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Trump’s crypto venture seeks banking license from Trump’s Treasury Department.
Vicky Ge Huang for @wsj.com
Vicky Ge Huang for @wsj.com
Exclusive | World Liberty, Flagship in Trumps’ Crypto Fleet, Seeks a U.S. Banking License
A banking charter would allow World Liberty Trust to issue and safeguard the dollar-backed stablecoin that the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial launched last year.
www.wsj.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Trump’s crypto venture seeks banking license from Trump’s Treasury Department.
Vicky Ge Huang for @wsj.com
Vicky Ge Huang for @wsj.com
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All across Europe, as well as in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, US allies are reading Trump's national security strategy and realizing that it was authored by people who view them as enemies while idolizing Vladimir Putin and plagiarizing from his recent speeches.
December 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
All across Europe, as well as in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, US allies are reading Trump's national security strategy and realizing that it was authored by people who view them as enemies while idolizing Vladimir Putin and plagiarizing from his recent speeches.
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In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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Note that the BBC openly admits in an email to me that the removal of this claim about Trump's world-historical corruption was done "on legal advice."
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Note that the BBC openly admits in an email to me that the removal of this claim about Trump's world-historical corruption was done "on legal advice."
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“We ask a lot of those who put their lives on the line defending our nation. The least we can do is respect their free speech rights once they’ve retired,” David Cole writes.
“We ask a lot of those who put their lives on the line defending our nation. The least we can do is respect their free speech rights once they’ve retired,” David Cole writes.
Opinion | Mark Kelly Is Being Investigated for Telling the Truth
Who wants to silence a senator? I’ll give you one guess.
nyti.ms
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“We ask a lot of those who put their lives on the line defending our nation. The least we can do is respect their free speech rights once they’ve retired,” David Cole writes.
“We ask a lot of those who put their lives on the line defending our nation. The least we can do is respect their free speech rights once they’ve retired,” David Cole writes.
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"in his haste to turn X into a political weapon for the far right, Musk may have revealed that the platform he’s long called “the number 1 source of news on Earth” is really just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors"
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"in his haste to turn X into a political weapon for the far right, Musk may have revealed that the platform he’s long called “the number 1 source of news on Earth” is really just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors"
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
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Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
MSN
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November 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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They are still in the "concept of a plan" phase they have been in for 8 years.
FOX: “So what would TRUMPCARE look like?”
DR. OZ: 🤷🏽♂️
DR. OZ: 🤷🏽♂️
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
They are still in the "concept of a plan" phase they have been in for 8 years.
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Nancy, are you okay?
Nancy, are you okay?
Are you okay, Nancy?
@daveweigel.bsky.social talks Nancy Mace's meltdown and much more with @timmiller.bsky.social in the latest Bulwark Podcast:
Nancy, are you okay?
Are you okay, Nancy?
@daveweigel.bsky.social talks Nancy Mace's meltdown and much more with @timmiller.bsky.social in the latest Bulwark Podcast:
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Nancy, are you okay?
Nancy, are you okay?
Are you okay, Nancy?
@daveweigel.bsky.social talks Nancy Mace's meltdown and much more with @timmiller.bsky.social in the latest Bulwark Podcast:
Nancy, are you okay?
Are you okay, Nancy?
@daveweigel.bsky.social talks Nancy Mace's meltdown and much more with @timmiller.bsky.social in the latest Bulwark Podcast:
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"What it's like to defend democracy, only to be called an un-American traitor."
Sgt. Aquilino Gonell defended the Capitol on January 6. He wrote a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump and his enablers:
Sgt. Aquilino Gonell defended the Capitol on January 6. He wrote a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump and his enablers:
Rioters tried to kill me on January 6. Trump pardoned them.
What it’s like to defend democracy, only to be called an un-American traitor.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"What it's like to defend democracy, only to be called an un-American traitor."
Sgt. Aquilino Gonell defended the Capitol on January 6. He wrote a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump and his enablers:
Sgt. Aquilino Gonell defended the Capitol on January 6. He wrote a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump and his enablers:
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October 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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According to this @washingtonpost.com analysis, no more than 57% of tickets were sold or given away as "comps" for the typical Kennedy Center production so far this fall, compared with with 93% in fall 2024 and 80% in fall 2023. Tens of thousands of seats have been left empty.
When Trump took over the Kennedy Center, his team accused it of not selling enough tickets and vowed to make it "hot." Instead, ticket sales under Trump have plummeted to their worst in years. @travismandrews.bsky.social @jeremybmerrill.com Shelly Tan www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover
Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
According to this @washingtonpost.com analysis, no more than 57% of tickets were sold or given away as "comps" for the typical Kennedy Center production so far this fall, compared with with 93% in fall 2024 and 80% in fall 2023. Tens of thousands of seats have been left empty.
Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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"The virtual disappearance of the House for most of three months, and the nagging fears that the body isn’t returning anytime soon (or...ever?) is looking...essential to the authoritarian project of a movement that pleaded for a “red Caesar” to crush “woke” liberalism with unchecked executive power"
The Founders knew Congress - especially the House - was the backbone of U.S. democracy. It should be a huge story that Mike Johnson, serving Trump, has all but shut it down
From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It didn’t take a Reichstag Fire to burn down Congress | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, what’s troubling about Maine’s Nazi tattoo flap.
www.inquirer.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"The virtual disappearance of the House for most of three months, and the nagging fears that the body isn’t returning anytime soon (or...ever?) is looking...essential to the authoritarian project of a movement that pleaded for a “red Caesar” to crush “woke” liberalism with unchecked executive power"
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Only 11 falsehoods?? That's it? A measly 11 lies, not even a dozen??
My goodness, Donald Trump really *is* losing it
My goodness, Donald Trump really *is* losing it
October 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Only 11 falsehoods?? That's it? A measly 11 lies, not even a dozen??
My goodness, Donald Trump really *is* losing it
My goodness, Donald Trump really *is* losing it
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“a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service *** Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.” (Andreessen also helped Elon by Twitter.) 10/24/24 … 1/
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.
www.404media.co
October 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service *** Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.” (Andreessen also helped Elon by Twitter.) 10/24/24 … 1/
Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
Opinion | Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
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The American people are smart. They know Trump and Republicans control government and Democrats do not.
LAST MONTH SENATE REPUBLICANS CHANGED THEIR DUMB RULES TO ALLOW A MAJORITY VOTE. Then can do so again.
GOP Senate can pass their bad funding bill today if they felt like it.
LAST MONTH SENATE REPUBLICANS CHANGED THEIR DUMB RULES TO ALLOW A MAJORITY VOTE. Then can do so again.
GOP Senate can pass their bad funding bill today if they felt like it.
New Washington Post poll on who voters blame for the government shutdown:
October 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The American people are smart. They know Trump and Republicans control government and Democrats do not.
LAST MONTH SENATE REPUBLICANS CHANGED THEIR DUMB RULES TO ALLOW A MAJORITY VOTE. Then can do so again.
GOP Senate can pass their bad funding bill today if they felt like it.
LAST MONTH SENATE REPUBLICANS CHANGED THEIR DUMB RULES TO ALLOW A MAJORITY VOTE. Then can do so again.
GOP Senate can pass their bad funding bill today if they felt like it.