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In a very special election season Money Talks: Trump was never that good at business. How did he fake it till he made it? New York Times reporters Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig explain in their book Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success. They speak with host Emily Peck to discuss Trump's early business missteps, the right-place-right-time happenstances that made him a reality star, and whether or not he might actually have talent…if only for deception and scams. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Want more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Donald Trump is nothing if not lucky. Today we're joined by the authors of the New York Times Bestselling Book Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered his Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success, who took four decades of financial reporting and a century's worth of research and interviews to paint a picture of a life of the world's luckiest, but dare I say it, con artist. The question is: Do we want to continue to live in the world Donald Trump has created? Or are we ready to get back to reality? As always, IF YOU FIND WORTH IN WHAT WE DO, please consider SUBSCRIBING to PoliticsGirl Premium. You'll get this podcast AD FREE, along with a bunch of other PERKS, like the rants directly to your inbox and the knowledge that you're making this kind of highly researched, factual information possible. If that interests you, please go to https://www.politicsgirl.com/premium and SUBSCRIBE TODAY!! Thank you so much! xoPG Guest social: Lucky Loser: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672076/lucky-loser-by-russ-buettner-and-susanne-craig/ Susanne Craig: https://www.nytimes.com/by/susanne-craig Russ Buettner: https://www.nytimes.com/by/russ-buettner As always, please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl This episode is sponsored by… https://rocketmoney.com/politicsgirl https://calm.com/politicsgirl https://moshlife.com/politicsgirl
In a very special election season Money Talks: Trump was never that good at business. How did he fake it till he made it? New York Times reporters Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig explain in their book Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success. They speak with host Emily Peck to discuss Trump's early business missteps, the right-place-right-time happenstances that made him a reality star, and whether or not he might actually have talent…if only for deception and scams. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Want more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a very special election season Money Talks: Trump was never that good at business. How did he fake it till he made it? New York Times reporters Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig explain in their book Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success. They speak with host Emily Peck to discuss Trump's early business missteps, the right-place-right-time happenstances that made him a reality star, and whether or not he might actually have talent…if only for deception and scams. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Want more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a very special election season Money Talks: Trump was never that good at business. How did he fake it till he made it? New York Times reporters Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig explain in their book Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success. They speak with host Emily Peck to discuss Trump's early business missteps, the right-place-right-time happenstances that made him a reality star, and whether or not he might actually have talent…if only for deception and scams. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Want more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a very special election season Money Talks: Trump was never that good at business. How did he fake it till he made it? New York Times reporters Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig explain in their book Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success. They speak with host Emily Peck to discuss Trump's early business missteps, the right-place-right-time happenstances that made him a reality star, and whether or not he might actually have talent…if only for deception and scams. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Want more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/moneyplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Soon after announcing his first campaign for presidency, Donald J. Trump declared that life “had not been easy for me”, delivering a campaign narrative around his business acumen based on his journey from talented upstart to a multi-billionaire. This narrative was a lie. Drawing on access to twenty years' worth of Trump's confidential tax information, business records and interviews with Trump insiders, reporters Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig won a Pulitzer Prize for the investigations into Trump's finances – and the deceptions at the core of his claims of business success. In this episode, Buettner and Craig share insights from the school playground to the set of The Apprentice as well as never-before-seen financial records and intelligence on the relationship with his father Fred Trump, all belying the public image that took Trump all the way to the White House, and demonstrated that a lie will become truth if it is told often enough. Can a man who has squandered fortune on money-losing businesses continue to be saved by blind luck in the future?And can Trumpism survive beyond Trump? Tune in to find out. To get an exclusive NordVPN deal, head to https://nordvpn.com/howtoacademy to get an extra 4 months on the 2-year plan. There's no risk with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kara and Scott discuss the highlights of VP Kamala Harris's press blitz, TikTok being sued by 14 states, and the much-anticipated Tesla robotaxi event. Plus, the DOJ is considering breaking up Google to address its monopoly power on search. Also, a conversation about the danger of hurricane conspiracy theories. Then, our Friends of Pivot Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner join to talk about their new book, “Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success.” You can find Susanne on Threads at @susannecraig, and Russ on X at @russbuettner. Follow us on Instagram and Threads at @pivotpodcastofficial. Follow us on TikTok at @pivotpodcast. Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or at nymag.com/pivot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Ravi speaks with Cory Vaillancourt from western North Carolina's Smoky Mountain News about Hurricane Helene's devastating impact, why inland communities have faced such significant destruction, and the resilience of local residents. They also touch on the disaster's broader political and economic implications and the importance of local news. Then, Ravi welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporters Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig, authors of ‘Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success.' They discuss how the former president squandered his father's fortune while crafting an image of success, from his real estate ventures to The Apprentice, and where Trump's finances likely stand today. Time Stamps: Helene's Destruction - (00:45) Trump's Family Finances - (20:42) Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the show! 321-200-0570 --- Follow Ravi at @ravimgupta Follow The Branch at @thebranchmedia Notes from this episode are available on Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ Lost Debate is available on the following platforms: • Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-debate/id1591300785 • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7xR9pch9DrQDiZfGB5oF0F • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ravimgupta • Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vTERJNTc1ODE3Mzk3Nw • iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ • Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate
It can feel at times like there's nothing we don't know about Trump. However, there are still a few select people who seem to be able to uncover more and more, giving us critical insight into the former President. In this episode, Rick interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner about their new book, Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success. They delve into Trump's long-standing strategy of creating an illusion of wealth, his reliance on tax loopholes, and how he used his father's empire to prop up his failing ventures. The conversation also touches on Trump's role in the USFL's downfall, his relationship with banks, and the lasting impact of The Apprentice on his public image. Susanne and Russ' book, Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success, available now. Timestamps: (00:01:30) Lucky Loser (00:08:31) Trump's properties (00:13:29) The real Trump (00:21:38) The Trump brand Follow Resolute Square: Instagram Twitter TikTok Find out more at Resolute Square Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
-- On the Show: -- Susanne Craig, investigative reporter and author, with Russ Buettner, of "Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Create the Illusion of Success," joins David to discuss the book, which you can get here: https://amzn.to/3MWyyRw -- Republican Senator Mitch McConnell admits that Donald Trump's tariffs are a bad idea, and we dive into when and how tariffs can be an effective tool -- President Joe Biden delivers a final humble speech to the United Nations, something Donald Trump could never do -- New data shows 51% of 2024 votes will be cast early, and among early votes, 61% are for Kamala Harris over Donald Trump -- Fox News hosts are devastated by yet another stock market all time high -- Donald Trump and JD Vance are hit with rare but not unheard of criminal charges filed by a Haitian group in Ohio -- Donald Trump's brain appears to malfunction during a speech in Savannah, Georgia during which he wanders around hugging the air -- Voicemail caller is furious that David "paywalled" his story of meeting actress Rosario Dawson at the White House -- On the Bonus Show: Kamala Harris calls for an end to the Senate filibuster, Democratic Party office shot at in Arizona, Alex Jones' Infowars will be auctioned off to pay Sandy Hook families, much more... ☕ Beam melatonin hot cocoa: Use code PAKMAN for up to 40% OFF at https://shopbeam.com/pakman
The new book "Lucky Loser," profiles how Trump went from a child with a silver spoon in his mouth to failing in business and lying his way to the White House. The books co-authors, The New York Times investigative reporters, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner, join Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez to discuss. Plus, an important issue for many voters this November, Vice President Harris is putting a spotlight on the fight for reproductive rights and how Trump is the "architect" of this health crisis. Legal analysts Michele Goodwin and Jill Wine-Banks talk about it with Alicia and Michael.
Mediaite editor Aidan McLaughlin speaks with Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner, New York Times reporters and authors of "Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created The Illusion of Success". They discuss their in-depth reporting on Trump's finances, breaking the story of his financial losses and tax evasion methods in 2016, and the former president's attachment to his identity as "self-made". Aidan also speaks with Dominic Ponsford, editor in chief at the Press Gazette, about the scandal plaguing the largest Jewish newspaper in the world. This episode was produced by Brandon Reschke and Kathryn Wilkens.
