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some_of_us_are_sane

(4,012 posts) Thu Jul 16, 2026, 03:01 PM 12 hrs ago

Another "Teapot Dome" scandal ..... (only much MUCH worse) [View all]

GREAT ARTICLE in "The Guardian":

"The most infamous financial scandal in US presidential history – the 1920s Teapot Dome affair – involved then president Warren G Harding’s interior secretary, Albert Fall, taking roughly $400,000 in bribes. Adjusted for inflation, that’s about $6m today. Last year, Donald Trump made at least $2.2bn; his single year of income is on the order of 200 to 300 times larger than the bribe that defined “presidential corruption” in the American imagination for a century."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/jul/16/justin-sun-trump-family-crypto

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Another "Teapot Dome" scandal ..... (only much MUCH worse) [View all] some_of_us_are_sane 12 hrs ago OP

Blame the enablers! usonian 11 hrs ago #1

I'll second that! some_of_us_are_sane 10 hrs ago #2

They simply "forgot" to check the executive power that was out of control. GreenWave 9 hrs ago #11

Let's be brutally honest here... some_of_us_are_sane 6 hrs ago #16

The Sinister Six... GiqueCee 8 hrs ago #15

Well said! some_of_us_are_sane 6 hrs ago #18

Lock his sorry ass up!!! oasis 10 hrs ago #3

That is indeed... some_of_us_are_sane 10 hrs ago #4

The USA will not be healthy as a nation until the criminals are PufPuf23 10 hrs ago #5

Absolutely! some_of_us_are_sane 9 hrs ago #7

comparison poozwah 10 hrs ago #6

YEP! some_of_us_are_sane 9 hrs ago #8

Yes.... some_of_us_are_sane 6 hrs ago #19

Albert Fall didn't have 2 sons working the cryptocurrency scam FakeNoose 9 hrs ago #9

If I had 500 'Recommends' to give you... some_of_us_are_sane 6 hrs ago #20

That's OK, your response and your Rec mean a lot to me! FakeNoose 6 hrs ago #25

Corruption of this level... BurnDoubt 9 hrs ago #10

Honestly, BurnDoubt.... some_of_us_are_sane 6 hrs ago #21

Trump 47 is the largest political scandal in history! Initech 9 hrs ago #12

Without a doubt FakeNoose 8 hrs ago #14

I fear they never shall, Intech... some_of_us_are_sane 6 hrs ago #22

Been wondering about Warsh at the Fed and his new policy of not communicating the Fed's intentions. Lucky Luciano 9 hrs ago #13

One guess, Lucky... some_of_us_are_sane 6 hrs ago #23

Knowing what he is, scotus gave him immunity. spanone 6 hrs ago #17

From your lips, spanone... some_of_us_are_sane 6 hrs ago #24

Teapot Dome; where Republicans first learned how to steal from the country. Grins 50 min ago #26