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CW: A podcast link for some excellent journalism on #uspol #corruption
A 45min episode of an #NPRFreshAir interview with NYT's #EricLipton who exposes an insanely large grift by the Trump family in the crypto and international affairs space. Jaw-dropping audacity and corruption.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1249592912/president-trumps-conflicts-of-interest
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#NPRFreshAir #TFG #LuckyLoser #SusanneCraig #RussBuettner
This was a deep look into the shiny Trump empire where if you scratch the golden surfaced, it's plywood everywhere. I recommend reading the transcript.
CRAIG: The power of repetition of that opening scene in "The Apprentice" can never be underestimated. And in some ways, I think it's the greatest political commercial of all time. And I think that that image then fueled his rise to the White House. I think a majority of Americans believed what they saw, that Donald Trump was a successful billionaire in New York who had come back from adversity and had built an empire from nothing because over and over, it was repeated, year after year, on that show.
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#NPRFreshAir #TFG #LuckyLoser #SusanneCraig #RussBuettner
This was a deep look into the shiny Trump empire where if you scratch the golden surfaced, it's plywood everywhere. I recommend reading the transcript.
CRAIG: The power of repetition of that opening scene in "The Apprentice" can never be underestimated. And in some ways, I think it's the greatest political commercial of all time. And I think that that image then fueled his rise to the White House. I think a majority of Americans believed what they saw, that Donald Trump was a successful billionaire in New York who had come back from adversity and had built an empire from nothing because over and over, it was repeated, year after year, on that show.
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#NPRFreshAir #TFG #LuckyLoser #SusanneCraig #RussBuettner
This was a deep look into the shiny Trump empire where if you scratch the golden surfaced, it's plywood everywhere. I recommend reading the transcript.
CRAIG: The power of repetition of that opening scene in "The Apprentice" can never be underestimated. And in some ways, I think it's the greatest political commercial of all time. And I think that that image then fueled his rise to the White House. I think a majority of Americans believed what they saw, that Donald Trump was a successful billionaire in New York who had come back from adversity and had built an empire from nothing because over and over, it was repeated, year after year, on that show.
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#NPRFreshAir #TFG #LuckyLoser #SusanneCraig #RussBuettner
This was a deep look into the shiny Trump empire where if you scratch the golden surfaced, it's plywood everywhere. I recommend reading the transcript.
CRAIG: The power of repetition of that opening scene in "The Apprentice" can never be underestimated. And in some ways, I think it's the greatest political commercial of all time. And I think that that image then fueled his rise to the White House. I think a majority of Americans believed what they saw, that Donald Trump was a successful billionaire in New York who had come back from adversity and had built an empire from nothing because over and over, it was repeated, year after year, on that show.
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#NPRFreshAir #TFG #LuckyLoser #SusanneCraig #RussBuettner
This was a deep look into the shiny Trump empire where if you scratch the golden surfaced, it's plywood everywhere. I recommend reading the transcript.
CRAIG: The power of repetition of that opening scene in "The Apprentice" can never be underestimated. And in some ways, I think it's the greatest political commercial of all time. And I think that that image then fueled his rise to the White House. I think a majority of Americans believed what they saw, that Donald Trump was a successful billionaire in New York who had come back from adversity and had built an empire from nothing because over and over, it was repeated, year after year, on that show.
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CW: US politics
#NPRFreshAir #NPR #MinorityRule #USPolitics #PatBuchanan #VotingRights #AriBerman
Another good listen, and scary. Looking back at the founders (a minority rule by definition) and how we are dangerously close to losing the democracy we have. Several current examples where it's already worked---SCOTUS, State laws, minority politics especially in the House.