by Jake Pearson | Nov 8, 2025 | big tech, Billionaires, CFPB, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Cryptocurrency, Deregulation, DOGE, Donald Trump, Marc Andreessen, News Analysis, silicon valley, Trump Administration
For more than a decade, Silicon Valley venture capitalists have poured enormous sums of money into newfangled technology companies seeking to disrupt, and even supplant, the traditional financial system and sidestep its burdensome regulations. At the same time, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has policed that effort, going after such businesses for deceiving…
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by Derek Seidman | Nov 6, 2025 | Amazon, big tech, Billionaires, BlackRock, Cryptocurrency, Deportations, Donald Trump, Gaza, Genocide, ICE, Israel, News Analysis, Palantir, Palestine, Private Equity, Surveillance, Trump Administration, Wall Street
Money has always distorted U.S. politics, but the current Trump regime has entered new territory with an unabashed pay-to-play setup that’s stuffing the president’s political coffers while enriching him and his family. Donald Trump’s coldly transactional dealings have been on full display as he’s tapped billionaire allies and major corporations to shower his administration with donations to…
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