US government takes $2 billion equity stake in nine quantum computing firms

Beneficiaries include start-up backed by firm with links to the Trump family.

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[wrecksdart]

Too bad they now made it illegal to check on them, so we’ll never know.

If it's not the slush fund or the ways trump/family companies always seem to be quietly involved in getting "grants" and the like from the Federal Government, then it's the DOJ (led by The Great Bloviator's personal criminal attorney) barring audits of trump/family tax returns "that were raised or could have been raised". The corruption is absolutely staggering.

"Trump-IRS settlement 'forever' bars audits into tax claims for Trump and his family" (Reuters)

 

[wrecksdart]

....oh. They're all corrupt, Biden included.

As to your attempt to charge Biden with corruption, I call bullshit. And feel free to prove me wrong, because despite trumpian lickspittles James Comer and crew taking a long time and lots of government money to investigate Biden, they found that--hold on to your hat, now--his son had screwed up his taxes and owned an unlicensed firearm. I would say that Hunter Biden/President Joe Biden's actions are molehills compared to trump's Olympus Mons, but that's giving far too much weight to Biden's actions and nowhere near enough to trump's.

 

[wrecksdart]

It's literally in the story and what I quoted:

The company, which has sealed partnerships with Democratic and Republican administrations, is set to receive $100 million, by far its largest US government award to date.

Yes, let's look at what you quoted about PsiQuantum and your aspersions about Joe Biden being corrupt with the help of The Internet:

- According to Wikipedia, PsiQuantum founded in 2016 by Jeremy O'Brien, Terry Rudolph, Peter Shadbolt, and Mark Thompson
- Joe Biden not a founder in any way
- In 2021, company raises $665 million from a list of investors like BlackRock, Baillie Gifford, and Microsoft
- Joe Biden does not own or operate BlackRock, Baillie Gifford, or Microsoft
- In 2022, company receives XXX in deal with the U.S. Department of Energy to "use facilities at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory" (Reuters), and to "incorporate commercial assets into ongoing research" (thequantuminsider.com) at the Air Force Research Laboratory
- Joe Biden does not own or operate either the U.S. Department of Energy or the Air Force Research Laboratory
- In 2023, The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected Microsoft and PsiQuantum to 'develop and defend a system design for a fault-tolerant [quantum computer] prototype' (DARPA.mil)
- Joe Biden does not own or operate the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- In 2024, company partners with Illinois to "anchor" a business park
- Joe Biden does not own or operate the State of Illinois

What is not anywhere in here is a statement like this:

"Among the recipients was also PsiQuantum, which last year raised money from a group of investors including 1789 Capital, the venture capital firm at which Joe Biden is a partner."

Because, instead, it says that Donald Trump, Jr., is a partner in the venture capital firm, 1789 Capital.
- Joe Biden does not own or operate 1789 Capital or Donald Trump, Jr.

Please do better than handwave-y 'oh they're all corrupt' nonsense when faced with the overwhelming corruption of the trump regime.