'Stop Cop City' petition campaign in limbo after signatures presented to Atlanta officials (video)

https://apnews.com/article/atlanta-cop-city-referendum-signatures-4b617a220807b6701c9f46745e4762c4

Officials from the City of Atlanta have refused to verify tens of thousands of signatures submitted by activists who have been trying for two years to stop the construction of a police and firefighter training center.

#Atlanta #citygovernment #corruption #profit #developers #military #contractors #militarizedpolice #processviolation #referrendum #publicdemand

UK & US: How the Oligarchies Posing as Democracies have Been Exposed

What went wrong with what were once touted as examples of democracies?

Short answer: neither the US nor UK is a democracy in name only

To serve the economic, social, security & welfare of all the people – is subordinated to what will play well enough for enough voters to ensure a governing party’s re-election

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/09/05/britain-and-the-us-how-the-oligarchies-posing-as-democracies-have-been-exposed/

#democracy #oligarchs #UK #America #elections #DemocracyTheatre #government #corruption

Austerity is a False Economy that has Brought the Britain’s Roof Crumbling Down

Collapsing school buildings has exposed how the Tories failed

It's the most obvious example of the reckless & self-defeating approach taken by the Tories

Since 2010 Tories have cut infrastructure spending as a share of GDP by a third

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/09/05/austerity-is-a-false-economy-that-has-brought-the-nations-roof-crumbling-down/

#BylineTimes #austerity #ToryLies #ToryIncompetence #UK #Tories #Britain #schools #buildings #ToryCorruption #corruption #concrete #Raac #corruption

"In the months before the US supreme court handed down Citizens United, the 2010 ruling which unleashed a flood of dark money into American politics, the wife of a conservative justice worked with a prominent rightwing activist and a mega-donor closely linked to her husband to form a group to exploit the decision."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/11/ginni-thomas-leonard-leo-harlan-crow-citizens-united-dark-money

#thieves #liars #sins #greed #ginnithomas #clarencethomas #LeonardLeo #supremecourt #corruption

"[Alito] says Congress has no authority to regulate the Supreme Court. The Constitution he allegedly reveres says otherwise. A lot. …

Wrong on the facts, wrong on the history, on the wrong side of honesty and ethical standards, Justice Alito and his colleagues need to be reined in."

~ Norman J. Ornstein

#Alito #SupremeCourt #corruption #ethics #Constitution

https://newrepublic.com/article/175403/samuel-alito-wrong-arrogant-supreme-court-ethics

The Ken Paxton #impeachment hearings are expected to wrap this week, but there's still a lot of ground to cover.

In this new update, our #Politics Reporter @justinmiller gets into the #corruption, the abuse of power, and a bible owned by Sam Houston: https://www.texasobserver.org/after-a-week-on-defense-ken-paxton-gets-the-floor/

#news #politics #USpol #Texas #TXlege #KenPaxton #Austin #RealEstate #GOP

Leo and Ginni - A story
featuring anonymous billionaires , now infamous Harlan Crowe, a SCOTUS justice, Citizens United, a Chief Justice who put a for sale sign on the SCOTUS , Sqee’s boof bud and your rights.
#corruption #graft #ethics #scotus #federalists #coup #Trump

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/10/ginni-thomas-leonard-leo-citizens-united-00108082

"A key question is now this: Did Leonard Leo use millions in nonprofit contributions in a conspiracy with others to illegally enrich himself and his friends, including the Thomases? (Narrator: Duh.)

~ Jay Kuo

#LeonardLeo #GinniThomas #SupremeCourt #corruption
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https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/what-about-ginni

And all of this is happening in the shadows, the dark, with no daylight shining in:

"The movement’s triumphs are now visible but its engine remains hidden: A billion-dollar network of groups, most of which are registered as tax-exempt charities or social welfare organizations. Taking advantage of gaps in disclosure laws, they shield the identities of most of their donors and some of the recipients of the funds."

A formula for corruption.

#LeonardLeo #GinniThomas #SupremeCourt #corruption
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Who's really running the country? Leonard Leo, Ginni Thomas, the corrupt Supremes they've bought, and their super-rich backers:

"From those early discussions among Leo, Thomas and Crow would spring a billion-dollar force that has helped remake the judiciary and overturn longstanding legal precedents on abortion, affirmative action and many other issues."

~ Heidi Przybyla

#LeonardLeo #GinniThomas #SupremeCourt #corruption
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https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/10/ginni-thomas-leonard-leo-citizens-united-00108082

Corruption is not in Chandrababu’s blood, says son Lokesh #Corruption #Chandrababu’s #Lokesh #socialnewsxyz

https://www.socialnews.xyz/2023/09/11/corruption-is-not-in-chandrababus-blood-says-son-lokesh/

Source: wikipedia, history of articles of incorporation in the US:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_association#History_of_corporations_in_the_United_States
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#corporations #corruption #ushistory

"The Delaware General Corporation Law: The statute itself is an enabling statute intended to permit corporations and their shareholders the maximum flexibility in ordering their affairs. As such, it does not purport to be a code of conduct. Indeed, it is written with a bias against regulation."
- from "Why Corporations Choose Delaware", a document produced by the Delaware Department of State

Full PDF here:
https://corpfiles.delaware.gov/whycorporations_web.pdf
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#Delaware #corporations #corruption #usa

Et moi, quand est-ce que je découvre que j'ai une vieille tante corrompue et un métier d'assistant parlementaire avec la rente qui va bien ?

#MAM #corruption

@david_weber
La liste est abyssale !
#corruption #Politique

…The application was approved 7 days before #ClarenceThomas joined the 5-4 majority on a decision that would open the door to a new era of major #spending on groups like the one his wife was forming. After putting up $500k, the lion’s share of her #nonprofit’s seed money, #HarlanCrow held an event for #GinniThomas at his palatial home in Dallas. The group later made clear its goal was disassembling President Barack #Obama’s agenda, mainly the #AffordableCareAct.

#DarkMoney #SCOTUS #Corruption

Many people trace the start of the #conservative #legal movement to 1982, the year of the founding of the #FederalistSociety, which provided a forum for #law students & profs w/conservative ideas to incubate their theories.

But the movement that has had such a profound impact on the courts today — one that involves #money & #politics, more than legal theories or principles — gained steam in the wake of the #CitizensUnited decision.

#DarkMoney #Influence #Corruption #Minoritarianism

Legal News

Here’s a good overview of the creepy intermingling of dark billionaire money, phony front groups, far-right extremists, and the United States Supreme Court

What Ginni Thomas and Leonard Leo wrought: How a justice’s wife and a key activist started a movement

Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, a trove of so-called “dark money” was about to be unleashed. Two activists prepared to seize the moment.

#scotus #corruption

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https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/10/ginni-thomas-leonard-leo-citizens-united-00108082

The timeline is damning.

“The 2010 Citizens United decision transformed politics. It loosened restrictions on campaign spending and unleashed a flow of anonymous donor money to groups run by political activists.

“In the months before the ruling, a group of conservative activists [including Virginia Thomas, Leonard Leo, and Harlan Crow] came together to create just such an organization."
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/10/ginni-thomas-leonard-leo-citizens-united-00108082
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#corruption #GOP #elections #impeach #SCOTUS

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/10/opinion/ukraine-war-corruption.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #Ukraine #corruption #capacityBuilding #anticorruption #policy