| 单词 | crony |
| 例句 | Haskell was perfectly capable of convincing himself that he was the genius making the Dregs prosper, especially if one of his cronies was whispering in his ear. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Soon after the grand jury proceedings began, in early January, one of Hale’s cronies—a pastor—was charged with committing perjury on the stand. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Like the innovative bloodbaths of Scythe Goddard and his killer cronies. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Next came two scarred, silent men who seemed to be cronies of some far-off warlord, and then the five assassins. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “This town was built by Mayor Carr and his politician cronies. You willing to give your life for some rich man’s delusions?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Benches and chairs along the two walls were crowded with men from the town, with here and there a sharp-faced woman, cronies of Good- wife Cruff. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z You’d of thought God was an old crony of his instead of somebody who could strike you down dead if He had a mind to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z By that time, it seemed the She Elephant and her cronies did not intend to harm them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But climbing was unlike golf or tennis or the various other pastimes that consumed his cronies. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Harry and his cronies would have been thrilled beyond words if they knew Conor was bleeding. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Dana and his cronies customarily occupied the back rows and seldom bothered the kids sitting up near the driver. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The government harassed civilians until they fled the fertile valleys—land the government began distributing to its cronies. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z No one liked him except for his few shuck cronies. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Senator Trueba continued to live there, but he stopped inviting his friends and political cronies. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Keeley and his cronies went on to win the game and the grand prize. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z During the Harding administration, in the early 1920s, the Justice Department had been packed with political cronies and unscrupulous officials, among them the head of the bureau: William Burns, the infamous private eye. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Even Daddy used to boast about your designs to his golf club cronies. All I ever heard was Helena this, Helena that.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He looked over to Harry and his cronies. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The Byrd cronies retaliated by diverting taxpayer money to fund whites-only “segregation academies,” private schools founded to circumvent integrated public schools. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Some of his cronies in the back of the room amened. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Locals were so happy about the “life-giving energy” of federal money that they didn’t even begrudge Holt and his business cronies the tidy profit they made on their real estate speculation. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “When you and your cronies were trying to ruin his life.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Another guy, his crony, got out of the passenger side. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Unfortunately Professor Ghering and his Survivalist cronies thought they were smarter than the average foot patrol. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It was almost dusk, the wind had dropped, and I saw old men squatting in the dirt, Papa and some of his cronies, muttering and smoking their cigarettes. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z If she and her cronies from the College kitchens could get as far as Abingdon, they could play havoc with the weir.... The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Harry and Sully and Anton, walking toward him diagonally across the yard, Harry’s eyes on him, unsmiling but alert, his cronies looking happy in anticipation. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Tenorio gasped and drew back, and his three cronies pushed their chairs to the floor and backed away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Also like the Colts, the bread and butter of many Packingtown policemen was dependent on a good word from Frank Ragen or one of his cronies. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And the other kids still treated him like he was the one who was ill, especially since Harry and his cronies had singled him out. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Below, his father and his cronies clambered over the wreck with the feral grace of tiger monkeys. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Gohannas was close cronies with some other men who, some Saturdays, would take me and Big Boy with them hunting rabbits. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed hold of his sniveling crony and started shaking him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about it, dude. No one liked him except for his few shuck cronies. They’re the ones accusing you of stuff.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z Photograph: Jason DeCrow/AP Stewart would show Bush and his cabinet of cronies and then make cracks at the insane things they had done. Jon Stewart's Daily Show skewered the powerful and pushed US satire forward 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z The tough-cookie posturing of these women and Penny’s splintering confederacy of cronies are intensified when set against their leathery Nevada landscape of strip joints and trailer parks. Debut Novels About Families Fractured by Abuse, Displacement or Death 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Hensley's best moment comes when he warbles his way with his cronies through "Little Tin Box," the clear highlight of the show, a charming little ode to dirty politics. Review: Politics and old-style humor in 'Fiorello' 2013-02-01T22:16:04Z He and two cronies unwittingly robbed a speakeasy owned by one of Boston’s most powerful bootleggers. Review: Dennis Lehane’s ‘World Gone By’ Completes a Loose Trio of Novels 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z This isn't the first time Green Day has blatantly expressed their dislike for Trump and his cronies. Green Day is selling Donald Trump’s mugshot T-shirts labeled "Nimrod" 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z “They are her cronies,” Mr. Johnson said, asking of the museum, “Have they done anything other than change the deck chairs on the Titanic?” For San Francisco’s Queen of Philanthropy, No Quiet Exits 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z This cat inspired huge devotion from Meijer and his equally crazy cronies. 10 of the best eccentric attractions in Europe: readers’ travel tips 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z One of his main cronies, Trap Jaw, was a dim-witted cyborg with a razor-toothed jaw. He-Man: Most powerful Gen X unifier in the universe 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z But in addition to those familiar themes, she also unleashed a high spirited attack on “corporate crony capitalism” and the “permanent political class.” Palin watch continues: No announcement in Iowa speech 2011-09-03T21:38:00Z “Sidney Blumenthal appeared to be running State Department business,” said Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberley Strassel in May on Fox News, and referred to him as an “old Clinton crony.” Sidney Blumenthal just wanted to stay in the conversation. Now he’s once again the topic. 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Her heroes are honest and fair-dealing businessmen; she harshly condemns crony capitalists who seek bailouts and other favors from the government, or those who lie and string their customers along with promises they can’t keep. 10 more depraved lessons I learned reading Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z On another occasion we wound up in Dean’s Bar, once the haunt of Burroughs and his cronies, now the melancholic province of undistinguished drinkers like me. Lost in Tangier 2010-09-11T09:00:00Z Maybury infiltrates the young British artists of the moment into the 1960s milieu of Bacon's cronies, some of whom perform stagger-on parts as themselves. Love Is the Devil: the view from the art world 2012-11-09T09:00:00Z The Washington Post's Ann Hornaday is more ambivalent, calling "Get Hard" a "fish-out-of-water buddy comedy that — when it's working — also does a smartly scathing job of sending up privilege, entitlement and crony capitalism." 'Get Hard': Kevin Hart prison comedy has a hard time with critics 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z He blames a “vast patronage system and crony capitalism,” for which Mr. Mda holds Mr. Mandela partly responsible, for his marginalization. Books of The Times: ?Sometimes There Is a Void? ? By Zakes Mda ? Review 2012-01-05T21:44:22Z West has some thoughts for LarryBarry — and Donald Trump, his cronies and basically all people who employ the catchphrase “witch hunt” when they feel attacked for their views and behavior. Here Comes Lindy West, and She’s Holding a Broom 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The spot on Manhattan’s Upper West Side is, unsurprisingly, run by the gang boss Big Heavy, whose cronies kidnapped Hakeem. ‘Empire’ Season 2, Episode 7: ‘True Love Never’ 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z On a recent Thursday night, Ludlow Manor was patronized by cronies of the owners and night life regulars reined in by promoters. Bo?te: Ludlow Manor - Bo?te 2011-12-21T20:57:41Z In March, the former president will face an unprecedented corruption trial over accusations that he rewarded political cronies with salaries for non-existent ghost jobs when he was mayor of Paris from 1977-1995. Chirac's collection of kitsch gifts wrecks region's economy 2010-12-31T16:21:24Z He keeps Chalky happy, and Chalky tells the black community to vote for Nucky and his Republican cronies. "Boardwalk Empire" recap: Unhappy surprises 2010-10-11T05:01:00Z Which makes the audience another crony, with beer available at the theater bar. Review: ‘Hangmen,’ Offering the Last Word in Gallows Humor 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z It was a time when striking workers risked brutal, sometimes murderous retaliation by greedy bosses and their rich cronies. Review: James Franco Tackles Steinbeck’s ‘In Dubious Battle’ 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z But then Ice Cube sniffs around, calls foul and exits the group, becoming a hit-making singularity whose arguments with his old cronies play out in his music and sometimes in real fist-to-jaw action. Review: In ‘Straight Outta Compton,’ Upstarts Who Became the Establishment 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z His gritty yet soaring dispatches about cops, immigrants and crooked City Hall cronies earned him a reputation as a tabloid poet, long before the word “tabloid” was synonymous with celebrity fluff. Pete Hamill ‘Ain’t Done Yet’ 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z The revelations included coarse, homophobic and misogynistic messages among Rosselló and nearly a dozen of his cronies — all men. Perspective | How one small news organization’s investigative reporting took down Puerto Rico’s governor 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z She eventually becomes Allison’s accomplice, at first seemingly out of curiosity, later because she realizes that Kevin and his pals treat her like a second-class crony. Welcome to His World. And Hers. 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z After being brutally beaten by the drug-trafficking cronies of his daughter's ex-boyfriend, Wilson pulls out his gun and limps back to the abandoned warehouse to wreak revenge. Terence Stamp: five best moments 2013-02-22T12:11:28Z The next time a cul-de-sac crony asks for a favor, say, “I’m sorry, but I’m busy today.” Social Q’s: How to Say No to the Neighbors 2012-06-21T18:16:28Z While Gianni's mother and her cronies in both films enjoy a blissful existence, thriving on Krug and the poker channel, the men are discontented. Gianni Di Gregorio: The incidental director 2011-07-28T20:01:01Z In a dangerously drunken take on a bar mitzvah ritual, a man spooning dessert out of a giant bowl will be seated on a chair and lifted high into the air by his cronies. The Brunch Party Takes Over Clubs ? Partying Like It?s 3 A.M. 2011-11-16T22:29:28Z Despite the president’s relentless efforts to silence and discredit his former cronies and paramours, overexposure has worked entirely to his advantage. Review | In the era of countless Trump exposés, do we really need a new ‘Primary Colors’? 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z What measure of meritocracy remains in Iran's version of crony capitalism favours them. A Separation can't be divorced from Iranian politics 2011-07-05T12:13:51Z The Commodore is angry and says he doesn’t want to see Halligan or his cronies around. 'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: Surprise, Surprise 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z In fairness, it's a world that sits more easily with the capers of Sir Toby and his cronies than with the chilly repression of Olivia's household. Twelfth Night 2010-09-30T21:01:00Z It means that this doctor is fluent with horoscopes and has a remunerative deal with his cronies, the apothecaries, for prescribing expensive drugs. Ten of the best bad doctors in literature 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z The book gets off to a witty start, with Wade and his cronies slinging insults about one another’s knowledge of fantasy films and using ’80s-vintage movie quips like “Don’t call me Shirley.” Books of The Times: A Future Wrapped in 1980s Culture 2011-08-14T23:02:57Z Yet Nazis are easy targets; Hitler and his cronies need little satirizing. Springtime for Nazis: How the Satire of “Jojo Rabbit” Backfires 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z "The two-party system is just a crazy crony network." 'Survivor' star nominated for Ind. governor's race 2012-03-25T00:47:10Z He wants to speak to his lawyer, and when the lawyer doesn't have answers, he demands the governor — whose father, the old governor, is one of his long-standing cronies. In David Mamet's perplexing 'China Doll,' Al Pacino can only roar weakly 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Is it postroots, then, the sound of this album, which, thanks to Mr. Vernon and his studio cronies, sounds lusher, more dramatic and sometimes riskier than Ms. Edwards’s early albums? New Music: Kathleen Edwards, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Cate Le Bon ? CDs 2012-01-16T22:48:58Z His cynical crony Grimwig, who insists that all boys are bad, bets that he will scarper. The classics revisited 2011-08-20T23:04:02Z Russia became “a regime in which the billions of dollars at Putin’s cronies’ disposal were to be actively used to undermine and corrupt the institutions and democracies of the West.” Yacht justice: A new front in the war drags Russia’s oligarchs into the spotlight 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Putin’s current assertiveness, Conradi shows, harks back to the tumultuous ’90s, when the authoritarianism, corruption and crony capitalism we associate with contemporary Russia took root. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z His opponents, including Councilman Michael Woo, depicted him as a heartless capitalist who would turn over City Hall to a bunch of corporate cronies. 