Noel Sims

3 weeks ago | popular.info | Judd Legum |Rebecca Crosby |Noel Sims

President Trump is shamelessly exploiting the presidency for personal profit. At the center of this effort is a variety of crypto ventures. For example, Trump recently gifted a VIP tour of the White House to the largest purchasers of his crypto meme coin, $TRUMP. The average winner bought about $4.3 million worth of Trump meme coins. USD1, a "stablecoin" recently created by the Trump-backed crypto firm World Liberty Financial, may eventually offer Trump an even bigger payday.

3 weeks ago | popular.info | Judd Legum |Rebecca Crosby |Noel Sims

David Richardson, who became the acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) last month, told FEMA employees on Monday that he did not know the United States had a hurricane season. Richardson was put in charge of FEMA on May 8 after his predecessor, Cameron Hamilton, testified in Congress that he did not support President Trump's plan to shutter the agency.

3 weeks ago | popular.info | Judd Legum |Rebecca Crosby |Noel Sims

For years, major corporations publicly celebrated the LGBTQ community. Corporations regularly highlighted the contributions of LGBTQ employees, facilitated LGBTQ resource groups, donated to pro-LGBTQ charities, and sponsored Pride Month parades each June. This was supposedly part of a principled commitment to inclusion, including the full spectrum of sexual orientations and gender identities.

1 month ago | popular.info | Judd Legum |Noel Sims

The Republican reconciliation legislation — which President Trump refers to as his "big, beautiful bill" — is winding its way through Congress. Trump is right about one thing: it's big. The tax and spending legislation, which is exempt from the filibuster and can therefore be passed without any Democratic votes, is 389 pages. Tucked away on page 380 is a provision that would give the Trump administration a powerful new tool to silence dissent.

1 month ago | popular.info | Judd Legum |Noel Sims

"I'm very troubled by the reports to date about Jamal Khashoggi. We are following the situation closely, and unless a substantially different set of facts emerges, I won't be attending the FII conference in Riyadh."Those were the words of Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on October 12, 2018, explaining his decision not to attend Saudi Arabia's FII investment conference. On October 2, 2018, Khashoggi, a columnist for the Washington Post who was critical of the Saudi regime, was .