Originally published at: How the Trump Admin Tried to Turn Foreign Aid Funds Into Deportation Cash - TPM – Talking Points Memo
On the first day of his second-term in office, Donald Trump issued an executive order that caught many off-guard: all foreign aid would be subject to an immediate review. Some aid workers initially understood the order as covering future grants — tightened scrutiny, but perhaps nothing necessarily out of the ordinary for a new administration. They…
Great work; real digging and reporting on the hidden law breaking and norm breaking these assholes do as a matter of course.
8 Likes
The Trump corruption is staggering. That his enablers ignore or excuse it is also staggering, and mystifyingly unbelievable.
6 Likes
I guess the House doesn’t always win when Trump deals the cards.
3 Likes
Warsh confirmed.30-year treasury above 5%. Prepare for a new era of financial repression. Looking back, this has been in the air for a while.
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/03/financial-repression-debt-management/
4 Likes
First TPM article of the day for me and already I’m nauseated.
5 Likes
I went my whole life thinking Nixon and his President’s men were the most corrupt in my lifetime but he and his gang were boy scouts compared to Trump and his syndicate. What a bunch of criminals.
The trials about all of this shit will be long and many (most?) will fail but it will be important to get it all on the record.