'The Mayor' by Richard Riordan short on revelations, insight 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z The implication that things would be so much better now in Iraq if it had been left in the hands of the ruthless Saddam Hussein and his cronies seems a tad optimistic. In ‘Frankenstein in Baghdad,’ a Fantastical Manifestation of War’s Cruelties 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z So the federal investigation that eventually brought Jenkins and some of his cronies to justice is no spoiler. ‘We Own This City’ Review: Baltimore Police Problems, Rewired 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z He also has an occasional musical side project with Mr. Rapp, and other stage cronies, called Less the Band, whose sound is somewhere between Grizzly Bear and the Pixies. Paul Sparks Hones Tragic Persona in ?Dusk Rings a Bell? 2010-06-19T06:39:00Z A steady-gigging professional long before his recent collaboration with Klein and his cronies, Dybdahl still said he found their work ethic inspiring. Norwegian pop star Thomas Dybdahl uses L.A. as his lab 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Following the lead of Myanmar’s reformist government, this former crony of the junta is embracing philanthropy and what his son recently described to Reuters as “foundation work.” Visiting Myanmar: It’s Complicated 2012-08-03T16:32:39Z When Mr. Fox raids one too many, farmers besiege him and his woodland cronies. In a Wes Anderson Film, a Fox Who Just Can’t Resist Those Chickens 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Her book, “As Texas Goes... ,” pays particular attention to the state’s staggering inequality, casual embrace of crony capitalism and creaky educational pipeline. Books of The Times: ‘As Texas Goes ’ by Gail Collins 2012-07-02T21:01:09Z Edward nevertheless kept him on as a crony and adviser. Review | What can ‘The Age of Decadence’ teach us about today? A great deal. 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Are we, as many claim, in the Golden Age of Grift, thanks to a shameless president and his cronies? Is this Washington’s golden age of grift? Or politics as usual? 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Does that old-school Logan crony harbor a vendetta against the family after Logan fired him and replaced him with Roman? "Succession": We have questions about Shiv's news 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z He gathered a headless crew of empty suits around a table, where the bureaucrats dutifully assist a corpulent and gleeful President von Hindenburg and his fat-headed, arms manufacturing crony. A chilling portrait of Germany's Weimar era emerges in 'New Objectivity' at LACMA 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The presentation of Stalin and his cronies as a collection of foul-mouthed misfits serves little useful purpose. Carry on up the Kremlin: how The Death of Stalin plays Russian roulette with the truth 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z “I care more about stopping the madness that is tRump and his cronies.” A reader balked at a Trump headline and a photo of a woman in a fur coat. We responded. 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Trump promises to turn back the clock on these gains on any number of fronts, making his sect into the state religion and making his cronies into high priests. Unraveling the cult of Trump: American people must once again take power into their own hands 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z “There was hope in the world that the mayor and his cronies and rapacious developers lost,” said Mr. Ellis. The Gowanus Canal, Toxic but Drawing the Crowds 2010-06-02T22:07:00Z Stitching together cheery oral testimonies and frustratingly fuzzy archive material, Ms. Osmond counters the sparseness of visual record with brisk re-enactments and a Welsh chorus of quipping cronies. Review: In ‘Dark Horse,’ a Real-Life Steeplechase Champion Inspires a Town 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z It’s only the first of many such abuses that the movie documents—and which Cissé depicts as inseparable from the economic abuses of crony capitalism. “Baara”: A Must-See Film of Patriarchal Abuse, at the New York African Film Festival 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Is the nationalist bombast simply camouflage, to enable the Kremlin and its cronies to continue looting tens of billions of dollars a year from the Russian people? The in crowd 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z There were other brushes with a proper career, like a stint on Rounder Records that included a joyfully demented collaboration with his cronies, the Holy Modal Rounders. Michael Hurley, an Original Folk Iconoclast, Turns 80 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Senator Ted Cruz, the Republican candidate who used a hefty loan from his wife’s former employer, Goldman Sachs, to finance his 2012 Senate race, has labeled the institution a hotbed of “crony capitalism.” Bankers in the Age of Bernie: Do They Need Camouflage? 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z In the end, he is concerned only with maintaining his own power, and his own power depends on demonstrating his might and uniqueness to his own guys, his own henchmen and cronies. Garry Kasparov Says We Are Living in Chaos, But Remains an Incorrigible Optimist 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Scarborough, a one-time Trump crony, was surprised to find himself the target of one of the presumptive GOP nominee’s signature Twitter rants last week. It’s Trump vs. Scarborough: He was once cozy with the billionaire, but now Joe Scarborough is slamming his “scattershot approach” in op-ed 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z She is deeply connected, with a vast network of friends, family, acquaintances and Rob’s music-playing cronies who drift through her home and life. When my mother died, I inherited her best friend – and she became family 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z He’s getting his measurements taken for some new suit pants, surrounded by his cronies and the press, a swell buffet spread out before them all. 'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: Happy Days Aren't Here 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z Among letters needing repair are some from the writer's family, childhood cronies, and war and fishing buddies. Dear Papa: Letters to Hemingway get crucial repair 2012-09-26T09:16:04Z Because none of them have either the brains or the balls to create something as randomly spectacular and dangerously playful as the fine work Johnny Knoxville and his cronies deliver. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2011-03-12T00:07:20Z "Of course I am grieving," he said, anxious that Olmert and his cronies might dismiss his speech as the outpourings only of a bereft father. David Grossman: 'I cannot afford the luxury of despair' 2010-08-28T23:03:00Z Does the recent acquisition mean more conservatives and their cronies will have a platform to proudly spew hot takes riddled with harmful rhetoric? "The View" host Sunny Hostin slams Musk buying Twitter: "Billionaires want to take over free speech" 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z It often appears, however, that as soon as an Afghan local leader would begin to gain respect in his district, Karzai would replace him with a hand-picked crony from Kabul. Little America by Rajiv Chandrasekaran - review 2012-07-20T21:55:03Z Only the cronies come out ahead, having netted for their troubles some free beer and a lot of excitement. Review: ‘Hangmen,’ Offering the Last Word in Gallows Humor 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Purple, a French fashion publication, is run by Olivier Zahm, a scraggly-haired photographer who documents style, sex and the uninhibited swag of his cronies. French Impresarios Infiltrate New York?s Party Scene 2012-02-24T22:57:05Z A Western diplomat who asked to remain unidentified told me that “most of the owners of hotels, airlines and other parts of the travel industry are cronies” of the former junta. Visiting Myanmar: It’s Complicated 2012-08-03T16:32:39Z Then there was the Obama crony that Lumpy couldn’t stand. Jon Stewart, Back on ‘Late Show,’ Lets Loose on Fox News and More 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z I realize that a case of mistaken identity is nothing compared to the struggles of the people actually targeted by the other Jason Kessler and his cronies. I share a name with the Charlottesville "Unite the Right" organizer 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z Monday night is Manly Night, when Hefner gets together with his cronies, many of whom have been showing up for years. How Hef Got His Groove Back 2011-02-06T07:48:01Z But America will be here, not because of Trump and his racist cronies but of the voices of strong women in our Congress like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi, and Maxine Waters. "We do have power": "Queens of Resistance" books profile the politicians who inspire us most – women 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Surrounded by a few cronies, he stands in the gloom, nursing two packs of Marlboros and a tumbler of vodka adorned with a splash of juice. Stand-up comedian Doug Stanhope laughs in the face of self-destruction 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Leaders such as Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser or Houari Boumedienne of Algeria first nationalised chunks of their economies in the name of socialism and progress and independence, handing management to colleagues, friends and cronies. Burning down their house 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z There is evidence for the proposition that Blair was extraordinarily reckless in throwing in his lot with George W Bush and his cronies. The Burden of Power: Countdown to Iraq by Alastair Campbell – review 2012-06-21T07:00:01Z Because Putin and all his cronies repeat every day that Ukrainians and Russians are the same — that we are brothers and they have to live together. A Humorous Ukrainian Writer, With Nothing to Laugh About 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Homer pleads for the help of Jebus in season 11's "Missionary: Impossible" while escaping from a bloodthirsty Betty White and her PBS pledge drive cronies. 10 words "The Simpsons" made famous 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z “Putin’s cronies are a legitimate target wherever they are,” he said in an email. Auction House Owned by Russians Tries to Distance Itself From War 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z One of Cal’s cronies said that the tabloids owed them an award. Review: In Joe Ide’s ‘IQ,’ a Street-Smart Sherlock 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z It’s the sort of place where Boss Tweed would have celebrated a political victory with a beefsteak dinner for 50 of his closest cronies. Up Close: Meg Sharpe, Designer of the Lion and Bill’s 2012-11-07T21:18:16Z Using fraudulent contracts and invoices, Chavista mandarins and their business cronies gamed the chasm between the official and black-market bolívar-to-dollar exchange rates. The Disaster That Is Venezuela 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Backed by party bosses, federal officeholders and political cronies – all delegates to the June convention in Chicago – he was favored as the Republican nominee. Theodore Roosevelt whipped up a frenzy of populism in 1912. We're still living with the consequences. 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Paul Manafort, another Trump crony, faced 19 to 24 years in prison in one of two cases against him, for an array of crimes including tax fraud and money laundering. Why We Let White-Collar Criminals Get Away With Their Crimes 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z "I have found the answer to the dreams of America," Siegel tells his cronies. Bugsy: don't mention the flying eyeball 2011-03-10T08:00:00Z President Ronald Reagan — the absent-minded puppeteer — and his famous cronies remain invisible. Karen Olsson’s ‘All the Houses’ traces the personal costs of a political scandal 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Dad continues to meet up for regular drinks with his old County Hall cronies. Family life: Against the odds, True Blue and tuna fish pie 2013-05-25T06:15:01Z A satire about graft in an ill-managed provincial town, the play follows a panicked mayor and his cronies as they mistake an aristocratic traveler for the incognito official assigned to investigate their district. The Russian Comic Writer Who’s an Antidote to Mad Times 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Thrashing all around him, officers and cronies are bargaining for survival: Who will get out? ‘The Sympathizer’: A cerebral thriller about Vietnam and its aftermath 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Popovic explained that the image of the two policemen dragging the barrel to their police car went viral: “Milosevic and his cronies became the laughing stock of the nation, and Otpor became a household name.” Hitting Trump where it hurts: The satire troops take up comedy arms against Donald Trump 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z The latest witness, who testified on Thursday using only her first name, described being approached at a McDonald’s in Chicago by one of Kelly’s cronies, who gave her a note asking her to call him. Witness: R. Kelly once compared himself to Jerry Lee Lewis 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Of his few friends and cronies, the majority were Blackshirt activists such as the odious "Fruity" Metcalfe. Why The King's speech is a gross falsification 2011-01-31T20:30:02Z And that was a threat to what Putin was trying to do, which is a kind of crony capitalism inside Russia. Alex Gibney on "Citizen K": Real-life thriller of an oligarch who turned against Vladimir Putin 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Like the Pentagon and the DHS, they, too, are increasingly surrounded by sets of crony corporations ready to sell them more of the same. Dear Class of 2012, life isn’t easy 2012-06-26T20:49:00Z His cronies laughed and I just moved on to serving the next customer. ‘Passengers treat me like a therapist’: the cabbie, the hairdresser and others on the secrets they get told 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z In the opening scene a torture victim breathes his last, and later three scantily clad lap-dancers supply entertainment for Gryaznoy and his cronies. Opera Review: Ivan the Terrible's Bride Under a Modern Moscow Sky 2011-04-26T14:30:04Z Both men and their cronies never go wanting for a race-based justification for their actions. Review | Two Australian boys seek revenge for their parents’ murder in this blood-soaked tale 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z As one scandal led to another, he surrounded himself with cronies and family loyalists and, when truly tested, fell back on the flag-waving rallies that fired up his base. What Toronto Knows about Trump after Living through Rob Ford 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z It was not just Mr Putin’s cronies who benefited from the rising oil prices. Band of brothers 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Moreover, the cheesy “boardroom” of “The Apprentice” would ultimately become “a direct blueprint for Trump’s administration, a dogpile of competitors, cronies and relatives throttling one another daily for survival.” Which Came First, Trump or TV? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z As the case heats up, Blanca and Manuel are ordered to back down — sometimes aggressively, as mysterious cronies terrorize the duo with intimidation tactics. ‘Blanquita’ Review: The Victim’s Dilemma 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Celebrity cronies like Courtney Cox and Mr. Stipe sometimes drop by the studio to chat. Jane Pratt, Unbound and Ready for the Web 2011-05-18T19:25:37Z "What we can see in these documents is a European member being a conduit for the secret financial operations of the Kremlin, of Vladimir Putin and his cronies." Secret $40m deal links Abramovich to Putin's 'wallets’ 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z We know he plans to purge the executive branch of civil service employees and turn the entire branch into a patronage grift for cronies and sycophants to do his bidding and nothing else. Trump threatens to handle the "vermin": MAGA has got a hold of the Nazi playbook 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The term with which McCarthy and his cronies smeared countless Americans who were not and never had been “card-carrying members of the Communist Party” originates with another tongue, and has the opposite connotation. Commentary: McCarthyism makes us agents in our own destruction. 