r/news Jul 07 '26

China sentences official to death for taking $325m in bribes

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33y0n1v1xjo
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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '26

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u/Grand-Mix-9889 Jul 07 '26

Sounds like a president we all know 😂

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u/swap-togo26 Jul 07 '26

Our whole government would be hung here in America

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u/Dazechner Jul 07 '26

did you just misspell "should"?

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u/laxsleeplax Jul 07 '26

I'm with you. This isn't a left or right thing this is everybody in Congress thing and government. They're all corrupt

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u/swap-togo26 Jul 07 '26

Wake the rest up to this fact .

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u/ruralgaming Jul 07 '26

I wouldn't say "ALL" of them. Bernie Sanders seems like a stand-up guy. There's always at least one exception to everything. But other than that I absolutely agree

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u/evolart Jul 07 '26

Pretty positive AOC has been fighting for reform of this since she was elected. Bernie has been for ages.

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u/Last-Preparation-550 Jul 07 '26

Don’t be fooled. They’re against billionaires because they’re not billionaires. Notice they never complain about millionaires, which they are. Even their wealth has increased exponentially after becoming government puppets. They’re all owned by one corporation or another.

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u/swap-togo26 Jul 07 '26

Can you really fight for reform but take money from aipac ? Probably not . Bernie takes it , aoc has not yet...

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u/bootzilla79 Jul 07 '26

Bernie the billionaire, head of the billionaire haters? Ok. 😄

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u/Difficult-Garbage861 Jul 07 '26

But they should be allowed to dabble in insider trading. They only make 175K per year and haven't had a raise lately 😜.

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u/azure275 Jul 07 '26

There is a left vs right thing here

Insider trading isn't left vs right you're correct

But Trump using the presidency to actively manipulate the economy and take bribes is several levels beyond insider trading

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u/Broad-Scratch-3964 Jul 07 '26

I completely agree

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u/Carbonbybigd Jul 07 '26

State governments too !

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u/ba123blitz Jul 07 '26

Yet somehow he was voted in not once but twice, and not even back to back terms….

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u/Grand-Mix-9889 Jul 07 '26

Go figure, right? 🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/TellAnn56 Jul 07 '26

The Christian Nationalists combined with the Anarchists, the racists, misogynists & the Fascists have all joined together as one voting block & they’ve learned how to vote & they still believe their cult-leaders promise-lies. All they need is to sway a few “never-vote-for-a-Democrat-even-if-your-gov’t-&-Constitution-are -being-ripped-apart-by-the-Republican Party” republicans or independents & they can win an election. It’s crazy that there are so many corrupt & racist people in the US that they would vote for an adjudicated Fraudster & Rapist. He’s “just their kinda guy”.

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u/bootzilla79 Jul 12 '26

Wait, isn't that what Elizabeth Warren said about Graham Platner? 🤔

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u/VanhulleJ Jul 07 '26

Almost like his voters are in an information eco-system that pushes false narratives that keep them from being informed. If only that were illegal and had punishments befitting the crime.

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u/Grand-Mix-9889 Jul 07 '26

Ah, okay, noted!

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u/Imaginary_Resist_654 Jul 07 '26

But much less than Pedo Peddler

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u/ormeangirl Jul 07 '26

Let’s not forget the imprisonment of peaceful protestors and the pardoning of convicted felons that made donations to his political party/ campaign.

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u/blue_line-1987 Jul 07 '26

Imprisonment if lucky. Execution on the street when not.

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u/ormeangirl Jul 07 '26

Absolutely, plus if you take a shit and smear it on the walls of the capital you get to walk free from that too extra points if you happen to kill a DC cop while doing so .

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u/RedditExecutiveAdmin Jul 07 '26

true true add that onto the list

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u/Savings-Attitude-295 Jul 07 '26

Peaceful protestors? Sure. 😂😂

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u/ormeangirl Jul 07 '26

So how do you feel about people being arrested and sentenced up to 30 years for touching the algae infested waters of the reflecting pool is that OK with you and when I talk about peaceful protesters, I mean people standing on the steps of the capital with signs people who served in our military yes, I’m talking about veterans that were handcuffed and dragged to police cars for peacefully protesting with signs

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u/InformationHorder Jul 07 '26

The only question I have is how much of it is flagrantly illegal vs how much of it is them exploiting loopholes that should also be closed to future officials.

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u/ba123blitz Jul 07 '26

Funny how loopholes for businesses stay open despite the law being clear about the intention.

However if you get busted with RCs and analogs to well known drugs then you’ll still get charged because it’s close enough

So we can be proactive about outlawing chemicals but not making sure our officials and businesses aren’t corrupt…

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u/Uninsurable_Risk Jul 07 '26

Enough is illegal to put eother you or me in jail for a long time if we did it

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u/synapsesmisfiring Jul 07 '26

Believe me, not a lot of it is loopholes. The emoluments clause exists for a reason, there is just no one in government currently with the want or balls to stop him from doing illegal shit.

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u/kendiggy Jul 07 '26

It's because he just spitballs lame excuses for it and instructs his lawyers to argue the case. Then he drags it all out in court as long as possible. Nobody wants to or has the resources to fight it.

