"In addition to his business dealings, Singer also has deep ties to politics; he was one of Trump’s 10 biggest donors, contributing $5 million to his 2024 electoral campaign."
#Trump #Venezuela #imperalism #oil #EconomicElites #Citgo #PaulSinger
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#PaulSinger
"So, who has the most to gain from the Trump Administration’s takeover? Meet Paul Singer.
Singer is the founder, president & co-CEO of Elliott Investment Management. In November 2025, his company’s affiliate Amber Energy won court approval to acquire the parent company of Citgo, the US-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-run oil company - Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA)."
~ The Feed
#Trump #Venezuela #imperalism #oil #EconomicElites #Citgo #PaulSinger
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https://thefeed1.substack.com/p/meet-the-oligarch-behind-trumps-venzuela
"Oil companies are key partners in Trump’s imperial plans for Latin America. Stocks in ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and ConocoPhillips surged the day after Trump’s illegal attack on Venezuela."
~ Derek Seidman
#Trump #Venezuela #imperalism #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #ExxonMobil #Halliburton #ConocoPhillips #Citgo #PaulSinger
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Not only that, but #MarcoRubio has financial ties to #vulture #hedgefund manager #PaulSinger https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/trump-venezuela-oil-maduro-billionaire-paul-singer-citgo-elliot-management-hedge-fund/ My take here https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2026/01/04/venezuela-end-game-dissecting-different-interest-groups-and-agendas-within-the-maga-coalition/ #citgo #venezuela #imperialism #oil #climate #climatechange #trump #maduro
‘What an #Authoritarian #Oligarchy Looks Like’: #Trump Says #OilExecs Tipped Off About #Venezuela Attack
“I can’t begin to tell you how insane this is,” said one critic. “He did not inform #Congress but he’s saying he informed the #OilCompanies.”
by Jon Queally
Jan 05, 2026
Excerpt: " 'I can’t begin to tell you how insane this is,' said Fred Wellman, an Army combat veteran now running for Congress as a Democrat in Missouri. 'He did not inform Congress, but he’s saying he informed the oil companies.'
" 'Keep in mind who he means,' Wellman added. 'The #billionaire #MegaDonor that just got control of #Citgo. Our service members were used directly to move the interests of Trump’s #donors.'
" 'The oil companies were notified before Congress,' said Melanie D’Arrigo, executive director of the Campaign for New York Health. 'This is what an authoritarian oligarchy looks like.' "
Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-says-oil-companies-tipped-off-venezuela
#MoronDoctrine #Oiligarchy #PaulSinger #USPol #WorldPol #DonroeDoctrine #USImperialism #NoNewWars #NoWar #WarMongers #USWarCrimes #CorporateColonialism #Oiligarchs
Delcy Rodriguez understands what Nicolas Maduro does not. You can’t eat or drink your own oil.
https://gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/palast-on-hartmann-when-delcy-rodriguez
#NicholasMaduro #DelcyRodriguez #Venezuela #HugoChavez #PaulSinger
"In November 2025, #PaulSinger acquired #Citgo, the U.S.-based subsidiary of #Venezuela’s state-run oil company. Singer, through his private investment firm, #ElliottInvestmentManagement, bought Citgo for $5.9 billion. The sale to #AmberEnergy, a subsidiary of Elliott Investment Management, was forced by creditors of Venezuela after the country defaulted on its bond payments."
#Venezuela raid enriches #MAGA #billionaire
The ouster of #Maduro is a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor #PaulSinger.
By Judd Legum, January 5, 2026
https://popular.info/p/venezuela-raid-enriches-maga-billionaire
#Authoritarianism #Oligarchy #Oiligarchy #USPol #WorldPol #EatTheRich
"Citgo owns three major refineries on the Gulf Coast, 43 oil terminals, and a network of over 4,000 independently owned gas stations."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #PaulSinger #Citgo
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"Singer donated tens of millions more in the 2024 cycle to support Trump’s allies, including $37 million to support the election of Republicans to Congress. He also donated an undisclosed amount to fund Trump’s second transition. ...
In November 2025, Singer acquired Citgo, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-run oil company."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #PaulSinger #Citgo
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"The extraordinary attack, which legal experts said violated U.S. and international law, created a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
In 2024, Singer, an 81-year-old with a net worth of $6.7 billion, donated $5 million to Make America Great Again Inc., Trump’s Super PAC."
~ Judd Legum
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #PaulSinger #Citgo
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https://popular.info/p/venezuela-raid-enriches-maga-billionaire
3 of the #donors also gave to Trump’s inaugural fund. #LindaMcMahon & #PaulSinger each donated $1M, while #MarleneRicketts, the wife of the founder of #TDAmeritrade, contributed $1.1M. In total, #Trump raised a record $250.4M for his inauguration, more than 2X the amount raised for his first one.
#HowardLutnick was also a donor to the $300M White House #ballroom construction project, acc/to a list disclosed last month.
#law #government #corruption #PayToPlay #power #billionaires #DarkMoney
A full year after making a public pledge to do so, #Trump disclosed a list of #donors who helped #pay for his transition to #power.
The list of 46 individuals…includes #billionaires like #JeffYass & #PaulSinger as well as several who went on to be #appointees in the current #administration.
In total, the transition said it raised slightly >$14M, but did not specify how much each donor contributed. It said $13.7M was spent on the transition.
#law #corruption #PayToPlay
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/politics/trump-transition-donors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
“Morally Right”: Ro Khanna on #Epstein Files Transparency Act, Arms Embargo on #Israel
#ThomasMassie #JohnPaulson #trump #PaulSinger #MiriamAdelson #MikeJohnson #Republicans #RoKhanna
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/4/ro_khanna
Paul Singer's activist investing: Shaking up corporations 📈
Targeting distressed companies & driving shareholder value
#ActivistInvesting #ElliottManagement #ShareholderValue #CorporatePerformance
#PaulSinger
Elliott Management founder Paul Singer reveals work isn't enjoyable despite financial success, discusses investment challenges and market risks
#YonhapInfomax #PaulSinger #ElliottManagement #InvestmentStrategy #MarketRisks #WallStreetTycoon #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=52580
READ!
Jane Mayer, Dark Money (2016)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Money_(book)
Nancy MacLean, Democracy in Chains (2019)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_Chains
Gary Allen, None Dare Call It Conspiracy (1970)
https://archive.org/details/none-dare-call-it-conspiracy_202101
[thread] Dark money: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110953607664918460
#billionaires #CharlesKock #ElonMusk #RichardUihlein #NelsonPelz #TimothyMellon #BarreSeid #PaulSinger #PeterThiel #libertarianism #GOP #protofascism #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy #disinformation #WealthTax
[this thread] https://mastodon.social/@persagen/112810230899017402
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/1 Existential threat of billionaires
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113346390093945554
conservative advocacy/lobbying
political/legal state capture
deregulation: anti-union/taxation libertarianism
eradication of social programs/public education/benefits
#billionaires #CharlesKock #ElonMusk #RichardUihlein #NelsonPelz #TimothyMellon #BarreSeid #PaulSinger #PeterThiel #libertarianism #GOP #protofascism #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy #disinformation #WealthTax
#ProPublica’s further reporting also revealed that Justice #SamuelAlito accepted a luxury Alaskan fishing trip w/ business mogul & #GOP donor #PaulSinger — & didn’t recuse himself when Singer had cases before the court. Following the controversy, the justices pledged to follow a broadly-written code of conduct.
#SCOTUS #journalism #law #InvestigativeJournalism #GeorgePolkAwards
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