DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
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Kristi Noem-Linked Firm Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts Read Post »
This column originally appeared on author Garrett Graff’s site Doomsday Scenario, which you can subscribe to here. This week’s huge news has to be the latest Jeffrey Epstein revelations, a story that intersects with what can only be called the slow public unraveling of Kash Patel’s tenure director as FBI director. Patel, as you might remember, had long crusaded for […]
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Kash Patel, the FBI’s Agent of Chaos Read Post »
Senators like Ron Johnson and Lindsay Graham could be granted payouts of $1 million or more under the bill.
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Funding Bill Lets GOP Senators Sue for $1M Payouts Related to Jan. 6 Probe Read Post »
Donald Trump has reportedly pardoned high-profile attorneys accused of joining in his plot to try to steal the 2020 election, along with dozens of so-called fake electors alleged to have played small roles in the effort. The pardons were announced by Ed Martin, the president’s pardon attorney, who posted a proclamation by the president outlining […]
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Trump Claims He “Pardoned” His Fake Electors. He Doesn’t Have That Power. Read Post »
If you’ve been thinking about tax resistance lately, you’re not alone. On progressive social channels, I’ve seen increasing calls for a federal tax strike in response to a federal government that doesn’t even pretend to represent all Americans, that uses base language to demonize immigrants and left-leaning citizens, and openly penalizes cities and states the […]
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Sorry Geese: If You Don’t Pay Your Taxes, Uncle Sam Might Have You Plucked Read Post »
Donald Trump is finishing what the British started. Despite promises that the White House would be unaffected by the addition of a $230 million ballroom, the historic East Wing has in fact been demolished. The images of the site are so jarring that the Treasury Department has reportedly ordered its employees to stop taking photos […]
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Big Tech Helped Bankroll the East Wing Destruction Read Post »
On Tuesday, shortly after the New York Times reported that President Donald Trump is demanding $230 million from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to reimburse him for legal costs related to earlier federal investigations against him, the president claimed he would donate any such funds to charity. “I’m not looking for money,” he told reporters. […]
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President Donald Trump is demanding that the Justice Department transfer $230 million in taxpayer dollars into his own personal bank account. He can do this, because thanks to the Supreme Court’s recent decisions, the executive branch could accurately be described by King Louis XIV—L’état, c’est Trump. When Trump says this is his decision to make, he’s […]
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As Trump Plans to Steal $230 Million From Taxpayers, You Can Thank John Roberts Read Post »
Earlier this year, Mother Jones published an article headlined “10 Ways to Enrich the Trumps and the MAGA Movement.” Examples included buying crypto with the proceeds filling Trump family pockets, paying up to a million dollars to a Trump PAC for access to the president, shelling out excessive settlements to end dubious lawsuits filed by […]
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Report: Trump Demands Taxpayers Hand Him $230 Million Read Post »
Making such a purchase amid a government shutdown is “completely vile,” one Democrat said.
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DHS Spends $172M on Two Private Jets for Noem, Officials Amid Shutdown Read Post »
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In June, a long-standing effort to sell off massive chunks of federal land grew closer to fruition than ever before when a provision mandating such sales was slipped into President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” The bill […]
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It May Be Hard to Stop Trump From Privatizing Our Public Lands Read Post »
This story was originally published by Popular Information, a substack publication to which you can subscribe here. Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a $20 billion package to rescue the Argentinian economy. The risky taxpayer-financed deal, which involves trading US dollars for Argentine pesos, has little upside for ordinary Americans. Argentina is not a significant US trading partner, and its […]
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Trump’s Argentina Bailout Enriches One Well-Connected US Billionaire Read Post »
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