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And the 'rot' is everywhere #LNP sympathisers have been inserted in our national insitutions' leadership roles. Why should the prestigeous ANU be spared the rot?

What impact will this #union vote of no confidence will have is yet to be determined - this must not become a #Union vs #Grifting #Leadership issue. Students and academics should be a priority concern.

"The move comes after it was revealed Bishop used the university’s funds to pay her business partner as a consultant, and that Bell held a second job at Intel while in her role."
(Source: crikey.us22.list-manage.com/tr )

The Sydney Morning Herald · ANU staff pass no-confidence vote against chancellor Julie BishopBy Caroline Schelle

LA Times: Pastor conned longtime friends, nonprofit out of more than $230,000, authorities allege

"...pastor and onetime city council candidate was arrested this week on suspicion that he swindled longtime friends and a nonprofit corporation tied to another church out of more than $230,000, according to federal authorities..."

latimes.com/california/story/2

Close-up of handcuffed hands and US dollar bills, representing financial crimes, corruption, or illegal wealth.
Los Angeles Times · SoCal pastor allegedly conned friends, nonprofit out of more than $230,000By Brittny Mejia

#grifting on #LongCoVID: A meal delivery service offers "Anti-Inflammatory" & "Immunity-Boosting" recipes/meals. Checking the WebArchive, it's a total surprise _when_ those offers first appear: web.archive.org/web/2024060102

There are review articles every year about the interaction of #SARSCoV2 and the #GutBiome: base-search.net/Search/Results

After several waves of #ForeverCoVID. #MAHA

Soo much #grifting #KingGrift grifts again: 1) Trump Media and Technology (which guess who owns majority of) has applied for trademarks on a series of ETFs [WSJ] 2) Trump Media and Technology gave restricted stock worth at least $800K to #KashPatel, who is a TM&T director [Barrons]

Good thing there's no conflict of interest with this stuff 🫤

republicansagainsttrump
9h9 hours ago
.@Timodc on Elon Musk: “The largest donor [to Trump] is the largest government contractor, is now in the West Wing.
That’s insane…The idea that one of the richest men in the world who gets money from the government is now going to decide how the government spends money?!…the potential for corruption and influence there is unprecedented…”#ElonMusk..#Trump..#GOP..#grifting..

After confidently stating that he could easily cut over USD $2 trillion from the federal government budget, Elon Musk has now admitted that getting to even half of that target will be difficult: nbcnews.com/politics/politics-

NBC News · Elon Musk says DOGE probably won't find $2 trillion in federal budget cutsBy David Ingram

Trump Bibles,
Rudy coffee,
Tucker nicotine pouches:

Republicans and the right wing have established an unprecedented culture of

– hawking everything from Bibles to scraps of fabric to NFTs in a ruse that has become a multimillion-dollar micro industry.

Trump’s gold sneakers, launched in February, have brought him almost $400,000 alone. He’s also made $300,000 from selling poorly reviewed Bibles, according to financial disclosures, and has recently been pushing a “fight, fight, fight” range of colognes and perfumes.

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/d

The Guardian · Trump Bibles, Rudy coffee, Tucker nicotine pouches: the rightwing knick-knack racketBy Adam Gabbatt

The LORD spake unto Kyle, thou shalt travelst betwene the provinces, armed with thy bow, and thou shalt then slay them in the streets forthwith; and then the LORD added, thou shalt grift on their corpses and obtain gold from mine followers, this pleases the LORD your god

Grifters Chapter 3 Verse 2