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The poll was conducted between October 24 and October 28, with 2,725 respondents. The margin of error is 1.95 percent at the 95% confidence level.
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The Epstein- Trump files coverup / swear in Adelita Grijalva, release the files! --
Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.
— George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) October 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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SNAP summary ... --
my god, what a paragraph (from tonight's @hcrichardson.bsky.social)
— Keri Blakinger (@keribla.bsky.social) October 31, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Trying to blame the Dems cutting off SNAP (while sitting on billons of available contingency funds) as his boss bulldozes the WH to build a ball room like Saddam's palace, sends $40 billion to bail out Argentines, and eats "gold adorned" brownies in Korea is not gonna work.
— Murshed Zaheed (@murshedz.bsky.social) October 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Speaker Johnson just confessed. The Republicans are holding canceled SNAP as a negotiating tactic. Taking children and their families hostage is reprehensible.
— Senate Budget Committee (@senatebudget.bsky.social) October 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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"Don't count on media to save us" / filibuster memory hole edition --
Whenever Dems suggested doing this (or even hinted as Biden did in the runup to the 2022 midterms), the media leapt into action to declare it to be a hideously unpopular overreach that would surely boomerang on Dems if they went through with it
— mtsw (@mtsw.bsky.social) October 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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"Don't count on media to save us" / CNBC lets liar lie, then a chummy send off --
Tom Emmer was given free rein to tell lie after lie on CNBC this morning with zero pushback from hosts
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) October 31, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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"Don't count on media to save us" / Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) FTW --
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
— KNinja (@khrisnin.bsky.social) October 31, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Trump's ICE thuggery going national --
A big shakeup at ICE isn't reshuffling the deck chairs on the U-Boat. More "Kavanaugh Stops," more violent arrests, and more tear gas chaos is coming very soon to Philly and a slew of other big cities The terror we see in Chicago is going national. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
— Will Bunch (@willbunch.bsky.social) October 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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MAGAts War on Science --
Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) October 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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"Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to" --
I never gossip. Except to save a soul. Or a conversation. So you won't catch me repeating the rumors about JD Vance and Erika Kirk.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) October 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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JD Vance slammed for saying he hopes his Hindu wife will ‘join Christianity’
— The Independent (@the-independent.com) October 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Trickle down trick, no treat (Happy Friday Halloween!) --
Happy Halloween. Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich. For working people, it's been 40 years of all trick and no treat. Enough.
— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) October 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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The great Lucinda Williams performs "The World's Gone Wrong" from her new January- release album, "World's Gone Wrong," at the legendary Troubadour in Los Angeles. We look forward to the album's release, as its been described as "a wake-up call and a battle cry." Sounds just right.
BONUS: Silver Spring Bureau Chief Brian also brought this Williams song from 1998, "Right in Time," to our attention. Thanks, SSBC!
"President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster, so that the Republican majority can bypass Democrats and reopen the federal government.
“THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE ‘NUCLEAR OPTION,’ GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER,” Trump posted Thursday night on his social media site, Truth Social.
The filibuster is a long-standing tactic in the Senate to delay or block votes on legislation by keeping the debate running. It requires 60 votes in a full Senate to overcome a filibuster, giving Democrats a check on the 53-seat Republican majority that led to the start of the Oct. 1 shutdown when the new fiscal year began.
Trump’s call to terminate the filibuster could alter the ways the Senate and congressional dealmaking operate, with the president saying in his post that he gave a “great deal” of thought to the choice on his flight back from Asia on Thursday."
As the article points out, the Senate will be out over a long weekend; the House has been out for a month, largely because Pipsqueaker of the House Mike Johnson and the MF don't want a vote to pass the discharge petition for the Epstein files. Johnson has avoided swearing in Rep. Grijalva of Arizona who would provide the decisive vote on the Epstein measure.
We got a nice news wrap of the last few days from Stephen Colbert: the Malignant Fascist's back in the U.S. "after collecting treats in Asia," an MF message suggesting he might need another cognitive test, the MF's inane "negotiation" with China that took us back to where we were 9 months ago (after all the economic pain and uncertainty of those last 9 months), FBI loon Kash "No Credit" Patel's expensive date at taxpayer expense, and more.
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"... The Republicans are feeling volcanic heat from below, as supporters face dramatically increasing health insurance premiums, especially in states without expanded Medicaid coverage. Food stamps benefit plenty of Republicans, too. Oklahoma has the fourth-greatest number of recipients, according to one survey. Louisiana has the second-most. (New Mexico is No. 1.)
