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Trump email asked for donations so he could 'get to heaven'​


An August 2025 email from one of U.S. President Donald Trump's political action committees asked for $15 donations and began, "I want to try and get to heaven."

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In late August 2025, online users claimed an official fundraising email from U.S. President Donald Trump asked for $15 donations and began, "I want to try and get to heaven." Snopes received reader emails about this matter, and users also searched our website for information.

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Trump is primed to cash in on the crypto gold rush he’s helping create​

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here.

The White House will have you know the president is not involved in any conflicts of interest.

“Neither the President nor his family have ever engaged, or will ever engage, in conflicts of interest,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said this week when asked — not for the first time — about how her boss’s business empire interacts with his day job.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...s-helping-create/ar-AA1LOHL8?ocid=socialshare
 

Judge voids $2.2 billion Harvard funding freeze by Trump administration​

  • A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration's freeze of $2.2 billion in funds for Harvard University was illegal.
  • Judge Allison Burroughs agreed with Harvard's arguments that the administration imposed the funding freeze in retaliation for the Ivy League university's refusal to capitulate to demands for reforms that violated First Amendment protections under the Constitution.
  • The administration froze the grants after Harvard rejected demands that it end its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and screen international students for ideological biases.
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration's freeze of $2.2 billion in grant funds for Harvard University over concerns about antisemitism on campus and other issues was illegal.

Judge Allison Burroughs agreed with Harvard's arguments that the administration imposed the funding freeze in retaliation for the Ivy League university's refusal to capitulate to demands for reforms that violated First Amendment protections under the Constitution.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...p-administration/ar-AA1LOCOy?ocid=socialshare
 

Donald Trump and the art of extortion | Opinion​

Today the Senate Banking Committee will consider Trump’s nomination of economic adviser Stephen Miran to be a governor of the Federal Reserve. Trump would like to get Miran confirmed in time for the Fed’s rate-setting meeting in two weeks.

Meanwhile, a federal judge has asked lawyers for Lisa Cook, the Fed governor whom Trump is trying to fire, to file more briefs as she pushes back against Trump. The law says a president can fire a member of the board only “for cause,” which normally means professional neglect or malfeasance. Trump alleges that Cook has committed mortgage fraud, but she has not been charged with any crime or convicted of any wrongdoing.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...xtortion-opinion/ar-AA1LRARg?ocid=socialshare
 

U.S. Supreme Court poised to resolve clashes over Trump's power​

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has pushed the boundaries of executive power to impose sweeping tariffs, crack down on immigration and attempt to fire a Federal Reserve governor, and these actions could dominate the U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming docket.

"It's about to be, 'Does the president have the power to do that?' season at the Supreme Court," said Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson. "While each case brings up slightly different issues, when and if the Supreme Court tackles deportations, tariffs and the firing of members of executive agencies, the big question will be whether or not President Trump had the authority to take those actions."

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...er-trump-s-power/ar-AA1LRmAH?ocid=socialshare
 

A Different RFK Jr. Just Appeared Before Congress​

Some Republican senators, it seems, have begun to fret that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was not being entirely honest when he sought their votes to confirm him as secretary of Health and Human Services. Back in January, Kennedy reassured lawmaker after lawmaker that he would not limit access to vaccines. But today, before the Senate Finance Committee, he aggressively defended anti-vaccine talking points, alarming Democrats and Republicans alike. “You promised to uphold the highest standards for vaccines,” Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming, a Republican, told Kennedy today. “Since then, I’ve grown deeply concerned.”

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...-before-congress/ar-AA1LTFd5?ocid=socialshare
 

“How can you be so ignorant?”: RFK Jr. called “charlatan” during bipartisan Senate grilling​

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced an intensely critical committee of senators from both parties on Thursday, in a hostile hearing that saw him come in for a grilling on many of his signature policies.

The hearing comes after weeks of controversy surrounding Kennedy’s actions as the nation’s top health official. Kennedy’s handling of vaccinations and his departmental firings have earned the ire of a bipartisan group of legislators. In early August, Kennedy cut $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts. Three weeks later, Kennedy moved to fire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez for reportedly failing to get in line with his vaccine restrictions, leading a rash of resignations of high-profile doctors and researchers.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...-senate-grilling/ar-AA1LTJZI?ocid=socialshare
 

How the U.S. turned war into a business model​

Aug 29, 2025 The Financial History Files
Wars don’t just change borders — they reshape money and power. From World War I bonds to the Vietnam inflation spiral, from the petrodollar to the trillion-dollar War on Terror, every conflict has been a financial opportunity for those who knew how to profit. Meanwhile, ordinary people paid the price through taxes, inflation, and lost wealth.
This episode of The Financial Historian uncovers the hidden financial system behind modern wars — and how the same tactics still shape your cost of living, your debt, and your financial freedom today. Understanding this history is more than financial education; it’s the key to protecting yourself in a world where money and power are inseparable.
Learn how wealth is created, lost, and weaponized. Because history doesn’t repeat — it compounds.


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Can't speak as to the veracity of this one.

 

Tesla’s nearly $1 trillion new pay plan for Musk would expand his voting power​

  • Tesla’s board is asking investors to approve a new pay plan for CEO Elon Musk worth about $975 billion.
  • The full award would give Musk more than 423 million additional shares.
  • The company will also ask shareholders to vote on whether the automaker should invest in Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI.
Tesla is asking investors to approve yet another outsized pay plan for CEO Elon Musk, according to a financial filing out Friday.

The total package is worth about $975 billion based on the maximum payout, assuming share count remains.

The proposed plan for Musk, already the world’s wealthiest individual, consists of 12 tranches of shares to be granted if Tesla hits certain milestones over the next decade. It would also give Musk increased voting power over the EV maker and aspiring robotics titan, which he has publicly demanded since early 2024.

