Trump’s profits off the presidency are breathtaking and yet the public yawns. We need to fortify and enforce conflict of interest rules and educate the public about why they matter. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u... - ThreadSky

barbmcquade.bsky.social • 9 days ago

Trump’s profits off the presidency are breathtaking and yet the public yawns. We need to fortify and enforce conflict of interest rules and educate the public about why they matter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/us/politics/trump-money-plane-crypto.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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maureenmom.bsky.social•9 days ago

I am not yawning. But what can the public do? 2026 election seems too far off. I will go to rallies but what can we do individually?

maureenmom.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yawning? Not sure what autocorrect did there.

grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social•9 days ago

Serious question: how do we reach voters who are under-educated?
https://bsky.app/profile/theintellectualist.bsky.social/post/3lpuqer57vl2p

polisciprof.bsky.social•9 days ago

Not gonna happen with the GOP in charge in both houses of Congress. And who knows if we will actually have a chance to vote to change that in 2026, or ever...?

guruguy.bsky.social•9 days ago

ham-cheese-on-wry.bsky.social•8 days ago

We tried to fix stupid. What we got in return was a 2nd Trump Presidency.

jlp2024.bsky.social•9 days ago

The headline is fucking stupid. The people expect the institutions to do something at some point

chrisjustice01.bsky.social•9 days ago

When Justice fails, America fails
Exactly as activists warned for the last decade

carljungfranz.bsky.social•7 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/gxldsociety.bsky.social/post/3lq3mfjx5b22w

islandgirl45.bsky.social•9 days ago

If the public is yawning, it's because we're tired of seeing ZERO action from our lawmakers to enforce the law against this tyrant and his marker.

colorado80537.bsky.social•9 days ago

Exactly. Article after article telling us what we see already with our own eyes. Where are our alleged legislators? They should be twisting the rules just like the GOP in their fight back. They're paid to uphold the law & Constitution. But they're seemingly waiting on us to do their job.

csapidus.bsky.social•9 days ago

Ask any worker who is not a professional pundit, and the opinion will be that 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 is corrupt, but Trump is sticking it to the snobby elitists who look down on those who are not considered enlightened.

The challenge is twofold: reduce corruption and stop virtue signaling to shame casual bigots.

inkone.bsky.social•8 days ago

THE PUBLIC IS YAWNING BECAUSE ALL YOU DO IS TELL US ABOUT THIS SHIT NON STOP... YOU PEOPLE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO STOP THIS SHIT... GET TO WORK, WE'RE WAITING... 🧐🤨

zzzbeagle.bsky.social•9 days ago

The blatant disregard for LAW is vile!!!

augustmoon99.bsky.social•9 days ago

I'm not a lawyer. You are. Did you file criminal charges? There's no enforcement. The "we" is the DOJ & they're his as is the Supreme Kangaroo Court. The public knows. Stop pretending we have the power to enforce laws.

rclyde.bsky.social•9 days ago

His profits are ours, he works for us~~

mrshim86.bsky.social•9 days ago

The dems should have made this the primary focus after the Jan 6th insurrection. Schumer and Dem leadership ineptitude, incompetence and lack of intestinal fortitude have given the keys of our democracy to fascists.

gaylehs.bsky.social•9 days ago

This is one of the most vapid stories I've read in the NYT,and for the Times, the bar is pretty low. Hiw does Paul Rosenzweig know what the publicwants? Is he polling, collecting data about constituent calls and emails to Congress and other public officials? How many protests are enough?

mmkeefe.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yes!!! We must not normalize this!!

0mphaloskeptic.bsky.social•8 days ago

Good luck seeing any change when most of the Dems and all of the Repubs in Congress refuse to do anything about their own conflicts of interest/exploitation of their positions.

ronpresley.bsky.social•21 hours ago

The rPubs are the one's yawning. And nothing is going to happen until and if we can clean out the existing ass kissing rPubs in the Mid-Term election. Until then, they ain't going to do shit.

rwhewitt.bsky.social•9 days ago

ALSO:
A full published Physical and MENTAL report on all candidates aspiring to the Presidency. The nature of the Office demands nothing less.