The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Executive Director of The Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York Nic Rangel and public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois. The RT is joined by special guests for this panel. Pulitzer Prize winning "New York Times" American investigative journalist Russ Buettner and Pulitzer Prize winning "New York Times" Canadian investigative journalist Susanne Craig to talk about their book "Lucy Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success." Later on, Soviet-born American businessman and former associate of Rudy Guliani Lev Parnas and his wife Svetlana Parnas will join us as well to talk about the documentary "From Russia with Lev."
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner spent years investigating the former president's finances and various businesses. They dispel Trump's myth of being a self-made billionaire, and trace the missteps he made, squandering his father's fortune. Their book is Lucky Loser.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Nicolle Wallace is joined by Eugene Daniels, Tim Miller, Cornell Belcher, Pete Strzok, Amy McGrath, Retired Brigadier General Steven Anderson, Ziva Branstetter, Mini Timmaraju, Dr. Kavita Patel, Susanne Craig, and Russ Buettner.
Tonight on The Last Word: The future of the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary is at stake in 2024. Also, a new report details how Justice Roberts sent a memo suggesting the Supreme Court should grant Donald Trump immunity. And a new book reveals new details about Trump's finances. Sen. Gary Peters, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Susanne Craig, and Russ Buettner join Lawrence O'Donnell.
Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Russ Buettner is an investigative reporter at the New York Times. Since 2016, his reporting has focused on the personal finances of Donald J. Trump, including in-depth articles with Susanne Craig and other Times reporters that revealed the fortune Trump inherited from his father and the record of business failures hidden in twenty years of Trump's tax returns. Those articles were awarded a Pulitzer Prize and two George Polk awards. Buettner, who joined the Times in 2006, was also a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for articles with Danny Hakim highlighting abuse and neglect in New York's care of developmentally disabled people. He previously worked on investigations teams at the Daily News in New York and New York Newsday. Susanne Craig is an investigative reporter at the New York Times. Since 2016, her reporting has focused on the personal finances of Donald J. Trump, including in-depth articles that revealed the fortune Trump inherited from his father and the record of business failures hidden in twenty years of Trump's tax returns. Those articles were awarded a Pulitzer Prize and two George Polk awards. Craig previously covered Wall Street and served as Albany bureau chief for the Times. Prior to joining the Times in 2010, Craig was a reporter at The Wall Street Journal and The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper. She is a member of the Order of Canada and serves as an on-air analyst for MSNBC. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters behind the 2018 bombshell New York Times exposé of then-President Trump's finances, an explosive investigation into the history of Donald Trump's wealth, revealing how one of the country's biggest business failures lied his way into the White House Soon after announcing his first campaign for the US presidency, Donald J. Trump told a national television audience that life “has not been easy for me. It has not been easy for me.” Building on a narrative he had been telling for decades, he spun a hardscrabble fable of how he parlayed a small loan from his father into a multi-billion-dollar business and real estate empire. This feat, he argued, made him singularly qualified to lead the country. Except: None of it was true. Born to a rich father who made him the beneficiary of his own highly lucrative investments, Trump received the equivalent of more than $500 million today via means that required no business expertise whatsoever. Drawing on over twenty years' worth of Trump's confidential tax information, including the tax returns he tried to conceal, alongside business records and interviews with Trump insiders, New York Times investigative reporters Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig track Trump's financial rise and fall, and rise and fall again. For decades, he squanders his fortunes on money losing businesses, only to be saved yet again by financial serendipity. He tacks his name above the door of every building, while taking out huge loans he'll never repay. He obsesses over appearances, while ignoring threats to the bottom line and mounting costly lawsuits against city officials. He tarnishes the value of his name by allowing anyone with a big enough check to use it, and cheats the television producer who not only rescues him from bankruptcy but casts him as a business savant – the public image that will carry him to the White House. A masterpiece of narrative reporting, Lucky Loser is a meticulous examination spanning nearly a century, filled with scoops from Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago, Atlantic City, and the set of The Apprentice. At a moment when Trump's tether to success and power is more precarious than ever, here for the first time is the definitive true accounting of Trump and his money – what he had, what he lost, and what he has left – and the final word on the myth of Trump, the self-made billionaire. Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Buy Ava's Art
Happy publication day to Lucky Loser by Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig! Listen to editor Ann Godoff share backstory on the book, and stay tuned for a reading from the audiobook.About the book: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters behind the 2018 bombshell New York Times exposé of then-President Trump's finances, an explosive investigation into the history of Donald Trump's wealth, revealing how one of the country's biggest business failures lied his way into the White House.Read more: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672076/lucky-loser-by-russ-buettner-and-susanne-craig/Follow us online—Website: https://www.penguin.com/penguin-press-overview/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penguinpress/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/penguinpress TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepenguinpress Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PenguinPress/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/10489701/admin/feed/posts/
durée : 00:02:03 - Les 80'' - par : Nicolas Demorand - Je vais évoquer ce long article du "New York Times" que les journalistes d'investigation Russ Buettner et Susanne Craig consacrent à un moment très précis de la vie de Donald Trump : son entrée puis son triomphe dans le monde de la téléréalité.
