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A chilling exposé of corporate corruption and government cover-ups, this account of a nationwide child-trafficking and pedophilia ring in the United States tells a sordid tale of corruption in high places. The scandal originally surfaced during an investigation into Omaha, Nebraska's failed Franklin Federal Credit Union that went beyond the Midwest, ultimately to Washington, DC.

An aging judge about to step down. Aggressive prosecutors friendly with the judge. A disgraced president. A nation that had already made up its mind. The Watergate trials were a legal mess-and now, with the discovery of new documents that reveal shocking misconduct by prosecutors and judges alike, former Nixon staffer Geoff Shepard has a convincing case that the wrongdoing of these history-making trials was actually a bigger scandal than the Watergate scandal itself.

Why do conservatives have such a hard time winning the economic debate in the court of public opinion? Simple, George Gilder says: Conservatives misunderstand economics almost as badly as liberals do. Republicans have been running on tax cut proposals since the era of Harding and Coolidge without seriously addressing the key problems of a global economy in decline. Enough is enough.

Politicians, government officials, lobbyists, party officials, and others have been accused - and some prosecuted - of various illegal, corrupt, or unethical practices throughout the years. Political Scandals includes speeches from the accused and the accusers in the political arena. Produced by the Speech Resource Company and fully narrated by Robert Wikstrom....

Sceptical and critical discussion about UK and world climate and energy politics from Climate Debate UK

The recent royal wedding in Norway is generating quite the buzz, and not for the reasons you’d expect from your run-of-the-mill fairy tale. While royal weddings are typically regal affairs, brimming with centuries-old tradition and dripping in jewels, this one threw a curveball that even seasoned royal watchers didn’t see coming. Enter Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and her fiancé, Durek Verrett, a self-proclaimed "shaman" whose Instagram bio could easily be mistaken for the plot of a Netflix original series. Their upcoming nuptials are not only shaking up the Norwegian monarchy but ...

They adore her in Manhattan. They worship her in Hollywood. They idolize her in the liberal media. But out in the real world are those of us who see through her lies about her husband, reject her socialist economics, and despise her radical social agenda. We are the members of what Hillary Clinton described as a "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy", and at VRWC headquarters, we've been keeping a file on her.

Podcast series charting the #IPP prisoner scandal. Listen on #Acast #ApplePodcasts #Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Today there are over 2,500 people trapped in British prisons on the now abolished indeterminate IPP (Imprisonment for Public Protection) sentence, many for minor crimes like stealing a mobile phone. None of them know when they are getting out, or whether their IPP sentence could mean life in prison. To date, 95 IPP serving prisoners, with a lack of certainty and losing hope, have taken their own lives. The IPP has been called a ‘stain on the British justice system...

It's time to discover Canada’s most jaw-dropping scandals and crimes with Shady Eh-F, a darkly humorous podcast that unearths the country's wildest and most notorious moments in history. Hosted by Jeff Walker, a lifelong Canadian who loves learning about the nation’s hidden skeletons, and his American co-host Grace Todd, who’s about to get a crash course on just how shady Canadian history can get, Shady Eh-F is a thrilling blend of shocking revelations and comedic commentary.Each episode dives deep into scandalous events and notorious figures, alternating between the heavy and the ...