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Ham on Wry<p>Of course little Donny is all for Crypto.</p><p>It’s the best way to hide his money laundering and bribery schemes.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/criminaltrumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminaltrumps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The judge in the case, New York Supreme Court Judge David B. Cohen, is likely to issue his ruling on both parties’ motions for summary judgment in the coming months. A trial could begin in early 2026.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoxNews</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smartmatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartmatic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“I believe that there’s been no showing that Smartmatic engaged in any problems,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> said, acc/to filing, which also cited her as answering “I do” when asked by Smartmatic’s lawyers whether she believed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> was “legitimately elected.” (An email sent to a press account for Pirro’s office seeking comment was not returned)<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fox</span></a> NEVER corrected its coverage of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smartmatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartmatic</span></a> or acknowledged particular mistakes, Smartmatic noted.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…despite some internal concerns about Pirro’s commentary about the election, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoxNews</span></a> CEO <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SuzanneScott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuzanneScott</span></a> told a network executive “we don’t want to censor” her show, acc/to the filing.<br>
Still, acc/to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smartmatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartmatic</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> acknowledged in a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deposition</span></a> that the 2020 election WAS NOT STOLEN. She agreed that the election was “fair &amp; free” &amp; that Smartmatic, which provided <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> to Los Angeles County, did nothing wrong.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The Nov 7, 2020, edition of her show, “Justice with Judge Jeanine,” did not air, infuriating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a>.<br>
In a text message exchange with Hannity three days later, Pirro wrote: “I’M TIRED OF THE CENSORSHIP AND I’M EMBARRASSED BY HOW THEY CALLED THIS ELECTION.”</p><p>Pirro told Hannity that she made several demands of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fox</span></a> management after the Nov 7 show didn’t run as scheduled, leading to speculation that she was suspended from the network.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Keep fighting,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> told <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SidneyPowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SidneyPowell</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fox</span></a> settled a similar <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defamation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defamation</span></a> case brought by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dominion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dominion</span></a> for $787.5 million in 2023.</p><p>Pirro’s producer, Jerry Andrews, warned her directly to stay away from claims of election fraud as concerns spread internally about their veracity. “You should be very careful with this stuff &amp; protect yourself given the ongoing calls for evidence that has not materialized,” he said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smartmatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartmatic</span></a> argues in the suit that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> served as a conduit to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> associates who said the election was stolen, including the lawyer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SidneyPowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SidneyPowell</span></a>.<br>
“It’s Jeanine P. Got a former CIA chief of station who knows [about] development of Dominion,” she wrote in a Nov. 10, 2020, text message to Powell, referring to another <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> company that some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fox</span></a> hosts claimed was involved in a voting fraud scheme.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a> was not assured, acc/to the filing, which chronicles the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoxNews</span></a> host’s fury when her ex-husband was initially not included on Trump’s list for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clemency</span></a>. She expressed…[she was]“upset” about that to the president’s son, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricTrump</span></a>, &amp; lashed out at the girlfriend of Bernard Kerik, the former NYC police commissioner who received a pardon from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> called Kerik a “selfish bastard,” &amp; wrote in a text, “I DON’T CARE [ABOUT] ANYONE ELSE.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smartmatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartmatic</span></a> included many of the conversations in 468 pages of filings to bolster its contention that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> &amp; other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fox</span></a> hosts were determined to stay on Trump’s good side for a variety of motives. It said Pirro, a longtime friend of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, sought to secure a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a> for her ex-husband, Albert Pirro. Convicted earlier of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxEvasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxEvasion</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a>, Albert Pirro was the last person Trump pardoned during his first term.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> bragged about helping <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> while a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoxNews</span></a> host<br>
The former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FauxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FauxNews</span></a> host complained of “CENSORSHIP” by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fox</span></a> over her coverage of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/2020election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2020election</span></a>, according to newly unredacted documents in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smartmatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartmatic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defamation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defamation</span></a> case.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/19/jeanine-pirro-trump-republicans-fox/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">25/08/19/jeanine-pirro-trump-republicans-fox/</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chris</span></a></span> It would be a great <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a> for meetings with <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> &amp; other <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CorporateLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateLobbyists</span></a> with ANY of our public elected <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicServants</span></a> to be open to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicTransparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransparency</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicAccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicAccountability</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicScrutiny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicScrutiny</span></a>.</p><p>Too many <a href="https://beige.party/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politicians</span></a> forget that they are elected public servants. That means, their job is to serve us, the public, not corporate lobbyists. If they're not guilty of selling out the public for their own corporate lobbyists &amp; political benefits - they'd not be so damn scared of full public transparency.