investigation for every company that agreed to one of these payoffs
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
investigation for every company that agreed to one of these payoffs
I rewatched Shaun of the Dead and my God is that a perfect screenplay. Payoffs on top of payoffs.
November 12, 2024 at 9:08 AM
I rewatched Shaun of the Dead and my God is that a perfect screenplay. Payoffs on top of payoffs.
all of this is totally unnecessary and the potential payoffs are very small
April 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
all of this is totally unnecessary and the potential payoffs are very small
There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Don’t believe the self-made myth.
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Don’t believe the self-made myth.
May 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Don’t believe the self-made myth.
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Don’t believe the self-made myth.
There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Don’t believe the self-made myth.
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Don’t believe the self-made myth.
February 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Don’t believe the self-made myth.
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Don’t believe the self-made myth.
In the Era of Trump II, you don't have to hide political payoffs! How's that for transparency?
January 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
In the Era of Trump II, you don't have to hide political payoffs! How's that for transparency?
These sound like payoffs in exchange for silence to me.
Trump gave $45,000 in cash gifts to Natalie Harp, Margo Martin and Chamberlain Harris, a 26-year-old White House aide who serves as Trump’s executive assistant. Trump in February appointed Harris to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, which oversees his ballroom construction.
wapo.st/4xM3pq0
wapo.st/4xM3pq0
Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to Natalie Harp, two other close aides
Financial disclosures show the sums were equivalent to nearly one-third of each of their salaries. Experts say the gifts are without precedent and may violate the law.
wapo.st
September 9, 2026 at 12:26 PM
These sound like payoffs in exchange for silence to me.
It's not bribery unless it comes from the Bribe region of France, otherwise it's just sparkling payoffs
"Either I am the dumbest person alive or I am assuming your readers are"
www.propublica.org/article/clar...
www.propublica.org/article/clar...
December 18, 2023 at 1:50 PM
It's not bribery unless it comes from the Bribe region of France, otherwise it's just sparkling payoffs
Anyone can be a master builder if your mob contacts, payoffs, and kickbacks erase your code violations and subcontractor invoices.
December 19, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Anyone can be a master builder if your mob contacts, payoffs, and kickbacks erase your code violations and subcontractor invoices.
mobsters do payoffs
CBS: The Iranians are saying they're gonna have access to a $300 billion reconstruction fund. True or false?
JD VANCE: That's the sort of things they could have access to so long as they honor their end of the obligation
JD VANCE: That's the sort of things they could have access to so long as they honor their end of the obligation
June 15, 2026 at 1:28 PM
mobsters do payoffs
Chief Justice John Roberts rejects establishing ethics code. Robert's corruption and payoffs would end his tenure on the Supreme Court immediately.
June 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Chief Justice John Roberts rejects establishing ethics code. Robert's corruption and payoffs would end his tenure on the Supreme Court immediately.
From Pardons to Payoffs
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
From Pardons to Payoffs
Trump and his faux-patriots
open.substack.com
May 26, 2026 at 3:44 AM
From Pardons to Payoffs
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Except payoffs to porn stars.
January 27, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Except payoffs to porn stars.
Dude listed his statutory rape payoffs on a goddamn spreadsheet.
November 21, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Dude listed his statutory rape payoffs on a goddamn spreadsheet.
So, essentially, 8 Democrats voted for 8 Republicans to receive rich payoffs.
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
So, essentially, 8 Democrats voted for 8 Republicans to receive rich payoffs.
Personalist Rule and Cash Payoffs: Notes on Trump’s House of Corruption talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/perso...
Personalist Rule and Cash Payoffs: Notes on Trump’s House of Corruption
I’ve described to you many times how TPM was saved by an...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Personalist Rule and Cash Payoffs: Notes on Trump’s House of Corruption talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/perso...
Our country being destroyed in the stupidest way possible by clearly certifiable morons and governmental stewards, ignoring their oaths for payoffs.
February 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Our country being destroyed in the stupidest way possible by clearly certifiable morons and governmental stewards, ignoring their oaths for payoffs.
Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
BREAKING: Son of the most powerful man on the planet who's name is on dozens of golf courses and buildings and shakes down every institution for payoffs and bribes is rich. HOW DID HE DO IT
Trump’s youngest son taught his dad a thing or two about crypto. Now the NYU sophomore is making a fortune before he even turns 20.
How 19-Year-Old Barron Trump Is Worth $150 Million
Trump’s youngest son taught his dad a thing or two about crypto. Now the NYU sophomore is making a fortune before he even turns 20.
www.forbes.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
BREAKING: Son of the most powerful man on the planet who's name is on dozens of golf courses and buildings and shakes down every institution for payoffs and bribes is rich. HOW DID HE DO IT
oh, mix that with patel’s China payoffs and they could buy a whole island
February 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
oh, mix that with patel’s China payoffs and they could buy a whole island
It’s just open corruption. Cronyism and payoffs.
NEW: Trump nominated the son of Apollo Global co-founder Leon Black to lead an international financing agency after the firm expressed interest in purchasing debt tied to Elon Musk's purchase of X. readsludge.com/2025/04/09/t...
Trump Picks Apollo Co-Founder’s Son for DFC After Firm Shows Interest in X Debt
Apollo eventually purchased the debt at nearly full price, helping to bolster X's flagging valuation.
readsludge.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It’s just open corruption. Cronyism and payoffs.
Trump admits it will be difficult to lower the prices of porn star payoffs.
December 12, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Trump admits it will be difficult to lower the prices of porn star payoffs.
There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Don’t believe the self-made myth.
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Don’t believe the self-made myth.
April 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Don’t believe the self-made myth.
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Don’t believe the self-made myth.
So let me see if I have this right — Marge Greene is threatening to reveal the secret sexual payoffs her REPUBLICAN colleagues have made if they release the findings of an ethics investigation into whether or not Trump’s AG pick Matt Gaetz raped minors?
November 19, 2024 at 10:21 PM
So let me see if I have this right — Marge Greene is threatening to reveal the secret sexual payoffs her REPUBLICAN colleagues have made if they release the findings of an ethics investigation into whether or not Trump’s AG pick Matt Gaetz raped minors?
A reminder that convicted felon Donald Trump accepted 5.5 million dollars in payoffs from China when President, a violation of the emoluments clause of the US Constitution...👀
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A reminder that convicted felon Donald Trump accepted 5.5 million dollars in payoffs from China when President, a violation of the emoluments clause of the US Constitution...👀