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The (new) Observer's Patrica Clarke has surveyed the shape of 'Trump Family Inc.' & how the Tangerine Tyrant's second term will likely further enrich the various family members & close associates.

None of this is particularly new but when you have it all summarised in one place it become clear quiet how POTUS Trump is focussed on the presidency for private gain rather than any inkling of public service (again no surprise, but just now very stark!)

#politics #corruption
observer.co.uk/news/internatio

How the US president and his clan ushered in a new golden age of corruption | The Observer
The ObserverHow the US president and his clan ushered in a new golden age of corruption | The ObserverThe presidency and personal gain now go hand in hand – and no one has been able to do anything about it
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🗣 ONCE MORE TIME, WITH FEELING

the whole corporatist leadership of the Democratic Party chose Trump and his destruction of not just the federal government, but what semblance of #democracy USA had, over the very progressive, very anti-genocide and very Black and Brown 18-35 American youth.

remind Biden, Harris, Obama, Schumer, Clinton and all the leadership they chose this necrotic fascist asshole over the youth and THEIR future for America

• Deregulated crypto after launching a crypto firm

• Selling meme coins for political access to top buyers

• Opening a private DC club

• Cut 19 foreign business deals

• Peddling exclusive investment tips
-M d'Arrigo

You need to stretch before listening to her mental gymnastics.

With a cross around her neck & a smile, SPOX Leavitt lies like all Trump's loyalists. She knows🚨Trump’s profiting off the presidency, esp with his #memecoin, but she…

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Although keeping up with the overt nazi police state shit the Trump regime is engaging in takes up so much of my time that I don't get to write about Elon Musk, and DOGE as much as I should, the truth is that the Klepto Kaiser's second administration has benefited Musk, his companies, and his vast network of influence more than any other person in America. It's easy to write this kind of corruption off as being "only money", but as a recent report by watchdog group Public Citizen points out, there's a clear pattern to Musk's elimination of the administrative state that protects and entrenches his businesses deeper into the American power structure as well.

commondreams.org/news/elon-mus

Scale of Musk's DOGE Conflicts of Interest 'Should Alarm Every American'

"Elon Musk, the world's richest person and de facto head of the Trump administration's so-called Department of Government Efficiency, "has had a direct business interest in over 70% of the agencies and departments targeted by DOGE since its inception," according to an analysis published Thursday by a leading U.S. consumer advocacy group."

I don't have a lot to add here that isn't covered by the very short article; Musk is absolutely targeting any agency that oversees or has contracts with his companies, and his position as Trump's quasi-official exchequer (a position that does not exist in American government) makes it extremely unlikely any regulatory agency in government is going to try to regulate him or his companies in any way - after all, he could just order them defunded in response. The scope of Musk's efforts to subvert oversight while simultaneously embedding his companies into critical US systems is some wild supervillain shit, and while I don't think it's a secret that this was going on, I do think most Americans would be surprised to learn the staggering degree to which DOGE is all about enriching and empowering Elon Musk.

Common Dreams · Scale of Musk's DOGE Conflicts of Interest 'Should Alarm Every American' | Common Dreams"The wealthiest man in the world is working to dismantle the very same federal departments and agencies tasked with overseeing and placing checks on his businesses," says Public Citizen in a new analysis.
#Fascism#Trump#Corruption

> Lessons from Latin America as the United States Confronts Enforced Disappearance wola.org/2025/05/lessons-from-

FTA: "When a government takes citizens or others in their territory outside the protection of the law, this is a warning for democracy.”

El que tenga oidos, que oiga. . .

WOLA · Lessons from Latin America as the United States Confronts Enforced Disappearance - WOLAHighlights and Conclusions from the April 30, 2025 WOLA–National Security Archive Webinar

It took only about 100 days for Trump to make the U.S. so weakened that the Vatican felt free to choose an American Pope. By the end of 4 years of this drastic erosion we might assume some countries will feel quite safe in attacking the U.S. outright with impunity whereas in the past they kept their attacks to deniable activities in various sectors. They could literally pay Trump personally to do nothing in response. He's already set up the systems to do that out in the open. #corruption #natsec

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I’d build upon a previous comment made on the subject that there’s no logic or sense for Alberta to pursue independence in any scenario. But, I wish to now correct myself: Danielle Smith’s giving Alberta Separatists a platform they may find too tempting. And, I’d suggest this is clearly for her own political survival at the expense of all else.

