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Every episode in one place, newest first. I tie the week’s grift together, because it is never one story on its own. The name is about how often they do it.

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The Tangled Web of the President’s Piggy Bank

On August 14th the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency gave preliminary conditional approval to World Liberty Trust Company - a national trust bank set up by the Trump family’s crypto company to run its stablecoin, USD1.

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Trump Is Selling $1.5M Birthday Tickets on the White House Lawn

Same grift as the meme coin dinner, just with a cage on it - and nobody will say where the sponsorship money lands.

Stop Waiting For Someone To Officially Confirm Trump Is A Russian Asset

Sanctions, Helsinki, Lavrov in the Oval, Syria, the arms treaties Russia wanted gone, and the second-term sequel happening right now.

Vladimir Putin’s Rabbi, Jared Kushner, and a Six-Year FBI Cover-Up

Vladimir Putin built a religious institution in 1999, funded it with oligarch money, and used it to move Russian wealth across borders for the next twenty-six years.

Bessent’s Gift to Deutsche Bank - Softer Laundering Rules for Trump’s Lender

Scott Bessent - Treasury Secretary of the United States, former George Soros macro strategist, host of a $50 million Trump fundraiser in Palm Beach - just stood on a stage and described the anti-money-laundering framework as “too burdensome on financial institutions.” Ten days earlier, his own agency quietly raised the threshold for punishing banks that break the Bank Secrecy Act.

Being Told The Mueller Report Was A Hoax Was The Hoax

Before we go any further with my Russian Receipts essay series, we need to talk about the elephant in the room. I still see commenters saying the whole Trump-Russia connection was a hoax. That it was overblown.

Trump’s Most Profitable Business? Money Laundering

From Russian mob condo deals to a memecoin dinner with foreign nationals - the vehicle changes every decade, but the grift never does.

The Takedown of Eric Swalwell

Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress in 72 hours after four women came forward with sexual misconduct allegations, including a former staffer who alleges he raped her twice.

Trump Jr. Invested in Polymarket While Insiders Bet $600K on Iran Ceasefire

Polymarket insider bets on the Iran ceasefire, Trump Jr.’s prediction market investments, the Hormuz toll booth proposal, Lebanon’s exclusion, and Pete Hegseth’s defense ETF trade - The Daily Grift breaks down who’s profiting from the ceasefire.

The Pentagon Wants $200 Billion and Can’t Pass an Audit

The president told the nation the war is almost over. The Pentagon is asking for $200 billion. The money goes to companies owned by the Deputy Defense Secretary’s old firm.

Bondi Dropped 23,000 Cases and Nobody Noticed

The law is working exactly as redesigned - it just depends on who you are. Today’s episode follows 23,000 criminal cases the DOJ quietly dropped to triple immigration prosecutions.

Deputy Attorney General killed crypto enforcement while personally holding crypto

Happy April Fool’s Day. Today’s episode is about the oldest trick in Washington: the promise of reform. Congress spent Q1 swearing it would pass a stock trading ban. Q1 just ended. Congress went on vacation.

The DOJ admitted it’s sharing your voter registration data with DHS

The DOJ admitted it’s sharing your voter registration data with DHS. Pete Hegseth personally blocked four Army officers from becoming generals. Every institution is doing something other than its actual job.

Nine million Americans showed up to the largest single-day protest in US history

This weekend, nine million Americans showed up to the largest single-day protest in US history - in all 50 states, including deep red Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. The White House called them a leftist funding network.

A jury just handed Meta its Big Tobacco moment

A jury just handed Meta its Big Tobacco moment, with internal documents showing they knowingly hooked children. The feds are buying your cell phone location data without a warrant through a loophole Congress left wide open.

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