524lsdmt.bsky.social•9 days ago

Once a crook always a crook.

sillygirlsc.bsky.social•9 days ago

The majority of the public does not yawn! Only MAGA & scared 💩less GOP yawns. We're doing what little we can - write, protest, call, vote.

stallion52.bsky.social•9 days ago

The public is changing. They no longer care about the norms of the past. This is the new generation whether we like it or not.

ianxz.bsky.social•9 days ago

Because buyers of our policy means we will serve billionaires and foreign masters in any way they can think of. If you can't imagine that, you'd better understand it's not going to be for your benefit. And it's going to hurt.

reinouttt.bsky.social•9 days ago

Keep blaming 'the public' and they'll vote MAGA forever.

andyheppelle.bsky.social•9 days ago

“Trump argued that emoluments included only benefits received by an officeholder in return for official action or through his office or employment.” Would Qatar have given a $400M jet to a private citizen? Would people pay $1M for access to Mara-Largo for a private citizen? POTUS role is profitable!

andyheppelle.bsky.social•9 days ago

POTUS role is wildly profitable for a dishonorable, unscrupulous convicted felon who disregards the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, The Rule of Law and is allowed to flout the law by minions in Senate GOP, House GOP and current Executive branch Administration. We’re a global laughingstock,Sad

nrvschultz.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yet the public didn’t yawn when the Republicans lied to them about crooked Hillary, or the Biden crime family. They became “educated” about falsehoods. Lies became truth and now truth is lies. Republicans’ abject depravity is such a stain on us.

marcashrsn.bsky.social•9 days ago

The public may doing a bit less yawning than the New York Times thinks they are. The level of concern out there among average Americans is actually fairly high.

m-miller.bsky.social•9 days ago

The largely uninformed public yawns as they are oblivious and unaware as the billionaire captured major media ensures that is the case.

jjreo.bsky.social•9 days ago

Who is standing up for the American people’s well-being? It is shocking how we’ve always believed our government and elected were always watching out for our basics for living.

babayaga52.bsky.social•9 days ago

There should be more "how would this play if Obama (or any Democrat) did this?" I'd also like to see "journalists" select words more carefully and quit sanewashing and downplaying Trump's obvious dementia.

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bearlooms.bsky.social•9 days ago

It seems like an ethos of "everyone cheats" plays into this lackadaisical response. Consequences, equity and fairness are not winning the day. It'll be interesting to see if we gain those back as priorities if we ever get past this regime.

brixnstixnpux.bsky.social•9 days ago

Beg to differ. The public isn’t yawning, the republicans in Congress are. They are the first line of defense, but they have completely abdicated their responsibility in favor of fealty to their king.

lanarmoss1019.bsky.social•9 days ago

He absolutely has made millions of dollars off the presidency in 2016 and now.

cillasel.bsky.social•9 days ago

YASSSSSS!

rayphillips.bsky.social•9 days ago

I don’t see anyone identifying where we can gain traction on this corruption. All I can do is scream into my little sphere and to my Congressional delegation (all are Democrats). The major media outlets are bowing in subservience. It’s fear of reprisal. I’m sick of the cowardice.

rosebud1968.bsky.social•9 days ago

how can we do that if SCOTUS allows felon to literally commit crimes? and now he's going after judges!

realcaptaindanger.bsky.social•9 days ago

John Q Public here, definitely not yawning

savethefish.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yawning! We are screaming out here, but no one is listening to us.

bdkins11.bsky.social•9 days ago

We're not yawning, but how exactly am I supposed to stop it?
I march, I write, I call, what do you want me to do to prove my outrage?

mntgrl.bsky.social•9 days ago

I don't yawn. I am exhausted by him. I don't know which battle to fight. Which is exactly the point of his administration. Confuse and exhaust people. I'm a senior. I only have so much energy. The *West Point* fiasco just about did it for me. Just such a disgrace! #ConfusedAndExhausted

analyzeitall.bsky.social•9 days ago

Tim Snyder says the practice of a "shadow" govt declares what the opposition would do in contrast to what the autocrat is doing.
Which state will act on the concept, lead, emancipate and assume the true line of succession of the founders' representative republic, the democracy?