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner spent years investigating the former president's finances and various businesses. They dispel Trump's myth of being a self-made billionaire, and trace the missteps he made, squandering his father's fortune. Their book is Lucky Loser.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Nicolle Wallace is joined by Isaac Arnsdorf, Marc Elias, John Heilemann, Vaughn Hillyard, Yamiche Alcindor, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Lee Gelernt, Texas State Rep. Victoria Neave, Mary McCord, Dave Aronberg, Russ Buettner, and Steve Kornacki.
Nicolle Wallace is joined by Susanne Craig, Vaughn Hillyard, Andrew Weissmann, Donny Deutsch, Yasmin Vossoughian, Harry Litman, Tim O'Brien, Russ Buettner, and Claire McCaskill.
As Donald Trump faces a Monday deadline to secure a $464 million bond in New York, ABC's Aaron Katersky reports from the courthouse. Plus, Professor Melissa Murray & Russ Buettner break down the former president's legal and financial challenges. Then, fresh off casting his final vote in Congress, former Rep. Ken Buck speaks exclusively with Jonathan Karl about the state of the Republican party and why he left the House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Friday, February 16, and reports on the ruling in Trump's civil fraud trial and the second day of D.A. Fani Willis' misconduct hearing. Kristy Greenberg, Russ Buettner, Dan Alexander, Bill Kristol and J. Tom Morgan join to discuss.
Ali Velshi – in for Nicolle Wallace – is joined by Ben Rhodes, Claire McCaskill, Rami Khouri, Melissa Murray, Andrew Weissmann, Charlie Sykes, Russ Buettner, RonNell Andersen Jones, Molly Jong-Fast, David Jolly, Donna Edwards, Rep. Seth Moulton, and Peter Strzok.
Nicolle Wallace discusses a raucous day in the courtroom holding the ex-president's civil fraud trial as he is fined $10,000, updates on one of his closest allies flipping on him in Special Counsel Jack Smith's election investigation, a brand new speaker of the House who led the charge there to overturn the 2020 election, a new book revealing Sen. Mitt Romney's real feelings about his GOP colleagues, an update on the ongoing hostage situation in Gaza, and more.Joined by: Lisa Rubin, Andrew Weissmann, Neal Katyal, Russ Buettner, Ali Vitali, Charlie Sykes, Stuart Stevens, Glenn Thrush, McKay Coppins, and Keir Simmons.
Donald Trump is in court this week in New York City, again, for a multimillion dollar civil fraud trial. He, his sons, and the Trump organization have been accused of using false financial statements and inflating their net worth by billions. In addition to this case, Trump is facing four criminal indictments: the January 6th insurrection case in DC, the Stormy Daniels hush money case in New York, the classified documents case in Florida, and the political interference case in Georgia. It's a lot to keep track of, but this civil trial is worth one's attention. If NY State Attorney General Letitia James succeeds, Trump could lose control of his businesses and his most valuable assets, like Trump Tower — along with whatever's left of the public image he spent decades constructing on television and in the press. Russ Buettner is a reporter on the New York Times Investigation Desk, the team that hunted down Trump's tax returns and other elusive financial documents, in an effort to understand how exactly the former president got his money and how he lost so much of it. For the midweek podcast, OTM correspondent Micah Loewinger called Russ to learn about what Trump's history of fraud means for his future, the revelations of the trial so far, and what details have gotten lost in the deluge of coverage.
