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Jan 16, 2025 | 
usnews.com | Frank Vogl
Donald Trump’s inauguration next week is the beginning of an oligarchy that’s been 15 years in the making. The day after Trump’s return to office marks the anniversary of the disastrous 2010 Supreme Court decision on Citizens United, which allowed for unlimited independent spending on elections. The ruling gave wealthy donors and special interests outsize influence in Washington, and the results are now on full display in Trump’s administration, a veritable billionaire’s ball.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
msn.com | Frank Vogl
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
usnews.com | Frank Vogl |Jay M. Feinman
A major challenge President-elect Donald Trump faces upon taking office in two weeks is one that he seems likely to ignore: Wealthy Americans are getting wealthier while a huge number of Americans are getting poorer. The wealth gap is not a new problem, but it’s getting worse. In 1990, the bottom half of American households had a combined wealth of about $700 billion, while the top 0.1% held slightly more than double that at $1.8 trillion, according to Federal Reserve data.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
theglobalist.com | Frank Vogl |Markus Heinrich
Donald J. Trump, who relishes nothing so much as a great deal, is setting the stage for an triple avalanche of transactions. These upcoming deals may first of all make him very rich, next add formidably to the wealth of his children and finally provide a bonanza to a group of vastly rich and fawning tycoons surrounding the Trump clan.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
usnews.com | Frank Vogl |Albert Hunt |Patrick Brown
The 2024 presidential election was flooded with money – but it doesn’t look like it was money that bought President-elect Donald Trump glory. Vice President Kamala Harris raised about $1.65 billion in direct donations and contributions from political action committees by October, according to OpenSecrets, a research group that tracks money in politics, against Trump’s $1.09 billion; in other words, she lost the race despite significantly outspending Trump.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
theglobalist.com | Frank Vogl |Markus Heinrich
I am exhausted. I am not alone. With gathering momentum, Donald Trump shouts ever-more crazy accusations against anyone and everyone who does not support his bid to return to the White House. He mixes wild, sometimes incoherent, campaign speeches with direct sales pitches for $100,000 Trump watches, for Trump bibles, gold-colored Trump shoes and all kinds of other merchandise. Meanwhile, his wife, Melania has a book coming out on October 8.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
theglobalist.com | Frank Vogl |Markus Heinrich
The Supreme Court of the United States has given the American President a license to pursue corruption. This extraordinary decision will have long-term effects in the United States and across the world. It will encourage authoritarian leaders to steal even more cash from their citizens. Lawyers for Donald Trump argued before the Supreme Court that criminal charges brought against him by the U.S. Special Prosecutor relating to his conduct after the November 2020 election should be set aside.
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May 4, 2024 | 
theglobalist.com | Frank Vogl |Markus Heinrich
Approximately 120 people gathered in front of the central laws courts of Malta to hold a vigil in memory of Daphne Caruana Galizia. It was the evening of April 16, and every month, on the 16th, a similar vigil is held. The message: We dare never forget Daphne’s courage and heroism. “Justice for Daphne” is the slogan that abounds in the square. One speaker after another at the vigil asserted that the fight for justice continues. It was on October 16, 2017, that Daphne was blown to pieces in her car.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
dawnmena.org | Frank Vogl
Frank Vogl is the author of The Enablers: How the West Supports Kleptocrats and Corruption—Endangering Our Democracy (Roman & Littlefield). He is the co-founder of Transparency International and the Partnership for Transparency Fund. With famine looming in the devastation of Gaza, where Israel's military campaign continues, behind the scenes Egypt's leaders may be maneuvering to exploit the situation.
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Feb 18, 2024 | 
hnonline.sk | Frank Vogl
Ľudia sa zhromaždili pred ruským veľvyslanectvom vo Varšave na protest proti úmrtiu ruského opozičného lídra Alexeja Navaľného v trestaneckej kolónii. FOTO: TASR/AP Západné médiá, diplomati, vládni predstavitelia – nehovoriac o tituloch západného biznisu – neustále bagatelizujú politickú silu masových verejných kampaní proti korupcii v krajinách, ktoré riadia kleptokrati.
