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"I was struck by Trump’s comment that he was told, “‘Sir, this is the White House. You’re the president of the United States. You can do anything you want.’” It harkens back to another famous Trump observation: 'When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ‘em by the pussy.'”
~ Jill Filipovic
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #oligarchy #EconomicElites #SupremeCourt #immunity
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https://jill.substack.com/p/when-youre-a-star-they-let-you-do
"This kind of entitlement is what has characterized Trump’s entire adult life. It’s what is characterizing his presidency."
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #oligarchy #EconomicElites #SupremeCourt #immunity
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"As sickening as the sight was — heavy equipment ripping away at the historic property as high-powered hoses doused the dusty debris — Trump’s $250-million vanity project is small stuff compared to a policy of killing noncombatant civilian citizens of nations with which we are not at war (Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador)."
~ Jackie Calmes
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #oligarchy #EconomicElites #Venezuela #Ecuador #Colombia
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"Yet together the actions reflect the spectrum of consequences of Trump’s utter sense of impunity as president, from the relatively symbolic to the murderous."
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #oligarchy #EconomicElites #Venezuela #Ecuador #Colombia
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"Donald Trump has announced an immediate end to 'all trade negotiations' with Canada over a television advertisement opposing US tariffs that quoted the former US president Ronald Reagan."
~ Nicola Slawson
Trade negotiations my eye. The headlines just get loonier each day because the man himself is clearly getting loonier and loonier.
"This morning, Donald Trump woke up furious at Canada for airing an ad featuring Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs. In response, Trump cut off all trade talks with Canada."
~ Aaron Parnas
Parnas's posting includes the video that enraged Trump.
#Trump #Canada #tariffs #TradeWar #economy
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https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trump-furious-as-canada-uses
"By providing a public exchange for Trump’s World Liberty Financial cryptocurrency, Binance helped the Trump family amass $2 billion. Shortly thereafter, Changpeng Zhao began lobbying Trump for a pardon."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #ChangpengZhao #crypto #Binance #corruption
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/trumps-ratings-drop-as-he-wreaks
"Since Trump’s election, Binance has also been a key supporter of his family’s World Liberty Financial crypto venture, a business that has driven a huge leap in the president’s personal wealth."
~ Wall Street Journal
"He had a lot of support, and they said that what he did is not even a crime. It wasn’t a crime, that he was persecuted by the Biden administration, uh, and so, I gave him a pardon at the request of a lot of very good people.”
Verbatim. This is the president of the US speaking verbatim. To a journalist asking a valid and serious question.
Biden stuttered occasionally and the media couldn't stop nattering about his stutter. But with Trump….
"He served four months in jail, and they say that he was not guilty of anything, that what he did, well, you don’t know much about crypto. You know nothing about, you know nothing about nothing. You’re fake news. But let me just tell you that he was somebody that, as I was told, I don’t know him, I don’t believe I’ve ever met him. But I’ve been told a lot of support."
Trump's reply:
“Which one? Who is that?.... The recent one? Yes, the? I believe we’re talking about the same person because I do pardon a lot of people. I don’t know, he was recommended by a lot of people. A lot of people say that—are you talking about the crypto person?—A lot of people say that he wasn’t guilty of anything."
Kaitlan Collins of CNN asked Trump about his pardon of Changpeng Zhao, founder of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, who pled guilty in 2023 to money laundering, paid a $50 million fine, and served nearly four months in prison. His company paid a $4.3 billion penalty. Collins asked Trump whether the pardon had anything to do with Zhao's involvement in the Trump family's cryptocurrency schemes.
~ Heather Cox Richardson
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Another #US strike in #Caribbean targets alleged drug-running boat, killing 6, #Hegseth says
#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth announced Friday that the #military conducted its 10th strike on a vessel suspected of carrying drugs overnight, killing 6 people & bringing the death toll of the campaign against drug cartels to at least 46 people.
