This is what pay for play looks like.

[berg80]

Trump Administration Will Limit Medicare Spending on Pricey Bandages​

In an about-face, the administration is cracking down on so-called skin substitutes, overused treatments that cost Medicare more than $10 billion last year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/health/medicare-skin-substitutes-prices.html

Trump Delayed a Medicare Change After Health Company Donations​

Oliver Burckhardt came prepared for the dinner that President Trump hosted for a small group of major donors at his private Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida on March 1.

A week earlier, one of Mr. Burckhardt’s biotech companies had donated $5 million to MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump political committee, that paved the way for him to attend the event.

At the dinner, Mr. Burckhardt got a chance to speak briefly to the president and other guests about himself and the work of his company, Extremity Care, which makes pricey medical products including paper-thin bandages made of dried bits of placenta, according to three people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private event. He also brought copies of a flier urging the Trump administration to reverse a plan to restrict Medicare reimbursement for the bandages and criticizing former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. for having “rammed through a policy that would create more suffering and death for diabetic patients on Medicare.”

The next morning, Mr. Trump posted the flier on his social media site.

It was not just symbolic.

About one month later, the Trump administration announced it would delay until next year the Biden administration plan to limit Medicare’s coverage of the bandages, known as skin substitutes, saying that it was reviewing its policies.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/trump-medicare-bandages-donors.html

What's he going to use that PAC money for? After all, we the taxpayers are already paying hundreds of millions of dollars for his new plane to be refurbished.

PAC Donors are Paying Trump's Personal Bills​

PAC Donors are Paying Trump's Personal Bills

Abuse of leadership PACs as personal slush funds is common and well documented. But former President Donald Trump’s misuse of Save America funds is particularly striking due to the sheer volume of money in play.

campaignlegal.org

 

[BluesLegend]

So what you are saying is you are against Democrat's practice of selling out the American people for personal gain, got it.

 

[mamooth]

The CEO of Apple just gave Trump a big public bribe.

It used to be that the media cared, but that was over 20 years again. Since then, our nutty conservative MSM has bent over backwards to normalize republican bribe-taking.

Not all the bribery goes to the right, but 99% of it does. The Dems are boy scouts in comparison. Republicans are corrupt, Dems are clean.

 

[berg80]

The CEO of Apple just gave Trump a big public bribe.

It used to be that the media cared, but that was over 20 years again. Since then, our nutty conservative MSM has bent over backwards to normalize republican bribe-taking.

Not all the bribery goes to the right, but 99% of it does. The Dems are boy scouts in comparison. Republicans are corrupt, Dems are clean.

I do agree to the extent it's astounding how brazen the regime is about what it's doing. Namely, being openly corrupt. This sounds crazy, but it's almost as if it knows it will get no pushback from The Following, congressional Repubs, or the SC. Wait................

 

[berg80]

Prediction; trump being paid $5M to change the Medicare policy on those bandages will get flushed down the memory hole by The Following before the day is over.

Of note, he made the change knowing no one in the regime would dare say a word about it.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

This is what pay for play looks like.​

Is that when foreign governments make huge donations to the Clinton Foundation?

 

[yidnar]

The CEO of Apple just gave Trump a big public bribe.

It used to be that the media cared, but that was over 20 years again. Since then, our nutty conservative MSM has bent over backwards to normalize republican bribe-taking.

Not all the bribery goes to the right, but 99% of it does. The Dems are boy scouts in comparison. Republicans are corrupt, Dems are clean.

so the 600 billion Apple is going to invest is going to Trump eh ?

 

[Lesh]

Prediction; trump being paid $5M to change the Medicare policy on those bandages will get flushed down the memory hole by The Following before the day is over.

Of note, he made the change knowing no one in the regime would dare say a word about it.

It never registered with them in the first place

 

[yidnar]

Prediction; trump being paid $5M to change the Medicare policy on those bandages will get flushed down the memory hole by The Following before the day is over.

Of note, he made the change knowing no one in the regime would dare say a word about it.

another leftist prediction ..

 

[kyzr]

How can anyone admit to being a democrat after the 4-year Biden disaster?

You would think they would be ashamed of their 19% approval rating.

Democrats need to sit down and STFU.

 

[Winston]

This is what pay for play looks like.​

Is that when foreign governments make huge donations to the Clinton Foundation?

No, not really. The Clinton Foundation's information is publicly available. You can easily access that information. The reality is that the Clinton Foundation spends about 87.2% of it's funds on programs and services. That gives it an expense ratio of 12.8%. Want to take a guess at what the administrative cost, the expense ratio, of Trump's Save America PAC is--76.13%. WTF?

I mean you, and others on the right, are constantly using, what we called, when I was raising my kids, the "But Johnny does it" excuse. Oh, they didn't do that but a couple of times because when they did all hell broke loose. They still laugh about it today. And have no doubt, their kids don't use the "But Johnny does it" excuse. Pops asked them about it.

