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Proving General Butler's "War is a Racket" right ninety years after the speech and the book.
Yes, you can buy a lot of baby formula with this much cash. But, hey, it's spent now....
"Trump says private donor gave $130 million to cover military pay during shutdown"
#BigTech Helped Bankroll the #EastWing Destruction
#Meta, #Amazon, #Microsoft, #Apple, & #Google have a lot riding on their relationships with the #Trump admin. They all cut checks for the ballroom.
#TechBros #plutocracy #billionaires #corporations #corruption #bribery #extortion #law #antitrust #regulations #AI #energy
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/white-house-east-wing-destruction-google-meta-apple-microsoft-amazone/
Proving General Butler's "War is a Racket" right ninety years after the speech and the book.
Yes, you can buy a lot of baby formula with this much cash. But, hey, it's spent now....
"Trump says private donor gave $130 million to cover military pay during shutdown"
#BigTech Helped Bankroll the #EastWing Destruction
#Meta, #Amazon, #Microsoft, #Apple, & #Google have a lot riding on their relationships with the #Trump admin. They all cut checks for the ballroom.
#TechBros #plutocracy #billionaires #corporations #corruption #bribery #extortion #law #antitrust #regulations #AI #energy
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/white-house-east-wing-destruction-google-meta-apple-microsoft-amazone/
Trump pardons former Binance CEO after guilty plea in letting cybercrime proceeds flow through platform
https://therecord.media/changpeng-zhao-former-binance-ceo-pardoned-donald-trump
The move, approved after the launch of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet, may draw criticism, as public sentiment on the scandal remains strong. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/japan/politics/slush-fund-lawmakers-posts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #sanaetakaichi #koichihagiuda #corruption
…Whether #Trump will get his payout is officially up to #DOJ’s Deputy Attorney General, or the Associate Attorney General who oversees the agency’s civil division. Those jobs are held respectively by #ToddBlanche, a former Trump lawyer who represented Trump on the Mar-a-Lago case, & #StanleyWoodward, who represented a Trump co-defendant in that case, along with various current Trump aides.
NYT reported Tues that #Trump “is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him.” Those are #DOJ probes into connections between Trump’s 2016 campaign & #Russia’s intelligence activities intended to help him win that election, & Trump’s alleged violation of the #Espionage Act, & other laws, by evading DOJ efforts to recover highly #ClassifiedDocuments that Trump lifted from the White House….
#law
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/trump-justice-doj-settlement-230-million/
…Whether #Trump will get his payout is officially up to #DOJ’s Deputy Attorney General, or the Associate Attorney General who oversees the agency’s civil division. Those jobs are held respectively by #ToddBlanche, a former Trump lawyer who represented Trump on the Mar-a-Lago case, & #StanleyWoodward, who represented a Trump co-defendant in that case, along with various current Trump aides.
Scandale chez Tracfin qui aurait bidonné une note pour incriminer le député LFI Carlos Martens Bilongo. Ce sont des agents en interne qui ont eux-mêmes portés l'affaire dans L'Informé, présentant l'élu comme la victime d’une cabale organisée par leur propre service. L'information est gravissime, si elle est avérée et devrait a minima donner lieu à l'ouverture d'une enquête. https://www.linforme.com/banque-finance/article/tracfin-soupconne-d-avoir-bidonne-une-note-sur-un-depute-pour-plaire-aux-emirats-arabes-unis-partie-i_3321.html
#Politique #LFI #Corruption #Tracfin #Racisme #DirectAN #EAU #Emirat #Diplomatie #Fisc
Le gendarme financier a imputé au député LFI 200 000 euros de fraude sans aucune preuve tangible, en rendant un rapport truffé d'erreurs. Le seul tort de ce parlementaire? Avoir émis des doutes sur la sincérité des Émirats arabes unis dans la lutte contre le réchauffement climatique lors de la COP28 et notamment sur son président, le sultan Al-Jaber, qui a fait capoter toute ambition sur la rédaction des énergies fossiles...
En 2023, la fameuse note est transmise au parquet de Pontoise dans le Val-d’Oise, département de résidence du député. En un mois, le parquet ouvre une enquête préliminaire, et les médias sont informés - quelle coïncidence ! - le 11 mai 2023, jour de sortie de "Noir Français", l'autobiographie du député, relate L'Informé... S'ensuit la curée médiatique, sans aucun recul sur cette info, s'appuyant sur la légitimité de Tracfin...
