“A review by the editorial board relying on analyses from news organizations shows that Mr. Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion. We know this number to be an underestimate because some of his profits remain hidden from public view. And they continue to grow.”

~ New York Times

#Trump #grift #EconomicElites #fascism #crypto
/1

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/20/opinion/editorials/trump-wealth-crypto-graft.html

“A review by the editorial board relying on analyses from news organizations shows that Mr. Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion. We know this number to be an underestimate because some of his profits remain hidden from public view. And they continue to grow.”

~ New York Times

#Trump #grift #EconomicElites #fascism #crypto
/1

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/20/opinion/editorials/trump-wealth-crypto-graft.html

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/08/google_gemini_gmail/

'The threat' is absolutely brilliantly written.

#TheRegister #google #gemini #ArtificialIntelligence #grift #gmail

@jeffjarvis
Sounds familiar — unfortunately. #Grift.

Tony Blair, since leaving office, has made more than £110 million via companies that benefited from the invasion of Iraq, and his connections with BAE Systems.

#UKPolitics #Grift

"Trump’s eldest sons, Don Jr and Eric, formally the custodians of the family business, are conducting a global dealmaking blitz. They have broken ground on new golf courses, received permission for new skyscrapers, rented out the Trump brand, and in cryptocurrency they have embraced a venture with the capacity to bring in more than everything that has gone before."

#Trump #Putin #JaredKushner #Ukraine #Russia #PutinsPoodle #grift #corruption
/6

"As Ukrainian officials held a critical meeting with U.S. representatives [today], Jared Kushner (a private citizen with massive foreign financial entanglements) sat in the room. His presence is as inappropriate as it is alarming. The Ukrainians’ expressions said it all:"

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #Putin #JaredKushner #Ukraine #Russia #PutinsPoodle #grift #corruption
/3

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/sunday-afternoon-news-updates-113025

Tony Blair, since leaving office, has made more than £110 million via companies that benefited from the invasion of Iraq, and his connections with BAE Systems.

#UKPolitics #Grift

"They think that the magic of words will always save them, that there will always be a next grift, that no crisis is so great that it cannot be turned to personal profit. This is true right up until the moment when it is not."

#Trump #JDVance #ElonMusk #PeterThiel #TechBros #broligarchy #grift #corruption
/6

"Because they are inside a grift bubble, they push for authoritarianism in their own interest, without reckoning with the possibility that their actions can wreck the country. For them, America is a limitless passive resource. ...

The president and vice-president do not know the history of people like themselves, or that of other republics that were needlessly brought down by men of their particular sort."

#Trump #JDVance #ElonMusk #PeterThiel #TechBros #broligarchy #grift #corruption
/5

"How does a country burst? To answer this questions, it helps to see matters as do the president and the vice-president: from inside a grift bubble. ...

This end of the United States is possible, in part, because our president and vice-president think that it is impossible."

~ Timothy Snyder

#Trump #JDVance #ElonMusk #PeterThiel #TechBros #broligarchy #grift #corruption
/4

https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-bubble

“A'll he wants is a ballroom, stadiums named after him, the Arc de Trump, to party with his rich friends, and for billionaires to kiss his ass.' She added, 'He doesn’t care about anybody who voted for him—and neither does his party!'”

~ Joy Reid

#Trump #Epstein #ApprovalRating #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #EconomicElites #grift #ArcdeTrump
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https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/joy-reid-trump-only-cares-about-his

"Where’s the money? It’s not like there’s no money. It’s there somewhere. Who has it?"

#Trump #Epstein #EconomicElites #grift #corruption #coverup #economy
/7

"It’s ridiculous that we have to protect these wealthy, insanely powerful people, while at the same time having Donald Trump deliberately sabotage our economy. You look around, there’s layoffs everywhere. You know, everything is not just a little bit more expensive, it’s significantly more expensive than it was even three years ago, say. And why? Where’s the money, man?"

~ Greg Olear

#Trump #Epstein #EconomicElites #grift #corruption #coverup #economy
/6

https://gregolear.substack.com/p/ramble-on-the-epstein-files-season

"In a sane world:

The voters would never elect a pathological liar, malignant narcissist, sadist and sociopath who hates most of the country’s people—a broken man who is chiefly interested in enriching himself, getting attention, creating havoc, savoring violence and seeking retribution against his perceived enemies."

~ Steven Beschloss

#Trump #Epstein #EconomicElites #grift #corruption #coverup
/5

https://www.americaamerica.news/p/in-a-sane-world-take-five

"A new document shows Jeffrey Epstein asking his lawyer to look into Donald Trump’s finances in 2012."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #Epstein #EconomicElites #grift #corruption #coverup
/4

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-hegseth-announces-major-military

"Looking out for the top .0001 percent: Donald’s presidency is not about governing. It’s about extracting as much money and power as possible for himself and his inner circle of grifters. It’s all a big grift."

~ Mary Trump

#Trump #Epstein #ApprovalRating #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #EconomicElites #grift
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https://www.marytrump.org/p/the-grift-goes-on

“A'll he wants is a ballroom, stadiums named after him, the Arc de Trump, to party with his rich friends, and for billionaires to kiss his ass.' She added, 'He doesn’t care about anybody who voted for him—and neither does his party!'”

~ Joy Reid

#Trump #Epstein #ApprovalRating #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #EconomicElites #grift #ArcdeTrump
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https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/joy-reid-trump-only-cares-about-his

LLMs trading Crypto is like Shit drinking Piss

#LLMs #Crypto #Technology #Waste #Grift

"No president has ever used his office to rack up anything close to the estimated $5B Trump has hauled in for himself, selling everything from tacky gold sneakers to crypto. He has mastered the art of trading on access & enticing foreigners to pony up big bucks (and even an airplane). The most pro-corruption president in history also has stopped enforcement of foreign corruption, crypto fraud and other white collar crimes."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#Trump #grift #corruption
/3

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/words-and-phrases-we-could-do-without-c92