corruption Former Tory chancellor takes over newspaper, sells "money-can't buy" coverage to Uber, Google and others Cory Doctorow
corporatism The £7 billion Carillion collapse has the UK government talking about breaking up the Big Four accounting firms Cory Doctorow
christ what an asshole Ajit Pai: portrait of a Vichy nerd who transformed from debating-society darling to thin-skinned, brooding manbaby Cory Doctorow
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corruption Chinese surveillance/tech giant Alibaba joins ALEC, will start co-authoring US legislation Cory Doctorow
corruption FCC chairman Ajit Pai receives heaps of insults after tweeting about his love for The Big Lebowski Mark Frauenfelder
happy mutants Taking one cent, ever, from the NRA should disqualify you from ever running for office as a Democrat Cory Doctorow
politics Before standing for the Democratic nomination in a NY congressional race, Patrick Ryan was in business spying on union organizers and left-wing activists Cory Doctorow
corruption FCC opens corruption investigation into Ajit Pai, who likes to joke about being a corporate puppet Cory Doctorow
corporatism Group behind voter ID, stand your ground, ag-gag, private prison, anti-muni-wifi, and killing Obamacare now planning rules for jailing pipeline protesters Cory Doctorow
corporatism Excellent, plain-language explainer on corporate and 1 percenter tax evasion, with a simple solution Cory Doctorow
corruption LA Times barred from press-screenings of Disney movies after reporting on corporate welfare in Anaheim Cory Doctorow
politics The DNC picked a bunch of sleazy lobbyists as superdelegates, can't figure out why no one is donating Cory Doctorow