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Anthony Cormier

@anthonycormier.bsky.social
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Investigative Reporter, Bloomberg News Signal, SecureDrop on request. Opinions my own.

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Anthony Cormier @anthonycormier.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Also, Ross Ulbricht’s prison gear is displayed like religious items
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Anthony Cormier @anthonycormier.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The vibe at the Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas is this:
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Anthony Cormier @anthonycormier.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
When Trump announced a reception and dinner for the top holders of his meme coin, crypto traders began jockeying for an invite. It's virtually impossible to know who these people are so we dug into the data. Turns out: more than half of them are probably foreign. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Top Trump Crypto Buyers Vying for Dinner Seats Are Likely Foreign, Data Shows
The majority of top holders of Donald Trump’s memecoin have used foreign exchanges that say they ban US users, suggesting many purchasers are based abroad
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
NEW from @ellebeyoud.bsky.social & @anthonycormier.bsky.social SEC Pushes Back on DOGE Request for Access to Some Agency Data 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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SEC Pushes Back on DOGE Request for Access to Some Agency Data
A member of Elon Musk’s government efficiency team asked Securities and Exchange Commission Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda to grant read and write access to some agency data, according to people familiar ...
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Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
OKX, a Seychelles-based crypto exchange, quietly brought on a paid adviser as it dealt with a federal probe it would ultimately settle for more than $500 million. The adviser: Andrew Cuomo. w @anthonycormier.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Cuomo Advised Crypto Exchange OKX on Its Response to US Probe
New York mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo worked as a paid adviser to an offshore cryptocurrency exchange as it dealt with a federal investigation before it pleaded guilty to operating illegally in the ...
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Anthony Cormier @anthonycormier.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Powerful story and design! How Cambridge Analytica Used Intimate Data to Exploit Gun Owners’ Private Lives
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How Cambridge Analytica Used Intimate Data to Exploit Gun Owners’ Private Lives
Documents obtained by ProPublica detail the sophistication and intrusiveness of Cambridge’s work for the gun industry in 2016. The firm’s campaign aimed to help elect Donald Trump and keep industry-fr...
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
In a sentence that would have surprised both of us a few weeks ago, CIA historian @tim-weiner.bsky.social and I teamed up to outline the distinct dangers in weaponizing the FBI and CIA: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/patel-ratc...
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Patel, Ratcliffe Set Up U.S. for a National Catastrophe
A rare joint essay on the dangers inside the battle for the soul of the FBI and CIA
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
SCOOP: A high-ranking SEC official asked enforcement staf in January to declare that a case they wanted to bring against Elon Musk wasnt politically motivated, an unusual request that the staffers refused, according to three people familiar with the matter www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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SEC Official Sought Staff’s No-Politics Pledge on Musk Lawsuit
The case went forward, but the unusual request has contributed to a growing sense of unease inside the agency’s enforcement division, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Anthony Cormier @anthonycormier.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
NEW: The acting SEC chairman sought a pledge from staffers that their investigation of Musk was not influenced by politics, an unusual and jarring request that they rejected. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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SEC Official Sought Staff’s No-Politics Pledge on Musk Lawsuit
The case went forward, but the unusual request has contributed to a growing sense of unease inside the agency’s enforcement division, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
SCOOP: Elon Musk’s SpaceX is seeking to deploy Starlink satellite internet terminals to help accelerate an upgrade of the information technology networks that support the US Federal Aviation Administration’s national airspace system www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Musk Seeks to Install Starlink Terminals in US Airspace Network
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is seeking to deploy Starlink satellite internet terminals to help accelerate an upgrade of the information technology networks that support the US Federal Aviation Administration’s...
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Incredible stuff in here: They ID'ed him, in part, by going to court hearings and watching him post
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 19/02/2025
For President Trump's operatives seeking corporate targets to investigate for "illegal DEI," conservative activists have already drawn up a list of 45 companies with a combined market value of almost $10 trillion
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The 45 Companies on the MAGA Anti-DEI Hit List
For President Donald Trump’s operatives seeking corporate targets to investigate for “illegal DEI,” conservative activists have already done the legwork and drawn up a list.
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Sophie Alexander @sooophie.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I've been covering billionaires for 6+ years. Now I'm covering DOGE and more. A thread of 🎁stories I worked on this week. Signal is in my bio. First off: DOGE has been dismantling the Education Department for a week+ : www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Vows to End Education Department. DOGE Has Already Started
Elon Musk’s budget-slashing team is auditing contracts and grant programs, including the federal student loan portfolio, in search of spending cuts.
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Shawn Donnan @sdonnan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
As Elon Musk shuts down USAID the Trump administration is looking at shifting billions in funding to a little-known agency about to be led by a Wall Street scion. My latest for @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Advisers Look to Shift US Foreign Aid to Wall Street Ally
President Donald Trump’s advisers have discussed shifting billions in funding from USAID to a government-run agency due to be headed up by the dealmaker son of Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon...
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Kendall Taggart @kendalltaggart.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
New story on one of consequences of the Trump administration’s cuts at USAID: The system designed to alert the military about humanitarian aid workers locations in war zones is offline 🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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USAID Shutdown Imperils Humanitarian Convoys in Conflict Zones
The Trump administration’s push to shutter the agency means it's unable to warn the US military where aid workers are operating
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
🚨🚨 A HUGE WIN in my #FOIA case against FBI for records revolving around the Trump classified documents case. Thank you to my killer FOIA legal team Stephen Stich Match, Merrick Wayne and Matt Topic @loevy.com www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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FBI must disclose more info about Trump classified docs case, judge rules
The judge noted that while the dropped charges against Trump reduced his criminal exposure, they “ironically” made him more susceptible to public scrutiny.
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Faiz Siddiqui @faizsays.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
NEW: The 19-year-old Elon Musk surrogate known as “Big Balls” has a State Dept. email address and is listed as a “Senior Advisor” Role gives Edward Coristine, reported to have been fired from a prev. job for leaking info, broad visibility into State Dept data www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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19-year-old Musk surrogate has State Department email address
The move illustrates that Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service aides are being asked to fulfill multiple roles at once.
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Gavin Finch @gavinfinch.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
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Evelyn De Rothschild Was Reported to Police for Sexual Assault
Two women filed complaints with the police in 2019 alleging that the financier Evelyn de Rothschild sexually assaulted them at his country house in Buckinghamshire.
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information. 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
new podcast! featuring @danahull.bsky.social @whereisted.bsky.social and @anthonycormier.bsky.social on Bloomberg's DOGE kids scoop. And me, asking the questions www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Inside Elon Musk’s Attack on the US Government
On this episode of Elon, Inc., we discuss what agencies may be next and what it means for the future of the country—and his fortune.
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Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🎧 It's Tuesday, so new episide of our podcast ELON INC. @anthonycormier.bsky.social talks about the "Doge Kids" who got into USAID Saturday, along with @whereisted.bsky.social and host @chafkin.bsky.social. Give us a listen podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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Inside Elon’s Attack on the US Government
Podcast Episode · Elon, Inc. · 02/04/2025 · 32m
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Anthony Cormier @anthonycormier.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
First post is a scoop: The “DOGE kids” and their confrontation with USAID on Saturday. w/ @jasonleopold.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Behind DOGE’s Standoff at USAID: Desk Searches and Elon Musk Calling
Young staffers from Musk’s government-efficiency initiative gained access to sensitive information to cap a weeklong effort that puts the aid agency’s fate in question.
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