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Nothing to see. Can listen in one tab, play around the forum in a different tab.

Fast Boats and Market Crash​


Sep 5, 2025 Doug Casey's Take
Find us at www.crisisinvesting.comJoin Doug and Matt as they delve into the recent U.S. Navy's decision to blow up a Venezuelan fast boat, discussing its implications and the broader geopolitical issues surrounding it. They also address questions on market crash predictions, the current stock market's high valuations, and potential investment strategies. Additionally, Doug shares his thoughts on alternative residences, speculative investments in gold and silver, and the role of the World Economic Forum in global politics. Lastly, they highlight the importance of personal preparedness in an uncertain world.


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Mystery of former Federal Reserve Governor Kugler’s resignation deepens as real estate records raise new questions​

  • Former Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler resigned abruptly last month, and she has declined to say why she quit the board with just a few months to go before her term ended.
  • President Donald Trump has waged a months long pressure campaign against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. He most recently tried to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook over allegations from administration officials that her mortgage records indicate she may have committed fraud.
  • A CNBC review of Kugler’s personal financial disclosures and her Maryland state tax records revealed two descriptions of her personal residence that appear to be incompatible with each other.
  • Kugler says the apparent inconsistency is the result of an error made by county tax officials.
Former Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler’s abrupt resignation from the board on Aug. 1 – and her unexplained absence at a key meeting two days earlier – left the financial community shocked and confused.

Nominated by Democratic former President Joe Biden to fill a surprise vacancy on the Fed board and confirmed in 2023, Kugler’s term was not set to expire until January of 2026.

In her Aug. 1 resignation letter, addressed to Trump, Kugler offered no explanation for why she was leaving her job just months before her term ended.

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Man found living in decked-out crawl space of Oregon condo, deputies say​

Authorities this week said they discovered a man who had been living for some time in the crawl space of a condo near Portland, Oregon, that had been outfitted with various items, including lights, chargers and a bed. He also appeared to have changed the locks on the doors of the space.

According to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, the situation unfolded a little before 11 p.m. local time Wednesday when deputies were called to a condo complex near Happy Valley, a small city located just southeast of Portland, after a witness reported seeing a man who wasn't known as a resident parking his car and walking toward the back of one of the buildings.

The witness also reported seeing the door to a crawl space open and a light on inside, the sheriff's office said.

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Publishers Clearing House Stops Paying Winners​

Sep 6, 2025
Publishers Clearing House has cut off payments to some of its winners because they entered bankruptcy.


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BREAKING: Feud erupts at US Supreme Court​

Sep 5, 2025 Brian Tyler Cohen
Democracy Watch episode 376: Federal judges open rift with US Supreme Court justices

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National Guard documents show public ‘fear,’ troops’ ‘shame’ over D.C. presence​

The National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., has assessed that its mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military,” and promoting a sense of “shame” among some troops and veterans, according to internal documents reviewed by The Washington Post.

The assessments, which have not been previously reported, underscore how domestic mobilizations that are rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ confidence in the men and women who serve their communities in times of crisis. The documents reveal, too, with a rare candor in some cases, that military officials have been kept apprised that their mission is viewed by a segment of society as wasteful, counterproductive and a threat to long-standing precedent stipulating that U.S. soldiers — with rare exception — are to be kept out of domestic law enforcement matters.

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'Far-reaching harm': Pro-Trump lawyer John Eastman should be disbarred and judged harshly for 'specific and general deterrence,' state bar says​


The State Bar of California has asked the Golden State's highest court to affirm a disbarment recommendation for former law professor John Eastman over his role in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in favor of President Donald Trump.

On Monday, bar attorneys filed a 34-page petition with the California Supreme Court seeking a ruling on certain issues related to the standard of review. The petition also asks the justices to agree that Eastman should lose his law license over his pro-Trump lawyering.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...e-state-bar-says/ar-AA1MikjC?ocid=socialshare
 
Nothing to see. You know the drill.

Charlie Kirk, Mercantilism, and More​

Sep 12, 2025 Doug Casey's Take
In this episode, Doug discusses the shocking news of Charlie Kirk's assassination, the suspect's arrest, and the potential implications for U.S. politics. Doug also dives into an in-depth analysis of Trump's economic policies, comparing them to mercantilism and economic fascism, and explores their potential impact on the American economy. Lastly, Doug answers listener questions on buying small businesses, Argentina's economic outlook post-Miley elections, and his long-held dream of opening a 'Rick's Cafe Americaine'.
Time stamp below the vid on youtube.


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It Was a Failing Temple. Then It Started Offering God’s Help in Getting a Visa.​

HYDERABAD, India—Devout Hindus often pilgrimage to temples seeking divine intervention in matters of health, wealth and love. One holy place is known for aiding in a more earthly endeavor: securing a visa to go overseas.

For decades, the faithful have flocked to the Chilkur Balaji temple, commonly known as the Visa Temple, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad to pray for celestial help to study or work in countries like the U.S., U.K., and Australia. Some carry passports to be blessed by priests for an extra serving of good luck.

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High North News opinion piece (dyodd)

www.highnorthnews.com

We Are Placing Our Faith in the Hands of a President With Contempt for Democracy

Comment: The US warship USS Gerald R. Ford has sailed into the Oslofjord once again. This reminds the rest of the country that we must prepare for war. Yet, the voyage into a fjord usually filled with cruise boats and pleasure yachts is also a story about us placing our faith in the hands of a...
www.highnorthnews.com www.highnorthnews.com
 
I have no clue if this is true or not so take it fwiw and dyodd. Some of the replies are interesting.

 
It was a bubble made by fake employment numbers when he got it.
 
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