Trump crypto empire looms over Senate showdown

Democrats want concessions on several parts of the bill — but most importantly, they say a government ethics provision included in the latest GOP text doesn’t go far enough in restricting President Donald Trump’s ability to profit off his family’s crypto ventures…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/15/trump-crypto-empire-looms-over-senate-showdown-01076494

 

Basic facts about Trump’s use of pardons—and how it is different from Biden’s pardons

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IzaYYn01CNM 

 

US contractor sent Gaza plan to White House that would secure 300% profits

Exclusive: Gothams LLC's draft proposal, obtained by the Guardian, suggests seven-year trucking and logistics monopoly…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/02/contractor-gaza-profits-white-house-gothams

 

Private equity is looting our malls, doctors' offices, and nursing homes.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KxY1lIHCbYI

 

‘Witkoff needs a psychiatrist’: Europeans fume at Trump’s plan to profit from frozen Russian assets – POLITICO

For months European Union officials have been trying — and failing — to work out a way to use around €140 billion of immobilized Russian state assets held largely in Belgium to support Kyiv's war effort. The cash is desperately needed as Ukraine is at risk of running out of money early next year… 

But the United States' new 28-point blueprint for a ceasefire includes a rival idea for using those same assets for American-led reconstruction efforts once a truce has been agreed. The U.S. would take "50 percent" of the profit from this activity, the document said…

https://www.politico.eu/article/steve-witkoff-needs-a-psychiatrist-europeans-fume-at-donald-trump-plan-to-profit-from-frozen-russian-assets/

 

Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds

The third paper says that global corporations, not individual choices, are driving the rise of UPF. UPF is a leading cause of the "chronic disease pandemic" linked to diet, with food companies putting profit above all else, the authors said. 

The main barrier to protecting health is "corporate political activities, coordinated transnationally through a global network of front groups, multi-stakeholder initiatives, and research partners, to counter opposition and block regulation".

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/18/ultra-processed-food-linked-to-harm-in-every-major-human-organ-study-finds

 

For-Profit Hospitals Continue to Violate EMTALA With Few Repercussions — ProPublica

Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found...

https://www.propublica.org/article/psychiatric-hospitals-emtala-mental-health-profit 

 

Disney is freaking out as Kimmel Cancel creates HUGE Backlash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awXgU_4VDjY

 

Fact-checking RFK Jr.’s claim that pediatricians recommend vaccines for money | PBS News

Is your pediatrician making profits off childhood vaccines? 

 It costs money to stock, store and administer a vaccine. 

Pediatricians sometimes store thousands of dollars worth of vaccines in specialized medical-grade refrigeration units, which can be expensive. They pay to insure vaccines in case anything happens to them. Some practices buy thermostats that monitor vaccines' temperature and backup generators to run the refrigerators in the event of a power outage. They also pay nursing staff to administer vaccines. 

 "Vaccines are hugely expensive," said Dr. Jesse Hackell, a retired general pediatrician and chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics' committee on pediatric workforce. "We lay out a lot of money up front."…

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/fact-checking-rfk-jr-s-claim-that-pediatricians-recommend-vaccines-for-money 

 

 

 

 

Trump Finances Go Public!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm6p54STgrs

 

If you’re angry about #egg #prices you might want to watch this

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uzZJFt-C7Ws

 

Sen. Warren: 'Kids might die but Robert Kennedy can keep cashing in'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEBlMpTfx-Q

 

Musk could use the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ for self-enrichment

Musk could use the 'Department of Government Efficiency' for self-enrichment

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/30/elon-musk-government-efficiency-self-enrichment

Biden Administration Rule Improves Accountability For Big Oil Corporations That Profit From Public Lands

"The Biden administration deserves our thanks for holding accountable the companies who have gotten a sweetheart deal to drill public property for far too long. Anyone who wants to profit from resources that belong to all American taxpayers should pay their fair share. This is an important step toward fixing a wildly irresponsible system that has given so much to massive corporations at the expense of everyone who enjoys the great outdoors."

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/biden-administration-rule-improves-accountability-for-big-oil-corporations-that-profit-from-public-lands  

Manufacturers of 10 Drugs Slated for Medicare Price Negotiation Spent Billions More on Buybacks, Dividends and Executive Compensation than R&D

"The industry tells us that Medicare price negotiations will make it hard to research and develop new drugs. What they leave out is that many are already spending far more to make their executives and shareholders rich than on R&D," said Peter Maybarduk, Access to Medicines program director at Public Citizen. "When these corporations complain about the impact of price negotiations on innovation, we should be deeply skeptical."…

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/manufacturers-of-10-drugs-slated-for-medicare-price-negotiation-spent-billions-more-on-buybacks-dividends-and-executive-compensation-than-rd

‘Make money by denying care’: new US rules aim to curb use of approval by private health insurances

The administration's newly finalized rules will require insurance companies who work in federal programs to speed up the approval process and make decisions within 72 hours for urgent requests. The regulations will also require companies to give a specific reason as to why a request was denied and publicly report denial metrics. The regulations will primarily go into effect in 2026...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/02/new-federal-rule-insurance-authorization-surgery-medication

The sugar lobby’s up to its old tricks again | The Hill

But the "no cost to taxpayers" claim is not true, simply because taxpayers are consumers. And they are paying much higher prices for the sugar they buy at the store, as well a little bit more for every candy, baked good, and other processed products they purchase...

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4314929-the-sugar-lobbys-up-to-its-old-tricks-again/

Rightwing activist helps fund ‘predatory payday lenders’ in supreme court case

In her statement ahead of CFPB v CFSAA, Ciccone, of Accountable.US, said: "If Leo has his way, the supreme court will toss American consumers overboard to loan sharks and predatory lenders hungry to line their pockets by any means necessary."…

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/oct/02/rightwing-activist-leonardo-leo-payday-lender-supreme-court-case

Members of Congress Blast Big Oil Companies for Windfall Profits Amid High Gas Prices and Climate Crisis

"Big Oil companies are making obscene profits and rewarding their shareholders with lucrative buybacks. We need a Windfall Profits Tax on these profits to put more money in the pockets of working families. As we look to the future, we must transition to renewable energy and ensure American energy prices are not tied to the whims of dictators abroad," said Senator Jeff Merkley...

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/members-of-congress-blast-big-oil-companies-for-windfall-profits-amid-high-gas-prices-and-climate-crisis

Why Poverty Persists in America - The New York Times

In Tommy Orange's novel, "There There," a man trying to describe the problem of suicides on Native American reservations says: "Kids are jumping out the windows of burning buildings, falling to their deaths. And we think the problem is that they're jumping." 

The poverty debate has suffered from a similar kind of myopia. For the past half-century, we've approached the poverty question by pointing to poor people themselves — posing questions about their work ethic, say, or their welfare benefits — when we should have been focusing on the fire. The question that should serve as a looping incantation, the one we should ask every time we drive past a tent encampment, those tarped American slums smelling of asphalt and bodies, or every time we see someone asleep on the bus, slumped over in work clothes, is simply: Who benefits? Not: Why don't you find a better job? Or: Why don't you move? Or: Why don't you stop taking out payday loans? But: Who is feeding off this?…

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/magazine/poverty-by-america-matthew-desmond.html