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Showing posts with label ethics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ethics. Show all posts
Sunday, September 27, 2026
'American Scoundrel' traces Roy Cohn's playbook from McCarthyism to Trump (Terry Gross, Fresh Air podcast)
In Kai Bird's biography of Cohn, he looks at how the lawyer taught Trump how to deny, delay, attack, sue and countersue, never admit defeat, side-step paying bills and avoid a paper trail.
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Is Jared Kushner a 'walking conflict of interest'? (Tonya Mosley; Fresh Air podcast)
How Jared Kushner is mixing U.S. diplomacy with his billion-dollar business.
Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker staff writer Dexter Filkins says while Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is a U.S. special envoy negotiating peace, he's also working on private business deals, raising billions in some of the same countries. “He's potentially a walking conflict of interest,” Filkins tells Tonya Mosley.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker staff writer Dexter Filkins says while Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is a U.S. special envoy negotiating peace, he's also working on private business deals, raising billions in some of the same countries. “He's potentially a walking conflict of interest,” Filkins tells Tonya Mosley.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Trump crypto empire looms over Senate showdown
Democrats want concessions on several parts of the bill — but most importantly, they say a government ethics provision included in the latest GOP text doesn’t go far enough in restricting President Donald Trump’s ability to profit off his family’s crypto ventures…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/15/trump-crypto-empire-looms-over-senate-showdown-01076494
Monday, August 31, 2026
Prosecutorial Indiscretion (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)
The Legal Accountability Center filed bar complaints on Tuesday accusing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and two lieutenants of violating their ethical duties in seeking to charge six Democratic lawmakers.
A federal judge has re-blocked the Trump administration’s executive order curtailing mail in voting after the Supreme Court lifted her previous block last week.
Three journalists dismissed from Stars and Stripes are suing the Pentagon accusing the government of violating their First Amendment rights and asking the courts to stop their termination.
Two election monitors from the Justice Department tried to interview voters and examine voting machines at polling places during Wyoming’s primaries last week, drawing pushback from the state’s Republican governor.
Plus listener questions.
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A federal judge has re-blocked the Trump administration’s executive order curtailing mail in voting after the Supreme Court lifted her previous block last week.
Three journalists dismissed from Stars and Stripes are suing the Pentagon accusing the government of violating their First Amendment rights and asking the courts to stop their termination.
Two election monitors from the Justice Department tried to interview voters and examine voting machines at polling places during Wyoming’s primaries last week, drawing pushback from the state’s Republican governor.
Plus listener questions.
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Monday, August 17, 2026
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Federal Judges Criticize Trump’s Justice Department for “Unethical” Conduct — ProPublica
ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word…
https://www.propublica.org/article/justice-department-presumption-of-regularity
Thursday, July 16, 2026
FCC Officials Took Gifts From Paramount While It Had Business Before Them — ProPublica
Expensive Gifts: Despite regulating broadcast media, FCC commissioners have accepted pricey tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala from CBS or its parent company, now Paramount.
Conflict of Interest: Ethics experts say that by accepting the gifts, FCC commissioners are compromising the agency’s impartiality and should avoid acting on Paramount’s pending merger.
Mixing Business and Pleasure: After voting for a Paramount merger, Commissioner Olivia Trusty took tickets worth over $12,000. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has accepted tickets worth at least $63,000...
https://www.propublica.org/article/paramount-mergers-fcc-kennedy-center-gala
Monday, July 13, 2026
Another ICE Coverup (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)
FBI Director Kash Patel has been demanding special perks from Bureau employees during his taxpayer-funded travels throughout the country, including helicopter tours and jet ski excursions.
US Attorney Andrew Boutros agrees to pay the attorney’s fees for the Broadview Six in a bid to avoid discovery as the codefendants seek a special prosecutor to investigate the Justice Department.
The Harris County DA says federal authorities have sidelined local officials from investigating the shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by ICE agents in Houston.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will face confirmation hearings this week as New Mexico accuses the justice department of obstructing the Epstein Ranch investigation.
Plus listener questions.
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US Attorney Andrew Boutros agrees to pay the attorney’s fees for the Broadview Six in a bid to avoid discovery as the codefendants seek a special prosecutor to investigate the Justice Department.
