"I have one company and my name is on it," Parscale says, apparently forgetting that he was already caught setting up a different shell corporation that was paid millions by pro-Trump outside groups and remains in good standing with the state of Delaware.
"I own the company solely," Parscale said of Red State Data and Digital, which notably does not have his name on it citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
1/ I have a gnawing fear that after Trump leaves office, a lot of people will tune out, feeling like the end of a presidency defined by corruption solves the corruption problem itself.
That would be a mistake. Trump is a symptom of problems that will continue after he leaves.
2/ Don't get me wrong. Trump is certainly a uniquely corrupt politician, but he was enabled by a system that was already broken.
Just as with Watergate, the work of installing guardrails and creating a less corrupt, more equitable system will go on for years after he is gone.
3/ Trump didn't break the system. The system was broken when he came in.
His recent formation of a leadership PAC is a perfect example of that. Leadership PACs have been around for decades and, long ago, devolved into slush funds for politicians washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
It wasn't until recently when I was listening to this that it struck me how many covers they played during this show. Nearly half the songs are covers, and three are Meat Puppets songs, which they brought the guys out to play with them.
I've said this before, but this is how I came to love Dave Grohl, even though I'm not a big Foo Fighters fan. He was doing one of those live radio shows one day, and he kept talking about bands he loved, and then being like "Oh can I play one of their songs!"
He was supposed to be promoting Foo Fighters, but you could tell he just loved music and didn't give a shit if he was promoting himself or someone else.
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Now, they need our help. They're underwater during the crisis. Please consider giving if you can: gofundme.com/f/sakina-halal…
From last night to today, their total raised went up $40k, and now they're only $40k away from their $250k goal. If you can, please help them get there today!
Since taking office, President Trump's businesses have likely taken in more than $13 million from special interest groups representing private prisons, payday lenders, and many other industries seeking to curry favor with his administration. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
2/ While it’s long been routine for wealthy interests seeking to buy access and influence over a president to do so by making large political contributions to his campaign and allied groups, it’s unique to President Trump that these groups personally enrich him in the process.
NEW: A dark money group with no website, no employees and no apparent offices brought in $80 million in its first year of operation.
The group's sole trustee is Leonard Leo, the Trump judicial advisor who's tied to millions spent on judicial nominations citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
The filing vastly expands the amount of money known to be flowing into the growing constellation of dark money groups tied to Leo and provides new details about his role in a secretive firm that was responsible for a $1 million donation to Trump’s inaugural committee.
The only other people linked to the group, based on the sparse filing, are either longtime Federalist Society officials-turned-consultants like Leo, or operatives with a long history working behind the scenes on dark money groups tied to Leo.