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Peter's avatar
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Nothing characterizes the otherwise incompetent Trump regime more than its ability to imply they welcome, solicit, demand and receive bribes with total impunity.

Katy Bolger's avatar

Open for business!

Susan Guyaux's avatar

How can this open corruption continue day after day? Unchallenged by anyone but Judd! It’s obvious that pay to play happens every moment of every day yet here we are…this lone voice in the wilderness. Where is Fox News who pounded out the “The Biden Crime Family” “news” every day relentlessly. Yet real crime, this continued corruption, continues without even a whimper. Of course the DOJ and FBI will do nothing no matter how bad it gets but is there no other avenue to challenge and stop this?

GET OUT AND VOTE! Our only hope.

Nancy's avatar

I wonder that too. Why is this not reported by the news? There are so many instances of crime with the current administration that headlines could write themselves.

Joseph Mangano's avatar

Am I on the side of Scotts Valley? Not really. This legal fight seems most consequential for the parties involved, and I don't have any particular regard for these casinos other than as revenue generators for these tribes.

The biggest takeaway for me is an illustration of what it costs financially to peddle influence in Washington and the aggressiveness of firms like Miller's in pressing their clients' agenda. This is what business looks like in D.C.

Katy Bolger's avatar

Moneymoneymoneymoneymoneymoney. Why you gotta appreciate Noem's husband: he's an old fashioned embarrassment.

Mark's avatar

We have the best “government” money can buy.

Katy Bolger's avatar

A little help on the tribe's pronunciation would be helpful.

You have to wonder, the lobbyist aside, how many government workers in this story are getting a kickback? I hope the tribe and its customers have deep pockets because not only do the lobbyists have their hands out, it appears those who represent the government do too. An even deeper story would be to find out how many palms were greased that didn't show up in discovery. You know how you can tell? Look at their pants. Are there grease stains where they wiped their slippery hands as they put "a little something" into their pockets? Telltale sign of corruption, greasy hands, greasy pockets.

This story and hundreds like it show how transparently corrupt our government has become. Who cares? Twump will fix it.

A Sarcastic Prophet's avatar

Another example, again, that corruption exists on all levels of interaction in the Queens real estate mob boss sundowning as Presidents administration.

Kathleen Dintaman's avatar

Tip of the iceburg.

Sunset & Fire's avatar

We're going to have to purge these people from government, top to bottom, every single one who takes part in Trump's graft.

Adam's avatar

How many bad deals will have to be undone after the maladministration has been deposed? You think tariff reimbursement is a mess? Just wait until this ball of nasty gets unwound. All of this due to one dude fueled by rapacious need, enabled by others fueled by racism and insatiable greed,

GingerLee's avatar

all I want to do is vomit...who's going to stop this

Katy Bolger's avatar

I, too, am nauseous every morning as I read the horror stories that have replaced the "if it bleeds it leads" journalism of yesteryear.

Jen Baron's avatar

I’m not questioning the outright grift and Treason, but I would love to understand how All past Presidential Candidates received donations from “interested Parties” and the resulting influence it had, if any.

One of the BS responses to this kind of reporting is “they all do it”. I have no information on how donations actually do influence candidates.

I understand trump is in a league of his own in the stealing, lying and destruction. Do lobbyists have more influence than PAC money?

Curious about all of this.

john a's avatar

there'd be no bribes if people didn't have their hands out....it's discouraging to note this is how our country seems to operate.....it's more blatant it seems with trump but i don't know of a single congress person who hasn't been enriched by "serving".

Larry Carr (autocarr)'s avatar

The Yocha Dehe donated $2 million to MAGA Inc. on March 5, 2026 — while the DOI was in the middle of its reconsideration process. — 💰 just a little grease in the wheels… good for business and …. ______