"Americans have never witnessed anything like the corruption that President Donald Trump and his inner circle have perpetrated in recent months. Its brazenness, volume, and variety defy historical comparison"
theatlantic.com/politics/archi

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It would not be difficult to publish a webpage which is continually updated with the complete list of his corrupt acts.

Reading about each of these things, or not reading about them, on separate occasions as individual stories presented idiosyncratically by different sources doesn't bring home the scale of it for people who really need it spelled out.

A one stop laundry list at a simple unchanging URL which lists them pointedly and succinctly, with full, credible citations, would be a useful thing to be able to point people at.

@pieist @anneapplebaum I was thinking the same thing. Amy Siskind maintains "The List" but it's wide-ranging and not just focused on corruption. I think a corruption index would be an excellent thing to be able to consult and send people to.

@pieist @anneapplebaum Like, Trump was convicted in coart and then elected a president. That alone is just red fucking flags all over the place.

It's wild that anyone under investigation can be a candidate for such position let alone getting one with a fucking conviction. Only in Murica apparently. The land of the free corrupt.

@rejzor @pieist @anneapplebaum This is a dangerous thought. In a model where only non-convicts can take office, the law becomes a political weapon to gatekeep activism.

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