i love the irony that they actually played the theme to titanic with a straight face. as in a "this is not a metaphor or anything" sense.
You know that if Trump were Jack, he would have shoved Rose off that door to her icy death and claimed it for himself (if it didn't capsize under his weight).
you know he would have stolen that diamond too!!
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
i love the irony that they actually played the theme to titanic with a straight face. as in a "this is not a metaphor or anything" sense.
You know that if Trump were Jack, he would have shoved Rose off that door to her icy death and claimed it for himself (if it didn't capsize under his weight).
you know he would have stolen that diamond too!!
Trump is like the Billy Zane character but much less rich and much less handsome.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Just another “good person” ruined by “the system,” eh? But we should be worried about immigrants, eh?
New York drug dealer whose prison sentence Trump commuted arrested on assault charges
A convicted New York drug dealer and predatory lender who was freed from federal prison after his sentence was commuted in 2021 by then-President Donald Trump was arrested on assault charges.
Jonathan Braun is accused in Nassau County court of assaulting his elderly father-in-law as he tried to protect his daughter from Braun and of assaulting her, The New York Times reported.
Braun was fined $20 million in February by a Manhattan federal court Judge Jed Rakoff in a civil case where the Federal Trade Commission had sued Braun for predatory lending practices.
Trump is now the Republican presidential nominee, and is set to face Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, the current vice president, in the 2024 election.
A convicted New York drug dealer and predatory lender who walked free from a 10-year federal prison sentence after it was commuted in 2021 by then-President Donald Trump has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife and her father, court records show.
Jonathan Braun, 41, is charged in Nassau County, Long Island, court with assaulting his 75-year-old father-in-law on Tuesday by punching him twice in the face with a closed fist as he was trying to protect his daughter from Braun, who is her husband.
Separately, Braun was also accused of assaulting that woman on July 17 by throwing her off a bed, "causing her substantial pain and bruising to her legs," a criminal complaint in Nassau County District Court says.
Braun also is accused of punching her in the head multiple times on Aug. 12 after throwing her to the floor, the complaint says.
He was also accused in Nassau County District Court of petit larceny, which the Times reported is related to allegations he failed to pay $160 in bridge tolls while driving a Lamborghini and Ferrari, both of which lack license plates, over about 40 different crossings of the bridge.
Braun pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Wednesday to one count of second-degree assault on a person 65 years or older, and two counts of third-degree assault, as well as on the larceny charge.
He was released on those charges without bail after the Nassau County District Attorney's office requested that bond be set at $35,000. A judge did issue orders of protection against him for the victims in the case.
Braun was fined $20 million in February by Manhattan federal court Judge Jed Rakoff in a civil case where the Federal Trade Commission had sued Braun for predatory lending practices.
"The evidence ... shows that Mr. Braun not only personally participated in this illegal conduct, but did so gleefully, with little remorse," Rakoff wrote in a ruling, which cited emails Braun had sent about the loans.
Braun's lawyer, Marc Fernich, in an email to CNBC said, "Mr. Braun was arrested in Nassau County in connection with an alleged domestic disturbance."
"He was released on his own recognizance after pleading not guilty and will address the allegations judicially," Fernich said.
Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for the now-Republican presidential nominee Trump, in a statement about Braun's arrest, said, "President Trump wants criminals to spend time behind bars unlike Kamala Harris who wants to end cash bail."
Vice President Harris is the Democratic presidential nominee.
Braun had served more than five years of his prison sentence for conspiracy to import marijuana and commit money laundering when Trump granted him clemency on Jan. 20, 2021, hours before leaving the White House.
He remains on supervised release for his criminal conviction, which means he potentially could be sent back to federal prison if a judge finds he violated the conditions of his release.
The Times reported last fall that Trump's commutation thwarted an ongoing effort by prosecutors to negotiate a cooperation deal with Braun that would have freed him from prison in exchange for his offering information about other predatory lenders for a criminal investigation.
The Times has also reported that Braun's family used connections it had to the family of Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who was a senior White House aide at the time, to set in motion the clemency he received from the then-president.
