Yes, Russia is often included on lists of "most corrupt" countries. But the American style of corruption seems to be top down rather than bottom up. Really I know almost nothing about Russia. But like you point out, DOGE is shining a spotlight on the plague of corruption that infests the USA. Can it change ?
Between 2004 and 2022, USAID was the largest US government funder of EcoHealth Alliance, which sub-awarded grant funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), which likely started the Covid pandemic. We were the first to report that WIV’s Ben Hu was one of three patients zero. The Wall Street Journal confirmed our reporting one week later, and appropriately credited us for our scoop.
The CIA now says that its intel showed that the Covid virus escaped from a lab in China. What it didn’t say is that the CIA under Biden broke the law in not releasing its analysis. If it weren’t for the election of Trump, the truth might never have come out. by & me
My favourite bit from the JD Vance speech
"No voter on this continent went to the ballot box to open the floodgates to millions of unvetted immigrants. But you know what they did vote for? In England, they voted for Brexit. And more and more all over Europe, they are voting for leaders who promise to end to out-of-control migration ... I just think people care about their homes. They care about their dreams. They care about their safety & capacity to provide for themselves & their children ... C…
My favourite bit from the JD Vance speech
"No voter on this continent went to the ballot box to open the floodgates to millions of unvetted immigrants. But you know what they did vote for? In England, they voted for Brexit. And more and more all over Europe, they are voting for leaders who promise to end to out-of-control migration ... I just think people care about their homes. They care about their dreams. They care about their safety & capacity to provide for themselves & their children ... C…
Canada is such a soft country compared to the USA. In Canada, if you want assisted suicide, they just pop you in a pod and fill it with nitrogen. In the US, the government won’t help you commit suicide unless you spend years researching the connections between the CIA and the crack trade and then they send a guy to your house to put two bullets in your head and the coroner rules it a suicide.