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#selfdealing

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Bohemian Peasant<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hard.blue/@seatek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>seatek</span></a></span> </p><p>It’s hard for me to understand the massive amount of public sector <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/CORRUPTION" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CORRUPTION</span></a> that Americans think is acceptable. </p><p>Why do so many people consider <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a>, <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a>, <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/selfdealing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfdealing</span></a>, <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/graft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graft</span></a>, and other <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/corrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corrupt</span></a> actions by the regime and its supporters to be okay? Is it just widespread <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/cynicism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cynicism</span></a> or something else?</p><p>Why are people not outraged anymore about the <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/dishonesty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dishonesty</span></a> of public servants?</p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/publiccorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publiccorruption</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a></p>
jackhutton 🇺🇸<p>[Wired]: The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X</p><p>The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned. By Zoë Schiffer, April 11, 2025</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/social-security-administration-regional-office-elon-musk-x/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/social-securit</span><span class="invisible">y-administration-regional-office-elon-musk-x/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/selfdealing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfdealing</span></a></p>
I finally put something in my bio @snarky-op<p>💥💥Trump Plans Executive Order to Make Bribery Great Again💥💥 "Donald Trump has a twisted plan to make bribery legal—and line his own pockets." <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CORRUPTION" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CORRUPTION</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Graft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Graft</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ConflictsOfInterest" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConflictsOfInterest</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SelfDealing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SelfDealing</a> <a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/191363/trump-executive-order-bribery-foreign-officials-legal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">newrepublic.com/post/191363/...</a> via <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/newrepublic.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@newrepublic.com</a><br><br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/191363/trump-executive-order-bribery-foreign-officials-legal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump Plans Executive Order to...</a></p>
Paul Schoe<p>In addition to Europe spending more in support of Ukraine, much of the support from the USA stays in the USA. </p><p>It is paid to American manufacturers in the weapons industry. It results in American jobs.</p><p>Even money that Europe provides, is used to purchase American weapon systems.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@ManyRoads" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ManyRoads</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Support</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfDealing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfDealing</span></a></p>
p2173<p>what a surprise - the <a href="https://norcal.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> cares not wit for self dealing rules. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/us/politics/trump-conservative-partnership-institute-funds.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/05/06/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-conservative-partnership-institute-funds.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://norcal.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://norcal.social/tags/SelfDealing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfDealing</span></a> <a href="https://norcal.social/tags/charityLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charityLaw</span></a></p>
jackhutton 🇺🇸<p>[The New Yorker] Even Before His Trial, the N.R.A.’s Wayne LaPierre Was a Fraud<br>The pro-gun group’s former leader used the organization’s funds to enrich himself and those close to him. But the deception went much deeper.<br>By Mike Spies</p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/wayne-lapierre-nra-trial-verdict-self-dealing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/news/news-desk/w</span><span class="invisible">ayne-lapierre-nra-trial-verdict-self-dealing</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nra</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/waynelapierre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waynelapierre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/selfdealing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfdealing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phony</span></a></p>
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