Reposted by Robert Maguiresmcphail.bsky.social @smcphail.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Must read piece in Pro Publica on the reality of today’s campaign finance system that shows the false promises SCOTUS made that got us here. 🧵https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-susan-collins-navatek-campaign-donations-investigationpropublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 1118
Reposted by Robert MaguireBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Incredible quote to start with “millions of Americans like me” and then to end with “on our normal vacation to Greece or the Vineyard” 643107402
Reposted by Robert MaguireMoody Loner @moodyloner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026They made President Carter sell his peanut farm. 1175
Reposted by Robert MaguireElizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 16/09/2026reminders for the people: (1) getting rid of the shell company transparency law / rules was in Project 2025 (pg. 707) (2) these are the businesses *that we know of* - he is likely tied to dozens more (3) this is why PUBLIC incorporation registries tying entities to real human owners matters! 7357177
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Trump became the presumptive GOP nominee on March 12, 2024, and within days, he started creating new companies and slapping his name on products. He hasn't stopped since. The tally now stands at 81 new businesses—36 since taking office (he started two more while I was drafting this report)citizensforethics.orgTrump incorporated dozens of new companies in lead up to second term—and never stopped - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonTrump filed a financial disclosure in June revealing he brought in more than $2.2 billion in revenue during 2025. We found that more than a third of that revenue came from dozens of companies Trump ha... 510857
Reposted by Robert MaguireKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This is correct, but also another reason why Democrats have to lean into accountability and oversight as hard as possible when they retake Congress. It's not just about punishing criminals. It's about making it clear to the country the depth of the damage done to ready them for the repairs. 1283715959
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 29/08/2026There are a lot of reasons I’ll never be a millionaire, much less a billionaire, and one of the reasons is that I fundamentally cannot see how I’d live with myself when stats like this existtheguardian.comCEOs earn 614 times more than workers at US’s 100 lowest-paying corporationsAnalysis by Institute for Policy Studies found that between 2019 and 2025, CEO compensation increased 41.4% 1238
Reposted by Robert MaguireMichael Beckel @mjbeckel.bsky.social · 24/08/2026👀 More examples of big super PAC contribs buying access to POTUS. By @issueonereform.bsky.social's count, these will be at least the 13th and 14th big money super PAC fundraising events President Trump will have attended since he was elected in Nov 2024. h/t @cbsnews.com @gabekaminsky.bsky.social 11712
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Remember this from Trump’s first campaign? “Saudi Arabia, I get along with all of them. They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.” Wonder how much they spent for this?nytimes.comTrump Administration Is Said to Reach Broad Nuclear Deal With SaudisSome U.S. lawmakers from both parties and Israeli officials have expressed opposition to such a plan, fearing that the kingdom could use a civilian nuclear project to eventually develop nuclear weapon... 412337
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 16/07/2026If it wasn't already clear that Truth Social is a presidential enrichment vehicle with a small, failing social media component, they now want investors to pay to get his market-moving Truths before everyone else.wsj.comTrump Media to Sell Faster Access to President’s Social PostsThe new service will let traders and investors pay for real-time feed of Truth Social posts. 0126
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 15/07/2026You will soon be able to use coins with the billionaire GodKing's visage on them to try to buy the gas and groceries you can't afford 134014
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 12/07/2026When a Republican senator from a state with a Republican governor dies, you can announce it right away, I guess. 26413
Reposted by Robert MaguireDave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026it’s beautiful 556767
Reposted by Robert MaguireJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 11/06/2026"Turning Point Action, the political action committee arm of Turning Point USA... sent seven buses carrying 350 students to the Jan. 6 rally." www.reuters.com/world/us/how... 918863
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Say you were born on roughly the same day as Jesus, and I came to you and told you that I would pay you $1 million every single day—including weekends—until today. And say you didn't spend a penny of it until today. The richest man in the world would still have more than $250 billion more than you 28833
Reposted by Robert MaguireCREW @citizensforethics.org · 08/06/2026The Trump admin's pay-to-play politics, regulatory retaliation and conflicts of interest are imposing real costs on businesses. Join CREW's VP of Research Robert Maguire on June 11 for a conversation about corruption's impact on the private sector. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 26026
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 05/06/2026One of the greatest injustices in the world is that people who live in Denver just get to go to Red Rocks for concerts. Like that's just their local place to see concerts. 0191
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 26/05/2026When you don’t know what a White House ballroom is 1280
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I did it. I found the most American headline of all time 16313
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 20/05/2026My cat when I tell her I just gave her treats 10 minutes ago 0100
Reposted by Robert Maguiredavidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 26/04/2026Anyone who thought Tillis wouldn't be pushed over by a feather doesn't know Tillis. He didn't get where he is by standing on principle for very long. 31927162
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 24/04/2026If you squint real hard you can see the exact moment when our cat jumped on the bed and meowed directly into my ear last night 294095584
