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TheBadPlaceThe New Republic | Will the Supreme Court Make Bribery Even Easier? by Matt Ford
If you want to see the dire state of American anti-corruption efforts, look no further than the Supreme Court’s docket. No fewer than three state and local officials are begging the justices to overturn their criminal convictions for various corruption-related offenses. Joining some of their pleas are three public-corruption defendants who had their cases tossed by the justices as well.
At issue here is whether otherwise lawful campaign donations to a candidate can amount to quid pro quo bribery. Prosecutors and juries in these cases answered that question in the affirmative, as did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. But the Supreme Court may opt to use one or all of the cases to further bulldoze the government’s ability to police corruption among public officials.
All three of the active petitioners are Ohio officials—two of whom were participants in the Ohio nuclear bribery scandal a few years ago, and one who was convicted of more pedestrian corruption charges. We’ll start with the boring one since it is more helpfully illustrative of the unsavory dynamic that these officials want to protect.
Read more: https://newrepublic.com/article/208078/supreme-court-roberts-bribery-corruption
Michaela W.Und wenn Trump die Wünsche seiner großzügigen Sponsoren (Saudis, Qatar etc) erfüllt - Gedanke von Timothy Snyder und Rachel Maddow - und die US - Armee als Söldnertruppe einsetzt? Immerhin erhielt der US-Präsident von den arabischen Staaten ein großes Flugzeug, zwei Milliarden US$ für Schwiegersohn Kuschner und Investitionen in seine Kryptowährung. Wenn also dieser Krieg die Gegenleistung für diese "Geschenke" ist? #IranWar #Korruption #krieg #Iran #quidproquo
Kim PeralesIMM enf🚨has evolved into a rapidly growing Mult$B IND profits: dictates policy/enf priorities.
Many of the cos securing contracts➡️some of: lgest donors🚨to Trump’s elect campaign +lobbied Cong to triple #ICE’s budget. Sys: incentivizes: #QuidProQuo.
Eisenhower *warned of MIL-IND complex. If he were alive *might warn of the IMM IND complex.
Much like a MIL propped up by mercenaries, an IMM sys reliant on profit-driven prv actors:🚨<oversight💔>abuse...
#DHS #Torture #USPol
https://inkstickmedia.com/the-us-immigration-industrial-complex-is-a-threat-to-everyone/
Alt EvilThis makes any moronic rumors MAGA made about Hunter Biden look like child's play!
https://thegodlessliberal.blogspot.com/2026/02/abu-dhabi-spy-sheik-signed-deal-to-buy.html
WIST QuotationsRich people show their appreciation through favors. When everyone you know has more money than they know what to do with, money stops being a useful transactional tool. So instead you offer favors. Deals. Quid pro quos. Things that involve personal involvement rather than money. Because when you’re that rich, your personal time is your limiting factor.
John Scalzi (b. 1969) American writer
Lock In, ch. 3 [Shane] (2014)
More about this quote: wist.info/scalzi-john/35293/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #scalzi #johnscalzi #lockin #cost #deal #exchange #favor #involvement #money #onepercent #price #quidproquo #rich #service #transaction #wealth #wealthy
Scalzi, John - Lock In, ch. 3 [Shane] (2014) | WIST Quotations
Rich people show their appreciation through favors. When everyone you know has more money than they know what to do with, money stops being a useful transactional tool. So instead you offer favors. Deals. Quid pro quos. Things that involve personal involvement rather than money. Because when you're that rich,…
Daniel A. A.Aquí Mew ha decidido que como he tenido el detalle de venir a ponerle comida a cambio me va llenar de pelos blancos la sudadera #quidproquo
CapitalmindAn analysis of 2025 US tariff policy alleges a clear #quidproquo pattern. Companies like JBS (donated $5m), Ford, GM, & big tech CEOs (donated $1m each) received specific tariff exemptions after inaugural donations. Meanwhile, sectors like soybean farmers, lacking such leverage, faced permanent market loss. The report argues policy chaos is a mechanism to extract payments & loyalty, reorganising government around personal gain over public need. #TradePolicy #Trump #Corruption
🚨The Trump admin's 1st sale of Venezuelan oil is valued at $500M.
The sale marks an initial milestone in the admin’s "stewardship" of VZ after the US ouster of Maduro 11 days ago. Trump:🚨US would effectively run VZ for an indeterminable amt of time & take control of up to 50M barrels of its oil — marketing & selling it while distributing the proceeds back to VZ.⁉️
#THEFT: from #Venezuela, a sov nation➡️UKN amt of💰➡️Trump's Qatarian acct, a #QuidProQuo‼️
#Corruption #USPol https://www.semafor.com/article/01/14/2026/us-gets-first-500-million-venezuelan-oil-deal-holding-some-proceeds-in-qatar
Brian VitelloInvestigate Trump's Foreign Ties
