Wendy Siegelman
@wendysiegelman.bsky.social
Independent journalist covering Trmp, kleptocracy, far-right networks, OSINT, bylines Daily Beast, Guardian, Buzzfeed, Byline Times, footnote in Senate Intel Russia report, subscribe to http://NewsTRACS.com, tips: wendy@newstracs.com
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Celebrity and Elon-Musk-lawyer Alex Spiro is the new chairman of Cleancore Solutions which is pursuing a Doge coin treasury strategy and an investor with Donald Trump Jr. in Thumzup Media which is also pursuing a Dogecoin treasury strategy, new from me:
Celebrity and Elon-Musk-lawyer Alex Spiro is chairman of a Dogecoin treasury company and an investor in a Dogecoin venture with Donald Trump Jr.
Celebrity and Elon-Musk-lawyer Alex Spiro is chairman of a Dogecoin treasury company and an investor in a Dogecoin venture with Donald Trump Jr.
newstracs.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Celebrity and Elon-Musk-lawyer Alex Spiro is the new chairman of Cleancore Solutions which is pursuing a Doge coin treasury strategy and an investor with Donald Trump Jr. in Thumzup Media which is also pursuing a Dogecoin treasury strategy, new from me:
Celebrity and Elon-Musk-lawyer Alex Spiro is the new chairman of Cleancore Solutions which is pursuing a Doge coin treasury strategy and an investor with Donald Trump Jr. in Thumzup Media which is also pursuing a Dogecoin treasury strategy, new from me:
Celebrity and Elon-Musk-lawyer Alex Spiro is chairman of a Dogecoin treasury company and an investor in a Dogecoin venture with Donald Trump Jr.
Celebrity and Elon-Musk-lawyer Alex Spiro is chairman of a Dogecoin treasury company and an investor in a Dogecoin venture with Donald Trump Jr.
newstracs.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Celebrity and Elon-Musk-lawyer Alex Spiro is the new chairman of Cleancore Solutions which is pursuing a Doge coin treasury strategy and an investor with Donald Trump Jr. in Thumzup Media which is also pursuing a Dogecoin treasury strategy, new from me:
Hollywood producer Robert Simonds has taken a controlling stake in Israeli spyware maker NSO and has appointed former Trump US ambassador to Israel David Friedman the new executive chairman
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...?
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...?
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Hollywood producer Robert Simonds has taken a controlling stake in Israeli spyware maker NSO and has appointed former Trump US ambassador to Israel David Friedman the new executive chairman
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...?
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...?
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“We interviewed 40 of the men who were imprisoned: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
“We interviewed 40 of the men who were imprisoned: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
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Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
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Sudan is experiencing the largest humanitarian crisis ever recorded.
12 million people have been displaced — that is the population of the state of Georgia. And more than 635,000 people are facing famine.
We must push for an arms embargo on Sudan and get aid in immediately.
12 million people have been displaced — that is the population of the state of Georgia. And more than 635,000 people are facing famine.
We must push for an arms embargo on Sudan and get aid in immediately.
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Sudan is experiencing the largest humanitarian crisis ever recorded.
12 million people have been displaced — that is the population of the state of Georgia. And more than 635,000 people are facing famine.
We must push for an arms embargo on Sudan and get aid in immediately.
12 million people have been displaced — that is the population of the state of Georgia. And more than 635,000 people are facing famine.
We must push for an arms embargo on Sudan and get aid in immediately.
Don Jr is a partner at 1789 Capital founded by Omeed Malik, Chris Buskirk, Rebekah Mercer - all part of the Rockbridge Network
An item not getting enough coverage: 1789 initially raised $150M+ from Rebekah Mercer per an SEC filing communication from Malik
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
An item not getting enough coverage: 1789 initially raised $150M+ from Rebekah Mercer per an SEC filing communication from Malik
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Don Jr is a partner at 1789 Capital founded by Omeed Malik, Chris Buskirk, Rebekah Mercer - all part of the Rockbridge Network
An item not getting enough coverage: 1789 initially raised $150M+ from Rebekah Mercer per an SEC filing communication from Malik
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
An item not getting enough coverage: 1789 initially raised $150M+ from Rebekah Mercer per an SEC filing communication from Malik
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
Meanwhile in Serbia - lawmakers approved Jared Kushner's project to build a half billion dollar Trump-branded complex in Belgrade on grounds of former army headquarters - despite opposition and fraud charges against some officials involved with the deal
www.politico.eu/article/serb...
www.politico.eu/article/serb...
Serbia passes law to build Trump hotel in Belgrade
Belgrade approves controversial development to please the U.S. president, critics say.
www.politico.eu
November 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Meanwhile in Serbia - lawmakers approved Jared Kushner's project to build a half billion dollar Trump-branded complex in Belgrade on grounds of former army headquarters - despite opposition and fraud charges against some officials involved with the deal
www.politico.eu/article/serb...
www.politico.eu/article/serb...
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An important conversation about Ukraine, democracy and more.
