#Graft

Catherine Schmidtlillyfinch@mstdn.social
2025-06-27
Heather Cox Richardson 6/26/25

NEPOTISM, PROFIT AND BOMBING IRAN

This afternoon, Zachary Cohen, Alayna Treene, Kylie Atwood, and Jennifer Hansler of CNN reported that the administration has been engaged in secret talks to ease sanctions on Iran, free up $6 billion in Iranian funds currently in foreign banks, and help Iran access as much as $30 billion to build a nuclear energy program, all in exchange for Iran freezing its nuclear enrichment program.

Trump ran his 2016 campadign in part by attacking President Barack Obama for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was a much more stringent deal than the one suggested in the CNN article.

But there is perhaps a different angle to this deal than the Obama administration’s. The idea of building nuclear power plants in the Middle East was central to Trump’s 2016 bid for office. Members of Trump's inner circle, including Michael Flynn and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, hatched a plan for a joint U.S.-Russian project to build nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia. In June 2016 they formed a company cadlled IP3 International, short for International Peace, Power and Prosperity.
Joseph Lim :mastodon:joseph11lim
2025-06-25

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thethaiger.com/news/bangkok/ba

2025-06-24

Clarence Thomas, born OTD in 1948, accepted lavish gifts without reporting them as legally required over a 20-year period toilet-guru.com/blog/62.html?s #GOP #graft

2025-06-23

Clarence Thomas, born OTD in 1948, accepted lavish gifts without reporting them as legally required over a 20-year period toilet-guru.com/blog/62.html?s #GOP #graft

jackhutton 🇺🇸jackhutton@mstdn.social
2025-06-16

[NYTimes]: Close Trump Allies Sponsored the Military Parade, Raising Ethical Concerns. By Minho Kim

Federal regulations prohibit government employees from using their public office for private gain.

nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/poli

#graft #corruption

2025-06-15

#Trump reports over $600 million in #income in latest financial disclosure. He reported making $600 million in income and $1.6 billion in #assets #cryptocurrency, his #golf properties, foreign #licensing deals and other sources. JD Vance also filed forms disclosing #Bitcoin holdings. #Waste #fraud #abuse #corruption #graft filthy lucre #theft #exploitation out in the open theft #abuse of the office of #presidency where is the #outrage #congress #billionaires #maga #gop msn.com/en-us/money/markets/tr

2025-06-09

Hey, #NewYork! Here's a short primer on ranked choice voting; it won't be like this for every vote, just certain categories. Good advice on #NeverCuomo, don't rank him last, DON'T RANK HIM AT ALL - fill your five slots w/ anyone but. He (and *1st Stop's Always Istanbul* Eric Adams are both also running Independent!) won't go away quite so easily, but we are patient.
#DOJ #dismiss #without #prejudice #quid #pro #quo #political #favors #EricAdams #pay to #play #NYC #graft
gothamist.com/news/what-to-kno

2025-05-30

Looking at all the graft heading to, or already in, his pockets and all the loyalists/sycophants he's installed in the government and the courts, he's the one in control of the "Deep State".

apnews.com/article/epstein-fil #Trump #Government #USA #DeepState #Graft #Politics #GOP

9 of 10 Filipinos want Sara Duterte to face impeachment charges.

The House of Representatives impeached the PH vice president in February over allegations of misusing confidential funds and making death threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., among others.

#Philippines #Asian #Politics #Impeachment #Duterte #Crime #Corruption #Graft

philstar.com/headlines/2025/05

2025-05-25

By conventional Washington standards, acc/to students of official #graft, the still-young #Trump admin is a candidate for the most brazen use of government office in American history, perhaps eclipsing even Teapot Dome, Watergate & other famous scandals.

“I’ve been watching & writing about #corruption for 50 years, & my head is still spinning,” said Michael Johnston, a professor emeritus at Colgate University & author of multiple books on corruption in the United States.

#law #emoluments

Lawrence WilkinsonLHWilkinson
2025-05-24

Since he kicked off his campaign, Trump’s empire has landed billions of dollars of deals at home and abroad: "The Trump Family’s Money-Making Machine" @maxabelson @Bloomberg
(Plus- Jonathan Wild)

Pondering probity (and its absence): roughlydaily.com/2025/05/24/i- (or at the link in the Profile/Bio)

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