This attitude is illustrated in “Inside an Australian Miner’s Brawl with Alberta Regulators”, by Andrew Nikiforuk. Basically, the Alberta Energy Regulator’s experience with Australian Coal companies has been hostile, belligerent, and litigious. I would encourage Albertans to go over that article, and I suggest it simply outlines the same attitude that the UCP have adopted in its core: Take Everything, Leave Nothing.

Albertans see that attitude play out even when it’s time to clean up after the Oil and Gas industry. From the Globe “Alberta wants to accelerate cleanup of oil and gas wells with taxpayers as backstop, document shows”, by Jeffrey Jones, which basically outlines how resource companies are trying to make Albertans hold the bag on the clean up and waste left behind so they can make off with the money. And, the UCP are on board with the idea with a complicated game of musical chairs meant to leave Albertans sitting in the dirt:

>The mature asset report tallies the number of marginal, inactive or decommissioned oil and gas wells in the province at 274,215, more than half of all those licensed. Estimates to clean them up vary wildly, from $33-billion into the hundreds of billions of dollars.

Jones goes on:

>In the report, Mr. Yager, who is also an Alberta Energy Regulator director, acknowledged that “the trust has been broken” between the industry, landowners, municipalities and government as resource wealth has been taken for granted and individual rights rival or surpass what he terms “the greater good.”

I’d suggest that trust was never a part of the equation.

How about Pillage or Die in politics? That’s a complete other beast.

In the case of Smith, with serious challenges to her credibility in Corrupt Care Scandals, a “big tent” UCP threatening to break apart with disparate priorities, persistent opposition in the NDP, and a rising public sentiment that Smith has betrayed her party and Canada in general, survival is likely top of mind. Her response? Smith has now chosen to turn friend and foe alike against one another, and chooses hell in exchange for control.

I’ve pointed out before that Smith’s also been turning social safety nets against one another as a result of cuts to the Legal Aid Society of Alberta, and consequently to the Alberta Law Foundation. This sudden budget shortfall has meant organizations designed as critical components to provide support for the vulnerable, victims of crime, or the addicted, are forced to choose amongst each other as sacrifice.

She’s also persisting in her privatization plans in favour of Chartered Surgical Facilities against a shattered AHS, despite the allegations of corruption in her very cabinet that remain unanswered. Smith’s also pressing ahead with a forced treatment for addictions plan that features privatized elements yet again possibly implicated in the same Corrupt Care scandal given that the same UCP cabinet is involved.

And, now, we see Smith giving Alberta Separatists a platform - nakedly providing a route to referendum that would allow the separatists to fork out, and waste their time, energy, and funds. From “Danielle Smith's reform is nudging Alberta separation vote from 'if' toward 'when’”, by Jason Markusoff, Tim Hoven is mentioned as “a conservative grassroots organizer".

By Hoven’s own estimation “the current premier and her UCP members will stay federalist and won't help the independence movement. That would leave many conservative activists fighting on their own, and could prompt an exodus of members from the UCP”.

Smith’s strategy could not be clearer to her enemies, to her friends, and to the world. She’s a Premier, desperate to survive, vulnerable, and weak. Premier Smith is unfit to lead.