Thank you @gaslitnation.bsky.social and @andreachalupa.bsky.social
Thank you @gaslitnation.bsky.social and @andreachalupa.bsky.social
Here to tell us how to win the global war against fascism is @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social, a Ukrainian-American investigative journalist sanctioned by Russia, and director of the new chilling film Kherson: Human Safari. Listen: https://loom.ly/w19NnpQ
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November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
An important conversation about Ukraine, democracy and more.
Thank you @gaslitnation.bsky.social and @andreachalupa.bsky.social
Thank you @gaslitnation.bsky.social and @andreachalupa.bsky.social
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
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Looking for a long read to go with your coffee this morning? The Line is a project of incredible hubris - we got the story of how it unravelled.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
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November 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Looking for a long read to go with your coffee this morning? The Line is a project of incredible hubris - we got the story of how it unravelled.
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This sure looks like purges as part of a larger effort to politicize the military.
Hard to overstate the seriousness. A professional, non-politicized, civilian-controlled military is one of those historically amazing things 2020s Americans take for granted.
The alternative is considerably worse.
Hard to overstate the seriousness. A professional, non-politicized, civilian-controlled military is one of those historically amazing things 2020s Americans take for granted.
The alternative is considerably worse.
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
We spoke with 20 current and former military officials about the purge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
We spoke with 20 current and former military officials about the purge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This sure looks like purges as part of a larger effort to politicize the military.
Hard to overstate the seriousness. A professional, non-politicized, civilian-controlled military is one of those historically amazing things 2020s Americans take for granted.
The alternative is considerably worse.
Hard to overstate the seriousness. A professional, non-politicized, civilian-controlled military is one of those historically amazing things 2020s Americans take for granted.
The alternative is considerably worse.
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The videos surfacing online from Sudan are horrifying, and I say this as a journalist who has sadly become an expert on violent videos and images uploaded to the internet over the last decade. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
Executions and Mass Casualties: Videos Show Horror Unfolding in Sudan
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 AM
The videos surfacing online from Sudan are horrifying, and I say this as a journalist who has sadly become an expert on violent videos and images uploaded to the internet over the last decade. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
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Criminal organization attempting to conceal evidence bsky.app/profile/brad...
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Criminal organization attempting to conceal evidence bsky.app/profile/brad...
Quantum Leap Energy LLC (which develops nuclear fuel), a subsidiary of ASP Isotopes, announced a private placement of convertible notes led by American Ventures LLC with capital contributions from Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.
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aspi_ex992.htm
www.sec.gov
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Quantum Leap Energy LLC (which develops nuclear fuel), a subsidiary of ASP Isotopes, announced a private placement of convertible notes led by American Ventures LLC with capital contributions from Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
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New: "Trump Media Lost $54.8 Million Last Quarter—And Is On Track To Lose Far More"
Revenue was $972,900—about what Taylor Swift brought in over 15 minutes on her Eras Tour.
with @danalexander21.bsky.social for @forbes.com
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Revenue was $972,900—about what Taylor Swift brought in over 15 minutes on her Eras Tour.
with @danalexander21.bsky.social for @forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
Trump Media Lost $54.8 Million Last Quarter As Bitcoin Bet Backfires
The parent company of Truth Social reported $973,000 in revenue over three months, about what Taylor Swift took in 15 minutes during an Eras Tour concert.
www.forbes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
New: "Trump Media Lost $54.8 Million Last Quarter—And Is On Track To Lose Far More"
Revenue was $972,900—about what Taylor Swift brought in over 15 minutes on her Eras Tour.
with @danalexander21.bsky.social for @forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
Revenue was $972,900—about what Taylor Swift brought in over 15 minutes on her Eras Tour.
with @danalexander21.bsky.social for @forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
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SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment.
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FBI Informant Who Lied About Bidens Quietly Released From Jail Sparking Trump Pardon Fears
Alexander Smirnov was quietly furloughed from prison months ago.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now rewriting MAGA’s future - Chris Buskirk put tech elites at the center of power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are based on controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now rewriting MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now rewriting MAGA’s future - Chris Buskirk put tech elites at the center of power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are based on controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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I know we're all watching election returns but don't let this get lost in the mix: the Heritage Foundation is calling on the HHS to conduct a 'safety' review of oral contraception
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The Group Behind Project 2025 Wants RFK Jr. to ‘Study’ the Pill
11.4.25
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November 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I know we're all watching election returns but don't let this get lost in the mix: the Heritage Foundation is calling on the HHS to conduct a 'safety' review of oral contraception
jessica.substack.com/p/the-group-...
jessica.substack.com/p/the-group-...
How two tiny banks are helping Trump’s sons build a crypto empire - Dominari Holdings and Yorkville Advisors are benefiting from close connections with Eric and Don Jr.
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How two tiny banks are helping Trump’s sons build a crypto empire
Dominari Holdings and Yorkville Advisors are benefiting from close connections with Eric and Donald Trump Jr
www.ft.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
How two tiny banks are helping Trump’s sons build a crypto empire - Dominari Holdings and Yorkville Advisors are benefiting from close connections with Eric and Don Jr.
www.ft.com/content/39a4...
www.ft.com/content/39a4...
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NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...