MAGA MUSk is back trying to influence elections

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bq6wvh8aPqo

 

World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies in ‘unfathomable’ increase in 2025, report finds

JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say…

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/09/world-banks-pledge-billions-fossil-fuel-industry-2025

A rightwing late-night show may have bombed – but the funding behind it is no laughing matter | Media | The Guardian

Four pilot episodes, each of which has been watched by the Guardian, were made of the rightwing chatshow. It was promoted by the Ziklag group, a secretive Christian nationalist organization, which aims to reshape culture to match its version of Christianity. In an email in 2022, Ziklag – which ProPublica reported spent $12m to elect Trump last year – urged its members to stump up money for the project, called the Talk Show With Eric Metaxas. 

"For too long, the late-night talkers on network tv have filled the airwaves with progressive rants and outright mockery of anyone who espouses traditional American values," the Ziklag email read. 

The Talk Show With Eric Metaxas, Ziklag wrote, will "change that forever". The email said the show needed $400,000 to $500,000 to film five pilot episodes, "which will be presented to digital distributors, networks and tv ownership groups"...

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/08/conservative-late-night-talkshow 

 

Over 250 organizations back groundbreaking efforts by OECD countries to end $41 billion a year in fossil fuel finance

"We have waited long enough for the United States, and other wealthy historical emitters, to be a force for good at the OECD. The U.S. must turn away from its multi-billion dollar fossil financing and support the UK and Canada proposal, leading the push to finally end export credit agency support for fossil fuels."…

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/over-250-organizations-back-groundbreaking-efforts-by-oecd-countries-to-end-41-billion-a-year-in-fossil-fuel-finance

After helping MBS’s rise, Trump and Kushner benefit from Saudi funds - The Washington Post

As his administration ended, Trump's brand was troubled. His family's hotels, resorts and other properties had lost $120 million in revenue in 2020 thanks to the pandemic and his polarizing presidency. He faced multiple investigations into his business practices and actions seeking to overturn his 2020 defeat; then in December 2022, the Trump Organization was convicted of tax fraud. 

Kushner, meanwhile, faced potential difficulties because of both his association with Trump and his own failings. Kushner's family company had already required a bailout in 2018 from a Canadian firm because of his decision to buy a $1.8 billion office building in New York. An ongoing congressional investigation is looking into whether the bailout was partially financed by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. Now, despite having no experience running a private equity fund, Kushner was in search of billions of dollars for his new venture. 

Saudi Arabia, however, soon invested in both men…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/12/after-helping-princes-rise-trump-kushner-benefit-saudi-funds/

Yo-yo car sales ensnare buyers in bad deals. Will the FTC crack down on dealers? : NPR

But odds are good that in the paperwork you signed when you bought your own car, there was some legal language saying the sale may not really be final. It often asserts that if the car dealer has trouble with the financing on its end after the sale, it can later cancel the deal, try to get you to agree to different terms, and take the car back if you refuse...

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/04/1152932192/yo-yo-car-sales

The man in charge of how the US spends $400bn to shift away from fossil fuels

The department's loan programs office (LPO) was "essentially dormant" under Donald Trump, according to its head, Jigar Shah, but has now come roaring back with a huge war chest to bankroll emerging clean energy projects and technology...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/03/us-clean-energy-transition-jigar-shah-interview

Senate Democrat wants national security investigation of Saudi Arabia's role in Elon Musk-Twitter deal | CNN Business

Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal helped Musk finance the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter (TWTR) by rolling over his existing $1.9 billion stake in the social media company. The move makes Saudi entities the second-largest shareholder in Twitter -- behind only Musk himself. 

"We should be concerned that the Saudis, who have a clear interest in repressing political speech and impacting US politics, are now the second-largest owner of a major social media platform," Murphy said in a tweet on Monday...

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/31/tech/murphy-saudi-musk-twitter-cfius/index.html

Jan. 6 criminal probe expands to rally planning, financing - The Washington Post

Subpoena requests seek information about the planning for gathering outside White House that preceded Capitol riot…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/30/jan-6-fbi-subpoena-justice/

Qatar Shocked, Shocked to Learn It Accidentally Bailed Out Jared Kushner - Vanity Fair

Doha insists it was an "unwitting" partner in the deal. ....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/qatar-666-5th-ave-jared-kushner

Pulitzer-winning reporter explains how Saudis are keeping Trump's failing hotels open

A Pulitzer-winning Washington Post reporter who’s covered Donald Trump’s relationship with Saudi Arabia for months explained his findings to MSNBC’s Chris Hayes in the wake of the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, another Post columnist believed to have been murdered by the Saudis.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/pulitzer-winning-reporter-explains-saudis-keeping-trumps-failing-hotels-open/

New investigation says partner in Trump's Toronto hotel raised financing after sending $100 million to a Putin-controlled bank - Business Insider

A Financial Times investigation into the financing of President Donald Trump's Toronto hotel tower has found fresh evidence suggesting links between the US President and Russia. The FT claims it has seen documents suggesting that the Kremlin may have been involved in indirectly financing the project. There is no suggestion that Trump knew.....
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-toronto-tower-financing-linked-to-russia-2018-7

Jared Kushner's Middle East peace plan turns out to be: Pay Kushner if you want peace

The Kushner company is being squeezed to death by scion Jared Kushner’s $1.8 billion dollar gamble on what has turned out to be real estate’s greatest white elephant. And just as his Atlantic City bankruptcy forced Donald Trump to seek creative financing when the banks shut him out, the Kushner Company has been courting potential moneymen from China to … Qatar....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2018/3/19/1750238/-Jared-Kushner-s-Middle-East-peace-plan-turns-out-to-be-Pay-Kushner-if-you-want-peace