"People compare #Trump to Hitler or to Putin. But for us the closest historical comparison is Boris Yeltsin.

"So today we talk to #JacobSilverman about Trump’s #shitcoins and other #crypto schemes because they remind us so much of 1990s Russia and Yeltsin’s family corrupt deals."

#TheRussians pod w/ #EvgeniaKovda & #YashaLevine

https://www.nefariousrussians.com/p/shitcoins-for-shitocracy-wjacob-silverman
#USpol #MAGA #cronyism #cronyCapitalism #oligarchy #SiliconValleyRight #CryptoBros #tech #TechBros #DOGEbags #MoveFastAndLootThings

'The U.S. #SecuritiesAndExchangeCommission (#SEC) "is beginning to onboard members" of #ElonMusk's Department of Government Efficiency (#DOGE), an SEC spokesperson told Newsweek on Friday.

'The move comes after the commission sued #Musk over alleged violations of securities laws related to his failure to disclose his #Twitter shares in a timely manner before acquiring the #socialMedia platform...'

https://www.newsweek.com/doge-staff-sec-suing-elon-musk-2052109
#USpol #cronyism #cronyCapitalism #DOGEbags #MoveFastAndLootThings

[Alternative headline: Fox named Chief Information Officer at Henhouse]

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/doge-operative-named-chief-information-officer-at-social-security-administration-report-6a70c71c
#DOGE #SocialSecurityAdministration #USpol #USpolitics #cronyism #CronyCapitalism #DOGEbags #MoveFastAndLootThings #SSA #SocialSecurity

#DOGE Employee Known as “Big Balls” Once Helped #Cybercrime Gang

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-staffer-big-balls-provided-tech-support-cybercrime-ring-records-show-2025-03-26/
#DOGEbags #USpol #USpolitics #SiliconValleyRight #tech #TheBestAndTheBallsiest #MoveFastAndLootThings

"[W]hile emptying the pockets of working people, the #DOGE crew are lining their own. Even as #Musk claimed that DOGE was slashing government spending, his own firms received billions in government contracts."

#SocialSecurity Is Not a Ponzi Scheme

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/social-security-is-not-a-ponzi-scheme/
#USpol #USpolitics #neoliberalism #cronyism #CronyCapitalism #PoorBashing #inequality #DOGEbags #MAGA #MoveFastAndLootThings

"#Musk wants to radically remake or even destroy the state, but the agency heads will be held accountable for what happens as a result—and they don’t want to take the blame for the disasters that Musk is unleashing."

https://newrepublic.com/article/192514/transcript-fiasco-musk-trump-advisers-erupt-anti-doge-panic
#USpol #USpolitics #MAGA #DOGE #DOGEbags #kakistocracy #CronyCapitalism #MoveFastAndLootThings