ChileG
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I hope you enjoy the gifts and have a Merry Christmas.
Trump Catch-All | Trump threatens to take back Panama Canal & now he wants Greenland (for national security)
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EyeballKid
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Cool—the billionaire needs your money.
Glad to hear your fam’s all doing well enough financially to spend lavishly on hilarious gifts—that damned Biden economy must be treating you all well. Joy to the world.
JCTarheel82
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Good to see Trump getting all of the grift and abuse of business connections to foreign governments to enrich himself out of the way before taking Office so he can be laser focused on day one with bringing down prices to make life more affordable for lower and middle class Americans.
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The New Age of Trump: Protection Money and FU You Money
How our billionaires are responding.
www.thebulwark.com
The New Age of Trump: Protection Money and FU You Money
"...This week we got word that two of the world’s most consequential billionaires have decided to pay tribute—literally—to Donald Trump. Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg are each gifting $1 million to Trump’s “inauguration committee.”
A president’s “inauguration committee” or “inauguration fund” is a slush fund, pure and simple. In theory, it is used to cover expenses relating to the inaugural celebrations. In practice, it’s dark money. The inaugural fund is required to disclose who gives money to it, but is not required to disclose what the money is spent on. And in cases where there is a surplus—where it raises more money than it spends on the inauguration festivities—it is not required to refund or dispose of the money in any particular way.
In other words: It’s pure tribute. ... It has always been thus.
Trump didn’t invent the corruption of the inauguration fund. But he is an innovator and his genius was to turn the inauguration scheme from ritualized tribute from supporters into a protection racket aimed at opponents, too.
... Zuckerberg and Bezos responded to Trump’s threats to themselves and their businesses by literally journeying to Mar-a-Lago and figuratively handing Trump envelopes of cash while publicly praising the incoming president.
...That is the point. Trump has reached the position—elected by a plurality of his fellow citizens, immunized from all criminal activity by the Supreme Court—where he wants the protection racket to be out in the open. He wants everyone to see it.
Because these are the new rules and he wants to be sure that everyone whose life could be touched by his government—meaning: everyone—understands this reality.
And that, so long as they pay, they’ll be fine. ..."
The New Age of Trump: Protection Money and FU You Money
How our billionaires are responding.
www.thebulwark.com
JCTarheel82
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I dumped all things Zuckerberg back in 2018 because I loathe social media. Might be time to do the same with Bezos. Unprincipled, selfish fucks.
ChileG
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And could you believe some MAGAs would point to this as a good thing Trump is doing?The New Age of Trump: Protection Money and FU You Money
How our billionaires are responding.
The New Age of Trump: Protection Money and FU You Money
"...This week we got word that two of the world’s most consequential billionaires have decided to pay tribute—literally—to Donald Trump. Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg are each gifting $1 million to Trump’s “inauguration committee.”
A president’s “inauguration committee” or “inauguration fund” is a slush fund, pure and simple. In theory, it is used to cover expenses relating to the inaugural celebrations. In practice, it’s dark money. The inaugural fund is required to disclose who gives money to it, but is not required to disclose what the money is spent on. And in cases where there is a surplus—where it raises more money than it spends on the inauguration festivities—it is not required to refund or dispose of the money in any particular way.
In other words: It’s pure tribute. ... It has always been thus.
Trump didn’t invent the corruption of the inauguration fund. But he is an innovator and his genius was to turn the inauguration scheme from ritualized tribute from supporters into a protection racket aimed at opponents, too.
... Zuckerberg and Bezos responded to Trump’s threats to themselves and their businesses by literally journeying to Mar-a-Lago and figuratively handing Trump envelopes of cash while publicly praising the incoming president.
...That is the point. Trump has reached the position—elected by a plurality of his fellow citizens, immunized from all criminal activity by the Supreme Court—where he wants the protection racket to be out in the open. He wants everyone to see it.
Because these are the new rules and he wants to be sure that everyone whose life could be touched by his government—meaning: everyone—understands this reality.
And that, so long as they pay, they’ll be fine. ..."
The New Age of Trump: Protection Money and FU You Money
How our billionaires are responding.
No, I’m serious, they are.
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Unfortunately, they would rally around almost literally anything he does. They’ve completely offshored their mental agency to a man without a single identifiable principle, outside of “how’s this good for me”.
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The New Age of Trump: Protection Money and FU You Money
How our billionaires are responding.
The New Age of Trump: Protection Money and FU You Money
"...This week we got word that two of the world’s most consequential billionaires have decided to pay tribute—literally—to Donald Trump. Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg are each gifting $1 million to Trump’s “inauguration committee.”
A president’s “inauguration committee” or “inauguration fund” is a slush fund, pure and simple. In theory, it is used to cover expenses relating to the inaugural celebrations. In practice, it’s dark money. The inaugural fund is required to disclose who gives money to it, but is not required to disclose what the money is spent on. And in cases where there is a surplus—where it raises more money than it spends on the inauguration festivities—it is not required to refund or dispose of the money in any particular way.
In other words: It’s pure tribute. ... It has always been thus.
Trump didn’t invent the corruption of the inauguration fund. But he is an innovator and his genius was to turn the inauguration scheme from ritualized tribute from supporters into a protection racket aimed at opponents, too.
... Zuckerberg and Bezos responded to Trump’s threats to themselves and their businesses by literally journeying to Mar-a-Lago and figuratively handing Trump envelopes of cash while publicly praising the incoming president.
...That is the point. Trump has reached the position—elected by a plurality of his fellow citizens, immunized from all criminal activity by the Supreme Court—where he wants the protection racket to be out in the open. He wants everyone to see it.
Because these are the new rules and he wants to be sure that everyone whose life could be touched by his government—meaning: everyone—understands this reality.
And that, so long as they pay, they’ll be fine. ..."
The New Age of Trump: Protection Money and FU You Money
How our billionaires are responding.
ZenMode
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It would be great to close the deal on this...
Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
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Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time. In a post on his social media site Friday, Trump said his party would try to end the practice when he returns to office.
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Or rather, your kids will think, "Geez, Dad's a cult member. How do we de-program him?"
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Probably shouldn't use his properties at all and avoid a conflict of interest.
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This I do support.It would be great to close the deal on this...
Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time. In a post on his social media site Friday, Trump said his party would try to end the practice when he returns to office.
This stupid practice cost tons of money in a 24/7 society as well as proven health risk.
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Please take a picture of you wearing all of those products and share.
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You're welcome to my share.
JCTarheel82
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In your own words, what is Trump liable for with regard to Ms. Carroll?