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Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Wow. Quite an accomplishment!</p><p>Scott Bessent Makes Steven Mnuchin Seem Charming<br><a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/scott-bessent-makes-steven-mnuchin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wonkette.com/p/scott-bessent-m</span><span class="invisible">akes-steven-mnuchin</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DonaldKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPWeirdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPWeirdos</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoRepublicansEverAgain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Scott Bessent is a weird goof. He can afford to lose 25%.</p><p>Tone-deaf treasury secretary doesn’t care that we’re not all billionaires<br><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/3/7/2308633/-Tone-deaf-treasury-secretary-doesn-t-care-that-we-re-not-all-billionaires" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/story/2025/3/7/23</span><span class="invisible">08633/-Tone-deaf-treasury-secretary-doesn-t-care-that-we-re-not-all-billionaires</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StockMarketCrash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarketCrash</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>The American dream is living in a cardboard box, naked and afraid. Right, Trump voters?</p><p>Treasury Secretary: ‘Access to Cheap Goods Isn’t the Essence of the American Dream’<br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/scott-bessent-affordable-goodsamerican-dream-1235291079/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-news/scott-bessent-affordable-goodsamerican-dream-1235291079/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoRepublicansEverAgain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicanKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> just abolished corporate transparency in the US by executive fiat. Not having to disclose who actually owns businesses in America is basically a huge "OPEN FOR BUSINESS" sign for dirty money from around the world.</p><p>(and they did it by... tweeting)</p><p><a href="https://x.com/USTreasury/status/1896348155522039985" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/USTreasury/status/189634</span><span class="invisible">8155522039985</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Secretary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> says the rare <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minerals</span></a> *deal* [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a>] with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> is in limbo for now. “I think we have to see if President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zelensky</span></a> wants to proceed,” he said on “Face the Nation” on CBS. “What’s the use in having an economic agreement that’s going to be rendered moot if he wants the fighting to continue?”</p><p>Just take everything Trump people say &amp; flip it.</p><p>Read: “…if Trump wants to proceed…” &amp; “…if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> wants the fighting to continue…”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The Ukrainian president has made clear that exploiting his country’s precious geographical &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> resources will be one way to rebuild its economy &amp; cities after the eventual end of the war. But the offer tendered by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s Treasury Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a>, while being lauded by US officials as a generous ladder to prosperity for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, is not really a “deal” at all.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/allies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>HE LIED.</p><p>Bessent Misled Congress About DOGE Access, Senate Democrat Says<br><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-07/congress-misled-about-doge-by-treasury-s-bessent-senate-democrat-wyden" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-02-07/congress-misled-about-doge-by-treasury-s-bessent-senate-democrat-wyden</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Swastikars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swastikars</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaslighter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaslighter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RacistMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacistMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NaziMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaziMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TwitterIsGoingGreat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterIsGoingGreat</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Shitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Elno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elno</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FuckElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RhodesiaMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RhodesiaMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EETD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EETD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElonPutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonPutz</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottTSLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottTSLA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Officials affiliated w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s “Department of Government Efficiency” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> have been asking since after the election for access to the system… — requests that were reiterated more recently, including after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s inauguration.<br>
…When <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> was confirmed as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treasury</span></a> secretary on Monday, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidLebryk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidLebryk</span></a> ceased to be the acting agency head.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TreasuryDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreasuryDepartment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a>, likely the next <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Secy, [attended]…<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KohHarada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KohHarada</span></a>, COO of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aleo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aleo</span></a>, a privacy-focused <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blockchain</span></a>, said Bessent was “pretty coy about things, but the fact that he was even there was very interesting.”</p><p>Aleo, which has raised &gt;$200M from investors including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftBank</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AndreessenHorowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndreessenHorowitz</span></a>, chose to establish in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> while many rivals launched from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/offshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offshore</span></a> jurisdictions like the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CaymanIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaymanIslands</span></a> as a shield from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>