I just saw an ad for a gold Trump Commemorative Coin embossed with the scene at the staged shooting. The narrator was speaking from the passenger seat of a car. The ad didn't give the price; you had to click through to get that.
#grift #profiteering #tawdry
#grift
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Breaking: Irish #billionaire tells Dublin to cancel public transit project because AI means everyone will have self driving cars.
“AI will make Dublin’s MetroLink obsolete, says Dermot Desmond”
The Irish Times · AI will make Dublin’s MetroLink obsolete, says Dermot Desmond
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Conservatives will literally do everything except tax rich people.
This part is pretty funny though:
“Axios ran an informal trial Venmo payment on the debt gift site, going all the way through the process except for the final "submit" click.
It clocked in at 1 minute, 20 seconds, during which time the national debt would have increased about $4.4 million.
As the Venmo form caps donations at $999,999.99, that means any gift a user gives wouldn't be sufficient to cover the increase in the debt incurred while they were donating.
In fact, you'd have to make that maximum donation in 18 seconds or less just to keep up with the debt.”
“Venmo the Treasury to help pay Uncle Sam's debt? You can, if you really want”
Axios · Venmo the Treasury to help pay Uncle Sam's debt? You can, if you really want
I need some hashtags that make it obvious because I keep seeing these stories that expose the grift. #PrisonIndustrialComplex #Grift
For my full point written out see: https://triangletoot.party/@aburtch/114926548637861010 https://mastodon.social/@austinkocher/114926367824463645
Triangle Toot Party!aburtch (@aburtch@triangletoot.party)I’ve said it before and here’s another article on the topic. This administration’s focus on deporting / jailing people is yet another grift.
It costs a HUGE amount of money for the policing manpower, to build and maintain facilities, feeding detainees, etc. All of this goes to private corporations owned by the same #oligarchs who funded Trump and benefit from his tax breaks.
Now they are syphoning OUR money to get even richer doing things detrimental to society. https://mastodon.social/@RealJournalism/114926499124228626
Handing out parts of a PROVINCIAL PARK to developers, which I'm sure Doug has absolutely no connection to whatsoever. /s
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/wasaga-beach-proposal-law-1.7594227
CBCOntario plans to sell parts of Wasaga Beach. Environmentalists decry 'awful precedent' | CBC NewsThe Ontario government’s plan to hand parts of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park over to the local town for tourism development could set an “awful precedent” for other provincially owned parks, environmental advocates say.
As expected, generative AI gives us scams and grifts, because that's all it's good for.
In Finland there is now a systematic campaign of #deepfake videos advertising fake health product, with fake faces and voices of national health officials delivering fake reports that the product was supposedly authorised. (even though no such announcements are ever made even for real)
And what'd ya know, huh? The snake oil salesmen are first out the gate
https://thl.fi/-/thl-ja-fimea-varoittavat-verkossa-leviaa-nyt-runsaasti-huijausmainoksia
#genai #grift #scam #health
THL · THL ja Fimea varoittavat: Verkossa leviää nyt runsaasti huijausmainoksia
Avelo Airlines took millions in subsidies from Oregon & California—then ditched service to run ICE deportation flights for profit. This is corporate welfare turned human rights abuse. No more taxpayer money for companies aiding mass deportation. CEO: Andrew Levy 
https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2025/07/budget-airline-that-took-ice-contract-pulls-out-of-oregon.html #uspol #ice #iceblock #immigration #corporatewelfare #grift
oregonlive · Budget airline that took ICE contract pulls out of Oregon
Via the #MeidasTouchNetwork - July 20, 2025
#MeidasTouch host #BenMeiselas reports on #Melania’s real past history that she and #Trump have tried to cover up but now the house of cards is falling down for all the crooked Trumps.
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This April — while deportations flourished and DOGE took its chainsaw to Federal agencies — Musk’s Neuralink misrepresented itself as a 'small disadvantaged business' in a federal filing — to receive preferential treatment. Soon after, the company closed a $650 million funding round — placing a $9 billion valuation on it. Among the investors: fellow billionaire Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/17/elon-musks-neuralink-says-owned-by-disadvantaged-persons-in-filing.html
h/t @dangillmor @ZhiZhu
https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/114872799873959006
#grift #musk #thiel
CNBCElon Musk's Neuralink filed as 'disadvantaged business' before being valued at $9 billionNeuralink labeled itself in April as a "small disadvantaged business" in a federal filing with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
“…everything Trump does is about enriching himself. Enriching himself at the expense of the American people.
“Everything is more expensive. It’s harder to buy food, to afford a home, to start a family, or to retire with dignity than it was when Trump took office.
“Meanwhile, Trump has made billions—off merchandise, meme coins, even a private jet he allegedly took as a bribe. Sixty to seventy percent of his net worth has been generated since January of his first term. He’s getting exactly what he wants: money, power, and the ability to go after political opponents—whether they’re at Harvard or in the U.S. Senate.” —Mike Nellis, political analyst and former sr. advisor to VP Kamala Harris #USPol #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #Grift #inflation
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"...removing the staff in charge of advising her and other officials on how to navigate conflicts of interest."
Betting two things are operative here:
1) #PamBondi doesn't want to hear about #EthicsViolations, and
2) #Bondi wants to be sure that no one else directly knows about --> her <-- ethics violations
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@KimPerales
And they want to spend it fast — within first two years. That won't result in any #grift, I'm sure. 
Knowing a casino owner in Las Vegas for over 50 years he told me more than once having casinos is like a license to print money. Three out of four of Trump’s bankruptcies were tied to casinos. This is the stable genius running America. Running the country like his businesses. Gee ya think he is doing a good job? People are losing their jobs. People are dying. People are suffering.
Just saying. #trump #casino #bankrupt #vegas #potus #president #money #tariffs #grift #greed #criminal #impeach
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Listening to #CNBC, it's clear that #stockmarket #Republicans will do anything to push the #Trump #Genocide and #tax #grift.
Investors would be wise to sell stock in #UnitedStates and buy stock in #Europe.
#premarket
#investing
#election2026
#2026election
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Protest Voters do not care their man is corrupt and just like all the rest, they've invested too much emotionally in Reform to back down now...