Mastodawn

#tRump learns that [unlike him] not everyone has a price
"Trump's been irreverent abt #Americans captured/maimed in te line of service.. #GOP's made up of once-proud wo/men who #abased themselves to him in ret for #highoffice.. how often Trump's seen pple forfeit their ideals under duress.. If Trump had true believers ar him, might at least gain insight into how foreign govts think. Instead he has likes of #Vance, fmr moderate turned #hardright when it became convenient"🤦‍♂️
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/trump-learns-that-not-everyone-has-a-price

Trump learns that not everyone has a price

The great cynic did not expect Iran to fight out of conviction. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Joseph Lim

Oct 3, 2024

Imho, as much a rebuke of a meek AGC as it is the corrupt minister⚖️

'Manifestly inadequate': Judge on why Iswaran received a year in #jail instead of shorter #sentence
"Justice Hoong also said tt "trust & confidence in #public #institutions r the bedrock of effective #governance, which can be easily undermined by a public servant who falls below e standards of #integrity & #accountability." .. holders of #highoffice will hv a larger resultant impact on e public interest"
https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/manifestly-inadequate-judge-why-iswaran-received-year-jail-instead-shorter-sentence

'Manifestly inadequate': Judge on why Iswaran received a year in jail instead of shorter sentence

In the end, neither the prosecution nor the defence got what they argued for regarding the sentence for the five charges former Transport Minister S Iswaran was convicted for on Sept 24. The defence, led by Senior Counsel Davinder Singh, asked for no more than eight weeks' jail, while the prosecution, led by Deputy Attorney-General Tai Wei Shyong, pushed for...

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