How Bribes Allegedly Killed Long-Planned McGuinness Boulevard Safety Upgrades

Owners of a Greenpoint business were able to jettison public safety upgrades on McGuinness with cash payments and favors, indictments allege.

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2/ Adjacent to #crony #capitalism and eventually #authoritarianism. This nation-specific approach ignore people. It is all about "who is the king of the castle." Can we actually focus on real #development irrespective of #borders?

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/developing-countries-a-follow-up

"#developing #countries should promote #productivity growth through #exports — use the financial system and other incentives to push companies to sell overseas, and to temporarily subsidize exporters in order to discover national champions."

Adjacent to #crony #capitalism and eventually #authoritarianism. This nation-specific approach ignore people. It is all about "who is the king of the castle."

Can we actually focus on real #development irrespective of #borders?

Developing countries: A follow-up

Checking in on some countries I wrote about a few years back.

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Trump administration removes Democratic members of credit union watchdog

The Trump administration has fired two Democratic board members from the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the officials said Wednesday. Todd...

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Ah! The twin towers of #idiocy making their #stupidity and #corruption known again. Let's replace a #government agency with a private one, #reinvent the wheel and give gobs of money to my #crony here with even less #oversight. My head hurts over this filth's #lies and #dishonesty.

#corruptGOP #CorruptToTheCore #TraitorGOP #TraitorMAGA #TellMeWhatToSay #USPolitics #CronyCapitalism #idiot

https://www.ksl.com/article/51284308/mike-lee-introduces-bill-to-abolish-the-tsa

Mike Lee introduces bill to abolish the TSA

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is renewing efforts to fully eliminate the Transportation Security Administration, accusing the federal agency of inefficiency and invading travelers' privacy.

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Crony capitalism - Wikipedia

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even still, when the signs pile up that they're fucked under #trump, their #plutocrat controlled #media will tell them it's the fault of #democrats because {insert hilarious bullshit here}

and they will believe it

and while the #economy goes into the shitter, and/ or the deficit explodes to pay for #crony plutocrat sleaze, they will report the economy is much better under trump

they are utterly mind-controlled zombies

"The dying frog asks the scorpion why it stung despite knowing the consequence, to which the scorpion replies: "I am sorry, but I couldn't help myself. It's my character."

"Bezos, who didn’t get along with the President-elect before, recently said he feels “optimistic” about his second term - The Verge

#Amazon #Billionaires #Crony

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/8/24316226/jeff-bezos-is-dining-with-donald-trump

Jeff Bezos is dining with Donald Trump.

The Verge
Hungary's far right Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visits Trump in Mar-a-Lago after NATO summit

Hungary's nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, traveled to Florida and met with former President Donald Trump following the NATO summit in Washington.

CBS News
Steve Bannon must report to prison by Monday after Supreme Court rejects last-minute appeal

Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon must report to prison by Monday after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute appeal on contempt of Congress charges.

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