The Harris County DA says federal authorities have sidelined local officials from investigating the shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by ICE agents in Houston.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will face confirmation hearings this week as New Mexico accuses the justice department of obstructing the Epstein Ranch investigation.
Plus listener questions.
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Friday, July 10, 2026
So, is faith without works dead? (Dan McClellan and Dan Beecher; Data Over Dogma podcast on YouTube)
The Epistle of James might be the most quietly radical book in the New Testament — it insists that faith without works is dead, that mercy triumphs over judgment, and it may be pushing back directly on Paul.
This episode, we dig into who actually wrote it (probably not Jesus's brother), why nobody quoted it until the third century, why "James" is really "Jacob," and why Martin Luther wanted to demote it to an "epistle of straw."
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This episode, we dig into who actually wrote it (probably not Jesus's brother), why nobody quoted it until the third century, why "James" is really "Jacob," and why Martin Luther wanted to demote it to an "epistle of straw."
- 0:00 Cold Open
- 0:44 The Epistle of James
- 2:17 It's Actually "Jacob"
- 4:01 Which James Wrote This?
- 6:07 Nobody Quotes It for 200 Years
- 7:45 Was James Really the Author?
- 10:20 James vs. Paul on Faith
- 12:06 Chapter 1: Wisdom Literature
- 13:45 The Rich, the Poor, and the Law
- 17:12 Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment
- 20:06 What "Chesed" Really Means
- 22:36 Faith Without Works Is Dead
- 28:49 Abraham, Isaac, and Works
- 31:16 Luther's "Epistle of Straw"
- 32:56 Pure Religion: Orphans and Widows
Thursday, July 9, 2026
Monday, July 6, 2026
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
LIVE DEBATE [God is Fiction] 3-16-2026 (Justin at DZ Debates on YouTube and podcast)
TIMESTAMPS
8:39 Skepticus joins
11:00 David - Philbro nonsense; What is Justin’s foundation for his view of the Bible; Contradiction in 1 Chronicles 21 & 2 Samuel 24
46:15 Joe Ja - Starts with fine tuning; Were the Israelites slaves to God?
1:21:43 VanTam - Caller talks non-stop; We have a creator because everything has one; Caller misunderstands infinity; Was time created? Justin gives caller 2 minutes to talk at the end of the call
2:06:50 RegularJohn - Caller believes in God because he sees patterns in people’s name; If you use your story for why God is real, why wouldn’t you trust the story of other people and their God?
2:24:20 Darth Mark [Agnostic] - Believes we live in a simulation; Caller believes they have precognitions that come true
2:49:35 Duke Tree - Christianity is true because of all the believers that have died for their faith; Is Genesis 3:15 a prophecy? What about other prophecies?
3:33:50 (Duke Tree) Is a choice by coercion an actual choice (follow God or burn forever?) Caller: yes, it is still a choice and Hell isn’t a lake of fire and torment
3:56:20 Alfie - What Christian scholars does Justin recommend?
4:01:40 Jared - Humans are the only creatures that say God isn’t real; Caller believes everyone knows God is real and non-believers are lying
4:22:00 James - How do atheists account for logic and knowledge? Is God contingent? How about Jesus?
4:46:15 (James) - Even if God isn’t real, living as if he is the best way to live your life; Are God’s morals objective?
5:10:29 Superchats and wrap-up GGs
46:15 Joe Ja - Starts with fine tuning; Were the Israelites slaves to God?
1:21:43 VanTam - Caller talks non-stop; We have a creator because everything has one; Caller misunderstands infinity; Was time created? Justin gives caller 2 minutes to talk at the end of the call
2:06:50 RegularJohn - Caller believes in God because he sees patterns in people’s name; If you use your story for why God is real, why wouldn’t you trust the story of other people and their God?
2:24:20 Darth Mark [Agnostic] - Believes we live in a simulation; Caller believes they have precognitions that come true
2:49:35 Duke Tree - Christianity is true because of all the believers that have died for their faith; Is Genesis 3:15 a prophecy? What about other prophecies?
3:33:50 (Duke Tree) Is a choice by coercion an actual choice (follow God or burn forever?) Caller: yes, it is still a choice and Hell isn’t a lake of fire and torment
3:56:20 Alfie - What Christian scholars does Justin recommend?