He’s at the border the same border that had a bill ready to be passed and he killed it! How does that make any sense? He has the worst PR & Campaign managers ever
The way to bring trump to his knees would be to criticize his appearance. We need an attack dog that just hammers his looks every day. Fake teeth, fake hair, orange, out of shape, etc. Throw the stupid personal insults right back at him and he won't be able to function.
Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018) The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago 2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy 2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE) 2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston 2020: Oakland, Oakland:2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana 2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville 2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
How many cotton candy machines does your hair stylist go through in a year? When you sweat it looks like someone spilled a Powerade. David Byrne is going on tour and needs his suits back.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Trump’s businesses are raking in millions of dollars from Republican political campaigns – including his own
CNN —
Late last year, former President Donald Trump announced his endorsement of car dealership owner Bernie Moreno for Ohio’s Senate seat – elevating an untested candidate who’d never held public office over several other more prominent Republicans.
Two days later, Moreno’s campaign spent about $17,000 at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, and then followed up by spending an additional $79,000 the next month – making him one of the Florida club’s top political spenders.
He wasn’t alone. With glitzy Mar-a-Lago fundraisers, stays at Trump’s hotels, and flights on the former president’s private jet, Republican candidates and political groups are on track to spend more on Trump’s businesses this year than any year since 2016, according to a CNN analysis of federal campaign finance data.
Trump himself has been the biggest spender, both this year and over the last decade. Between his three presidential campaigns, Trump and associated political groups have funneled more than $28 million in campaign donations to his businesses – helping convert the enthusiasm of his political supporters into personal profit.
Other Republicans have followed suit, spending millions at Trump’s properties in an apparent attempt to curry favor with the former president and signal their allegiance to him to GOP voters.
Some of the candidates who’ve spent the most money on Trump businesses in recent years have been new politicians who won the former president’s endorsement despite a lack of past electoral experience or success, including Moreno, former Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker and Arizona Senate hopeful Kari Lake.
In the first half of 2024, federal campaigns and PACs have spent nearly $3.2 million on Trump businesses, more than 80% of which came from Trump’s own campaign and associated groups. The biggest chunk – about $1.9 million – was spent by Trump’s campaign and fundraising committees on a Trump-owned company that operates his jet.
In total, campaigns and committees have spent more than $1 million at Mar-a-Lago so far this year, and about $200,000 at other Trump hotels and resorts.
Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for Trump’s campaign, said that “committees are paying the fair market rate for all venues and services” provided by Trump businesses.
The dynamic of candidates shelling out thousands on Trump’s businesses while vying for his endorsement – which can make or break Republican campaigns – is an example of how politics has boosted his businesses’ bottom line. And the former president’s influence helps explain why some candidates are traveling hundreds or thousands of miles to show up at a Trump hotel or resort, campaign finance experts said.
“He’s clearly now in complete control of the Republican Party,” said Daniel Weiner, director of the Brennan Center’s Elections and Government Program. “Patronizing his businesses has become one of the accepted ways that candidates and public officials express their loyalty to the party’s leader.”
Endorsees spending big
CNN analyzed Federal Election Commission data on more than 12 million campaign expenditures since 2011, and identified those that went to a variety of Trump-associated businesses, including Mar-a-Lago, his hotels and resorts, and the company tied to his jet.
About 150 congressional candidates have reported spending campaign funds at Trump businesses, including some Democrats in the years before his first presidential bid. New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez’s campaign spent several thousand dollars at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia in 2012, and the campaign of Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, a close ally of President Joe Biden, spent about $700 at the Trump International Resort in Florida in 2014.
But since Trump famously descended his golden escalator in 2015, every congressional candidate whose campaign has reported spending money at his businesses has been a Republican, the FEC data shows.
Most of them have received an endorsement from Trump at some point in their political careers. And some of the biggest spenders are politicians who have never held elected office but received key early endorsements from the former president that helped their campaigns win or avoid competitive primaries.
Moreno, the Ohio Senate candidate, is a clear example. A businessman who owns a host of car dealerships in the Cleveland area, Moreno originally ran for Senate in 2022, before dropping out after a conversation with Trump and eventually supporting now-vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance.
