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Zach Everson
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Reporter at Forbes • Investigating how Donald Trump turns political power into personal profit, as well as other stories at the intersection of money and politics Tip? Media booking? [email protected] Signal/mobile: 202.804.2744 zacheverson.com
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 11d
New: Abu Dhabi fund MGX told me it picked USD1—a Trump family–linked stablecoin from World Liberty Financial—to put $2B into Binance, citing its “compliance history.”

USD1 had just launched.

me, for @forbes.com

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MGX Says $2 Billion Binance Investment Used USD1 Because Of ‘Compliance History’—But The Trump-Linked Stablecoin Was Brand New
The Abu Dhabi fund told Forbes that Binance requested settling with a cryptocurrency and used a stablecoin for stability, ultimately selecting USD1, in part, because it was backed by U.S. government a...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 1h
I thought Don Jr. and Eric were businessmen, not involved in their dad’s administration

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Don Jr, Eric and Donald Trump in photo. Tweet says The Family who saved the world. Thank you. -
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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 10h
Boo hoo! I tried to overthrow the government and now nobody wants to work with me.
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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 13h
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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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 11h
Not enough writers with national reach are traveling around getting flash banged and shot at by various police imo.
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Rachel de Leon @raeoflion.bsky.social · 16h
Last year, we wrote about survivor Taylor Cadle. When she was 12, she told police she’d been raped. They said she was lying and charged her with false reporting. She then took the extraordinary measure of recording the next act of abuse.

Now, Taylor has legal counsel and filed a lawsuit.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 16h
Bit of a crossover with Boston Legacy Football Club and Biggest Little Fur Con sharing a hashtag. #blfc

#nwsl #woso
a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls making a funny face .
ALT: a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls making a funny face .
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David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 20h
Boeing's stock price is up in 2025 due to weapons sales to Middle East.

If your retirement fund invests in ETFs like the Vanguard S&P 500 or mutual funds like Fidelity 500 Index, your profits are fueled in part by Boeing's weapons sales to Israel, especially bombs used in air strikes on civilians.
Boeing’s Arms Sales Thrive on Gaza Genocide
With $26.7 billion in approved Israel arms sales since October 7, 2023, Boeing stands out as a top beneficiary of the Gaza war.
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 10d
NEW: Reuters took a closer look at violent crime in D.C. after President Trump began a show of force here. Despite the big investment of federal resources, it's really hard at this point to see any dramatic changes.

www.reuters.com/world/us/did...
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mrspanstreppon @jamiepeppard.bsky.social · 21h
Anyone have a copy of Ed Martin's April 3 2025 Nominee OGE report? Can't request due to shutdown. Re a $31k loan in 2023
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taxgirl @taxgirl.bsky.social · 23h
The latest edition of our free @forbes.com tax newsletter is out!
This week, the IRS (mostly) shuts down.
Plus: 2026 tax numbers (and some revised 2025 tax numbers), per diem rates, Roth IRAs for kids, the tax gap, a new IRS CEO, Medicare fraud, tax trivia & more.

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Tax Breaks: The IRS (Mostly) Closes Up During The Government Shutdown
Plus: 2026 tax numbers (and some revised 2025 tax numbers) are out, per diem rates, Roth IRAs for kids, the tax gap, the new IRS CEO, Medicare fraud, tax trivia and more
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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 23h
In the latest Current Climate newsletter:
☀️ China’s clean tech exports trump global demand for U.S. oil and gas
🔋 Tapping the Great Salt Lake for lithium for batteries
🌳 Gina McCarthy on local efforts to fight climate change #renewableenergy #lithium www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
China’s Clean Tech Exports Trump U.S. Oil And Gas
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at pulling lithium from the Great Salt Lake for batteries and talks with Gina McCarthy about local efforts to fight climate change
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Washington Spirit @washingtonspirit.com · 23h
The silence before kickoff ➡️ the sound of Rowdy Audi

Experience it on 10.18 vs Orlando Pride at 12:30pm! Get your tickets now! 🎟️ bit.ly/4occKCk
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 1d
“More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation”

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More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation
By Daniel Ducassi, FloridaBulldog.org - More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts missing legally required public documentation.
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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 1d
This flick from Jun Endo is UNREAL 🤯
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 1d
Boston peeps:

Is there anywhere near/in Chestnut Hill Mall to get a good cocktail?
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d
This really fucking sucks!!! I’m not even paid to be here by an outlet, so doing this is just fucking me personally!
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 1d
“More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation”

Daniel Ducassi for Florida Bulldog
More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation
By Daniel Ducassi, FloridaBulldog.org - More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts missing legally required public documentation.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 1d
Damn, I was doing it wrong that whole time.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 1d
Mali has announced that US nationals visiting the West African country will be required to post a bond of up to $10,000 (£7,500) for business and tourist visas, in response to a similar requirement the Trump administration has imposed on its citizens.

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Mali imposes $10,000 visa bond on US visitors in reciprocal move
The West African state says it has introduced an "identical visa programme" for US travellers.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d
As AJ Bauer accurately points out in that OPB piece, none of the "journalists" being amplified by the White House and Twitter follow the usual norms of professional journalism. They are creating hype content for ICE and the Trump Administration, but framing themselves as "truth telling outsiders."
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d
“Who was president in 2020?” remains one of the most pertinent questions in American politics—absurd, yes, but here we are—and that extends to “who was president January 1 - 19, 2021?”
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d
That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 2d
This is it. I didn’t find it at all difficult to leave Twitter in the end: it stopped being fun and became boring and depressing. Whenever I opened it I’d see things that were obnoxious or upsetting. It was a relief not to do that.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 2d
This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.
Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 2d
fffff
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 2d
This article I had published at @motherjones.com in January feels very relevant with federal special ed office layoffs. Project 2025 targeted disability education services. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Project 2025's plan to dismantle public education—and screw over disabled kids
Nearly nine million students rely on DOE-backed disability accommodations.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d
seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back
Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit." Someone named Manny replies: "@grok why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"
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