The Corruption Thread

[UNI88]

You've got nothing but another "but, but, but, deflection".

On election day 2024, the voters said that the biden/harris administration was a bust and they wanted something different just like on election day 2020, the voters said that the trump/pence administration was a bust and they wanted something different.

So people are spoiled and want politicians to do everything for them….

Not good

So MAQA is spoiled and want trump to do everything for them….

Not good, trump is just as spoiled as they are.

[kalm]

Gas is stratospheric. Grocery prices are through the roof. Inflation and unemployment are abysmal. People can't afford to feed their families.

Only stupid people believe the above.
-Today’s $4.56 nat avg is still about 20% less inflation adjusted than it peaked under Biden July 2022 ($5.02/$5.80 inflation adjusted).
-Grocery inflation is far lower than under Biden.
-Last inflation update 3.8%. Under Biden reach 9.1%.
-Unemployment is a LOW 4.3%. 4%-6% is considered full employment.

Pavlovitz is an idiot.
Kalm posting his usual BS.

[SeattleGriz]

I'm sorry you've got exceptional poor instincts and keep losing your battles with the Orange whale, Kapt. Klahab.

I remember you gloating and once again, failed. You need better sources. In fact many of us told you it was bologna political persecution and you defended it.

How about you give us the short list and tell us where you've been right about Trump and the lawsuits brought against him?

Hey! Congratulations! You are squarely supported by MAGA, Trump and MAGA attorneys and no on else.



I reject all homework assignments. I’m graduate level of kicking your ass constantly for years. Quickly working towards my PhD.

PhD in Ass Kickery. Gotta a nice ring.

[BDKJMU]

Only stupid people believe the above.
-Today’s $4.56 nat avg is still about 20% less inflation adjusted than it peaked under Biden July 2022 ($5.02/$5.80 inflation adjusted).
-Grocery inflation is far lower than under Biden.
-Last inflation update 3.8%. Under Biden reach 9.1%.
-Unemployment is a LOW 4.3%. 4%-6% is considered full employment.

Pavlovitz is an idiot.
Kalm posting his usual BS.

7% mortgage rates
-6% inflation
-$5 gas

-Student Debt delinquencies highest since ‘20

-FAKE NEWS (Mortgage rates 6.63%)
https://www.bankrate.com/mortgages/mort ... Code=53963
-FAKE NEWS (Inflation 3.8%)
-FAKE NEWS (Gas $4.56 AAA Nat avg today).

-Thanks to Biden for unconstitutionally allowing students to not pay student loans for most of his presidency, so delinquencies just pile up.

Pavlovitz, Maine, and Kalm.

[UNI88]

Trump's Corruption Is Brazen, Obvious, and Costly. Will Enough Republicans Try To Stop Him?

In this administration, that stench is becoming overwhelming. The Anti-Weaponization Fund is merely the most blatant example (so far) of Trump's corruption, but it is just one part of a cavalcade that's happening right in front of everyone's faces.

Government records show that Trump bought and sold millions of dollars in stock in companies that contract with or are regulated by the federal government, as first reported last week by investigative outfit Sludge. Disclosures filed earlier this month with the Office of Government Ethics show that Trump made more than 3,600 stock trades during the first three months of the year.

A few really stand out. Trump bought stock in the tech company Palantir just before it inked a massive government contract. He also bought $680,000 worth of stock in Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical company. "The timing of Trump's purchases coincides with several favorable government decisions benefiting the drugmaker's GLP-1 business, including progress toward a long-held goal: qualifying the drugs for reimbursement from Medicare, the government health insurance program primarily serving seniors, when they are prescribed for weight loss," reported KFF Health News.
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And, like with Vance's comments this week, the gulf between what the administration says and does is vast. During the State of the Union address in February, Trump called for a ban on members of Congress trading stocks. Conservatives have complained for years about former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D–Calif.) and other high-ranking officials using their positions and insider information to enrich themselves.

Instead of draining that swamp, Trump is now engaged in the same behavior.

Then, there are the foreign entanglements, many of which seem to involve Trump's children and their spouses. Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, is one of the administration's top negotiators in the Middle East. He also runs a private equity firm that accepted a $2 billion investment from the government of Saudi Arabia in 2024, and he's reportedly been soliciting other investments while negotiating an end to the war with Iran.
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Meanwhile, Trump's sons have reportedly been given a stake in a Kazakh mining company that recently won a $1.6 billion contract from the administration. Separately, the U.S. Air Force has agreed to buy drones from a company partially owned by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.

And the hypocrisy is rank. Republicans drew up articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden because of the corrupt links between his son, Hunter Biden, and a Ukrainian oil company. Now, the Trump administration is seemingly mocking the Bidens for not thinking big enough.