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Nonilex<p>Though Donlon accuses Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> &amp; other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> officials of various federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crimes</span></a> — &amp; even calls for an independent authority to oversee key decisions at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a> — there is no indication that federal prosecutors in Manhattan will agree with his assessment &amp; many of his claims are uncorroborated for now.</p><p>…Broadly, the lawsuit echoes 4 others filed last week by fmr top police ofcls, which also accused Adams of enabling corruption in the NYPD.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In his suit, Donlon claims in his brief time in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a> to have “uncovered systemic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> conduct being perpetrated by the NYPD’s leadership.” He says that when he reported his findings to the mayor, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> “condoned the misconduct,” allowing the wrongdoing to continue.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The commissioner, Thomas G. Donlon, a fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> ofcl, was appointed in the fall of 2024 to stabilize a shaky <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a> that had been micromanaged by Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a>, a fmr captain on the force. Donlon stepped down weeks into the job after federal agents searched his home for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassifiedDocuments</span></a> in an unrelated investigation.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Ex-Commissioner Sues, Saying <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> Ran <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a> as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Criminal</span></a> Enterprise</p><p>Thomas G. Donlon, who served only weeks, said in a lawsuit that New York’s mayor &amp; top department officials had manipulated the system for personal &amp; political gain.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/nyregion/nypd-lawsuit-rico-donlon-eric-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/16/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/nypd-lawsuit-rico-donlon-eric-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>How a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> mission to push a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> *deal* in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a> unravelled</p><p>Three envoys went to Congo with a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> offer from Washington. The venture ended with them fleeing the country 2 days later in fear of arrest.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/how-us-mission-push-trump-deal-congo-unravelled-2025-07-11/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/europe/how-u</span><span class="invisible">s-mission-push-trump-deal-congo-unravelled-2025-07-11/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin recently ended <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> protections for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> from countries including Haiti, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Honduras &amp; Nicaragua.</p><p>But immigrants from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> still have Temporary Protected Status [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TPS</span></a>], which shields some 200,000 people from deportation &amp; allows them to legally work in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>. The privileges last until early September.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In April, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept upgraded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a>’s travel advisory to its highest rating, citing a “drop in violent crimes &amp; murders.”</p><p>While <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> has improved, El Salvador jumped to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>’ safest level, ahead of countries like France or Spain, whose rates of violent crime are the same or lower.</p><p>The new rating reflects a dramatic turnaround for a country that once had a soaring homicide rate &amp; “significant <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> issues,” acc/to the State Dept in 2023.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Other leaders &amp; countries are trying to emulate the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bukele</span></a> arrangement,” said Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, a director of Lawyers for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a>, a Boston-based group that has represented <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> in lawsuits against the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin. Countries are increasingly “raising their hand to volunteer their incarceration facilities &amp; to facilitate the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> of people,” he added.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rendition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rendition</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>4 fmr high-ranking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> officers are suing Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a>, accusing him of enabling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a>, an agency where they said anyone who spoke out faced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humiliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humiliation</span></a>.</p><p>The separate lawsuits filed on Monday in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NY</span></a> State Supreme Court come as Adams, a fmr police captain, is running for re-election &amp; using falling crime numbers to bolster his campaign.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/nyregion/nypd-corruption-lawsuits-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/08/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/nypd-corruption-lawsuits-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Kristen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Kristian_Kiehling" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Kristian_Kiehling</span></a></span> Much as I want to boost this, Lev Parnas lies as much and as badly as the raping felon and the scumbag <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pedo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pedo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>, so the question is WHY is Lev Parnas saying this *now*.