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Oct 25

Who Was Jared Kushner Working For? Spies watched Kushner's phone as he logged into a UAE bank account, Matthew Cole reports. Cole counts at least $2 billion from Gulf rulers in accounts for him. In a Vanity Fair excerpt of his book Princes and Thieves, Matthew Cole reports that Russia's GRU obtain...Read more

Who Was Jared Kushner Working For? Spies watched Kushner's phone as he logged into a UAE bank account, Matthew Cole reports. Cole counts at least $2 billion from Gulf rulers in accounts for him. In a Vanity Fair excerpt of his book Princes and Thieves, Matthew Cole reports that Russia's GRU obtained screenshots of Jared Kushner's iPhone and that Dutch military intelligence, working through a flipped GRU hacker, got inside the phone by early 2018 and captured his screen as he used it. What the Dutch saw, Cole writes, was the president's senior adviser logging into an account at First Abu Dhabi Bank that had taken in roughly $750 million from the Saudis and Emiratis, routed in US dollars through a bank in Azerbaijan. The account was owned by a UAE government-funded charity and Kushner was a signatory. A second account held roughly $1 billion that UAE ruler Mohamed bin Zayed moved to Israel's central bank by spring 2018. Cole counts at least $2 billion in all, a year's income for 23,886 American households at the 2024 median. Four senior Trump officials told Cole they knew of no authorization for Kushner to access a foreign government's account. A former Mueller prosecutor said a promise in return for the money could violate bribery and foreign agent laws. Kushner calls the allegations "completely insane" and his lawyer calls them false and defamatory. Then there is the public record from after the White House. Saudi Arabia's sovereign fund committed $2 billion to Kushner's firm over its own advisers' objections. Senate Finance investigators found $87 million in Saudi government fees by mid-2024. Kushner now co-leads Middle East negotiations for the administration. Read more at https://dekleptocracy.substack.com More links Matthew Cole, The Art of the Deal, Vanity Fair https://www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-kushner-hacked-phone-secret-negotiations Senate Finance Committee, Affinity Partners fees and foreign clients https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-investigation-of-kushner-firm-continues-new-letter-outlines-affinity-partners-fee-structure-lack-of-return-to-investors-questionable-deals-with-foreign-governments Wyden and Raskin ask for a special counsel on FARA https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-raskin-call-for-department-of-justice-to-appoint-a-special-counsel-to-investigate-jared-kushner-for-acting-as-an-unregistered-foreign-agent Dekleptocracy on Substack https://dekleptocracy.substack.com Sources Matthew Cole, The Art of the Deal, Jared Kushner's Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations, Including More Than $700 Million in Transfers, Vanity Fair, Oct 22 2026 https://www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-kushner-hacked-phone-secret-negotiations Archived copy of the Vanity Fair excerpt, archive.today, Oct 22 2026 https://archive.is/OzqtE Nicole Sganga, Jared Kushner pushes back on report involving hacked phone, spies, billion-dollar transfer, CBS News, Oct 23 2026 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jared-kushner-pushes-back-report-hacked-phone-spies-transfer/ Alex Backus, Donald Trump Responds to $2 Billion Jared Kushner Allegation, Newsweek, Oct 23 2026 https://www.newsweek.com/kushner-rebukes-completely-insane-report-over-hacked-phone-secret-talks-12608268 Jennifer Bowers Bahney, It's a Totally False Story, Trump Slams Vanity Fair Story on Jared Kushner, Mediaite, Oct 23 2026 https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/its-a-totally-false-story-trump-slams-vanity-fair-story-on-jared-kushner/ Dutch spies hacked Jared Kushner's phone, alleges book, DutchNews.nl, Oct 2026 https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/10/dutch-spies-hacked-jared-kushners-phone-alleges-book/ Senate Finance Committee, Wyden investigation of Kushner firm continues, Sep 25 2024 https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-investigation-of-kushner-firm-continues-new-letter-outlines-affinity-partners-fee-structure-lack-of-return-to-investors-questionable-deals-with-foreign-governments Senate Finance Committee, Wyden and Raskin call for a special counsel to investigate Jared Kushner for acting as an unregistered foreign agent, Oct 24 2024 https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-raskin-call-for-department-of-justice-to-appoint-a-special-counsel-to-investigate-jared-kushner-for-acting-as-an-unregistered-foreign-agent Senate Finance Committee, Wyden and Garcia investigate Kushner raising billions from Middle East governments while negotiating US foreign policy, Mar 19 2026 https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-garcia-investigate-kushner-raising-billions-from-middle-east-governments-while-negotiating-us-foreign-policy Saranac Hale Spencer, FactCheck.org, Feb 9 2024, citing David D. Kirkpatrick and Kate Kelly, Before Giving Billions to Jared Kushner, Saudi Investment Fund Had Big Doubts, New York Times, Apr 10 2022 https://www.factcheck.org/2024/02/posts-misrepresent-saudi-princes-comment-on-investment-in-kushner-fund Dan Froomkin, Explosive NYT story on Jared Kushner ignored by almost everyone, Press Watch, Apr 19 2022 https://presswatchers.org/2022/04/explosive-nyt-story-on-jared-kushner-ignored-by-almost-everyone-including-the-nyt/ Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene and Kylie Atwood, Jared Kushner returns to forefront of Trump's Middle East diplomacy with Gaza ceasefire deal, CNN via KVIA, Oct 10 2025 https://kvia.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2025/10/10/jared-kushner-returns-to-forefront-of-trumps-middle-east-diplomacy-with-gaza-ceasefire-deal/ Alexander Bertschi Wrigley, New UAE Arms Sales Raise Concerns, Arms Control Today, Dec 2020 https://armscontrol.org/act/2020-12/news/new-uae-arms-sales-raise-concerns Trump Withdraws US from Iran Nuclear Deal, VOA Learning English, May 2018 https://learningenglish.voanews.com/amp/trump-withdraws-us-from-iran-nuvclear-deal/4385140.html US Census Bureau, Income in the United States 2024, Sep 2025 https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2025/demo/p60-286.html

