ProPublica: Nick Adams' civics charity funneled money to him
NEW: Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG was spending that money on its stated mission.
Sean Wardwell30There's no quit to the grift.
Kyle Schwerin27Wait, this is a real person? I thought that account was literally satire about toxic masculinity lmaoooooooooo
Mr. Beat12I'd love to see these "civics lessons" they "teach."
Veterans Against Trump12Another maga scammer. Big surprise, they're ALL either thieves or sex criminals or both.
Vox Nihili8Grifters flocking to the US. Understanding that prosecution is unlikely and, in any event, a pardon is in fact very likely.
Roger Jacucci4Good. I'd much rather he NOT be using the money to teach his version of civics. Please... Keep stealing from the MAGAts.
Jim Swift12A grift not for ants, but giants.
Ethan Sacks8Definitely teaching kids how MAGA politics works.
Ben K.6Every GOP org’s stated mission is to enrich its founders. Do you expect them to be altruistic?
M. Kabir4Not surprising, not at all. . .
Dave Czaja4I had almost forgotten all about Nick ... the Alfalfa Male!
Luke Herrine4Sounds like he's teaching them the workings of US civics just fine
Academician Prokhor Zakharov4Grifts all the way down
OldDudeFella 🚫👑🤴⛔️3Well, of course he is stealing the money.
Stephanie; We Are All Pretti & Good🌻2There are a lot of charities that are disguised grifting operations, where the CEO/Founder is pulling in a hefty paycheck. Check them out through sites like Charity Navigator.
6/ We asked Nick Adams (and his mother) for comment. He did not respond to a detailed list of questions. If you want to see the full story, please click here: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
kalibomeli.bsky.social3107/ If you know more about Nick Adams, FLAG, or any questionable nonprofit, I can be reached at (908) 409-1662 and [email protected]
craiginthe6.bsky.social9Also, this douchenozzle is a self-described "Alpha Male" in his X profile. NOTE: actual "alpha males" have no need to announce to everyone that they're an alpha male.
Urban Larson7This is the guy Trump tried to name Ambassador to Malaysia but Malaysia wouldn’t take him because of his blatant Islamophobia.
Cath RN, PhD7What I remember about him: he charged his employer in Australia for 🚕 rides & 📱calls. Then he applied for the same job in a different ward, & messed up again, was to be fired & he quit. He applied for an Einstein Visa 3xs & finally got it by kissing Repub ass on his 📕 tour. He’s a loser & grifter.
craiginthe6.bsky.social7Gee, I wonder why he goes by Adams and not Adamopoulos? 🤔
Michele Lamb5MAGA influencers are grifters. Name and shame them all.
Mike12Of all the scummy people in the MAGA sphere, Nick Adams is the one I begrudge the least for scamming people because if you ever saw his old Tim Tebow tweets it has been obvious for years that he’s completely full of shit.
Jacob Harris5I would argue that he is teaching Trump Admin Civics very well then
Bix, Fella2I have this charity "Support Bix's hobbies," DM me on how to donate.
Annaleigh Watts 🇲🇽2Of course "alpha" Nick Adams hides alongside his mommy! 😭
This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Eldritch Millennial10I honestly thought this guy was doing some kind of satire online. Like he is so fucking ridiculous I thought it was a joke. Of course conservatives are just fucking marks man.
Chris Neyland3That’s how the Republican cult works. The best grifters transfer millions of dollars (billions in the case of Dear Leader) from the rubes to the grifters. It has always been such.
Zaggs2Isn't this basically every MAGA influencer? Maybe in 2.5 years we can deport him.
cɹitical tomɐto2my mans has a small possum nesting on his head
johnsonaz.bsky.social1MAGA corruption? Who would've thought 🤔
Stuck In Green Acres1MAGA is synonymous with "fraud" and "scammer"
It turns out that the “civics education” non-profit run by Australian “Alpha Male” MAGA influencer Nick Adams is an enormous grift. This is my shocked face. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Seth Cotlar32I’ve been a bit obsessed with Nick since I first ran across him in the first Trump admin. This is a thread with some of the greatest hits by this quintessential character of the Trumposcene. bsky.app/profile/seth...
Catherine 🌷2old enough to remember when we just laughed at him on X because everyone insisted he was just doing a bit. this is why you don’t encourage parodies!
grooveholmes.bsky.social2And I remember his brand was cartoonish sycophancy. He would say things like Trump would have been in the NFL if he didn't go into business. Bring back shame.
Lorraine Berry2I think they mistake “civics” for “civility” and their version of civics for “obedience.”
jkes805.bsky.social1Sweet simple 2015 me was sure he was doing a parody account when I first started seeing him. It was too on the nose. If only…
Ed "Abolish ICE” Costanza1'“I just want them to pay me back my hard earned money,” the complainant wrote, “since I am a retired senior citizen who happened to love this country.”' Trump initiated the golden age of grifting, for people who prey on seniors and shut-ins.
Julian Sanchez57I have never entirely been able to convince myself that this guy isn’t just engaged in an extaordinarly long-running performance art parody.
Tina Says #ResistFascism5It pays to relentlessly kiss trump’s ass.
Leah3The filthy rotten 20s: not roaring, but bloating, looting, ooozing. Ending with a spectacular pop like no other. A pop that spreads blood and pus across the country. An experience so gross, so awful, America might just learn a lesson. We effectively "learn" about once every 100 years.
The craziest part of this story is that I thought Nick Adams wasn't real person--that he was a satire account created to make fun of MAGA. The idea that all those statements were even partially authentic is so laughable and pathetic.
M. Pants17I'm in shock he's real
shaunofthedead.bsky.social9I went back and forth on it for YEARS back when I was on Twitter and it was only like 80% hell site, and I specifically remember seeing one tweet that sealed it for me, he's an excellent parody but this time he went a bit too far with the schtick. Apparently, I was wrong 😂
Haggy4I think he’s self-aware and uses his over the top posts as a cover for his actual fraud
Dr. s.c. Harlatan2I'm still not convinced that he isn't satire. Feeding off the gullible MAGAs is no contradiction.
💮 The Queen of Sicily 💮1They're "authentic" to the tune of $585k. I suspect this grifter would say anything to get attention, and MAGA made it easy for him.
Emmett Furrow1Yeah, I'd always assumed he was an Andy Kaufman-esque performance artist, working in the weird space of meta-comedy where it isn't 'supposed' to be funny.
SURPRISE… SURPRISE… SURPRISE… MAGA Nick Adams is a slimy thief, stealing millions from a kids charity . www.propublica.org/article/trum...
anita72.bsky.social2Can't stand that guy. He should've been sent back to Australia for the crocodiles. He really thinks that's who he is.
WaxSonic 🚀🎧🍽️⚓️🦋🌊♎️🏳️🌈2What’s also slimy are the fake patriotic names they give these orgs/charities, like the names are going to somehow exonerate their malfeasance.
“There is little evidence that the nonprofit has provided the civics education it claims. And Adams and his nonprofit have engaged in a pattern of questionable financial arrangements, including paying Adams and his mother more than half its recent annual revenue…”
Dael Norwood6Behind every (alleged) great crime lies a Delaware business entity registration form, a continuing series… The Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness, Inc., a “civics” nonprofit that does little educating but a lot of founder-enrichment, is a DE corp, file no. 5821319, reg agent CSC.
Alten Försterei in SF 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️2Oh look more corruption from Republicans...