Reposted by Robert MaguireZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 24/04/2026"The result is a structure that turns the pursuit of access to the presidency into profit for Trump." Gabrielle Corporal and @robertmaguire.bsky.social for @citizensforethics.orgcitizensforethics.orgTrump’s second memecoin event is somehow even worse than the first - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonTrump will likely attend an event for those who hold his memecoin, the second time that he has offered special access to those who purchase $TRUMP. 02918
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Every day, I see people shitting on AI, but I find it quite informative 1812124
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 22/04/2026One of the most disorienting things about both Trump presidencies is the disparity between how demanding his job is at least SUPPOSED to be, and how much less demanding he makes it seem than pretty much everyone else's jobs where you can't just be posting random shit at 11:39am on a Wednesday 1258
Reposted by Robert MaguireMichael Beckel @mjbeckel.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Number of the day: $120 million That's how much money the main four party-aligned super PACs focused on control of Congress have raised so far this election cycle from their affiliated dark money groups. issueone.org/press/four-m... 011
Reposted by Robert Maguirejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/04/2026this is just a warmed over david duke speech from 1990 13470881179
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 17/04/2026The only president or major party candidate in half a century not to disclose his tax returns—who fought for years, at taxpayer expense, to keep them private, and lost—now wants the IRS to MORE THAN DOUBLE HIS NET WORTH at taxpayer expense as a part of the systematic pillaging he calls a presidency. 18386195
Reposted by Robert MaguireAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 15/04/2026it gets lost in the shuffle of constant corruption and bloodshed but even with the memecoin ALONE, that would make him very clearly the most corrupt U.S. president in history, you could easily argue 311945590
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Congrats to Pam Bondi for sacrificing whatever shreds of personal and professional dignity she ever had and still utterly failing to be servile and lawless enough to satisfy the most corrupt and vindictive president in American history 826939
Reposted by Robert MaguireBob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 27/03/2026Gutter racism. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u... 3439481388
Reposted by Robert Maguirejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/03/2026i said last year that these people were segregationists and that “merit” just meant “white and male” to these people 219127633746
Reposted by Robert MaguireAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/03/2026It’s been fun the past few years, having people lie or be useful idiots about how Anti DEI is just about merit and not a backdoor whites only policy and then insist those of us who saw that clearly are shrill or paranoid 17781821594
Reposted by Robert MaguireKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 27/03/2026He fired a Black man who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He fired a woman who was the CNO. I could go on. How much more evidence do we need. 582137557
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 23/03/2026In 2024, NIH published 756 funding announcements. In 2025, it published 120. In 2026, as of March 15, it has published 14.elizabethginexi.substack.comI Wrote Research Funding Announcements for NIH for 22 Years. This Year They’ve Published 14How NIH went from 756 funding announcements to 14 in two years — and what it means for every disease that depends on federal research 1104
Reposted by Robert MaguireTim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 19/03/2026i think it's pretty telling that they keep saying fake things 2092605334
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Trump spent somewhere on the order of $15 billion on southern border wall in his first term, and in his second, he's approved an additional $46 billion for more wall. In Febrary 2016, he said building the wall on the southern border would cost "around $8 billion," and Mexico would pay for it. 0143
Reposted by Robert MaguireSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Fortunately some of us are…. 293101701609
Reposted by Robert MaguireRep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Yes, you do. 1613588733
Reposted by Robert MaguirePatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 17/03/2026Sir good luck when do you ship out 221076127
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Trump spent the first week of March saying he didn't need NATO allies' help in Iran. Then, he spent the last few days telling them they need to help clear the Strait of Hormuz, and now he says "WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE." Truly a strategic genius. 55118
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Your regular reminder that this administration's anti-DEI obsession never had anything to do with bringing back the meritocracy. It's about destroying it.news.bloomberglaw.comDOJ to Start Hiring Prosecutors Directly Out of Law School (1)The Justice Department has waived a policy requiring newly hired federal prosecutors to possess at least one year of experience practicing law, as US attorneys’ offices struggle to find qualified repl... 16022
Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 11/03/2026The newest trend in the "charitable" giving world is rich people giving billions of dollars to Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) that just churn money around for tax breaks, but never actually make it into working charitiesphilanthropy.comCaught in a Web of DAF TransfersDonors get a tax deduction for donor-advised fund contributions, but billions of payouts each year are simply recycled to other DAF providers 1104
Reposted by Robert MaguireMichael Beckel @mjbeckel.bsky.social · 09/03/2026The main 4 super PACs focused on the battle for control of Congress raised $71 million from their affiliated dark money groups in 2025. 75% of this #darkmoney aided GOP-aligned groups, new @issueonereform.bsky.social analysis shows issueone.org/press/big-fo... 113