The wave of corruption will come as Trump defangs internal accountability controls and the GOP Congress will deliberately look the other way - ThreadSky

donmoyn.bsky.social • 102 days ago

The wave of corruption will come as Trump defangs internal accountability controls and the GOP Congress will deliberately look the other way

Reposted from Greg Sargent

Trump's immediate efforts to stock the government with MAGA types isn't just about loyalty.

It's also about creating the conditions for elite corruption to flourish beyond anyone's expectations. Right wing elites are going to loot the place from top to bottom:

newrepublic.com/article/1884...

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christiew.bsky.social•102 days ago

Oligarchs have no loyalty to any country, democracy, or the Constitution. “American” oligarchs led by wealthy South African apartheid immigrants are joining in the world wide coalescence of oligarchs ratf*cking the world.

johncryan.bsky.social•102 days ago

The disgusting irony is these maga bros looking to "slash the government" will direct all the funding to their billionaire friends.

madbarchetta.bsky.social•101 days ago

Feels rather inevitable at this point, short of some last-minute miracle before inauguration, doesn't it? 😔

matthew27-51-53.bsky.social•102 days ago

The toxic tirefiredness of his temerity and the shit-heel turdacity of his crew.

sleepwalker58.bsky.social•98 days ago

This is so scary 😱

whpshw.bsky.social•102 days ago

The Dem Party should hyper focus on economic populism (go after the multinational corporations and the billionaires) and on anti-corruption (go after Trump and Musk specifically) for 2026 and 2028.

jremixed.bsky.social•101 days ago

💯

serendipityfalcon.bsky.social•101 days ago

That’s the coldest part about the deportation scheme: it’s an elaborate distraction from the wholesale theft and deconstruction of US assets

abdulbashur.bsky.social•101 days ago

As Sarah Kendzior said, their "goal is to strip the US down and sell it for parts"

jordo2323.bsky.social•102 days ago

The press didn't bring up divesting to Trump once. Not once this campaign cycle. Just smashing norms.

x-never-marks.bsky.social•102 days ago

He bankrupts and destroys everything he touches.

His track record is unblemished and remains unmatched.

EVERY•thing!

ianbassin.bsky.social•102 days ago

More like members will be given a cut to ensure they look the other way. “Your winnings, Captain Renault.”

kenkiyama.bsky.social•102 days ago

And I'm sure Trump is selling tickets onto the corruption gravy train.

rosebenson.bsky.social•102 days ago

I hope he pays them in DOGE coin

reiki1.bsky.social•102 days ago

On “Don’t you want to be rich?” : The envious folks that support these greedy grifters are going to find out that the power of oligarchs depends on them being poor. Greed is an envy that makes no one happy. All of us who are not fascists are wealthy in ways these selfish people will never know.

backyardpolitics.bsky.social•101 days ago

I've been saying for a while that we are living in the 1870s as the right tries to beat back the gains made by Reconstruction/Civil Rights.

The grift coming is along those lines, reminiscent of Grant's administration full of grifters stealing from the people.

brazuca.bsky.social•102 days ago

As long as they think that democrats will never prosecute, they are right. Democrats should be very clear that they will, eventually, investigate and prosecute corruption. (But we know they will not, opting instead to “look ahead, not behind)

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