Thu, December 12, 2024

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: The Globe and Mail

Morning Update: A page in Poilievre's playbook

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: The Financial Times

Keir Starmer and the Cummings consensus

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: Reuters

Insight: Trump crypto venture partners with platform linked to Middle East militants

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: Mother Jones

"It's the Economy, Stupid" Is Never Just About the Economy

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: RTE Online

Government approves Irish intervention in ICJ cases

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: The Morning Sun

Column: Lowering the curtain on cultural insanity

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: i

How the NHS, schools, police and trains could be hit by strike action

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: Politico

Some Democrats want to thaw their frosty relationship with Elon Musk

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: USA Today

Justin Trudeau renews a complicated relationship with Donald Trump

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: B92

The Government of Serbia announced: They made important decisions

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: Daily Express

Court waiting lists hit new record high and show scale of out-of-control criminal system

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: Toronto Star

Trudeau government's carbon price has had 'minima .. fect on inflation and food costs, study concludes

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: Swarajya

National Sports Governance Bill: Modi Government' .. Federation Politics And Ensuring Athlete Welfare

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: HuffPost

Kari Lake's New Trump-Announced Gig Has Critics Fuming

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: Business Standard

Senior YSRCP leader quits citing personal reasons, flags 'lack of respect'

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: english.mathrubhumi

Behind the BJP's allegations: What Soros' connections to Congress mean for Indian politics

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Citizens left frustrated after Yoon's fourth public address

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Zelensky furious over Orban-Putin phone call

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Syria rebel leader vows to shut down notorious Assad prisons

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: The Financial Express

Elon Musk shatters records: First person to cross .. billion net worth as business and politics align

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

US hikes tariffs on imports of Chinese solar wafers, polysilicon and tungsten products

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

New Jersey, home to many oil and gas producers, eyes fees to fight climate change

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Italy's Meloni meets with the King and Queen of Spain

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: Couriermail

Peter Dutton to 'work with the state government' .. remove Indigenous flag from Sydney Harbour Bridge

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Novina Pillay joins DA: Reshaping opposition politics ahead of 2026

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: Associated Press

European Central Bank likely to cut rates while weighing US trade concerns and France's chaos

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Mayor and council seats expected to see pay raise .. n hopes to motivate youth into running for office

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

South Korean parliament impeaches police chief and justice minister over martial law

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: THE WEEK

How Assad's dictatorial regime rose and fell in Syria

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

UN General Assembly demands ceasefire in Gaza and backs UN agency helping Palestinian refugees

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Steve Bannon warns GOP Congress will give wealthy and corporations 'massive' tax breaks

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Farage makes shock prediction about fate of Tory party and it's not good news for Kemi

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

PNG asylum seekers stripped of government-provided housing and healthcare under new deal

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Area Senators discuss infrastructure and economic growth in region

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: Arutz Sheva

A perverse alliance between Western Leftists and murderous Jihadis

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

South Korean president says martial law was an act of governance and denies rebellion charges

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

New era in Syria: Opposition fighters destroy Hafez al-Assad's tomb, vows security and stability

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

'Pray For Long, Healthy Life': PM Modi Wishes NCP Chief Sharad Pawar On His 84th Birthday

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Syria: What Comes After the Despot?

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Lame-duck Biden threatens to veto bipartisan plan .. would allow Trump to appoint more federal judges

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: The Jamaica Observer

What is the ground saying?

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Trump's DOJ secretly obtained records of his FBI .. makers, staffers and media in leak investigations

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

"Meeting Adani is not sin": Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai slams DMK and Congress

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

We need to know whether the drones over New York and New Jersey pose a threat to the homeland

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Iran's supreme leader accuses U.S. and Israel of orchestrating Assad ouster

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: TwinCities.com

Mary Ellen Klas: DOGE's best idea yet is permanent daylight saving time

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: CNN

Wray's departure will cement Trump's control over the institutions of US justice

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ex-St. Louis alderman starts lobbying after release from federal prison

Court filings tie powerful Oakland family to ousted mayor and scheme to sway election

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The Alameda County District Attorney's office dropped a bombshell this week linking Oakland's outgoing mayor and her boyfriend to a Democratic political operative and wealthy local family who allegedly hatched a scheme to sway the 2022 mayoral election.

The article from MSN discusses a series of court filings that reveal connections between a powerful Oakland family, the Duongs, and former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, in what appears to be an alleged scheme to influence local elections. The Duong family, known for their involvement in the cannabis industry, has been linked to Thao through various financial and political dealings. The filings suggest that the Duongs provided significant financial support to Thao's campaign, including through a nonprofit they control, which was used to funnel money into her election efforts. This has raised concerns about potential corruption and the misuse of nonprofit funds for political gain. The situation has led to investigations by the FBI, focusing on the intertwining of business interests with political influence in Oakland's governance. The controversy has implications for local politics, highlighting issues of transparency, campaign finance, and the influence of wealthy families in municipal elections.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/court-filings-tie-powerful-oakland-family-to-ousted-mayor-and-scheme-to-sway-election/ar-AA1vH3UE