“The Bizarre Connection Between Iran Negotiations and Trump’s Crypto Firm” @russchoma.bsky.social for @motherjones.com

World Liberty Financial has developed close ties to the Pakistani government.

The president’s sons are using scarce clean energy to mine for bitcoins.

Trump raked in $28 million from Middle East business deals. Then he started a war.

Trump once did a deal with oligarchs allegedly linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard

Trump business partner promises new tower won’t be as tacky as Australians fear

In 2023, Pulte’s charity donated $65,000 to a nonprofit called One World Love LLC for “assistance to underserved people,” according to annual tax filings. But our investigation found no charities with a matching employer identification number or the name “One World Love” anywhere in the country.

Trump’s new business partner in Australia has a big pitch for everyone down under: it won’t be tacky and all gold. Also, it’s Australian made, but financed by unnamed investors in Singapore, UAE, Hong Kong and the US www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

i mean... uh... well... lordy. this defies summation. incredible story. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

When @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered a Goodreads page tied to the email of a top Pentagon official featuring books on “Asian wife sharing” and other pornographic works, he did what any reporter would do: ask the Pentagon questions. The next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.

This story is wild, even by Trump 2.0-era standards

Reporter @dfriedman.bsky.social was working on a story about a top aide to Pete Hegseth. Then Pizzagate promoter Jack Posobiec threatened to write a scurrilous story about him. ow.ly/EpQp50XHpYo

New investigation from @schwellenbach.bsky.social w/ @motherjones.com @russchoma.bsky.social and @dfriedman.bsky.social: Border czar Tom Homan's former clients are winning major federal contracts. Read the full story ⬇️

Border czar’s former clients cash in on Trump’s immigration crackdown

“So we’ve been trying to get access to Tom Homan and the folks over at DHS at the secretary level.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Spoke with @dfriedman.bsky.social about Tom Homan & corruption at DHS. The fact that Homan’s acceptance of $50,000 cash did not disqualify him from a govt job sends the message to companies seeking to feed at the DHS trough that they can use such corrupt methods to obtain government contracts.

New story out on how a number of White House Border Czar Tom Homan’s former clients are now winning massive federal contracts. Ethics experts say there is an appearance of corruption - w/ @dfriedman.bsky.social & @russchoma.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

We partnered with @pablo.show to investigate Riley Gaines' rise to MAGA stardom. @msjpauly.bsky.social dug up docs that reveal the right-wing funders behind her ascent and spoke to puzzled teammates who wonder what happened to her. Read ow.ly/o3wq50XuCzp Watch/listen www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKUl...

“Saudi Arabia, I get along with all of them,” Trump said at a campaign stop in 2015. “They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”

“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”

Donald Trump has never been particularly critical of the Saudis, and he has always been very clear about the reasons why. “They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”

Trump, who rushed to defend MBS today, has always professed affection for the Saudis but he once condemned the killing of Khashoggi - since then his family’s business relationship with the kingdom has also evolved www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Border Patrol agents led by Greg Bovino have used force far more often relative to assaults they've faced than anywhere else in that agency, according to a new @pogo.org & Amer. Uni. Investigative Reporting Workshop analysis of four ys of federal data www.pogo.org/investigatio...

ICYMI: @dfriedman.bsky.social & I explored a big DHS deal being challenged in court: “the contract adds to a growing number of deals that have prompted questions about the integrity of DHS contracting."

What happens when a miscarriage is treated like a crime? That’s not a hypothetical anymore. It’s happening in the U.S. right now. 🧵 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

• Iris-scanning system that would give agents the “capability to quickly and accurately identify individuals encountered during ICE operations” • Lobbying by Ballard Partners, one of the most Trump-connected K Street firms • No-bid contract awarded in August

Check out our latest investigation, by @schwellenbach.bsky.social in collaboration with @russchoma.bsky.social at @motherjones.com: Clients of a Trump-Connected Lobbying Firm Keep Landing No-Bid ICE Contracts

My newest story, co-authored with @russchoma.bsky.social, is out. It's a collaboration b/t @pogo.org & @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Quite the headline on this @annamerlan.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social joint www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

President Trump is using his time before the United Nations to once again rail against "the green energy scam" and...windmills. A good time to read how Trump's war on wind power has one very big exception, by @russchoma.bsky.social.

Here, @russchoma.bsky.social's @motherjones.com article seems to have been plagiarised Original: www.motherjones.com/politics/202... (GREAT READ BTW) Plagiarised: archive.ph/wip/EghBx web.archive.org/web/20250923... Reddit should be auto-blocking these sites and banning the guy(s) running them

This is part of a massive generative slop / plagiarism operation seemingly being run by one dude operating a bunch of similarly designed websites - "Krishna Pathak" (not sure if actual real dude) Also being syndicated on MSN. Registered at 'paper mill' address in Wyoming GenAI is the WORST

Big scoop by @carolleonnig.bsky.social & @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social. Undercover FBI agents recorded Trump border czar Tom Homan accepting $50k in cash as he promised to steer federal contracts. Trump's DOJ shut the probe down www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that Trump has been using to try to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Trump family got a $2 billion deposit into their crypto company, the United Arab Emirates got a huge amount of restricted AI chips despite security concerns. Our story about how how business is being done, and influence gained, in the second Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

"Trump’s War on Wind Power Has One Very Big Exception The president’s sons are using scarce clean energy to mine for bitcoins." @russchoma.bsky.social for @motherjones.com

Q: When does the Trump family actually support wind power? A: When it provides the lowest cost energy to power one of Don Jr and Eric's crypto scams. Great reporting from @motherjones.com @russchoma.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump's war on wind power has one very big exception www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails. It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.

EXCL: Donald Trump's Scottish resorts received more than £20,000 from the US government for accommodation for Secret Service agents assigned to protect his son, Eric, during a visit to Scotland earlier this year. www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...

The Trump administration has said it will drop a Biden-era plan to require airlines to compensate passengers for carrier-caused disruptions.

FHFA Director Bill Pulte's attacks on Trump targets for mortgage application missteps are drawing attention to his own issues. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

As Feds Flaunt Trump’s Takeover, DC Pushes Back -via Dan Friedman and me. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Just gonna leave this 2020 feature from @russchoma.bsky.social here:

For nearly 15 years, Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein socialized in New York and Florida before a falling out that preceded Epstein’s first arrest. What seemed to draw them together, according to those who knew them at the time, was a common interest in hitting on — and competing for — young women.