Latest / Systemic Error Podcast
Ex-Republican shreds former colleagues for allowing Trump’s 'utterly obscene' abuses
Mining the State, Selling the OfficeThe Spoils ArriveThe reporting here is simple enough to understand and ugly enough to matter: the Trump administration helped secure a Kazakhstan deal for access to tungsten mines, federal financing moved forward for the project, and figures tied to Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Howard Lutnick’s family stood to benefit. That is the factual core. Everything else is noise wrapped around a payoff structure.Who Actually Held PowerThe decisive actors were not random intermediaries or faceless markets. It was Trump, the Commerce Department, and the…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.