Joan Bailie
@jbailie.bsky.social
♥️urban/suburb/people/nature/garden/beach/. Studied & continue to learn re faith, science, psychology, art, & education. We need to do better at education, healthcare, civil rights. Progressive. Debate & ideas welcome.
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NO flirting/NO $$/NO investing.✝️🎄☮️🌻🕎☃️
Reposted by Joan Bailie
5/ I’ve been warning about the State Leadership Initiative for a while. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
New pro-Trump group, the State Leadership Initiative (SLI), is “writing the blueprint for dismantling bureaucracy in every red state.” Nate Fischer—a founder of New Founding, which is backed by DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen—is an SLI co-founder. The board includes Heritage president Kevin Roberts. 1/
New Group Aims To Dismantle Red State Bureaucracies
The State Leadership Initiative is a coalition-building organization aimed at ensuring 'red states' operate in GOP voters' best interests.
thefederalist.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
5/ I’ve been warning about the State Leadership Initiative for a while. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
Reposted by Joan Bailie
“David D Kirkpatrick spent months tallying how much the Trump family has pocketed off Trump’s time in the White House… unimaginable without his presidencies: profits from overseas deals and at least five different crypto ventures.” @newyorker.com
Total so far: $3.4 BILLION
bsky.app/profile/zach...
Total so far: $3.4 BILLION
bsky.app/profile/zach...
![New Yorker Chart by Francesco Muzzi: How much money is Trump really making off the presidency?
Total as of August 2025: $3.4 BILLION
Crypto: $2.37 BILLION
Finance: $339.6 million
Other incl private jet: $277.7 million
Hospitality: $270.8 million
Media: $116 million
David D. Kirkpatrick spent months tallying up how much the Trump family has pocketed off Trump’s time in the White House—golf course by golf course, crypto deal by crypto deal.
Donald Trump’s immediate family is making a dizzying sum of money that would be unimaginable without his Presidencies, including profits from overseas deals and at least five different crypto ventures.
David Kirkpatrick “decided to attempt to tally up just how much Trump and his immediate family have pocketed off his time in the White House [as of August 2025].” A reasonable estimate, he thinks: $3.4 BILLION.
For more, please read The Number: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/the-number](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:um3dlpu4s64lwq4lmqyo3dni/bafkreidv3b46rv4c7ksxdcoq6ot2we3atpenf3inx2itbwckh4ies3dfyq@jpeg)
August 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“David D Kirkpatrick spent months tallying how much the Trump family has pocketed off Trump’s time in the White House… unimaginable without his presidencies: profits from overseas deals and at least five different crypto ventures.” @newyorker.com
Total so far: $3.4 BILLION
bsky.app/profile/zach...
Total so far: $3.4 BILLION
bsky.app/profile/zach...