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  1. A full year after making a public pledge to do so, #Trump disclosed a list of #donors who helped #pay for his transition to #power.

    The list of 46 individuals…includes #billionaires like #JeffYass & #PaulSinger as well as several who went on to be #appointees in the current #administration.

    In total, the transition said it raised slightly >$14M, but did not specify how much each donor contributed. It said $13.7M was spent on the transition.

    #law #corruption #PayToPlay
    nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/poli

  2. A full year after making a public pledge to do so, #Trump disclosed a list of #donors who helped #pay for his transition to #power.

    The list of 46 individuals…includes #billionaires like #JeffYass & #PaulSinger as well as several who went on to be #appointees in the current #administration.

    In total, the transition said it raised slightly >$14M, but did not specify how much each donor contributed. It said $13.7M was spent on the transition.

    #law #corruption #PayToPlay
    nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/poli

  3. #JeffYass’s firm holds a 2% stake in #DWAC &, considering its other assets, can afford some hits as long as #Yass gets to own the libs.

    On #TrumpMedia’s end, its current board of directors is hardly lacking in wealth, or loyalty: The CEO is fmr Rep #DevinNunes, & his teammates include #DonaldTrumpJr + fmr #Trump admin members #KashPatel, #RobertLighthizer, & Linda McMahon (as in, yes, the wife of embattled wrestling magnate Vince McMahon).

    #finance #law #socialmedia #markets

  4. #JeffYass’s firm holds a 2% stake in #DWAC &, considering its other assets, can afford some hits as long as #Yass gets to own the libs.

    On #TrumpMedia’s end, its current board of directors is hardly lacking in wealth, or loyalty: The CEO is fmr Rep #DevinNunes, & his teammates include #DonaldTrumpJr + fmr #Trump admin members #KashPatel, #RobertLighthizer, & Linda McMahon (as in, yes, the wife of embattled wrestling magnate Vince McMahon).

    #finance #law #socialmedia #markets

  5. You may be wondering just whence that staggering #valuation arises,then. There are a couple factors at play—namely, rich friends & retail-level suckers.
    …As a #ShellCompany established w/the express purpose of gathering #investments & absorbing them into the minimally operational #TrumpMedia, #DWAC curried investments from all manner of private institutions,most significantly #SIG… meaning #JeffYass, the #Republican #megadonor who’s been floated as potential #treasury sec if #Trump is reelected.

  6. You may be wondering just whence that staggering #valuation arises,then. There are a couple factors at play—namely, rich friends & retail-level suckers.
    …As a #ShellCompany established w/the express purpose of gathering #investments & absorbing them into the minimally operational #TrumpMedia, #DWAC curried investments from all manner of private institutions,most significantly #SIG… meaning #JeffYass, the #Republican #megadonor who’s been floated as potential #treasury sec if #Trump is reelected.

  7. "Many have pointed out the curious timing of [Trump's] reversal [on TikTok], which he announced soon after he met with Jeff Yass. Yass is a hedge fund manager, Republican megadonor, and the holder of a significant stake in ByteDance, which is now fighting tooth and nail against Congress’s efforts to limit or ban the app and reduce its significant influence on the public."

    ~ Joe Perticone

    Short story: Trump needs money and is for sale.

    #Trump #TikTok #Yass #JeffYass

    plus.thebulwark.com/p/trump-ti

  8. #JeffYass, a #conservative hedge fund manager has a $33B stake in #TikTok. #Yass, according to Intelligencer, has been allegedly threatening to pull support from #GOP lawmakers who back the bipartisan divestment bill.

    #Bannon… took to Gettr to make his suspicions about the situation clear.

    "Simple: Yass Coin," he wrote in a post that included a link to an Axios story about Trump's flip on TikTok….

    #Trump #ForSale #Maddow
    #democracy #BidenHarris2024 #VoteBlue