Literally extortion by a mobster in a projection racket.
July 2, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Literally extortion by a mobster in a projection racket.
Entire government is an extortion racket.
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
October 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Entire government is an extortion racket.
I probably shouldn't have called a parasitical racket a parasitical racket paulkrugman.substack.com/p/health-ins...
Health Insurance is a Racket
What value do these companies add, really?
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:26 PM
I probably shouldn't have called a parasitical racket a parasitical racket paulkrugman.substack.com/p/health-ins...
i mean, that's a protection racket. what he's describing is a protection racket.
TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here?
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
February 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
i mean, that's a protection racket. what he's describing is a protection racket.
Motmot, racket tail 💙
June 28, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Motmot, racket tail 💙
damn what a racket
January 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
damn what a racket
The House Republican Caucus is a pedophile protection racket.
July 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The House Republican Caucus is a pedophile protection racket.
You're not suggesting that the president is running a protection racket.
August 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
You're not suggesting that the president is running a protection racket.
Protection racket
April 26, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Protection racket
April 19, 2026 at 4:03 AM
There’s no protection racket like my protection racket. People say it’s the best.
Trump on Canada's military spending: "If they had to pay just something modestly fair, they wouldn't be able to succeed as a country, and that's why I feel they have to become a state."
February 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
There’s no protection racket like my protection racket. People say it’s the best.
The mob boss protection racket:
Q: Does the president believe the US should earn revenue from the Strait of Hormuz?
LEAVITT: It's an idea the president has floated
LEAVITT: It's an idea the president has floated
April 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
The mob boss protection racket:
Protection racket foreign policy
Chris Wright: "That's the leverage over Venezuela -- you can sell oil together with the US, or you cannot sell oil."
January 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Protection racket foreign policy
Protection racket
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Protection racket
Why is he eating the racket? Is he stupid??
September 26, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Why is he eating the racket? Is he stupid??
protection racket
"Republican senators find themselves in an unusual position these days: begging Trump officials to release funds they themselves appropriated."
Honestly, is there a more pathetic, contemptible collection of cowards & simps in the entire world?
Honestly, is there a more pathetic, contemptible collection of cowards & simps in the entire world?
After ceding power of the purse, GOP lawmakers beg Trump team for funds
Republican senators find themselves in an unusual position these days: begging Trump officials to release funds they themselves appropriated.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
protection racket
Report: Tennis-Racket-Shaped Bag Gotta Be Full Of Tennis Rackets https://theonion.com/report-tennis-racket-shaped-bag-gotta-be-full-of-tennis-rackets/
August 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Report: Tennis-Racket-Shaped Bag Gotta Be Full Of Tennis Rackets https://theonion.com/report-tennis-racket-shaped-bag-gotta-be-full-of-tennis-rackets/
The incoming administration may or may not reduce the size or scope of government.
But it will absolutely become the biggest protection racket the world has ever seen.
But it will absolutely become the biggest protection racket the world has ever seen.
November 20, 2024 at 1:12 PM
The incoming administration may or may not reduce the size or scope of government.
But it will absolutely become the biggest protection racket the world has ever seen.
But it will absolutely become the biggest protection racket the world has ever seen.
ah the sincere extortion racket
September 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
ah the sincere extortion racket
protection racket
March 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
protection racket
Sen. Schiff speaks to us about Trump's protection racket for sex traffickers
Sen. Schiff on Trump's Protection Racket for Sex Traffickers
My conversation with Senator Adam Schiff exposes the desperate, disgusting lengths Trump is going to hide what’s in the Epstein files.
www.meidasplus.com
July 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Sen. Schiff speaks to us about Trump's protection racket for sex traffickers
As horrific as Trump is, it's truly appalling to see how many Republicans and billionaires are assisting his criminal racket.
July 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
As horrific as Trump is, it's truly appalling to see how many Republicans and billionaires are assisting his criminal racket.
November 20, 2024 at 11:22 PM
protection racket
Trying to explain this story as if one is speaking to a small child. Members of congress, whose job it is to set federal spending, now get to call Elon, who is for some reason controlling federal spending, to plead for changes to federal spending????? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Musk promises better communication between Republican lawmakers, DOGE
Trump adviser Elon Musk stepped up his congressional outreach Wednesday, taking questions from Republican lawmakers, some of whom are facing anger over DOGE.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
protection racket
Bragging about his racket. There never will be another like him.
Trump: "I mean, nobody has ever seen -- Japan. They're gonna pay us $550 billion in order to reduce the tariffs. Just to reduce them!"
September 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Bragging about his racket. There never will be another like him.