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Nonilex<p>Further <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfDestructive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfDestructive</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocy</span></a>:</p><p>Exclusive: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pharma</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> likely weeks away as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> plans for Alaska</p><p>The announcement by the Trump admin of the results of a probe into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pharmaceutical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pharmaceutical</span></a> imports &amp; new sector-specific US tariffs likely remains weeks away, 4 official &amp; industry sources said….</p><p>[gee — if only the US had something like, I dunno… <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UniversalHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalHealthcare</span></a>???]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigPharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigPharma</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-pharma-tariffs-likely-weeks-away-trump-plans-alaska-sources-say-2025-08-13/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/healthcar</span><span class="invisible">e-pharmaceuticals/us-pharma-tariffs-likely-weeks-away-trump-plans-alaska-sources-say-2025-08-13/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In late June, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JaredIsaacman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JaredIsaacman</span></a> donated $1 million to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> Inc., in addition to &gt;$440,000 to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RNC</span></a>, around the time he mused to a reporter about running for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> or obtaining a different position in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin.</p><p>But if the donation to MAGA Inc. was intended to win back Trump’s favor, it may instead have revealed the limits of political contributions as a means to court the president.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Then there is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JaredIsaacman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JaredIsaacman</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> entrepreneur who led 2 private missions to orbit on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rockets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rockets</span></a> made by the company of his close associate, the onetime <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> ally <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>. Trump tapped Isaacman to be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> administrator soon after the election, but withdrew the nomination in May after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> supporters objected to Isaacman’s previous donations to Democrats.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElizabethFago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElizabethFago</span></a> had particular incentive to curry favor with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> at the time.</p><p>As NYT previously reported, she was appealing to Trump to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a> her son, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PaulWalczak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaulWalczak</span></a>, who had pleaded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guilty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guilty</span></a> to tax <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crimes</span></a> late last year.</p><p>Less than 3 weeks after Fago attended the dinner, Trump signed a full &amp; unconditional pardon for Walczak. It spared him from having to pay nearly $4.4M in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/restitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restitution</span></a> &amp; from reporting to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> for an 18-month sentence.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Another guest at the April dinner was the businesswoman <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElizabethFago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElizabethFago</span></a>.</p><p>While Fago had raised money for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> candidates for decades, her previous largest federal donation on record was $100,000 to the Republican National Committee in 2002. Yet the day before the candlelight dinner, she donated $1 million to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> Inc.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>On May 5, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> Inc organized a “crypto &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> innovators dinner” featuring <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> at his golf club in Virginia. Among the attendees, acc/to 2 people…, was <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JPRichardson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JPRichardson</span></a>, the chief exec of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> company <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Exodus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exodus</span></a>, which donated $1 million to MAGA Inc. in Jan.</p><p>“It is in the best interests of our company &amp; its shareholders to support pro-crypto causes &amp; candidates,” Richardson said in a text message. “We intend to continue backing similar efforts.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>An affiliate of the exchange Crypto.com gave $10 million, while the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> services company Blockchain.com donated $5 million. The venture capitalists <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcAndreessen</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BenHorowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BenHorowitz</span></a>, who are heavily invested in crypto, gave $3 million each.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OndoFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OndoFinance</span></a>, which has a partnership with the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> family’s crypto company, donated $2.1 million to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> Inc., on top of $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptocurrency</span></a> interests, which have benefited from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s dismantling of a yearslong govt crackdown &amp; from the Trump family’s financial interest in the industry, appear to have been the most generous industry, accounting for nearly $45M in donations to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> Inc.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A nonprofit group called Securing American Greatness, which is affiliated with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> Inc. but is not required to disclose its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/donors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donors</span></a>, can accept cash from interests willing to pay for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>access</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> without the controversy that can come with having that known.</p><p>Even the White House Historical Association has become a vehicle for lobbyists &amp; favor seekers.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>They should have done this already, but most of them are greedy....</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/15/uk-should-consider-political-donations-cryptocurrency-ban-says-minister-pat-mcfadden" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">jul/15/uk-should-consider-political-donations-cryptocurrency-ban-says-minister-pat-mcfadden</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In response to a Reuters request, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aqua1Foundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aqua1Foundation</span></a> last month provided an unsigned statement, saying: “At this stage, we are not disclosing additional information beyond what has been publicly shared.”</p><p>It added: “Aqua 1 is backed by a group of long-term, mission-aligned partners &amp; led by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DaveLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DaveLee</span></a> &amp; a global team with deep expertise in web3 &amp; digital asset infrastructure.” Aqua 1 did not respond to a detailed set of questions….