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Jake Lahut

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Senior writer for WIRED covering the Trump White House & GOP. Author of the Inner Loop newsletter. Emergency backup hockey writer. FR/EN 🇫🇷 https://www.wired.com/author/jake-lahut/ (Signal: Leak2Lahut.26)

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · Jul 23

Introducing my new premium newsletter for
@wired.com, Inner Loop.

This inaugural edition is right in the wheelhouse of what you can expect — the intersection of Trumpworld and Silicon Valley billionaires — but if you'll indulge me in a thread on our new subscription.. www.wired.com/story/peter-...

The GOP's Message for Tech Billionaires: Be Like Peter Thiel

One lesson Republican insiders took away from Elon Musk's spectacular flameout? Be wary of billionaires who love the spotlight.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

COLLINS: The Dept of Energy just canceled $1b for a hydrogen hub that covers Montana. Is that taking away good-paying jobs?

SHEEHY: Of course it is. We want govt to be open

C: But the Energy Secretary says he would've pulled that funding even if govt was open

S: ... Well, that's unfortunate

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 29m

don’t take betting advice from a reporter. but I don’t see how this resolves itself in a few days or under a week from now

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Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 4h

"The Indiana Daily Student will continue fighting for our right to publish and report the hard stories, even if administrators want to stop us."

Indiana University fires IDS adviser amid dispute over student newspaper's content

The director of student media was fired after he pushed back against a university directive over what gets printed in the Indiana Daily Student.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 4h

I heard the garbled subway announcement version of this and it did not sound good, but yeesh this is way worse than what I thought it was

Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 4h

A vandal cut the wires to the signaling system for the No. 2 and No. 5 trains this evening in the middle of the evening rush hour, snarling train traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx. My latest for the Daily News.

Vandal cuts signal wires, snarls rush hour subway service on 2, 3, 4 and 5 lines

Straphangers were delayed on the Nos. 2, 3 4 and 5 lines Tuesday evening after a vandal allegedly cut and attempted to steal wires critical to the subway signaling system, the Daily News has learne…

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 5h

The shelf space turf war between the two great pasta sauce powers, Rao’s and Carbone, could not be fiercer at the gentrified Bob & Betty’s grocery store in my neighborhood

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 6h

Again this is supposed to be a speech about posthumously awarding Charlie Kirk the presidential medal of freedom

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 7h

Trump just made a reference to "politically correct sirens" (as in from an ambulance or police cruiser) and I am very, very confused.

Is he talking about the wee-woo-wee-woo European ones??

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 7h

Wild story from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/a-plan...

A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They’re Not Involved

A presentation that has been shared with the Trump administration references Tesla, Ikea, TSMC, and more in its plan to rebuild Gaza. Some of these companies say they had no idea they were mentioned.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 8h

yeah, he's talked about spirituality and his very particular relationship with Christianity since the Butler assassination attempt, but the heaven and hell stuff is very new

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 8h

It's certainly one of the more interesting emergent ticks we've seen from the president in either this term or the first one

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 8h

Trump says a lot of weird and concerning stuff that people just kind of shrug at but right now I’m stuck on how he keeps insisting he’s going to hell

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 8h

Sometimes you come across the perfect tweet

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 10h

from the outside it definitely seems like the hardest one to alter in any shape or form. also, people love their CBS Mornings programming!!

Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 10h

"If we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked fr fr"
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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 10h

Save this one for later

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 11h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

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Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 11h

Just stumbled into a somewhat unexpected Fox News segment about Bari Weiss taking over at CBS.

Kayleigh McEneny says Weiss should "reduce 60 Minutes to zero minutes," and it got less serious from there

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 14h

On Platner's crowds, Maine journalist @aseitzwald.bsky.social says, "I talked to state senators and reps who’ve been around for a long time. They said that the closest they could think of is Bernie Sanders or Obama ...presidential level."

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 14h

If you wanna get your full Andy Greenberg fix this morning, I highly highly highly recommend checking out this video.

Did you know you can hack a poker card shuffling machine? It's a whole vibe www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ20...

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 14h

Look, the Afrikaners are ready to step up to the plate

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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 14h

8. Bezos' ex-wife, McKenzie Scott, has donated more than 4x as much as Bezos since their divorce.

Jeff Bezos Can’t Give Away His Money

Maybe he should ask his ex-wife.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 1d

October Monday Night Football and MLB playoffs is something very American and something to cherish

Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 1d

This is the first time I can recall where I’ve opened up my chronological feed on here to find some robust sports posting 🥲

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 1d

Secretary Pete Hegseth's press policy will receive just one signatory according to my current tally—from OAN. For context, there are more than 100 journalists who are members of the Pentagon Press Association. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 1d

Some interesting comparable examples in this piece I worked on (where Talarico is also mentioned).

Talarico & McMorrow would definitely fit this, in terms of the Senate candidates mentioned here www.wired.com/story/wired-...

The 22 Very Online Upstarts Changing the Face of Politics

Introducing WIRED’s 2025 Political Power Users—the creators, podcasters, and pundits who will blow up the next electoral era.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Jeffies on Marjorie Taylor Greene: "It does seem to many of us that she's had a surprisingly enlightened few weeks."

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