Epstein Secrets

ing prob- lems in democracies—India and Indonesia among them—and in settings where democracy's prospects are unclear, as with Ecuador, Hungary, and Kenya. The growing offensive against civil society is in many respects a tribute to the prominent role that NGOs have come to play in the political life

roviding funding for an opposition political party. Yet it helps to finance France's National Front and quite possi- bly Hungary's Jobbik. In 2013, Greenpeace activists attempted to scale a Russian offshore drilling platform as part of a protest against Arctic oil exploration; the authorities arrested th

on reform. King a birther who once speculated that the way Obama's parents got his birth announcement into a Hawaiian newspaper was by telegram from Kenya. And last year Congressman King said that "a man could impregnate a 13-year-old girl, take that girl off the playground, haul her over the state li

, either because the attorneys were prosecuting too many Republicans or because they weren't prosecuting enough Democrats. 6. The Bush IRS Audited Greenpeace and the NAACP. Not only was the NAACP suspiciously audited during Bush's 2004 re-election campaign, but high-profile Republicans like Joe Scarboroug

owing prob- lems in democracies—India and Indonesia among them—and in settings where democracy’s prospects are unclear, as with Ecuador, Hungary, and Kenya. The growing offensive against civil society is in many respects a tribute to the prominent role that NGOs have come to play in the political life o

roviding funding for an opposition political party. Yet it helps to finance France's National Front and quite possi- bly Hungary's Jobbik. In 2013, Greenpeace activists attempted to scale a Russian offshore drilling platform as part of a protest against Arctic oil exploration; the authorities arrested the p