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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 8h

NEW: Abu Dhabi’s MGX is suddenly everywhere in Trump’s Washington—

📱 TikTok’s possible new US ownership

💰 A $2B Binance deal using Trump’s stablecoin

💻 A 51% stake in Intel’s Altera unit—and US taxpayers own 9.9% of Intel

Me, for @forbes.com

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What Is MGX? Abu Dhabi Fund Linked To TikTok And Trump’s USD1 Crypto

Founded in 2024, the Abu Dhabi investment vehicle has quickly become a major force in Trump administration deals, from the reported TikTok restructuring to a controversial $2 billion investment in Bin...

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 6d

👉 Jeffrey Epstein partied with Trump's closest advisers including Wilbur Ross, Rudy Giuliani, and Steve Mnunchin at dinner hosted by David Koch just TWO MONTHS after his release from prison (2019) www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Jeffrey Epstein partied with Trump's closest advisers in 2010

Photos from a 2010 dinner party at the home of David and Julia Koch obtained by DailyMail.com show Jeffrey Epstein as he chats with guests after a screening of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 8h

Is the United States an oligarchy?

Yes. Yes it is.

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Jim Aldrich🌱 @jimaldrich.bsky.social · 4h

We need a complete reset of the oligarchy

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 4h

Dear God. “Marc Andreessen Backs Call For Elon Musk To Spearhead $10 Trillion US Re-Industrialization Plan: 'This Is The Way'” 10/14/25 … 1/ finance.yahoo.com/news/marc-an...

Marc Andreessen Backs Call For Elon Musk To Spearhead $10 Trillion US Re-Industrialization Plan: 'This Is The Way'

Prominent tech investor, Marc Andreessen, expressed support for a suggestion for Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO, Elon Musk to lead a $10 trillion program to reindustrialize America. Andreessen Agrees Musk Sh...

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 9h

That would really be the end of majoritarian democracy in the United States.

It would represent the effective death of the republic. Horrifying to think they would leave people no political recourse to address their concerns or be heard.

Truly frightening place we’re headed in America.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9h

If the Supreme Court strikes down Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which has been interpreted to require the creation of majority-minority districts, Republicans could eliminate upward of a dozen Democratic-held districts across the South. Here's how.

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 9h

Had a really good time with Peter talking about the AI bubble, and said the following, which i stand by:

"I don't do this because I'm like "I'm going to be nasty." No, I do it because I'm pissed off at the way they fucked up the computer."

Peter Kafka @pkafka.bsky.social · 10h

Enjoyed talking to @edzitron.com, who has been spending a lot of time banging the drum about the AI bubble (and about the problems with tech in general.

Also discussed here: How Ed runs a PR company while he also savages some of the biggest companies in tech.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

The PR Guy Who Says the AI Boom Is a Bust

Podcast Episode · Channels with Peter Kafka · 10/15/2025 · 55m

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 8h

nothing says "america first" and "free markets" like bailing out another country's libertarian failure because (1) the corrupt clown president who caused it says nice things about our own corrupt clown president and (2) our big banks don't know how to do capitalism and are the hook for a lot of it

Argentine Bonds Jump on News US Lining Up $40 Billion in Aid

Argentina’s sovereign bonds jumped Wednesday after media outlets reported that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlined financial aid that would total $40 billion to Javier Milei’s government, dou...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 8h

More fron my reporting trip to the West Bank:

www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Israeli arson, bulldozers and forced labour in the West Bank’s Tulkarem

Israeli violence continues in occupied West Bank where soldiers act with impunity, Palestinians made to work for free.

www.aljazeera.com

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Jim Aldrich🌱 @jimaldrich.bsky.social · 8h

The world needs better foreign ministers

Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 14h

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

tinyurl.se/crR

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 12h

My neighbors have filled the Little Free Libraries with whistles so we can warn each other about ICE. Chicago is not afraid.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 14h

Here’s your reminder that one of DHS’s main jobs is disaster response, not cutting promos about terrorizing immigrants. Thousands have been displaced. Where’s Trump? Where’s Kristi Noem? Where’s FEMA?

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 21h

Here is the Vice President defending adults who said they love Hitler, want to rape their enemies, put their political opponents in gas chambers, and that Black people are monkeys. Just to name a few.

Are these those Christian values JD Vance talks about?

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 19h

"mahqaddoha

See the widespread destruction in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip, after Israeli occupation forces withdrew from some residential areas."

www.threads.com/@mahqaddoha/...

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#BDS #BoycottIsrael #FreePalestine #Gaza #GazaNews #GazaStrip #Israel #News #Palestine #WorldNews

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Jim Aldrich🌱 @jimaldrich.bsky.social · 19h

Republicans!

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

A judge has issued a restraining order against Republican Rep. Cory Mills after he was accused by a former girlfriend of threatening to circulate sexually explicit videos of her.

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 1d

An ambulance was summoned to the ICE office in Portland to treat an injured protester, but when the patient was loaded inside ICE agents refused to let the ambulance leave & threatened to shoot the ambulance driver

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 1d

How AI saves time and increases productivity.

Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 1d

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Jim Aldrich🌱 @jimaldrich.bsky.social · 20h

We’ll see

The Verge @theverge.com · 2d

California just passed a new law requiring AI to tell you it’s AI

If you’re a chatbot you have to tell me.

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Dieting Hippo @dhippo.net · 2d

Newgrounds has a very helpful guide for detecting AI audio over at www.newgrounds.com/wiki/help-in... for anyone interested in catching AI-generated music. Don't rely on any service that uses AI for detection, that's just using slop to find slop and you'll get false positives/missed catches.

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Jim Aldrich🌱 @jimaldrich.bsky.social · 20h

AI;DR

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 22h

You can legitimately give the Founding Fathers shit for a ton of stuff about how the US government works, but they were also obsessed with preventing the exact scenario we're living through and put like five layers of defense into their design

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Same time that Pritzker is telling city and state officials to start arresting and prosecuting federal officials for assaulting Illinois citizens.

OT1H, this is clearly really bad.

OTOH, our federalized design might end up being an absolute godsend.