itemized corporate donor names and amounts to the Trump/Vance Inauguration Committee

https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/973/202504209756330973/202504209756330973.pdf

“A recap of Trump's multi-million dollar weekend on the taxpayer dime.

$3.4M golf weekend to Mar-a-Lago (golf total now $33.8M *played golf 28% of his days in office

~$1M evening trip to kick-fighting match in Miami, perhaps more.”
-SV Date

He dines with political donors…

Trump has perfected the art of grifting, not the art of the deal. The only reason he’s ever made a deal was bc of corrupt practices, he acts as a mob boss.
#Resist #April19 #Corruption #Bribes #USPol
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-trump-s-golf-dinner-retreat-raises-eyebrows-as-tariff-war-impacts-global-economy-8153393

Trump has $1B in paper gains from crypto.

The Trump Family Is Going All-In on Crypto Projects, From Bitcoin Mining to Stablecoins.

“Remember Trump himself called it a scam few years ago. Then Eric showed him how to get in on it.
Suddenly US crypto scam capital of the world.”
-J Artz

He’s collected #bribes, secretly from oligarchs in the US & abroad thru his #memecoin, #crypto +likely through his tariff deals, contracts, CEOs…
#Corruption #USPol
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-12/how-the-trump-family-invests-in-crypto-from-world-liberty-to-memecoins-to-nfts
https://www.commondreams.org/news/crypto-enforcement-unit

"Imagine trying to manage a supply chain right now.

Every 48 hours, the WH is announcing, or un-announcing, or re-announcing, or creating massive carve outs to, a new trade rule.

Why would anyone anywhere build a new factory under these conditions?"
-D Thompson

Trump’s admin exempted smartphones, computers & other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs in win for Apple (& shoppers). This lowers the CN tariff from 125%.

#Corruption #Tarrifs #Bribes #USPol

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-12/trump-exempts-phones-computers-chips-from-reciprocal-tariffs

Qns abt #Malaysia’s #antigraft #legal #framework
"Tei covertly filmed videos tt allegedly show snr #state #politicians soliciting & accepting #bribes.. Under ’s current #Whistleblower #Protection #Act, those who 1st approach e #media r automatically disqualified fr receiving legal protection.. #Criticism of the #MACC’s handling of Tei’s case has come from several quarters, including former MACC chief Latheefa Koya, who condemned the body’s decision to publicly name Tei"
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3306207/protect-not-punish-whistle-blowers-malaysian-corruption-watchdog-urges

"#Trump additionally floated an idea Wednesday afternoon that he might consider exempting some US companies from the #tariffs, saying those decisions would be made 'instinctively.'" TRANSLATION: He will do favors in exchange for #bribes.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-he-decided-on-90-day-tariff-pause-because-people-were-yippy-and-afraid-181126787.html

"Voter bribery is a crime. It’s illegal. Despite this, #Musk has been flagrantly bribing voters. He's attempted to evade prohibitions on vote-buying in a number of ways.

Thefelony is defined in fed law (18 USC § 597) & (52 US Code § 10307(c)): “Whoever . . . pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for reg to vote -fined not >$10K or imprisoned...

We must strenuously reject this kind of elite impunity."

Amplify: #TrumpMusk admin's #Corruption #Bribes...

#USPol https://www.thebulwark.com/p/yes-elon-musk-vote-buying-is-against-law-federal-wisconsin

"In sports news, #Republicans #sold #Taiwan to Communist #China for a 3rd round draft pick, and some unannounced #bribes to be paid later"

Because this is how things go these days.

It's not even #news.

It's just #Entertainment.

Some videos of smart #bombs, ships, buildings blowing up, and then non-stop #ads for #ChickFilA, #WalMart and some drugs for #acne and #gas that have #fatal side effects.

Good times people. Enjoy while you can.

Hashtags on the house

Musk’s aerospace giant SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes in the co as long as the funds are routed thru the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs.

“It's certainly a policy of obfuscation,” A Verstein, a UCLA law prof *studied DEF contractors. “It hints at potentially serious problems. We count on cos. to be forthright with the govt about whether they’ve taken money from America’s rivals.”
#Corruption #Bribes #Musk #Trump #SpaceX #China #Coup #USPol https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-allows-china-investment-cayman-islands-secrecy

In our most captivating episode to date, we spoke with Phillip and Caroline Dennis, two ordained pastors who were in the air nearly 25 years ago while the attacks of 9/11 were happening. Their plane was diverted to a small town in Canada along with dozens of others, a heartwarming tale of humanity and compassion that was captured in the award-winning musical, Come From Away.

1/2

This is exactly how I felt in January 2017.

Corruption levels were off the charts and nobody was reacting.

#Felon45 likes #bribes

Before modern civil service, "whoever won the presidency always got to fire everyone & appoint his own people... Much of the world still relies on such #patronage systems, & they are both #corrupt & corrupting. #Politicians hand out job appointments in exchange for #bribes... Patronage creates bad #government & bad services, because it means govt employees serve a patron, not a country or its constitution."
#GiftLink
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/doge-civil-servant-purge/681671/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK31RSmXtcM-PiWNw1o3vgGUs&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Trump signs order pausing enforcement of foreign bribery ban
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/trump-doj-foreign-corrupt-practices-act-pause.html

'Just name your price': #Trump move seen as signal '#America is open for business' in #bribes https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-bribe/

Trump has instructed AG Bondi to pause prosecutions of cos. that BRIBE foreign govt officials to win bus.

EO: directs Bondi to spend 180 days reviewing all current FCPA investigations & enforcement actions against US cos., & issue a set of guidelines & practices that “prioritize US interests.”

Order’s legality -not immediately clear. Generally: Const. requires the pres. to “take care that the laws” passed by Congress “be faithfully executed.”
#Corruption #Bribes #USPol https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-green-lights-bribery-with-new-executive-order-on-the-foreign-corrupt-practices-act/