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhoBenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhoBenefits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CuiBono" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CuiBono</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Traitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Traitors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cunts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cunts</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> also faced sharp questions about his ordering the dismissal of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a>’ corruption case, which led to the resignation of a top prosecutor in New York &amp; several other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> officials. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a>, then-interim <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SDNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDNY</span></a>, cited her objections to what she called a political “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a>” with Adams’ legal team for the mayor to enforce <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> policies only if he was freed from the looming prosecution.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Pardoned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pardoned</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tax</span></a> Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PaulWalczak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaulWalczak</span></a>’s pardon application cited his mother’s support for the president, including raising millions of dollars and a connection to a plot to publicize a Biden family diary.<br>Paul Walczak's recent <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a> by President Trump spared him from having to pay nearly $4.4 million in restitution and serving 18 months in prison.<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-pardon-paul-walczak-tax-crimes.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-pardon-paul-walczak-tax-crimes.html</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/iZF2F" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/iZF2F</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> reaches deal with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Boeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boeing</span></a> to allow planemaker to avoid prosecution</p><p>DOJ said on Friday it has struck a deal in principle with Boeing to allow it to avoid prosecution in a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> case stemming from 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fatal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fatal</span></a> 737 MAX <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PlaneCrashes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlaneCrashes</span></a> that killed 346 people.</p><p>The agreement allows Boeing to avoid being branded a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/convicted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>convicted</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon</span></a> &amp; is a blow to families who lost relatives in the crashes &amp; had pressed prosecutors to take the US planemaker to trial.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-justice-department-reaches-deal-with-boeing-allow-planemaker-avoid-2025-05-23/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/aerospace</span><span class="invisible">-defense/us-justice-department-reaches-deal-with-boeing-allow-planemaker-avoid-2025-05-23/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> says <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> will end all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> 1 day before meeting with their leader ‘to give them a chance at greatness’</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transactional</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/13/us/trump-news-saudi-arabia?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=1810533F-0985-49F9-AF16-552FC0858230" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/live/2025/05/13/us</span><span class="invisible">/trump-news-saudi-arabia?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=1810533F-0985-49F9-AF16-552FC0858230</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Just putting this out there: the “Trump presidential library” which is to inherit the $400 million jet from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qatar</span></a> is literally just a website. It does not exist. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> doesn’t read, why would he ever have a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“The Qatari Royals Give Trump a Plane.<br>It’s a <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BRIBE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BRIBE</span></a>‼️</p><p>The library isn’t the ex-president’s official office. It’s not owned by the president or like book his hotel reservations. Each president also get public to do just that, to have an official office, the formal entry from which he does his ex-presidenting. They’re acting like the library is his office. But it’s not.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republcans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republcans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Traitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Traitors</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/qatari-royals-give-trump-a-plane" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/q</span><span class="invisible">atari-royals-give-trump-a-plane</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“Disgusting, naked, open blatant <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a>. Whether it is crypto, Trump Media stock, real estate developments, licensing deals or jets, foreign govts continue to buy our presidency by bribing our criminal president.”<br>-R Filipkowski</p><p>“The Trump Org recently announced a new project in Qatar. </p><p>That means there’re now 20 open or in-progress Trump-branded projects in foreign countries—posing staggering possibilities for serious conflicts of interest.