Trump Corruption

The Daily Beast reports: An ex-DOGE staffer known as “Big Balls” could end up receiving the highest civilian honor in the United States, placing him in the company of luminaries such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa. Two weeks after 19-year-old Edward Coristine was viciously assaulted during a carjacking in Washington D.C., the White House says …

The Los Angeles Times reports: For two months, several Democratic members of Congress have been unable to enter a downtown L.A. processing center run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prompting widespread complaints and a federal lawsuit. On Monday, the Congress members got their first look at the basement facility known as B-18. But Reps. Brad Sherman, Judy Chu and …

“Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell must NOW lower the rate. Steve ‘Manouychin’ really gave me a ‘beauty’ when he pushed this loser. The damage he has done by always being Too Late is incalculable. Fortunately, the economy is sooo good that we’ve blown through Powell and the complacent Board. I am, though, considering allowing a major lawsuit against Powell to proceed …

The Hill reports: UFC chief Dana White said the league is planning a cage fight, which will likely be broadcast on CBS, on the White House grounds. “That is going to happen,” White told a columnist for the Wall Street Journal when asked about the prospect of a UFC fight at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. His comment came just hours after …

The New York Times reports: A key measure of underlying inflation rose in July as President Trump’s tariffs intensified price pressures across a wider range of consumer goods and services, although the overall increase was likely not significant enough to deter the Federal Reserve from lowering interest rates at its next meeting in September. The Consumer Price Index stayed steady …

“GREAT Nominees for the TRUMP/KENNEDY CENTER, whoops, I mean, KENNEDY CENTER, AWARDS. They will be announced Wednesday. Tremendous work is being done, and money being spent, on bringing it back to the absolute TOP LEVEL of luxury, glamour, and entertainment. It had fallen on hard times, physically, BUT WILL SOON BE MAKING A MAJOR COMEBACK!!! President DJT.” – Trump, just …

The Daily Beast reports: Grok, Elon Musk’s troublemaking AI chatbot, has bestowed a new title on Donald Trump that might just deepen the rift between the president and his former “First Buddy.” The response came after an X user asked Grok whether violent crime in D.C. was in decline, with another user chiming in to inquire who, exactly, the “most …

Axios reports: Trump has long criticized D.C.’s management and sought more federal control of the city during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. He showed Monday that his desire to score political points in the Democrat-run city — and dramatically exaggerate its problems — is very much alive. White House insiders said Trump’s move also was prompted by his …

The New Republic reports: President Trump’s takeover of Washington, D.C., was directly inspired by the homeless people he saw from his motorcade window on the way to his golf course. “We’re having a News Conference tomorrow in the White House. I’m going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before. The Homeless have to move …

The Washington Post reports: Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) called President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the D.C. police department “unsettling and unprecedented,” her first public statement since Trump announced the move, along with a deployment of National Guard troops, earlier Monday. “I can’t say that given some of the rhetoric of the past, that we’re totally surprised,” Bowser said. …

The Hill reports: Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee blasted President Trump for “dictator-level stuff” as he launched his crime crackdown and law enforcement takeover in Washington, D.C., on Monday. “Deploying the military on DC’s streets only creates fear and chaos,” members wrote in a post on the social platform X as Trump outlined the effort during …

The Daily Beast reports: A lengthy investigation from The New Yorker estimates Trump and his family will have enriched themselves by more than $3.4 billion by the end of his second term, much of it from deals, transactions, and investments that almost certainly wouldn’t have happened if he’d never been president. The haul includes lucrative commercial projects in the Persian …

“I’ve instructed them and told them whatever happens, you know — they love to spit in the face of the police as the police are standing up there in uniform. They’re standing and they’re screaming at them an inch away from their face, and then they start spitting in their face and I said, ‘You tell them you spit and …

Playbook reports: The president can federalize the Metropolitan Police Department in 48-hour increments. Typically, the MPD is under the control of the mayor, but under the Richard Nixon-era Home Rule Act, the president retains the power to supersede city hall for discrete periods of time. This has never happened before. When the law was written, they envisioned it being used …

The Daily Mail reports: Donald Trump was branded “embarrassing” after seemingly accidentally saying he was going to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia on Friday. Their meeting is slated to take place in Alaska. The slip-up came as Trump held a press conference in the Oval Office to discuss his promised crackdown on crime in Washington. “It’s embarrassing for …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump announced Monday that he would place the D.C. police under direct federal control and deploy the National Guard to the streets of Washington to fight crime and clear the city of its homeless population, an extraordinary flex of federal power that could expose residents of the nation’s capital to unpredictable encounters with a …

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump said on Truth Social today that DC “will be LIBERATED today.” Ahead of his press conference, in just over an hour, the president said that “crime, savagery, filth, and scum will disappear” from the city. He added: ‘I will, MAKE OUR CAPITAL GREAT AGAIN! The days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting, innocent people, are OVER! …

“‘Congresswoman’ Jasmine Crockett is a Low (Very!!!) I.Q. Individual, much in the mold of the AOC Plus Three Gang of Country Destroying Morons – Only slightly dumber. Each of these political hacks should be forced to take a Cognitive Exam, much like the one I recently took while getting my ‘physical’ at our GREAT Washington, D.C., Military Hospital (WR!). As …

Bloomberg reports: Last week’s country-specific levies varying from 10% to 50% landed with a one-two punch: additional red tape issued by Customs and Border Protection, and a need to increase customs bonds — guarantees that companies must buy from surety providers to ensure the government receives its tariff revenue, other taxes and any potential penalties. Big firms often have in-house …

CNN reports: Once a dramatic feature of the White House entryway, the official portrait of former President Barack Obama has been moved to a decidedly less prominent position, underscoring the yearslong tensions between the 44th and 47th presidents. Portraits of other recent predecessors with whom President Donald Trump has a contentious relationship, former President George W. Bush and his father, …