'Fellow Travelers' shows how 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Then there’s the flip side of Trump’s promises of revenge: the rewards and pardons he’ll dispense to convicted Jan. 6 rioters and schemers, cronies in legal peril and, of course, himself. Opinion: Trump promises vengeance and power grabs if he wins in 2024. Here's the plan. 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z He stepped down in March and was succeeded by Li Qiang, a crony of Xi’s from his days in provincial government. Hundreds of mourners lay flowers at late Premier’s Li Keqiang’s childhood residence in eastern China 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z He step down in March and was succeeded by Li Qiang, a crony of Xi’s from his days in provincial government. The sudden death of former China’s No. 2 leader Li Keqiang has shocked many 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z In this American political war, the facts are malleable and entirely dependent on what Trump and his cronies want to be true. Joe Biden visits an actual war zone; House GOP tries to pull its pants up 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z He added that the website had been shining a spotlight on "crony capitalism". NewsClick: Raids on Indian media 'aim to muzzle free speech' 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z But much of this growth has been achieved by giving generous concessions, in particular huge parcels of land, to favoured cronies and foreign companies. The shadowy Chinese firm that owns chunks of Cambodia 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Greenpeace U.K. executive director Will McCallum said Sunak “isn’t offering working people honesty or a brighter future – he’s putting his oil and gas cronies first once again.” UK leader Rishi Sunak delays ban on new gas and diesel cars by 5 years in contentious climate shift 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z But Gaetz and his cronies don't seem to be in the mood for that sort of thing and they are obviously eager to call for a vote of no-confidence in McCarthy. Kevin McCarthy has officially lost all control of his GOP "clown show" 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Filing taxes late in and of itself is usually a civil crime, as demonstrated by the Justice Department's treatment of Trump crony Roger Stone. The case against Hunter Biden: Republicans dissatisfied because it isn't political — it's personal 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z They say that without the power to review and overturn some government decisions, Netanyahu’s government could appoint convicted cronies to Cabinet posts, roll back rights for women and minorities, and annex the occupied West Bank. Israeli Supreme Court hears first challenge to Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z They say that if the court loses the reasonability standard, Netanyahu’s government could appoint convicted cronies to Cabinet posts, roll back rights for women and minorities, and annex the occupied West Bank. Israel’s contentious legal overhaul comes to a head as judges hear cases on their own fate 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z But he said he feels compelled to serve after watching President Biden and his “cronies” steer the nation in a misguided direction and the nation’s politics get “so small and so petty.” Ex-Rep. Mike Rogers announces Michigan Senate bid, lifting the GOP’s hopes 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z But they didn’t know that would be the outcome when Trump and his cronies came looking to subvert democracy in late 2020. Character counts — just ask Brian Kemp | Francis Wilkinson 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The government’s critics say removing the standard of reasonability opens the door to corruption and improper appointments of unqualified cronies to important positions. Israel’s Supreme Court delays pivotal judicial overhaul hearing after attorney general opposes plan 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Trump's self-regard has spread to his cronies, many of whom keep repeating the Big Lie and insisting they're the innocent victims of a grand conspiracy. Beware, Trump conspirators! Rudy's latest loss is a reminder that the courtroom is your kryptonite 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Arévalo wants to replace the politically connected cronies in state agencies with trained professionals, stop skimming of government contracts and reduce soaring electricity and healthcare costs. Opinion: Guatemala chose a new pro-reform president. Can he stem corruption and migration? 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z “America under Biden and his cronies is going in the wrong direction.” Ex-Rep. Mike Rogers announces Michigan Senate bid, lifting the GOP’s hopes 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Banning books, banning the teaching of subjects, demonizing groups of people, replacing democratically elected officials with political cronies, platforming racists and misogynists — that is the DeSantis program. "Democracy needs its gatekeepers": The Republican Party is too corrupt to care about the country 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z But it was Trump and his cronies telling state and local officials to fix the election for them, or else. Hey, Republicans! It's Trump who "criminalized politics," by turning the GOP into a two-bit mafia 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z “The only problem,” Mr. Vlasov said, “was that Ukraine was preparing all this time, while Putin’s cronies were stealing billions all this time, which is why our soldiers were scrounging for socks.” Putin’s Forever War 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z The justice system, which is filled with establishment cronies, will be one obstacle. Opinion: Guatemala chose a new pro-reform president. Can he stem corruption and migration? 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z I can wait around for these cronies to come around to our demands forever. Erica Tremblay on the Sundance 'bounce': 'The phone is ringing and you have emails coming in' 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Mr Johnson's honours list was criticised by opposition parties for handing out peerages to his "cronies". Charlotte Owen: Ex-Boris Johnson adviser joins Lords as youngest peer 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z Critics say removing the reasonability standard would allow the government to appoint unqualified cronies to important positions without oversight. Ex-Israeli security chief backs reservists’ protest as Netanyahu allies advance judicial overhaul 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Performers’ pay is based on their evident ability to bring viewers to their TV shows and movies, not established by their cronies. Column: By the standards of their peers, Hollywood CEOs aren't all that overpaid. That's the problem 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Critics say removing the standard would allow the government to appoint unqualified cronies to important positions without oversight. Israel’s governing coalition presses ahead with plan to overhaul courts ahead of expected protests 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Critics say removing the standard would allow the government to appoint unqualified cronies to important positions without without oversight. Israel’s governing coalition presses ahead with plan to overhaul courts ahead of expected protests 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The entirety of what Donald Trump offers, or rather the cronies around him who handle the ideology and focus of his disgusting campaigns, is a reheated version of prior fascist and authoritarian movements. Trump's "Agenda 47" is no joke 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z And some elation that there will be more indictments, and more of his cronies testifying against him. Experts outline Trump's retaliation plan 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z But proponents of the overhaul had demanded that the coalition control both positions, drawing accusations that Netanyahu and his allies were trying to stack the judiciary with cronies. Israeli parliament vote deals setback to Netanyahu and judicial overhaul plan 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Jordan and his cronies have wallowed in both. Don't stand for political bullying of disinformation scholars | Editorial 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Elsewhere in the Sunday Mirror, Mr Starmer accused Mr Sunak of failing to stand up to Mr Johnson and agreeing "to hand gongs to a cast list of cronies". Don't block Boris Johnson returning to Parliament, Jacob Rees-Mogg warns Tories 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Under Hun Sen’s government, much land that had been resettled was declared state land and sold or leased to wealthy investors, many of whom critics said were cronies of the governing party. Cambodian land activists arrested for allegedly inciting farmers to hate the rich 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Roger Brooks Taney, who served as attorney general for two years during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, and later as chief justice of the Supreme Court, was known as a Jackson crony. John Durham's vacuous report: A fitting end to Bill Barr's ugly legacy 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z Leopold’s real purpose was personal enrichment for himself and a handful of cronies, and his methods of coercing African labor were atrocious: raids, floggings, hostages, destruction of villages and fields, and murder and mutilation. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z That will potentially mean more charges against Trump and perhaps some of his cronies. Joe Biden vs. a dead skunk: Our president may be old, but the opposition is literally rotting 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Victims included officials and members of the military and their cronies, as well as people believed to be informers or military collaborators. Top election official in Myanmar assassinated by guerrillas 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z The damage that DeSantis and his legislative cronies have done to Florida will outlast their career ambitions. DeSantis' "Florida blueprint" wipes the LGBTQ community off the map 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z While they achieved some results, the only things they ultimately empowered were their cronies and their coffers. Column: Bravos for Mark Ridley-Thomas, boos for Kevin de León. A double standard? 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z That decision should not be mentioned without reminders that the money he and his cronies accepted is covered in blood. Perspective | A typical Phil Mickelson joy ride doesn’t feel as carefree any more 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Almost literally overnight, the government in Bern abandoned a stance that had made the peace-loving nation a playground for Vladimir Putin’s cronies and a haven for their money. Opinion | The Ukraine war led to a head-spinning shift in European neutrality 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z He was impeached twice for egregious misconduct as president but saved by his political cronies. Trump's indictment is no sad day for America 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z As the author of “Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam,” Mr. Ramaswamy has been a leading voice sounding the alarm on crony capitalism, Big Tech censorship and critical race theory. Why Vivek Ramaswamy deserves a look in 2024 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z On Friday, a veteran corporate lawyer accused of being a military crony was shot dead in the country’s biggest city, Yangon. Myanmar army leader calls for decisive action to crush foes 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z The documentary offers a taste of the media savvy of Navalny’s team, which has previously made comprehensive documentaries on corruption by Putin and his cronies. Oscar-winning documentary ‘Navalny’ tells terrifying, timely tale 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Terms such as corruption on Wall Street, big oil, police brutality and crony capitalism are tossed around without any thought to providing a deeper analysis. Stop falling for political rhetoric 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z “Changing the rules after the crash to prop up liberal investors at the expense of taxpayers is pure crony capitalism.” Banks, Trains and Political Finger-Pointing 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z McCarthy and his far-right cronies often exist in the same right-wing media bubble as their followers. Kevin McCarthy won't let House Republicans "move on" from January 6 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z “The natural result of that is, frankly, crony capitalism and a much more inefficient private sector.” Biden scraps reliance on market for faith in broader government role 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z His expected replacement, Li Qiang, is a crony of Xi’s from his days in provincial government, best known for his ruthless implementation of last spring’s monthslong COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai. China Premier Li Keqiang bows out as Xi loyalists take reins 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Western nations have taken stronger action, including political and economic sanctions against the generals and their cronies. Malaysia’s Anwar urges ASEAN to speak up on Myanmar violence 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Orban has also been eager to keep close ties to Russia, on which Hungary depends for energy, and he has worked to water down some E.U. sanctions aimed at the Kremlin and its cronies. Finland on Cusp of Joining NATO, but Maybe Not With Sweden 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Western nations have taken a stronger action, including political and economic sanctions against the generals and their cronies. Malaysia leader alarmed by Myanmar’s refugee crisis 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The ailing president, who imposed martial rule from 1972 to 1981, was driven with his family and cronies into U.S. exile. Philippines marks 1986 revolt with dictator’s son as leader 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z The ailing president, who imposed martial rule from 1972 to 1981, was driven with his family and cronies into U.S. exile, where he died three years later. Philippines 1986 revolt marked with dictator’s son as leader 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Behind the scenes, meanwhile, Hearst and his cronies pressured Hollywood and threatened the industry with negative press. Review | A new history of the Oscars reveals the power behind the glamour 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z He had pardons for his cronies and war criminals but didn't spare the time to even look at reports from the Office of the Pardon Attorney recommending clemency. Trump is preparing for more American carnage 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Similarly, a spokesperson for the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said the “sanctions regime was put in place in response to human rights violations and other abuses by the regime and their cronies.” Aid to quake-hit Syria slowed by sanctions, war’s divisions 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Turkey’s big public contracts tend to go