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MindTGap 🇺🇸<p>The Fake Prophet Of The American Oligarchy<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Riverwand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Riverwand</span></a> <br>Mar 23, 2025 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CurtisYarvin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurtisYarvin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DeepDive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepDive</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NepoBaby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NepoBaby</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nepotism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DarkGothicMaga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkGothicMaga</span></a> <br>📢 Is Curtis Yarvin secretly shaping government policy? In this deep dive, we explore the political philosopher and controversial thinker behind the "neoreactionary" movement and his potential connections to power. From his writings on monarchy to his rumored influence in elite circles, we break down what’s fact and what’s speculation.<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MenciusMoldbug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MenciusMoldbug</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Moldbug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moldbug</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>project2025</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rage</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/jdVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jdVance</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DarkMaga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMaga</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TechFreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechFreaks</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcAndreessen</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BlakeMasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlakeMasters</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cowards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cowards</span></a> all.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCTQK2s55mI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=LCTQK2s55m</span><span class="invisible">I</span></a></p>
jackhutton 🇺🇸<p>..because, of course--of course they are.. [Bloomberg Gifted article]: Trump Advisers Look to Shift US Foreign Aid to Wall Street Ally</p><p>Potential shift could give Wall Street a greater role<br>Comes as Elon Musk dismantles main instrument of US soft power</p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-12/trump-advisers-look-to-shift-us-foreign-aid-to-wall-street-ally?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTczOTQxNDI4MSwiZXhwIjoxNzQwMDE5MDgxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTUkJWNlhEV1JHRzAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFNDNBODZGMTM2MEQ0QTYzQURDREY5MzhBMUU0NzIzNCJ9.L3SkL-QhZlLN9gxZ54K-RG6ZvTGPH_LB72CTOzBrx2E" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-02-12/trump-advisers-look-to-shift-us-foreign-aid-to-wall-street-ally?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTczOTQxNDI4MSwiZXhwIjoxNzQwMDE5MDgxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTUkJWNlhEV1JHRzAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFNDNBODZGMTM2MEQ0QTYzQURDREY5MzhBMUU0NzIzNCJ9.L3SkL-QhZlLN9gxZ54K-RG6ZvTGPH_LB72CTOzBrx2E</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/usaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usaid</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/benBlack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benBlack</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nepobaby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nepobaby</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nepotism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/privateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privateEquity</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Fox News hires Lara Trump to host weekend show<br><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5128423-lara-trump-fox-news/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/homenews/media/512</span><span class="invisible">8423-lara-trump-fox-news/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LaraTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaraTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nepotism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
The Dialectical Communist 🇵🇸🇾🇪<p>14 years ago the show Ugly Americans described Donald Trump. And I would go further and say that it described how the American society works </p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nepotism</span></a></p>
xs4me2<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knittingknots2</span></a></span> </p><p>Owww, not that again, and he is not even in office...</p><p>And he will have golf courses in all of them, the biggest ones, he has the best you know...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nepotism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/madness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>madness</span></a></p>
SpiegelMix<p>The immune system's inflammatory response to <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid19</span></a> "alter brain function, particularly in areas governing impulse control, empathy, and emotional regulation" which then results in <br>"long-term neurological changes, with symptoms such as emotional dysregulation, impulsiveness, and aggression becoming more common."<br>Surely an explanation for some of the daily coldness, recklessness and egoism going on in the last two years, but not for all. There still is <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a>, <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nepotism</span></a> and <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a> in politics to rightly get angry about, as well as a concerted push towards <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> with <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> campaigns, <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> and <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a>, and above all <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> and western culture encouraging <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a>, <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/dehumanization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dehumanization</span></a>, and <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/confrontation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>confrontation</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2024/12/19/audience-row-macbeth/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2024/</span><span class="invisible">12/19/audience-row-macbeth/</span></a></p>
INBELLA<p>Gracie Abrams feels like she ‘cheated the system’ performing on ‘SNL’ <a href="https://www.inbella.com/810622/gracie-abrams-feels-like-she-cheated-the-system-performing-on-snl/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inbella.com/810622/gracie-abra</span><span class="invisible">ms-feels-like-she-cheated-the-system-performing-on-snl/</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/CelebritiesTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CelebritiesTopics</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/J" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>J</span></a>.J.Abrams <a href="https://channels.im/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/musicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicians</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nepotism</span></a></p>
Impish4249<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DemocracyMattersALot</span></a></span> </p><p>This whole thing, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nepotism</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a>, the blatant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> [1] just makes me want to barf.</p><p>[1] why would anyone appoint her, especially after those remarks, as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambassador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ambassador</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greece</span></a>?</p>
DrALJONES<p>Report: "Trump Names In-Laws Charles Kushner &amp; Massad Boulos to High-Level Gov’t Roles"</p><p>Real estate developer Charles Kushner - father of Jared Gaza-Real-Estate Kushner - will be ambassador to France. In 2020, Trump pardoned Charles Kushner for tax evasion &amp; witness tampering.</p><p>Billionaire Massad Boulos will serve as his new adviser Middle Eastern affairs. Boulos is the father-in-law of Trump’s other daughter Tiffany.</p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/2/headlines/trump_names_in_laws_charles_kushner_and_massad_boulos_to_high_level_govt_roles" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2024/12/2/hea</span><span class="invisible">dlines/trump_names_in_laws_charles_kushner_and_massad_boulos_to_high_level_govt_roles</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nepotism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> .</p>