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/trump-foreign-development-tracker/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">citizensforethics.org/reports-</span><span class="invisible">investigations/crew-reports/trump-foreign-development-tracker/</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>So at this point in the Keltpo Kaiser's funhouse mirror presidency, is anyone surprised to learn the regime is using ongoing trade negotiations under Trump's tariff framework to pressure other countries to greenlight Elon Musk's Starlink satellite company in their nations? I'd guess it's not, but given how terrible everything about Trump's scheme to leverage tariffs for trade concessions have been for the American people, it's worth pointing out that at least part of why the regime is conducting a global trade war is to make Elon richer and more powerful, with no real benefit to the United States at all. </p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-starlink" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/elon-mus</span><span class="invisible">k-starlink</span></a></p><p>'The Corruption Is Staggering': Trump Officials Push Tariffed Nations to Approve Musk's Starlink</p><p>"Lisa Gilbert, co-president of the U.S.-based consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, said in response to the Post's reporting that "the glaring conflict of interest inherent in this pressure to preference a Musk-owned company is disgusting."</p><p>"The bottom line here is that tools of trade and government should be utilized for the benefit of the American public, not abused for personal tech bro profiteering," Gilbert added.</p><p>Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas.), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, called the revelations "a huge new scandal."</p><p>"Trump and Musk are using tariffs as leverage to get other countries to buy from Musk's companies. Working families pay $4,000+ more a year so Musk gets new deals," Casar wrote on social media. "They get richer. Everyone else gets screwed."</p><p>There's something strange about the way the the fascist activities of the Trump regime, and the anti-human apocalyptic futurism of Musk himself, render stories about mere obscene levels of corruption between the regime and the world's richest nazi something of a side note. The fact is however that cratering the entire American economy so Elon Musk can get Starlkink deals around the world is a grotesque level of corruption and criminality that would, under other circumstances, sink entire US administrations. As American storeshelves start to empty over the next month, folks have a right to know that they can't buy everyday goods at normal prices because Elon needs more toys and international influence, and Trump owes him his seat in the White House. </p><p>Finally, while I honestly break out in hives every time I hear the words "national security," I'm absolutely baffled that foreign governments would even consider giving Elon Musk control over their communications apparatus through Starlink, to any degree, at all. I mean we're talking about an unhinged Nazi who thinks we're in a race war for the future of human civilization and our destiny as a species is to create an AI god and/or colonize Mars; no matter how many bodies it takes. Even setting aside that he's a comic book villain, he's also working directly with a fascist Trump regime that's openly talking about bombing Mexico, annexing Canada, and occupying Greenland; these are not the kinda people you want to trust with critical communications in a crisis or heaven forbid, a war. Welcoming Musk into your most sensitive operations, at this point in human history, might be one of the dumbest ideas ever proposed.</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bribery</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ForeignRelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignRelations</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/StateDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateDepartment</span></a></p>
Hamburg Werbefrei<p>Die Koppelgeschäfte mit "Stadtmöblierern" sind ein Irrweg, denn sie machen die <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/Stadt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stadt</span></a> weniger demokratisch:</p><p>1) die Verträge gehen über 15 Jahre, also drei <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/Legislaturperioden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Legislaturperioden</span></a> </p><p>2) manche Details gelten als <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/Gesch%C3%A4ftgeseheimnis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geschäftgeseheimnis</span></a>, obwohl sie unmittelbar die Allgemeinheit betreffen</p><p>3) der Einfluss auf die <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/Verwaltung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verwaltung</span></a> geht sehr weit, z.B. darf politische <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/Werbung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Werbung</span></a> (!) vor Wahlen und Volksbegehren die "Rechte" von STROER und JCDecaux nicht einschränken - und die Sichtbarkeit der Werbeanlagen nicht behindern (<a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/Guckzwang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guckzwang</span></a>!)</p><p>4) die Stadt wird immer weiter über den Tisch gezogen, da man sich mit den privaten Partnern gutstellen will. So haben die Konzerne während der Corona-Krise großzügige Zusatzkonditionen für sich herausverhandelt.</p><p><a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/Demokratie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Demokratie</span></a> <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/Volksbegehren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Volksbegehren</span></a> <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/Korruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Korruption</span></a> <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/PublicPrivatePartnership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicPrivatePartnership</span></a> <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/Privatisierung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privatisierung</span></a> <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/Neoliberalismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neoliberalismus</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Trump will negotiate a “deal” for him, he’s the biggest crook in IN: </p><p>“Adani Camp Meets Trump Officials in Push to End Bribery Cases.</p><p>Billionaire G Adani/his cos. met Trump admin officials about dismissing the criminal chgs levied against him in an overseas bribery probe.</p><p>The talks could lead to a res in the coming mo. </p><p>Indictment: Execs: &gt;$250M in Bribes Promised to Indian Govt Officials to Secure Solar Energy Contracts.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bribery</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-05/adani-camp-meets-trump-officials-in-push-to-end-us-bribery-cases" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-05-05/adani-camp-meets-trump-officials-in-push-to-end-us-bribery-cases</span></a></p>