Oct 25

Who Paid for the Data Centers The Quid Pro Quo Tracker followed $148.4 million from 61 companies to 1,387 officeholders and candidates in 16 states. Utilities gave $106 million of it. The data center boom was decided in state capitals and utility commissions. Who builds the power plants, who pays ...Read more

Who Paid for the Data Centers The Quid Pro Quo Tracker followed $148.4 million from 61 companies to 1,387 officeholders and candidates in 16 states. Utilities gave $106 million of it. The data center boom was decided in state capitals and utility commissions. Who builds the power plants, who pays for the wires and whether the sales tax applies were settled between 2023 and 2026 by governors, legislative leaders and five-member commissions. The Quid Pro Quo Tracker, built by Anti-Corruption Action, read 16 states' campaign finance filings beside 3,953 recorded votes and the vetoes and commission orders it identified. Utilities supplied $106 million of the $148.4 million in corporate and PAC giving. Dominion Energy gave $33.7 million in Virginia alone, to both parties. Companies that run data centers gave less than 1%. The record shows who paid and what was decided. Each contribution is legal and disclosed, and each links to its filing. Search your state, your utility and your legislators. Featured link https://www.purchasingpolicy.org/data-centers Secondary links The findings, state by state https://www.purchasingpolicy.org/data-centers/findings The full report and verification log https://www.purchasingpolicy.org/data-centers/report Case study, Who Paid for the Data Centers https://www.purchasingpolicy.org/newsroom/who-paid-for-the-data-centers Dekleptocracy on Substack https://dekleptocracy.substack.com Sources Quid Pro Quo Tracker, Who paid for the data centers, and what did they get?, PurchasingPolicy.org, recomputed Oct 23 2026 https://www.purchasingpolicy.org/data-centers Quid Pro Quo Tracker, data center findings, state by state https://www.purchasingpolicy.org/data-centers/findings Quid Pro Quo Tracker, data center report and verification log https://www.purchasingpolicy.org/data-centers/report Anti-Corruption Action, Who Paid for the Data Centers, case study, Oct 22 2026 https://www.purchasingpolicy.org/newsroom/who-paid-for-the-data-centers PurchasingPolicy.org home page, Georgia Power check dates https://www.purchasingpolicy.org/ Matt Busse, Regulators approve Dominion Energy rate increase, Cardinal News, Nov 26 2025 https://cardinalnews.org/2025/11/26/regulators-approve-dominion-energy-rate-increase/ Russell Gold, State Senator Phil King Aided a Utility He Was Doing Business With, Texas Monthly, Oct 31 2024 https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/state-senator-phil-king-oncor-select-mat/ Drew Hawkins, Tracked changes, an Entergy exec ghostwrote Louisiana PSC motions supporting Meta and Hyundai, Gulf States Newsroom via WBHM, Aug 11 2026 https://www.wbhm.org/2026-08-11/tracked-changes-an-entergy-exec-ghostwrote-louisiana-psc-motions-supporting-meta-hyundai Gallup, Americans Oppose AI Data Centers in Their Area, May 13 2026 https://news.gallup.com/poll/709772/americans-oppose-data-centers-area.aspx Dan Rabb, Trump says data centers mandated to supply own electricity, Bisnow, Oct 21 2026 https://www.bisnow.com/news/national/data-center-community-relations/trump-data-centers-mandated-to-supply-own-electricity-should-pay-dividend-to-communities