#CompassionateCareAct #InvoluntaryTreatment #ForcedTreatment #CorruptCare #HealthCare #Corruption #Alberta #AlbertaSeparation

#EthicalFading

#comment

- #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli 121

https://coffee-time.org/@runsmooth/statuses/01JT76R5RPBE9B26J5KQRMV9JM

https://coffee-time.org/@runsmooth/statuses/01JSSX3P12MHB49JC215A900C6

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-alberta-wants-to-accelerate-cleanup-of-oil-and-gas-wells-with/

https://archive.ph/LOya4

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/ndp-releases-another-video-on-ucp-and-health-care

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/04/30/Australian-Miner-Brawl-Alberta-Regulators/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-alberta-separation-referendum-threshold-analysis-1.7524320

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coffee-time.orgPost by runsmooth, @runsmooth@coffee-time.org@NMBA@mstdn.ca @DavidM_yeg@mstdn.ca I think we're already on the same page here: this Alberta independence issue is misdirected anger. Danielle Smith and the UCP may push for a referendum, but it would only flesh out that support for this is no where close to what it needs to be for any legitima...
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"At the same time, Celgene worked to mute any criticism of Revlimid.

...oncologist Dr. James Berenson was “bashing” Revlimid...

The company discussed a range of options...

Ultimately, the company... decided on a friendlier course of action. Berenson became a frequent paid speaker & consultant for the company, w/ payments totaling at least $333,000...

He wasn’t the only doctor the company befriended... between 2013 & 2018, Celgene paid doctors $11 million"

#Corruption#Health#News
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So at this point in the Keltpo Kaiser's funhouse mirror presidency, is anyone surprised to learn the regime is using ongoing trade negotiations under Trump's tariff framework to pressure other countries to greenlight Elon Musk's Starlink satellite company in their nations? I'd guess it's not, but given how terrible everything about Trump's scheme to leverage tariffs for trade concessions have been for the American people, it's worth pointing out that at least part of why the regime is conducting a global trade war is to make Elon richer and more powerful, with no real benefit to the United States at all.

commondreams.org/news/elon-mus

'The Corruption Is Staggering': Trump Officials Push Tariffed Nations to Approve Musk's Starlink

"Lisa Gilbert, co-president of the U.S.-based consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, said in response to the Post's reporting that "the glaring conflict of interest inherent in this pressure to preference a Musk-owned company is disgusting."

"The bottom line here is that tools of trade and government should be utilized for the benefit of the American public, not abused for personal tech bro profiteering," Gilbert added.

Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas.), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, called the revelations "a huge new scandal."

"Trump and Musk are using tariffs as leverage to get other countries to buy from Musk's companies. Working families pay $4,000+ more a year so Musk gets new deals," Casar wrote on social media. "They get richer. Everyone else gets screwed."

There's something strange about the way the the fascist activities of the Trump regime, and the anti-human apocalyptic futurism of Musk himself, render stories about mere obscene levels of corruption between the regime and the world's richest nazi something of a side note. The fact is however that cratering the entire American economy so Elon Musk can get Starlkink deals around the world is a grotesque level of corruption and criminality that would, under other circumstances, sink entire US administrations. As American storeshelves start to empty over the next month, folks have a right to know that they can't buy everyday goods at normal prices because Elon needs more toys and international influence, and Trump owes him his seat in the White House.

Finally, while I honestly break out in hives every time I hear the words "national security," I'm absolutely baffled that foreign governments would even consider giving Elon Musk control over their communications apparatus through Starlink, to any degree, at all. I mean we're talking about an unhinged Nazi who thinks we're in a race war for the future of human civilization and our destiny as a species is to create an AI god and/or colonize Mars; no matter how many bodies it takes. Even setting aside that he's a comic book villain, he's also working directly with a fascist Trump regime that's openly talking about bombing Mexico, annexing Canada, and occupying Greenland; these are not the kinda people you want to trust with critical communications in a crisis or heaven forbid, a war. Welcoming Musk into your most sensitive operations, at this point in human history, might be one of the dumbest ideas ever proposed.

Common Dreams · 'The Corruption Is Staggering': Trump Officials Push Tariffed Nations to Approve Musk's Starlink | Common Dreams"The glaring conflict of interest inherent in this pressure to preference a Musk-owned company is disgusting," said Public Citizen co-president Lisa Gilbert.
#Fascism#Corruption#Trump