Donald Trump is in court this week in New York City, again, for a multimillion dollar civil fraud trial. He, his sons, and the Trump organization have been accused of using false financial statements and inflating their net worth by billions. In addition to this case, Trump is facing four criminal indictments: the January 6th insurrection case in DC, the Stormy Daniels hush money case in New York, the classified documents case in Florida, and the political interference case in Georgia. It's a lot to keep track of, but this civil trial is worth one's attention. If NY State Attorney General Letitia James succeeds, Trump could lose control of his businesses and his most valuable assets, like Trump Tower — along with whatever's left of the public image he spent decades constructing on television and in the press. Russ Buettner is a reporter on the New York Times Investigation Desk, the team that hunted down Trump's tax returns and other elusive financial documents, in an effort to understand how exactly the former president got his money and how he lost so much of it. For the midweek podcast, OTM correspondent Micah Loewinger called Russ to learn about what Trump's history of fraud means for his future, the revelations of the trial so far, and what details have gotten lost in the deluge of coverage.
Nicolle Wallace discusses the ex-president's dangerous rhetoric as prosecutors and judges grapple with how to rein in his threats, the fallout of Rep. Kevin McCarthy's ousting as House Speaker, new scathing criticism from General John Kelly about his former boss, plea deals being floated by Fulton County DA Fani Willis in her RICO case, and more. Joined by: Russ Buettner, Andrew Weissmann, Pete Strzok, Ali Vitali, Tim Miller, Max Rose, Gen. Barry McCaffrey, Mike Schmidt, Paul Rieckhoff, Khizr Khan, Greg Bluestein, and Harry Litman.
Former President Trump was in court Monday for a civil fraud trial over his real estate dealings. The judge already ruled on one of the arguments from prosecutors last week, saying Trump and his executives fraudulently inflated the value of real estate holdings. The judge still has to weigh in on other claims in the suit. Geoff Bennett discussed the case with Russ Buettner of The New York Times. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Former President Trump was in court Monday for a civil fraud trial over his real estate dealings. The judge already ruled on one of the arguments from prosecutors last week, saying Trump and his executives fraudulently inflated the value of real estate holdings. The judge still has to weigh in on other claims in the suit. Geoff Bennett discussed the case with Russ Buettner of The New York Times. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Nicolle Wallace discusses former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's bombshell new book – with Cassidy herself, the ruling that the ex-president committed fraud and lied about his net worth for years, the terrifying threats Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has faced, President Biden's new ad in Michigan after his visit to the UAW picket line, and more.Joined by: Cassidy Hutchinson, Claire McCaskill, Russ Buettner, and Andrew Weissmann.
Nicolle Wallace discusses Michael Cohen's appearance before the Manhattan grand jury hearing evidence about the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, former Vice President Mike Pence's harsh words for his old boss and pushback on the continued whitewashing of the violence on January 6th, the ridiculous and offensive Republican blame game in the recent Silicon Valley Bank collapse, the terrifying bill on the verge of passing in Florida's state house that would allow people to carry a firearm without a permit, and more.Joined by: Russ Buettner, Tim O'Brien, Andrew Weissmann, Claire McCaskill, Stephanie Ruhle, David Gura, Rep. Madeleine Dean, Frank Figliuzzi, Harry Litman, Fred Guttenberg, and David Jolly
Nicolle Wallace discusses the release of the former president's tax returns by the House Ways and Means Committee and what it means going forward for his political career, new details on the Capitol insurrection from the testimony of key witnesses to the January 6th Select Committee, a look back at the year in politics and more. Joined by: Russ Buettner, Harry Litman, Rep. Judy Chu, Philip Rucker, Tim Miller, David Fahrenthold, Michael Cohen, Michael McFaul, Joyce Vance and Rick Stengel.