Oct 22

Even With POTUS A text promising presidential access, $17.6 million from Congo's finance ministry and a Houston arms company met at the Kennedy Center, where the Secretary of State, the Chief of Staff and a lobbyist for Congo all sit on the board. On May 3, 2025, Turhan Mildon, a Turkish investor ...Read more

Even With POTUS A text promising presidential access, $17.6 million from Congo's finance ministry and a Houston arms company met at the Kennedy Center, where the Secretary of State, the Chief of Staff and a lobbyist for Congo all sit on the board. On May 3, 2025, Turhan Mildon, a Turkish investor who is now Alina Habba's husband, received a text he says came from Ric Grenell, then the Kennedy Center's president and Trump's special envoy to Venezuela. "Once the money comes to the company here, I will arrange the donation to Kennedy Centre, and you'll be joining the VIP events and get close with the administration, even with POTUS." Marc Caputo of Axios published it on October 19. On May 29, 2025, $17.6 million landed at TXAT, a Houston company that distributes Aguila ammunition and sells ITAR-controlled technology. Mildon says he moved it at Grenell's direction and that about $5.6 million was meant for the Kennedy Center. A White House official told Axios the money came from the finance ministry of the Democratic Republic of Congo, not from Mildon. No record shows any of it reaching the center, and Mildon is not on the donor list. Grenell, who acknowledges consulting for TXAT in 2024, denies sending the text and denies any financial dealing with Mildon. In April 2025, Continental Strategy registered to lobby for TXAT with Alberto Martinez, Marco Rubio's former chief of staff, as lobbyist of record, and by July it reported lobbying the State Department for TXAT Latam. Katie Wiles, daughter of Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, is a partner at the firm. Rubio, Wiles, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Brian Ballard, whose lobbying firm employed Wiles and Bondi and registered in January 2025 to represent Congo's communications ministry, all sit on the Kennedy Center board. Only a committee chair can subpoena, Republicans hold both relevant gavels and taxpayers are paying $257 million to renovate the building. Read part one of four at https://dekleptocracy.substack.com/p/have-grenell-and-rubio-turned-the More on this story Axios, Secret pay-for-play text rocks Trump White House, Marc Caputo, Oct 19 2026 https://www.axios.com/2026/10/19/kennedy-center-text-trump-grenell-habba Kennedy Center board of trustees https://www.kennedy-center.org/about-us/leadership/trustees/ Continental Strategy registration to lobby for TXAT, April 1 2025 https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/a86f0ebb-81cd-4d4c-b516-b71e06d99579/print/ Sources Marc Caputo, Axios, Exclusive, Secret pay-for-play text rocks Trump White House, October 19 2026 https://www.axios.com/2026/10/19/kennedy-center-text-trump-grenell-habba Kennedy Center, Board of Trustees https://www.kennedy-center.org/about-us/leadership/trustees/ Kennedy Center, donor listings