"If I’m right, and the shutdown is being seen more broadly as legitimate resistance to Trump’s illegitimate rule, the point could be made more memorable by GOP voters going hungry while watching Trump build his gold-gilt 'ballroom' paid for by 'friends.' And if that pain goes on long enough, the Republicans risk reminding their base that, though they dislike the Democrats, their lives are entwined with their policies.
"It’s the Republicans, not the Democrats, who need an off-ramp. They risk revealing that Trump’s power is more important to him, and to them, than the health, well-being and freedom of their supporters..." -- John Stoehr, The Editorial Board, on the politics of the Government shutdown, and why it's the MAGAt Republicans who need an off-ramp, not Democrats who're fighting for popular policies the MAGAts want to kill.
How sure are we that the Democrats have the overwhelming leverage? This sure:
As the ongoing shutdown of the federal government nears its 30th day, a new Yahoo/YouGov poll shows that nearly twice as many Americans want it to end with Democrats getting their way rather than Republicans.
Only 26% of Americans, meanwhile, approve of how President Trump has been handling the shutdown. A full 65% disapprove.
The survey of 1,770 U.S. adults was conducted from Oct. 23 to 27, as Senate Democrats refused for the 12th and then 13th time to support a Republican-backed funding bill to reopen the government. (our emphasis)
Keep fighting, Dems!
The TACO trade deal --
Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) October 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Art of the deal 🤷🏼
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) October 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Art of the Deal.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) October 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Provoking disruption and a response to justify their "mission" --
Just want to reiterate that there’s no reason for this. There is no increase in crime. There are no riots. There’s no insurrection. They’re doing this without provocation. At least until they create one.
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) October 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Another day in the MF's brutal, fascist world --
this is fucking terrifying oh my god
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social) October 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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The corrupt Malignant Fascist's swag bag tour of Asia, and his golden crown --
@jessicatarlov.bsky.social: "The fact that our allies continue to have gotten the memo that Trump is made happy if you treat him like a toddler playing dress-up and give him the crown that he wishes for or have a merch stand for them, I think it's a really sad reflection..." ht: @acyn.bsky.social
— jen sometimes aph 🌻 (@bunnibytz.bsky.social) October 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Cadet Bonespurs had his chance and dodged, now he lies --
Trump to U.S. troops: “I’d love to have your job.” (He faked a bone spur to dodge the draft.)
— Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) October 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Incompetent Whiskey Pete Hegseth's purge of the military continues and weakens it --
Another general pushed out by Hegseth: www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/p...
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec.bsky.social) October 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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The MF's approval's dropping rapidly among people under 30 --
Trump's net approval rating among young people is negative 40% — and falling!
— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) October 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Looks like someone's verrry unhappy. Just divorce him already --
Our golden age has just begun!
— Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) October 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Secretary Brainworm's latest discovery via The Onion --
“The human body is able to do some incredible things if you consume enough lead,” said the secretary of health and human services
— The Onion (@theonion.com) October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Looks like Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's not loving the sexual predator's arm around her. Hopefully the other hand is in his pocket. Maybe it's his scent of body odor / ketchup / and stale flatulence that produced this reaction.
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The deranged Malignant Fascist's dealings with his odd Argentinian counterpart Javier Milei has caused some real dissension in the ranks of MAGA. First, it's the $20 $40 billion bail out of their economy, when our Government is shut down, and an imminent halt to SNAP payments and higher health insurance costs are creating a crisis for families here. Then, his idea of buying Argentinian beef to flood the market here and lower prices has cattle farmers up in arms in a number of MAGAt states. From Politico:
"For President Donald Trump, it was a brief musing to reporters on Air Force One about his plans to import beef from Argentina. For dozens of farm-state Republicans who have held their tongues as key Trump policies battered their constituents, it was the final straw.
GOP lawmakers in cattle-producing states unleashed a flurry of calls over the following days to the White House and Agriculture Department. A small group of Republican senators, including retiring Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, cornered USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins in a private meeting less than 48 hours after the Oct. 19 comment.
This could not go on, they argued.
So far, the burst of objections has not generated a U-turn from the administration, which is going ahead with a beef import plan that Trump officials argue will both lower steak and hamburger prices for American consumers and bolster relations with a key Trump ally, Argentinian President Javier Milei.
But it has exposed the limits of GOP lawmakers’ tolerance for policies that have especially tested states heavy on agriculture. Some of the president’s staunchest Hill allies watched for months as Trump’s tariffs devastated farmers. More recently, they begged his deputies to reopen key farm offices during the shutdown. Then came the beef beef, with one GOP senator granted anonymity to speak candidly calling it a 'a betrayal of America First principles.'”