to the same government cronies. Opinion | Turkey’s earthquake death toll might be more than just a natural disaster 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Critics say that the expected proceeds are probably an overestimate and that asset sales would undoubtedly favor cronies of the regime. Back to having no basics: Iranians tighten belts as the economy tanks and protests continue 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Every missed opportunity the committee describes is accompanied by an excuse, blaming not law enforcement but Trump and his cronies. How the Capitol Police enabled the Jan. 6 attack: A story no one wants to touch 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z Harmeet Dhillon said she is concerned “crony capitalism” has infected the Republican National Committee, sapping it of the energy and innovation the party needs if it wants to win elections in 2024. Harmeet Dhillon warns of ‘crony capitalism’ at RNC, breaks with Trump on early voting 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The court’s sponsors would also need to determine whether Mr. Putin and his cronies could be tried in absentia — not an ideal option, but one that could begin immediately and still pack a symbolic punch. Opinion | How to bring Putin and his henchmen to justice 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z In the run-up to the 1972 campaign, Nixon’s cronies burgled the office of Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist, broke into Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel, engaged in “dirty tricks” and campaign finance abuses. Column: What I learned about myself at the Richard M. Nixon museum 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z It would not surprise me that in the event of Erdoğan's defeat, legal action is taken against him and his civil servants over alleged abuses and against his crony capitalists over alleged corruption. Five crucial elections to watch around the world in 2023 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Unlike Putin, who makes remote speeches and rewards corrupt cronies. A thankful, worried Zelenskyy 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z “The lack of change suggests to me a form of crony capitalism — that is people are hiring their friends, and not being critical about them, and not holding them to benchmarks,” she said. Harmeet Dhillon warns of ‘crony capitalism’ at RNC, breaks with Trump on early voting 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Let's take one detail in Chapter 2 which validates reporting that Trump and his cronies were plotting the coup even before the election. Jan. 6 committee delivers whopping final report: Coup was planned months in advance 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z The report details how he and his cronies undertook to subvert the lawful election results, culminating with his urging supporters to march on the Capitol to “take back” their country. Jan. 6 committee lays bare Trump’s criminal insurrection 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z “I think you should be better in touch with your people instead of being a crony for someone.” Warnock, Walker: Starkly different choices for Black voters 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z “Grandfather Putin” and his elderly cronies, he said, “imagined themselves as Napoleons, and the price is paid by those who get buried at a discount.” For Putin’s Opponents, Exile From Russia Proves a Boon 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z That has, in turn, led to the former president to begin a drumbeat of complaints about Smith in an attempt to smear him before he gets deeply involved in investigating Trump and his cronies. Trump's latest Truth Social tirade is over special counsel Jack Smith 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Following his initial appointment as a trade minister by Ms Truss, Labour described him as an "unelected asset fund manager" and "crony party donor". Jacob Rees-Mogg's ex-business partner returns as trade minister 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z It was all done under the table by private citizens — cronies of whichever administration was in power at the time.” Buffy Sainte-Marie shines despite sabotage in new documentary 'Carry It On' 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Your cronies, who have been ransacking the place, disrupting the workforce and displaying their ignorance at every turn of how to run a social internet platform, need to be gone. Column: Dear Elon, I can save Twitter for you. Here are my terms 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z “If he gets prosecuted, here’s the lesson for future crony capitalists: pay full freight when buying protection.” Democrat megadonor goes bust, crypto fortune vanishes in house-of-cards collapse 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z He said the move had "turned an icon of Russia's power and wealth into a clear and stark warning to Putin and his cronies". Inside the capture of a Russian oligarch's superyacht 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z “Now they know that Arkansans do not support that kind of crony politics.” Voters approve recreational marijuana in Maryland, Missouri 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z In August, right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk posted a comment in Telegram accusing Richer, the county recorder, and “his cronies” of making Arizona’s elections “a Third-World circus.” 'Kill them': Arizona election workers face midterm threats 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z This creates a pool of “crony hearing officers” who, if they don’t support the state, may not get future cases. Disabled kids fighting school placements ‘almost always lose,’ Va. suit says 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z That includes stamping out the pervasive corruption that riddled the industry, involving officials, their cronies, warlords, fly-by-night contractor outfits and even U.S. special forces operatives and the Taliban’s own fighters. The world needs chromite and lithium. Afghanistan has them. What happens next? 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The jade business is largely controlled by the military and its crony companies, but the Kachin rebels also extract revenue from the miners. Airstrike Kills at Least 80 During Outdoor Concert in Myanmar 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Once he's installed illegally, Trump has signaled that he's going to fill his government with anti-democracy cronies, helping make sure a free and fair election is never held again in this country. Trumpists want you to be cynical — it's how they'll destroy democracy 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Trump’s lickspittles and cronies get presidential pardons, lucrative lobbying gigs and the party’s nomination for offices at all levels. Opinion | Ben Sasse gets a lesson in Trump-era accountability 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z “It is telling that Putin elected to trade his crony and one of his long-term proxies in Ukraine, Medvedchuk, for the heroes of Mariupol,” the official said. Putin overruled his top security service in prisoner swap with Ukraine 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Trump spent four years stacking the courts with corrupt cronies, testing the boundaries of presidential powers and committing crimes with the assurance that the Republican Party would rally to shield him from consequences. "I had this nightmare, but I didn't know it was mine:" Dahlia Lithwick on Trump's crisis of law 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The sectarian post-war system of governance perpetuates a venomous political climate that allows leaders to enrich their cronies and leaves pragmatic, reform-minded Bosnians with little incentive to vote. Bosnia election expected to re-legitimize a failing system 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z "Let the downfall of this bill be a lesson to Sen. Manchin, his fossil fuel cronies, and allied politicians: We will no longer be sacrificed for your corrupt interests," he added. Angry senators from both parties sink Manchin's "dirty" side deal after his power play backfires 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z “We continue to ensure that we do everything necessary to make sure Putin and his cronies are held to account,” Trudeau said. Trudeau: Russia ‘failing and flailing’ in Ukraine war 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z After Trump lost, even Barr and his cronies wouldn't go along with the notion that a "unitary executive" has the power to overturn an election. Oops, they did it again: How the right's "unitary executive" theory unleashed Trump 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Gould and his bumptious crony Jim Fisk fought back by buying cows in Chicago and, in Steinmetz’s words, “shipping them to market at Vanderbilt’s bargain rates.” Review | The life of Jay Gould, America’s most cunning Wall Street wizard 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z If you just count the number of cellphones seized over the past few months from Trump cronies, you would have to conclude he's in deep doo-doo. They have him surrounded: Trump now faces legal troubles in three states, plus D.C. 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z The elder Marcos, his family and cronies were driven to U.S. exile after he was ousted by a 1986 “People Power” uprising. Activists blast holiday for Philippine dictator’s birthday 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z And they're working right now, as I speak, in state after state to give power to decide elections in America to partisans and cronies, empowering election deniers to undermine democracy itself. Will America see a major renewal of the middle class? We know it can be done 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z He isn’t forcing Republicans “in state after state to give power to decide elections in America to partisans and cronies, empowering election deniers to undermine democracy itself,” as Biden said. Opinion | To sound the alarm on democracy, Biden chose the perfect stage 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z And he noted that they are working "in state after state to give power to decide elections in America to partisan and cronies, empowering election deniers to undermine democracy itself." Biden's MAGA warning drowned out by GOP hissy fit 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z It’s a chamber of cronies, a palace of patronage, where some members barely care enough to show up. The House of Lords is a bloated relic. Boris Johnson could make it bigger. 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z I suspect we will learn little if anything that we didn't know before, except perhaps a bit more about the timeline and the degree of stalling engaged in by the former president and his cronies. Trump will keep fighting to the end — and Mar-a-Lago won't change that 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z “Democrats have been yanked around by Manchin and his corporate cronies for the past two years. We don’t owe him anything.” Hundreds of activist groups urge Democrats to betray Manchin on climate deal 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z His abuse of presidential power to punish enemies and reward cronies is unprecedented. Enough politics before law: The US must abandon presidential privilege and prosecute Donald Trump 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z “My crony and I recently concluded that after all these years, it is time for the Pickle Barrel sign to finally be returned to its rightful home.” Montana sandwich shop sign returned 20 years after theft 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Brown charged that it was Johnson’s plan to pack “the Lords with his cronies and legitimize bribery.” The House of Lords is a bloated relic. Boris Johnson could make it bigger. 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z The pair’s arrangement fell apart in 2020, but some analysts caution that Mr. Kabila or his cronies could wind up on the ballot at a time when foreign investment is pouring into the country. Congo to Auction Land to Oil Companies: ‘Our Priority Is Not to Save the Planet’ 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z But it will take more than a simple handoff of the committee’s findings to the Justice Department to set up a successful prosecution of Trump and his cronies. Column: There is a gap in the evidence we've seen against Trump. We have to rely on the DOJ to fill it 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z They can show up only for these 54-hole events that should be under a circus tent when Greg Norman and his cronies offer them, which is infrequently. Perspective | At St. Andrews, Rory McIlroy didn’t do much wrong. It still wasn’t enough. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z It wasn’t a money scandal involving dodgy deals or crony contracts. Boris Johnson blames ‘the herd,’ resigns to make way for new U.K. leader 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z He said the reputation and mission of the House of Lords has been undercut by rule-breaking Johnson, “a prime minister putting cronies in, or people who will just support the party line.” The House of Lords is a bloated relic. Boris Johnson could make it bigger. 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z “We’ve already seen the damage done by Trump’s cronies at the federal level, the last thing we want is the same for VA.” Youngkin appoints Trump EPA chief to new post after failed Cabinet bid 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z He added, “He and his cronies at the D.G.A. have shamelessly spent tens of millions of dollars meddling in the Republican primary in an effort to fool Republican voters.” MAGA Voters Send a $50 Million G.O.P. Plan Off the Rails in Illinois 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z “Now that Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom and his cronies have ruined their state and inflation is crushing households, thousands of Californians are reversing the typical pattern and moving to Mexico,” it said. Revealing Pew poll shows journalists sensing turmoil 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z They also showed that Trump and his cronies did so with the subtlety of the Keystone Kops. Drunk Rudy. Loser Trump. How the Jan. 6 hearings weakened the Big Lie 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z As cronies of the mendacious former President Trump, they would have voted no whenever the opportunity arose, and would have worked from the inside to portray the investigation as a witch hunt. Column: The original sin that plagues Congress’ Jan. 6 committee 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Remember: He already has been found guilty of creating a “toxic” atmosphere by a previous investigator, who looked into accusations that Snyder and his cronies had created an “Animal House” atmosphere in their offices. Perspective | Who’s afraid of Daniel Snyder? NFL owners, apparently. 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Ivan Golunov, one of Russia’s best-known investigative journalists, spent years reporting tenaciously on corruption in Moscow’s city government, uncovering evidence of crony deals, missing money and failed public services. To Keep Putin and His Oligarchs Afloat, It Takes a System 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Some of his cronies retained positions of influence. Opinion | Philippines election sends warning about authoritarian nostalgia 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z “Vladimir Putin and his cronies must be held responsible. This bill does that by protecting democracy, limiting Russian aggression and strengthening our own national security.” House approves $40 billion in Ukraine aid, beefing up Biden request 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Speaking of the Ortegas, he said, the “family needs money to keep their cronies, the police and their paramilitaries happy because they have nothing to offer but repression.” Nicaragua’s Secretive Ruling Family Reaches Out Quietly to the U.S. 