https://www.kennedy-center.org/Support/donor-listings/donors/ Senate Lobbying Disclosure, Continental Strategy LLC registration for TXAT LLC, TXAT Latam, effective April 1 2025 https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/a86f0ebb-81cd-4d4c-b516-b71e06d99579/print/ Senate Lobbying Disclosure, Continental Strategy LLC second quarter 2025 report for TXAT LLC, TXAT Latam, signed July 21 2025 https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/2e3ca3c8-978a-4703-90ad-ac8879c2599e/print/ Justice Department FARA, Ballard Partners Exhibit A and B for the Ministry of Communication and Medias of the Democratic Republic of Congo, January 2025 https://efile.fara.gov/docs/7070-Exhibit-AB-20250127-7.pdf Ballard Partners, Ballard Partners opens Caracas office, July 29 2026 https://ballardpartners.com/ballard-partners-caracas-office-scott-wagner/ David Dayen, The American Prospect, Trump at the Lobbyist Trough, November 25 2024 https://prospect.org/2024/11/25/2024-11-25-trump-at-the-lobbyist-trough/ Anna Skinner, Newsweek, Who is Katie Wiles, daughter of Trump's chief of staff linked to Putin ally, October 15 2026 https://www.newsweek.com/who-is-katie-wiles-daughter-of-trumps-chief-of-staff-linked-to-putin-ally-12575080 Justin Makangara, Julian E. Barnes, Glenn Thrush, Benjamin Weiser, Sheelagh McNeill and Safak Timur, New York Times, A Trump Loyalist, a Turkish Investor and a Battle for Wealth and Influence, October 12 2026 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/us/politics/a-trump-loyalist-a-turkish-investor-and-a-battle-for-wealth-and-influence.html Leigh Kimmins, Daily Beast, Jaw-dropping revelations of MAGA blood feud between Ric Grenell, Alina Habba and Turhan Mildon exposed, October 16 2026 https://www.thedailybeast.com/jaw-dropping-revelations-of-maga-blood-feud-between-ric-grenell-alina-habba-and-turhan-mildon-exposed TXAT LLC, Government services page https://tx-at.com/government Associated Press via PBS NewsHour, Trump announces Ric Grenell is stepping down as Kennedy Center's president, March 13 2026 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-announces-ric-grenell-is-stepping-down-as-kennedy-centers-president Bryan Gottlieb, Engineering News-Record, Kennedy Center Board Approves $257M Rehab, Two-Year Shutdown, March 17 2026 https://www.enr.com/articles/62694-kennedy-center-board-approves-257m-rehab-two-year-shutdown 20 U.S. Code 76h, Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/76h Congress.gov, witness biography of John Barsa, Acting Administrator, USAID, July 23 2020 https://www.congress.gov/116/meeting/house/110940/witnesses/HHRG-116-FA00-Bio-BarsaJ-20200723.pdf Dekleptocracy, Have Grenell and Rubio Turned the Kennedy Center into a Pay-to-Play Hub?, October 21 2026 https://dekleptocracy.substack.com/p/have-grenell-and-rubio-turned-the

Oct 19

The Son's Refinery Bet, the Chief of Staff's Daughter Katie Wiles's firm took the CEO of a refinery startup Donald Trump Jr. invested in to Republika Srpska to explore a pipeline deal, at the request of the Bosnian Serb government it represents, the New York Times reports. In August, Continental S...Read more

