Posts by Shopie Claire
Inside the Private Equity Scam—and the Livelihoods It Has Destroyed
Over the course of Bad Company, Greenwell follows four people whose lives have been altered by a private equity takeover. The history and policy analysis act as a scaffolding for these stories; it’s in these intimate portraits that the book truly shines. Though never stated outright, the experiences of Greenwell’s subjects act as a powerful…
Read MoreJerome Powell Calls BS to Trump’s Face as He Spouts Made-Up Numbers
Fed Chair Jerome Powell called out President Trump for lying about the cost of renovations to the Federal Reserve headquarters. Trump has been purposefully trying to increase the cost of the renovations so that he can blame Powell for mismanaging funds, as a pretext for firing him. “It looks like it’s about $3.1 billion, it…
Read MoreRFK Jr. Captured in Old Photos Partying With Jeffrey Epstein
In March 2024, Kennedy was roundly mocked online for defending his interactions with Epstein by, oddly, listing numerous other figures accused or convicted of horrendous acts with whom he’s also had run-ins, such as Harvey Weinstein, O.J. Simpson, and Bill Cosby. That bizarre remark aside, the health secretary’s past connections to Epstein still were seemingly…
Read MoreMAGA Rep Gives Scummiest Defense of Trump’s Friendship With Epstein
“The Left’s hypocrisy truly has no end—for years, they have come after South Park for what they labeled as ‘offense’ content, but suddenly they are praising the show,” Rogers wrote. “Just like the creators of South Park, the Left has no authentic or original content, which is why their popularity continues to hit record lows.…
Read MoreGOP Senator Admits He Killed Epstein Resolution to Give Trump “Cover”
“The Left’s hypocrisy truly has no end—for years, they have come after South Park for what they labeled as ‘offense’ content, but suddenly they are praising the show,” Rogers wrote. “Just like the creators of South Park, the Left has no authentic or original content, which is why their popularity continues to hit record lows.…
Read MorePete Hegseth’s Signalgate Saga Somehow Gets Worse
A new report pokes gaping holes in the Trump administration’s already unconvincing assurances that no classified information was disclosed during the March “Signalgate” fiasco. The Washington Post reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s infamous Signal messages regarding strikes on Yemen—which were shared in a group chat that inadvertently included Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg—derived…
Read MoreThe Name You Thought Was in the Epstein Files Is in the Epstein Files
Well, The Wall Street Journal has confirmed what has been apparent for quite some time: President Donald Trump’s name is in the Epstein files multiple times. An exclusive Wednesday report in the Journal states that Attorney General Pam Bondi notified the president that his name was in the files back in May. The report directly…
Read MoreRepublican Senator Calls on Trump to “Release the Damn” Epstein Files
“What do you now have that refutes” previous investigations into the matter, inquired a reporter. “I will encourage you, in my role as director of national intelligence—my job, again, I said when I came into this role, was to make sure we are telling the truth to the American people, and that we are ensuring…
Read MoreTrump’s EPA Plans to Kill Rule Critical to Fighting Climate Change
“It’s really disheartening to see President Trump just declare that to be a hoax. I don’t think it is. And I think it’s going to cause him trouble in his own base. It already is,” he continued, per the Beast. “Someone in his circle has convinced him that, ‘Oh this is like Hunter Biden’s laptop…
Read MoreRFK Jr. Is Letting AI Help Run the FDA. There’s Just One Problem
“It’s really disheartening to see President Trump just declare that to be a hoax. I don’t think it is. And I think it’s going to cause him trouble in his own base. It already is,” he continued, per the Beast. “Someone in his circle has convinced him that, ‘Oh this is like Hunter Biden’s laptop…
Read MoreTulsi Gabbard Tries to Throw Obama Under the Bus to Help Trump
“The sanctions are believed to be part of a federal deal Columbia is about to announce that includes a formal partnership with the zionist Anti-Defamation League and an agreement to use the [International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s] definition of antisemitism, which equates criticism of Israel with discrimination against Jews,” CUAD wrote in the same statement. “In…
Read MoreOath Keepers Founder Pardoned by Trump Warns Him Over Epstein Files
Introduced by Representative Thomas Massie, who has a habit of actually standing up to Donald Trump, the bill aims to “make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the possession of the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Attorneys’…
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