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The Senate Democrats enabling Trump's crypto windfall

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.
Hurricane season is no joke

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.
Pride and Prejudice in Corporate America

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.
The war on poor kids

3 weeks ago | popular.info | Judd Legum

Late Friday afternoon, the Trump administration released the details of its 2026 budget request. The 1,223-page document proposes slashing around $163 billion in non-defense spending. That isn't nearly enough to offset the trillions in tax cuts the administration is simultaneously seeking in the reconciliation bill. But the spending cuts would have severe consequences for the most vulnerable Americans, especially poor children.
UPDATE: Oklahoma parents fight back

1 month ago | popular.info | Judd Legum

Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters installed a new social studies curriculum that will require all of the state's public school students to be taught conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and the tenets of Christian nationalism. Walters said the new curriculum will allow "students to think for themselves" and "not be spoon-fed left-wing propaganda."Now, a group of Oklahoma parents is fighting back.
Trump's Truth Social raises $2.5 billion from undisclosed sources to buy Bitcoin

1 month ago | popular.info | Judd Legum

As a media company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the parent company of Truth Social, is a failure. According to its latest SEC filings, TMTG generated just $821,200 in revenue in the first quarter of 2025 against $40 million in expenses. For the entire year of 2024, the company generated $3.6 million in revenue and incurred $189 million in expenses. The company, tellingly, does not disclose the number of users it has.
How to kill 346 people and get away with it

1 month ago | popular.info | Judd Legum

On October 29, 2018, a Boeing 737 MAX operated by Lion Air crashed into the Java Sea about 13 minutes after taking off from an airport in Jakarta, Indonesia. All 189 people on board died. Less than five months later, on March 10, 2019, a 737 MAX operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 passengers and crew. In publicly filed legal documents, Boeing admitted that the crashes were related to a flaw in the design of the 737 MAX.
These companies touted their efforts to fight hunger. Now they support a $300 billion cut to food aid.

1 month ago | popular.info | Judd Legum |Rebecca Crosby

Republicans are working furiously to pass a massive reconciliation bill through Congress. The legislation cannot be filibustered and can therefore win approval without any support from Democrats. It features $3.7 trillion in tax cuts that are only partially offset by spending reductions. Although President Trump calls the legislation his "big, beautiful bill," the details are ugly. It is a massive transfer of wealth from the most vulnerable Americans to the richest.
Suggestion box

1 month ago | popular.info | Judd Legum

Popular Information is a newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. Here are some of our key stories over the past few weeks:Truth Social launches scheme to profit from Trump's tariff policies Fortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant familyNew Oklahoma curriculum includes pro-Trump conspiracy theoriesJudd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims·May 1UPDATE: Republican candidate for North Carolina Supreme Court finally concedes
Verizon said it was "fiercely committed to diversity and inclusion." Verizon lied.

1 month ago | popular.info | Judd Legum |Rebecca Crosby

"Verizon is fiercely committed to diversity and inclusion across all spectrums because it makes us and the world better."That is what Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg said on June 6, 2020. But Verizon's commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) was less fierce than advertised. Vestberg's statement has been removed from the company's website.