Alexf24<p>The Clown Car is getting full</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdi7I8GWNLA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=hdi7I8GWNL</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DJT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJT</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nepotism</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/@dragonsidedd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dragonsidedd</span></a></span> I agree with you about the disproportionate punishment for Hunter Biden’s legal infractions. But I did not characterize the pardon as <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nepotism</span></a>. What any <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> father would do is *protect* their child, which this pardon does. That is not nepotism. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/WordsMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordsMatter</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Walter Kimbrough: "The same folks who say DEI is bad, everything should be based on merit, also act like nepotism and good old boy networks are great. They tell Trump 'pick whoever you like'." Trump gave important government jobs to the fathers-in-law of both of his daughters." <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nepotism</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>Have you ever experienced <a href="https://beige.party/tags/nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nepotism</span></a> in the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/workplace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workplace</span></a> ?</p><p>Feel free to add your experiences on nepotism in workplaces in the comments.</p><p>Short 1 day <a href="https://beige.party/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a></p>
We Can Be Gyros<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NY</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NYPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nepotism</span></a> former <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LongIslandNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongIslandNY</span></a> Congressman Anthony <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DEsposito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEsposito</span></a> is padding his town officials with friends and family. Including fiancee, separate lover, and friends gals. As cops do...article is behind paywall, someone nice screenshotted it. </p><p><a href="https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/desposito-payroll-records-u2ztrqik" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsday.com/long-island/politi</span><span class="invisible">cs/desposito-payroll-records-u2ztrqik</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a>] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, who questioned the academic standing of President Barack <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obama</span></a>, has never released records showing how he got into the school — or how he performed once he was there. And, until 2019, Nolan’s detailed account of Trump’s admission process had not been publicly disclosed.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nepotism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfMadeMyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfMadeMyth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debate</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>For decades, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has cited his attendance at what was then called the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Wharton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wharton</span></a> School of Finance as evidence of his intellect. He has said he went to “the hardest school to get into, the best school in the world,” calling it “super genius stuff.” June 2019, Trump pointed to his studies there as he awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative economist Arthur Laffer. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nepotism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfMadeMyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfMadeMyth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debate</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“He called me &amp; said, ‘You remember my brother Donald?’ Which I didn’t,” Nolan, 81, said…. “He said: ‘He’s at Fordham &amp; he would like to transfer to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Wharton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wharton</span></a>. Will you interview him?’….”</p><p>Soon, Donald <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> arrived at Penn for the interview, accompanied by his father, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FredTrumpSr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FredTrumpSr</span></a>, who sought to “ingratiate” himself, Nolan said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nepotism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfMadeMyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfMadeMyth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debate</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Background on this <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> topic:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has referred to his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Wharton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wharton</span></a> degree as ‘super genius stuff.’ An admissions officer recalls it differently.</p><p>James Nolan was working in the University of Pennsylvania’s admissions office in 1966 when he got a phone call from one of his closest friends, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FredTrumpJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FredTrumpJr</span></a>. It was a plea to help Fred’s younger brother Donald Trump get into Penn’s Wharton School.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nepotism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfMadeMyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfMadeMyth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debate</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-who-often-boasts-of-his-wharton-degree-says-he-was-admitted-to-the-hardest-school-to-get-into-the-college-official-who-reviewed-his-application-recalls-it-differently/2019/07/08/0a4eb414-977a-11e9-830a-21b9b36b64ad_story.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-who-often-boasts-of-his-wharton-degree-says-he-was-admitted-to-the-hardest-school-to-get-into-the-college-official-who-reviewed-his-application-recalls-it-differently/2019/07/08/0a4eb414-977a-11e9-830a-21b9b36b64ad_story.html</span></a></p>
stop genocide punch nazis<p>Favoritism does harm, but I strongly believe it does much _less_ harm if it's openly acknowledged as the way things work.</p><p>Being open about favoritism creates a more level playing field:</p><p>- It tells people outside the favorite zone that to "win" they need to somehow get inside.</p><p>- It tells people inside the favorite zone that them "winning" doesn't mean they're special, just that they're favorites.</p><p><a href="https://kamu.social/tags/favoritism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>favoritism</span></a> <a href="https://kamu.social/tags/nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nepotism</span></a> <a href="https://kamu.social/tags/cronyism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cronyism</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JasonJaySmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JasonJaySmart</span></a> @ 9:23am EDT on Aug 17, 2024:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NEPOTISM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NEPOTISM</span></a> AT WORK</p><p>“<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> has appointed his cousin, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AnnaTsivileva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnnaTsivileva</span></a>, as 🇷🇺 Deputy Defense Minister.”</p><p>👉 Despite increasing losses, the invasion of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kursk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kursk</span></a>, &amp; thousands of troops - in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> - surrendering, Putin learns nothing &amp; appoints his friends.</p><p>👍 This is good for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> 🇺🇦.</p>