Plus their daughter donated to his campaign. So, did the mom of the sheriff he pardoned. Money talks. The rich walk free.
Normally in fraud conviction, the convicted criminals are ordered to make restitution on top of any jail time. Trump pardons of several fraudsters also erased the financial penalties. So the people they defrauded get screwed. Just like Trump will never pay his own civil fraud or defamation fines.
In October 2024, Trump went to hurricane ravaged North Carolina and told residents FEMA had no money for them because Biden had given it all to "illegals", a lie. He promised as president he would guarantee full funding for rebuilding. North Carolina Governor just informed no more FEMA funding although state workers still cleaning up debris, not even rebuilding. Fire ravaged California told, despite Newsom sprinting to the right, they need better state government, not FEMA. Not just states with Democratic governors. Missouri sent repeated requests for emergency declaration. No reply. Arkansas, whose governor is former Trump spokesliar Sarah Huckabee Sanders, was denied FEMA aid, then accepted. Mississippi has received no aid. Normally requests for emergency declaration handled within hours. Considered so urgent, if a request arrives at night, sides wake up president to sign. Trump said he wants to abolish FEMA.
He pardoned nursing home executive whose mother attended million dollar dinner. Executive pledge guilty to stealing $11 million in employee wages. He was ordered to pay back $4.5 million, less than half. Pardon means he can keep all ill gotten gains. The workers get nothing. They are poor low wage workers, probably a lot are immigrants. Not Trump's people. Who cares?
Funds for shelters for victims of domestic violence and sexual trafficking have been slashed. To qualify for few remaining grants, shelters must ban trans women and possibly lesbians, have no diversity policy, and are forbidden to refer to violence against women and sexual assault as social problems.
https://www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?view=table&sort=title&order=asc Impact Metrics Dashboard This dashboard visualizes the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations. Each metric represents real people affected by policy decisions. Deaths caused by Funding Discontinuation 101,407 Adult Deaths 211,600 Child Deaths Deaths Per Hour 103
Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to the deficit and leave 10.9 million more uninsured, CBO says The U.S. Capitol in Washington, Aug. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s big bill making its way through Congress will cut taxes by $3.75 trillion but also increase deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The CBO also estimates an increase of 10.9 million people without health insurance under the bill by 2034, including 1.4 million who are in the country without legal status in state-funded programs. The package would reduce federal outlays, or spending, by nearly $1.3 trillion over that period, the budget office said. “Republicans cry crocodile tears over the debt when Democrats are in charge — but explode it when they’re in power,” said Rep. Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee. “In the words of Elon Musk,” Boyle said, reviving the billionaire and former Trump aide’s criticism of the package, “this bill is a ‘disgusting abomination.’” The analysis comes at a crucial moment in the legislative process as Trump is pushing Congress to have the final product on his desk to sign into law by Fourth of July. The work of the CBO, which for decades has served as the official scorekeeper of legislation in Congress, will be weighed by lawmakers and others seeking to understand the budgetary impacts of the sprawling 1,000-page plus package. Ahead of CBO’s release, the White House and Republican leaders criticized the budget office in a pre-emptive campaign designed to sow doubt in its findings. Read More
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/climate/executive-order-gold-standard-science.html After drastically cutting scientific research, Trump now demanding his political appointees who have no scientific training "correct" research and punish any scientists whose work doesn't support his agenda Galileo was forced to recant when shown instruments of torture. Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake. Alan Turing was fired and chemically castrated for being gay. Oppenheimer lost security clearance, which ended his career. I never thought torturers of Galileo would be considered role models by US government.
Trump couldn't be bothered to commemorate D-Day. On his Twitter Lite he talked about Big beautiful ballroom he is having redone. President Zelenskyy honored allies who landed at Normandy. He's my president.