A Washington State University grad student was arrested in Pennsylvania on first degree murder charges in last month's killing of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home. Sources tell CNN authorities zeroed in on 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger after tracing his ownership of a white Hyundai Elantra seen in the area of the killings and unknown DNA through genetic genealogy. CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller tells AC360 if its critical for investigators to find the murder weapon. Plus, New York Times investigative reporter Russ Buettner joins AC360 to discuss the key takeaways from former President Trump's tax returns.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
Following a long legal battle and public debate, House Democrats released six years of former President Trump's tax returns. Thousands of pages show his personal and business taxes from the years he ran for and served as president. Russ Buettner of The New York Times and former National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson joined Lisa Desjardins to discuss the documents. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Following a long legal battle and public debate, House Democrats released six years of former President Trump's tax returns. Thousands of pages show his personal and business taxes from the years he ran for and served as president. Russ Buettner of The New York Times and former National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson joined Lisa Desjardins to discuss the documents. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Newly released information from a Congressional investigation shows that the IRS did not pursue timely mandatory audits of former President Trump during his term in office, as required. Russ Buettner of The New York Times joined William Brangham to discuss what we're learning about Trump's finances and why the IRS oversight didn't take place. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Newly released information from a Congressional investigation shows that the IRS did not pursue timely mandatory audits of former President Trump during his term in office, as required. Russ Buettner of The New York Times joined William Brangham to discuss what we're learning about Trump's finances and why the IRS oversight didn't take place. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Mary L Trump is a trained Clinical Psychologist with a PhD from The Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies. She also has a Master's degree in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. As an adjunct professor at Adelphi University, she taught graduate level courses in developmental psychology, psychopathology, and trauma. In 2017 Mary provided over 40,000 pages of documents to The New York Times, becoming a source for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning article written by Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner. She is the author of two New York Times best-selling books. The first, Too Much and Never Enough, published in July 2020, sold a million copies on its first day of publication. Her second book, The Reckoning, was published in August 2021. Join us for a fun, fascinating and brutally honest chat about her life; her Uncle Donald, her cousins Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr and her grandparents Fred Sr and Mary Anne; her dysfunctional childhood; the current political landscape; the midterms; Trumpism; racism; and the future of American democracy. You'll also learn whether she's a cat or dog person, and hear her Top 5 musical artists of all-time! Got somethin' to say?! Email us at BackroomAndy@gmail.com Leave us a messege: 845-307-7446 Twitter: @AndyOstroy Produced by Andy Ostroy and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff Associate producer Jennifer Hammoud Music by Andrew Hollander Design by Cricket Lengyel
During our Hornet Speaker Series last month, Pulitzer Prize-winning State Hornet alumnus reporter Russ Buettner appeared on our Twitch stream Oct. 21 to discuss how to manage and find sources for hard-hitting investigative stories, find a career in the modern journalistic landscape and earn and keep an audience's respect and attention in today's lightning-fast media cycle. Buettner, a collaborator on multiple New York Times stories on President Donald Trump's finances, taxes and debts, as well as the “Abused and Used” series chronicling mistreatment of developmentally disabled people living in New York group homes, also shared various stories of his time as a political investigative reporter. Music: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig and Mike McIntire for the New York Times: “Long-Concealed Records Show Trump’s Chronic Losses And Years Of Tax Avoidance” Adam Davidson’s Twitter thread on signs that Trump might have engaged in money laundering. Daniel Shaviro for Just Security: “Ten Quick Takeaways from the New York Times’ Bombshell Article on Trump’s Tax Returns” NYT: Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Noah Weiland for The New York Times: “Study Finds ‘Single Largest Driver’ of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump” Nathaniel Persily and Charles Stewart III for the Wall Street Journal: “Actually, We Will Know a Lot on Election Night” Edward-Isaac Dovere for The Atlantic, “The Deadline That Could Hand Trump the Election” Here are this week’s cocktail chatters: Emily: Jordan Nickerson and David H. Solomon: “Car Seats as Contraception” John: McDonald and Dodds David: Raymond Antonio Vargas for the New Orleans Advocate: “In New Orleans, Case of Staged Accidents, Disbarred Lawyer, Stuntwoman Attorney Takes a Dark Turn” Listener chatter from Megan Murray @mkmurray9: Alec MacGillis for The New Yorker: “The Students Left Behind by Remote Learning” Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on the Gabfest each week, and access to special bonus episodes throughout the year. Sign up now to listen and support our show. