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Steve's Place<p>Therefore, Tim Cook is a fascist, and Apple is a Nazi company now. I thought gifts to POTUS were illegal, once. Law is whatever a rich man says it is.</p><p>Do. Not. Trust. Them.</p><p>I will look for ways to never use Apple products again. I coded for Apple in R&amp;D. This is fascism. Trump is a dictator. Fuck Apple.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@verge/114984042984192605" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@verge/1149840</span><span class="invisible">42984192605</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Trump's trip to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> as his new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GolfCourse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GolfCourse</span></a> opens blurs politics &amp; his family business</p><p>Over the weekend, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> visited his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/golf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>golf</span></a> properties as his family’s business prepares to open a new Scottish course bearing his name in August.</p><p>The overseas trip — with its entourage of advisers, White House &amp; support staffers, Secret Service agents &amp; reporters — is yet another example of Trump blending presidential duties with promoting his businesses.</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/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a><br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-scotland-golf-course-opening-legal-issues-92aa09043e036d6aa87ad99e5fd755bb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-scotl</span><span class="invisible">and-golf-course-opening-legal-issues-92aa09043e036d6aa87ad99e5fd755bb</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“The security implications of accepting a private plane from a foreign nation as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirForceOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirForceOne</span></a> &amp; the resulting ethical concerns a gift of that sizes creates were already significant.”But it was more worrisome, Shaheen said, that “this administration is diverting funds from the nuclear modernization budget to finance costly renovations to this plane.”<br>In doing so, she said, “we’re weakening our credibility to fund a vanity project for President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</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/CoverUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoverUp</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Only at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> could someone reprogram $934 million &amp; expect no one to notice. The coffers were refilled with the passage of the budget reconciliation bill several weeks ago, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> officials say.</p><p>“The more we learn about this deal, the more disturbing it becomes,” said Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, who serves on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArmedServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArmedServices</span></a> Cmte.</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/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</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/CoverUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoverUp</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>When asked last week, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirForce</span></a> said it simply could not discuss the cost — or anything else about the plane — because it’s classified.</p><p>(For collectors of such bureaucratic evasions, yes, the Air Force is willing to discuss the cost of building a new generation of intercontinental ballistic missiles, but not the cost of renovating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s aircraft.)</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</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/CoverUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoverUp</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“We believe the actual retrofit of that aircraft is probably less than $400 million,” he said.</p><p>If so, that would be a bargain. But engineers &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirForce</span></a> experts who have been through similar projects have their doubts that it can be accomplished for anything like that price. Members of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> express concern that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> will pressure the Air Force to do the work so fast that sufficient security measures are not built into the plane.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</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/CoverUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoverUp</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In testimony before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> in June, Troy E. Meink, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirForce</span></a> secretary, said that he thought the cost of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirForceOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirForceOne</span></a> renovations would be *manageable*. “I think there has been a number thrown around on the order of $1 billion,” he said. “But a lot of those costs associated with that are costs that we’d have experienced anyway, we will just experience them early,” before Boeing delivers its two Air Force Ones. “So it wouldn’t be anywhere near that.”</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/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> doesn’t want to part with a third of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> “triad,” &amp; the silos &amp; their command posts are big employers in the rural West.</p><p>They serve another function in the second <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin. The modernization program has proved to be the perfect thing if you were determined to hide how much you are spending on an airplane, especially one equipped to order up a nuclear strike, if needed.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</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/CoverUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoverUp</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The project was first sold to Congress as a $77.7 billion program to replace all 400 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Minuteman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minuteman</span></a> III missiles, complete with launch facilities &amp; communications built to withstand both <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cyber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyber</span></a> attack. By the time <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> came back into office, that figure had ballooned by 81%, to $140 billion &amp; climbing, all to reconstruct what nuclear strategists agree is the most vulnerable, impossible-to-hide element of America’s nuclear deterrent.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</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/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>It was those delays that led <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to look for a *gift*.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirForce</span></a> officials privately concede that they are paying for renovations of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qatar</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirForceOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirForceOne</span></a> with the transfer from another the massively-over-budget, behind-schedule program, called the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Sentinel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sentinel</span></a>. That is named for the missile at the heart of Washington’s long-running effort to rebuild America’s aging, leaky, ground-launched <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> missile system.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</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/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Concerns over the many apparent conflicts of interests involved in the transaction, given Trump’s government dealings &amp; business ties with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qatar</span></a>, have swirled since reports of the gift emerged this spring. But <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said he was unconcerned, casting the decision as a no-brainer for taxpayers.</p><p>“I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer,” Trump said in May. “I mean, I could be a stupid person &amp; say, ‘No, we don’t want a free, very expensive airplane.’”</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/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s plane probably won’t fly for long: It will take a year or two to get the work done, and then the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qatar</span></a> gift — improved with the latest communications &amp; in-flight protective technology — will be transferred to the yet-to-be-created Trump presidential *library* after he leaves office in 2029, the president has said.</p><p>[So basically Americans are footing the bill for Trump’s“free” private plane]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theft</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/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a></p>