In April 2023, as Moreno prepared to run for the Senate again, he reported two payments at Mar-a-Lago totaling about $13,000 for “event catering.” The same day one of those payments was made, Trump posted on Truth Social that he had heard Moreno, who he called a “highly respected businessman,” was “thinking of running for the Senate,” and that he “would not be easy to be beat.” Moreno posted a screenshot of the missive on Twitter with a “Thank you sir!” and announced his campaign days later.
Trump endorsed Moreno on December 19. On December 21, Moreno reported spending nearly $17,000 more at Mar-a-Lago. He spent another $80,000 there in January, when his campaign held a fundraiser at the resort that raised about $350,000 in donations. At the event, Kimberly Guilfoyle, the fiancée of Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr., declared that “God has chosen” Moreno, and called him “an unbelievable patriot who has achieved so much,” social media video shows.
So far, about 5 percent of the total disbursements from Trump’s 2024 campaign committee have gone to his own businesses. That’s a larger percentage than for his 2016 or 2020 campaign committees – although that may be in part because overall campaign spending will ramp up ahead of the election. It’s not illegal for candidates to spend campaign funds at their own businesses, provided that the businesses are charging them a fair market rate, said Weiner, the Brennan Center expert. But he noted that donors may not realize some of their contributions are indirectly going into Trump’s pockets. “They want to help his ticket win, and they want to express their support,” Weiner said. “To the extent that a campaign is used in part to prop up his businesses – that’s a concern.” Beyond PACs associated with Trump’s campaign, some other GOP groups are spending less than they were in past election cycles. The Republican National Committee spent a total of more than $2 million at Trump hotels and resorts between 2016 and 2022. But it didn’t report any spending in 2023, and only a single $115.54 payment to “Trump Hotels” so far this year – despite concerns among some that Lara Trump could try to direct money to her father-in-law’s companies after her elevation to RNC co-chair in March. Similarly, the Senate Leadership Fund and the National Republican Congressional Committee spent tens of thousands of dollars at Trump properties in past election cycles but haven’t reported any spending there since 2020. The campaign spending at Mar-a-Lago and other Trump properties parallels other business ventures Trump has been involved in since he left the White House to earn money from his political supporters – including selling digital trading cards, promoting Trump-branded sneakers and hawking a $59.99 Bible.
Running for pres is good for business...probably the only thing keeping him solvent
Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018) The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago 2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy 2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE) 2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston 2020: Oakland, Oakland:2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana 2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville 2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
The funniest thing to me is that if Harris did anything similar the right would be lighting themselves on fire...yet they don't give two shits about trump doing it.
Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018) The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago 2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy 2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE) 2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston 2020: Oakland, Oakland:2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana 2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville 2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
How many cotton candy machines does your hair stylist go through in a year? When you sweat it looks like someone spilled a Powerade. David Byrne is going on tour and needs his suits back.
what is wrong with him? is he stiffing his makeup people now?
look at all that sweat on his shirt around his tie.
could trump be the first person since 1982 to actually experience the dreaded "ring around the collar"?
That's an altered photo, right? I mean, yikes! That can't be real.
as far as i have seen it is real. it was in arizona where it is really hot. it's conceivable that he sweat off a lot of his bronzer around his eyes and mouth, which is typically where people wipe when they are sweaty.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
what is wrong with him? is he stiffing his makeup people now?
look at all that sweat on his shirt around his tie.
could trump be the first person since 1982 to actually experience the dreaded "ring around the collar"?
That's an altered photo, right? I mean, yikes! That can't be real.
as far as i have seen it is real. it was in arizona where it is really hot. it's conceivable that he sweat off a lot of his bronzer around his eyes and mouth, which is typically where people wipe when they are sweaty.