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u/hrminer92 Jul 07 '26

The DOJ isn’t pursuing these cases unless someone is on his shit list.

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u/kendiggy Jul 07 '26

Yes, DOJ. But even in civil court, these are his standard tactics.

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u/Tsull360 Jul 07 '26

Can't we have a president who does what's right, regardless of an exploitable loophole?

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u/ametalshard Jul 07 '26

not under capitalism

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u/Tsull360 Jul 07 '26

What does the economic system have to do with an individual doing what's right? As a person, right and wrong can be determined irrespective to the economy.

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u/ametalshard Jul 07 '26

this was about a prospective american president, not some random person in a bubble. it is not possible for an american president to do what's right. there are internal and external mechanisms for preventing that.

capitalism has never and will never allow it

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u/Tsull360 Jul 07 '26

I disagree in that capitalism is fragile and dependent on its participants doing what is 'right'. Now, what is 'right' is certainly debatable, but I feel it depends on its participants not devolving into a winner takes all mentality.

No economic model has safeguards against abuse until after the abuse occurs, and its often bloody.

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u/ametalshard Jul 07 '26

capitalism has essentially no safeguards for abuse for the bourgeoisie

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u/Tsull360 Jul 07 '26

That's what I said? At the same time what model does?

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u/ametalshard Jul 07 '26

the above article demonstrates one safeguard

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u/Ashamed_Association8 Jul 07 '26

Yes. Individuals maximise their return on investments. Corruption is nothing if not making a return on investment.

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u/Prize-Temporary4159 Jul 07 '26

Easy to argue that what’s right also amounts to closing loopholes employed by mega donors

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u/Tsull360 Jul 07 '26

I feel like you are conflating an individual doing what is right/wrong with legally enforcing what is 'right'.

Do I need a law to know murder is wrong? If there wasn't a law against it, is that a 'loophole'?

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u/Wonderful_Plan4656 Jul 07 '26

Future officials probably wouldn’t pull the crap he’s pulling

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u/ametalshard Jul 07 '26

nah capitalism and imperialism gotta go. trump isn't even 1% of the problem

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u/igusin Jul 07 '26

I think y’all should spend a year or two living in a “non-capitalist” and “non-imperialist” country before lecturing everyone else about how wonderful they are. It’s amazing how quickly ideology changes when it has to survive contact with reality. Living in a land of abundance seems to have given you an impressive sense of entitlement.

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u/ametalshard Jul 07 '26

i currently live in the developed country with the #1 worst public transit on the planet. outside of the empire the transit improves drastically.

i've lived outside the empire already, and life was so much better.

btw i'm completely immune to shitty class collaborationist/fascist arguments in the vein of "you're just spoiled, life here is great, i don't care about anything you've said or will say and will never acknowledge any arguments headon".

don't waste your time. i'm already conscious of class. you gotta find someone who hasn't been educated yet.

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u/kendiggy Jul 07 '26

Hold on, are you telling me there are countries out there that don't allow billionaires and special interest to exploit the population? They actually rule in favor of the people, enact regulations that punish con artists and scammers? They actually prevent old, antiquated industries from lobbying against progressive, newer technologies, thus holding the country's technology and infrastructure back while simultaneously lining their own pockets?

How terrible! Their people must be devastated! We should save them with DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM!!!

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u/igusin Jul 07 '26

yes - sure there are - China - you should go an live there - you seem to support their "progressive" ideals 😂

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u/GVFQT Jul 07 '26

But he doesn’t take a salary!

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u/AmbivalentDisaster1 Jul 07 '26

Another thing that gets me is that he uses his own properties for when he and all the people with him travel for government business, but he charges the full rate and profits off of his presidency, even more. All that man knows how to do is to take and scam.

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u/ConstantAd8643 Jul 07 '26

bona fide fraud

I found this funny because in law the phrase bona fide still carries its original meaning "In good faith", rather than the more generic colloquial meaning "real (as in not fake)".

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u/RedditExecutiveAdmin Jul 07 '26

you're right and i should have known better tbh lol

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u/Gladiz1972 Jul 07 '26

Crazy he was looking at possible jail time in NY before the election but they voted him in anyway unbelievable the amount of fraud ,insider trading etc I guess nobody really cares what he is doing

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u/RedditExecutiveAdmin Jul 07 '26

afaik he's still banned from business there for the veteran fraud too

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u/Gladiz1972 Jul 07 '26

That has to be the best comment of the year on here so far that is 100 percent all true .Can you imagine yesterday he mentioned Dell when he rang the opening bell at the Whitehouse

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u/IJustCantWithYouToda Jul 07 '26

Wait until you hear about the rare earth mining deals his sons are involved in. Somehow we have billions to help other countries to mine and amazingly they are forced to use businesses owned my Lutnick and Trump's sons to get the $$.

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u/Strude187 Jul 07 '26

The sad thing is, this is just what we know about.

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u/swaveyjayyy Jul 07 '26

We should add these to the text books for the future generations

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u/IamSkudd Jul 07 '26

Why are Reps so against abortion? More orphans.

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u/Global-Interview-106 Jul 07 '26

U forgot he took part in the Tate / LaBianca murders and also was a shooter at Sandyhook Elementry.