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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is further attempting to prove he's pals with Donald Trump after launching a lawsuit appealed to the Supreme Court that Trump and other candidates should be able to pay themselves back the millions of dollars they use to self-fund their campaigns. 
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18 congressional Republicans and one Libertarian have received $21.7 million for 38 businesses with which they are associated. Nine Democrats received $6.1 million for 11 of their own businesses. An additional roughly $54 million went to nonprofits, think tanks and policy institutes, congressional caucuses, and higher education institutions tied to members of both parties.
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Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), the wealthiest member of Congress and co-owner of the Atlanta Dream female basketball team, has faced criticism after objecting to the Women’s National Basketball Association’s plans to honor the Black Lives Matter movement.
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CREW has revealed 24 instances in which changes to federal rules and regulations under the Trump administration may benefit his businesses.
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President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis has been the breaking point for some of his fans in rural Virginia.A dozen seafood and agricultural workers in the state’s Northern Neck peninsula — where Trump beat Hillary Clinton by nearly 10 points in 2016 — expressed frustration to the Insider website over the president’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Occupy Hades's insight:
Donald Trump treats Trump supporters like they're expendable. As if they're nothing more than a means to an end.
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Democrats have tried to prevent Trump from receiving taxpayer money at his businesses for three years. This week, they finally scored a small victory.
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The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is a case study of how lawmakers can make themselves richer with the bills they pass.
Occupy Hades's insight:
"To all this we can add widespread corruption and self-serving tax evasion, which has taken on worldwide dimensions. The thirst for power and possessions knows no limits." - Pope Francis
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The bill comes after her political allies formed a nonprofit under an IRS designation commonly used for dark money political groups.
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Donald Trump maintained a stake in Trump Tower when he became president, and with it, a financial connection to the Chinese government.
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According to new reports out this week, Donald Trump’s friends and family managed to score at least $21 million from the PPP small business loan program created to help save small businesses during the pandemic.
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That’s the question taxpayers should be asking as the Trump administration refuses to reveal where a half-trillion dollars of our hard-earned cash has gone.
Occupy Hades's insight:
Inquiring minds want to know if embezzlement is an impeachable offence. After all, it's not nice to rip off Uncle Sam. That goes double for the Heretic in the Oval Office and the Patrons of Greed in the GOP leadership.
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Rep. Katie Porter has been all business since being elected to office. Today, Rep. Porter released a report showing that in spite of growing concerns and warnings about the potential oncoming pandemic threat of the COVID-19 virus from top officials...
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Trump used his presidential tour of four states for profit by staying every night at his Las Vegas Trump Hotel. He claimed the Secret Service planned it.
Occupy Hades's insight:
"The public deserves to know if Trump is once again lying about the Secret Service’s role in funnelling taxpayer dollars toward one of his businesses." - Citizens For Ethics in Washington (CREW).
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