Oh my god! I'm ready for my close up Mr. Hannity....
i just read that per rfk running mate, they are holding off on dropping out and endorsing trump until trump comes out and says operation warp speed was a failure.
this is literally the only thing his administration did right. and rfk wants him to renounce it.
as i think about it more, trump is probably going to do it because he has been running away from warp speed for a while now.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
i just read that per rfk running mate, they are holding off on dropping out and endorsing trump until trump comes out and says operation warp speed was a failure.
this is literally the only thing his administration did right. and rfk wants him to renounce it.
as i think about it more, trump is probably going to do it because he has been running away from warp speed for a while now.
Wait a sec - they want him to say that his only successful venture was a failure?
Kamala must have offered RFK a cabinet position for him to get Trump to say something that stupid.
what is wrong with him? is he stiffing his makeup people now?
look at all that sweat on his shirt around his tie.
could trump be the first person since 1982 to actually experience the dreaded "ring around the collar"?
That's an altered photo, right? I mean, yikes! That can't be real.
as far as i have seen it is real. it was in arizona where it is really hot. it's conceivable that he sweat off a lot of his bronzer around his eyes and mouth, which is typically where people wipe when they are sweaty.
i just read that per rfk running mate, they are holding off on dropping out and endorsing trump until trump comes out and says operation warp speed was a failure.
this is literally the only thing his administration did right. and rfk wants him to renounce it.
as i think about it more, trump is probably going to do it because he has been running away from warp speed for a while now.
Don't give him the dignity of referring to him as "RFK." Call him "RFK Jr." at best. RFK is spinning in his grave at the embarrassment his son has become.
i just read that per rfk running mate, they are holding off on dropping out and endorsing trump until trump comes out and says operation warp speed was a failure.
this is literally the only thing his administration did right. and rfk wants him to renounce it.
as i think about it more, trump is probably going to do it because he has been running away from warp speed for a while now.
Don't give him the dignity of referring to him as "RFK." Call him "RFK Jr." at best. RFK is spinning in his grave at the embarrassment his son has become.
RFK was a great man. He was going to crush Nixon, he was a political superstar. It really saddens me the turn the country took after his assassination. We really lost something that never came back. And still hasn't.
Comments
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
New York drug dealer whose prison sentence Trump commuted arrested on assault charges
A convicted New York drug dealer and predatory lender who was freed from federal prison after his sentence was commuted in 2021 by then-President Donald Trump was arrested on assault charges.
Jonathan Braun is accused in Nassau County court of assaulting his elderly father-in-law as he tried to protect his daughter from Braun and of assaulting her, The New York Times reported.
Braun was fined $20 million in February by a Manhattan federal court Judge Jed Rakoff in a civil case where the Federal Trade Commission had sued Braun for predatory lending practices.
Trump is now the Republican presidential nominee, and is set to face Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, the current vice president, in the 2024 election.
A convicted New York drug dealer and predatory lender who walked free from a 10-year federal prison sentence after it was commuted in 2021 by then-President Donald Trump has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife and her father, court records show.
Jonathan Braun, 41, is charged in Nassau County, Long Island, court with assaulting his 75-year-old father-in-law on Tuesday by punching him twice in the face with a closed fist as he was trying to protect his daughter from Braun, who is her husband.
Separately, Braun was also accused of assaulting that woman on July 17 by throwing her off a bed, "causing her substantial pain and bruising to her legs," a criminal complaint in Nassau County District Court says.
Braun also is accused of punching her in the head multiple times on Aug. 12 after throwing her to the floor, the complaint says.
He was also accused in Nassau County District Court of petit larceny, which the Times reported is related to allegations he failed to pay $160 in bridge tolls while driving a Lamborghini and Ferrari, both of which lack license plates, over about 40 different crossings of the bridge.
Braun pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Wednesday to one count of second-degree assault on a person 65 years or older, and two counts of third-degree assault, as well as on the larceny charge.
He was released on those charges without bail after the Nassau County District Attorney's office requested that bond be set at $35,000. A judge did issue orders of protection against him for the victims in the case.
Braun's arrest was first reported Wednesday night by The New York Times and Bloomberg.
Braun was fined $20 million in February by Manhattan federal court Judge Jed Rakoff in a civil case where the Federal Trade Commission had sued Braun for predatory lending practices.