Michael Fenichel<p>Meanwhile ...</p><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-letterman-stephen-colbert-cbs-cancels-late-show_n_687eecc8e4b0502d85e6460c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/david-lette</span><span class="invisible">rman-stephen-colbert-cbs-cancels-late-show_n_687eecc8e4b0502d85e6460c</span></a></p><p>Speaking of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Colbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colbert</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> enabling <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBS</span></a> (and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Letterman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Letterman</span></a> too)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> </p><p>It's.. it's... "sedatious" - according to the Toddler King with "all the best words"</p>
Kim Perales<p>This term,🚨Trump's made 99 visits to his properties, incl 62 visits to his golf courses, a 37%⬆️from last term.</p><p>Foreign govt officials from 10 countries have made 19 visits to his props, with st govt officials visiting 17X in the last 6 months. Special interest grps, pol CMTEs &amp; foreign govts have held 49 events at his props, 16X than this time in his 1st term.</p><p>He's promoted his props by mentioning them 57X, a 78%⬆️from the 1st term.<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/Extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Extortion</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</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.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/trumps-term-2-corruption-by-the-numbers-more-golf-trips-more-foreign-visitors-and-more-profits/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">citizensforethics.org/reports-</span><span class="invisible">investigations/crew-reports/trumps-term-2-corruption-by-the-numbers-more-golf-trips-more-foreign-visitors-and-more-profits/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In response to a Reuters request, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aqua1Foundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aqua1Foundation</span></a> last month provided an unsigned statement, saying: “At this stage, we are not disclosing additional information beyond what has been publicly shared.”</p><p>It added: “Aqua 1 is backed by a group of long-term, mission-aligned partners &amp; led by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DaveLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DaveLee</span></a> &amp; a global team with deep expertise in web3 &amp; digital asset infrastructure.” Aqua 1 did not respond to a detailed set of questions….</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/WorldLibertyFinancial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldLibertyFinancial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Yet a review by Reuters of corporate registries, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aqua1Foundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aqua1Foundation</span></a>’s digital profile &amp; other public information reveal almost nothing about the source of its capital or the person it named as its founding partner, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DaveLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DaveLee</span></a>.</p><p>Reuters could not find a way of contacting Lee directly. An Aqua 1 press release, which was published on Reuters.com as sponsored content, listed an email for a person named Dora Lee as a media contact.</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/WorldLibertyFinancial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldLibertyFinancial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Of all the riddles wrapped in the digital wallets sending funds to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WorldLibertyFinancial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldLibertyFinancial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> business, a little-known entity last month became the biggest.</p><p>A venture calling itself <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aqua1Foundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aqua1Foundation</span></a> &amp; saying it is based in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAE</span></a> announced in late June it had bought $100 million worth of World Liberty’s crypto tokens, becoming the largest publicly known investor in the business.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trumps-100-million-crypto-mystery-man-2025-07-11/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/finance/t</span><span class="invisible">rumps-100-million-crypto-mystery-man-2025-07-11/</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p>On this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/4thofjuly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thofjuly</span></a>, Jen Psaki takes a look at a new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYT</span></a> report on just what a financial MESS <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BankruptTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BankruptTrump</span></a> is (and has always been) and how he is abusing his office to rake in as much cash as he possibly can… while he can.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonTheCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonTheCon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GrifterInChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrifterInChief</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/-carnival-of-corruption-report-shows-trump-milks-presidency-for-badly-needed-bailout-242697797928" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-je</span><span class="invisible">n-psaki/watch/-carnival-of-corruption-report-shows-trump-milks-presidency-for-badly-needed-bailout-242697797928</span></a></p>
Michael Fenichel<p>Meanwhile, in the "how low can it go" / stench of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> Department.... Eau d' <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Evil</span></a> # 47</p><p><a href="https://x.com/JessicaTarlov/status/1939855493310419124" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/JessicaTarlov/status/193</span><span class="invisible">9855493310419124</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grifting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grifting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“ICYMI: “🚨The NYT reported this week that the Trump Org has 30 deals in the pipeline, including many foreign deals. </p><p>That's a whole lot of potential conflicts of interest.”<br>-CREW</p><p>“Trump’s Name Could Adorn Tel Aviv Hotel, Becoming a Symbol or a Target.” </p><p>He always finds the time to grift off the presidency. Trump has doubled his net worth in a year.⬇️</p><p>*Please share a NYT🎁. <br><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/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Repubilcans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Repubilcans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</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.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/politics/israel-hotel-trump-destination-target.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/israel-hotel-trump-destination-target.html</span></a><br><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2025/03/31/how-truth-social-and-crypto-helped-donald-trump-double-his-fortune-in-just-one-year/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/danalexander/</span><span class="invisible">2025/03/31/how-truth-social-and-crypto-helped-donald-trump-double-his-fortune-in-just-one-year/</span></a></p>