Randahl Fink

A story of the crime syndicate in four pictures.

Picture 1: When Congress discovered the multiple serious crimes George Santos had committed, The House overwhelmingly voted to kick him out.

Picture 2: Santos was then sentenced to 7 years in prison for wire fraud.

Picture 3-4: Trump has now commuted his sentence, arguing that Santos is Republican. To Trump it is always "For my friends everything. For my enemies, the law."

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Show threadEl IndifferenteOct 18
@randahl "Crime is the new legal" - voidzilla
Show threadH4Heights šŸ‡ŖšŸ‡ŗšŸ‡µšŸ‡øšŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦Oct 18
@randahl Very regal behaviour.
Show threadJohn HalloranOct 18
@randahl Santos is to the rule of law as Sandy Hook is to gun control; if people canā€™t be made to care about this, what are we even doing?
Show threadxs4me2Oct 18

@randahl

A crime syndicate indeed, not a government...

Show threadGraeme šŸ“󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁓ó æOct 18
@randahl The only illegal thoing in Trumpistan is not being a trumpite.
Show threadFranƧois @JuraOct 18

@randahl

In a nutshell -> if you are a fraud, you should have the intelligence to vote Republican, the party of criminals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=og9DV0Si8bs

The Law & Order Gang | George Carlin | What Am I Doing in New Jersey (1988)

YouTube
Show threadTianOct 18
@randahl The law?
Shouldn't that be: vindictive litigation?
Show threadgluttoOct 18

@randahl

Mob rule, as expected from Trump v2.

Show threadMacCruiskeenOct 18
@randahl he doesnā€™t really believe fraud is a crime.
Show threadGreglyOct 18
@maccruiskeen @randahl This is an extremely concise explanation of his worldview. To Trump, if you fall for someone elseā€™s fraud, *you* are the one at fault; the other person was actually brilliant for conning you so masterfully. It is ā€œcaveat emptorā€ mixed with eugenics and writ across all of society, where the con artists are the rulers and the marks are the serfs.
Show threadQ.H. StoneOct 19
@gregly @maccruiskeen @randahl And in Trumpā€™s view, power exists to be abused. He believes that if you arenā€™t abusing it for personal gain, youā€™re a chump.
Show threadJaime RobertsonOct 18
@randahl Thatā€™s rich, coming from Donald ā€œavoiding VD was my Vietnamā€ Trump.
Show threadNicole ParsonsOct 18

@randahl

George Santos's pardon is mostly about thwarting "follow the money" investigations.

Trump's corrupt GOP are scrambling to hide the fact that a Russian oligarch funds Santos.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/01/scrutiny-over-george-santos-finances-mount-as-ties-to-former-trump-ally-surface

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/17/1149455727/washington-post-santos-is-linked-to-a-cousin-of-a-sanctioned-russian-oligarch

The prosecutions of Letitia James, Comey, Brennan, Wray, Fanni Willis. All insiders who investigated the money, especially foreign straw donors.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/the-nra-spent-dollar30-million-to-elect-trump-was-it-russian-money

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2024/attorney-general-james-wins-trial-against-nra-and-wayne-lapierre

This is what Koch Network's Citizens United bought, corruption.
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Scrutiny Over George Santosā€™ Finances Mounts As Ties to Former Trump Ally Surface

ā€œHe's a bad guy,ā€ Republican House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer said, saying Santos would be removed from Congress if heā€™s found in violation of campaign finance laws.

Vanity Fair
Show threadNicole ParsonsOct 18

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Thwarting the Epstein files is about hiding the money buying elections
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/business/jeffrey-epstein-leon-black.html

https://www.newsweek.com/who-konstantin-nikolaev-money-mike-johnson-1870600

https://www.newarab.com/news/pro-israel-billionaire-ackman-donates-1-million-stop-mamdani

The massive AI bubble pump & dumps & forced overconsolidated media monopolies -- hiding the election interference by fossil fuel fascists.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/gauging-ai-threat-free-and-fair-elections

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/opinion/larry-ellison-paramount-cbs-tiktok.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/14/tech/tiktok-deal-frank-mccourt

https://www.ft.com/content/5b889d6e-e2eb-40d9-bf83-f7297ec5e5fa

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-14/billionaire-paul-tudor-jones-sees-nasdaq-higher-by-end-of-year

Unaffordable housing -- money laundering via real estate
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-17/billionaire-french-oil-heirs-eye-brooklyn-austin-property-deals

Jeffrey Epsteinā€™s Angry Emails to Billionaire Leon Black

New emails show how Mr. Epstein pressured Leon Black, his longtime friend and patron, to fork over millions for financial services.

The New York Times
Show threadNicole ParsonsOct 18

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The people of Ukraine are under attack because oil oligarchs bought themselves a presidency.
https://fortune.com/2024/10/26/elon-musk-political-donations-132-million-donald-trump-republican-races/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/28/saudis-kingdom-holding-company-to-maintain-twitter-stake

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/us/politics/russia-election-interference.html

https://www.newsweek.com/house-speaker-mike-johnson-donations-russia-butina-1838501

The EU is at risk of being dismantled because a president won't tax billionaires who buy foreign policy.

The planet is frying because the fossil fuel industry deliberately destabilizes any democracy that acts on climate.
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/the-texas-billionaire-who-has-greenpeace-usa-on-the-verge-of-bankruptcy-04492d4c

Musk gives at least $132 million to elect Trump, GOP allies

That level of giving has vaulted him into the upper echelon of political donors, making Musk one of the most prolific contributors of the 2024 cycle.

Fortune
Show threadNicole ParsonsOct 18

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The EU is at risk of being dismantled because a president won't tax billionaires who buy foreign policy.
https://www.desmog.com/2025/03/14/heritage-foundation-project-2025-allies-mcc-ordo-iuris-discuss-dismantling-the-eu-european-union/

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/right-wing-push-to-dismantle-the-eu-heritage-foundations-private-workshop/

The planet is frying because the fossil fuel industry deliberately destabilizes any democracy that acts on climate.
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/the-texas-billionaire-who-has-greenpeace-usa-on-the-verge-of-bankruptcy-04492d4c

California is at risk of martial law because the fossil fuel industry invests in the tech industry
https://gizmodo.com/salesforce-benioff-apologizes-about-national-guard-2000673833

https://newrepublic.com/article/191506/musk-bezos-pichai-zuckerberg-microsoft-trump-climate

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-benioff-save-trillion-trees/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/26/climate/billionaire-moguls-and-a-trillion-trees.html

Heritage Foundation and Allies Discuss Dismantling the EU

The group that drafted a key blueprint for Donald Trumpā€™s second term convened a meeting in Washington D.C. this week to consider proposals for bulldozing the European Union (EU). The Polish investigative outlet VSquare revealed that the Heritage Foundation gathered hardline conservative groups on 11 March to hear how they would overhaul the current structures [ā€¦]

DeSmog
Show threadBrian GordonOct 18

@randahl

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
-Wilhoit

"To Trump it is always "For my friends everything. For my enemies, the law."

Show threadBrother SoulOct 19
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