Originally published at: Congressional Report Alleges Fraud in Fundraising for ‘Christian Nationalist’ Freedom250 - TPM – Talking Points Memo
Hijacking the 250th An explosive interim staff report, released this morning by Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee, charges that Freedom 250, the organization President Trump and his allies created to supplant the nonpartisan, congressionally-created America250 celebration, misled donors who thought they were supporting the nonpartisan celebration. According to the Democrats’ sources, Freedom 250…
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Heather & Paul:
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Signs and portents.
and 20% over the last year alone
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Who else does this sound like?
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Apparently, it started way back with DOGE
Want to know what’s still going on from the good guys?
America250
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The national celebration that belonged to the entire country was hijacked to serve one man’s vanity, andthe methods they’ve used and perfected—from capturing nonprofits to exploiting interested donors, diverting public funds, and dismantling independent entities—have paved the way for the ultra-wealthy and politically connected to take advantage of the American people.”
While it doesn’t lessen the criminality in this abuse of power, the underwhelming attention and visits to this scam does say something about how it was received by the American people.
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The new Infowars is going to be … well…different, yet similar..
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At first glance, this is great news. Looking at it further - examining at prosecutorial conduct back to 2007 - something else is going on.
What cases against Republican politicians or corrupt business men need overturning?
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Fundraising fraud? What?? I am shocked, shocked, I tell ya!!!
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Making a sow’s ear out of a silk purse.
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Had to double-check the date.
Dennie Hastert was around that time, too.
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We haven’t schismed for a very long time, and by God, it’s about time we did!
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/02/nx-s1-5878916/vatican-society-of-st-pius-x-in-schism
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicating its bishops and priests and warning its faithful they too face the harshest sanctions in the Catholic Church.
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They’re trying to deflect attention from the behavior of other prosecutors. If they can make this one the fall guy, they think no one will notice all the other trumpanzee prosecutors doing the same thing.
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80 years old. Fat. Hour plus long speech. 107 degrees. What could go wrong?
Oops. I’m sorry. What could go right?
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How long until possible investors put this together with the AI bubble and the transfer of wealth engineered by Donnie’s crypto scams and realize they’re living in an age characterized by rip offs?
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And if only we could coordinate and get people to fight together in more ways. Torturing major corporations that “accidentally” donated to Freedom250 instead of America2050, subjecting them to ridicule and boycotts, would be great, but we’ll never get it done. I don’t really buy that it was an accident or falling for fraud and ultimately I don’t care. I just want the message shoved down throats: we despise the KKKristofascists and are coming for anyone who supports them. Object lessons and public opinion show trials. It is the way.
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Oh, look! Flesh eating bacteria!
“Many people with Vibrio vulnificus infection can get seriously ill and need intensive care or limb amputation,” the CDC says.
The risk of such public threats is mounting because climate change is expanding the territory of certain pathogens, but researchers say there’s another concern. The Trump administration has cut investments in programs and agencies that prevent, track, and respond to health hazards the federal government is now confronting.
Like the ocean monitoring equipment that is being removed.
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That IPO and investing in it might have been the ultimate in Fuckwit Olympics. Really. Just Darwinian levels of dumb…
ETA: That count as a kitty, right?
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