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@Npars01@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

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Konstantin Nikolaev has been funding Mike Johnson for ages.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-ends-biden-era-task-force-aimed-at-seizing-russian-oligarchs-assets

Vekselberg & Deripaska have been supporting Republicans like #MoscowMitch for years.
https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/mcconnell-trump-russia-deripaska-affirmative-action-20221004.html

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/01/george-santos-andrew-intrater/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/03/trump-big-oil-campaign-pitch-corruption

Kelcy Warren, Tim Dunn, Tim Mellon & Harold Hamm have wanted another oil war for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/opinion/trump-gas-solar-energy.html

https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/billionaires-and-the-trump-admin-kelcy-warren/

https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/billionaires-and-the-trump-admin-tim-dunn/

https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/harold-hamm-trump-billionaires-and-the-admin/

https://www.nytimes.com

Opinion | The Oil Oligarch Who Wants to Take Us Back to the 1990s

Trump’s $1bn pitch to oil bosses ‘the definition of corruption’, top Democrat says

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse calls audacious request ‘definition of corruption’ amid investigation into Mar-a-Lago meeting in April

Inside McConnell’s tie to indicted Putin ally | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, a new study says protests aren’t working, just when the world needs them.

@Npars01@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-oil-industry-donations

The sudden appearance of this extortion scheme begs the question:

1. Are the megadonors implicated by the Epstein Files involved?

2. Did the recent visit with Trump's fossil fuel co-conspirator #PrinceBonesaw have anything to do with this fossil fuel shakedown?
https://theintercept.com/2025/06/18/trump-oligarchs-billionaires-profits/

These wealthy donors aren't unknowable.

Just look at the attendees at Trump's inaugurations.
https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/04/01/musk-trump-tech-oil-oligarchs/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/18/us-oil-gas-industry-wealth-trump

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Wealth of US ‘oil-garchs’ went up 15% in nine months as industry figures plan Trump inauguration party

Oil and gas firms have given more than $75m to Trump’s campaign and stand to benefit from his ‘drill, baby drill’ plan

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@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · 3 weeks ago

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Konstantin Nikolaev has been funding Mike Johnson for ages.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-ends-biden-era-task-force-aimed-at-seizing-russian-oligarchs-assets

Vekselberg & Deripaska have been supporting Republicans like #MoscowMitch for years.
https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/mcconnell-trump-russia-deripaska-affirmative-action-20221004.html

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/01/george-santos-andrew-intrater/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/03/trump-big-oil-campaign-pitch-corruption

Kelcy Warren, Tim Dunn, Tim Mellon & Harold Hamm have wanted another oil war for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/opinion/trump-gas-solar-energy.html

https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/billionaires-and-the-trump-admin-kelcy-warren/

https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/billionaires-and-the-trump-admin-tim-dunn/

https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/harold-hamm-trump-billionaires-and-the-admin/

https://www.nytimes.com

Opinion | The Oil Oligarch Who Wants to Take Us Back to the 1990s

Trump’s $1bn pitch to oil bosses ‘the definition of corruption’, top Democrat says

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse calls audacious request ‘definition of corruption’ amid investigation into Mar-a-Lago meeting in April

Inside McConnell’s tie to indicted Putin ally | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, a new study says protests aren’t working, just when the world needs them.

tools for commensality 🧿

@inquiline@assemblag.es · 2 months ago

Hey some nerd (me) is quoted here in this Columbia Journalism Review story about how low-power FM radio stations weathered federal funding cuts by being too small to be eligible for federal funding... in contrast to NPR. The invulnerability of the truly grassroots? 📻💚
https://www.cjr.org/feature/public-media-funding-cut-low-power-radio-lessons-community-broadcasting.php

#LPFM #media #radio #PublicMedia

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · 2 months ago

When you accept money from despots, they become your overlords.

Google & #PrinceBonesaw
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/07/heres-a-look-at-who.html

Apple & #PrinceBonesaw
https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-crown-prince-visits-apple-google-2018-4

Silicon Valley & Charles Koch
https://www.axios.com/2017/12/14/koch-tries-its-hand-at-venture-capital-1513277500

Twitter & Alwaleed bin Talal
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2022/10/31/saudi-prince-alwaleed-becomes-twitters-second-largest-shareholder/

#MoscowMitch & Deripaska
https://www.newsweek.com/company-russian-oligarch-millions-aluminum-plant-mitch-mcconnell-1397061

Trump & Vekselberg
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/5/11/17337448/viktor-vekselberg-michael-cohen-trump-russia

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