by Sharon Zhang | Jul 9, 2026 | Billionaires, citizens united, Corruption, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Jeffrey Epstein, News
Billionaires with ties to Jeffrey Epstein have spent nearly $1.6 billion on influencing U.S. elections since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision unleashed a deluge of such spending on the electoral system, a new report finds, demonstrating the vast power over politics held by the so-called Epstein class. Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund reveals in a new report Thursday that 40…
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by Julian Cooper | Jul 9, 2026 | Corruption, Donald Trump, Insider Trading, Military Industrial Complex, News, Trump Administration
Brokers representing President Donald Trump purchased between $9.7 million and $24.3 million in stocks from a dozen arms manufacturers and other Pentagon contractors in 2025, including Palantir, Lockheed Martin, and General Dynamics, according to an RS analysis of a new financial disclosure released by the president last week. The disclosure comes as the Trump administration launches new…
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by Tyler Walicek | Jul 7, 2026 | America 250, Corruption, Donald Trump, Freedom 250, July 4, News Analysis
The U.S.’s vaunted semiquincentennial anniversary celebrations on July 4 were not, ultimately, the moment of civic unification that had been envisioned a decade ago, when planning for the event began. It was inevitable that the ceremonies would be tainted by the tense and polarized state of the nation. President Donald Trump, however, in his signature way, managed to exacerbate and accelerate the…
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by Amy Goodman | Jul 6, 2026 | Birthright Citizenship, Corruption, Cryptocurrency, Interview, Paramount, Reflecting Pool, Trump Administration, Warner Bros. Discovery, Washington D.C.
A grand jury in Washington, D.C., has indicted former U.S. Olympic canoeist David “Davey” Hearn on a felony charge for allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 19. He is facing a possible maximum sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted. Hearn, who denies the accusations, says he had noticed a partly detached piece of the Reflecting Pool’s blue liner and reached into…
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by Amy Goodman | Jul 3, 2026 | Corruption, Cryptocurrency, Donald Trump, Interview, Trump Administration
New financial disclosures by President Donald Trump show that he made more than $1.4 billion from his family’s various cryptocurrency ventures last year, reaping a windfall after pulling back on regulation of the industry and promoting the United States as “the crypto capital of the world.” Other Trump businesses, like his resorts and golf courses, have also flourished since his return to the…
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by Jake Johnson | Jul 1, 2026 | Corruption, Donald Trump, Eric Trump, Howard Lutnick, Kazakhstan, Mining, News, Trump Administration, tungsten
A bombshell New York Times report detailing how President Donald Trump’s eldest sons stand to profit from a tungsten mining deal negotiated by their billionaire father sparked outraged calls for accountability on Monday, with Democratic lawmakers characterizing the taxpayer-funded project as yet another example of the administration’s unchecked and unprecedented corruption.
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