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Some of the assets obtained by Marcos, wife Imelda and their cronies were later seized and sold, with the money remitted to the Philippine government. Marcos redux? Dictator’s son may win Philippine presidency 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, those who are skilled at corruption rise through the ranks, gaining more authority, more resources to distribute to cronies, and more ability to punish anyone who poses a threat to them. To Keep Putin and His Oligarchs Afloat, It Takes a System 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z His critics says his election campaign shows he is dishonest with the truth, immune to criticism, and surrounded by cronies and yes men. Bongbong Marcos: The man attempting to revive a corrupt political dynasty 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z “We’ve called out the corruption and human rights abuses in Russia, but we have rolled out the red carpet for the Putin cronies who profit from the corruption and abuses.” Three dozen tycoons met Putin on invasion day. Most had moved money abroad. Vast swaths of the economy were allegedly signed over to cronies or companies who outbid on contracts through both legal and under-the-table means. In shift, South Africans prevail over Big Oil in drilling project 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Cohen wrote a book about his life as a Trump crony, and frequently criticizes the ex-president. Trump grand jury ending in N.Y. with no charges against ex-president 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z “It is long past time that Putin’s cronies, who have amassed wealth on the backs of the Russian people, pay for their complicit role in Putin’s crimes against humanity,” Mr. Wilson said. House passes measure encouraging Biden to seize Russian assets to fund Ukraine aid 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Inevitably, however, Trump's cronies would ignore those warnings and use the lies anyway either as propaganda or in court filings. Brainstorming a coup: Meadows' text reveal the anatomy of Trump's Big Lie 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z These range from economic sanctions and trade embargoes to the confiscation of the assets of some of his oligarch cronies and the increasingly massive shipment of arms to Ukraine. How to end the war in Ukraine: Sanctions against Russia won't work — but this might 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z “It was only one consulting firm sitting at the table, with Jacob Zuma and his cronies, designing the state capture plan,” he said. A Boston Consulting Firm Became a Power Broker, and Then a Pariah, in South Africa 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Nixon is ahead by nearly 20 points when his cronies plan Watergate. Review | Julia Roberts is among the many letdowns in Watergate drama ‘Gaslit’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Instead, McCarthy ended up rallying to Trump's side and becoming one of the most stalwart opponents of any effort to hold Trump or any of his cronies accountable for attempting to overthrow democracy. How the GOP came to love Jan. 6 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z After all, being nice to plutocrats and crony capitalists can yield tangible rewards, not just in the form of campaign contributions but also in the form of personal enrichment. GOP, party of plutocrats 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z Since the Russian invasion began, the Western alliance has been ramping up an array of sanctions to punish Putin's cronies and cripple Russia's economic capacity to continue the war. How to end the war in Ukraine: Sanctions against Russia won't work — but this might 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z “The defendant and his cronies saw 1MDB not as an entity to do good for the people of Malaysia but as a piggy bank to enrich themselves.” Ex-Goldman Sachs Banker Convicted for His Role in a $4 Billion Fraud 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z That deal transferred the latter company’s considerable financial distress to Tesla shareholders, but it was waved through by a seven-member board that included Musk and four of his cronies. Column: California's landmark corporate diversity law was overruled. What happens next? 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “First thing he and his cronies did was to kill the Keystone pipeline. Now they want to blame Putin for the gas prices. Do they think we’re jerks?” Democrats find themselves on the defensive over gas prices 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z This system of patronage has given birth to an elite class of wealthy conservative cronies in Hungary. Victory for Hungary's Orban means a headache for the EU 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z In short, the West has seized a few yachts from Putin's cronies, stopped serving Big Macs in Red Square, and slapped sanctions on everything except the one thing that really matters. How to end the war in Ukraine: Sanctions against Russia won't work — but this might 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z The transport secretary said the move was "a clear and stark warning to Putin and his cronies". UK to detain first superyacht in British waters 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z He quickly replaced suspected culprits with loyal Democrats, leading Adams men to charge that he practiced New York–style machine politics by substituting cronies and hacks for experienced civil servants. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z “The Russian people will decide the fate of Putin and his cronies,” Mr. Zahawi said. After Biden’s Fiery Speech, Nine Unscripted Words Reverberate 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z The new president would work with the oligarchs created by chaotic, free-market, crony capitalism — so long as they showed absolute fealty. The making of Vladimir Putin 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z These cronies would tell Mr. Putin exactly what he wanted to hear. Opinion | How Vladimir Putin Lost Interest in the Present 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z In the current context, oligarchs are what we call Vladimir Putin’s cronies, the ones trying to rush their yachts into a safe harbor before the sanctions police can seize them. News Analysis: MLB oligarchs? Sen. Bernie Sanders again takes aim at antitrust exemption 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z G7 allies will seek next week to coordinate targeting of Putin's "cronies" and will strive to ensure Russia and its elites cannot use crypto-assets to circumvent sanctions. EU unveils fourth set of sanctions against Russia 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z "We have said repeatedly that we will calibrate our sanctions to cause maximum pain to Putin and his cronies while minimizing spillover to the global economy," the Treasury spokesperson said on Tuesday. With eye on metal prices, U.S. cautious on possible sanctions of Usmanov companies 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z “Maduro and his corrupt cronies must not personally profit from any deal.” White House reaches out to Venezuela, a longtime foe, amid Russia crisis 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z The new law shows the government is "determined to root out the dirty money in our economy, and importantly, to hobble Putin and his cronies," interior minister Priti Patel told parliament. Britain sets out 'dirty money' crackdown, wants to hobble Russia's Putin 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z As the U.S. searches for more leverage points against Russian President Vladimir Putin and his cronies in government and business, experts say the immigration system offers a juicy target. Former citizenship chief urges Biden to halt Russian visas 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z She also said there was "nowhere for any of Putin's cronies to hide". Ukraine: Truss to call on international community to step up support 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Most experts say his vast assets are secretly held by a circle of cronies — the so-called Russian oligarchs, their families and relatives. Palaces, super-yachts, Swiss accounts. How rich is Putin and can sanctions hurt him? 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z In the Senate, Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., was also introducing a resolution that would back Ukraine’s claim in international court that Putin and his “cronies” have committed war crimes. US House ‘staunchly, proudly’ passes resolution for Ukraine 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z “Gableman and his cronies are laying the groundwork for Republicans to overturn future elections when they don’t like the outcome.” Wisconsin probe finds 2020 election riddled with nursing home voting fraud 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z He said Mr. Putin and his cronies should not go unpunished. Biden says Putin ‘badly miscalculated’ in invading Ukraine. 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z "There's much blame to go around, but in terms of atrocities, that falls squarely on the shoulders of Vladimir Putin and his cronies," he added. Ron Johnson blames Democrats’ Trump “impeachment travesty” for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Senior intelligence officials who have known Putin for decades told Fox News that he has been isolated for months at his presidential compound interacting exclusively with a small group of advisers and cronies. Vladimir Putin's mental state questioned by growing number of US officials 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Indeed, Britain froze the assets of three prominent Putin cronies earlier this week, and it could give many others the same treatment. Laundered money could be Putin’s Achilles’ heel 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z And while they cannot roll back your tanks, they can make every leader in the West roll up the red carpet to you, so you, and your cronies, can never travel to their countries. Opinion | We Have Never Been Here Before 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z In turn, he accused Khoisan, a former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, of leading “a crony group of chiefs” who are creating confusion about First Nations identity to help the developer. New Amazon headquarters sparks feud among Indigenous South Africans 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Putin draws power from cronies and clans, not the voters. Opinion | From the streets of Russia, protests rise to the war without a cause 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z “Ultimately, there is only one group of people responsible for the tragedies unfolding — Vladimir Putin and his cronies,” Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said. Trump largely isolated in praise for Putin as GOP condemns Russian invasion 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z To give you some perspective, this is as if a U.S. president’s cronies had managed to hide $20 trillion in overseas accounts. Laundered money could be Putin’s Achilles’ heel 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z “We need to create a mechanism for Putin and his cronies to pay a heavy price to deter further aggression.” Congress eyes billions in emergency humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Indeed, Schott wrote that further constraints on Putin and his cronies — say placing them on the U.S. Column: Can sanctions stop Russia? History says it will take time 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Kuleba wrote: “Hit his economy and cronies. Hit more. Hit hard. Hit now.” The Latest: Israel supports territorial integrity of Ukraine 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z “Hit his economy and cronies. Hit more. Hit hard. Hit now,” Kuleba wrote. Russia-Ukraine: What to know as world awaits next moves 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z “Now the pressure needs to step up to stop Putin. Hit his economy and cronies. Hit more. Hit hard. Hit now.” Europe braces for further strife as Ukraine crisis escalates 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Bank Rossiya is seen as "Putin's crony bank" in the Foreign Office. Russia sanctions: Has the UK gone far enough? 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z It’s how the IOC and its cronies have forced us to think. Perspective | Congrats to the Russian Olympic Committee medalists. Save the receipts. 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Habibie as Suharto’s successor, a man they viewed as a crony of the former dictator. An Indonesian mother's unending — and inspiring — protest to find her son's killer 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z “Putin and his cronies are trying to make energy a weapon and Nord Stream 2 has become a lever that he has.” GOP lawmaker returns from Ukraine, gives Biden a C+ for handling Russia-Ukraine crisis 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z This time, U.S. officials say, the punishments will hit the pocketbooks of Putin’s closest oligarch cronies and possibly the president himself, and rather than be ratcheted gradually will go full-bore from the start. U.S. and Russia trade accusations about Ukraine at U.N. Security Council 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Systems in Russia’s vicinity that follow the rule of law hinder the spread of the patronage networks Moscow relies on to protect the wealth of Kremlin cronies. Perspective | Invading Ukraine backfired on Putin once. Why is he threatening to do it again? 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Carlson and his cronies didn't say a word when Trump promised to name a woman to the court or when he picked the highly inexperienced Amy Coney Barrett but, of course, she isn't Black. Tucker Carlson has a grand plan 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Look for Bob Dylan, who supplied the songs and score, in a bit part as one of Billy’s cronies. Classic movies in SoCal: ‘The Conversation,’ ‘A Raisin in the Sun,’ ‘Heat’ and more 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z The main entrance housed the cell blocks, the upper portion was used for the art show where Adrien Brody’s character and his wealthy cronies come to bid on the prisoner’s work. ‘French Dispatch' uses color, frame and miniatures for an alluring production design 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The federal government must eliminate the crony cross-subsidy from taxpayers to billionaires. Welfare for the rich foundations 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Putin has relied on that apathy to maintain control and steal the country’s riches for himself and his cronies. Perspective | Invading Ukraine backfired on Putin once. Why is he threatening to do it again? 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z This is vividly apparent in the petty person of Washington Spirit owner Steve Baldwin, who treated a championship team as a backbiting crony clique and apparently thinks a “fiduciary” is a birdbath. Perspective | The NWSL’s toxic dispute between a man who failed and the woman who should replace him 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z But Fishman suggested that the feds had a more traditional means in mind: wiring the veterinarian for sound to bring down his alleged horse-doping cronies. As his doping case goes to trial, a veterinarian says it’s horse racing that’s corrupt 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z British, German and other western officials recently started accusing Dodik of stoking ethnic tensions to distract from his and his cronies’ corrupt practices. Bosnia’s Dodik: From moderate to genocide-denying autocrat 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Opposition politicians have accused him of running a corrupt government that hands out favours to cronies. UK PM apologises over missing messages on flat refurbishment 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z He accused his bosses of trying to steer taxpayer dollars to firms run by “cronies” or “for political purposes.” This scientist blew the whistle on Trump’s COVID-19 response—now he aims to stop future pandemics 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z He summoned a mob to Washington as an intimidating show of force, and that violent mob — whipped into a frenzy by Trump and his cronies — stormed the Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying Trump’s loss. Opinion | If we are to save our democracy, there must be a reckoning for the Jan. 6 attack 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z And all the rest of the money was directed to Trump cronies. Donald Trump and his family fleeced America: Why aren’t they being held accountable? 