‘Oligarchy on Full Display’: GOP Lawmakers Block Effort to Subpoena Donald Trump Jr. Over Suspicious Pentagon Loan

>The Financial Times [reported](https://www.ft.com/content/952f37ba-78b4-42a4-8d1b-2258de65f2c0) in December that 1789 Capital, a venture capital firm founded by pro-Trump donors in 2023 that brought Trump Jr. in as a partner in 2024, bought an equity stake in Vulcan Elements, months before it was awarded the $620 million loan by the [Pentagon](https://www.commondreams.org/tag/pentagon). We know how the Trump's are with loans. See Deutsche bank. See 1 Trump bankruptcy after another. What qualified Dump Jr. for this loan? It wasn't enough for Donald to steal from the government, now he has his namesake shitkicker son in on the game.

These ticks are dug in tight...

The parties are not the same.

I am sure Republicans are looking to subpoena Hunter Biden for something.

Don't worry. In a year, Common Dreams will start its traditional campaigning for the Green Party candidate. That'll fix things.