Putting anti-corruption atop the national political agenda

Russia's Best Friend in India Just Got a $300 Billion Deal From Trump

Reliance Industries fuels Russia's war machine. Now they're financing America's first new refinery. Strategic corruption is guiding US foreign policy.

Dekleptocracy Alliance — Putting anti-corruption on the national political agenda.

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Dekleptocracy Journal: The Oil Refinery Announcement Was a Tell

CNBC: Trump says US will build first refinery in 50 years with Reliance

Inside Climate News: Trump Claims Indian Investment for Brownsville Refinery

America First Refining Press Release (PRNewswire)

CNN: Donald Trump Jr. joining PSQ Holdings board

CNBC: US offers India 30-day waiver for buying Russian oil

Euronews: Reliance seeking Russian crude following waiver

The Wire: Reliance leadership helped India get Russian oil waiver

CNBC: Democrats demand reversal of Russian oil sanctions waiver

CNN: Trump wanted India off Russian oil, Iran war undermining goal

Fortune: Trump says US will open first new oil refinery in 50 years

CFR: Oil Energy, India-US Relations, and the Russia Conundrum

Reinforcing the rule of law is how we fight authoritarianism, and both political parties should make it fundamental to their national platforms.

Updates

May 8

War on the Measure of American Harm The Trump administration has deleted more than 8,000 federal web pages and 3,000 public datasets since January 2025 — including the gold-standard databases that track why mothers and infants die, how many Americans go hungry, where overdoses happen, who dies in a...Read more

Apr 24

NEW: Trump's inner circle is cutting deals with Putin allies that would idle 25M t/yr of U.S. LNG capacity and gut 400,000 jobs. Gentry Beach, Joseph Flynn, Jesse Binnall, Don Jr. in Banja Luka. Full investigation → dekleptocracy.substack.com

Apr 23

HEADER The Eric Trump Pentagon Heist — April 23, 2026 DESCRIPTION The president's son just went on Fox Business to brag about a $24 million Pentagon contract. His business partner's last company collapsed two years ago with up to $96 million of ordinary Americans' savings missing. Meanwhile Ukraine...Read more

Apr 23

Hungary Voted Out Orban. Here's the Playbook. After 16 years, Viktor Orban lost - not over ideology, but because of corruption. Peter Magyar won by making corruption tangible every single day: naming names, showing receipts, connecting the theft to citizens' lives. The American opposition needs to ...Read more

Apr 22

Pay to Play: How Crypto Bought the SEC and Is Now Buying Congress Fairshake PAC has $193 million for the 2026 midterms — 150% of the previous all-time corporate record. 7 SEC crypto cases were dismissed in 2025. Every dismissed company had donated to Trump's inauguration or affiliated PACs. Ripple'...Read more

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