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The chief Washington correspondent for ABC News examines the turbulent final weeks and months of the Trump presidency and what it means for the future of the Republican Party.
As the reporter who has known Donald Trump longer than any other White House correspondent, Karl tells the story of Trump's downfall, complete with riveting behind-the-scenes accounts of some of the darkest days in the history of the American presidency. Packed with on-the-record...
2) Secret empires: how the American political class hides corruption and enriches family and friends
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Clinton Cash comes an explosive new political expose! In many parts of the world, the children of powerful political figures go into business and profit handsomely, not necessarily because they are good at it, but because people want to curry favor with their influential parents. This is a relatively new phenomenon in the U.S.; but for relatives of some prominent political families, we may already be talking...
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"The #1 bestselling author of Profiles in Corruption and Secret Empires, Peter Schweizer, is back with his next blockbuster. This time, the six-time bestselling author will expose how foreign governments influence Washington"--
That the Chinese government seeks to infiltrate American institutions is hardly surprising. Schweizer shows that a number of American elites are eager to help the Chinese dictatorship in its quest for global hegemony. He...
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"The true story of what took place in Donald Trump's White House during a disastrous 2020 has never before been told in full. What was really going on around the president, as the government failed to contain the coronavirus and over half a million Americans perished? Who was influencing Trump after he refused to concede an election he had clearly lost and spread lies about election fraud? To answer these questions, Phil Rucker and Carol Leonnig reveal...
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A history of American white male identity by the author of "So You Want to Talk About Race" imagines a merit-based, non-discriminating model while exposing the actual costs of successes defined by racial and sexual dominance. What happens to a country that tells generation after generation of white men that they deserve power? Oluo shows how, throughout the last 150 years of American history, white male supremacy has wrought devastating consequences...
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"CNN legal analyst Elie Honig analyzes how Attorney General William Barr has demolished norms and destroyed faith in the Department of Justice, turning one of the most apolitical and respected American institutions into a private law firm supporting and protecting its client: Donald Trump"--
Using his own experience as a prosecutor at the Department of Justice, Honig shows show how, as America's top law enforcement official, Bill Barr repeatedly...
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"The knockdown, drag-out, untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixon's White House, and reset the rules for crooked presidents to come-with new reporting that expands on Rachel Maddow's Peabody Award-nominated podcast. Is it possible for a sitting vice president to direct a vast criminal enterprise within the halls of the White House? To have one of the most brazen corruption scandals in American history play out while nobody's paying attention?...
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"A blistering exposé of the National Rifle Association, revealing its people, power, corruption, and ongoing downfall, from acclaimed NPR investigative reporter Tim Mak"--
Once a grassroots club dedicated to gun safety, the NRA ballooned into a powerful lobbyist organization that maintained an iron hold on gun legislation in America. The millions in small fees from members across the country funded hidden, lavish lifestyles of designer suits, private...
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In The Steal, veteran journalists Mark Bowden and Matthew Teague offer a week-by-week, state-by-state account of the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
In the sixty-four days between November 3 and January 6, President Donald Trump and his allies fought to reverse the outcome of the vote. Focusing on six states-Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin- Trump's supporters claimed widespread voter fraud. It was...
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"From Washington Post national investigative reporter Carol Leonnig and White House Bureau Chief Philip Rucker, both winners of the Pulitzer Prize, shocking new reporting on Donald Trump's unique presidency and its implications. Rucker and Leonnig have deep and unmatched sources throughout Washington, D.C., and for the past three years have chronicled in depth the ways President Donald Trump has reinvented the presidency in his own image, shaken foreign...
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Nigel Gann explains how English schools, provided by local councils and embedded in communities were, grabbed by an authoritarian government and handed to billionaire business owners. Administrators and academics with knowledge and understanding, built up over decades were, replaced by a new 'educational establishment' of hedge-fund investors and political cronies. Utilising the 'seven deadly sins' of corporatized schools, a new 'blob' turned a public...
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Este no sólo es un libro sobre el empresario de la política Eduardo Zaplana: es una crónica personal, irónica, ácida y descarnada sobre la construcción de una mayoría social que evolucionó a hegemonía política y derivó en un régimen que devastó la Comunitat Valenciana y sirvió de modelo para la España de la corrupción. Un sistema con raíces podridas y asentado sobre la anulación de la disidencia por inanición o compra con chequera...
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Corruption and greed goes hand to hand in Africa through those who had gone to fight for liberating the country Namibia. Once in power they plunder, steal and destroy the country and it`s resources through devious deals made with foreigners. We as a nation must become aware of they under hand methods and must enlighten each other to the fact of whats happening. That`s what this publication is about to informed the masses and open their eyes so that...
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La palabra "clientelismo" evoca de inmediato imágenes negativas, a tal punto que el discurso político y mediático la ha convertido en símbolo de uno de los principales males que la democracia moderna debe erradicar. Sin embargo, como muestra este libro, se trata de un fenómeno político y social de larga data, complejo y heterogéneo, un concepto indispensable para comprender cómo juegan las relaciones interpersonales en las diferentes escalas...
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Durante más de 25 años, políticos y empresarios valencianos han amasado auténticas fortunas mediante una corrupción generalizada, aparentemente impune. Pero las grabaciones de sus delatores y las escuchas policiales han puesto al descubierto su mezquindad. Del "estoy en política para forrarme" de los años noventa al "dos millones de pelas" de 2015, Sergi Castillo narra con un estilo periodístico, ágil y riguroso las diez grandes historias...
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Finally the truth about the YouTube video Hillary blamed for Benghazi. The last thing Hillary Clinton wants you to read is the truth about the infamous YouTube video she claimed sparked the Benghazi attacks. That's why Cindy Lee Garcia-the deceived actress from the video-is Hillary's worst nightmare. She woke up the day after the Benghazi attacks to see her face all over national television, with Hillary blaming her for the deaths of four Americans....
17) La participación comunitaria en la formulación del plan decenal de soberanía y seguridad alimenta
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La idea de innovación pública se desarrolla en la academia y en la práctica institucional del Estado de maneras diversas en diferentes partes del mundo. En América Latina la discusión es aún reciente. Por esta razón, el Laboratorio de Innovación en Gobernanza, Gestión y Políticas Públicas de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia se propuso activar la discusión alrededor de este tema para explorarlo de forma más profunda e invitar a nuevas...
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Happy to survive my disabilities, helping others say no to drugs, and earning the nickname from my family, The Crusader for justice. Mom calls me the one-man wrecking crew against corruption.
Sad- losing everything my parents and I worked for due to friends of corrupt elected officials in law and judicial system lying about me.
Natural disasters. Some people get help, but corruption there is no help.
Serious- being, mistreated by friends and family...
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¿Cómo generar una cultura laboral sustentada en integridad y ética? El ser humano es ambicioso por naturaleza, consecuentemente desea poseer riqueza y poder, pero esta ambición natural no justifica el uso de medios ilegales ni el abuso del poder o autoridad para obtenerles. Cuando el individuo utiliza medios nocivos para alcanzar sus fines, se convierte en corrupto, en criminal. Evitar que las personas saquen provecho indebido de sus puestos de...
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The death of Dr. David Kelly in 2003 remains one of the most mysterious episodes in recent British political history. This scrupulous scientist, an expert on weapons of mass destruction, was caught up in the rush to war in Iraq and by pressure of those around Tony Blair to provide evidence that Saddam Hussein was producing chemical weapons. Kelly seemed to have tipped into sudden depression when he was outed as a source by Andrew Gilligan and found...
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