#Trump #law #murder #Congress #DerelictionOfDuty #war #WarPowers #AbuseOfPower
https://apnews.com/article/trump-cartels-hegseth-drugs-boat-strikes-6c3316b2852723e26c39dc701bba9d52?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-24-Breaking+News
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Wirtschaftsbobelpreisträger #JamesBuchanan:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112598555451884508
Die damals gesägten Samen gingen auf in #Reagonomics
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109730219700294592 und kulminierten schließlich in #CitizensUnitedVsFEC, den #Trump-Präsidentschaften, sowie der jahrzehntelang geplanten Übernahme des Obersten Gerichtshofs der #USA. Damals wurde die finale(?) Verwandlung des #AmericanExperiments in eine #Plutokratie (du klassifizierst das anders) zementiert (b. a. w.):
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110856116616631495
Also,
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Ich bin hier, ich gebe es offen zu, #systemtheoretisch beeinflusst, nach wie vor der Meinung, dass 👉der Schlüssel zur Lösung, und damit der "Kern" in der #Führung liegt👈:
So, wie #Trump als #ChaotischerAttraktor eine ganze Nation in den Abgrund zu reißen droht—und mit ihr viele Teile der Welt, man denke bspw. nur an die de-facto-Auflösung von #USAID—so könnte ein anderer Attraktor ein Gegengewicht zu #Trump und der #MAGA-Bewegung werden.
per aspera, ad astra, sed non ad Martem!
@mspro
Egotistical jackass
#Trump said on Thursday all #trade talks with #Canada were terminated following what he called a fraudulent advertisement from Canada in which former & late US President Ronald Reagan spoke negatively about #tariffs.
"Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
#economy #inflation #recession #trumpcession
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-all-trade-talks-with-canada-are-terminated-2025-10-24/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
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1/ nothing says "america first" like pardoning canadian¹ crypto criminals that laundered truly staggering amounts of money (possibly hundreds of billions of dollars) for drug #cartels, #terrorists, russian oligarchs, fentanyl traffickers, #ransomware gangs, and child abusers, at least as long as they pay ~$90 million / year to your crypto business.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-pardons-convicted-binance-founder-7509bd63
¹ pronounced "chinese"
#WLFI #CZ #binance #WorldLibertyFinancial #uspol #corruption #pardon #Pardons #trump #americaFirst #MAGA #fentanyl #crypto #cryptocurrency #BNB #USD1
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The last time a president sought such a resolution was in Oct 2002, when Pres George W. Bush asked for authorization to use #military force against #Iraq. #Congress approved that measure, & it has been cited for decades as the #legal basis for military ops around the world carried out by subsequent administrations of both parties.
Though he repeatedly referred to the military operation targeting drug trafficking as a “#war,” #Trump said he would not seek any formal approval from lawmakers.
#Trump made the remarks during a news conference at the White House to promote the work of agencies that he said were working to “arrest, prosecute & permanently remove” people who were part of an elaborate drug cartel operation inside the US.
They came as Trump has talked about expanding the legally questionable #military operation he has undertaken over the past several weeks, in which 9 airstrikes at sea have resulted in 37 acknowledged #murders.
“I don’t think we’re going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war,” #Trump told reporters of his campaign of deadly strikes against vessels in the #Caribbean Sea near #Colombia & #Venezuela. “I think we are going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK? We are going to kill them, you know? They are going to be, like, dead.”
#Trump said that he would not seek congressional approval to carry out #military strikes against alleged drug #cartels that allegedly traffic narcotics to the US, even as he vowed to expand the operation from attacks at sea to targets on land. The #Senate is expected to vote next week on a bipartisan resolution that would bar the US from engaging in hostilities inside #Venezuela without explicit authorization by #Congress.
#law #Constitution #authoritarianism #fascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/trump-military-authorization-cartel-strikes.html?smid=url-share
#Deaths reached a peak in 2025 for the first time since 32 deaths were recorded in 2004, & 20 deaths were recorded in 2005.
Fmr agency officials are warning that increased #detention population, decreased #oversight, an increase in street & #community arrests & continued difficulties staffing #medical teams will result in more deaths. This summer, #ICE received ~$70 billion to hire more staff, including #deportation & detention officers, & increase its detention space.
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20 people have died in ICE custody so far this year — the most since 2005 Deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, by calendar year. 2025 data is through Oct. 18.
Burgum also announced that the #Interior Dept had finalized a deal that would allow a contentious gravel #road to be built through the #Izembek National #WildlifeRefuge in SW #Alaska. And he reiterated that the agency would greenlight an #industrial road that would cut through pristine #wilderness to reach a proposed copper & zinc #mine in northern Alaska.
