Conflicts of interest, corruption and Trump-era fraud.
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In an October 2016 presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, one debate segment about Social Security entitled “Entitlement or Debt.” A FOX News anchor moderated the debate, so this segment started incorrectly since the title itself is prejudiced. The issue of entitlement reform is a catchphrase used by Republicans for reducing, eliminating, or…
“I know nothing. I saw nothing. I don’t remember. I cannot say publicly.” These are the words for Trump’s top “intelligence” officers, who made a sad public display of their knowledge void and their ability to answer questions before the Senate Intelligence Committee that could offend their benefactor, Trump. This is the nation’s “intelligence team”–FBI…
“If you’re a little confused about what Musk is trying to achieve with DOGE, here’s the breakdown: Elon Musk and Peter Thiel cofounded a company that became PayPal in 1998. Other executives at PayPal went on to found or lead other huge tech companies including YouTube, LinkedIn, Reddit, Affirm, and many VC firms. This group…
Some people never learn, and that’s more true now than ever for half the nation that voted for Trump and is now finding out that he is a pathological liar who is reneging on his promises. “I’ll never cut benefits for veterans.” That is false. “I won’t come after documented immigrants.” That is false. “I…
Never before in US history have two mental cases run the nation. Trump has mental problems, and now Musk posts that Hitler, Stalin, and Mao did NOT kill millions of people. As this article in the New York Times elaborates, Musk removed the post after his minders told him it was in bad taste. Like…
This article was updated Nov. 20, 2025 “The looming government shutdown is just one of many chaotic things sending the nation’s sanity — and credibility — over the edge.”–Bloomberg News, Sept. 9, 2025 Trump is mentally unstable and is becoming increasingly erratic. His mental problems are visible every day. Forget being politically correct. These are…
Just when half of Americans think the country cannot sink lower, President Trump, a convicted felon and rapist, is lecturing voters about law and order. This epitomizes irony and illustrates the decline in American values, ethics, and governance. The U.S. is in a decline for a simple reason: it elected Trump, a well-known sociopath and…
Financial corruption is not new, but it should be elevated to the front page when it involves certain people and institutions—such as the New York Stock Exchange, the global symbol of American capitalism. This is the case of the New York Stock Exchange chairman, Jeff Sprecher, and the insider trading of his wife, the former…
Every good dictator needs his groups of independent thugs who will do his bidding without question and serve as an extra-legal enforcement arm. This is why Trump got his Brownshirts within hours after taking the oath to be president on Jan. 20, 2025. Brownshirts, or political goon squads, have been used by every tyrant and…
Fact to remember: Trump and his wife did not attend Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021. They both ignored it. Fact to remember: Barack Obama and his wife did attend Trump’s inauguration in 2017, even though Trump accused Obama of not being a US citizen and of being a Muslim, both lies. Fact to remember: Trump…
Vigo the Cruel, also known as Prince Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf, Scourge of Carpathia, Sorrow of Moldavia, Vigo the Carpathian, Vigo the Cruel, Vigo the Torturer, Vigo the Despised, Vigo the Unholy, is an ancient 16th Century medieval tyrant and…
Donald Trump has not even been inaugurated, and already the country is being exposed to his insane ideas about annexing Canada and Greenland and imposing tariffs that will fuel inflation. His insane ideas are a warning.
What happens when the CEO of the NYSE, the nation’s most symbolic financial institution, gets involved with Trump’s money-influence schemes? It means integrity is for sale. President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the New York Stock Exchange today, the symbol of American capitalism, where some of his biggest corporate donors will greet him. It’s…
What the Trump prosecution and the Hunter Biden conviction fiascos all have in common is one man, Attorney General Merrick Garland. The commentators miss the point that Merrick Garland, possibly the worst attorney general in modern American history, is the weak link in the Justice Department’s prosecution of Biden and President-elect Donald Trump. The argument…
This article was updated on May 3, 2026 The connection between the head of the Small Business Administration and major Trump donor Kelly Loeffler, whose husband, Jeff Sprecher, is the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, warrants an investigation for blatant conflicts of interest. A Bloomberg report on May 3, 2026, found that Loeffler,…
Ken Griffin (net worth: $46 billion), the CEO of the powerful Citadel hedge fund investment company, knows about money, power, and how federal policies affect business and profit flows. That is his job. So, it is surprising that Griffin said that President-elect Donald Trump’s economic policies, including the implementation of his controversial tariff policy, will…
There are many explanations for the pathetic loss of the Democrats to Trump, but one recurring theme is that the Dems failed to recognize that the institutionalists were grossly out of touch with the voters. The institutionalists and the most highly bureaucratized institutions with distinct lines of management, oversight, and regulations were the easy…
Trump and his gang plan to privatize the USPS, and possibly Social Security. This is an old plan of neoliberals who believe the free market system is the best allocator of services. But crony capitalism comes first. When the U.S. Supreme Court increased the ability of wealthy donors to influence political campaigns and elections by…
The tremendous damage from Hurricane Helene, which took over 200 lives and caused billions in property damage, will see homeowners suffer substantial financial losses as their insurance companies seek to reduce or avoid property damage payments. Another factor raising the odds of widespread fraud is, simply put, Florida. Florida is the nation’s fraud capital.
A popular song by the Jefferson Airplane, “Pretty As You Feel,” has merit for people interested in cosmetic appeals, especially as it links personal emotions to external appearance. The first phrase of the song says: “You’re only pretty as you feelOnly pretty as you feel insideYou’re only pretty as you feelJust as pretty as you…