The Son's Refinery Bet, the Chief of Staff's Daughter Katie Wiles's firm took the CEO of a refinery startup Donald Trump Jr. invested in to Republika Srpska to explore a pipeline deal, at the request of the Bosnian Serb government it represents, the New York Times reports. In August, Continental Strategy arranged a trip to Republika Srpska for John V. Calce, CEO of America First Refining, to explore a gas pipeline from Croatia into the Western Balkans, at the request of Republika Srpska's government, Kenneth P. Vogel of the New York Times reported on October 15. Katie Wiles, a Continental partner and daughter of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, joined him. Republika Srpska has paid Continental $35,000 a month since February. America First Refining and its predecessor paid Continental $750,000 in lobbying fees, Senate disclosures show. ProPublica reported in June that Donald Trump Jr. secretly acquired a stake in the company. His spokesperson told ProPublica he is a passive minority investor. Reliance Industries, controlled by Mukesh Ambani and a major buyer of discounted Russian oil, invested at least $100 million in the company, ProPublica reported, and Newsweek found Reliance shipped oil refining catalysts to Russia, with no indication of a sanctions breach. At least six current or former Trump operatives were in Republika Srpska around its October 4 election, the Times reports. Firms co-founded by Caroline Wren and Barry Bennett received at least $800,000 for work that included lifting Milorad Dodik's sanctions, which Treasury lifted in October 2025. Continental says it meticulously complies with every ethical and legal requirement. Bosnia's foreign minister has asked the Justice Department to check whether the foreign agent filings are accurate. Read the October 16 edition of American Princelings at dekleptocracy.substack.com Featured link https://dekleptocracy.substack.com/p/american-princelings-611 Secondary links New York Times, More Trump Allies Aided Pro-Russian Balkan Government, Oct 15 2026 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/us/politics/trump-russia-srpska-elections-wiles.html ProPublica, America First Refining and Donald Trump Jr., June 9 2026 https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-ambani-reliance-industries-america-first-refining-texas Bibliography Kenneth P. Vogel, New York Times, More Trump Allies Aided Pro-Russian Balkan Government, October 15 2026 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/us/politics/trump-russia-srpska-elections-wiles.html Kenneth P. Vogel, New York Times, Trump advisers and Republika Srpska, October 6 2026 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/us/politics/trump-advisers-republika-srpska.html Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica, An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr., June 9 2026 https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-ambani-reliance-industries-america-first-refining-texas Kate Plummer, Newsweek, Revealed, The Indian Firm Quietly Shipping Key Chemicals to Russia, May 22 2026 https://www.newsweek.com/reliance-industries-chemicals-russia-putin-11983136 Raw Story, Susie Wiles's daughter and Republika Srpska, October 15 2026 https://www.rawstory.com/susie-wiles-srpska/ Emmet Lyons, Joanne Stocker and Archie Clarke, CBS News, Photo shows top Trump aide's daughter with pro-Russia politician in Bosnia, October 8 2026 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-trump-susie-wiles-milorad-dodik-bosnia-serbia/ Klix.ba, Konaković zasuo Washington pismima, October 12 2026 https://www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/konakovic-zasuo-washington-pismima-15-adresa-jedna-meta-milorad-dodik/261012241 Klix.ba, New York Times razotkrio mrežu, October 16 2026 https://klix.ba/vijesti/bih/new-york-times-razotkrio-mrezu-ko-je-sve-iz-trumpovog-kruga-lobirao-za-rs/261016018 Esmir Milavić, N1, New York Times on Trump advisers in Republika Srpska, October 16 2026 https://n1info.ba/vijesti/new-york-times-trump-bijesan-zbog-angazmana-svojih-savjetnika-u-rs-u-otkrivene-i-nove-poslovne-veze RFE/RL, Bosnia-Herzegovina election, October 5 2026 https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnia-herzegovina-election-dodik-becirovic-filipovic-bosniak/33870171.html US Senate Lobbying Disclosure, Continental Strategy filings for Element Fuels Holdings and America First Refining https://lda.senate.gov/ Continental Strategy, About us https://www.continentalstrategy.com/about-us Dekleptocracy, American Princelings, October 16 2026 https://dekleptocracy.substack.com/p/american-princelings-611

Oct 19

Bo Got It Done The White House official who led the push for the stablecoin law kept a stake in a firm that carried out a $415,000-a-month Tether deal. The first payment landed while he was in office, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bo Hines, executive director of the President's Council of Advis...Read more