#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #SaveRoadless #ProtectTheArctic #wildlife #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
“This land should & will be supporting responsible #oil & #gas leasing,” #Interior Secy #DougBurgum said during an “#Alaska Day” event at the Interior Dept’s HQ, which came even as many Interior employees were furloughed during the ongoing govt #shutdown.
#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #SaveRoadless #ProtectTheArctic #wildlife #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
During his first term, #Trump signed a 2017 tax bill that required 2 #oil & #gas lease sales in the #Arctic #CoastalPlain, but the #Biden admin later suspended & then canceled those leases.
On Thurs, the #Interior Dept said it would hold an oil & gas lease sale in the coastal plain this winter. The agency also said it would reinstate 7 oil leases in the refuge that the state of #Alaska acquired in 2021 but that had been canceled 2 yrs later by Biden.
The #Trump admini on Thursday announced a plan to allow #oil & #gas #drilling in Alaska’s #Arctic National #WildlifeRefuge, one of the largest remaining tracts of pristine #wilderness in the #US.
The decision was the latest twist in a long-running fight over the fate of the refuge’s #CoastalPlain, an unspoiled expanse of 1.56 million acres that is believed to sit atop billions of barrels of oil but is also a critical #habitat for #PolarBears, #caribou, #MigratoryBirds & other #wildlife.
#Trump Opens Pristine #Alaska #Wilderness to #Drilling in Long-Running Feud
The #Interior Department also said it would allow a contentious #road to be built through the #Izembek National #WildlifeRefuge in southwestern Alaska.
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #SaveRoadless #Wildlife #ProtectTheArctic #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/climate/trump-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-oil-drilling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#GOP senator blocks #Democrats bill to #pay all federal employees during #shutdown
Sen #RonJohnson (R-WI) objected to a request by Sen #ChrisVanHollen (D-MD) on Thursday for the #Senate to immediately consider & pass a bill to pay all #FederalWorkers, members of the #military & federal #contractors during the 2025 government shutdown.
#law #PublicDisservice #Republicans #Trump #OrchestratedShutdown
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5569758-ron-johnson-chris-van-hollen-shutdown-pay-bill/
#Trump is calling off, at least for now, plans that would have surged federal agents into #SanFrancisco this weekend. Mayor Daniel Lurie said Trump & #DHS Secy #KristiNoem assured him in separate calls that #BorderPatrol agents would not be deployed to his city. Trump confirmed the decision in a social media post, writing that “friends of mine who live in the area” had asked him to reconsider.
WTF? Why do #Chicago & other cities have to endure his #assault?
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/23/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The entire #WhiteHouse #EastWing is demolished as #Trump moves forward with his #ballroom, AP photos show.
The East Wing, where #FirstLadies created #history, planned state dinners & promoted causes, is now history itself. The 2-story structure of drawing rooms & offices, including workspace for first ladies & their staffs, has been turned into rubble, demolished as part of Trump’s plan to build what he said is now a $300M ballroom nearly 2X the size of the White House.
"Name one Republican policy that isn't about hurting someone."
~ Robyn Pennacchia
#Trump #WhiteHouse #ballroom #Venezuela #Argentina #shutdown #military #dementia #dictatorship #MAGA #BigBeautifulBill #healthcare #agriculture #economy #Project2025 #ICE
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/trump-gets-away-with-shtting-on-half
"the announcement that he is going to just take $230m from the Treasury for himself; the corrupt indictments of his political enemies; the illegal killing of people in the Pacific and Caribbean; the outrageous $40b bailout of Milei in Argentina; the resignation of the Southcom commander; his willingness to negotiate with Hamas but not Democrats here in the US."
#Trump #WhiteHouse #ballroom #Venezuela #Argentina #shutdown #military #dementia #dictatorship
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"In the last few days we’ve gotten a steady stream of you just have to be f-ing kidding me stuff from Trump, clear signs that he’s become a completely out of control madman that needs to be reined in - the illegal tearing down of the East Wing and the building of an imperial ballroom;"
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #WhiteHouse #ballroom #Venezuela #Argentina #shutdown #military #dementia #dictatorship
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https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/will-congressional-republicans-stick
Earlier this year, he pardoned the founders of #crypto exchange BitMEX in connection with similar anti-money laundering violations and the founder of electric truck company Nikola convicted of fraud. He has also commuted the sentence of the executive of now-defunct start-up Ozy Media.