"The evidence ... shows that Mr. Braun not only personally participated in this illegal conduct, but did so gleefully, with little remorse," Rakoff wrote in a ruling, which cited emails Braun had sent about the loans.
Braun's lawyer, Marc Fernich, in an email to CNBC said, "Mr. Braun was arrested in Nassau County in connection with an alleged domestic disturbance."
"He was released on his own recognizance after pleading not guilty and will address the allegations judicially," Fernich said.
Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for the now-Republican presidential nominee Trump, in a statement about Braun's arrest, said, "President Trump wants criminals to spend time behind bars unlike Kamala Harris who wants to end cash bail."
Vice President Harris is the Democratic presidential nominee.
Braun had served more than five years of his prison sentence for conspiracy to import marijuana and commit money laundering when Trump granted him clemency on Jan. 20, 2021, hours before leaving the White House.
He remains on supervised release for his criminal conviction, which means he potentially could be sent back to federal prison if a judge finds he violated the conditions of his release.
The Times reported last fall that Trump's commutation thwarted an ongoing effort by prosecutors to negotiate a cooperation deal with Braun that would have freed him from prison in exchange for his offering information about other predatory lenders for a criminal investigation.
The Times has also reported that Braun's family used connections it had to the family of Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who was a senior White House aide at the time, to set in motion the clemency he received from the then-president.
https://apple.news/AXeQw-XCkTq2xYv2CBYYk8w
Libtardaplorable©. And proud of it.
Brilliantati©
The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
When you sweat it looks like someone spilled a Powerade.
David Byrne is going on tour and needs his suits back.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Trump’s businesses are raking in millions of dollars from Republican political campaigns – including his own
Late last year, former President Donald Trump announced his endorsement of car dealership owner Bernie Moreno for Ohio’s Senate seat – elevating an untested candidate who’d never held public office over several other more prominent Republicans.
Two days later, Moreno’s campaign spent about $17,000 at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, and then followed up by spending an additional $79,000 the next month – making him one of the Florida club’s top political spenders.
He wasn’t alone. With glitzy Mar-a-Lago fundraisers, stays at Trump’s hotels, and flights on the former president’s private jet, Republican candidates and political groups are on track to spend more on Trump’s businesses this year than any year since 2016, according to a CNN analysis of federal campaign finance data.
Trump himself has been the biggest spender, both this year and over the last decade. Between his three presidential campaigns, Trump and associated political groups have funneled more than $28 million in campaign donations to his businesses – helping convert the enthusiasm of his political supporters into personal profit.
Other Republicans have followed suit, spending millions at Trump’s properties in an apparent attempt to curry favor with the former president and signal their allegiance to him to GOP voters.
Some of the candidates who’ve spent the most money on Trump businesses in recent years have been new politicians who won the former president’s endorsement despite a lack of past electoral experience or success, including Moreno, former Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker and Arizona Senate hopeful Kari Lake.
In the first half of 2024, federal campaigns and PACs have spent nearly $3.2 million on Trump businesses, more than 80% of which came from Trump’s own campaign and associated groups. The biggest chunk – about $1.9 million – was spent by Trump’s campaign and fundraising committees on a Trump-owned company that operates his jet.
In total, campaigns and committees have spent more than $1 million at Mar-a-Lago so far this year, and about $200,000 at other Trump hotels and resorts.
Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for Trump’s campaign, said that “committees are paying the fair market rate for all venues and services” provided by Trump businesses.
The dynamic of candidates shelling out thousands on Trump’s businesses while vying for his endorsement – which can make or break Republican campaigns – is an example of how politics has boosted his businesses’ bottom line. And the former president’s influence helps explain why some candidates are traveling hundreds or thousands of miles to show up at a Trump hotel or resort, campaign finance experts said.
“He’s clearly now in complete control of the Republican Party,” said Daniel Weiner, director of the Brennan Center’s Elections and Government Program. “Patronizing his businesses has become one of the accepted ways that candidates and public officials express their loyalty to the party’s leader.”
