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The Never-ending Grift

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    Jolly
    wrote on 15 Mar 2022, 01:37 last edited by
    #34

    Shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      23 Jul 2021, 10:13

      MAGAcoin: https://www.magacoin.io/
      “The digital currency for the MAGA community”

      https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jul/22/magacoin-pro-trump-cryptocurrency-attracts-over-1000-people-to-sign-up

      Over 1000 people signed up, most accounts have only the 100 coins offered as initial sign-up gift. Some conservative media personalities got around a thousand free coins ad incentives to help promote the new cryptocurrency. But …

      ”The data also reveals that the lion’s share of the cryptocurrency so far produced has been allocated to the self-described creator of magacoin, a pro-Trump consultant who owns an LLC associated with the cryptocurrency, and a Super Pac associated with the same consultant.”

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      taiwan_girl
      wrote on 15 Mar 2022, 16:29 last edited by
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      @Axtremus said in The Never-ending Grift:

      MAGAcoin: https://www.magacoin.io/
      “The digital currency for the MAGA community”

      https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jul/22/magacoin-pro-trump-cryptocurrency-attracts-over-1000-people-to-sign-up

      Over 1000 people signed up, most accounts have only the 100 coins offered as initial sign-up gift. Some conservative media personalities got around a thousand free coins ad incentives to help promote the new cryptocurrency. But …

      ”The data also reveals that the lion’s share of the cryptocurrency so far produced has been allocated to the self-described creator of magacoin, a pro-Trump consultant who owns an LLC associated with the cryptocurrency, and a Super Pac associated with the same consultant.”

      I wll have to see if I can find the article, but somebody came up with a crypto currency called "Lets Go Brandon" (or something like that), and gifted President Trump with 500 billion of them. I believe that they are "worth" $4500 USD at the moment. LOL

      Each one is worth = $0.0000003514

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        Axtremus
        wrote on 16 Aug 2022, 01:37 last edited by
        #36

        https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/15/trump-voter-fraud-2020-election/

        A pretty comprehensive chronology of how “True the Vote,” an organization that claims to have data that show massive voter fraud kept promising to release the data, repeatedly over time, yet never do. Every time they use the promise to release the data to get the believers to show up at their events, they end up promoting other things to those attendees. “True the Vote” thus deserves an entry in this thread about “The Never-Ending Grift.”

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          Axtremus
          wrote on 15 Nov 2022, 22:46 last edited by
          #37

          https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/walker-calls-gop-deceptive-fundraising-georgia-race-rcna57136

          This one involves Hershel Walker -- various GOP politicians and related committees have been raising funds in Hershel Walker's name, but default to giving Hershel Walker's campaign only 10% of what's donated.

          Perpetrators included J.D. Vance's campaign who continued to do this even after Vance has won his election in Ohio, and, of course, Donald Trump's Save America PAC.

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            Jolly
            wrote on 15 Nov 2022, 23:19 last edited by
            #38

            I'm glad you're worried about Walker. If I were you, I'd raise hell until all of my donations went to Hershel, as you intended!

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              jon-nyc
              wrote on 24 Nov 2022, 16:54 last edited by
              #39

              "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
              -Cormac McCarthy

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                Horace
                wrote on 24 Nov 2022, 22:46 last edited by
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                I find that preferable to corporate virtue schmaltz.

                Education is extremely important.

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                  Doctor Phibes
                  wrote on 24 Nov 2022, 23:20 last edited by
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                  Is that a 4 D chess board on the shelf behind him?

                  I was only joking

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                    Axtremus
                    wrote on 16 Dec 2022, 12:59 last edited by
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                    @George-K said in A Major Announcement Tomorrow:

                    Please tell me this is a joke...

                    image.jpeg

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                      Axtremus
                      wrote on 28 Jun 2023, 01:59 last edited by Axtremus
                      #43

                      https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/25/us/politics/trump-donations-legal-fees.html

                      ... Trump has quietly begun diverting more of the money he is raising away from his 2024 presidential campaign and into a political action committee that he has used to pay his personal legal fees.

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                        Axtremus
                        wrote on 22 Mar 2024, 02:54 last edited by
                        #44

                        https://apnews.com/article/trump-campaign-fundraising-rnc-c0e8f1e7b59f70c5237e13a3462e5790

                        Donald Trump’s new joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president’s legal bills before the RNC gets a cut, ...

