Donald Shaw

Trump Quietly Invested Millions in Bank Securities, Late Ethics Filing Shows The President recently disclosed more than a hundred late trades made since May of last year, nearly all in banks and financial institutions.

SCOOP: Trump quietly invested as much as $20 million in bank securities last year and violated the STOCK Act by failing to publicly disclose the transactions. readsludge.com/2026/03/04/t...

The Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp, February 2026 These are February's best experimental records.

My new tape with Neil Cloaca Young was listed in the best experimental music on Bandcamp in February. daily.bandcamp.com/best-experim...

Here Is How Much AIPAC Has Funneled to Every Member of Congress Sludge analyzed FEC data to create a searchable list of AIPAC’s donations this cycle to every member of Congress.

Here Is How Much AIPAC Has Funneled to Every Member of Congress

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AIPAC Donor-Tied Group Drops Six Figures for Foushee A mysterious super PAC, Article One PAC, has spent $600,000 supporting Rep. Valerie Foushee in the NC-04 Democratic primary against challenger Nida Allam.

New: A mysterious super PAC has spent $600,000 supporting Rep. Valerie Foushee in the NC-04 primary against challenger Nida Allam. Foushee said she would decline AIPAC's financial support.

The group, Article One PAC, is tied in FEC records to a billionaire AIPAC donor.

DCCC Rakes in Millions From Palantir Lobbyists as Protests Target the Company’s ICE Surveillance Tools A new FEC filing reveals the House Democrat campaign arm's latest Palantir lobbying firm fundraising haul.

"DCCC Rakes in Millions From Palantir Lobbyists as Protests Target the Company’s ICE Surveillance Tools"

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DCCC Rakes in Millions From Palantir Lobbyists as Protests Target the Company’s ICE Surveillance Tools A new FEC filing reveals the House Democrat campaign arm's latest Palantir lobbying firm fundraising haul.

NEW: DCCC Rakes in Millions From Palantir Lobbyists as Protests Target the Company’s ICE Surveillance Tools readsludge.com/2026/02/25/d...

Sen. Mark Warner, Palantir Critic, Took $37k From the Company’s CEO Alexander Karp, the CEO of ICE surveillance contractor Palantir, donated in September to Warner's joint fundraising committee, leadership PAC, and the Virginia Democratic Party.

NEW: Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has repeatedly warned about Palantir's surveillance tech powering ICE. A review of FEC filings show his political committees pocketed $37K from Palantir CEO Alex Karp in September. readsludge.com/2026/02/18/s...

Companies ‘Honor’ Trump With Kennedy Center Donations From defense to oil to tech, new companies are supporting the Kennedy Center since Trump’s takeover while others are revising their disclosure practices to explicitly honor the president.

NEW: New companies like Anduril are funding the Kennedy Center since Trump's takeover, while others like Chevron are newly disclosing their donations with Trump as the "honoree." readsludge.com/2026/02/09/c...

Foreign Interests Are Paying Millions to a Trump-Linked Lobbying Firm Ballard Partners’ foreign-interest lobbying business has boomed since Trump took office, signing up new clients from Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Albania, Uzbekistan, and more.

Just out: The foreign-interest lobbying business of the Trump-tied firm Ballard Partners has boomed since Trump took office, raking in millions from new clients from Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Albania, Uzbekistan, and more.

Trump Picks Apollo Co-Founder’s Son for DFC After Firm Shows Interest in X Debt Apollo eventually purchased the debt at nearly full price, helping to bolster X's flagging valuation.

President Trump picked Ben Black—son of billionaire Leon Black whose alleged sexual abuse of teens is detailed in Epstein files—to lead the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.

My post from January: readsludge.com/2025/04/09/t...

New 70 min Carbus tape. Shards

released February 2, 2026
Carbus is Donald Warner Shaw III + Neil 'cloaca' Young.

Recordings collected from 2019 - 2023 in Northeastern USA, Southern Switzerland, Northern Italy, and a bit of France. Edited 2024 - 2025. carbus.bandcamp.com/album/shards

Crypto, AI, and AIPAC Set up to Smash Super PAC Spending Records The groups are sitting on massive war chests for 2026 midterms, according to new disclosures.

AIPAC and crypto have both amassed record super PAC war chests for this year’s midterms.

AIPAC already has $96 million on hand while crypto industry has $191 million. readsludge.com/2026/02/02/c...

Hudson River Park Trust to End Longstanding ICE Contract Following Sludge Report After contracting with ICE since 2004, the Trust tells Sludge it will stop when the current contract ends in June.

Hudson River Park Trust to End Longstanding ICE Contract Following Sludge Report

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No Labels’ Israel Push Follows Foreign Agent Work by Spouse’s Firm The group's leader is married to Mark Penn, whose Stagwell Group companies have recently been working as registered foreign agents for Israel.

No Labels’ Israel Push Follows Foreign Agent Work by Spouse’s Firm readsludge.com/2026/01/20/n...

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Oh hey is that Dell Computers I see with an I*C*E Contract

BI2 TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
488 State Rd, Plymouth MA
Total Obligated Since 1/20/2025
$ 4,575,000.00
Prime Award Descriptions:
NEW AWARD FOR IRIS BIOMETRIC RECOGNITION TECH FOR OFFENDER ID & ACCESS TO BIOMETRIC INFO SYSTEM 2 ALLOW ICE TO QUICKLY AUTHENTICATE SUBJECTS DURING FIELD OPERATIONS.

what the fuck

NH's are Sig Sauer and Lyme Computer Systems. Sig Sauer notably got the Republicans in our state legislature to pass legislation recently shielding them from liability for defects with their firearms.
#NHPolitics

all my homies hate the PPA

The Hudson River Park provides parking to ICE ERO

Awesome to see folks checking the map of their states and towns.

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Pittsfield’s Lenco Industries is selling ICE Bearcat armored vehicles

GOP Leader’s Family Buys xAI Stock Days Before Pentagon Integration House Republican Conference chairwoman Lisa McClain disclosed the purchase made just days before the Pentagon announced a major integration with xAI.

GOP Leader’s Family Buys xAI Stock Days Before Pentagon Integration readsludge.com/2026/01/14/g...