There are concerns about ethics and propriety after Donald Trump met last week with three business partners from India.
Trump Meeting Raises Ethical Concerns
Source: Marketplace | Published: 11/21/2016
Research Cited
The Koch brothers’ hidden election gambit
Source: Salon | Published: 11/20/2016
Just because the multibillionaires didn’t back a presidential candidate they were hardly idle. The Koch siblings sunk their tentacles — and cash — deep into local races, fielding 1,600 staffers in 38 states.
‘Justice for Some’: Advocates Worry Jeff Sessions Could Halt Criminal Justice Reform
Source: The Guardian | Published: 11/18/2016
Trump’s attorney general nominee, who was rejected for district judgeship for alleged racist remarks, supports civil forfeiture and nonviolent drug prosecutions, experts say.
Trump Cabinet Appointments Will ‘Undo Decades of Progress’, Rights Activists Say
Source: The Guardian | Published: 11/18/2016
Hawkish trio — Jeff Sessions as attorney general, Mike Pompeo as CIA chief and Michael Flynn as national security adviser — have made inflammatory statements about race relations, immigration, Islam and the use of torture.
Sessions Pick as AG Could Spark Exodus from Civil Rights Division
Source: Politico | Published: 11/18/2016
Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general is being met with alarm at the Justice Department’s civil rights division and could trigger an exodus there.
Trump Must Divest Himself of All Business Holdings, Democracy Advocates and Ethicists Say
Source: Common Dreams | Published: 11/17/2016
More than a dozen pro-democracy organizations and leading government ethics experts today urged President-elect Donald Trump to divest his holdings in his business assets.
Public Contracts Shrouded in Secrecy
Source: Reveal | Published: 11/16/2016
The charter school industry is another government contractor that has resisted transparency in several states, even though its schools are publicly funded.
Public Contracts Shrouded in Secrecy
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Published: 11/16/2016
The charter school industry is another government contractor that has resisted transparency in several states, even though its schools are publicly funded.
Myron Ebell, the Climate Contrarian Now Plotting the EPA’s Precarious Future
Source: InsideClimate News | Published: 11/16/2016
Donald Trump’s choice to lead the EPA transition team has a long history of pushing climate denial, assailing environmental protections and trumpeting fossil fuels.
Florida’s Amendment 1 Defeat Shows Why Solar Won’t Be Stopped, Trump or No Trump
Source: Utility Dive | Published: 11/14/2016
Americans who are concerned about climate change are shell-shocked over the election of Donald Trump.