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And yet #Trump is still blaming the former Olympian …

#ReflectingPool liner failed in 85 places after flawed renovation, inspection found

The damage identified by an inspection the contractor commissioned is far more extensive than has been previously reported, a document obtained by The Post shows.

#accountability #transparency #TaxpayersMoney #law #Congress #NoBidContract
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2026/10/14/reflecting-pool-liner-failed-more-places-than-previously-reported-inspection-found/?utm_source=webview&utm_medium=referral_home&no_nav=true&utm_campaign=pb_2607%3Avariant%3Brct%3A1%3A0%3A0%3A20260820

“We are pleased the court acted swiftly to prevent more taxpayer dollars from being used for such blatantly unlawful political propaganda,” the plaintiffs said in a stmnt issued by Democracy Forward, the nonprofit legal org that represents them. “There is no legal justification—& no precedent—for the president to use the machinery of the government & funds set aside by #Congress for other uses to influence electoral outcomes that further his own agenda.”

#Trump #law #TaxpayersMoney #propaganda

In a court filing late Saturday, the #DOJ argued that the TRO was unnecessary because “the alleged offending conduct will end tomorrow.”

The #DHS tapped $20 million in #TaxpayerMoney for the ads. Legal experts have suggested that violated a federal statute against congressionally appropriated money being used for “publicity or #propaganda” & potentially other laws.

#Trump #law #TaxpayersMoney #Congress

“Defendants shall not enter into, renew, or expand any agreement authorizing the development, creation, dissemination, placement, or airing of the challenged advertisements” during the 2-week duration of her order, the judge said.

Asked for comment, the White House referred to an Oct 5 social media post from #Trump in which he defended the taxpayer-funded ads as “rather standard” but, amid backlash, said he would pay for them from his political fundraising.

#law #TaxpayersMoney #propaganda

US District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon in NY sided with a coalition, including the nonpartisan watchdog Common Cause, that challenged the ads as an illegal misuse of funds. She told the admin to cancel any remaining ads, including any set to air Sunday night, in granting a temporary restraining order.

#Trump #law #TaxpayersMoney #propaganda #Congress

#Trump must cancel any remaining television commercials paid for with millions of dollars in #TaxpayerMoney to promote his political message, a federal judge ordered Sunday night, even as the admin *said* the ad campaign was coming to an end.

#law #TaxpayersMoney #propaganda #Congress
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tv-ads-f845554063cea0b4b41275d32abd3633?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link

Ya think?

#DNC sues #Trump admin, alleging #taxpayer funded #ads violate #propaganda #law

I mean seriously, “And God made Trump” ???

#megalomania #psychosis #TaxpayersMoney #USgovernment #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/trump-taxpayer-funded-ads-propaganda-lawsuit-a1e286d37989f1cb5bbe13905f8fbbf1?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

Another message from #CaptainObvious

#Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse #Taxpayers for Promo #Ads

A day after Trump said his #superPAC would *pay* for the ads, which had drawn #bipartisan backlash, officials said that he *meant* moving forward [freaking #classic]. A new taxpayer-funded ad even aired on Tuesday.

To which everyone exclaimed, “What a f⁕⚠︎ing douche!”

#law #TaxpayersMoney #grifter #scammer #fraudster #thief #corruption #criminal #felon47
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/us/politics/trump-taxpayer-funded-ads.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlE.CKcq.vif6dLDkZp5p&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Yet-to-be-aired spots include a trio of ads highlighting the #US #military & operations in #Iran [succeeded in making Iran a world power] & #Venezuela [ #imperialism ], one called “God Made Trump” & another recapping the #UFC fight [revolting] he hosted at the White House. #Republicans & #Democrats alike have questioned the wisdom of spending so much #TaxPayersMoney on the ads, which the White House has defended as public service announcements [no].

#Trump #megalomania #law #Congress

This is sickening

‘God made Trump’ ad & at least 12 others are part of controversial taxpayer-funded ad campaign

The #Trump admin has created at least 13 #campaign style #ads as part of its controversial #taxpayer-funded, multi-million-dollar effort to promote Trump & his [failed] policies.

#megalomania #law #Congress #TaxPayersMoney
https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/02/politics/trump-taxpayer-funded-ads

#Trump admin airs 2024 Trump campaign ad in latest #taxpayer funded messaging

The 30-second video, which is virtually identical to one that aired in 2024, shows Trump walking down a hallway as his voice can be heard warning of a “final battle” against “globalists” & “warmongers.” It ends with a message that says: “Paid for by the U.S. Government.”