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and John discuss what unprofitable businesses they would like to run if they were engaging in tax evasion or avoidance schemes. You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig and Mike McIntire for the New York Times: “Long-Concealed Records Show Trump’s Chronic Losses And Years Of Tax Avoidance” Adam Davidson’s Twitter thread on signs that Trump might have engaged in money laundering. Daniel Shaviro for Just Security: “Ten Quick Takeaways from the New York Times’ Bombshell Article on Trump’s Tax Returns” NYT: Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Noah Weiland for The New York Times: “Study Finds ‘Single Largest Driver’ of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump” Nathaniel Persily and Charles Stewart III for the Wall Street Journal: “Actually, We Will Know a Lot on Election Night” Edward-Isaac Dovere for The Atlantic, “The Deadline That Could Hand Trump the Election” Here are this week’s cocktail chatters: Emily: Jordan Nickerson and David H. Solomon: “Car Seats as Contraception” John: McDonald and Dodds David: Raymond Antonio Vargas for the New Orleans Advocate: “In New Orleans, Case of Staged Accidents, Disbarred Lawyer, Stuntwoman Attorney Takes a Dark Turn” Listener chatter from Megan Murray @mkmurray9: Alec MacGillis for The New Yorker: “The Students Left Behind by Remote Learning” Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on the Gabfest each week, and access to special bonus episodes throughout the year. Sign up now to listen and support our show. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, David, and John discuss what unprofitable businesses they would like to run if they were engaging in tax evasion or avoidance schemes. You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our friends discuss threatening comments posted in response to Don sharing an article on Facebook about vehicles being used as weapons against protestors, and the limits of engaging violent speech. Amy and Don share their frustration and confusion about exchanges irreconcilable with their desire to connect across differences. Plus, more examples of things that give them strength.Additional resources:"What Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Nomination Means For The 2020 Election" (NPR, by Deirdre Walsh, September 27, 2020)https://www.npr.org/2020/09/27/917303199/what-amy-coney-barretts-supreme-court-nomination-means-for-the-2020-election"Long-concealed Records Show Trump's Chronic Losses and Years of Tax Avoidance" (New York Times, by Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig and Mike McIntire, September 27, 2020)https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html "Explained: How Trump's strategy to deter 3.5m Black Americans from voting worked in 2016" (YouTube, Channel 4 News, September 28, 2020)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reae0qgZ8bM Ween on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/3u1ulLq00Y3bfmq9FfjsPu?autoplay=true "Vehicles are being used as weapons against BLM protesters" (CNN Tonight, by Evan McMorris-Santoro, September 2020)https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/09/26/vehicles-weapons-against-protesters-mcmorris-santoro-dnt-ctn-vpx.cnn Iamtabithabrown (TikTok)https://www.tiktok.com/@iamtabithabrown "#166 Country of Liars" (ReplyAll, by PJ Vogt, September 18, 2020)https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/llhe5nm "I Won't Let You Down" by OK Go (iTunes)https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-wont-let-you-down/1329026488?i=1329026709 On October 8, 2020, Don and Amy will participate in a virtual session at the Flyover Podcast Festival, hosted online by Dimension Mill. In their 2p session—"Sharing the Messy Parts of Relationships"—they will talk about how they started this podcast, the impact it has had, and what they hope to accomplish by continuing to share their conversations.Get tickets to the October 8-9 festival at half price by using the discount code "FRIENDZ".Buy "Your Racist Friend" by They Might Be Giants on iTunes
Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig, investigative reporters for The Times, have pored over two decades and thousands of pages of documents on Donald J. Trump’s tax information, up to and including his time in the White House.What they found was an existential threat to the image he has constructed about his wealth and lifestyle. The tax documents consistently appeared to call into question the business acumen he has cited in his presidential campaign and throughout his public life.The records suggest that whenever Mr. Trump was closely involved in the creation and running of a business, it was more likely to fail. They show no payments of federal income taxes in 11 of 18 years that The Times examined, and reveal a decade-long audit by the Internal Revenue Service that questions the legitimacy of a $72.9 million tax refund. They also point to a reckoning on the horizon: The president appears to be personally on the hook for loans totaling $421 million, most of which is coming due within four years.We speak to Russ and Susanne about their findings and chart President Trump’s financial situation.Guest: Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig, investigative reporters for The New York Times.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: Long-concealed records on Mr. Trump’s tax information reveal struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due.Here are some of the key findings from the previously hidden tax information.While the president’s Republican allies have mostly remained silent on the situation, Democrats have pounced.
