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Heidi Li Feldman
@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Trump regime unlawfully privatizing the U.S. military. https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/politics/anonymous-donor-military-pay-shutdown

CNN

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics

The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Department confirmed on Friday.
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Nicole Parsons
@Npars01@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@heidilifeldman

Trump's billionaires think Prigozhin-style mercenaries should be available for hire, like the Wagner Group.

https://www.salon.com/2021/06/30/kristi-noem-raises-ethical-concerns-with-privately-bankrolled-national-guard-border-deployment/

https://www.inkl.com/news/trump-has-spent-700-percent-more-on-deadly-weapons-for-ice-this-year-here-s-what-they-now-have

Erik Prince wants a war.

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-contractors-gaza-food-2673791401/

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/20/another-blackrock-nearly-100-u-s-mercenaries-are-in-gaza-right-now/

https://haitiantimes.com/2025/05/29/blackwater-haitian-american-veterans-haiti-mission/

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/14/failed-role-western-mercenaries-fall-of-goma-drc

https://www.leftvoice.org/u-s-mercenaries-are-helping-the-idf-murder-starving-people-in-gaza/

After all, Willis Johnson bought a national guard unit off of Noem.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/kristi-noems-national-guard-deployment-is-the-governments-future/619404/

https://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action/lawsuits/crew-sues-for-records-pertaining-to-kristi-noems-border-deployment-of-the-south-dakota-national-guard/

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/15/opinions/president-trump-american-troops-are-not-mercenaries-kirby

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/15/liberties-mercenaries-wagner-group-warfighting/

inkl

Trump has spent 700 percent more on deadly weapons for ICE this year - but agency still claims they can’t afford bodycams

Immigration agency spent more than $70 million in the first nine months of the year on small arms and ordnance as it ramped up its crackdown on undocumented migrants, data reveals
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SD's donor-funded National Guard deployment raises ethical concerns

The mission, funded by a billionaire GOP megadonor, appears to be the first of its kind in American history
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Nomdeb
@nomdeb@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@heidilifeldman I remember years ago after 9/11 that the general public had been sending in checks to certain government agencies which were prohibited from accepting them. There is NOTHING about the Trump regime that is in anyway interested in running America. It's all about corruption and extremism. #USPol #RuleOfLaw

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Toni Aittoniemi
@gimulnautti@mastodon.green replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@heidilifeldman That escalated quickly 🤔

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sOlOw-NH
@solownh@mstdn.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@heidilifeldman

Was it Ghislane, Elon, MBS, the Epstein Estate?

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PetterOfCats
@PetterOfCats@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@heidilifeldman wow $45 per person total. If anyone thinks that this is going to any service member and not like 1 person’s pocket…

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Cat Herder 💔 🗽 🇺🇲
@CatHerder@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@heidilifeldman
FFS! That's so illegal even Mike Johnson should be able to see it.

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xs4me2
@xs4me2@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@heidilifeldman

Gotta be kidding… wonder where rockbottom is…

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Crystal_Fish_Caves
@Crystal_Fish_Caves@mstdn.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@heidilifeldman so there is money for the military a new plane tearing down a historic structure and a fucking ballroom,

but our health care is asking too much.

Priorities loud and clear.

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Catherine is not giving up.
@CatDragon@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@heidilifeldman smells like Blackwater.

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Timo
@timo21@mastodon.sdf.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@heidilifeldman Mercenaries paid by billionaires. Does it have a name like the 'Wagner Group'?

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