Showing posts with label blackmail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blackmail. Show all posts

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Donald Trump’s Plan to Be King of the World – Mother Jones

Trump is essentially cooking up a global slush fund over which he will exert complete control. Countries that get in early—while he's president—will certainly be in a strong position to request preferential treatment in state affairs. The opportunities for graft and grift are immense. He will probably ask Congress to kick in the $1 billion pay-to-play membership fee to guarantee he'll have a pot of money to spend (or pocket) at his fancy...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/donald-trump-board-of-peace-gaza-israel-davos-china-russia-scam-king/ 


 

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Trump, Bondi statements fuel legal case against Minnesota surge - POLITICO

A judge hearing a lawsuit seeking to halt the ongoing surge of thousands of federal immigration agents in the Twin Cities repeatedly cited Trump's and Bondi's statements Monday as evidence that the massive "Operation Metro Surge" in the Twin Cities isn't aimed solely at enforcing immigration laws. Rather, their comments appear to suggest it is intended to strongarm Minnesota officials into complying with administration policy demands...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/26/minnesota-operation-metro-surge-case-00746755 


 

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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Nixon White House Counsel John Dean Says Rudy Giuliani's 'Blackmailing' Makes Trump Presidency Sound Like 'Mafia Soap Opera'

A former Nixon White House counsel has described President Donald Trump's presidency as a "mafia soap opera" after Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani suggested he had "insurance" if the president tried to throw him under the bus....
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-rudy-giuliani-john-dean-mafia-soap-opera-1473884




Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Glenn Greenwald: As Bezos Protests Invasion of His Privacy, Amazon Builds Global Surveillance State - YouTube

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is publicly accusing the owner of the National Enquirer of “extortion and blackmail,” weeks after the paper revealed details about his extramarital affair. Bezos had recently hired a private investigator to determine how the tabloid newspaper obtained private text messages between him and his lover, and whether the paper’s actions were politically motivated. The National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media, Inc., responded to Bezos’s investigation by threatening to publish revealing photos of Bezos if he did not agree to publicly state that the Enquirer’s coverage was not politically motivated or influenced by political forces. We speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald about the dispute and Amazon’s role in building the surveillance state...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Russians are leaking Trump scandals to remind the US president they have leverage over him: MSNBC panel - Raw Story

Russian President Vladimir Putin may outmaneuvered President Donald Trump on the world stage once again, panelists on MSNBC's "All In" with Chris Hayes explained on Tuesday. "Just a few weeks after the revelation that the president of the United States was suspected by his own government of working on Russia's behalf, we're learning tonight about yet another undisclosed exchange the president had with Vladimir Putin,” Hayes explained. “It was attended by no American interpreters, just Putin and Putin’s own interpreter.”....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/russians-leaking-trump-scandals-remind-us-president-leverage-msnbc-panel/

Saturday, August 25, 2018

National Enquirer kept safe flush with documents related to Trump's hush-money deals - Daily Kos

Wow, this is just going to blow your mind—the National Enquirer kept a safe filled with documentation related to the seedy sex stories the tabloid paper had acquired and quashed on behalf of Donald Trump during the 2016 election. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1790503







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