About this episode

The episode discusses the corruption surrounding Trump's rallies and the dark-money operations behind the 'Freedom 250' initiative.

The barbarians are inside the gates and throwing a toxic masculinity pageant on the front lawn. While the United States should be preparing to honor the 250th anniversary of our democratic republic by working toward a more perfect union, Donald Trump has hijacked the historic milestone to throw corrupt, all-caps "TRUMP RALLIES" and UFC cage matches to distract from his economic warfare on the American people as he and his family rake in billions. This week, Mother Jones investigative reporter Dan Friedman joins Gaslit Nation to expose the blatant kleptocracy behind "Freedom 250," a shadowy, dark-money shell company created by the White House to bypass congressional oversight and strip taxpayer funds from the bipartisan America 250 Commission. This corporate-sponsored slush fund allows the administration to openly sell White House access to elite corporate donors and tech oligarchs seeking to build monopolies approved by Trump's DOJ and rake in tax breaks. Even more alarming: the contractor hired to run these "patriotic" events is Event Strategies, the exact same group that profited from organizing Trump's violent January 6th coup attempt. We refuse to normalize corruption. If we…

People in this episode

Host: Andrea Chalupa

Guest: Dan Friedman

Topics covered

• Trump rallies
• corruption
• dark money
• kleptocracy
• January 6
• political accountability

Keywords

• Trump
• rallies
• corruption
• kleptocracy
• January 6
• dark money
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mother Jones, Event Strategies, America 250 Commission, DOJ

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