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The billionaires who backed Trump are making out a lot better than Putin.

(COMMONDREAMS) — I’ve always been a little skeptical that there’d be a smoking gun about the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia. The latest news about Donald Trump Jr., however, is tantalizingly close.

Robert Reich explains the theft plan buried within Trump's so-called "infrastructure" plan (h/t Jennifer Nix on Facebook)by Gaius PubliusAll you need to know about Donald Trump's theft of your dollars under the guise of an "infrastructure" plan is explained neatly in the video above. I call it "theft" because as Reich points out, it steals from the public twice — once with a massive tax giveaway and once more with a bunch of extracted tolls ("usage fees").

 The Great House on billionaire Richard Branson's private Caribbean island prior to a devastating 2011 fire (source). It has since been rebuilt (click for tour). Cost to rent: $60,000 per night.

Donald Trump waves as he walks with first lady Melania Trump during the inauguration parade on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. Trump raised $107 million for his inaugural festivities. (AP/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON — Powered by billionaires and corporations, President Donald Trump raised $107 million for his inaugural festivities, documents filed with the Federal Election Commission show, and nearly doubled the record set by President Barack Obama eight years ago.

2016 wasn't so bad if you were a billionaire.

Donald Trump dining on Mitt Romney's frogs legs (click to enlarge)by Gaius PubliusThis whole next administration, all of its people and all of its work, is going to be a horror show of Dantesque proportions.

U.S. industrial policy, as practiced (click to enlarge; source)by Gaius PubliusI was of two minds, Like a treeIn which there are two blackbirds.    (with apologies to Wallace Stevens)Much of the debate around U.S.

by Gaius PubliusThe clip above is an interview Thom Hartmann did with Forbes writer and commentor Eamonn Fingleton, whom the headline touts as "The Man Who Predicted Trump," a true statement, by the way. That prediction came in February 2016, as noted at the start of the conversation in the clip. Here Fingleton and Hartmann discuss Trump, U.S.

 Google says "Don't be evil." Look for their name as the third to sign on to NSA spying.by Gaius PubliusYes, we're talking about that Google and that Trump. Just two points first, before we look at Dave Dayen's report of the news.The Cult of the High-Tech Billionaire First, a little context.

Don Fotheringham is a WWII Marine Corp Veteran who fought in the Pacific following Pearl Harbor and was awarded the Bronze Star for heroic action at Iwo Jima. After discovering that the policy makers leading America’s war effort had concealed their internationalist aims from the public, he embarked on a lifelong study of America’s foundations and the forces seeking to subvert them. Fotheringham is the author of The President Makers: How Billionaires Control US and Foreign Policy and he lectures widely for Freedom First Society and serves on its Board of Directors.