#governmental corruption

[theweeklyshowwithjonstewart]

Democracy Under Threat

Despite what cable news may have you believe, Fuckface von Clownstick is not the sole threat to our democracy. This week, we’re peeling back the rhetoric and taking a look at where the vulnerabilities in our institutions lie. In conversation with Jane Mayer, chief Washington correspondent for The New Yorker magazine and Noah Bookbinder, President of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Jon explores the roots of our democratic dysfunction. From ever-multiplying dark money to shark tanking ideas for tax transparency, this episode has it all. Plus, hear from producers of the pod and get a taste for what you can expect in episodes to come! Fact Check: Jane Mayer mentions that Jon said the FEC is about as useless as male nipples. It was, in fact, Jordan Klepper who said this.

Jon Stewart on Who Writes Legislation and Passing the PACT Act

Jon Stewart recalls an experience where a bipartisan group of congresspeople agreed on his proposal to support veterans suffering from toxic exposures but asked him to write the legislation! This leads Jon, Jane Mayer, and Noah Bookbinder to dive into the vulnerabilities in our democracy.

[ahb-writes]

"Who is more the thief: the government that preys on its people, or those who must become thieves in order to survive?"

"Xiang" (A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee)

[old-skyguy]

I'm halfway through FMA: Brotherhood and I'm absolutely obsessed with it. if you know anything about me, you know I am also very much an Ace Attorney fan and I have a habit of assigning characters in new shows I like their own AA alignments and I just had to share this.

Bonus: wow! Cute workplace ship! I sure hope nothing bad happens to them!! :D

(no spoilers)

[jonsnowunemploymentera]

I’m sorry but the best Jon Snow AUs are those where he is some sort of civil servant. I always see people headcannon him as ROTC/soldier or cop but I think they kind of miss the mark. GRRM has steadily been moving away from the traditional warrior archetype with Jon and more into the counts-pebbles ruler type. So the cannon compliant AUs are the ones where he ends up as some sort of government official. Maybe he could be a city hall manager or an ombudsman. He could be a state representative or maybe even a senator. Let me remind people that he’s the only elected leader in the series. AU!Jon Snow would totally be the extremely competent but also extremely depressed congressional representative from like, idk, Alaska.

[comehithercornking]

People are sometimes so quick to forgive historical figures with the argument of them being a “product of their times” and saying we know better now. So like. Where are the people who know better now? They certainly aren’t in our governments, because if we knew better Israel wouldn’t be committing genocide with the support of multiple world leaders. This is no different from the displacement and genocide of the Native American people, the Inuit, the Aboriginal Australians—I could literally go on and on. The only difference between us and our ancestors is that our weapons of mass destruction are more effective.

[solipseismic]

writing a whole book on How Bad this Specific Thing Is you would think i know a lot about how bad the thing is but then i look up one (1) news article about a specific event and i get to go Oh Wow. Yeah That's Very Bad? That's Very Bad. all over again

[natbplease]

actually while we're talking garages do you guys want to see my cd ideas

that was a rhetorical question btw. here they are <3

[stardustto-dust]

Shout out to my college for cancelling one of my modules, putting me in a module for a subject I don't do, and when my classmates and I complained about it, sending us an email saying "don't worry, we'll lie about it on your official record :)".

[fated-normal-767]

definitely posted this before but. well I don’t care. #girl

[glimpseofsanity]

Que ridiculez de país.

[thisusernamewasntavailable]

Most, if not all politicians these days, as well as CEOs and big corporations are never ever acting in your best interest. They act on their integrity to one another. Not on the integrity they should feel towards the people they represent, that voted them. And to be frank...i am frustrated and feed up with those people not giving a flying fuck about our peoples future because money will always shine brighter to them

[terpia]

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[uhhh-justcallmegabe]

I want a mini game in hades 2 just likes this. It seems like you’re gonna have to fight him for some reason but then you have the explain ordinary everyday things to Zag, like pizza and taxes

[arewelemmings]

Priority

Priority

I yearn to be someone's priority. But I don't see that as me being selfish. Why? Simple.

I'm not alone in this. I want myself and many others with me to be someone's priority. Who's priority? That doofus I voted for, along with many others voting for them, that won the election but still won't represent me and work on my behalf, or the behalf of all of us who cast ballots, thus granting them their distinguished positions.

It's not selfish to demand accountability of the people you elect to work for you in governmental positions. Or, did we forget that, once elected, they work for us, the voters.

Whether local govenrment, county, state or federal, there are many individuals who get voted into office and use their positions for reasons that have nothing to do with helping those who cast the votes to get them there. We can't just cast votes and forget about these people. We have to watch them to see if they keep their campaign promises, or if they go running off to do things quite different from the reasons why we elected them. If they're not working for us, we should vote them out, and replace them with new people in office, again and again until we get good people in office who will do as they say when they're stumping for our votes.

This is the power of the people in a democracy. A democracy is designed to allow the people this power and more. When the people we elect try to cancel this power of the people, they are attempting to destroy democracy from within. We can't let them get away with this.

Keep an eye on what your elected officials do, and how that affects the general population, how it affects you. Then, reevaluate who you're voting for and why. You should vote for those who will do their jobs in a way that makes you their priority. Vote smart.

[cranberrysaucebauce]

If you write off MGRP as a madoka clone I’m stealing something from your house

[wilwheaton]

Republicans are not the victors of a tumultuous campaign week that saw President Joe Biden flub his first debate and former President Donald Trump win a landmark Supreme Court ruling — the oligarchy is, a new analysis contends. Slate writers Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern presented an alternative Wednesday to the predominant political narrative that Biden’s campaign is nosediving while a newly disciplined Trump reaps the benefit. Rather than look at the face of the political parties, they raise the specter of Supreme Court rulings they say demonstrate a cataclysmic governmental shift. “Make no mistake about it,” the pair write, “When a court that has been battered by near-weekly reports of undisclosed oligarch-funded vacations (and gifts and super yachts and tricked out RVs and secret conferences with high-paying Koch supporters getting access to justices) decides to make it easier to bribe public officials—as it did in Snyder v. U.S.—that’s a very public signal that the conservative supermajority does not care what you think.”

'Make no mistake about it': Op-ed warns an elite 'supermajority' has already won 2024

The thoroughly corrupt MAGA 6 must be impeached and removed from the court. Democrats must take off the gloves, and fight as dirty as the other side. Literally everything is at stake.