robertcopeland.bsky.social•9 days ago

Those who voted for Trump don't care how he profits as long as he delivers what they want. It's a cult that will always look the other way when Trump breaks the law. And yes, our educational system has failed, mostly on teaching civics.

arlene14.bsky.social•9 days ago

The public isn't yawning--the news media and corrupt politicians aren't doing anything to highlight/stop this sacking of our country.

kt680.bsky.social•9 days ago

Seems one hurdle here is that there is no one who will enforce existing rules.

jooday2.bsky.social•9 days ago

The public really isn’t just yawning. Our hands are tied, aside from showing up with torches and pitchforks and protesting there’s really nothing that the “public” can do. That’s why we have representatives, even if it feels like they’ve disappeared. “They” are our only hope at this point.

sandra313.bsky.social•9 days ago

Are these “official acts?” Asking for a friend.

fancynancy1231.bsky.social•9 days ago

Those of us who are not yawning, are really angry about it. It's hard to see such supine Republicans in congress and the senate. Personally, I'm tired of yelling at the TV, and calling senators. They are so arrogant and callous.

mupx2.bsky.social•9 days ago

They have forgotten that they SERVE us. When we remove the tangerine palpatine, we need to enact term limits or further controls to remind representatives of their oaths.

twocatfarm1.bsky.social•9 days ago

It sure would help if the corporate media didn’t yawn about Felon47’s presidential profiteering.

sanovogo.bsky.social•9 days ago

It’s time to enforce the constitution. The First Felon’s grift is particularly appalling.

mistykitty3.bsky.social•9 days ago

But we have bs stories & a bs book about Biden that the media is fawning over.

mistykitty3.bsky.social•9 days ago

We're not yawning. Tell us what we can do since congress isn't.

endeavorja.bsky.social•9 days ago

They’re ok w his corruption, rising prices, expansion of wealth disparities, whilst ecstatic about boots on necks of undocumented and some documented immigrants as well as groups they don’t like. Their isms/schisms allow them to justify his narcissistic, depraved, destructive, corruptive behaviors.

msjkwrite.bsky.social•9 days ago

Not yawning. That open mouth you see is me screaming.

lakernurse.bsky.social•9 days ago

I have the same feeling with my mouth closed. My reaction is seething.

sadcat7.bsky.social•9 days ago

We are screaming into the void. No one is listening.

dearmaizie.bsky.social•9 days ago

I'm so tired of this. The public DOES NOT YAWN. What would you like us to do, Barb? You're a prominent attorney (whom I greatly admire) and YOU can't do anything!! Please. Stop with the public's fault. Try not citing the NYT for one. They are one of the reasons we have trump.

wanda27.bsky.social•9 days ago

Maybe because all the truth is behind paywalls.
Meanwhile Trump and a dozen right wing media outlets get their message out to the public for free.
No one’s reading the NYTs anymore. They helped put him back in the White House. Now they’re going to write about his corruption. Kinda late, isn’t it?

mistykitty3.bsky.social•9 days ago

Sorry but this isn't true, people are reading the NYT & because people gift them & outlets like msn dot com republish immediately for free. You just need to look. On the gift link list here, you'll find tons of the articles, actually the same ones are gifted 50 times, NYT & WaPo.

wanda27.bsky.social•9 days ago

Compare headlines…
The NYT is still kissing Trump’s ass.

mistykitty3.bsky.social•9 days ago

Terrible, they are awful. Are their headlines auto-generated?

wanda27.bsky.social•9 days ago

Really?? No one should have to go thru that much trouble to get the truth. And I’ve stopped reading NYT garbage like this..
when the truth is it the speech was a rambling, disgraceful exhibition of one man’s psychosis.

mistykitty3.bsky.social•9 days ago

You want everything for free & handed to you with no effort. Life isn't free, sorry 'bout that.

