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The Never-ending Grift

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    Axtremus
    wrote on 16 Dec 2022, 12:59 last edited by
    #42

    @George-K said in A Major Announcement Tomorrow:

    Please tell me this is a joke...

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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
          #45

          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
            #46

            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
                #48

                "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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                  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
                        #52

                        Trump supporters must be so proud.

                        Only non-witches get due process.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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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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                            jon-nyc
                            wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 01:38 last edited by
                            #54

                            They’re all grifters too.

                            Only non-witches get due process.

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                            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc
                              24 Sept 2024, 19:47

                              Trump supporters must be so proud.

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                              Doctor Phibes
                              wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 10:22 last edited by
                              #55

                              @jon-nyc said in The Never-ending Grift:

                              Trump supporters must be so proud.

                              Presumably they're the ones buying the crap.

                              I was only joking

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                                Axtremus
                                wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 04:21 last edited by
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                                But wait … there more!

                                Link to video

                                https://GetTrumpWatches.com

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                                  George K
                                  wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 11:41 last edited by
                                  #57

                                  This is just shameful. He should make his money the way all politicians make it - in stocks (like Pelosi and Issa).

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    Doctor Phibes
                                    wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 11:52 last edited by
                                    #58

                                    100 grand for a watch? Presumably it's accurate enough to tell us whether indeed one is born every minute.

                                    I was only joking

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                                    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes
                                      27 Sept 2024, 11:52

                                      100 grand for a watch? Presumably it's accurate enough to tell us whether indeed one is born every minute.

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                                      George K
                                      wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 12:15 last edited by
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                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in The Never-ending Grift:

                                      100 grand for a watch?

                                      Clinton could afford it.

                                      Screenshot 2024-09-27 at 7.13.45 AM.png

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        Horace
                                        wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 12:18 last edited by
                                        #60

                                        Man jewelry. For the status conscious ape in all of us.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                        • HoraceH Horace
                                          27 Sept 2024, 12:18

                                          Man jewelry. For the status conscious ape in all of us.

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                                          George K
                                          wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 12:22 last edited by
                                          #61

                                          @Horace said in The Never-ending Grift:

                                          Man jewelry. For the status conscious ape in all of us.

                                          Well put.

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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