4:01:40 Jared - Humans are the only creatures that say God isn’t real; Caller believes everyone knows God is real and non-believers are lying
4:22:00 James - How do atheists account for logic and knowledge? Is God contingent? How about Jesus?
4:46:15 (James) - Even if God isn’t real, living as if he is the best way to live your life; Are God’s morals objective?
5:10:29 Superchats and wrap-up GGs
Interview:
- YouTube video, with viewer comments: https://www.youtube.com/live/ow-VuBA52j0?si=cTgFsajnCZRO5MS5
- Podcast, audio only: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2026-03-16-fiction-atheist-live-debates/id1837730286?i=1000759287917
Friday, June 12, 2026
Monte Mader Deconstructs Alt-Right Christian Nationalism (Find Out podcast on YouTube)
We're mixing things up on this episode of the Find Out Podcast with our guest, Monte Mader. Monte is not only a culture critic, musician and podcaster, she was raised in a far right Christian Nationalist community who has flipped sides and now offers guidance to white, ex-Evangelical Christians who want to leave the MAGA movement.
Monte explains to us deeply engrained her family was in Christian Nationalist Republican politics. Growing up in a deeply religious household in Wyoming, her father home schooled and raised her to believe that you can't be a Christian and a Democrat. We find out what caused her to finally leaver the Christian Nationalist community and why they worship Donald Trump.
Chapters
00:00 I Took My Bible & I Threw It Across The Room
01:24 Raised At The Intersection of Republican Politics & Religion
05:52 Christian Apologetics
08:51 What Was the First Seed of Doubt?
12:41 The First Time I Realized I Was Intentionally Lied To
16:11 Realizing Christian Nationalism Is The Problem
23:51 My Dad Held Trump To The Same Moral Standard He Held Clinton
29:38 James Dobson, Eugenics, Larry Ellison & The Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger
36:19 What's The Difference Between Trump's Iran Plan & Trump's Vietnam Plan?
42:17 Matt Schalpp of CPAC Has Been Credibly Accused
45:40 Ronald Reagan Was A Piece Of Sh*t
49:10 You Cannot Expect or Demand Apologies From People That You Victimized
57:34 Let's End On Something Hopeful
Monte explains to us deeply engrained her family was in Christian Nationalist Republican politics. Growing up in a deeply religious household in Wyoming, her father home schooled and raised her to believe that you can't be a Christian and a Democrat. We find out what caused her to finally leaver the Christian Nationalist community and why they worship Donald Trump.
Chapters
00:00 I Took My Bible & I Threw It Across The Room
01:24 Raised At The Intersection of Republican Politics & Religion
05:52 Christian Apologetics
08:51 What Was the First Seed of Doubt?
12:41 The First Time I Realized I Was Intentionally Lied To
16:11 Realizing Christian Nationalism Is The Problem
23:51 My Dad Held Trump To The Same Moral Standard He Held Clinton
29:38 James Dobson, Eugenics, Larry Ellison & The Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger
36:19 What's The Difference Between Trump's Iran Plan & Trump's Vietnam Plan?
42:17 Matt Schalpp of CPAC Has Been Credibly Accused
45:40 Ronald Reagan Was A Piece Of Sh*t
49:10 You Cannot Expect or Demand Apologies From People That You Victimized
57:34 Let's End On Something Hopeful
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Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Aipac affiliate has funded lavish trips to Israel for dozens of Congress members since 7 October, filings reveal
Revealed: AIEF, a charitable affiliate of pro-Israel lobby Aipac, has spent millions on travel for lawmakers from both parties, even as voters’ support for Israel plummets…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/02/aipac-aief-congress-israel-travel
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Monday, May 25, 2026
Christian defends slaughtering children - Doesn't Go Well (Jon Cohen; Unconvinced on YouTube)
What happens when someone calmly tries to justify God commanding the killing of children?
In this live debate, a Christian caller attempts to defend some of the Bible’s darkest passages — including genocide, child killing, and eternal punishment.
The conversation escalates fast.
If morality means anything at all, it cannot suddenly stop applying when the character in question is called “God.”
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The conversation escalates fast.
If morality means anything at all, it cannot suddenly stop applying when the character in question is called “God.”
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Friday, May 22, 2026
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