Daily Episode 178 - This Week in Fascism #29

About this episode

The episode discusses recent allegations of corruption involving Trump and the misuse of taxpayer funds.

Sources: Trump has created a slush fund of taxpayer money to give to his friends | Moira Donegan | The Guardian 💪Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): "Trump's corruption has reached an entirely new level. The $1.7B slush fund is just outright theft. And no Republican owes such bind allegiance to the president to defend this."🇺🇸 : r/law Trump's top attorney quits hours after $1.8 billion slush fund to pay MAGA allies and J6 rioters sparks backlash | Daily Mail Online WATCH: Corruption ‘has never been more blatant’ with new DOJ fund, Sen. Murray tells Blanche : r/law Mike Johnson says we should have sympathy because Congress isn’t paid enough—so we should “allow” insider trading just so they can take care of their families(70% of Americans can’t afford a $1k emergency) : r/law Man jailed over Charlie Kirk post wins $835,000 settlement | AP News Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Kory, Kellan

Topics covered

• politics
• corruption
• Trump
• funding
• insider trading
• legal issues

Keywords

• Trump
• corruption
• slush fund
• insider trading
• politics
• legal issues
• funding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Guardian, Daily Mail Online, AP News

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