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The Campaign Legal Center (CLC),
a nonprofit whose stated aim is to defend democracy,
has filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE)
regarding monetary “gifts” from Donald Trump to a handful of White House staffers.
Trump made payments of $45,000 each to Natalie Harp, his doting executive assistant who rarely leaves his side;
Chamberlain Harris,
his deputy director of Oval Office operations;
and Margo Martin,
a Wh…

Ethics Complaint Filed Over Trump’s Cash Gifts to Natalie Harp, 3 Other Staffers
The complaint alleges that there is a “legitimate question” whether Trump is paying staffers for their loyalty.

FCC officials took luxury gifts from Paramount
https://www.propublica.org/article/fcc-paramount-gifts-brendan-carr-ethics-complaint-warner-bros-merger

Travis Hunter, wife give gifts to the nurses who helped with birth of their child https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49872219/travis-hunter-gifts-lunch-scrubs-nurse

Two watchdog groups seek federal investigations into whether two FCC members broke ethics rules by accepting free Kennedy Center tickets from Paramount (Corey G. Johnson/ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/fcc-paramount-gifts…

FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount
Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to review megamergers involving Paramount.

No, @… , Banksy's generous gifts to the nation cost the British taxpayer absolutely nothing. Intentionally defacing these internationally significant works of public art is what has cost money.
#Banksy

Bristol artist Banksy's works cost taxpayers nearly £150k
FOI requests reveal Banksy artworks have cost taxpayers almost £150,000, with costs still rising.

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Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, says report
Alleged talks between the billionaire and Russian president could have enormous security implications
“If people like Musk get Trump re-elected, they’ll expect all kinds of regulatory gifts in their favour,”
said Fiona Hill,
who is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, the chancellor of Durham University and a defence adviser to the UK governm…

Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, says report
Alleged talks between billionaire and Russian president could have enormous security implications

Still one of my all time favorite Father’s Day gifts. Still not sure if she didn’t know she was supposed to put my picture in the frame or that there is something about Michael Buble that I need to try to live up to as a parent. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 #parenting

Sources: Anthropic's stock match of employee charity gifts hit $660M in the six months through March, likely to reach billions post-IPO, diluting shareholders (Cory Weinberg/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropics-big-charity-…

Anthropic’s Big Charity Bill for Shareholders
When Anthropic shared financial figures recently with prospective investors in its planned initial public offering, it included a surprising glimpse of the enormous riches about to hit nonprofits and philanthropies—and the cost to shareholders. The company reported a non-cash expense of more ...

-- Gifts for Men --
Men are amused by almost any idiot thing -- that is why professional ice
hockey is so popular -- so buying gifts for them is easy. But you should
never buy them clothes. Men believe they already have all the clothes they
will ever need, and new ones make them nervous. For example, your average
man has 84 ties, but he wears, at most, only three of them. He has learned,
through humiliating trial and error, that if he wears any of the other…

The Onion is still the best way to have a chuckle while acknowledging today's American political horror show.
Buy a $99 annual subscription now.
#theonion

Still one of my all time favorite Father’s Day gifts. Still not sure if she didn’t know she was supposed to put my picture in the frame or that there is something about Michael Buble that I need to try to live up to as a parent. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 #parenting

Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to Natalie Harp, two other close aides (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/08/trump-gave-45000-cash-gifts-natalie-harp-two-other-close-aides/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzg4ODQwMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzkwMjIyMzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3ODg4NDAwMDAsImp0aSI6ImMzMWIwMjlmLTU2ZTItNDBlNC1iODU0LTY1NzU2OWI5OGRkYSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI2LzA5LzA4L3RydW1wLWdhdmUtNDUwMDAtY2FzaC1naWZ0cy1uYXRhbGllLWhhcnAtdHdvLW90aGVyLWNsb3NlLWFpZGVzLyJ9.dvANsz132hWtqPWCgahCrLjSco5pd2NYeIhC1uPZ2JQ&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260908/p149#a260908p149

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If I ran a Canadian duty free, I'd sell carry-on-sized suitcases containing a single pouch of the same size full of maple syrup. When travellers got wherever they're going, they'd just pop the suitcase up on the counter, open the spigot, and fill up bottles as gifts for all the special people in their lives. Once empty, they'd have a new suitcase to boot

Despite regulating broadcast media, FCC commissioners have accepted pricey tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala from CBS or its parent company, now Paramount.

Conflict of Interest:
Ethics experts say that by accepting the gifts,
FCC commissioners are compromising the agency’s impartiality
and should avoid acting on Paramount’s pending merger.
Mixing Business and Pleasure:
After voting for a Paramount merger, Commissioner Olivia Trusty took …

FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of tickets by CBS or its parent company.

FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount (Corey G. Johnson/ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/fcc-paramount-gifts-brendan-carr-ethics-complaint-warner-bros-merger
http://www.memeorandum.com/260803/p55#a260803p55

Ethics disclosures show 7 out of 10 FCC commissioners since 2016 have accepted Kennedy Center tickets worth thousands courtesy of CBS or its parent company (Corey G. Johnson/ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/paramount-mergers-fcc-kennedy-center-gala

FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of tickets by CBS or its parent company.

A Republican senator has accused Donald Trump Jr of corruption
and demanded a Senate investigation into revelations that a Russian oligarch bankrolled part of his recent wedding in the Bahamas.
John Curtis, of Utah, wrote to the leaders of the US Senate judiciary committee on Tuesday,
urging them to subpoena Trump Jr over his business dealings,
his relationships with foreign individuals,
gifts he has received
– and any occasions where his connection to his…

Republican calls for Senate investigation of Trump Jr wedding paid for by Russian oligarch
Putin ally helped cover cost of renting private island in the Bahamas for wedding of Trump Jr and Bettina Anderson

Trump pays $135K in total to three aides. $5K more than his last (known) hush money payment.
Inflation comes for all. 😢
#sarcasm #humor #inflation #gifts #payments

After months of scandal, Republican Representative Cory Mills is finally under investigation.
MS NOW, citing two anonymous sources, reports that the Department of Justice has launched a criminal probe into the Florida man, who is accused of sexual misconduct, campaign finance violations, financial disclosure violations, accepting inappropriate gifts, and multiple ethics violations.
A third source told MS NOW that the FBI has spoken to at least one person about Mills’s finances an…

Justice Department Secretly Investigating Republican Congressman
Representative Cory Mills appears to be under investigation.

Federal Communications Commissioner Olivia Trusty
cast a decisive vote approving Paramount’s historic $8 billion merger with Skydance Media.
Now, the commissioner and a guest enjoyed the star-studded celebration thanks to tickets gifted to her by Paramount worth more than $12,000, according to ethics disclosure records obtained by ProPublica.
The other commissioner who approved the merger watched from a prized perch.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr and his wife sat in a privat…

FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of tickets by CBS or its parent company.

About four decades ago, a coworker of my mom visited Australia and brought back gifts for people she cared about. Her gift to my mom is still in use. It still looks and works quite well, as I found out myself a few days ago. ☺️
#tbt #throwback #throwbackThursday #nostalgia #memories #gifts