Despite the Uber/Lyft strike and a Louis Vuitton fashion show taking over JFK Airport, we finally made it to San Francisco to perform live at Betabrand’s fabulous Podcast Theatre! It was a week chock full of disgraceful topics to shut down. There was, of course, Donald Trump’s tax returns, a scandal at the Kentucky Derby, involving horses, and at the London Marathon, involving nurses. Also: Sonic the Hedgehog's unrealistic teeth caused a stir on the Internet, Burger King unleashed unhappy meals on an already unhappy public, and a Taiwanese man went to extreme lengths to find a missing AirPod. Finally, Silicon Valley’s finest living Elizabeth Holmes shares #SoManyThoughts with us about the newest royal baby, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. HEAR US ON ITUNEShttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N In this week’s episode: If you haven’t read Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner’s expose on Donald Trump’s taxes, check it out immediately. Watch the trailer for Paramount’s forthcoming “Sonic the Hedgehog,” and let us know what you think of the protagonist’s teeth. Click this link if you’d like to see the selfie a guy named Ben Hsu took after he pooped out an AirPod that he had accidentally swallowed while sleeping. Big #YUPs to… The Met Gala The New York State legislature Ad blocker browser plug-ins
President Donald Trump has refused to release his tax returns. He has sued his former accountants and Deutsche Bank to keep them from releasing his returns after they were subpoenaed to do so. And his treasury secretary has refused to provide the returns to Congress. But bit by bit, The New York Times’ Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner have been gathering returns and tax data from Trump’s earlier years. In the latest installment, they show how Trump claimed over a billion dollars in business losses from 1985 to 1994. In some years, he lost more than any other taxpayer. In this Trump, Inc. podcast extra, we speak to Craig about how she got the story, what she found and what to look for if and when the president’s tax returns are released. “You don’t lose this much money unless you’re a really bad businessman,” Craig told us. When the Times asked for comment from Trump officials, a spokesperson initially said, "You can make a large income and not have to pay large amount of taxes.” Later, Trump's lawyer Charles Harder, wrote that the tax information was “demonstrably false.” He cited no specific errors. You can contact us via Signal, WhatsApp or voicemail at 347-244-2134. Here’s more about how you can contact us securely. You can always email us at tips@trumpincpodcast.org. And finally, you can use the postal service: Trump, Inc. at ProPublica 155 Ave of the Americas, 13th Floor New York, NY 10013 “Trump, Inc.” is a production of WNYC Studios and ProPublica. Support our work by visiting donate.propublica.org or by becoming a supporting member of WNYC. Subscribe here or wherever you get your podcasts.
Chris interviews guests on Trump's Tax returns obtained by The New York Times.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
Chris interviews guests on Trump's Tax returns obtained by The New York Times.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with Susanne Craig, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, about her work in the Pulitzer Prize–winning investigation that questioned Trump's claim that he is a self-made billionaire. The investigative piece, which is 15,000 words long and took 18 months to complete, is the work of Craig, David Barstow, and Russ Buettner.
This week, “The Daily” is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened since the stories first ran. Today, we return to a New York Times investigation into Fred and Donald Trump’s taxes. After spending much of the past year poring over never-before-seen documents, our colleagues unearthed new information about the president’s financial history that contradict his story of being a self-made billionaire. Guests: David Barstow, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner, investigative reporters for The Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.