Anne Applebaum and the Most Corrupt Presidency in American History | The David Frum Show #kakistocracy #kleptocracy
https://youtu.be/cpU26qBcBuw
Anne Applebaum and the Most Corrupt Presidency in American History | The David Frum Show #kakistocracy #kleptocracy
https://youtu.be/cpU26qBcBuw
When you'll see empty retail store shelves due to tariffs
Nothing sounds scarier than empty retail aisles, which may soon become a reality
https://www.thestreet.com/retail/when-youll-see-empty-retail-store-shelves-due-to-tariffs
“Small-business owners facing steep China tariffs are laying off staff and withdrawing personal savings, trying to hold on and hoping for a trade deal.”
#Kleptocracy #Plutocracy #Trumpcession #Unemplyment #Layoffs #Austerity #Trump #Tariffs #Privatization #Resist #USPol
https://www.wsj.com/business/entrepreneurship/small-business-tariffs-e6dfaccb
Ali Velshi was ontoday, he called out Trump for his burgeoning #kleptocracy & explained, bc of his #tariffs, that his regime is causing #austerity.
“Velshi captures so eloquently, how morosely disengaged the Trump response is, to the economic #gaslighting & turmoil, the chaos he manufactures & creates, in his WEALTH FOR THE WEALTHY PROTECTION RACKET, that’s fed by the dissembling all govt systems for the American family, that Trump diminishes & dismisses -living w 2 dolls…”
-R Brady
A valuable resource:
In her discussion today of Trump's kleptocraptic presidency, Anne Applebaum offers helpful links to good explanations of crytocurrency, bitcoin, memecoin, and stablecoin.
You'll find the links to discussions of each term in Applebaum's article linked below.
#Trump #kleptocracy #crytocurrency #crypto #bitcoin #memecoin #stablecoin
On Jan 20 #America went from the leader of free world to despotic, fascist, #BananaRepublican rule by a convicted felon, pathological liar, malignant narcissist, ignoramus installing only incompetent bootlickers to kill all that #America stood for! #Kakistocracy #Oligarchy #Kleptocracy #Politics
The aluminum sector isn’t moving to the U.S. despite tariffs — due to one key reason
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/09/the-aluminum-sector-isnt-moving-to-the-us-despite-tariffs.html
Und leider passt auch dieGeschichte, dass Musk die ganze wissenschaftliche Forschung dank KI für sich vereinnahmen und monetarisieren will (ohne diesen mühsamen "woke scientists"), sehr gut zum US-Trend unter Trump zur offenen #Kleptokratie.
#Kleptocracy
https://waldvogel.family/@marcel/114471291660393449
Thousands of #Moscovites are trapped in gridlocked tunnels, facing the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning after government shut down mobile internet to shield #Putin’s May 9th #propaganda parade.
#Kleptocracy is great for the guys running the show, for the other 99%, not so much.
"The 220 wallets currently listed on the leaderboard of token holders hold a combined 12.5 million $TRUMP, notionally priced at around $137 million. These wallets likely represent fewer than 220 distinct individuals. Blockchain analysis shows several clusters of two or three wallets with similar trading patterns and funding sources, or wallets which have transferred tokens to other wallets on the leaderboard, suggesting some investors are qualifying for multiple spots through different wallets. Without access to identification documentation that will be submitted privately to the Trump team, only a small number of wallets can be connected to identifiable individuals with any degree of certainty based on public data.
161 of the wallets on the leaderboard, or 73%, likely belong to non-U.S. investors. This conclusion stems from tracking token transfers through offshore cryptocurrency exchanges that explicitly prohibit U.S. customers. While some Americans may have access to these exchanges because they operate foreign businesses, it is not trivial to establish such a business, and it’s generally prohibited to set up a shell company solely to circumvent trading restrictions. Some of these exchanges, namely Binance, have in the past encouraged customers to illegally circumvent their restrictions using VPNs or offshore shell companies, although regulatory enforcement actions in the past few years have limited the practice somewhat.3 Two wallets received transfers from US-only entities and so are likely American; an additional four are likely American based on their online presence. The remaining 53 have used exchanges and other trading platforms that allow US and non-US traders alike.
Of the top 25 “VIP” holders, who will also be treated to an exclusive pre-dinner reception with Trump and a tour,c 23 of them are individuals or entities likely based outside of the United States."
https://www.citationneeded.news/trump-memecoin-dinner-guests/
"Lesotho is far from the only country that has decided to assist Musk’s firm while trying to fend off U.S. tariffs. The company reached distribution deals with two providers in India in March and has won at least partial accommodations with Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Vietnam, although this is probably not a comprehensive count.
A series of internal government messages obtained by The Post reveal how U.S. embassies and the State Department have pushed nations to clear hurdles for U.S. satellite companies, often mentioning Starlink by name. The documents do not show that the Trump team has explicitly demanded favors for Starlink in exchange for lower tariffs. But they do indicate that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has increasingly instructed officials to push for regulatory approvals for Musk’s satellite firm at a moment when the White House is calling for wide-ranging talks on trade.
In India, government officials have sped through approvals of Starlink with the understanding that doing so could help them cement trade deals with the administration, according to two people familiar with the matter, speaking on the condition of anonymity to reflect private deliberations."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/07/elon-musk-starlink-trump-tariffs/
Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years
Now the US director of national intelligence, Gabbard failed to follow basic cybersecurity practices on several of her personal accounts
https://www.wired.com/story/tulsi-gabbard-dni-weak-password/
DOGE aims to pool federal data, putting personal information at risk
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/07/doge-government-data-immigration-social-security/
#Signalgate: Modified Signal App Used by Former National Security Advisor Was Hacked
This just keeps getting worse by the day.
the rest of the world has already put together that which our government has become: a #kleptocracy.
“What distinguishes the work of Mr. Trump’s two sons is that several of these ventures, including the real estate deals and crypto efforts, bring revenues that benefit the president himself as well.” #kleptocracy #corruption #fascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/eric-donald-jr-trump-family-deals.html
The AP reporter doesn't bother to add that Trump was lying about his finances as usual and that he's made billions in grift while tanking the economy for everyone else.
AP is not going to be able to lick the boot enough to be re-invited into the press pool, so why would they not do their job now?
Luckily Axios is still doing journalism.
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/trump-crypto-world-liberty-business-profit
The #Trump administration intends to terminate #NASA's Mars Sample Return mission (#MSR), in favor of "putting an American on Mars" and on the Moon "before China".
#Kleptocracy in plain sight. Taxpayer money that was allocated to scientific missions will now be shoveled to the pockets of the fascist billionaire who hasn't set foot in one of his spacecraft, even for a short trip beyond the Kármán line.
And you thought that science was not political.
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/president-trumps-fy26-budget-revitalizes-human-space-exploration/