To add insult to injury, the MF hit back at ranchers telling them they're better off now that he's President and to stop whining. The term "FAFO" applies here, as the MF has been blithely sticking it to his nominal constituents in places like Iowa, Nebraska, Texas and more, and they're naively wondering what they did to cause their cult leader's betrayal. Tip: it's because he's a megalomaniac and sociopath whose only concern is himself.
Meanwhile, the MF met with Chinese leader Xi in South Korea to sign a trade deal that, on the face of it, looks like the MF is going back to worse than the status quo was before his destructive tariffs. Gone is the 100% tariff threat, while the MF begs Xi to buy our soybeans again, and suggests that highly valued, sophisticated NVIDIA chips be sold to China, in exchange for more of their rare earth elements. They don't call him TACO for nothing.
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It appears "Donald the dove" wants to see some big 'splosions:
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Trump made the surprise announcement on Truth Social while he was aboard his Marine One helicopter flying to meet Xi for a trade negotiating session in Busan, South Korea. He said he was instructing the Pentagon to test the U.S. nuclear arsenal on an “equal basis” with other nuclear powers.
“Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately,” Trump posted.
“Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years.” [snip]
The reaction to Trump’s announcement on testing was swift. Representative Dina Titus, a Democrat from Nevada, said on X: “I’ll be introducing legislation to put a stop to this.”
Daryl Kimball, director of the Arms Control Association, said it would take the United States at least 36 months to resume contained nuclear tests underground at the former test site in Nevada.
“Trump is misinformed and out of touch. The U.S. has no technical, military, or political reason to resume nuclear explosive testing for the first time since 1992,” Kimball said on X.
He added Trump’s announcement could “trigger a chain reaction of nuclear testing by U.S. adversaries, and blow apart the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.”
Apart from providing technical data, a U.S. test would be seen in Russia and China as a deliberate assertion of U.S. strategic power. Putin has repeatedly said that Russia will test if the United States does. [snip]
The United States last tested a nuclear weapon in 1992...
In his own tiny, demented mind, the Malignant Fascist believes he's a great negotiator, but in reality he's the guy at the poker table who can't spot the sucker (because it's him). Having an unsophisticated simpleton like the MF toying with the delicate balance between the nuclear powers, while signaling a move away from the disarmament pillar of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, is madness. Having advisors who are either advocating this or not discouraging it speaks to the chaotic nature of the MF's regime and to its extremism. The treaty was ratified by the Senate decades ago; lets see if the current crop of gnomes and eunuchs in the MAGAt Republican cult will roll over or stand up for some semblance of sanity.
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"... In the movie One Battle After Another, Sean Penn plays a racist ICE agent (is that redundant?)—a skinhead with a badge, who has risen through the ranks with the hopes of joining a secret cabal whose only goal is to Make America White Again (Stephen Miller's fever dream come to life). He's also a raving lunatic and, ultimately, just a pawn whose usefulness lies in his willingness to carry out orders without question, including murder and mayhem.
"That character bears a striking resemblance to Greg Bovino, the Customs and Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent, El Centro Sector, which includes the California counties of Imperial and parts of San Diego (where Sean Penn's character was also stationed). More recently, Bovino's been a little far afield in Chicago. He clearly believes he's on some kind of mission (which remains undefined) and sees the people who live there as a threat to this mission. So, he and his army are beating people up, shooting pepper bullets at close range, and throwing tear gas at residents gathered outside their homes. That includes children and their parents who were out on the streets preparing for a Halloween parade. And a 70-year old who dared to ask an agent what his purpose is. When Donald Trump dutifully read the speech Miller wrote for him, which says the enemy is the American people, Bovino apparently took that as carte blanche to wage war in his own special way against the good people of Chicago. He is instigating violence, and then lying about how it started, alongside poorly trained but heavily armed men who seemingly answer only to him.
"That said, as is so often the case with this administration, while Bovino is dangerous and unhinged, he's also a
moron. He obviously doesn't recognize that he's being used and will be abandoned as soon as his stupidity eclipses his
fear tactics, which looks to be soon...." -- Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Electoral-vote.com, on the looming FAFO moment for Bovino and other fascistic functionaries when they find out they're not immune from prosecution by State governments (and most relevant federal statute of limitations doesn't run out until 2030). Bovino is already being caught up by the short hairs by Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago for his violations of a temporary restraining order. He should be learning something from the experience but, as Tanenbaum accurately notes, he's a moron.
The Epstein - Trump files coverup / Pipsqueaker Johnson still protecting pedos --
37 days after she won her race, Republicans are STILL refusing to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social
— Democrats (@democrats.org) October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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No money for SNAP, billions for this crank --
When you hit a $40B USA lottery jackpot!
