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#Greed & #Narcissism
A New York Times investigation found that #Trump’s push to speed delivery of the #Qatar gifted aircraft led to ballooning costs & trade-offs in safety features.
#Trump was entranced. It was a few weeks into his second term, & he was on the tarmac of the Palm Beach airport, getting a tour of a luxury Boeing 747-8 that had been flown from Doha for his perusal.
Emails Show #ToddBlanche Role in #Trump #Retribution Campaign
…Blanche, a methodical fmr federal prosecutor, created an organizational plan for the weaponization group that assigned key investigative lanes to some of his own deputies. That ensured…that he had tight control over one of the most sensitive issues on his plate — demands from Trump & his supporters to identify, investigate & punish those who had once pursued them.
How #MarcoRubio Is Running #Venezuela From Afar
The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources & its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of #US power in the #Trump era.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/poli…
The #DeepState didn’t take down #Nixon.
So why did #JDVance say it did?
Nixon’s #Crimes, the #Courts, #Congress & the #FreePress drove #Watergate.
Such a scandal of #crime & #corruption could easily happen again — [especially in a nation where #Trump controls the #press, the rule of #law only applies to his enemies & the courts have been subjugated by a #corrupt #SCOTUS].
#Trumpaganda #propaganda #Republicans #RevisionistHistory #UShistory #law #criminal
wapo.st/4eOdXMT
It’ll probably be as well done as the no-bid #ReflectingPool.
#Trump is using a $500M #NoBid contract to build his White House #ballroom
The secret agreement was routed through a #WhiteHouse office that typically handles repairs & furnishings & is exempt from competitive bidding requirements.
#law #TaxPayersMoney #GovernmentWaste #oversight #landmark #UShistory #UrbanPlanning #architecture
wapo.st/4vWKurH
#SCOTUS Expands Trump’s #ExecutivePower Over #Immigration
The court handed #Trump victories in his push to rescind #deportation & for hundreds of thousands of people & turn away #immigrants at the southern border.
#law #immigration #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ChecksAndBalances #judiciary #legislation #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #racism #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
nytimes.com/2026/06/25/us/poli…
With no public accounting of the entire #Trump construction spree, a team of NYT reporters—Luke Broadwater, Marco Hernandez, Junho Lee & Elena Shao—set out to produce one. They found that the admin had mobilized at least $1.2 billion on no fewer than 18 major projects across the nation’s capital. Here’s everything they learned about their budgetary provenance.
#law #landmark #PublicLand #conservation #TaxPayersMoney #oversight #UrbanPlanning #architecture
nytimes.com/interactive/2026/0…
