Reports pair Trump stock buys with official acts to show alarming pattern

Rachel Maddow looks at a collection of reports that show stock purchases made by Donald Trump that were followed by federal actions or specific statements by Donald Trump that affected the price of those stocks.

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The #GrifterInChief #Felon47 says he is "willing" to drop his ridiculous & unwinable $10 BILLION case against the #IRS in exchange for a $1,776B ("1776." Get it?) Slush Fund to "compensate" his #MAGAt Brownshirts for enduring being prosecuted by the #Biden Admin for the violent/deadly #Jan6 attack on the Capitol

#Jan6 mastermind, convicted felon and T**** Fanboy Rodger Stone declares: "Sign me up!" looking for his check. 🤦‍♂️

#TrumpIsTheSwamp #Idiocy

Ignore the title of the linked video below.

It's not about #JVVance, it's about the mind-boggling fraud, grifting, and outright theft of BILLIONS in TAXPAYER DOLLARS going directly into #DonTheCon's (and his Demon Spawn's) pocket. 🤬

#ButHunterBiden #DrainTheSwamp #TrumpIsTheSwamp

https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/shameless-vance-focuses-on-fraud-with-especially-bad-timing-for-trump-2500020291799

Vance focuses on fraud with especially bad timing for Trump

Jen Psaki looks at the political convenience of JD Vance's new anti-fraud talking points as he struggles to demonstrate some relevance while the rest of the Trump administration goes to China. But too much attention on fraud is a particularly awkward thing for Trump, who is trying to find a way to force the IRS to give him billions of taxpayer dollars, and while he his own son, Eric, with business interests in China, has joined him in traveling to Beijing. 

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Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion

The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.

The New York Times
So who... among #MafiaDon's #scandal-plagued cabinet... is he going to pick to be "The Designated Survivor" during tonight's #SotU Address? 🤔
#TrumpIsTheSwamp
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-trump-cabinet-too-rife-with-scandal-to-designate-a-survivor-2488849475632
Maddow: Trump Cabinet too rife with scandal to designate a ‘survivor’

Rachel Maddow considering the tradition associated with the State of the Union address in which one member of the president's Cabinet does not attend the event in case something happens that prevents everyone in attendance at the speech who would ordinarily be part of the presidential succession from being able to serve. But in Donald Trump's case, his Cabinet is so full of scandal and disgrace, designating a survivor seems impossible.

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The MAGA-World Rift Over Trump’s Qatari Jet

Some of the president’s biggest allies are panning his plan to accept the luxury aircraft.

The Atlantic
Trump Inauguration Official’s “Phony Charity” Allegedly Pocketed East Palestine Train Disaster Funds

Under a settlement with Ohio’s attorney general, Trump inauguration committee official Pat Lee can never fundraise for charity in Ohio again.

The Intercept
'If Trump comes back, I come back': Extremists wait in the wings for Trump's return

Rachel Maddow notes statements from Mike Flynn, disgraced former Trump national security advisor who apparently wants to hold military tribunals to execute Americans if Donald Trump is re-elected, and Tom Homan, a former acting director of ICE who wants to implement "the biggest deportation operation this country has ever seen" if Trump is sent back to the White House.

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A Judge Asked Trump to Chill. Trump Mocked the Judge’s Wife.

“I have a Trump-hating judge with a Trump-hating wife and family,” the former president said just hours after leaving the courtroom.