Bo Got It Done The White House official who led the push for the stablecoin law kept a stake in a firm that carried out a $415,000-a-month Tether deal. The first payment landed while he was in office, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bo Hines, executive director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, led the White House push for the GENIUS Act, signed July 18, 2025. He kept a one-third stake in Nxum, the consulting firm he cofounded. Tether agreed to pay $415,000 a month for at least two years for a "strategic brand and public affairs plan," Sam Kessler of the Wall Street Journal reported on October 14. The first $2.49 million went out on May 11, 2025, while Hines was in government. The Journal puts Nxum's total at $6.3 million. The Journal reports Hines stayed in a Signal chat with his partners and pushed to extend the law's compliance window for foreign issuers from 18 to 36 months, a change that mainly benefited Tether. Partner Gary Dennis said "Bo got it done." Hines left the White House in August 2025 and joined Tether as an adviser ten days later. Nxum says he recused himself and received no Tether money while in government. Cantor Fitzgerald, now controlled by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's children, holds 5% of Tether. Read the October 16 edition of American Princelings at dekleptocracy.substack.com Featured link https://dekleptocracy.substack.com/p/american-princelings-611 Secondary links Wall Street Journal, He Crafted a Crypto Law for Trump as His Company Got Millions From a Crypto Giant, Oct 14 2026 https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/crypto-law-trump-tether-bo-hines-45bcd95d Fortune, Trump's former top crypto advisor faces scrutiny, Oct 15 2026 https://fortune.com/2026/10/15/trump-former-top-crypto-adviser-scrutiny-allegations-firm-millions-tether-stablecoin-law/ Bibliography Sam Kessler, Wall Street Journal, He Crafted a Crypto Law for Trump as His Company Got Millions From a Crypto Giant, October 14 2026 https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/crypto-law-trump-tether-bo-hines-45bcd95d Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, Trump's former top crypto advisor faces scrutiny over allegations his firm accepted millions from Tether while he shaped key stablecoin law, October 15 2026 https://fortune.com/2026/10/15/trump-former-top-crypto-adviser-scrutiny-allegations-firm-millions-tether-stablecoin-law/ Sarah Wynn, The Block, Trump signs stablecoin GENIUS Act, cementing first major crypto framework in US law, July 18 2025 https://www.theblock.co/post/363425/trump-signs-stablecoin-genius-act-cementing-first-major-crypto-framework-in-us-law Zack Abrams, The Block, White House crypto council head Bo Hines to step down, August 9 2025 https://www.theblock.co/post/366234/white-house-crypto-council-head-bo-hines-to-step-down-return-to-private-sector-report Daniel Kuhn, The Block, Bo Hines named CEO of Tether's new US arm as company unveils USAT stablecoin, September 12 2025 https://www.theblock.co/post/370472/bo-hines-named-ceo-of-tethers-new-us-arm-as-company-unveils-usat-stablecoin Jason Shubnell, The Block, Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald negotiated a 5% ownership stake in Tether, November 24 2024 https://www.theblock.co/post/327961/lutnick-cantor-fitzgerald-negotiated-a-5-ownership-stake-in-tether Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden, letter to Secretary Lutnick on the Tether loan to the Cantor trust, April 29 2026 https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/20260429warrenwydenlettertolutnickretethercantorfitzgeraldloan.pdf Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Blumenthal Demands Answers from Cantor Fitzgerald About Relationship with Tether, October 8 2026 https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-demands-answers-from-cantor-fitzgerald-about-relationship-with-tether-after-psi-report-finds-cryptocurrency-firm-props-up-irans-shadow-banking-system Americans for Financial Reform, Factsheet on the GENIUS Act's flaws and failures, July 9 2025 https://ourfinancialsecurity.org/2025/07/factsheet-afr-factsheet-on-the-genius-acts-flaws-and-failures/ Dekleptocracy, American Princelings, October 16 2026 https://dekleptocracy.substack.com/p/american-princelings-611