Trump Corruption

Trump Sells Inauguration Ball Tickets For Up To $2M

The Hill reports: President-elect Trump’s team outlined the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee benefits for donors over the Jan. 20 weekend, which include a reception with Cabinet picks, a Sunday service and the inaugural ball. In a benefits outline obtained by The Hill, the team highlighted that committee members who give $1 million or raise $2 million receive six tickets to access …

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Trump Asks NY Judge To Dismiss Felony Criminal Case

Reuters reports: Donald Trump on Tuesday asked a New York state judge to dismiss the criminal case in which he was convicted in May of 34 felony counts involving hush money paid to a porn star in light of his victory in the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election. Justice Juan Merchan last month delayed Trump’s previously scheduled Nov. 26 sentencing …

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Smell Like Trump With His New $199 Perfume Line

The Guardian reports: There are actually two types of cologne available: “Fight fight fight” and “Victory”. The first one is inspired by Trump’s words after he was shot in the ear, and is apparently a “bold scent” that “delivers rich, robust notes that leave a lasting impression”. Buyers should note, however, that this is “Not just a cologne – it’s …

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Junior Joins Board Of “Anti-Woke Online Marketplace”

Bloomberg News reports: Donald Trump Jr. is joining the board of PSQ Holdings Inc., the owner of online marketplace PublicSquare, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The company’s shares more than doubled in New York trading. PublicSquare aims to connect “patriotic” businesses and consumers and has sought to build a so-called “parallel economy,” which it defines as prioritizing …

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Trump To Tap Billionaire As Deputy Defense Secretary

The Washington Post reports: President-elect Donald Trump offered billionaire investor Stephen Feinberg the job of deputy defense secretary, said people familiar with the matter, a decision that could elevate a longtime political supporter with investments in defense companies that maintain lucrative Pentagon contracts. The pick, which requires Senate confirmation, is not final until announced by Trump, his aides said. Feinberg …

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Merkel: Trump Has A “Fascination” With Dictators

“In the way that he spoke about Putin, the way that he spoke about the North Korean president, obviously, apart from critical remarks he made, there was always a kind of fascination at the sheer power of what these people could do. So my impression always was that he dreamt of actually overriding maybe all those parliamentary bodies that he …

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Trump To Trudeau: Canada Should Become 51st State

Fox News reports: President-elect Trump suggested to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week that if a tariff for failing to address trade and immigration issues would kill the neighbor to the north’s economy, maybe it should become the 51st state, sources told Fox News. Last Friday, Trudeau flew to Mar-a-Lago unannounced after Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on …

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The Economist’s Word Of The Year: “Kakistocracy”

The Washington Post reports: Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year is more than a century old, but that doesn’t mean it’s not incredibly relevant in 2024. The winner, announced on Monday by the University of Oxford, was “brain rot” — a term that describes the overconsumption of material or content to the point that it deteriorates one’s mental state. The …

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Trump Names Billionaire Donor As Ambassador To UK

The Associated Press reports: President-elect Donald Trump has named billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens as his envoy to Britain, a prestigious posting for the Republican donor whose contributions this year included $2 million to a Trump-backing super PAC. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social site Monday evening, announced he was selecting Stephens to be the U.S. ambassador to …

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Trump Vows US Will Attack “Middle East” If Hostages Aren’t Released Before Inauguration: “All Hell To Pay”

“Everybody is talking about the hostages who are being held so violently, inhumanely, and against the will of the entire World, in the Middle East – But it’s all talk, and no action! Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as …

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Trump’s Privatization Would Raise Mortgage Rates

CNN Business reports: During his second term, President-elect Donald Trump is widely expected to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage giants that guarantee 70% of America’s mortgages. Amid a housing market marked by stubbornly high mortgage rates, a long-standing supply shortage and soaring home prices, some economists warn that privatizing these two mortgage behemoths, worth a combined $146 …

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Lara Trump Leads GOP Senate Poll…In North Carolina

Florida Politics reports: A new survey of voters shows that 7 out of 10 Republicans want Lara Trump in the Senate. But those voters don’t live in Florida, where she has been angling for an appointment from Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Victory Insights poll of North Carolina Republicans finds that 69% of them want the Republican National Committee (RNC) Co-Chair …

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Hegseth Racked Up Huge Debts At Nonprofit For Vets

The Daily Beast reports: At Vets for Freedom, where he held the top post from 2007 to 2012, Hegseth ran up mountain-sized debt and was subject to rumors of spending on parties, or what one former associate of the group told The New Yorker “could politely be called trysts.” A group of donors to the group hired an accountant to …

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Trump Spox Deleted Posts Condemning J6 Rioters

CNN reports: Karoline Leavitt, President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House press secretary, deleted two social media posts she shared after the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol — including a retweet praising then-Vice President Mike Pence for certifying the 2020 election. The post included a video of Pence calling the attack “a dark day in the history of …

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Trump: “Does Hunter’s Pardon Include J6 Hostages?”

Mediaite reports: In his announcement, Biden said the investigations and prosecutions of his son were politically motivated and a “miscarriage of justice.” Trump, in his post on his Truth Social app, used the same words to describe the pardon. And he asked whether the pardon would extend to those who have been convicted in the January 6 riot. “Does the …

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D’Souza Apologizes For Debunked Election Fraud Film

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports: The producer of a documentary that falsely accused a metro Atlanta man of committing election fraud during the 2020 election has issued an apology saying his depiction was based on “inaccurate information.” The statement by right-wing commentator Dinesh D’Souza came months after Salem Media Group issued a similar apology to Mark Andrews about “2000 Mules,” …

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Trump Names Daughter’s Father-In-Law As Advisor

The New York Times reports: President-elect Donald J. Trump announced on Sunday that he would name Massad Boulos, a Lebanese American businessman and the father-in-law of his daughter Tiffany, as a senior adviser covering Arab and Middle Eastern affairs. It was the second time this weekend that Mr. Trump offered a position in his administration to an in-law, coming one …

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Bolton Compares Patel To Soviet Secret Police Leader

The Hill reports: “Trump has nominated Kash Patel to be his Lavrentiy Beria,” Bolton said in a statement to NBC News’s “Meet The Press” on Sunday. “Fortunately, the FBI is not the NKVD. The Senate should reject this nomination 100-0.” Beria was appointed by former Soviet Union Prime Minister Joseph Stalin as deputy chief of the Soviet secret police. He …

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Former FBI Leader Blasts Nomination Of Kash Patel As Part Of Trump’s Plan To “Dismantle, Disrupt” The FBI

“It’s a terrible development for the men and women of the FBI and also for the nation that depends on a highly functioning, professional, independent Federal Bureau of Investigation. The fact that Kash Patel is profoundly unqualified for this job is not even like a matter for debate. “So I think what we should really be thinking about right now …

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Trump Names Florida County Sheriff To Lead DEA

The Washington Post reports: President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday tapped Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration, replacing Anne Milgram. In picking the Florida sheriff to lead the DEA, Trump has selected a law enforcement professional with three decades of experience working for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office but seemingly little time in the national spotlight. …

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