(3) The #emoluments clauses will be supported by federal law. No presidential clubs to join if you want the president's ear. No hotels that the president requires for the Secret Service. No investment vehicles that solicit contirutions that benefit the politician.
(4) Look to the Civil War aftermath to see the best practices for re-integrating politicians who collaborated with #Trump. Depend first on voters to punish them.
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The word emolument originates from the Latin term emolumentum, which initially referred to a payment made to a miller for grinding grain.
It derives from the root molere, meaning “to grind,” combined with ex- (“out”) to form emolere (“to grind out”).
Over time, the meaning broadened to signify profit, gain, or advantage, particularly in the context of compensation for services or employment.
@MEActNOW
#Trump drained the #swap and refilled it with toxic sludge.
#USPol #DonaldTrump #Crypto #SEC #Graft #Crime #Billionaires #Emoluments #Bribery #Corruption
https://mastodon.social/@MEActNOW/114089171447934382
https://gizmodo.com/sec-drops-charges-against-chinese-billionaire-after-he-pumps-30-million-into-trumps-crypto-scheme-2000569966
When I look at this now, Jan 17, 2025 I think about what I got right & what I got wrong. I was right about how he would turn everything around to benefit him, but I didn't think about how he would use Trump hotels & Towers as a money maker. Nor his golf courses. All as a way to get money.
Remember when we learned the word #emoluments? Good times, good times.
Remember when #Emoluments were something we actually CARED about (and was SO concerning, the #FoundingFathers prohibited them IN THE #CONSTITUTION?)
The #GrifterInChief already violated The Emoluments Clause 9 Ways to Sunday in his first term, and his corrupt #SCotUS & #GOP let him get away with it during his first term, so *now* they aren't even *pretending* to be concerned about it. #CriminalPresidency #WeAreSoScrewed #ConvictedFelon
https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/open-for-business-trump-abandons-pretense-of-ethics-for-second-term-226348613586
#xijinping has #TFG BALLS in the #chinese COMMUNIST Party vice grip #China #Xi #emoluments #treason #trump
EXPLAIN TO ME…
…how a #ConvictedFelon, #AdjudicatedRapist, #racist, #misogynist, #ToxicNarcissist who quoted #Hitler, hosted a rally that mirrored the 1939 American #Nazi Party rally in #MSG, declared he'd be a #DictatorOnDayOne, stole HUNDREDS of #ClassifiedDocs, violated the #Emoluments Clause over 100x, and ignored a #pandemic that ended up killing 500,000 Americans by the time he left office, get reelected based on an economy HE destroyed??? 
#ThisCountry #HopelesslyBroken
RT @PropOTP@twitter.com
U.S. Secret Service spent over $250k at Trump golf courses and hotels in the first half of 2017 alone, reveal new #FOIA docs we obtained. #emoluments @NatashaBertrand@twitter.com https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/21/secret-service-spent-more-than-250k-at-trump-properties-072465
