office in the country? Despite her limited experience in national politics and confusing professional history, there hasn’t been a comprehensive examination of Vice President Kamala Harris’s journey to the White House...until now. Find out how the San Francisco socialite turned politico fast-tracked her way onto the national stage, only to lose the faith of her base and her president.

The election of Donald Trump in 2016, like most of his campaign, came as a shock to many Americans. How could a man so lacking in capacity, so void of any intellectual heft, become the president of the United States? How could a man with no detectable personal qualities outside of resentment and the will to dominate appeal to millions of Americans, enough so that he was able to win the highest office in the land? With this book, journalist Amanda Marcotte will outline how Trump was the inevitable result of American conservatism’s degradation into an ideology of blind resentment.

Edward Snowden, Jamal Khashoggi, Martin Luther King: Bestsellerautor Roberto Saviano, Autor von "Gomorrha", erzählt 30 Geschichten über die Macht von Zivilcourage. Wie kein anderer steht Roberto Saviano für Mut und Zivilcourage. "Gomorrha", sein investigatives Werk über die Mafia, machte ihn weltberühmt und zwang ihn unter Personenschutz. Jetzt zieht er Bilanz – und ruft die nächste Generation auf, ebenfalls die Stimme zu erheben. Wie ist es um die Menschenrechte bestellt? Sind wir Propaganda und Lügen gewachsen? Wo stehen wir im Kampf gegen organisierte Kriminalität?

In today's ruthless world of organised crime, the best criminals aren't foolish enough to steal money out of banks. They wear tailored suits, carry briefcases, and discreetly slip money into banks. Bigwigs, oligarchs and crime syndicates running drugs, trafficking guns and people, arming terrorists and subverting government controls are desperate to put a legitimate face on their wealth. Washing dirty money, moving it around the globe, making it look legitimate is where the action is for both criminals and the authorities chasing them.

If you reckon corruption in South Africa began with Zuma or even with apartheid, it’s time to catch a wake-up call. Rogues’ Gallery tells the story of some of the biggest skelms to grace our (un)fair shores, showing that dodgy dealings have been a national pastime for as long as South African history has been written down.

Lisa Morgan didn’t know how strong she was until she lost everything. Following eight exhausting years working in a warzone, Lisa was burnt out and ready for a new chapter in her life - hopefully one that involved a little romance. In her forties and doubtful of ever finding true love, she meets an exotic African man who promises her happiness and the life she dreams of. Little did Lisa know that this decision would lead to heartache, a torturous legal battle and near bankruptcy.

Welcome to Providence, Rhode Island, where corruption is entertainment and Mayor Buddy Cianci presided over the longest-running lounge act in American politics. In The Prince of Providence, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mike Stanton tells a classic story of wiseguys, feds, and politicians on a carousel of crime and redemption.

Tras el éxito de ventas de "Notificación roja", Bill Browder regresa con otro apasionante relato en el que detalla cómo se convirtió en el enemigo público número uno de Vladímir Putin al revelar la campaña del presidente ruso para robar y lavar cientos de miles de millones de dólares y matar a cualquiera que se interpusiera en su camino.

The Deep State isn't finished trying to destroy President Donald Trump - they've only just begun. Coup d'Etat blows the lid off the Deep State's efforts to prevent the Trump presidency, disrupt his agenda, and prevent his reelection.

Government aid doesn't always go where it's supposed to. Foster care agencies team up with companies to take disability and survivor benefits from abused and neglected children. States and their revenue consultants use illusory schemes to siphon Medicaid funds intended for children and the poor into general state coffers. Child support payments for foster children and families on public assistance are converted into government revenue. And the poverty industry keeps expanding.

Caso Navalnyj, l'ultima rivoluzione russa: Ora la Russia deve fare i conti con i diritti umani, di Maurizio Molinari; La Russia in piazza per Navalnyj: "Ora basta corruzione, vogliamo un altro futuro", di Rosalba Castelletti; Cirillo, l'architetto di Putin: "Fiero di quella villa, ho celebrato l'estro italiano", di Paolo G. Brera; Russia, Dasha protesta con papà Navalnyj: "Ma in piazza non vado", di Rosalba Castelletti.