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David Stewart's avatar

Given the fact that the regime has been primarily funded by undisclosed sources for years, is anyone actually listening? The problem of no one doing anything about it simply continues. Complicity was never a bright girl, but she gets her way because she's fun at parties and has so many friends.

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SeekingReason's avatar

David 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯I keep saying this too. How long must we watch a constant stream of illegal activity before the criminals are removed-by force, as they should be.

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Bruce Brittain's avatar

And who, exactly, would do the removing? Perhaps you haven't paid full attention to who actually controls the levers of power in the this administration. Justice is not to be served.

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SeekingReason's avatar

The military or US Marshal. The military takes a pledge for this or haven’t you paid attention.

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Bruce Brittain's avatar

The military has no authority to engage in domestic law enforcement. The “U.S. Marshal” you mention is under the direction of the DOJ and is firmly managed by Trump’s appointed Director. Wake up “Reason” and reason. And I say this in the kindest possible way.

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SeekingReason's avatar

Trump is illegally occupying the White House. A seditionist cannot be president. It’s a choice to ignore that. And poor little Bruce has to act so much like trump..Trying so hard to be superior. I won’t gave any more discussions with a trump troll.

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Bruce Brittain's avatar

Given your comments regarding an illegal presidency, I believe you are misconstruing my comments. I fully agree that the Trump administration should be removed, but until then they get to call the shots, illegal or otherwise. I’m certainly not a Trump troll. Please reconsider your judgment.

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Adam's avatar

Complicity is easy too. Don't take much at all to get her into your bed.

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Katy Bolger's avatar

Yes but you wake up with Dread the next morning.

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Adam's avatar

You wake up and say self, what am I doing here? This not my beautiful wife!?

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VALERIE MELUSKEY's avatar

But only the glitter of gold wakes him up.

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Adam's avatar

Or the jingle o them coins!

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celeste k.'s avatar

It's my opinion that the money he is illegally holding back from where Congress has designated it is winding up somewhere else...probably trumps pocket. He is, after all, a grifter and a thief.

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Adam's avatar

Sigh. Yep.

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Joyce's avatar

News of another grift is not nearly as shocking as the fact that he is not yet impeached and incarcerated or worse. You are creating a record for the history books, Judd! Might these kinds of findings be used in a future prosecution? One can only hope...

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Katy Bolger's avatar

These stories and revelations are the roadmap for the lawyers/prosecutors, shining light on the path to take to find the evidence to convict. As they say, journalism is the front row of history.

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Hazel's avatar

To quote my friend, "You can't make this crap up." Since the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency world are speculative and he is who he is, this won't end well for investors. Influence with him only seems to last as long as the usefulness. Ask Giuliani, and Elon Musk.

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Adam's avatar

Musk is still useful to him. Maybe a bit radioactive now but by the end of the year, they'll dust him off in time for a GoldenDomed Xmas.

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Hazel's avatar

Maybe. LoL. But for Musk's 256 million investment in Trump, I read yesterday his holdings have lost 1 trillion in value. Helluva a hit. The crooked DOGE game will take a long time to recoup that kind of loss.

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Adam's avatar

Oh how I rejoice to see that. Tesla will never recover and that's fine. That company is a stain on a great man's name. Nikola Tesla!

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sarah's avatar

Emoluments Are Us.

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Katy Bolger's avatar

That creaky word that teachers used to have to look up to explain because no president NO PRESIDENT (even the crooked ones) have taken so much so brazenly from so many different despots, evil mfs and, yes, homegrown criminals.

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Joseph Mangano's avatar

Trump is determined to be the "crypto president." To others' detriment, of course, but he's really giving it his all.

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Tai's avatar

Biggest heist in the history of these United States, 77 million voted for it. Spectacular failure of a once great nation.

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SeekingReason's avatar

I’d like to set up a fund to help Dems in red states after a disaster, let the trumpers get what they voted for or they’ll NEVER learn.

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Tai's avatar

Doubt they will ever learn since there is always someone to blame according to the media they consume, their FB friends or they once saw a picture of a barista with pronoun/pronouns on their name tags.

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Adam's avatar

"offer investors access to curated, thematic investment strategies rooted in American values and priorities."

Every morning I dread finding out what the Criminal and his Crimemates have done overnight. Corruption has unabashedly carved out a leadership role in all things American.

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Maggie Bennett's avatar

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS.

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mark's avatar

Trumps casinos laundered money. Trump real estate was sold to Russian billionaires. Trump University defrauded students. Trump has been dodging the law all his life. Now he has been given a big get out of jail free card and he is using it to the max.

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SeekingReason's avatar

We demand no answers. EVERY Democratic congress members should be making the news by going on EVERY late night show, on Tic Toc, Fox News (and show some courage like Pete Buttigieg!, Bernie, AOC, Jasmine Crocket, and others who are getting the message out.) This isn’t singing to the choir..all of this circulates.

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Robert Spottswood, M.A.'s avatar

I like Naomi Klein‘s observation some years ago.

“Impunity breeds a kind of delusional decadence.”

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Katy Bolger's avatar

Honestly, I have never seen you, Judd, write a story so bloated with greed and avarice and yet so short on facts. Several times you use the word "unclear" (when, btw, the NYT prefers "murky"). Where is the money? Who gives him money? If I have a million Bitcoin, am I a millionaire? What do I have? Am I the only person who feels like this is a huge fn illusion? How is this allowed by Congress? No, really, even Republicans with deeply hidden skeletons have to realize this BIG CON is NOT RIGHT.

Also, I do not understand what bitcoin buys except more Bitcoin I have never had anyone, except a pot grower/dealer, ask for payment in Bitcoin.

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Becky Daiss's avatar

No potential for fraud will go untapped.

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Dave Kirkpatrick's avatar

I also wonder about the tariff tax money that CBP is supposedly obtaining from US importers. Will we or the Treasury really know how much is being collected? tRUmp having those unappropriated funds is golden, why would he turn them over to the treasury?

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Ginger's avatar

he's still a $trumpet (archaic term)... it's shocking he hasn't contracted a boatload of diseases at this point in his filthy life

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Katy Bolger's avatar

Pretty sure there's a worm eating his brain.

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