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Against Super PACs - Equal CitizensJoin our fight to end the corruption of our democracyequalcitizens.usTrump is restarting combat with Iran, all while new financial disclosures show that brokers representing him purchased $9.7-$24.3 million in stocks from major defense contractors like Palantir and Lockheed Martin in 2025, according to Responsible Statecraft.
Trump acquired at least $10 million in defense stocks last yearThe president's portfolio kept accumulating shares in companies — like Palantir and Lockheed Martin — that were benefiting directly from his global military escalationsresponsiblestatecraft.orgElon Musk's xAI built a $20 billion AI data center in Mississippi – powered by dozens of natural gas turbines running near homes, schools & churches – without getting the permits required by the Clean Air Act. apnews.com/article/musk...
In boost to Musk, Justice Department seeks to dismiss air pollution lawsuit against xAI data centerThe Trump administration is helping one of Elon Musk’s companies fight a civil rights lawsuit that alleges it is illegally running dozens of natural gas turbines to power a $20 billion data center in ...apnews.comA bipartisan group of senators just introduced legislation to crack down on prediction market trading by people in power. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Dave McCormick want to bar federal lawmakers from placing wagers on prediction markets.
Gillibrand, McCormick team up to crack down on prediction marketsSens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Dave McCormick are introducing a bill that would ban members of Congress from trading on prediction markets and push regulators to tighten rules.www.politico.comThe Trump administration has ordered ABC to seek to renew licenses early for 8 stations – years ahead of schedule – after Melania Trump criticized the network over a Jimmy Kimmel joke. The president called for Kimmel to be fired. www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...
FCC orders early license renewal for ABC stations following Kimmel's first lady jokeThe Federal Communications Commission has ordered Disney's ABC to seek early broadcast license renewals for the eight TV stations it owns amid backlash over Jimmy Kimmel's joke about Melania Trump.www.npr.orgThe Trump administration-controlled Justice Department is seeking to vacate seditious conspiracy convictions for members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers involved in planning the violent Jan. 6 2021 riot in the Capitol. www.npr.org/2026/04/15/n...
Trump administration moves to erase Jan. 6 riot convictions for seditious conspiracyThe Trump administration is moving to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions of extremists involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack who earlier received commutations instead of full pardons.www.npr.orgPeople are placing bets on war and walking away with millions. Lawmakers are calling for investigations into Polymarket after at least 50 new accounts placed large bets on a U.S.-Iran ceasefire shortly before it was announced by President Trump. www.npr.org/2026/04/10/n...
Well-timed bets on Polymarket tied to the Iran war draw calls for investigations from lawmakersCalls are increasing inside Congress for investigations into the prediction market platform Polymarket after the latest instance where groups of anonymous traders made strategic, well-timed bets on a ...www.npr.orgThe Justice Department quietly closed more than 23,000 criminal investigations in the first six months of Trump’s administration, abandoning cases involving corruption, white-collar crime, domestic terrorism, and more as it shifted resources toward immigration enforcement.
Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to ImmigrationUnder Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of President Donald Trump’s second term.www.propublica.orgA broker for the U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sought to make a large investment in major defense companies in the lead-up to the Iran war, according to the Financial Times. The attempt was made just weeks before the conflict escalated. www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/p...
Pete Hegseth's broker attempted to make defense investments before Iran war: Financial TimesPentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell dismissed the report in a post on X, calling it "entirely false and fabricated."www.cnbc.comA bipartisan bill was just introduced to ban members of Congress, the president, and senior officials from trading on prediction markets tied to political events and policy decisions. The PREDICT Act would also apply to their spouses, dependents, senior staff, and political appointees.
Lawmakers introduce bill to prohibit members of Congress, president from prediction market tradingThe bill comes amid an uptick of bipartisan legislation focused on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi.www.politico.com