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malaise

(296,076 posts) Sun Nov 2, 2025, 07:23 PM Nov 2025

The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry

Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp relief

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/02/trump-cost-ballroom-government-shutdown

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Sun Nov 2, 2025, 07:44 PM

Nov 2025

From Good People

The Trump administration’s pause on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement has received much publicity. What has received much less attention, though, are the administration’s actions to weaken enforcement of the flip side of the FCPA—the bribe takers. That’s the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, established in 2010 by the Department of Justice.

https://www.fbm.com/publications/axing-dojs-kleptocracy-team-is-a-boon-for-foreign-bribe-takers/

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