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The Trump administration has signed an oil deal with a Venezuelan energy baron who has faced money-laundering investigations in three countries. ProPublica reviewed a copy of the 18-page agreement.

TikTok investor Jeff Yass avoided paying $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He then poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election deniers. From the ProPublica archives:

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

Trump Jr. and his bride Bettina Anderson had their first dance on the island rented by Kremlev, which can go for around $100,000 a night. The company that put on the Kremlev-funded fireworks display charges around $70,000 for such shows.

Higher oil prices move money from drivers to shareholders. Oil companies are extracting roughly the same amount of oil, but the price per barrel keeps going up.

So let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some,

🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Trump stole taxpayer money designated for memorials for law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty to fund his multimillion dollar 1950s-era red-scare political propaganda ads #TrumpCrimeFamily www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Two #Pinellas deputies arrested for improper #Flock, vehicle registration database searches! "One of the deputies used a LE database to look up info about a 17-year-old girl he was interested in romantically, according to the sheriff." www.wtsp.com/article/news... #deflock #surveillance #alpr

NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:

28,700 trades for Trump. 19,400 for the whole House. 2,900 for the Senate. Per Bloomberg, one man out-traded all 535 lawmakers, and he's the one who sets tariffs. Somebody's on the other side of every bet he makes, and it's your 401(k). #TrumpsCorruptCongress #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

From 16,000 to 185 to Zero. The Trump admin claimed as many as 16,000 noncitizens had been registered to vote in Nevada. Then DHS came back and said the number was actually 185. This week, Nevada told the admin every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.

US bases are decimated, thanks to Donald. We also have lost soldiers that they have lied about. @jscandid.bsky.social

WIRED: “Census Bureau Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank — home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person, used for drawing congressional districts + allocating federal funding…” Nothing to see here, folks! 😕🤷🏼

Word that there are folks out there uttering the words "gas tax holiday." I'm here to explain the economics. Don't make me keep showing this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vADp...

Flatter Trump, hire his lawyer, offer $10 billion: that's the formula former DOJ attorney Liz Oyer says got Gautam Adani's bribery case dropped, & it already worked for a crypto scammer too. Next time someone claims the system is fair show them this receipt. #StopTrumpCorruption

The Trump admin has decimated American science budgets, taking away life saving opportunities, and the potential for groundbreaking discoveries. This is how you destroy American innovation. apnews.com/article/trum...

$1.6 billion in taxpayer money is backing a Kazakhstan tungsten mine tied to Trump's son, while you're deciding between filling your tank or your fridge. His family's pockets get heavier while yours run dry & that math isn't an accident. #StopTrumpCorruption

In case u thought our judicial system couldn’t get worse, Bari Weiss & Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale co-founded a “university,” which announced a “new initiative to build the future of legal education, with support from the Federalist Society” co-chaired by Catholic Right activist Leonard Leo. 1/

A new lawsuit against celebrity hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai alleges disturbing details of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, including Epstein directing him to groom victims like dolls. I detail the history of allegations against Fekkai, incl. his referral to the DOJ: youtu.be/aFulF7UXxio?...

This dude is losing his mind. Can’t win a war but obsesses in AI like the unhinged boomer he is

the math backs it up as well. Electiontruthalliance.org

DOJ election monitors reportedly tried to access voting machines in Wyoming last week. I’ve spent thousands of hours reporting on past efforts by Trump allies to access machines & copy data. Mark my words: State officials need to be ready for this to happen again. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 By now, the 1921 Tulsa race massacre is known to many. Today, we are not going to talk about that. Let us get into how Black Wall Street began and meet the movers & shakers behind it. Pull up a seat🪑my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Fine print time: no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security — all real, all narrower than advertised, and all expire at the end of 2028.⁣ ⁣ The tax cuts for wealthy families in the same bill? Permanent.⁣ ⁣ https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/justin-answers-your-questions-on

NYT reports the Pentagon did not disclose multiple Iranian strikes on U.S. bases in Jordan last week that reportedly injured dozens of American service members and damaged helicopters. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...

Wall Street has always chased an edge. Donald Trump just found a way to sell one. Truth Social is offering special access to Trump's posts seconds before everyone else—valuable time If you think the wealthy play by a different set of rules, this is exactly what that looks like.

What happens when the presidency becomes a profitable investment? I joined Cliff Schecter and David Shuster of Blue Amp Media to talk crypto, political incentives, prediction markets, stock buybacks, why the economics behind it all matters. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/trump-made...

Abbott Laboratories donated $500,000 to Trump’s inauguration fund. Trump bought around $500,000 worth of shares in Abbott stock last year. His DOJ just dropped a years-long criminal investigation into Abbott for potential deadly misconduct. Everything is for sale.

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“He failed to understand the interconnectedness of the world economy.” ⁣ ⁣ That was true in the trade war, and it’s true now.

‪Dean Obeidallah‬ Dear Corporate media: when covering Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana now drawing new congressional maps so their congressional districts are whites only please note these were all fpart of the Confederacy who waged war on the USA.

🎶There ain’t no oil getting through the Strait of Hormuz🎶🎤 The original song “Summertime Blues” sung by Eddie Cochran! Enjoy this parody video with a great beat! #SheShed #GasPrices

This isn’t just about who gets a tax cut. It’s about who bears the long-run burden. Higher prices for basics plus temporary relief is a rotten deal for working households.

WATCH: The DOJ quietly closed 23,000+ criminal cases in the first six months of the second Trump administration, abandoning hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime, drugs and other offenses as it shifted resources to pursue immigration cases. Full story: propub.li/4tHp2Wd

Host: Aides are now excluding Trump, the commander in chief, from do-or-die meetings about military operations. Aides believe Trump's impatience wouldn't be helpful, and instead updated him at meaningful moments by phone.#sheshed

🚨 HOT MIC: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) was caught asking staff during questioning of Trump judicial nominees: “What would be wrong if they said Biden won?” Multiple people in the room heard it. GOP staffers were reportedly panicking, according to sources familiar.

America told Europe to spend more on defence for 30 years. Europe finally listened. Then built its own industry, cancelled the contracts, and stopped returning Washington's calls. Rheinmetall up 323%. Saab up 284%. €38 billion gone from American order books in a single year.

ALERT: New lawsuit alleges Justice Dept is violating federal law through its “inappropriate”, “unexplained” and “incomplete" redactions of Epstein Files JUST FILED ====> open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

Last week, acting AG Todd Blanche claimed the DOJ has released “everything” related to the Epstein files. But that’s not what the evidence shows. Millions of documents remain unreleased. The claim that “nothing is left” doesn’t add up.

This @propublica.org investigation into how the Trump regime has commandeered the nation’s election oversight and security apparatus is one of the most important in modern American history and I strongly encourage everyone to make time to read it and consider how to counter the regime’s efforts.

Phang: In one of those “you only believe it if you read it” moments, Politico says there are Republicans on Oversight who support the idea of convicted felon Trump giving a pardon to Ghislaine Maxwell. The fact that that is even being considered by House Oversight Republicans should disgust you.

The Epstein crisis is escalating. Reports say Ghislaine Maxwell may be seeking a pardon as lawmakers demand answers from the DOJ over missing files and unanswered subpoenas. This isn't going away.

Sweet Jesus. The taxpayers just gifted $1.25M to this asshole. KBJ was right when she said the Oval Office would become the seat of criminality in America if Roberts granted Trump immunity.

More than 400,000 Arizonans have lost their SNAP benefits since July — the largest decline in the nation by a wide margin — after the state implemented changes called for in Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act.