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Paul Ryan Sees His Wild Washington Journey Coming to An End
He felt he was ‘made for this moment.’ But now, on the verge of achieving his long-sought legislative dream, he’s got his eyes on the exits. By Tim Alberta, Rachael Bade.
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CBA admits 53,000 breaches of money laundering rules, expects more charges
Investors are bracing for a share market reaction after the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) admitted it breached Australia's money laundering and counter-terrorism regulations and indicated more charges could be brought against it. Months after Australia's money laundering regulator, AUSTRAC, launched legal action against CBA, Australia's biggest bank has admitted it breached statutory disclosure laws more than 53,000 times.
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Yes, Net Neutrality Is Being Stolen From Us in a Fucked Up, Undemocratic Heist
This is a looting by telecom monopolists and an FCC commissioner who has shown no interest in engaging with the American people. By Jason Koebler. (Dec 13, 2017)
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All Politics is Local
As is the case with everything that Trump touches, the entire hustle is about the money. By Adele M. Stan.
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Open primaries? Democratic establishment bars anyone who challenges an incumbent from using the party’s Votebuilder database
Denying a modern candidate this database is a hamstringing move, virtually guaranteeing their failure. By Cory Doctorow.
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Thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv to accuse Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of corruption
Thousands of Israelis protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday for the second consecutive week against government corruption and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is under criminal investigation over allegations of abuse of office. Police estimated the number of demonstrators at about 10,000 and they followed last Saturday’s demonstration, by far the largest of ongoing weekly anti-corruption protests when an estimated 20,000 people participated.
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Wells Fargo sanctions are on ice under Trump official - sources
The new acting head of the U.S. consumer finance watchdog is reviewing whether Wells Fargo & Co should pay tens of millions of dollars over alleged mortgage lending abuse, according to three sources familiar with the dispute. By Patrick Rucker, Pete Schroeder.
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Republicans Are Looting the Treasury While They Still Can
Republicans know a backlash is coming, and they’re making the most of their power while they have it. By Joshua Holland.
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Dasvidaniya, Donna Brazile, the Dismal Dollar Democrat
To say that Brazile brings an insiders’ view to the 2016 election is an understatement. By Paul Street.
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Vote yes on GOP tax reform, and let the cash start trickling down!
GOP tax reform bill may be voted on this week. By Rex Huppke.
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Who’s Afraid of the DNC?
It took all of five minutes for Tom Perez to quote Hamilton. By Jacob Silverman.
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William Binney: the Struggles of ‘a Good American’
A new documentary tells the story of William Binney and his fight to get the federal bureaucracy to respect the U.S. Constitution. By James DiEugenio.
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A Mafia State Within a Totalitarian Society
Reflections on Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin from the writer Masha Gessen, whose new book about Russia won the 2017 National Book Award for nonfiction. By Adrienne LaFrance.
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Ba®a©k Obama: The First Bank President™
One of the very first meetings Obama had at the White House was with an array of banking executives where he hosted the thieves of Wall Street for a state dinner instead of locking them up in the gulags. By Teodrose Fikre.
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FCC will also order states to scrap plans for their own net neutrality laws
Double win for ISPs: No more net neutrality, and state laws will be preempted. By Jon Brodkin.
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The Plot to Loot America’s Wilderness
A little-known bureaucrat named James Cason is reshaping the Department of the Interior. By Adam Federman.
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Nashville narcotics officer caught stealing $5K in cash during sting operation
Metro Nashville Police said one of its own narcotics detectives was caught stealing more than $5K in cash during a sting operation at a motel on Wednesday and decommissioned. According to the MNPD, Special Investigations Division Narcotics Sgt. James Dunaway was caught pocketing the cash after he went to a motel with other officers for a drug investigation. Police said MNPD Chief Steve Anderson set up the room with $28,000 cash, four pounds of marijuana and undercover cameras for the sting operation.
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Why the Anti-Corruption Drive in Saudi Arabia is Doomed to Fail
The problem in resource-rich states is that corruption is not marginal to political power, but central to acquiring it and keeping it. By Patrick Cockburn.
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Green Beret Discovered SEALs’ Illicit Cash. Then He Was Killed
The story surrounding the slaying of Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar keeps unraveling, starting with the SEALs-turned-suspects’ assertion that the soldier was drunk the night he died. By Kevin Maurer, Spencer Ackerman.
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Paradise Looted: How Sicily Became Ungovernable
Italy's poorest region, Sicily, is the country's problem child. Now it has elected a new government. To fix the island, it will have to overcome corruption and widespread Mafia control - and figure out how to convince its population not to leave. By Walter Mayr.
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