From The American Prospect: Meanwhile, the Loeffler family farm continues to operate, and several of Loeffler’s family members continue to pull in significant sums of money from government agriculture subsidies. Despite allies of Loeffler slamming her conservative opponent Collins for supporting the farm bill that provides such subsidies to farmers, five of her family members have received…
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LOCK HIM UP: Trump and Family's Documented Ties To Steve Bannon and the Border Wall Fraud
Another day, another Donald Trump associate arrested. The Confederacy of Felonious Trumpsters keeps growing with such dubious luminaries as Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Mike Flynn, Rick Gates, George Papadopoulos, and Michael Cohen. And now we can add Trump’s senior White House advisor, Steve Bannon. Not bad for an impeached president who routinely demonstrates his contempt…
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man
In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald’s only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the…
KY-Sen: Amy McGrath (D), “We need to tackle police brutality, give Breonna Taylor's family justice”
U.S. Senate candidate, Amy McGrath (D. KY), is working to unite her party after her close primary win against progressive challenger, Charles Booker (D. NJ). McGrath stopped in Louisville to address police brutality and seeking justice for Breonna Taylor after being killed by three police officers: “I think the investigation needs to come out and…
“rally round the family, with a pocket full of shells” Trump wants a pandemic-denying race war
The winning formula is based on multiple distractions because even Trump’s daily brief seems to now have become a hoax. The problem in any time of iconoclasm, waging a propaganda war at the level of symbolism eventually must come to a moment where one consciously recognizes material reality. x The plan is to win reelection by denying…
Family fraud, false advertising, and unfair competition: a 2018 IMPOTUS* Ponzi-scheme case proceeds
Like opposition-information for political campaigns, real products of value often have ambiguous, intangible content. See Trump University. While there’s no RICO violation, the recruitment of suckers remains the actionable issue in the latest case of the Trumps’ ACN. Because like today’s church proclamation, Trump puts the cult in culture wars. Fraudulent pyramid schemes — like Ponzi schemes…
NJ-Sen: Sen. Cory Booker (D) Pushes The Call For Congress To Expand Paid Sick & Family Leave
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Cory Booker’s (D. NJ) re-election campaign: It’s this simple: no one should be forced to go to work sick, no one should be forced to leave a sick family member to go to work, no one should be forced to choose between taking care of themselves or their…
TX-Sen: MJ Hegar (D) Hits Cornyn (R) For Refusing To Pass Paid Family Leave & Paid Sick Leave
Received this. e-mail today. from MJ Hegar’s (D. TX) U.S. Senate campaign: I’m a working mom with two young kiddos and, like many Texans, I’ve had to leave work to take care of them when they’re sick. But right now there are tons of working Texans out there who can’t make that choice because staying…
GA-Sen: “How Riggs Amico (D) sacrificed her family business investment to save jobs & pensions”
David Dayen has a piece out in the American Prospect that profiles businesswoman, former Lt. Governor candidate and current U.S. Senate candidate, Sarah Riggs Amico (D. GA). Riggs Amico’s campaign is highlighting the story of her family’s business as a narrative to win over voters: Sarah Riggs Amico was the Democratic lieutenant governor candidate in 2018,…
Irony isn't just dead, now the Cheney family is spitting on its grave
As the GOP becomes more unhinged and terrified of the ideas of Elizabeth Warren and AOC it is becoming more we are in an irony blood bath. But the Cheney’s are a special case. No, I mean really a special case. Dick Cheney was such a miscreant and embarrassment to the United State that one…