Spending on the latest ad already topped about $319,000, acc/to AdImpact, which tracks media spending.

#TaxpayersMoney
https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-campaign-advertisements-bfa8e3c1c9e50de03092b4ec27055da9?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link

#Trump has actually announced this crap like it’s a good thing.

Trump says #US has entered deal with #Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of #oil reserves

Trump posted on social media that the agreement was negotiated by Secy of State #MarcoRubio, “Defense” Secy Pete #Hegseth & Venezuela’s Trump appointed interim [illegitimate] “President” #DelcyRodriguez.

#geopolitics #sovereignty #economy #TaxpayersMoney #law #energy #FossilFuels #ClimateChange
https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-oil-reserves-eb0ed5a1e99602c21a7f690c3368020e?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

The person said this will leave banks & others institutions typically involved in #financing #drilling operations asking, “Why are we signing deals with people who have zero legitimacy?”

Those with knowledge of the talks said it is unclear how much #TaxpayersMoney #Trump would seek to put into #oil production versus backing private investment from #US firms to develop the fields.

#geopolitics #Venezuela #sovereignty #economy #law #InternationalLaw #energy #FossilFuels #ClimateChange

… #Trump & #Venezuela’s interim president, #DelcyRodríguez, spoke by telephone this week, one of the few times the 2 have spoken directly.​

Trump made Rodríguez “interim” president while pledging that her country eventually will return to democratic, elected governance. “From a legal standpoint in Venezuela, Delcy has no standing,” said a Venezuelan with long participation in the #oil industry who spoke on the condition of anonymity….

#geopolitics #sovereignty #economy #TaxpayersMoney #law

“An illegitimate interim [Venezuelan] government with an illegitimate hydrocarbons law has no legitimacy to strike this unconstitutional deal,” Ricardo Hausmann, a Harvard economist who served as #Venezuela’s minister of planning in the early 1990s, said in a post on X. “It will be a fiasco for all involved, starting with @SecRubio.”

#Trump #geopolitics #sovereignty #economy #TaxpayersMoney #affordability #CostOfLiving #law #InternationalLaw #energy #FossilFuels #ClimateChange

There are numerous hurdles, including strong opposition in #Venezuela to ceding #control of #NaturalResources to the #US. Revisions to the Venezuelan #constitution may be required before any such deal is finalized, & the prospects of that happening are uncertain amid US antipathy.

#Trump #geopolitics #sovereignty #economy #TaxpayersMoney #affordability #CostOfLiving #law #InternationalLaw #energy #FossilFuels #ClimateChange

Pumping #oil from the fields would require investments of many BILLIONS of dollars & #costly #security plans to protect oil workers & production facilities in lawless & violent regions.

…People close to the talks said Secy of State #MarcoRubio & #Energy Secy #ChrisWright are hoping to make a visit to #Venezuela to announce a deal early next month.…

#Trump #geopolitics #sovereignty #economy #TaxpayersMoney #affordability #CostOfLiving #law #InternationalLaw #FossilFuels #ClimateChange

🚨 #Trump seeks vast, potentially costly #US stake in #Venezuela #oil industry 🚨

A deal, which may come together early next month, would be contentious & could cost US #taxpayers BILLIONS of dollars.

#GiftArticle #geopolitics #sovereignty #economy #TaxpayersMoney #affordability #CostOfLiving #law #InternationalLaw #energy #FossilFuels #ClimateChange
https://wapo.st/4zFDSA0

What hasn’t been reported is the stake is being purchased from a private equity fund run by #Australia #billionaire #MichaelDorrell, who owns a mansion on a private island near #MarALago & has boasted of socializing with Trump’s inner circle. Dorrell personally gave $926,300 to the #Trump Vance Inaugural Cmte 2 wks after Trump was elected for a 2nd term in late 2024 & another $73,700 a few weeks later, acc/to federal filings. (Dorrell also has US citizenship.)​

#law #corruption #TaxpayersMoney

$900 million from a canceled #wind deal will benefit a #Trump donor

Government #settlement money is going to a Trump neighbor’s private equity fund.

The Trump admin’s latest deal to cancel offshore wind projects & boost #FossilFuel #energy development instead is generating a huge payday for one of Trump’s million-dollar donors.

#law #corruption #TaxpayersMoney #ClimateSolutions #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/08/27/how-wind-projects-got-replaced-by-900-million-payday-trump-donors-firm/

In total, about 9 aircraft, including helicopters, air tankers & tactical planes, responded to the fire ‼️ on July 12, acc/to an analysis of flight paths, part of an effort that lasted a few hours & cost nearly $115,000 in federal money [ #TaxpayersMoney ] ‼️. The analysis found that these assets traveled from across the West to Idaho’s Alturas Lake, near where the Cabin Creek Fire was burning.

