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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo the media freaked out when Nancy Pelosi had fancy ice cream in her freezer
so they will be TOTALLY outraged by trump's performance on New Years Eve, the night before millions lose their healthcare subsidies, right? He bid one hundred thousand dollars for a painting, and then called another auction goer's bid of TWO MILLION dollars for a painting "peanuts".
Again, all of this happened at his estate last night on the eve of millions losing their healthcare. Real man of the people. right? And if a Dem did this........sorry, but I think the corporate media would need 24/7 medical emergency personnel on standby for the next six months to assist with all the heads exploding.
chouchou
(2,773 posts)senseandsensibility
(24,219 posts)but not about trump. Apparently, Mamdani's wife wore six hundred dollar boots to the inauguration. You see, some things are just not acceptable to the corporate media.
USS_Dauntless
(195 posts)What are they gonna do when he finally flatlines? I DARE them to lecture us about "respecting the dead". I fucking dare them.
BaronChocula
(4,007 posts)Call me crazy, but it seems to me like white men who champion the preservation of white male privilege get all the passes, all the credit, and none of the blame. If you aren't with them you get none of the passes, none of the credit and all of the blame. And the MS media is in on it.
I'm just going out on a limb here.
OldBaldy1701E
(10,108 posts)Except you left out one thing...
It is wealthy white men privilege. I assure you that dirt-poor white men are either lost in the cult, or understand that all of this 'privilege' is only being given to the rich, white men. (Or the ones who have done a good job of passing as one.)
BaronChocula
(4,007 posts)Maybe my last.
I didn't dig into the details of the hierarchy, but wealthy white men are certainly on top. But being white and not so wealthy also has its privileges as data from police stops and criminal justice outcomes will suggest. I think the Southern "good old boy" is descended from the poor Southern whites who were granted status over newly freed blacks following the Civil War. That power didn't make them wealthy, but it gave them license to act as Jim Crow enforcers while the white folks of means still disparaged them as poor white trash.
OldBaldy1701E
(10,108 posts)But, money is always a factor.
Always.
My wish is to remove that power from the little green piece of paper, but I might as well wish for Godzilla to walk up from Lake Superior and visit.
Captain Zero
(8,729 posts)We just don't wear them over our heads.
Greg_In_SF
(846 posts)went to charity.
senseandsensibility
(24,219 posts)and trump's charities are above board and beyond reproach.
Greg_In_SF
(846 posts)St. Jude Children's Hospital was not a Trump charity
Demobrat
(10,262 posts)the money will actually go to St. Judes - because he said so?
Have you been living under a rock for the last 20 years?
Wow. Just - wow.
Greg_In_SF
(846 posts)any evidence to the contrary? Any at all?
I'll wait
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,147 posts)NEW YORK New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after Donald J. Trump was forced to pay more than $2 million in court-ordered damages to eight different charities for illegally misusing charitable funds at the Trump Foundation for political purposes:
Not only has the Trump Foundation shut down for its misconduct, but the president has been forced to pay $2 million for misusing charitable funds for his own political gain....Funds have finally gone where they deserve to eight credible charities. My office will continue to fight for accountability because no one is above the law not a businessman, not a candidate for office, and not even the president of the United States.
As part of a resolution of the lawsuit announced on November 7th, Trump was ordered to pay $2 million, or $250,000, a piece to eight different charities. Those charities are Army Emergency Relief, the Childrens Aid Society, Citymeals-on-Wheels, Give an Hour, Marthas Table, the United Negro College Fund, the United Way of National Capital Area, and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Additionally, Trump was forced to reimburse his namesake foundation $11,525 for sports paraphernalia and champagne purchased at a charity gala, which was added to $1,797,598.30 already in the foundations bank account. The combined $1,809,123.30 was split evenly and recently transferred to the eight agreed upon charities. Each charity ended up receiving a total of $476,140.41.
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2019/donald-j-trump-pays-court-ordered-2-million-illegally-using-trump-foundation
Quite defensive of Piggy, huh.
Demobrat
(10,262 posts)Grifters gonna grift.
Prove the money was actually donated. Ill wait.
Captain Zero
(8,729 posts)ColoringFool
(227 posts)A very cynical one.
Mexico will pay for The Wall.
Tariffs are paid by the Seller Country. And the US has taken in TRILLIONS!
We're all getting $2000 checks.
There is no inflation.
The 2020 election was rigged.
Russia wants the best for Ukraine.
What was that again that Trump didn't lie about?
paleotn
(21,477 posts)Perhaps I could make some money off your gullibility.
Greg_In_SF
(846 posts)do you have that the money isn't going to St. Jude's?
paleotn
(21,477 posts)By the way...are you looking to buy a bridge?
Greg_In_SF
(846 posts)beyond St. Jude's Chief Revenue Officer thanking the auction participants on CNBC?
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,147 posts)Greg_In_SF
(846 posts)link. Simply saw it myself on the TV.
paleotn
(21,477 posts)Now what about that bridge we were talking about. Do you wanna buy or what?
paleotn
(21,477 posts)If he did, perhaps it wasn't his choice. Kind of a difference there, no?
that is what he said. He thanked the bidders. Do you think he would have done that if Trump stole the money?
But, sure, go ahead and call me a liar with absolutely no evidence to back up your claim. Whatever makes you feel better
paleotn
(21,477 posts)He didn't have a choice. That was part of the event. Where'd "steal the money" come from? I merely stated I doubt he'd donate anything. Certainly not if he didn't have to.
Greg_In_SF
(846 posts)I'll have you on 'ignore' in a few seconds.
I have no need for your kind of ilk.
paleotn
(21,477 posts)Demobrat
(10,262 posts)but so what? Doesnt mean he will ever see a dime.
Evolve Dammit
(21,465 posts)MS NOW.
senseandsensibility
(24,219 posts)And I forgot about the Grey Poupon. Horrors!
Evolve Dammit
(21,465 posts)hibbing
(10,524 posts)We all know how the day he wore a tan suit the American empire almost collapsed.
paleotn
(21,477 posts)I guess one has to take an unintelligence test to gain entrance to the club of scribbling and yapping MSM morons.