The holiday season is a special time of year for Americans of all faith traditions. The arrival of Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year’s brings good cheer and joy to family, friends, and even perfect strangers. Above all, it is for many a time of reflection on the miracles that define the meaning of human existence in…
Category: Bribery
Trump's projection reaches absurd new heights with latest swipe at Nancy Pelosi
Four days ago, Rep. Mark Meadows posted this video of Nancy Pelosi while absurdly claiming that Donald Trump never attempted to bribe anyone. Because it wasn’t true https://t.co/YKb51C6CIN — Mark Meadows (@MarkMeadows) December 13, 2019 Okay, fine. Clearly, Trump did try to bribe Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by dangling foreign aid in front of him while…
White collar crime expert: Trump's latest pardon offer may be criminal bribery
So did you hear the one about the president who dangled pardons in front of people in order to more quickly get his vanity wall project built? Hilarious, right? The White House claimed it was a joke, anyway. (Your president is an irretrievably corrupt sack of suet and rage who comports himself like a mob…
Extortion. White House edition.
That’s a nice merger you got there. Be a pity if anything happened to it. Don Cornholeone The Birdcage Papers The story that Rachel Maddow and David Fahrenthold told last night was too simple to be news, but too stupid to be comedy. To briefly recap, in its first 17 months of operation, a grand…
Trump's DOJ – It's Not an Emolument Because We Say It's Not An Emolument.
x “Like the venerable Sen. Clay Davis, the President may simply walk away with their money and give nothing in return. Sheeeeit.” — Thomas Ursinus (@thomas_ursinus) December 17, 2018 x Me to my 7yo: It is with mere subjective hope that this cookie I offer to you for cleaning your room will transform into future…
Likudniks overpromise Knesset chairs. “Unity” possible. OC Rabbi pleads guilty to bribing their FBI
The Holy Land has its problems. One big one, if we're going to be honest about this, is is that the Jewish community in Israel is plagued with dishonesty. During the run up to the March 17th election, Likud's promises for cabinet positions and sub-positions involved the usual imprecisions. But the promises for who was…
