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c/politics · by silence7@slrpnk.net · 11d

$900 million from a canceled wind deal will benefit a Trump donor | Government settlement money is going to a Trump neighbor’s private equity fund.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/08/27/how-wind-projects-got-replaced-by-900-million-payday-trump-donors-firm/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzg3ODAzMjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzg5MTg1NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3ODc4MDMyMDAsImp0aSI6IjE2OTM3ZjA5LTYzYjgtNDcxYi05Y2NjLTAzMTg2NWVlYzdjNCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9idXNpbmVzcy8yMDI2LzA4LzI3L2hvdy13aW5kLXByb2plY3RzLWdvdC1yZXBsYWNlZC1ieS05MDAtbWlsbGlvbi1wYXlkYXktdHJ1bXAtZG9ub3JzLWZpcm0vIn0.tkWNsYwm0XqdopPBdS0o9JxfMiBjyUUCnhZV_GTtzNg

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For context, the US government has been refusing to give permits to any onshore wind farm for much of the past year, and been buying out offshore ones which already have permits at public expense. This article shows where the money is going.

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Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 11d

“The president is truly revered in the U.S. So to be able to sit in the proximity of him at Mar-a-Lago, and then you hear like the Iran war was launched from Mar-a-Lago.”

Holy shit that quote is juicy. It needs to be the motto of the treason lawsuit against Trump.

Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 10d

"Trump continues to siphon public funds to his cronies" just about sums up every single decision hes ever made