Oliver Willis's Blog

Tracking scandals and controversies involving Donald Trump’s construction of a White House ballroom. Poll: Americans Oppose Construction Of Trump Ballroom. “Fifty-six percent of Americans said they oppose the project, with just 28 percent expressing support for it, per the The Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll. The survey found that the renovation enjoys significantly more support among…

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Tracking scandals and controversies involving the 2025 US government shutdown. Trump Continued Luxury Activities Despite Government Shutdown. “President Donald Trump isn’t curtailing travel. He’s not avoiding golf or making do with a skeleton staff in the West Wing. Even hamburgers served at the White House aren’t from McDonalds, this time. In shutdowns past — including during Trump’s first term…

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Tracking scandals and controversies involving the Department of Justice during Donald Trump’s second presidential term. References To January 6 Insurrection Scrubbed From Indictment. “The initial 14-page memo, signed by prosecutors Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White, recounted that “On January 6, 2021, thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol while a joint session…

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Leading the Future is a political super PAC meant to promote artificial intelligence (AI) and to prevent legislation regulating AI. It is bankrolled by tech billionaires like Marc Andreesen, Ben Horowitz and Greg and Anna Brockman. Leading the Future PAC reportedly plans to spend over $100 million to influence the outcome of the 2026 US midterm elections.

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Donald Trump is reportedly considering a plan to pardon Sean “Diddy” Combs despite Combs prostitution conviction.

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Apple Resumed Advertising Alongside Twitter’s Nazi Content. “Apple this month started advertising on X for the first time in more than a year. The company had stopped advertising on the social media platform in November 2023 following controversial remarks made by its owner Elon Musk.” [MacRumors]…

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Tracking scandals and controversies in Donald Trump’s second term as President of the United States, which began on January 20 2025. Farmers Lose Millions In Payments After Trump Freeze. “Farmers report missing millions of dollars of funding they were promised by the U.S. Agriculture Department, despite promises from the Trump administration that a federal funding freeze would not apply to…

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Tracking scandals and controversies involving Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Meta Changed Content Policy, Allowing Women To Be Called Household Objects. “Users are now allowed to, for example, refer to “women as household objects or property” or “transgender or non-binary people as ‘it,’” according to a section of the policy prohibiting such speech that was crossed…

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Donald Trump’s second term as President of the United States began on January 20, 2025 after he won the 2024 presidential election. This is a catalog of all the scandals and controversies occurring in Trump’s second term. Trump Heads Trump Media, Also Runs SEC Overseeing The Company. “When Trump takes office in January, a president will for the first time be the majority owner of a publicly…

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Alina Habba is Donald Trump’s presidential counselor. She previously served as his private lawyer. This is a catalog of scandals and controversies involving Alina Habba. Habba Cheered Billionaires Running The Government Under Trump. “In a Fox News interview on Friday, Habba spoke about the appointment of billionaires, praising them for helping to “clean up a government.

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