Look, Democrats do it too. A family trip to Scotland? Are you kidding me. Meals at the Capital Grille, five star resorts for "conferences". Look, every single member of Congress gets what is called a Members Representational Allowance of almost TWO MILLION ******* DOLLARS. Sure, that is for staff, rent for the office back in the district, but it is also for travel, for those meals at the Capital Grille if it is business related.

I really don't see how hard it is to support the FEC coming down on Leadership Pac's. As it is, there is no enforcement, mostly because there are no guidelines. And sure, I think Leadership Pac's need to be eliminated entirely. But at the very least I think we should agree, the funds within those Pac's should not be used to spend on personal legal expenses, luxury trips, and fine dining.

 

[Billiejeens]

This is what pay for play looks like.​

Is that when foreign governments make huge donations to the Clinton Foundation?

Or The Biden Crime Family

 

[Winston]

Or The Biden Crime Family

Oh, and we have another winner, "But Johhny does it".

 

[Billiejeens]

Oh, and we have another winner, "But Johhny does it".

Poor winnie

 

[Rawley]

Trump Administration Will Limit Medicare Spending on Pricey Bandages​

In an about-face, the administration is cracking down on so-called skin substitutes, overused treatments that cost Medicare more than $10 billion last year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/health/medicare-skin-substitutes-prices.html

Trump Delayed a Medicare Change After Health Company Donations​

Oliver Burckhardt came prepared for the dinner that President Trump hosted for a small group of major donors at his private Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida on March 1.

A week earlier, one of Mr. Burckhardt’s biotech companies had donated $5 million to MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump political committee, that paved the way for him to attend the event.

At the dinner, Mr. Burckhardt got a chance to speak briefly to the president and other guests about himself and the work of his company, Extremity Care, which makes pricey medical products including paper-thin bandages made of dried bits of placenta, according to three people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private event. He also brought copies of a flier urging the Trump administration to reverse a plan to restrict Medicare reimbursement for the bandages and criticizing former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. for having “rammed through a policy that would create more suffering and death for diabetic patients on Medicare.”

The next morning, Mr. Trump posted the flier on his social media site.

It was not just symbolic.

About one month later, the Trump administration announced it would delay until next year the Biden administration plan to limit Medicare’s coverage of the bandages, known as skin substitutes, saying that it was reviewing its policies.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/trump-medicare-bandages-donors.html

What's he going to use that PAC money for? After all, we the taxpayers are already paying hundreds of millions of dollars for his new plane to be refurbished.

PAC Donors are Paying Trump's Personal Bills​

PAC Donors are Paying Trump's Personal Bills

Abuse of leadership PACs as personal slush funds is common and well documented. But former President Donald Trump’s misuse of Save America funds is particularly striking due to the sheer volume of money in play.

campaignlegal.org

??

So he's doing just the opposite of what the guy who allegedly gave him $5M wanted done? And this is pay for play? WTF Bergie?

 

[Meathead]

Trump Administration Will Limit Medicare Spending on Pricey Bandages​

In an about-face, the administration is cracking down on so-called skin substitutes, overused treatments that cost Medicare more than $10 billion last year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/health/medicare-skin-substitutes-prices.html

Trump Delayed a Medicare Change After Health Company Donations​

Oliver Burckhardt came prepared for the dinner that President Trump hosted for a small group of major donors at his private Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida on March 1.

A week earlier, one of Mr. Burckhardt’s biotech companies had donated $5 million to MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump political committee, that paved the way for him to attend the event.

At the dinner, Mr. Burckhardt got a chance to speak briefly to the president and other guests about himself and the work of his company, Extremity Care, which makes pricey medical products including paper-thin bandages made of dried bits of placenta, according to three people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private event. He also brought copies of a flier urging the Trump administration to reverse a plan to restrict Medicare reimbursement for the bandages and criticizing former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. for having “rammed through a policy that would create more suffering and death for diabetic patients on Medicare.”

The next morning, Mr. Trump posted the flier on his social media site.

It was not just symbolic.

About one month later, the Trump administration announced it would delay until next year the Biden administration plan to limit Medicare’s coverage of the bandages, known as skin substitutes, saying that it was reviewing its policies.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/trump-medicare-bandages-donors.html

What's he going to use that PAC money for? After all, we the taxpayers are already paying hundreds of millions of dollars for his new plane to be refurbished.

PAC Donors are Paying Trump's Personal Bills​

PAC Donors are Paying Trump's Personal Bills

Abuse of leadership PACs as personal slush funds is common and well documented. But former President Donald Trump’s misuse of Save America funds is particularly striking due to the sheer volume of money in play.

campaignlegal.org

Actually, it looks more like this:

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

The Clinton Foundation's information is publicly available. You can easily access that information. The reality is that the Clinton Foundation spends about 87.2% of it's funds on programs and services.