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CitizensUprising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUprising</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopTheGreenwash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheGreenwash</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopTheWhitewash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheWhitewash</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ClimateActionNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActionNOW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FailureToAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailureToAct</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Sellouts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sellouts</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Crapitalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crapitalists</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialExploiters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialExploiters</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ecociders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecociders</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bribery</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PriceOfPoliticians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceOfPoliticians</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BackroomBribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackroomBribery</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FOIs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOIs</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CitizensRevolt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensRevolt</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DoYourJob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoYourJob</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"hard to isolate his Presidential profits... because estimating how much his businesses might have made if he weren’t President would require detailed comparisons w/ similar enterprises that have non-Presidential owners...</p><p>That blurriness is why <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> experts say that any outside <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> can pose a conflict of interest &amp; may open a conduit for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a>... I was after a fair, dispassionate quantification of the Trumps’ profits from 2 Presidencies."<br><a href="https://archive.ph/Z9rQ1#selection-567.0-571.170" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.ph/Z9rQ1#selection-567</span><span class="invisible">.0-571.170</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Trump’s global <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>, esp on Indian imports, have caused multinational MFGs to pause or term their plans to shift production out of China -a top goal of the Trump admin.</p><p>Surveyed firms🚨aren't moving to the US: "Moving production to the US would be tricky.... Besides higher labor costs, the co would also have to contend with tariffs on imported components."<br>-S Lincicome</p><p>Trump rewards ppl who give him the biggest bribe, he uses <a href="https://toad.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a>...<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bribery</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/trumps-tariffs-stymie-indias-bid-to-steal-manufacturing-from-china-d526f0fe?mod=djemlogistics_h" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/economy/trade/trumps-t</span><span class="invisible">ariffs-stymie-indias-bid-to-steal-manufacturing-from-china-d526f0fe?mod=djemlogistics_h</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"No Sheriff in Town"<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> IND’s pay off:🚨leg/exec action, &amp; the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> paused or withdrawn: 1/3 of the targeted investigations into tech corps. ~104 cos. in the tech sector were facing at least 143 fed invs.</p><p>1st 6 mos of 2025: 47 enforc actions: withdrawn or halted. These cos spent &gt;$1B over the course of the 2024 election cycle. 2/3 of that pol spending went toward supporting Rs/Trump. ~1/2 of the enforc actions: dropped or paused for <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> cos.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bribery</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/james-talarico-texas-democrats-gerrymandering/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/james-talarico</span><span class="invisible">-texas-democrats-gerrymandering/</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Bringing Parliament into disrepute (as though Westminster needs any help)</p><p>The Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has been accused of selling access to parliament after backing a scheme that is asking companies to pay up to £300,000 for a “safe space” to meet MPs.</p><p><a href="http://archive.today/2025.08.12-174108/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/lindsay-hoyle-speaker-commons-parliament-z86lvkfz6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.today/2025.08.12-17410</span><span class="invisible">8/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/lindsay-hoyle-speaker-commons-parliament-z86lvkfz6</span></a> (archive)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UkPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Westminster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Westminster</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Hoyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hoyle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bribery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"Export controls are a frontline defense in protecting our <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a>, &amp; we should not set a precedent that incentivizes the government to grant licenses to sell <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> that will enhance its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> capabilities," said Rep John Moolenaar, a Michigan Republican who chairs the House Select Cmte on China.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The latest move drew condemnation from US lawmakers in both parties who warned that it risked creating a pay-for-play framework for the sale of sensitive technologies to US adversaries, a concern echoed by analysts &amp; legal experts.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Historically, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> government made decisions to control the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/export" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>export</span></a> of sensitive technologies on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> grounds. Those decisions were viewed as non-negotiable; if a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> was controlled, companies could not buy their way around those controls, no matter how lucrative the foregone foreign sales.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>More on Trump’s unusual Nvidia deal</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> upended decades of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> policy, creating an entirely new category of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> risk, when he made a deal with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nvidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nvidia</span></a> to give the US govt a cut of its sales in exchange for resuming exports of banned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chips</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trumps-unusual-nvidia-deal-raises-new-corporate-national-security-risks-2025-08-11/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/government/t</span><span class="invisible">rumps-unusual-nvidia-deal-raises-new-corporate-national-security-risks-2025-08-11/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…There are few precedents for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Dept granting licenses for exports in exchange for a share of revenue. But the unorthodox payments are consistent w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s increasingly interventionist role in international <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> deals involving <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> companies. In June, the admin approved investment by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NipponSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NipponSteel</span></a>, a Japanese company, in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USSteel</span></a> in a deal that included a so-called golden share in the company, a rarely used practice where the government takes a stake…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a></p>