#Politique #LFI #DirectAN #Corruption #Fraude #Fisc #Medias #Presse
Scandale chez Tracfin qui aurait bidonné une note pour incriminer le député LFI Carlos Martens Bilongo. Ce sont des agents en interne qui ont eux-mêmes portés l'affaire dans L'Informé, présentant l'élu comme la victime d’une cabale organisée par leur propre service. L'information est gravissime, si elle est avérée et devrait a minima donner lieu à l'ouverture d'une enquête. https://www.linforme.com/banque-finance/article/tracfin-soupconne-d-avoir-bidonne-une-note-sur-un-depute-pour-plaire-aux-emirats-arabes-unis-partie-i_3321.html
#Politique #LFI #Corruption #Tracfin #Racisme #DirectAN #EAU #Emirat #Diplomatie #Fisc
New:🚨”How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force.”
#PoliceState #Immigrants #Fascism #Impunity #Disappearances #Constitution #Corruption #Racism #NoKings #Protest #USPol
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-ice-secret-police-civil-rights-unaccountable
New:🚨”How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force.”
#PoliceState #Immigrants #Fascism #Impunity #Disappearances #Constitution #Corruption #Racism #NoKings #Protest #USPol
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-ice-secret-police-civil-rights-unaccountable
Underpinning the “Bad Practice” investigation were months of digital detective work: Dozens of scrapers, 17 freedom-of-information requests, and countless spreadsheets — all to trace how doctors stripped of their licenses could quietly move across borders.
Underpinning the “Bad Practice” investigation were months of digital detective work: Dozens of scrapers, 17 freedom-of-information requests, and countless spreadsheets — all to trace how doctors stripped of their licenses could quietly move across borders.
"Of the nearly $28 billion in grants the administration has frozen or canceled during the shutdown, $27.24 billion—97 percent—was for projects in Democrat-led congressional districts."
~ The Bulwark
#Trump #fascism #PoliticsofFear #cruelty #immigrants #ICE #shutdown #military #MikeJohnson #corruption
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"During the federal shutdown, in which hundreds of thousands of federal workers are not being paid, Trump announced that he would give Argentina $20 billion in 'aid' that would go to political and social elites in that country."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #fascism #PoliticsofFear #cruelty #immigrants #ICE #shutdown #military #MikeJohnson #corruption #Argentina #bailout
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/our-job-invite-disaffected-trump
"The administration continues to try to demonstrate its power. Today it announced its fifth known attack on a boat 'just off the coast of Venezuela' in international waters."
#Trump #fascism #PoliticsofFear #cruelty #immigrants #ICE #shutdown #military #MikeJohnson #corruption #Venezuela
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"Of the nearly $28 billion in grants the administration has frozen or canceled during the shutdown, $27.24 billion—97 percent—was for projects in Democrat-led congressional districts."
~ The Bulwark
#Trump #fascism #PoliticsofFear #cruelty #immigrants #ICE #shutdown #military #MikeJohnson #corruption
/7
"Today, Trump tried to pressure Democrats by telling reporters the slashing of government programs will hurt only Democrats. 'We’re not closing up Republican programs because we think they work,' he said. 'So the Democrats are getting killed, but they’re not telling the people about that…. So we are closing up Democrat programs that we think that we disagree with, and they’re never going to open again.'”
~ Heather Cox Richardson
"The administration continues to try to demonstrate its power. Today it announced its fifth known attack on a boat 'just off the coast of Venezuela' in international waters."
#Trump #fascism #PoliticsofFear #cruelty #immigrants #ICE #shutdown #military #MikeJohnson #corruption #Venezuela
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"To bring a democracy under authoritarian control, you need more than a strongman. You need politicians who will assure the public, as we slide toward one-man rule, that nothing odd is happening. That’s the role Johnson is playing in Donald Trump’s takeover of America."
~ Will Saletan
#Trump #fascism #PoliticsofFear #cruelty #immigrants #ICE #shutdown #military #MikeJohnson #corruption
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mike-johnson-abetting-trump-authoritarianism
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