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WorldLibertyFinancial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldLibertyFinancial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Yet a review by Reuters of corporate registries, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aqua1Foundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aqua1Foundation</span></a>’s digital profile &amp; other public information reveal almost nothing about the source of its capital or the person it named as its founding partner, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DaveLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DaveLee</span></a>.</p><p>Reuters could not find a way of contacting Lee directly. An Aqua 1 press release, which was published on Reuters.com as sponsored content, listed an email for a person named Dora Lee as a media contact.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WorldLibertyFinancial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldLibertyFinancial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Of all the riddles wrapped in the digital wallets sending funds to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WorldLibertyFinancial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldLibertyFinancial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> business, a little-known entity last month became the biggest.</p><p>A venture calling itself <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aqua1Foundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aqua1Foundation</span></a> &amp; saying it is based in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAE</span></a> announced in late June it had bought $100 million worth of World Liberty’s crypto tokens, becoming the largest publicly known investor in the business.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trumps-100-million-crypto-mystery-man-2025-07-11/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/finance/t</span><span class="invisible">rumps-100-million-crypto-mystery-man-2025-07-11/</span></a></p>
Ivi Choc<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FYI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FYI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/darkmoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkmoney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/climatedenial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatedenial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/stopfascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stopfascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nazis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fcknazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fcknazis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hostiletakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hostiletakeover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SheldonWhitehouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SheldonWhitehouse</span></a></p><p>Speech of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse in the Senate on 09. July 2025</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFDXKMsZiTM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=oFDXKMsZiTM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/climatecatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatecatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/globalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>globalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/globalHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>globalHeating</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EcosystemCollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcosystemCollapse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/systemcollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemcollapse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Co2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Co2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Co2Emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Co2Emissions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GreenhouseGases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGases</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KeepitInTheGround" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeepitInTheGround</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Cleta Mitchell’s New Dark Money Elections Group Raised $3.9 Million in Its First Full Year of Operations<br><a href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/07/10/cleta-mitchells-new-dark-money-elections-group-raised-3-9-million-in-its-first-full-year-of-operations" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">exposedbycmd.org/2025/07/10/cl</span><span class="invisible">eta-mitchells-new-dark-money-elections-group-raised-3-9-million-in-its-first-full-year-of-operations</span></a></p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a></p><p>🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CletaMitchell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CletaMitchell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/facism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sedition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sedition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionDenial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionDenial</span></a></p>
Glyn Moody<p>Fossil Fuel Lobbyist Joins Thune-Linked ‘<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a>’ Group’s Board - <a href="https://readsludge.com/2025/06/25/fossil-fuel-lobbyist-joins-thune-linked-dark-money-groups-board/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">readsludge.com/2025/06/25/foss</span><span class="invisible">il-fuel-lobbyist-joins-thune-linked-dark-money-groups-board/</span></a> " One Nation's newest board member is a longtime GOP political operative who led lobbying for Devon Energy and Koch Industries. "</p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@benroyce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>benroyce</span></a></span> Better that their <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> be spent on defense. ✅</p>
Nonilex<p>Ogle said he received a call this week from someone involved w/the dinner laying out the rules, including that no cameras or journalists would be allowed into the event to protect attendees’ privacy. He said he would only remove his mask once the gala’s doors were closed.<br>
Ogle worked as an adviser for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> venture <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WorldLibertyFinancial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldLibertyFinancial</span></a> that recently said its crypto coin would be used in a $2B transaction involving <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Binance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Binance</span></a> &amp; state-backed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAE</span></a> investment firm <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MGX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MGX</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> investor known as Ogle, who made No. 22 on the leader board with over 250,000 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/memecoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memecoin</span></a> worth about $3.2 million, told WaPo he believed criticism of the dinner was “goofy” given that political figures solicit money in exchange for access all the time.
<br>Ogle, known in the crypto world for his work in recovering stolen crypto funds, has for years concealed his name &amp; face in public, wearing glasses, a hat &amp; a mask.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/POTUS4Sale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS4Sale</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Among the buyers whose true IDs remain unknown—making it impossible to know what kinds of business they might discuss with a man who has called himself “the first crypto president”—is a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> trader known on X as ZielonoMi. ZieloniMi declined an interview request but posted a screenshot of a congratulations email sent to the top 220 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> coin holders &amp; wrote, in Polish, “I never expected that I could have <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>access</span></a> to this type of action.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/POTUS4Sale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS4Sale</span></a></p>