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z For all their efforts to differentiate themselves from the drug lords and business cronies who dominated Myanmar’s economy, the Kyaw Thaungs were quietly equipping one of the world’s most brutal militaries. Worldly, charming and quietly equipping a brutal military 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z “Thankfully, I think I can compound” investment gains “faster than my dad and his cronies can confiscate it,” Adam Wyden wrote. Rift Between Senator and Son Shows the Challenge of Taxing the Ultrarich 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z It throws wheelbarrows full of red meat to people who love to hate the former president and his cronies. Review | A chronicle of Trump’s misdeeds and cronies, before the picture got darker 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z But Mobutu, who ruled for 32 years, raided its funds to support himself and his cronies, a pattern followed by his successors, according to anti-corruption groups. Hunt for the ‘blood diamond of batteries’ impedes green energy push 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z He said Mr. Chun’s cronies had flogged and waterboarded him to extract a false confession that he had been complicit in Mr. Park’s assassination. Chun Doo-hwan, Ex-Military Dictator in South Korea, Dies at 90 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Generals’ children tend to marry within tight circles, perhaps to other military progeny or the offspring of business cronies. Worldly, charming and quietly equipping a brutal military 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z He said Chun’s cronies flogged and waterboarded him to extract a false confession that he had been complicit in Park’s assassination. Chun Doo-hwan, Ex-Military Dictator of South Korea, Dies at 90 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Imagine the ocean of crony capitalism that would surround decisions about what is “critical” and “essential,” and what implicates “national security,” and what counts as the “industrial base.” Opinion | Progressives have a Republican soulmate in the Senate. His name is Josh Hawley. 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Over the years, the country’s top media outlets have changed their editorial tune or have been bought up by Erdogan’s cronies, who subsequently sacked anchors, editors or critical voices. Opinion | Why Fox TV gives me hope for democracy — in Turkey 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Biden’s ability to finally get the infrastructure bill that eluded Trump for four years is an object lesson in what can be achieved if we sideline the ideologues and crony capitalists. How infrastructure week finally happened 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z People were freaking out about Trump and his cronies reversing the progress made in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, and I wanted to allay those fears. I was one of the lawyers who helped win marriage equality. And yes, the GOP can take it away 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z It was, however, just the usual suspects — Marcos cronies, leaders largely without followers. An American coup: a recurring nightmare? 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Now attention might turn to physical adaptations, a much more cost-effective strategy than wielding industrial policy — inevitably, crony capitalism — to cope with warming. Opinion | The climate blather from Joe Biden, Boris Johnson and Greta Thunberg isn’t ‘out of context’ 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z It is staffed with the friends, family members and other unqualified cronies of party bosses. Opinion | Reform New York City’s Board of Elections Now 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z The TV news network Al Jazeera and other media have reported that leaked documents from Cyprus show that Hun Sen’s niece as well as some Cambodian officials and cronies applied for or received Cypriot nationality. Cambodia amends charter to bar dual citizens from top office 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z The economy has nosedived since the army takeover, due in part to general unrest, a civil disobedience movement and foreign sanctions targeting the military and its cronies. Third bank robbed in Myanmar’s largest city in three months 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The issue for Republicans right now is that the most popular conspiracy theory about "voter fraud" is the Big Lie being promulgated by embarrassing, insurrection-associated figures like Donald Trump and his cronies. GOP has a new "rigged" conspiracy theory 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z In Hungary, Mr. Orban has placed state television and much of private media under the control of loyal allies or business cronies. Czechs Defeat a Populist, Offering a Road Map for Toppling Strongmen 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z This being the case, it’s nice at least to have their names, and those of their cronies, carved a little deeper into the Wall of Shame. Hulu's low-key thrilling 'Dopesick' carves Sackler name deeper into Wall of Shame 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z As the bodies piled up, the communist 1% — a new class of Party officials and their cronies — orchestrated their own personal leap forward. Climate-change transition in the Age of Billionaires 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z He'd pushed out others at the NSA and the CIA and attempted to replace them with cronies. No idle threat: After Trump, U.S. must reform nuclear procedures 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Whether it’s Covid contracts for cronies, donations for decorating or Tory texts for tax breaks – a trail of cronyism leads back to Downing Street and the prime minister. Coronavirus live news: UK records a further 156 deaths; thousands protest in Turkey against Covid measures 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z “Biden and his cronies are using the Department of Education as a propaganda tool against states and governors that disagree with them.” Biden administration opens civil rights investigations over bans on school mask mandates 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Javier claims he and his cronies target expensive apartments owned by finance companies and banks. The hard men removing squatters in Spain 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z “Economic pressure on the regime, on cronies, on sectors like oil, potash, steel, wood, financial sphere — this constant pressure will help to split allies inside the regime,” she said. Belarus opposition leader seeks new US, European sanctions 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z And, for a scandal-tinged career that eventually landed him in prison for eight years, convicted of taking payoffs to help steer riverboat casino licenses to his cronies. ANALYSIS: Edwin Edwards’ legacy? It’s complicated 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z Edwards maintained that the case was built on secretly taped and misinterpreted conversations and the lies of his former cronies, who made deals to avoid prison. Edwin Edwards, flamboyant ex-Louisiana governor who knew power and prison, dies 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Edwards maintained the case was built on secretly taped and misinterpreted conversations and the lies of his former cronies, who made deals to avoid jail. Populist Edwin Edwards, a ‘Cajun King,’ loved his Louisiana 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Edwards maintained the case was built on misinterpreted, secretly taped conversations and the lies of former cronies who made deals to avoid jail. Ex-Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards died; knew power and prison 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z He regularly attacked the judicial system, the tax office and independent media while he and his cronies allegedly looted tens of billions of dollars from the treasury and state companies. Opinion | In South Africa, Zuma’s imprisonment is a victory for the rule of law 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z School officials struggled to discipline officials studying there who would slip away for nighttime revelry with cronies. ‘Red Cradles’ Nurture China’s Next Generation of Communist Leaders 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z He only issued some pardons of cronies at the last minute because he thought it would serve his own personal interests. Another Trump henchman takes a fall: Why Trump fans still won't admit that loyalty to him is foolish 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z In an earlier report, Global Witness documented how the industry is dominated by networks of military elites, drug lords and crony companies. Myanmar junta gains hold on jade profits as fighting flares 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z The prospect of enduring brutal heat and facing the probability of massive power blackouts throughout the summer is not endearing Abbott and his Republican cronies to average Texan voters. One of them has to go: The GOP or America as we know it 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z The tension came from, of all sources, Colbert’s old Comedy Central crony, Jon Stewart. Colbert Returns to Live Cheers and a Lively Jon Stewart 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z “The railroads,” they write, “were the first great crony capitalists. They bought politicians, bribed judges, and, in Henry Adams’s phrase, turned themselves into ‘local despotisms’ in one state after another.” Opinion | Is the America of today even capable of performing great building feats? 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z The establishment believes replacing the old president, parliament and constitution, coupled with the jailing of numerous Bouteflika cronies, is the best way to end the biggest crisis in decades, said a former senior official. Algerian rulers aim for return to established order with election 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Many Stringer Bell jokes were made about how Trump and his cronies do their crimes right out in the public view and how supposedly foolish this was. "Planned in plain sight": Why Donald Trump makes no attempt to hide his insurrectionist plots 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Hunkered down in his fortified Caracas residences, Mr. Maduro crushed the opposition, purged the security forces of dissent and enriched his cronies in an effort to eliminate challenges to his authoritarian rule. Bouncy Castles and Grenades: Gangs Erode Maduro’s Grip on Caracas 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Last week, he was forced to abandon his appointment of a crony as the interim justice minister, just before the Supreme Court appeared set to strike down the move. Israel’s Netanyahu faces midnight deadline to form coalition 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z It has become the partner of despots seeking prestige and money laundering on billion-dollar building projects for their cronies. Perspective | China controls the IOC and Olympic sponsors the way it governs its citizens: Through fear 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z He and his cronies were so wonderfully shameless, the very image of history's elite barbarians, as Nietzsche describes them. More lies we live by: How exactly did America come to love billionaires so much? 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z Most of Trump's cronies are walking around free. "Planned in plain sight": Why Donald Trump makes no attempt to hide his insurrectionist plots 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Hunter calls that faux scandal cooked up by Trump and his cronies “the decade’s biggest political fable . . . most remarkable for its epic banality.” Review | Hunter Biden’s singular memoir of grief and addiction 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z This would, however, dismay the political class, which practices crony capitalism by conferring indirect subsidies on corporations in the form of tax abatements. Opinion | Democrats, don’t pass the SALT (cap repeal) 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z By pushing out Brown and his entrenched cronies, GOP leaders hope they can dilute Democratic influence in Sacramento, take over and let the Reagan Revolution run the Golden State forever. Column: In recall of governor, is California GOP smoking an exploding cigar? 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z He berated her as a parasite and servant of the thieves — his frequent sobriquet for Mr. Putin and his cronies. Opinion | Why Alexei Navalny’s hunger strike should raise alarms worldwide 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Trump and his cronies have figured out how to use media and social media as a tool to crowdsource ideas or a fascistic takeover of the U.S. government. "Planned in plain sight": Why Donald Trump makes no attempt to hide his insurrectionist plots 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z "What are you so afraid of, Jack Dorsey? A little freedom of speech? Going against your cronies?" Rose McGowan accuses Twitter of 'trying to silence me' by suspending her over tweet attacking Bill Clinton 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z It was always a reasonable guess that appointees of various top politicians on the state’s ultra-secretive Joint Commission of Public Ethics were protecting their patrons and their patrons’ cronies from investigations. Editorial Roundup: New York 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Many Americans feared deeply for our democracy as President Donald Trump and his cronies chipped away at the rule of law and flouted the constitutional norms we had always counted on. Opinion | China might be right about America. But what are its leaders so afraid of? 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z “The idea of a private-public partnership in North Dakota is just a pseudonym for crony capitalism in North Dakota,” said Gawrylow, a longtime critic of business subsidies. N. Dakota House cools to bill seen as helping Hoeven’s bank 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z The American Action Network, tied to House GOP leaders, said it’s launched digital ads in mostly moderate districts calling the relief bill “a freight train of frivolous spending to bankroll their liberal cronies.” House set to vote on virus relief, Biden on cusp of triumph 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Responsible leadership doesn’t reserve opportunities for itself and its cronies. I Don’t Trust Police Testimony. Can I Lie to Get on a Jury? 