https://dd7hi9rzn9wx17.archive.ph/drmM0/1165634a2f850012d4ed...
1. Happened in 2017, when Joe Biden was a private citizen
2. Was rejected with "an emphatic no" by "the Chairman" (Joe Biden)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Biden_laptop_controvers...
Why was Hunter paid $500k yearly by a Ukrainian gas company, despite not speaking Ukrainian and having no expertise in the field?
It seems where there is smoke, there’s fire, no?
shrugs
10 for the big guy.
Guess I'd argue the the president of the United States taking bribes falls under the "interesting new phenomenon". Maybe people will say it's not new (?), but this level and this blatant certainly is. Not interesting? Well, people can disagree, but I think it is.
Not everyone, but lot of those flagging like/voted for Trump but don't want peers sneering at him (and them). Embarrassment is a powerful motivator.
"SCOTT BESSENT, TREASURY SECRETARY: Well, the check is written to the person who receives it at the dock in the US"
https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ip/date/2025-08-07/segment/...
Yeah ...
How can this be reliable, audited, and free from corruption? Anyone associated with this Admin is getting a cut either straight up (which we won't know until the full four years are over since they won't allow investigation), or discounts. They've already made AMD and NVIDIA give a cut of sales (which is crazy). It's all just too much money for them not to be thieving.
Imagine if you as an individual had to pay 15% of your income to the government!
Oh, you already pay much more than that and you want to pay only 15%?
gizzlon•5mo ago