wanda27.bsky.social•9 days ago

I understand what you’re saying. It’s not you or I I’m concerned about. We’ll always dig for the truth. It’s the sizable number of intellectually lazy Americans who won’t do that. It’s much easier for them to just press a button and listen to Jeanine Pirro or Joe Rogan.

wanda27.bsky.social•9 days ago

How do we compete with that, telling people to pay, download apps, listen to podcasts, read Substack articles.
We’re just in an echo chamber preaching to the choir. So we sit and wait for them to be confronted with the implications of Trump’s policies. And hopefully wake up.

captnmike2.bsky.social•9 days ago

Sorry I don't know anything about a gift link list, once in a while I find a link to the NYT etc but most of the time I can't read the articles you claim have the truth. Even MSNBC takes large chunks of tRump live lies no fact checking, the evening crew is better

mistykitty3.bsky.social•9 days ago

Sorry feeds, not lists.
Hit "home" then "feeds" look for "gift links/gift articles" then you can pin it. If you have specific words in the headline, you can search for the article on google, look for a link by msn.

Parts of msnbc loves trump 🤬.

youvotedforthis2.bsky.social•8 days ago

That's because he has convinced too many people that money is the most important thing in your life. And it doesn't matter how you get it.

As someone who lived with little of it many times, that's the biggest lie ever.

bugnews.bsky.social•9 days ago

We aren't yawning. We are appalled. But we are powerless. Congress needs to act, but they won't. I give up on them.

dawg95.bsky.social•9 days ago

Who’s yawning?? We are pissed. We need to get this into the PR arena the MAGAs listen to!

jbuck888.bsky.social•9 days ago

Don’t put that shit on us, Barb. Especially citing a corpo media paysite. You don’t think the NYT has an agenda? I agree we have an “ignorance problem.” When is the GOP in Congress going to have the heat turned up on them? Blame Democrats. Blame regular people. Blame anyone but the GOP. Weak.

jbuck888.bsky.social•8 days ago

PS Figures Peter Baker wrote this, since he is sooooo plugged into the World. He is the poster child of the low rent journalism that prioritizes HIS access. This kind of bullshit “both sides,” mealy mouthed, wussed out writing has done nothing but give aid and comfort.

supercoiled.bsky.social•9 days ago

"There have been some burgeoning signs of public pushback in recent days. The gift of the Qatar plane seemed to break through to the general audience in a way that other episodes have not ... even some prominent right-wing Trump supporters like Ben Shapiro and Laura Loomer voiced objections."

supercoiled.bsky.social•9 days ago

It would help if the talking heads would take a page from Rachel Maddow and do justice to the protests that DO happen. It seems like she's the only one who's willing to amplify them, rather than complain that they are insufficient.

cmsgtdragon77-06.bsky.social•9 days ago

I’m not yawning. I’m angry. The Don keeps breaking the law and Congress just yawns. They’re supposed to be one of the checks & balances on the Executive Branch. Although you’re right about a shocking number of Americans who just don’t pay attention — or they still expect to get truth from MSM.

rockwils1.bsky.social•9 days ago

trueblueforu.bsky.social•7 days ago

"Breathtaking" 🤔.... poor descriptive term

mememoreme.bsky.social•9 days ago

I’m not yawning but this started in 2015 and not one of the ‘law and order’ rules have been applied

abbeesomething.bsky.social•9 days ago

I'm not yawning, I'm fuming. Select members of the public have been given too many passes for disengaging from the real world. It has built up for too long to expect any meaningful turnaround now.

rburnson.bsky.social•9 days ago

The Republicans won’t rein in Trump

cujosmom.bsky.social•9 days ago

The public isn't yawning and Fuhrer Kristi Noem's "Homeland Security " is obviously terrorizing people in an attempt to get them to be quiet and hide from the Trump regime.

joob1981.bsky.social•8 days ago

I hear you, but I’m afraid we think ALL politicians are profiting every day. Not to mention what they will receive in retirement from the US Government.

lib70contremundo.bsky.social•9 days ago

It now becomes clear that the media obsession with Hunter Biden's business dealings created the impression that all politicians are corrupt on the take. So Trump has no fear of public consequences.