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Sometimes the lies were “top down” — fabricated by Trump and his cronies and then turned into content by partisan media outlets and right-wing influencers. How YouTube failed the 2020 election test 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z They also said isolation only helped enrich the military and its cronies. Explainer: West looks to tougher sanctions as Myanmar violence intensifies 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z Google’s capitulation means that Australian crony capitalism is now likely to be exported worldwide. Why Google caved to Australia, and Facebook didn’t 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z He set himself on fire, and his death crystallized frustrations with rulers across the region, who led by force, enriched their cronies and left the masses mired in poverty, corruption and poor governance. A Decade After the Arab Spring, Autocrats Still Rule the Mideast 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z "Not only were most of Trump's appointees ill-qualified political cronies, but these boards were stale relics," tweeted Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who sponsored the bill to remove Confederate names from military bases. Lloyd Austin removes hundreds of Pentagon advisory board members to purge last-minute Trump picks 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z “The Dems are terrified of President Trump. That’s why their Silicon Valley cronies are taking unprecedented steps to silence President Trump and his Conservative allies. That’s why we need to start organizing NOW!” EXCLUSIVE: Bikers for Trump kickstarts 2024 White House bid 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Kolesnikov explained that the palatial estate had been paid for by contributions from Russian oligarchs gathered by a St. Petersburg business crony of Putin’s. Opinion | Even from prison, Navalny is the most potent political threat Putin has ever faced 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s final official acts added to the malodor, as he granted clemency to a raft of corrupt cronies, former officials and white-collar criminals. Opinion | On his final day, Trump demeaned the presidency one more time 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Donald Trump once again ignored Justice Department protocols and safeguards and instead wielded pardons to benefit himself, excuse injustice, and repay his unrepentant political cronies,” said Sen. Jack Reed, Rhode Island Democrat. Trump issues 144 pardons on final day in office 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z “Even Nixon didn’t pardon his cronies on the way out,” Noah Bookbinder, executive director of the government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said in a statement. Trump grants clemency to 143 people in last night as president 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z History is littered with failed dictators and their cronies who would divide the masses by pitting one side against the other. Readers write to Kamala Harris ahead of the inauguration 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z When they attempted to kill Mr. Navalny with the Soviet-era military nerve agent Novichok, Mr. Putin’s cronies violated an international treaty Russia signed — and helped bring into existence — prohibiting the use of chemical weapons. Opinion | Putin’s arrest of Navalny reveals his true colors 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Since his inauguration, Buchanan and his cronies had tried to elevate property rights above human rights, but Lincoln irritated them by reminding Americans of the Declaration of Independence and its promises. Opinion | Lincoln came to the presidency at a treacherous time, too. His inauguration can give us hope. 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z Trump and his cronies were only the most brazen elite self-servers yet. Can we save democracy from the two-party system? 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z Let’s look at both: the evidence — or not — of the massive fraud that Trump and his cronies insist took place. Opinion | What a prosecutor could do about Trump’s phone call 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z “Too many of their candidates support crony capitalism, subsidies, regulatory capture, and other anti-competitive policies.” Chamber of Commerce eyes new dawn under divided government after rankling Republicans 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z He made a series of brilliant video documentaries, posted on YouTube, exposing the mysterious wealth of Mr. Putin’s cronies. Opinion | Putin’s arrest of Navalny reveals his true colors 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Large parts of a nation’s wealth are funneled into the coffers of cronies. Opinion | Our biggest task in the New Year: End the chaos 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z He also seems unconcerned or unaware that these pardons are the gifts that will keep taking from his cronies and him alike. Opinion | Examining the pardon power 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Look, for instance, how Hillary Clinton was treated during Barack Obama's presidency — even though, unlike Trump and his cronies, she didn't commit any crimes or transgress ethical norms. Trump's last-minute pardon spree shows why Joe Biden just can't "move on" 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Yet he was another crony for whom Mr. Trump “felt badly” when special counsel Robert S. Mueller III finally held him to account. Opinion | Trump’s latest pardons and commutations are nauseating. But these are the worst. 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z “As a private citizen, however, I’m appalled by Trump rewarding Hunter and other assorted political cronies while simply ignoring or excusing their brazen corruption,” he said. Trump vowed to drain the swamp. Then he granted clemency to three former congressmen convicted of federal crimes. 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Elkin accused Netanyahu of forcing the election - in the midst of a runaway coronavirus pandemic and devastating economic crisis - in a bid to appoint cronies to sensitive posts in the legal system. Netanyahu confidant bolts party in blow to re-election hopes 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z State and federal judges swatted away the meritless lawsuits of Trump and his cronies like so many fat, lumbering horseflies. Opinion | Trump and his party are threatening our constitutional order 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Trump and his cronies need to taste justice for there to be any hope of fixing what's so broken in this country. Trump's last-minute pardon spree shows why Joe Biden just can't "move on" 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Barr never even tried to hide the fact that he considered it his duty to protect the president and his cronies from prosecution. Bill Barr was Trump's biggest enabler and top servant — but his real legacy is even darker 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Federal Reserve, bashing the central bank governors’ monetary policy decisions with tweets and verbal barbs, while trying to stack its board with cronies. Analysis-Federal Reserve 'boneheads' emerge from Trump era unscathed 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Those who ripped down our sign — whether they are aware of it or not — suffer from kleptocratic, crony capitalism in the United States. Opinion | My church will replace our Black Lives Matter sign. Will America replace its racist myth? 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z That means restoring the executive to pre-eminence by curbing the judiciary, undoing devolution and installing cronies in powerful positions. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Obviously, politics influenced Trump’s pardon process, both in the petty sense of rewarding cronies and in the larger sense of trying to exploit Alice Marie Johnson’s pardon for gain with Black voters. Opinion | Presidents should use the pardon power more — just not like Trump 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z The repression is partly an outcome of Mr. Maduro’s decision to abandon the wealth redistribution policies of his late predecessor, Hugo Chávez, in favor of what amounts to crony capitalism to survive American sanctions. They Championed Venezuela’s Revolution. They Are Now Its Latest Victims. 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z And so, although the American people want a stimulus bill to be the Senate's top priority, McConnell and his Republican cronies refuse to act. How Mitch McConnell flouts the will of the American people 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z The president and his cronies are likely to do real damage and major grifting in the next two months. Opinion | Goodbye, Golden Goose 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z This is a practice known as "burrowing," in which an outgoing administration moves some of their cronies into permanent jobs. How many different ways will Trump poison the ground on his way out the door? 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Students of authoritarian regimes warned that he would stack the entire federal bureaucracy with cronies hired for loyalty rather than skill. No resolution, no catharsis: the US election agony grinds on 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z The nation’s seventh president enslaved African Americans, oppressed Native Americans and infected the federal service with a spoils system that allowed him to favor cronies. Perspective | Trump doesn’t get it. Civil servants shield taxpayers from a politicized government. 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Just one week before the election, with the help of his Republican cronies who control the Senate, Trump rammed through Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the court. How Donald Trump is undermining the will of the American people 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z His cronies scurried down to Washington licking their chops at all the graft they anticipated. Trump asserts dictatorial power over top government employees 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z In Trump's case this is particularly concerning because his cronies are such overwhelmingly unethical loyalists and partisan hacks. How many different ways will Trump poison the ground on his way out the door? 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Another four years in office, however, will only embolden him, entrench his cronies, and inspire his imitators. Opinion | Goodbye Principled Conservatism 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z The obsequious Mike Pence once told friends that he “loathed Trump”, and Lindsey Graham aptly defined him as “a race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot”; then they and their cronies got down to some slavish bootlicking. Eight of the best books about Donald Trump 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z Many will hesitate to invest — to build new factories or create new jobs — if law and governmental power become unpredictable, wielded to reward cronies and punish the disfavored. Opinion | Trump’s America in 2024 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z “I fight for the middle class, and Biden and his cronies serve only one class — they serve the donor class,” Mr. Trump said. Biden voters support him because they ‘feel sorry for him,’ Trump tells N.C. rally 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z And forget about a night at the pub with one’s best buddies or office cronies in London. AP PHOTOS: Virus makes Friday nights empty, quiet in Europe 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z But Trump and his Senate Republican cronies refuse to support the measure, even though some of the troubled plans will run out of money in just a few years. How Donald Trump threatens the retirement of every American worker 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z “It is an attempt to politicize the process and to hire cronies and fire enemies. It is really a 19th-century concept.” Trump issues order giving him more leeway to hire and fire federal workers 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Yet even though his Republican cronies controlled both houses of Congress for the first two years of his term, Trump failed to deliver any infrastructure campaign. Why Trump’s promise to save manufacturing was one he never intended to keep 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z But he doesn’t care, and instead sees legalization as a ploy by Lebanon’s notoriously corrupt political class to benefit cronies. Lebanon's economy is going to pot — in a good way, it hopes 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Steele made the stunning allegation that Trump attorney Michael Cohen secretly traveled to Prague in August 2016 to meet with Vladimir Putin cronies and pay cash hush money for Romanian computer hackers. Mueller assistant pushed Trump-yacht meeting theory inside special counsel’s office 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z And so, in some sense, you have a lot more crony capitalism in highly regulated industries. Whole Foods Founder: ‘The Whole World Is Getting Fat’ 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z “You’re going to be left with the same old cronies you’ve been doing business with … and not the people on the ground.” Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s $100 million pledge for BIPOC communities stirs questions 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z As far as those two and their Republican cronies are concerned, the American people are little more than an inconvenient threat to their power, and all such threats must be quashed. Trump and the GOP don't care about 200,000 dead — only about power 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z It’s how these stewards of taxpayer dollars turned a blind eye to the ways Trump and his cronies have directed Treasury funds into their own pockets. Opinion | The GOP traded democracy for a Supreme Court seat and tax cuts. It wasn’t worth it. 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Connolly described DeJoy as a "crony" who was "rife with conflicts of interest and potential violations of law." DeJoy gave $600,000 to GOP after USPS job opened. Should the focus be on his wife's ambassador nod? 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Some progressives say Biden is a corporate crony who will never address systemic inequalities in U.S. society. AP EXPLAINS: Biden sizable but not radical tax plans 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z Greg Sargent: Are Democrats ready for what Trump and his cronies may pull this fall? Opinion | Kyle Rittenhouse is Trump’s type of rule-breaker 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Several of associates and cronies have been convicted of crimes committed with his tacit blessing and under his watch. Donald Trump’s pathology of victimhood: It's dangerous for his own party — and the rest of us 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z After all, he is the platform and most of the speakers are either his family or personal cronies who show “near spiritual devotion”. The Republican convention is proof that traditional Republicans have given up | Cas Mudde 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Elected officials and the public must collaborate to discuss transportation issues and explore robust, outside-the-box alternatives, not meekly bend to the will of an ambitious governor and his powerful cronies. Opinion | Transportation initiatives are shiny projects with rough consequences 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z All of these tea drinkers were openly critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his cronies. Opinion | Alexei Navalny can’t just become another name on the roll call of Putin’s victims 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Will also suggested that if a Biden administration pursued green investments, it would necessarily engage in crony capitalism. Opinion | Say yes to a new New Deal 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z And not even because of his belligerent, snarling attitude throughout the hearing, radiating the contempt for congressional oversight and the public good common to all Trump cronies. Trump mega-donor Louis DeJoy's testimony makes clear: He can't be trusted with the post office 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Bannon and his cronies were charged with siphoning funds donated to a private project called “We Build the Wall.” Opinion | Joe’s Fearsome Weapon Against Trump: Simple Decency 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z For the next three years, Trump’s family and fixers tried unsuccessfully to build his cherished “Trump Tower Moscow” with the help of Putin cronies. Opinion | Hard evidence at last that shreds Trump’s lies about a Russia ‘hoax’ 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z “This is a deliberate and disturbing step by the Trump Administration to consolidate power among political cronies, undermine Congress, and silence anyone who might stand in their way,” White House budget office gives political appointees more power in spending, alarming career officials 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Don't just blame Trump and his cronies for that, however, as this moment has been a long time coming. Dilip Hiro: Donald Trump is losing his tech war with Xi Jinping 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z And funds meant for unemployment insurance are making their way into the pockets of political cronies. South Africa’s Big Coronavirus Aid Effort Tainted by Corruption 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z This policy of government picking economic winners and losers does not just pose a danger of becoming crony capitalism, it always and everywhere is crony capitalism. Opinion | Progressives want a new New Deal. The old one failed at its main task. 