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Trump's no-bid contract spree is worse than anyone thought —and it's just the beginning
Trump’s No-Bid StatePower, Not ConfusionThe story here is not “ethical concerns” or “watchdog outrage.” It is raw institutional capture. Donald Trump is using federal contracting power to channel public money toward loyalists, donors, friends, and family-adjacent operators, while the public gets inflated bills and fake justification in return. That is not bureaucratic drift. It is the conversion of government procurement into a rewards system.Who DecidesThe decision-makers are not abstract. The Interior Department handed out a $1.7 million no-bid contract for the Reflecting Pool and a second…
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