corruption
A prime locale to talk bribery, suspect campaign funding, and all other instances of political corruption. The shadier, the better.
Alaska Should Have 19 Senators
» KEY POINTS In order to balance power in the Senate, each State and Territory should receive a set of Senators in relation to their population and another set in relation to the amount of land they control. The Senate should increase in membership while the House of Representatives should shrink. All members of Congress should be elected on 4-year cycles that expire in the middle of Presidential terms, resulting in country-wide federal elections every 2 years.
Entitled Career Politicians
“Lastly, to the disruptors and protesters…in their own words, I yield the rest of my time and fuck you.” - Former City Council Member Paul Koretz
Carl J. PetersenPublished about a year ago in The SwampQatar World Cup: rigging, bribery, corruption
In 2015 bribery scandal and corruption at FIFA made the headlines. Since 2010 operations at FIFA and world cup bidding were already under scrutiny FIFA became synonymous with vote rigging, bribery, corruption when Qatar bagged 2022 world cup hosting rights Qatar won the bid against USA, Australia, Japan, South Korea ...
Ghana's Attack on Journalists & Freedom of Speech
Accra, Ghana, the U.S. Ambassador to Ghana in an interview spoke about Ghana's decline in freedoms of speech. In turn the lack of freedom of the press for Ghanian journalists, the interviewer sites her claims as being from 2021. When the year 2022 has seen violence & arrests towards journalists.
IwriteMywrongsPublished about a year ago in The SwampHow We Can Have Actual Representation in Government
» KEY POINTS The House of Representatives should be elected directly by the people through proportional voting for Political Parties. The Federal Government needs to get out of the business of defining what is a Political Party in order to break the Democrat/Republican oligopoly. 4.4 million people living in the Territories should have just as many rights to representation as those living in States.
Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud, New York jury finds
A jury in New York found the Trump Organization guilty of the crime of tax evasion in a harsh reprimand from the former US president's company.
Yes, Congress Really is a Bunch of Old, Rich, White, Christian, Hetero, Misaligned Men
» KEY POINTS Congress does not reflect the American people in the most fundamental and even superficial ways. Political alignment, gender/sexuality, race, religion, age, earnings, net worth, and education of Congresspeople do not even come close to the electorate. There is no amount of law, policy, redistricting, quota filling, or any other method that can change the current situation.
Twitter is Allowing A General To Threaten a Sovereign Nation In The Name of Free Speech
This first series of unprovoked tweet came on 3 October 2022. It was followed up by a series of odd tweets from the account of General Kainerugaba. Muhoozi Kainerugaba is the son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni who's retained power over the country for 36 year.
IwriteMywrongsPublished about a year ago in The SwampWinner Takes All is a Losers System
» KEY POINTS An elected official in the House of Representatives or the Senate cannot cover the will of all their constituents. Their only concern is getting just enough votes to beat their opponents, not actually being the voice of many different people in Congress. Only by eliminating the "winner takes all" system of elections can every person have their views raised in the federal government.
- Top Story - November 2022
I’m Not Thankful To Be An American
Well, it’s Thanksgiving Weekend 2022. A day of family, friends, food, and thankfulness. I have a lot to be thankful for. I’m thankful for many things this year. One of the new ones for me is being thankful for being a writer. I couldn’t say the same last Thanksgiving. I’m thankful for the opportunity to write so many blogs and to make so many wonderful friends. It’s been awesome to have a voice these past 11 months.
Jason ProvencioPublished about a year ago in The Swamp Ghana's Anti-Gay Bill Will Jail Me For Not Wearing a Dress, Using My Vibrator & I'm Not Even Gay
Accra, the capital city of Ghana is filled with several thousand street children, according to 2019 statistics there are some 90-100,000 street children living in Ghana. Many living in the streets to escape sexual abuse, physical abuse, poverty and violence in their homes.
IwriteMywrongsPublished about a year ago in The Swamp- Top Story - November 2022
Congress: An Intentional Giant Mess from the Start
» KEY POINTS The House of Representatives is supposed to be the “Legislature of the People” and the Senate the “Legislature of the Land”. Neither are doing the job as intended. How did we get to this point and why is there no cure? No adjustment to legislative rules is going to fix a fundamentally broken system. We must Constitutionally overhaul how the Legislative Branch is set up in its entirety.