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z In other words, Trump and his cronies were willing dupes and the Russian government took full advantage of it. Senate Intelligence report reveals a vast network of — yes! — Trump-Russia collusion 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z The government and its cronies have sent the army, the police and various militias to beat up demonstrators. Opinion | As Beirut mourns, our failed leadership looks for someone to punish. I say they must all go. 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Maliki and his ring of powerful cronies still loom over the Iraqi political scene. Inside the Iraqi Kleptocracy 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Mahathir pledged to pursue justice against Mr. Najib and his cronies, but he lost support within his coalition and stepped down in February. Najib Razak, Malaysia’s Former Prime Minister, Found Guilty in Graft Trial 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z They will, however, be unconvincing critics of the Biden administration engaging in crony capitalism with “green investments” in the name of combating climate change. Opinion | Progressives want a new New Deal. The old one failed at its main task. 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Mr Magufuli alleged that the "mabeberu" and their cronies in the country were keen to use the virus to distract the country from achieving its economic goals. 'My family is split over coronavirus' 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z “Always helpful and always paid a person back. He expected that of his cronies too.” Hobo and Dreamer: A homeless man and his dog hoped to finally go home. Then COVID-19 arrived 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The biggest thing he will miss is sitting right where he and his Fitzgerald cronies were Thursday night and most nights – under the green shelter on the first base side. Fans reflect on memories of Rapid City’s Fitzgerald Stadium 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z He's in office to enrich himself off public office, help his cronies and build his personality cult. Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Trump and the bitter American truth: "We do not have a real democracy" 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z “Trump and his cronies are openly seeking to destroy the post office during the worst public health crisis in a century,” Pascrell said. Mail could be delayed as new postal boss pushes cost-cutting 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z “Trump and his cronies are openly seeking to destroy the post office during the worst public health crisis in a century,” Pascrell said. Mail could be delayed as new postal head pushes cost-cutting 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Trump’s contempt for the law was obvious in his granting of clemency last week to his campaign crony Roger Stone. Opinion | Trump’s ‘law and order’ is a code for maintaining personal power 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z “Jeff Sessions was a disaster. It’s time to send a message to Jeff Sessions that President Trump does not want him or his cronies in the swamp” Tuberville wrote on Twitter. Jeff Sessions loses GOP nomination for his old Alabama Senate seat 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z He and his cronies are dusting off the climate denial handbook in an effort to confuse the public about science just long enough to drag Trump across the finish line in November. Trump is trying to do to Anthony Fauci what the right did to Al Gore — but it's not working 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Democrats slammed the move, saying it fit into a pattern of Mr. Trump’s rewarding his cronies at the expense of the U.S. doctrine of equal justice under the law. Roger Stone plans to help Trump get reelected 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, he’s siphoning federal money intended to dampen the economic crisis into the pockets of his cronies and family. Trump and McConnell are the twin tribunes of America's ruin – vote them out | Robert Reich 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z He added: “This is what despots do: wield the law like a weapon to attack political opponents and protect loyal cronies. It’s a disgraceful, dark day for American democracy.” Trump's commutation of ally Roger Stone's sentence sparks outrage 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z “Jeff Sessions was a disaster. It’s time to send a message to Jeff Sessions that President Trump does not want him or his cronies in the swamp,” Tuberville wrote on Twitter last month. Sessions vies for Senate comeback in race shadowed by Trump 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z They include the “alleged sale of seized assets to cronies, associates and friends.” Nigeria anti-corruption chief suspended, accused of graft 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z The Trump campaign told Fox News that the records conflict with recent messaging from the Biden campaign that the PPP program is both ineffective and a vehicle to reward Trump "cronies." Biden-founded law firm, a company tied to Pelosi received PPP funds, docs show 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z The jade industry, largely controlled by the military and its crony companies, operates in near secrecy. ‘I Thought I Would Die’: Inside Myanmar’s Risky Pursuit of Jade 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z While attempting to expose a corrupt politician, newspaper reporter Ken Marshall is framed for manslaughter by the politician’s cronies. Movies on TV this week: 'The Seventh Seal' on TCM 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z It charged that Myanmar’s jade mining sector “is dominated by powerful military-linked companies, armed groups and cronies that have been allowed to operate without effective social and environmental controls for years.” Myanmar leader blames joblessness for deadly mining tragedy 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Reward donors and cronies with bailouts, tax breaks, subsidies, government contracts, regulatory rollbacks and plum jobs. 25 steps to Trump’s re-election 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z While the Biden campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for an on-the-record comment, campaign spokesperson Andrew Bates recently tweeted that Trump was "exploiting relief funds to reward his cronies." Biden-founded law firm, a company tied to Pelosi received PPP funds, docs show 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z He overruled career prosecutors to free former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to felony perjury, and backed a light sentence for longtime crony Roger Stone. Opinion | Trump’s articles of impeachment — updated 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z Have it lighten the sentence of a crony convicted of lying under oath. Donald Trump’s re-election playbook: 25 ways he'll lie, cheat and abuse his power 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z Because the regime baked the country’s sectarian divides into its structure, both the protesters and Assad and his cronies saw compromise as impossible: The regime would hang together, or they would hang separately. Review | For the Middle East, the Arab Spring was a rare chance to control its own fate 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Attorney in Maryland testified that he had been pressured to give preferential treatment to one of the president’s cronies, and said that Barr “poses the greatest threat in my lifetime to our rule of law.” The Senate is taking another run at ending encryption 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Here's what Donald Trump and his corporate cronies will never admit: The worst looting in America isn't breaking windows at Target or Wells Fargo. Who’s really looting America? 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z For more than three years Trump has eroded norms, broken laws, and installed cronies who facilitate his corrupt reign. Bolton's book makes it clear: Trump is the amoral charlatan we knew he was 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z We got someone driven by irrational enthusiasms and the advice of cronies. Opinion | Every crisis America faces has been made worse by Trump 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Once the colonel, his sons and the family's cronies were gone, no kind of functioning state was left. Russia and Turkey risk turning Libya into another Syria 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z "Now it seems like this administration awarded contracts for critical PPE supplies to Trump cronies that they couldn't even deliver on. This is a disgrace that must be fully investigated." Democratic congressman calls for probe into former White House official’s $3 million mask deal 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z The violence made possible a version of crony capitalism that comprises daily reality for billions of people, and it is an integral part of the version of globalization that the world ended up with. Opinion | The ‘Liberal World Order’ Was Built With Blood 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z "A politicized and thoroughly corrupt Department of Justice is going to let the president's crony simply walk away," said Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York and the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Under cover of the pandemic, Trump tries to assert total power. When will the media take him on? 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z But throughout American history, when presidents have appointed political cronies to be attorney general, they were looking for people only to help them pursue a policy agenda. Does the justice department work for the Trump campaign now? Barr thinks so | Austin Sarat 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Ridding ourselves of Trump and his cronies in November will be just the beginning of our work to restore it. Opinion | The United States is a country to be pitied 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Now Trump has his cronies selectively declassifying information he can use to launch vague accusations against Biden and his former boss. GOP claims outrage on Flynn "unmasking," then votes to allow warrantless computer searches 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z This latest abuse of power to protect a criminal crony who was on Vladimir Putin's payroll and a secret foreign agent is more than an impeachable offense. How Bill Barr is advancing Trump’s quest to become "president for life" 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Much of the news coverage of Barr's decision last week to drop charges against Trump crony Michael Flynn — on an absurd pretext, accompanied by hypocritical pronouncements — was stenographic, credulous and short-sighted. Under cover of the pandemic, Trump tries to assert total power. When will the media take him on? 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z He has miraculously plugged leaks in the dam, even though members of his inner circle of cronies have been either indicted or convicted of crimes. Opinion | Be smart in fighting Trump 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z “And now, a politicized and thoroughly corrupt Department of Justice is going to let the president’s crony simply walk away.” Reporter's Notebook: DC turmoil echoes life before coronavirus pandemic 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z “A politicized and thoroughly corrupt Department of Justice is going to let the president’s crony simply walk away,” said Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York and the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Justice Dept. Drops Case Against Michael Flynn 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z "Vote-By-Mail is essential to Democracy in 2020. The appointment of a Trump crony to run the Post Office is a very ominous sign," he tweeted. Top Trump donor who gave more than $2 million to the GOP picked to run Postal Service 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z That attorney general then goes on to make extraordinary and unprecedented personal interventions into judicial proceedings to help the president's cronies escape full accountability for their crimes. Under cover of the pandemic, Trump tries to assert total power. When will the media take him on? 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z “The evidence against General Flynn is overwhelming. He pleaded guilty to lying to investigators. And now, a politicized and thoroughly corrupt Department of Justice is going to let the president’s crony simply walk away.” Barr defends DOJ decision to drop case against Flynn: 'A crime cannot be established here' 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z “A politicized and thoroughly corrupt Department of Justice is going to let the president’s crony simply walk away,” said Nadler. Flynn reacts to DOJ dropping case against him: ‘Justice for all’ 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z “The evidence against General Flynn is overwhelming. He pleaded guilty to lying to investigators. And now a politicized and thoroughly corrupt Department of Justice is going to let the president’s crony simply walk away.” Nadler calls for inspector general probe over the DOJ's Flynn decision 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z And if they quit, there is ample reason to believe that the president will replace them with someone worse: a crony who lacks their expertise or capability. Perspective | Can Dr. Birx and Dr. Fauci serve President Trump in good conscience? 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Nobody expects him to protect anybody but himself and his cronies. "They let us down": The Mayo Clinic's galling obsequiousness to Mike Pence 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Alexander, on the other hand, was Kijek’s customary golfing crony and his closest friend. Requiem for a milkman - Golf Digest 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z But concern is rising about the percentage of the taxpayer dollars — and euros and yen and pesos and more — lining the pockets of corrupt bureaucrats, crony contractors and crime syndicates. A pandemic of corruption: $40 masks, questionable contracts, rice-stealing bureaucrats mar coronavirus response 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z |
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