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Americans, this is your chance to slap down the tech broligarchs

The midterms will be a referendum on the GOP’s alignment with tech overlords over the public they’re meant to serve Welcome back to How We Win, a Guardian opinion series with leading thinkers, offering bold ideas for America’s political future. Last week, Robert Reich highlighted the link between corruption and affordability . Today’s edition was written…

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The Guardian· Oct 20, 7:16 PMAmericans, this is your chance to slap down the tech broligarchs

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Watch: U2's Bono Attacks Christians and Jews for Supporting DOGE's Anti-Corruption CutsU2 front man Bono is attacking Christians and Jews who have supported Elon Musk and President Donald Trump's efforts to cut wasteful and fraudulent government spending with the efforts of Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The post Watch: U2’s Bono Attacks Christians and Jews for Supporting DOGE’s Anti-Corruption Cuts appeared first on…

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Vance warned to 'tune in' to Trump hearings after he blows off corruption accusationsAfter stating in a second interview in a week that he sees no evidence of Donald Trump personally cashing in on his presidency, Vice President JD Vance was warned he may want to rethink his defense. In an interview with Mark Halperin, Vance stated, “What I would say is I don't think there's evidence that the Trump family has become enriched by politics .…

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6 bombshells unearthed as squashed FBI congressional corruption probe comes to lightA bombshell report from ProPublica published Tuesday shed light on a previously unreported FBI corruption probe into several lawmakers, one that unearthed several stunning revelations involving a bipartisan group of congressmen. Here are six of the most significant discoveries from ProPublica’s reporting. 1. Lindsey Graham allegedly demanded $40,000 for…

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How Trump’s FBI purge saved Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn from a bribery investigationOn March 3, 2020, Sen. Lindsey Graham walked into a private dining room at Charlie Palmer Steak in Washington, D.C. Graham’s time was expensive. He was meeting with two executives and a lobbyist from a Hawaiian naval defense contractor called Navatek. And he had required them to commit to $40,000 in campaign contributions for a 45-minute meeting.…

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Ramaswamy's called out for sketchy ethics omissions as outrage over new ad growsA video attacking Democrat Amy Acton in Ohio’s governor’s race lacks the “paid for” tags political ads normally carry, and no one has said who made it, HuffPost reported on Tuesday. The video, a little over a minute long, features Acton’s mother, Donna Arthur, calling her daughter a “liar” and telling voters not to support her. HuffPost says it isn’t…

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MAGA lawyer's new 'corruption' scandal sends jaws to the floor: 'So rampant'A new bombshell corruption story published by The New York Times on Tuesday detailed how the family of a billionaire seeking a pardon from the Trump administration gave a $50 million deal to Alina Habba, a far-right lawyer involved in many of the president's personal dealings and who had briefly headed up the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey before…

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