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                          Jolly
                          wrote on 22 Mar 2024, 04:09 last edited by
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                          Why not? The Dems are using lawfare and unbelievable fines to subvert the election. Gotta counter it with something.

                          Maybe the next step in our descent will be targeted political assassination, as practiced in other banana republics.

                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            Copper
                            wrote on 22 Mar 2024, 13:18 last edited by
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                            We shall fight in court, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the polling place, We shall never surrender'.

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                              Axtremus
                              wrote on 16 Sept 2024, 13:52 last edited by
                              #47

                              h/t @wtg :

                              The crypto lobby has been pouring boatloads of cash into the latest presidential campaign of former president Donald Trump, who has entirely abandoned his once-hardline stance against digital currencies as the campaign money has rolled in.

                              Now, on the back of recent promises to make America the "crypto capital of the world," Trump is prepping to publicly roll out a wildly dubious and ethically fraught new crypto project started by none other than his sons Eric and Donald Trump, Jr.

                              The project is called World Liberty Financial (WLFI), and it centers on "stablecoins," or coins that creators claim are pegged to stable commodities or government currencies. In an X-formerly-Twitter thread posted last week, the WLFI team claimed their stablecoin would be pegged to the US dollar.

                              "For too long, the average American has been squeezed by the big banks and financial elites," Trump, a financial elite whose penthouse is caked in gold, said in a Thursday X-formerly-Twitter video promoting the forthcoming crypto venture. "It's time we take a stand — together."

                              But while stablecoins sound like they should be stable, they've historically been disastrous for investors and economies.

                              https://futurism.com/trump-crypto-crime-terrorism

                              And the WSJ:

                              https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/crypto-plan-creates-potential-conflicts-for-trump/ar-AA1qcpLi

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                                Jolly
                                wrote on 16 Sept 2024, 14:57 last edited by
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                                "caked in gold".

                                OK, find me a less biased source.

                                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                • A Axtremus
                                  16 Sept 2024, 13:52

                                  h/t @wtg :

                                  The crypto lobby has been pouring boatloads of cash into the latest presidential campaign of former president Donald Trump, who has entirely abandoned his once-hardline stance against digital currencies as the campaign money has rolled in.

                                  Now, on the back of recent promises to make America the "crypto capital of the world," Trump is prepping to publicly roll out a wildly dubious and ethically fraught new crypto project started by none other than his sons Eric and Donald Trump, Jr.

                                  The project is called World Liberty Financial (WLFI), and it centers on "stablecoins," or coins that creators claim are pegged to stable commodities or government currencies. In an X-formerly-Twitter thread posted last week, the WLFI team claimed their stablecoin would be pegged to the US dollar.

                                  "For too long, the average American has been squeezed by the big banks and financial elites," Trump, a financial elite whose penthouse is caked in gold, said in a Thursday X-formerly-Twitter video promoting the forthcoming crypto venture. "It's time we take a stand — together."

                                  But while stablecoins sound like they should be stable, they've historically been disastrous for investors and economies.

                                  https://futurism.com/trump-crypto-crime-terrorism

                                  And the WSJ:

                                  https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/crypto-plan-creates-potential-conflicts-for-trump/ar-AA1qcpLi

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                                  taiwan_girl
                                  wrote on 16 Sept 2024, 15:15 last edited by
                                  #49

                                  @Axtremus said in The Never-ending Grift:

                                  and it centers on "stablecoins," or coins that creators claim are pegged to stable commodities or government currencies. In an X-formerly-Twitter thread posted last week, the WLFI team claimed their stablecoin would be pegged to the US dollar.

                                  Not understanding why this would be different or better than a US dollar or other currency? 🤷

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                                    Axtremus
                                    wrote on 24 Sept 2024, 11:10 last edited by
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                                    Link to video

                                    https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-unveils-100-trump-coins-after-selling-bibles-sneakers

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                                      taiwan_girl
                                      wrote on 24 Sept 2024, 14:11 last edited by
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                                      Well worth the USD$100. I think I will buy 5!!!

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                                        jon-nyc
                                        wrote on 24 Sept 2024, 19:47 last edited by
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                                        Trump supporters must be so proud.

                                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                                          taiwan_girl
                                          wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 00:29 last edited by
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                                          I wonder how his advisors convince him that stuff like this is a good idea?

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