Throwing money in trump's direction, you say?

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Investigative reports by organizations like ProPublica, Reuters, and the Center for American Progress describe various financial conduits connecting Russian oligarchs and elites to figures and family members within the Trump orbit through real estate, shell companies, and direct gifts.

Luxury Real Estate Purchases

  According to a Reuters special report, at least 63 individuals with Russian passports or addresses bought at least $98.4 million worth of property in seven Trump-branded luxury towers in southern Florida.

  Critics and investigators note that cash-heavy luxury real estate purchases provide a way for foreign nationals to move large amounts of money into U.S. assets.

Shell Companies and Campaign Financing

  The Center for American Progress reported that Kremlin-linked actors used anonymous bank accounts, shell corporations, and wire transfers to move millions around the 2016 campaign and presidential inauguration.

  In 2018, public documents released by attorney Michael Avenatti alleged that a firm linked to Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg deposited $500,000 into a shell company controlled by Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen.

Direct Event Funding and Personal Gifts

  A September 2026 investigation by ProPublica revealed that Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev bankrolled hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses for Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding after-party in the Bahamas.

  ProPublica reported that Kremlev—who has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin—paid for private island rentals and fireworks through a Dubai-based entity.

  Donald Trump Jr. and his wife acknowledged the funding on social media and called Kremlev a personal friend. President Donald Trump later stated that his son would repay the money to Kremlev.

Things that make you go, "Hmmmm"

...it seems like the current US administration is acting as an agent for the country's enemies

I think you are underestimating the barriers that the Trump administration is putting in place to make things difficult for people going through the same route as you did in the past.

The lawyer is there to help you when things don't go according to plan.

Even in the past, it wasn't so smooth for everyone. In the days when you submitted your own fingerprints, the INS kept "losing" the fingerprints a friend of mine submitted for his Green Card application. Bizarrely, they approved his wife's application. Bizarre because her application was dependent on his.

The US version of HIGNFY is not a patch on the BBC version.

I think it misses an important point about the seals. The seals are designed to work with a higher pressure outside the sub. With a pressure differential in the opposite direction, I suspect that they might leak a lot.

My Pixel 9a doesn't really have a power button. Holding the top button brings up the AI assistant. You have to press and hold the top power and the volume up buttons, then, touch the option to power down or restart.

It's an Astroturf campaign designed to benefit fossil fuel companies. The same companies that donated heavily to Trump's last Presidential campaign.

"You all are wealthy enough, that you should raise $1 billion to return me to the White House," -- Trump to oil companies.

Note that the CAISO data does not show solar generation happening behind the meter -- rooftop solar. It only shows the net flows of electricity by a property with solar and other sources (battery).

If there are no junior bankers in the pipeline, what happens when the senior bankers retire? Or is the plan to replace them with AI too?

Pocket Casts was unimproved around the time it was acquired. The UI was simple and effective.

I recently had to limit battery usage to foreground only because it was using a stupid amount of the battery charge.

The heart of the problem is Fox News Lies and the constant feed of propaganda they produce that the boomers willingly swill

America will fail if we continue to allow fox news lies to sway the American people

... because, as soon as they have eliminated wages the next outrageous cost to eliminate will be social security/pensions

I have a Windows 11 laptop that I use occasionally. My daily driver runs Linux.

I'll keep the Windows 11 laptop turned off for a few days for any fallout to occur and bad patches to be pulled.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.plugshare.com%2Floca...

Perhaps the username "sri" is Stanley Kpenkan

It's a Chargepoint charger, and the pricing is clear. Thinking that the display was a mistake was in fact a huge mistake.

It's not an EVGo charger. It's a Chargepoint charger that the car owner accessed via a roaming agreement in the EVGo app. This is made clear in TFA.

But I wonder if the dealership is received some kind of credit for having a "public" charger, while discouraging the public from actually using it via the outrageous pricing.