And now, the corruption.

[jon-nyc]

Me too.

[jon-nyc]

[89th]

The swamp is profitable if you can convince people you aren't the king of all swamp monsters!

[Doctor Phibes]

@LuFins-Dad said in And now, the corruption.:

Yeah. It’s bad. I really wish the democrats would have put up a viable candidate.

I kind of wish either side had.

[jon-nyc]

How some unknown person or entity in the UAE wired Trump $75MM a few days after his visit there. Link in the replies.

[LuFins Dad]

@Doctor-Phibes said in And now, the corruption.:

@LuFins-Dad said in And now, the corruption.:

Yeah. It’s bad. I really wish the democrats would have put up a viable candidate.

I kind of wish either side had.

I would agree with that. My first wish is that DeSantis would have won.

My hope now is that some of the good things stick, but the bad things are bad enough that the Republicans, Conservatives, and Moderates can correct course from a Trump appointed successor.

The worrying thing for Dems?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-approval-dips-americans-worry-about-economy-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-09-23/

[jon-nyc]

I know, I know. The paintings.

[89th]

“Jared is donating his time for world peace”. I guess I didn’t realize you could get billions of dollars for donating your time.

[Renauda]

He obviously took full advantage of the hidden perks in voluntarism and giving back to the global community.

[jon-nyc]

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[Axtremus]

The alternative would never!

[jon-nyc]

But the paintings.

[89th]

I suppose if you drop a swamp monster big enough into a swamp, the swamp would indeed drain due to standard water displacement science.

[jon-nyc]

Rod Dreher (founder of the American Conservative) learns Trump is corrupt.

[Doctor Phibes]

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

We talked before about Kristi Noem’s ad campaign that seemed designed to boost her name recognition.

Now it turns out the $200MM campaign was awarded to a business founded eight days earlier by her friend in a no bid contract.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5764784-kristi-noem-kennedy-ad-campaign/amp/