Episode Details

Trump's family has pulled in hundreds of millions from a collapsing meme coin scheme while the president sells access at Mar-a-Lago, shrugs off diplomacy as too expensive, and turns public office into a private revenue stream. At the same time, a Syrian billionaire family appears to have helped engineer sanctions relief through Trump-branded resort deals, and a federal judge is now questioning whether Trump's $10 billion IRS lawsuit amounts to the president trying to pay himself with taxpayer money.

The Breakdown:
Trump attended a Mar-a-Lago gala for top $TRUMP meme coin holders after the coin fell roughly 96 percent from its peak, while his family kept profiting from transaction fees and coin-related revenue
A New York Times investigation tied a Syrian billionaire family to efforts to lift Caesar Act sanctions after Trump-branded development deals and business ties with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
A federal judge questioned whether Trump's $10 billion IRS lawsuit is constitutionally valid because he controls the agencies on both sides of the case
Taxpayers continue covering the enormous cost of repeated trips to Trump's own properties, creating yet another way public money flows back into his orbit
Federal workers and everyday Americans are still holding the line, showing up, doing the work, and refusing to let public institutions be hollowed out
Bette Midler's updated rendition of Woody Guthrie's "All You Fascists" points people back toward solidarity, resistance, and the power of collective action

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