The Godfather
“Finance is a gun. Politics is
knowing when to pull the trigger.”
“Politics and crime
they are the same thing.”
THEY GOT CAPONE ON HIS TAXES
ECP NetHappenings Trump is a Russian Asset codenamed “Krasnov”
Protection racket extortion scheme
by Suzanne Vranica at Su*************@*sj.com
” A protection racket is a type of racket and a scheme of organized crime perpetrated by a potentially hazardous organized crime group that generally guarantees protection outside the sanction of the law
99% of Twitter’s advertisers had returned made no sense to us… outside of fear of retaliation bordering on extortion from frivolous lawsuits.
And now I read this in the Wall Street Journal.
New brand safety tools that help advertisers avoid having their ads appear near content they deem as unsuitable and extra premium content, like from the NFL, have helped X convince some brands and agencies to return, industry executives said. They said the rebound may also be driven in part by fear over the continuing federal antitrust lawsuit and Musk’s growing power in Washington.
We now see brands returning in quite significant numbers, because the easiest route is to just spend a minimum viable amount on the platform,” said Ebiquity’s Schreurs. “Not because they want to advertise there and run their ads adjacent to the content on X, but because they are afraid of legal and political ramifications of not doing so.”
Fascist Musk gives Nazi salutes, Big Tech rushes to advertise on his
platform, after giving Fascist Trump millions for his inauguration and
joining him on the Fuhrer platform.
The biggest reasons
we have a severe budget deficit
The biggest reasons we have a severe budget deficit is NOT Medicaid or foreign aid or school lunches. We all know the reasons: the Reagan tax cuts, the Bush tax cuts 1 and 2, the Trump tax cuts, and the economic crisis created by deregulating the banksters by Clinton and Bush. That is the source. Yet the Cowards (aka Republicans) are going to try to slash all sorts of programs so they can cut taxes on Musk and Bezos again. Can you really not mount a good argument against all that? You know what’s coming, start beating it back.
When Melania Trump sold her documentary, Netflix & Apple passed. Disney offered $14M. Amazon — a company notorious for frugality — offered three times its nearest competitor, an eye-popping $40M. Melania is getting more than 70% of that sum.
The Death of Roy Cohn, Resorts International, and Donald Trump’s Financial Downfall | by Peter Grant
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say. Trump and his sick cronies lie endlessly — you KNOW they’re after the USPS to kill postal services.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/20/trump-usps-takeover-dejoy/
THEY LIE ENDLESSLY:
White House denies published plans to privatize postal service, end rural deliveries
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/business/trump-postal-service-privatization/index.html
NIGHTMARE: DOGE claims “AI” could replace many federal workers
Call it what it is: Nazi salute, not “Roman” salute:
Steve Bannon gives Nazi salute at CPAC
https://boingboing.net/2025/02/21/steve-bannon-mimics-elon-musks-salute-as-he-vies-to-stay-relevant-video.html
Self-serving SOB: Musk fires half the government team regulating autonomous vehicles That team needs to be massively EXPANDED.
Ralph Nader @RalphNader
There wasn’t a domestic passenger aircraft crash in the U.S. since 2009. Since Trump became president on January 20th, there have been 6 crashes. Trump has dismissed critical workers at the FAA. Is this Making America Crash Again? Will he take responsibility for air safety? Or will Dangerous Donald continue to blame these crashes on DEI? -R
Pete Hegseth has kicked CNN out of the Pentagon and reposted this final shot of the office they used for many years.
This a direct assault on the Constitution and the First Amendment.
The DOJ is investigating UnitedHealthcare over billing fraud to funnel extra payments to Medicare Advantage plans, the Wall Street Journal reports.
UnitedHealthcare shares have already dropped almost 10% since the story broke.
Medicare will no longer cover telehealth services as of April 1, 2025
As of 4/1/25, Medicare will stop covering most telehealth services
(phone and video visits). If you have Medicare coverage and have a
telehealth appointment scheduled after April 1, we may call you to
switch it to an in-person appointment. Questions? Call your
provider’s office.
Here comes the purge of all military officers who won’t obey an unlawful order from Trump…
Pete Hegseth is planning to fire scores of generals and top officers as soon as this week, per two Defense officials.
“Vice President JD Vance has tried to justify Trump’s ‘America first’ agenda as in keeping with Christian teachings… Yet that claim is so preposterous that it was denounced by Pope Francis.”
BOOM: Democratic Senator Angus King calls on Senate Democrats to WAKE UP and DO SOMETHING.
“I’m urging my colleagues to wake up and protect this institution —
We’re in the middle of the biggest Constitutional crisis our nation has ever seen.”
Avi Asher-Schapiro @AASchapiro
So, we found out some new information about how DOGE is being funded: it’s been apportioned ~$40 million by the Office of Management & Budget so far.
What’s that paying for? Salaries? Contracts? Equipment?
The White House won’t say.
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-trump-musk-funding-foia-congress-transparency
Seth Abramson @SethAbramson
As an Elon Musk biographer, I would peg his IQ as between 100 and 110. There’s zero evidence in his biography of anything higher.
And I want to repeat that now, lest you think it a typo.
There’s zero evidence, from his life history, of Musk having anything higher than a 110 IQ.
Cantor Fitzgerald Affiliate To Pay More Than $16 Million In Penalties And Forfeiture For Engaging In Illegal Gambling And Money Laundering Schemes https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/cantor-fitzgerald-affiliate-pay-more-16-million-penalties-and-forfeiture-engaging