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"Power Corrupts" #6: How the Supreme Court Made Corruption Legal
"Power Corrupts: Cleaning Up America's Biggest Industry" was published two weeks ago and is now available nationwide at bookstores and online! Get the…
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"Power Corrupts" #5: Death Threats Over Coffee
Ohio's bribes-for-bailouts scheme became a full-fledged scandal at six o'clock in the morning on July 21, 2020, when FBI agents arrived with search and…
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"Power Corrupts" #4B: When FDR Called Utilities a "Private Empire"
This week: how that monopoly system evolved into the corruption scandals that would set the template for Chuck Jones and modern utility schemes.
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"Power Corrupts" is Here: The Complete Investigation Now Available
After four weeks of revealing utility corruption from Ohio to Illinois to the White House to the historical roots, the complete investigation is now in…
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"Power Corrupts" #4A: The Man Who Invented Utility Corruption
To understand how we got Chuck Jones and Michael Madigan, we need to go back to the man who created the template for utility corruption over a century…
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"Power Corrupts" #3: How FirstEnergy Bought the White House
When utility corruption reaches the White House, it doesn't just rig state politics—it warps federal energy policy that affects every American.
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"Power Corrupts" #2: Why Your Bills Keep Rising (While Clean Energy Gets Blocked)
While Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison last week for his bribery-for-bailouts corruption with ComEd…
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