Endorsees spending big
CNN analyzed Federal Election Commission data on more than 12 million campaign expenditures since 2011, and identified those that went to a variety of Trump-associated businesses, including Mar-a-Lago, his hotels and resorts, and the company tied to his jet.
About 150 congressional candidates have reported spending campaign funds at Trump businesses, including some Democrats in the years before his first presidential bid. New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez’s campaign spent several thousand dollars at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia in 2012, and the campaign of Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, a close ally of President Joe Biden, spent about $700 at the Trump International Resort in Florida in 2014.
But since Trump famously descended his golden escalator in 2015, every congressional candidate whose campaign has reported spending money at his businesses has been a Republican, the FEC data shows.
Most of them have received an endorsement from Trump at some point in their political careers. And some of the biggest spenders are politicians who have never held elected office but received key early endorsements from the former president that helped their campaigns win or avoid competitive primaries.
Moreno, the Ohio Senate candidate, is a clear example. A businessman who owns a host of car dealerships in the Cleveland area, Moreno originally ran for Senate in 2022, before dropping out after a conversation with Trump and eventually supporting now-vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance.
In April 2023, as Moreno prepared to run for the Senate again, he reported two payments at Mar-a-Lago totaling about $13,000 for “event catering.” The same day one of those payments was made, Trump posted on Truth Social that he had heard Moreno, who he called a “highly respected businessman,” was “thinking of running for the Senate,” and that he “would not be easy to be beat.” Moreno posted a screenshot of the missive on Twitter with a “Thank you sir!” and announced his campaign days later.
Trump endorsed Moreno on December 19. On December 21, Moreno reported spending nearly $17,000 more at Mar-a-Lago. He spent another $80,000 there in January, when his campaign held a fundraiser at the resort that raised about $350,000 in donations. At the event, Kimberly Guilfoyle, the fiancée of Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr., declared that “God has chosen” Moreno, and called him “an unbelievable patriot who has achieved so much,” social media video shows.
Sorry, have to go vomit. Continues at link:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/23/politics/trump-businesses-campaign-spending-invs/index.html
Libtardaplorable©. And proud of it.
Brilliantati©
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/23/politics/trump-businesses-campaign-spending-invs/index.html
It’s not illegal for candidates to spend campaign funds at their own businesses, provided that the businesses are charging them a fair market rate, said Weiner, the Brennan Center expert. But he noted that donors may not realize some of their contributions are indirectly going into Trump’s pockets.
“They want to help his ticket win, and they want to express their support,” Weiner said. “To the extent that a campaign is used in part to prop up his businesses – that’s a concern.”
Beyond PACs associated with Trump’s campaign, some other GOP groups are spending less than they were in past election cycles. The Republican National Committee spent a total of more than $2 million at Trump hotels and resorts between 2016 and 2022. But it didn’t report any spending in 2023, and only a single $115.54 payment to “Trump Hotels” so far this year – despite concerns among some that Lara Trump could try to direct money to her father-in-law’s companies after her elevation to RNC co-chair in March.
Similarly, the Senate Leadership Fund and the National Republican Congressional Committee spent tens of thousands of dollars at Trump properties in past election cycles but haven’t reported any spending there since 2020.
The campaign spending at Mar-a-Lago and other Trump properties parallels other business ventures Trump has been involved in since he left the White House to earn money from his political supporters – including selling digital trading cards, promoting Trump-branded sneakers and hawking a $59.99 Bible.
Running for pres is good for business...probably the only thing keeping him solvent
The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_BNChosRyN/?igsh=Y20xYWNyZ2JjYXNt
Libtardaplorable©. And proud of it.
Brilliantati©
look at all that sweat on his shirt around his tie.
could trump be the first person since 1982 to actually experience the dreaded "ring around the collar"?
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
sad.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/former-us-president-and-republican-presidential-candidate-news-photo/2167160775?adppopup=true
this is literally the only thing his administration did right. and rfk wants him to renounce it.
as i think about it more, trump is probably going to do it because he has been running away from warp speed for a while now.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Kamala must have offered RFK a cabinet position for him to get Trump to say something that stupid.