Trump Warns About Election Interference but Skips Outside Watchers
Trump warns about foreign meddling while skipping a long-standing check on US elections.
Mark Burnett Cast Donald Trump as a Genius Boss. America Forgot It Was Casting.
I helped cast TV narcissists for a living, and I think we accidentally helped make a president. Back in 2000, I was an associate producer on ESPN’s 2 Minute Drill. Kenny Mayne hosted it, and people like Rich Eisen sat on the panel. Contestants answered rapid-fire sports trivia for cash. It was basically a sports…
Todd Blanche Called the Trump Accuser’s FBI Notes Duplicates. A Judge Called His Bluff.
NDAs, a $500 lawyer trick, and hidden FBI notes all cracked in one week. Remember the missing 37 pages? The woman interviewed by the FBI about Trump allegedly assaulting her as a fifteen-year-old received a settlement from these people - Senator Whitehouse I saw this tweet this morning and decided to catch up on what’s…
#4 Brighton Beach: How the Russian Mob Set Up Shop in Trump’s Buildings
The Jackson-Vanik Amendment opened American doors to more than 500,000 Soviet emigrants. It also let in the Russian mafia. By the early 1980s, Brighton Beach was its American headquarters - and its money was finding its way into Trump's buildings.
#3 The Invitation: How the Soviet Union Rolled Out the Red Carpet for Donald Trump
In July 1987, Donald Trump flew to Moscow at the invitation of Soviet Ambassador Yuri Dubinin, on a trip arranged through Intourist, the Soviet travel agency the KGB ran. Less than two months later, he spent $95,000 on full-page ads saying allies like Japan and Saudi Arabia should pay for America's protection. Czech intelligence files show foreign agencies were tracking his political ambitions.
#2 The Test: Trump Tower Was Open for Business and the Mob Came Shopping
Trump Tower opened in 1983 and quickly drew buyers with money to hide. Haiti's dictator, Baby Doc Duvalier, bought through a shell company, Russian mob figure David Bogatin bought five condos, and gambling kingpin Robert Hopkins brought a suitcase of cash to his closing. BuzzFeed found 1,300+ all-cash shell company purchases worth $1.5 billion across Trump-branded condos in the US. The law never made him ask where the money came from.
#1 The Mark: The KGB Had a Checklist for Picking Targets and Trump Checked Every Box
The KGB wrote down what kind of person it was looking for: "pride, arrogance, egoism, ambition or vanity." Czech intelligence started watching Trump the year he married Ivana, and wiretapped her father. His mentor was Roy Cohn, a lawyer for the mob. I'd argue the profile fit him line by line.
The US Bombed Military Targets on Iran’s Oil Island the Same Day Hungary Lined Up a Deal for US Oil
The war is the sales pitch.
Trump Pardoned 1,500 January 6 Rioters and a Judge Just Ruled He Can Still Be Sued for Sending Them
Trump pardoned or freed every January 6 rioter on day one. Didn't matter. A judge just ruled he can still be personally sued by the Capitol Police officers and members of Congress who say he sent that crowd after them. A trial could be next.
Trump and Every President Before Him Have Been Selling You Fear on Purpose
A graphic design grad reverse-engineers the White House war propaganda and finds the same playbook every president has used - make you afraid of the right things so you stop asking questions.
Trump Gutted the CDC and by July There’ll Be One Person Left to Handle a Rabies Crisis
The CDC paused rabies and poxvirus testing because Trump fired half the lab staff. One person is left on the rabies team. One.
Kash Patel Gutted the Team That Tracks Iran - Then Iran-Linked Hackers Leaked His Email
Three FBI breaches in one month. The director fired the Iran counterintelligence team days before Iran-linked hackers breached his email.