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    staffing the swamp

    Trump at the Lobbyist Trough - The American Prospect

    But the most coherent common thread among Trump’s team of advisers and officials is that they’re a bunch of lobbyists, helping corporations collect fat subsidies or avoid regulations. There are certainly rich people in Trump’s orbit better known for paying the lobbyists than being them, like Treasury Secretary nominee and Soros-linked hedge fund manager Scott Bessent and, you know, the guy who runs Tesla. But rather than those who sign the checks to push right-wing policy, the advisers are more often the ones who receive them. As in Trump’s first term, this election has led to a mass scrambleon K Street to find “talent” with MAGA influence. One of the reasons is that the incoming executive branch is poaching the lobbyists with the most connections.

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    Anybody have a final disposition on the last 3 House races? 2 in CA., 1 in Iowa?

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    are cultists still angry at their nazi victory?


    asking for a friend...

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    Looks like Zuck went to Mar-A-Lago to kiss the ring... too late?

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    the pass-through isn't needed, now they can just hand Trump money directly


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    Looks like Zuck went to Mar-A-Lago to kiss the ring... too late?
    It's never too late for ass kissing with Trump. The more you humiliate yourself to please the new emperor, the more the emperor will like you. Being spineless is a desired quality. See: everyone from future vice president downwards.

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    are cultists still angry at their nazi victory?


    asking for a friend...
    Poor Homer, got whooped again by the Trump.

    "Oh, he's going to jail."
    "Oh, he's going to the graveyard with half-a-head like JFK."
    'Oh, Melania is going to divorce him."
    'Oh, he's incontinent."
    "Oh, he pisses himself."
    "Oh, he got beat by a Black woman."
    "Oh, the Magic Negro got the better of him."
    "Oh."

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    It's never too late for ass kissing with Trump. The more you humiliate yourself to please the new emperor, the more the emperor will like you. Being spineless is a desired quality. See: everyone from future vice president downwards.
    Most will double back by the end of February and conspire to go back to killing him again.

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    also famous for paying 6.2 million bucks for a banana, then eating it

    Any foreign national paying an incoming president $18 million weeks before entering the White House should raise red flags. Sun's purchase is even more alarming because the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is currently prosecuting him for fraud.
    A Chinese national, charged with fraud by the SEC, just sent Donald Trump $18 million

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    oof

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    oof
    Well, this is the idiot that thought he could buy Greenland, so you should never assume that was in jest, tbh...

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    The Great DA Willis is taking no survivors!

    In a series of private emails between Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and attorneys representing Yam s, the Georgia prosecutor assured the former president's legal team that she expects to put their client in prison despite their best efforts.

    According to an exclusive report from the Guardian's Hugo Lowell, in one exchange, Willis wrote to Yam s' lawyers, "We have a long road ahead. Long after these folks are in jail, we will still be practicing law.”

    That exchange reaffirms reporting that Willis has no intention of working out a plea bargain in Yam s' racketeering trial related to the 2020 presidential election.


    Where you been Ef-man? Is your internet down at the tree of woe?

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    sounds like the system is still working

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    sounds like the system is still working
    The system is working...as in the bull cases brought against Trump are falling apart and the corrupt prosecutors who brought them are being exposed...that type of system working?

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    sounds like the system is still working
    Well, they did win on a legal technicality. Here's the actual order and what really happened: https://www.do entcloud.org/do e...illis-default/

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    The system is working...as in the bull cases brought against Trump are falling apart and the corrupt prosecutors who brought them are being exposed...that type of system working?
    Coups good now.

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    Well, they did win on a legal technicality. Here's the actual order and what really happened: https://www.do entcloud.org/do e...illis-default/
    I would suppose courts sort out disputes like this all the time, I'm not a lawyer

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    (like a putative misunderstanding about whether a thing was pending, or had already been properly served)

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    I would suppose courts sort out disputes like this all the time, I'm not a lawyer
    We'll see if this is even worth an appeal. If, as stated, they don't have any records to disclose, then there's not much else to do other than lawyers collecting their paychecks.

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    lol she can barely contain the vomit rising in her throat.

    Keep trying tho snacks!

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    They all kissed the ring, even Lil Hitler who got a pat on the shoulder like a little kid


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    Trump wants to get rid of the CFPB

    Protecting rich crooks from punishment is a great racket.

    More than 4 million Americans gouged by credit repair companies including Lexington Law and CreditRepair.com will soon collectively receive $1.8 billion in refund checks, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Thursday.

    The payments make up the biggest distribution yet from the CFPB's victims relief fund, financed by civil penalties paid by companies that violate consumer protection laws, the agency said.

    Checks will be mailed in coming weeks to 4.3 million consumers who were charged illegal advance fees or subjected to allegedly deceptive bait-and-switch advertising by Lexington Law, CreditRepair.com and their parent companies, according to the federal agency.
    More than 4 million people to share $1.8 billion in refunds, the CFPB says. Here's what to know. - CBS News

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    just put the money directly in his pocket


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