— Joe G (@eastendjoe.bsky.social) October 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Trump's brave ICE thugs take break from assaulting women to assault 67- year- old man ... --
these guys just love doing this. nothing like 8 storm troopers beating the absolute shit out of a defenseless old person www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper.com) October 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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... While ICE/ Border Patrol's Greg Bovino models Nazi chic --
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
— Mr. Spock 🖖 (@spockresists.bsky.social) October 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style. Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) October 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Trump's heartless homeless policy; more Nazi shit --
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming. Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
— Brian Goldstone (@brian-goldstone.bsky.social) October 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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What's that about encouraging political violence? --
Breaking on MSNBC: Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) October 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
South Korea bends the knee; remember the enablers --
Literally treating him like a king (also, this means they think he is dumb and easily manipulated)
— Brendan Nyhan (@brendannyhan.bsky.social) October 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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These guys know the way to his heart.
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) October 29, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Maryland redistricting dies at the hands of dick-less Dem leader --
While Republicans all over the country have launched unprecedented moves to do mid-decade gerrymanders in multiple states, Democrats have people like MD Senate President Bill Ferguson who think the best way to respond is to do nothing. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) October 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Another Musk product that'll crash and burn --
Elon Musk’s new competitor to Wikipedia says apartheid wasn’t that bad, cites the Kremlin, and gives legitimacy to “white-genocide theory.” Musk is constructing a parallel universe in his own image.
— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) October 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Evergreen --
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." --- Hannah Arendt #politics #history #HigherEd #science
— Dr Ian McCormick (@wokestudies.bsky.social) October 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Singer / songwriter and activist Brandi Carlile has won three Grammys and two Emmys for her work over 20 years. She's also a founding member of the country / folk supergroup The Highwomen, with Amanda Shires, Maren Morris, and Natalie Hemby. Her latest album, "Returning To Myself," was released last Friday and immediately went to number one on iTunes. Today's song choice is the title song from that album. Enjoy.
Setting a record for profiting off of Government, the Malignant Fascist and his family have raked in hundreds of millions in their sketchy cryptocurrency hustle, much seemingly from shadowy Middle Eastern entities and China. The MF's elder sons are traveling the world looking to hawk their World Liberty Financial crypto tokens to those looking for a quick profit and to show that they're on the MF's "team". From a detailed report from Reuters:
"Eric Trump was in Dubai on family business. Meeting with a Chinese businessman and his associates on the sidelines of a cryptocurrency conference in May this year, the son of U.S. President Donald J. Trump ran through his usual talking points about the inefficiency of traditional banks and his own famous father’s run-ins with financiers.
Then came the pitch. Buy at least $20 million of “governance tokens” in the Trump family’s crypto business, World Liberty Financial, and become part of a venture that Eric Trump predicted would soon embody the future of finance in America, according to a person familiar with the meeting.
To some in that small gathering, the technology Eric Trump’s team described for World Liberty seemed “rudimentary,” the person said. At the time, World Liberty was a fledgling business. It hadn’t yet created the cryptocurrency-based finance platform it promised after its September 2024 launch. It still hasn’t." (our emphasis)
The message seemed to be clear: buy into our crypto tokens and become a part of the MF's "venture" of pay-to-play. After all, who appoints the Federal regulators of business and the cryptocurrency industry but the MF himself? More:
"Even so, the pitch apparently worked. On June 26, an obscure entity called Aqua1 Foundation, which said it was based in the United Arab Emirates, announced it was buying $100 million of cryptocurrency tokens from World Liberty. It was the single largest known purchase of the so-called WLFI tokens at the time.
The Chinese businessman who met with Eric Trump in Dubai was Guren “Bobby” Zhou, who has executive roles in multiple businesses and who is under investigation in Britain for money laundering, according to that nation’s National Crime Agency and a document filed in an immigration case at London's Royal Courts of Justice." (our emphasis)
An alleged money launderer associated with the Trump hustle? We're shocked, shocked! There's much more in the Reuters investigation, including this observation:
" ....the Trump Organization’s income soared 17-fold to $864 million from $51 million a year earlier, according to Reuters calculations based on the president’s official disclosures, property records, financial records released in court cases, crypto trade information and other sources. Of the first-half total, $802 million – more than 90% – came from Trump crypto ventures, including sales of World Liberty tokens." (our emphasis)
Crypto "investors" clearly know they're buying the favor of the vindictive MF in dealings with the Federal government, whether it's regulatory relief, contracts and more. It's the most corrupt use of an elected position one could foresee, if one were in a coma the last 20 years and missed the Trump family's widespread grifting and fraud.
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