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Click any node or connection in the Trump crypto empire map to open its panel and view explanatory annotations and citations. Toggle the income overlay to see financial-disclosure figures from the most recent filings. Search for entities, or filter by category. map.citationneeded.news

A screenshot of the map, with a side panel open showing Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. Side panel contents: Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust Intermediary Entity When Walter Shaub, then Director of the Office of Government Ethics, called on President Trump to divest from the Trump Organization during his first term, Trump instead transferred his operating businesses to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. Many had urged him to use a blind trust. Critics argued the DJT Revocable Trust fell far short of that standard: Trump remained the sole beneficiary, his son controlled the assets, and Trump could revoke the arrangement at any time. Shaub later commented that the arrangement was “meaningless from a conflict of interest perspective” and that “setting up a trust to hold his operating businesses adds nothing to the equation. This is not a blind trust—it’s not even close.” Established 2014 Sources ↗ Stenglein, Christine, "OGE Director warns Trump’s business plan insufficient", The Brookings Institution, January 11, 2017 ↗ Craig, Susanne, and Eric Lipton, "Trust Records Show Trump Is Still Closely Tied to His Empire", The New York Times, February 3, 2017 ↗ Kravitz, Derek, and Al Shaw, "Trump Lawyer Confirms President Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants", ProPublica, April 4, 2017 ←controlled by Donald Trump Jr. According to a 2024 regulatory filing, Donald Trump Jr. "is the sole trustee and has sole voting and

OpenAI head of strategic futures posted: “Open-weight models are inherently decelerationist” This is OpenAI’s version of “Linux is a cancer” Both baseless emotional phrases, but one appealed to the masses, OpenAI’s appeals to Silicon Valley sects and telegraphs the Ezra Klein punditosphere.

WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"

Q: Did you ultimately decide to charge so harshly at the president's direction? PIRRO: I didn't charge anything harshly (That's not a no!)

Trump: "Intel came in. They had a problem. I said, 'I can solve your problem, but I want 10% of the company' ... somebody said that's not very American. I said, 'No, I think it's very American, actually.' And I've done that with other deals."

Q: How can you square charging this alleged vandal when this DOJ has-- PIRRO: Already this is a problem Q: Over 1,000 January 6 rioters who caused millions of damage-- PIRRO: Are you really talking about January 6? I'm not. Who's next. Not you! No!

Folarin Balogun, who is a US citizen because he was born here, scores a go-ahead goal for the US team in a knockout game. Score one for birthright citizenship.

The government is abandoning its climate commitments and pawning off the future of our young people by doubling down on fossil fuels. Shannon LNG will be a disaster for Ireland’s transition away from fossil fuels.

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Want to qualify to celebrate America's 250th July 4? The Kennedy School is offering a "free, short, nonpartisan HarvardX online course on the U.S. Constitution" (tbc: it's 250 since the Declaration, not the Constitution (trick question #1)): bit.ly/FreeCourseHa... (click “audit” 4 free ver.)

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