Eric Trump and the Family Business Model
Eric Trump is what happens when a brand stops being packaging and starts acting like the business plan. In this family, “access” isn’t a…
The $1.776 Billion Questions
I have seen less suspicious things in a paper bag at a county fair. A $1.776 billion settlement fund is the kind of number…
When the Towers Go Global
Mike Rotch here, and I’ve got a simple question for the America-first perfume bottle: when the tower goes global, why does the money suddenly…
Trump’s Foreign-Deals Problem
Trump-branded overseas deals are a neat little civics lesson in how money, branding, and influence can share a lobby and still pretend they arrived…
Clemency Starts Charging Cover
Pardon power is supposed to look like public trust, not a velvet-rope line with a VIP wristband and a guy at the door asking…
Follow the Money on the Kennedy Center Renovation
Every grand public renovation comes with the same sales pitch: culture, stewardship, and a ribbon-cutting so polished you can see your own reflection in…
GOP Oversight, Now in Whisper Mode
Nothing says “serious oversight” like a committee room where the gavels are in Republican hands and the questions are being treated like a fire…
Court Orders and Paper Grabs
In Washington, a court can say the transfer was unlawful, and the next court can say, effectively, hold that thought. That is not a…
Post Malone Hits Pause on the Stadium Sprint
Post Malone’s delayed tour is a tidy reminder that the live-music machine keeps selling certainty like it’s already built, even when the artist is still in the studio trying to finish the thing that makes the whole circus sing.
Kushner and the Luxury of Access
Jared Kushner is a great reminder that in America, power does not just open doors — it starts charging rent. The polished patriot talk…
Paperwork That Bought a Spotlight
I smell the grift when a settlement is supposed to close the book and instead hands the judge a brighter lamp. That’s the whole…