Yeah, they were awesome!
How much did their contributions fall after foreign donors were
no longer buying access to President Hillary?

 

[Winston]

Yeah, they were awesome!
How much did their contributions fall after foreign donors were
no longer buying access to President Hillary?

So, still wanting to play the Johnny did it too card. Show the "quid pro quo" with donations to the Clinton Foundation. Here, I will start with Trump, see if you want to play along.

Fears of possible corruption have also focused on Chinese-born Justin Sun, the biggest investor in Trump’s crypto ventures. Sun bought about $20m of $Trump to become its top purchaser before the dinner on the 22nd which he attended. Sun previously invested at least $75m in World Liberty Financial to become its lead investor and an adviser.

Sun may also be benefiting from the SEC’s laxer oversight. Sun was sued by the SEC in 2023 for fraudulent market manipulation and other allegations of misconduct involving three other crypto enterprises of his, including the Tron Foundation.


As the SEC eased its crypto oversight, the agency earlier this year paused its case against Sun, sparking concerns that Trump’s financial ties to Sun might have influenced the agency’s decision

‘Roadmap for corruption’: Trump dive into cryptocurrency raises ethics alarm

The president’s hawking of $Trump memecoin has sparked a firestorm of criticism over potential influence buying

www.theguardian.com

Don't bother to ***** about the source. I can find plenty of alternative sources. And honestly, if you can provide a quid pro quo for donations to the Clinton Foundation I would condemn and seek prosecution. But, at least the vast majority of those donations went to good causes. And I know, the topic of this thread is about Leadership PAC's, but that is not what we are talking about with Sun. No, we are talking about Trump's personal business, he is personally benefiting, and the only cause is the enrich Trump cause.

As the article mentions, dozens of investigations have been halted by the Trump Justice Department and the SEC. But the one concerning Sun is particularly troublesome. Tron is a Blockchain, it carries a stable coin, Tether. It is the preferred currency of Hamas, Hezbollah, Isis, Russian computer hackers conducting ransomware attacks, arms dealers.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/new-crypto-front-emerges-israels-militant-financing-fight-2023-11-27/

I mean how ******* sick is it. Trump is clawing back research funding from Harvard, from Duke, because of so-called anti-Semite attitudes. Yet here he is, in bed with the founder of the number one source of financing for Hamas and Hezbollah. And all it took was a little cash investment in Trump's virtual currency.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

So, still wanting to play the Johnny did it too card. Show the "quid pro quo" with donations to the Clinton Foundation. Here, I will start with Trump, see if you want to play along.

Fears of possible corruption have also focused on Chinese-born Justin Sun, the biggest investor in Trump’s crypto ventures. Sun bought about $20m of $Trump to become its top purchaser before the dinner on the 22nd which he attended. Sun previously invested at least $75m in World Liberty Financial to become its lead investor and an adviser.

Sun may also be benefiting from the SEC’s laxer oversight. Sun was sued by the SEC in 2023 for fraudulent market manipulation and other allegations of misconduct involving three other crypto enterprises of his, including the Tron Foundation.


As the SEC eased its crypto oversight, the agency earlier this year paused its case against Sun, sparking concerns that Trump’s financial ties to Sun might have influenced the agency’s decision

‘Roadmap for corruption’: Trump dive into cryptocurrency raises ethics alarm

The president’s hawking of $Trump memecoin has sparked a firestorm of criticism over potential influence buying

www.theguardian.com

Don't bother to ***** about the source. I can find plenty of alternative sources. And honestly, if you can provide a quid pro quo for donations to the Clinton Foundation I would condemn and seek prosecution. But, at least the vast majority of those donations went to good causes. And I know, the topic of this thread is about Leadership PAC's, but that is not what we are talking about with Sun. No, we are talking about Trump's personal business, he is personally benefiting, and the only cause is the enrich Trump cause.

As the article mentions, dozens of investigations have been halted by the Trump Justice Department and the SEC. But the one concerning Sun is particularly troublesome. Tron is a Blockchain, it carries a stable coin, Tether. It is the preferred currency of Hamas, Hezbollah, Isis, Russian computer hackers conducting ransomware attacks, arms dealers.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/new-crypto-front-emerges-israels-militant-financing-fight-2023-11-27/

I mean how ******* sick is it. Trump is clawing back research funding from Harvard, from Duke, because of so-called anti-Semite attitudes. Yet here he is, in bed with the founder of the number one source of financing for Hamas and Hezbollah. And all it took was a little cash investment in Trump's virtual currency.

Hillary couldn't pay off the donors after she lost.

Very sad.

 

[Winston]

Hillary couldn't pay off the donors after she lost.

Very sad.

Who the **** cares. I mean is that the deal. Trump delivers? Is that what MAGA means? Delivers to money launderers, terrorists, ransomware hackers, arms dealers. Trump delivers, to them. To the American people, well not so much.