#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #RichWhiteMalePrivilege #NationalForest #PublicLands #wildfires

The cost of each of the 14 additional vessels is expected to jump to slightly more than $18 billion from $10.2 billion, for a total cost of $275 billion for 15 ships.

The estimates were calculated by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which said that the first of the battleships might take eight years or longer to build.

#TaxpayersMoney #narcissism #Trump

Hundreds of billions of #TaxpayersMoney all being spent to feed one man’s ego

A new class of #warships that #Trump says will anchor a “golden fleet” for the #US #Navy is expected to cost at least 50% more than estimated earlier, acc/to a govt report released Wednesday.

The first planned “Trump-class” battleship, the USS Defiant, is likely to cost $23.4 billion, $8 billion more than the Navy initially indicated.

#narcissism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/us/politics/trump-namesake-warships-cost-increase.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3VA.Mmmm.Cxqz4dTqOkmI&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Still, even in its new form, #ToddBlanche’s order for the #IRS to abandon any audits of #Trump’s previous tax returns is an
unprecedented & “potentially” (definitely) illegal benefit to a sitting president, worth tens of millions of dollars in lower taxes & avoided penalties.

#law #criminal #theft #fraud #JudicialProcess #judiciary #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState

The unsigned #IRS document posted by #ToddBlanche said that only #Trump, 2 of his sons & the #TrumpOrganization would be granted #immunity from audits, excluding a broader pool of Trump family members & their associates who appeared to be eligible for protection under the original #DOJ deal. Blanche also stipulated that their future tax returns could still be audited.

#law #criminal #theft #fraud #JudicialProcess #judiciary #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState

#ToddBlanche posted 2 documents on social media on Sunday night∶ a signed memo in which he said that the #DOJ was formally rescinding an order that created the so-called “anti-weaponization fund” & an UNSIGNED‼️ statement in which the agency clarified the terms of the #IRS protections.

#Trump #law #criminal #theft #fraud #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #SlushFund

#ToddBlanche, the acting US #AG, confirmed in writing [1 unsigned] on Sunday night that the #DOJ would abandon “elements” of the deal it struck with #Trump to “resolve” his lawsuit against the #IRS, conceding to demands from Republican senators who had threatened to block his nomination as attorney general.

#law #criminal #theft #fraud #JudicialProcess #judiciary #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/us/politics/todd-blanche-trump-irs-fund-order.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2lA.Kjy2.-CEB-DILPdbb&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Trump added that he would keep #ToddBlanche as acting #US #AG if his nomination to run the #DOJ fails in the #Senate, & blasted 2 #GOP senators who blocked Blanche.

It was not immediately clear what legislation Trump was referencing, & the White House did not respond to questions about Trump’s post. Sen. #ThomTillis (R-NC), one of the senators who had held up Blanche’s nomination over the #SlushFund, quickly criticized Trump’s comments.

#law #criminal #theft #TaxpayersMoney #MafiaState

Sociopath

#Trump Saturday said that he would “push hard” to enact #legislation that would offer #payouts to people “badly treated” by the #Obama & #Biden admins, his latest threat to resurrect his illegal #SlushFund.

“It will immediately be back on the table, & I will get it done,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, vowing to pass “the Anti-Weaponization Bill.”

#law #DOJ #criminal #theft #TaxpayersMoney #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/01/trump-says-he-will-push-hard-payout-fund-keep-blanche-acting-ag/

https://www.europesays.com/videos/70645/ SHOCKING: £6.5 million PAID to foreign criminals to persuade them to leave Britain ‘REPUGNANT!’ #Analysis #BreakingNews #DawnNeesom #EarlyPrisonerRelease #EarlyRelease #GBNews #GBNewsLive #GBN #Labour #LabourGovernment #millions #news #NewsUpdate #politics #Reports #taxpayer #TaxpayersMoney #uk #WorldNews

I mean seriously, all I have to say is LOL
🤣🤭😂🤣🤭😂🤣🤭😂

… Except, looking at it soberly, there has been some very real damages to the man’s life

#DOJ drops “criminal” case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging #ReflectingPool

#Trump #TrumpsALoser #law #FrivolousLawsuit #propaganda #trumpaganda #bullshit #gaslighting #TaxpayersMoney #vanity #narcissism
https://apnews.com/article/reflecting-pool-damage-olympian-hearn-trump-21d997b5b55e6adf01862d7c5292476d