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Truth Social Feeds and Crypto Schemes Fuel Executive Graft

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Donald Trump's monetization of the Truth Social API and family cryptocurrency schemes merge state power with private enrichment, while federal judges rebuke the Department of Justice for unlawful conduct. As Health and Human Services data reveals that corporations drive healthcare fraud rather than immigrants, centrist Democrats remain paralyzed by campaign donations from the very tech and crypto interests profiting from the collapse of institutional integrity.

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    Trump’s Truth Social API Is a Blatantly Corrupt Favor to Wall Street

    The Intercept2026-08-01

    By selling off early access to his posts at a premium, the president is merging a public good with his own profit motives. The post Trump’s Truth Social API Is a Blatantly Corrupt Favor to Wall Street appeared first on The Intercept.

    • structural power
    • geopolitics
    • OSINT methodology
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    Trump’s Biggest Challenge to American Democracy

    Foreign Policy2026-07-31

    The corruption crisis may be the most important source of rot in the U.S. system.

    • geopolitics
    • structural power
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    Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department For “Unlawful,” “Unethical” And “Unseemly” Conduct

    TechDirt2026-07-31

    This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Across the country, federal judges are calling out Department of Justice lawyers, questioning in unprecedented ways whether they can be trusted to tell the truth or uphold centuries-old legal norms. From…

    • media and technology
    • AI governance
    • structural power
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    Corporations, Not Immigrants, Are Responsible for Vast Majority of Healthcare Fraud, OIG Report Shows

    The Intercept2026-07-31

    Trump officials are focused on immigrants, but the Department of Health and Human Services report on fraud doesn’t even mention them. The post Corporations, Not Immigrants, Are Responsible for Vast Majority of Healthcare Fraud, OIG Report Shows appeared first on The Intercept.

    • structural power
    • geopolitics
    • OSINT methodology
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    Democrat senators ask US SEC to probe Trump Media’s fast feed sale

    Al Jazeera English2026-07-29

    Trump Media has discussed charging as much as $100,000 a month for the Truth API product for buyers to get first access.

    • geopolitics
    • structural power
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    Why are billionaires growing richer than ever?

    Al Jazeera English2026-07-22

    Billionaires are on the rise as the rest struggle with inequality, poverty and cost of living crisis.

    • geopolitics
    • structural power
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    John Oliver on Trump’s crypto dealings: ‘Flagrantly corrupt and compromised’

    The Guardian2026-07-27

    The Last Week Tonight host focused on the ‘shady shit’ the US president has been involved in with regards to crypto John Oliver took aim at Donald Trump and his family’s various crypto schemes on his return to Last Week Tonight, calling it all “corrupt and compromised”. The host joked that Trump loo…

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    Trump’s Crypto Corruption Puts Centrist Democrats in Bind

    The Intercept2026-07-23

    Moderate Democrats want to put a stop to Trump’s meme coin self-dealing. But that might cut off campaign donations from crypto interests. The post Trump’s Crypto Corruption Puts Centrist Democrats in Bind appeared first on The Intercept.

    • structural power
    • geopolitics
    • OSINT methodology