Trump's #pardon of #Zhao paves the way for the #crypto mogul to return to the business he helped found in 2017. He has already served his time in prison after a judge sentenced him to four months.
Zhao's #pardon is the latest in a series #Trump has doled out to executives convicted of white collar crimes.
#Trump #pardons convicted #Binance founder #Zhao
In a statement, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump had "exercised his constitutional authority by issuing a pardon for Mr. Zhao, who was prosecuted by the Biden Administration in their war on cryptocurrency."
#law #cryptobros #technocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-pardons-convicted-binance-founder-zhao-white-house-says-2025-10-23/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
3. "The U.S. military has invaded U.S. states, cities, and communities based on Trump’s baseless claim that those areas are “lawless.”
4. "The Trump administration has cut funding for healthcare accessibility, nutrition programs for needy families, and the federal agencies responsible for making sure that the population is protected from malnutrition and preventable crippling diseases such as polio."
#Trump #MAGA #Project2025 #farmers #agriculture #immigrants #ICE #military #healthcare
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Wendell Griffen enumerates the "plagues" Trump/MAGA have brought us:
1. "Farm families have lost markets for their soybeans rice, beef and other agricultural products."
2. "People have been grabbed and snatched from their homes, families, and neighborhoods by masked government agents without probable cause, warrants, or any other legitimate justification."
#Trump #MAGA #Project2025 #farmers #agriculture #immigrants #ICE #military #healthcare #economy
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"Since MAGA/Project 2025 zealots returned Donald Trump to power, the United States has experienced a series of events that resemble the Biblical plagues mentioned in the Hebrew Testament. I am not talking about flies, locust, frogs, or about blood, dust, and darkened skies.
~ Wendell Griffen
#Trump #MAGA #Project2025 #farmers #agriculture #immigrants #ICE #military #healthcare #economy
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https://wendellgriffen.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-plagues
"MAGA actually holds its most loyal voters in contempt.
And the reality of this contempt is starting to show through — not, at least so far, via the One Big Beautiful Bill’s savage cuts to health care, which will be especially devastating to rural areas, but via the Trump administration’s bizarre fixation on aiding President Javier Milei of Argentina."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #MAGA #BigBeautifulBill #healthcare #agriculture #economy
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/argentina-and-rural-americas-awakening
"This month, the reason for Trump’s mass destruction crystallized: Trump and Russell Vought, architect of authoritarian cookbook Project 2025, stripped federal service budgets in order to move those dollars to another ledger, the one that funds federal agencies that control, police and punish the public. Those budgets have exploded, none more than that of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)."
~ Sabrina Haake
https://sabrinahaake.substack.com/p/wtf-does-ice-need-guided-missile
Analysis of government procurement data first reported by Popular Information shows a 700% increase in weapons spending by ICE this year. From January to October 2024, ICE spent under $10 million on weapons. For the same period ending this month, that amount jumped to over $71 million."
"Deploying the military against US citizens, pitting red states against blue, and arming a domestic force of masked ICE agents with sophisticated tools of war, are all of a piece: they signal that Trump is building a vast paramilitary operation to try to remain in power past 2028. We have to admit this reality before we can prepare to meet it."
"At least five federal agencies were involved in a massive immigration raid on Canal Street in Manhattan on Tuesday. The huge, heavily armored federal law enforcement presence included masked agents who arrested a mix of migrants and protesters in what both activists and local elected officials are calling an ominous escalation."
~ Hunter Walker
NY scorns Trump, votes Democratic. NY turns out for big No Kings protests. Tit for tat….
“Along with increasing #debt, you get
higher interest costs, which are now the fastest growing part of the budget,” Peterson added. “We spent $4 trillion on interest over the last decade, but will spend $14 trillion in the next ten years. Interest costs crowd out important public & private investments in our future, harming the #economy for every American.”
Michael Peterson, chair & CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, said in a statement that “reaching $38 trillion in #debt during a government #shutdown is the latest troubling sign that lawmakers are not meeting their basic fiscal duties.”
#economy #inflation #recession #Trump #trumpcession #Congress
“I think a lot of people want to know that their kids & grandkids are going to be in good, decent shape in the future — that they will be able to afford a house,” Smetters said. “That additional inflation compounds” & erodes consumers’ purchasing power, he said, making it less possible for future generations to achieve home ownership goals.
#economy #inflation #recession #Trump #trumpcession #Congress