The Post-Partisan Emporium

Trump 2.0 has Already Stolen More Than Every Modern President Combined     And it's just getting started.   Neoliberal Feudalism Apr 26, 2025   For today’s post I thought it would be a fun idea to look at the networth of modern presidents as they entered the presidency, versus what their networth became after they left office. As a preamble, for clarity for new posters, the angle of this post is   not   from a screeching Orange Man Bad perspective, although the title could be construed as such. The intent should be clearer by the end of the post. Now, the presidency is an   acting role , it is largely toothless; we saw this from 2017-2020 where Trump was unable to accomplish anything of importance between the judiciary, the executive and the congressional branches acting in concert to oppose him. The president’s job is to act on behalf of oligarchical interests to sell scams antithetical to the interests of the public to make the public think the gover...

  Virginia Giuffre: Another Casualty of the State Used, abused, and discarded Donald Jeffries Virginia Giuffre died yesterday. They say she committed suicide. They say that about a lot of whistleblowers and inconvenient witnesses. Giuffre was perhaps the most high profile victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring. Prince Andrew was among those she was trafficked to. She was a brave person who is hopefully at peace. Virginia was treated like most threats to the rich and powerful have always been treated. She wouldn’t be silent after she was “passed around like a platter of fruit” by wealthy, decadent predators. High profile attorney Alan Dershowitz, whom she alleged was one of her abusers, called her a “liar, perjurer, and extortionist.” He even filed a counter lawsuit against  her.  Sometimes it doesn’t pay to be a cute teenager. When horny men of means are tempted, they usually get what they want. Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s twisted Girl Friday, sounded like a tr...