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Wendy Siegelman

@wendysiegelman.bsky.social
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Independent journalist covering Trmp, kleptocracy, far-right networks, OSINT, bylines Daily Beast, Guardian, Buzzfeed, Byline Times, footnote in Senate Intel Russia report, subscribe to NewsTRACS.com, tips: wendy@newstracs.com

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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
George Kollitides - who has worked as a senior advisor for Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg - has resigned from his role as an independent director of D. Boral Acquisition I Corp. www.sec.gov/Archives/edg... I wrote about Kollitides and D. Boral in this piece from June
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 23/09/2026
Sheikh Tahnoon is having a fantastic Trump administration!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
US govt and Gulf billionaires back Todd Boehly bid for Lukoil assets Boehly's consortium includes US International Development Finance Corp, UAE's Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan and billionaire Syrian-Qatari Al-Khayyat family - bidding against Carlyle www.ft.com/content/152a...
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US government and Gulf billionaires back Todd Boehly bid for Lukoil assets
Consortium aims to unseat Carlyle, which struck deal to buy Russian group’s international business in January
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Chris Cook @chriscook.news · 21/09/2026
A big new story from us: a big new leak means that we can put numbers on the scale of A7 -- the Kremlin's huge money-laundering machine. $6.9bn laundered through the international banking system via SWIFT, with $1.1bn sent to StanChart alone. www.ft.com/content/3848...
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Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks
FT finds thousands of Russian payments handled by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7
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ICIJ @icij.org · 21/09/2026
A company linked to a major donor for President Donald Trump's $350 million White House ballroom project received authorization from the Treasury Department to complete an acquisition involving a sanctioned Russian bank, according to public records. buff.ly/drBjmRR
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Trump administration gave firm with ties to ballroom donor the green light to do business with a sanctioned Russian bank - ICIJ
Private equity investor Konstantin Sokolov was also appointed to run a government enterprise fund.
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
$2 billion Trump Tower Tbilisi project launched in Georgian capital Eric Trump addressed ceremony by video link Partners include Archi Group, Invia and Sapir Org (former Trump Soho partner), investors include Block Stone Capital, Finvest, Vector Group georgiatoday.ge/trump-tower-...
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Trump Tower Tbilisi Unveiled as Flagship Project of $2 Billion Development
Trump Tower Tbilisi was officially launched in the Georgian capital this week, at an international ceremony attended by Georgian government
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
$2 billion Trump Tower Tbilisi project launched in Georgian capital Eric Trump addressed ceremony by video link Partners include Archi Group, Invia and Sapir Org (former Trump Soho partner), investors include Block Stone Capital, Finvest, Vector Group georgiatoday.ge/trump-tower-...
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Trump Tower Tbilisi Unveiled as Flagship Project of $2 Billion Development
Trump Tower Tbilisi was officially launched in the Georgian capital this week, at an international ceremony attended by Georgian government
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Dan Alexander @danalexander21.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is Donald Trump's fortune over time. See those last two bars? Yeah, the presidency has been good to him. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Another Don Jr. wedding guest was a Russian linked to the country's security services, according to a Russian investigative journalism outfit: www.agents.media/top-executiv...
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Top executive from companies linked to Russian security services attended Trump son’s wedding • «Агентство»
Русский язык The wedding of Donald Trump Jr. was partly financed by Umar Kremlev, the head of the International Boxing Association (IBA) and a friend of the chief of the Russian president’s security s...
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin Umar Kremlev - who spent hundreds of thousands on Don Jr wedding - is head of International Boxing Association which has been financed by Russian state-owned Gazprom www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trump‘s cash gifts to government employees, violate ethics rules, which exist to promote loyalty to the United States over loyalty to one person. He doesn’t get to break the law just because cash bonuses were “his longtime practice” in the private sector. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to Natalie Harp, two other close aides
Financial disclosures show the sums were equivalent to nearly one-third of each of their salaries. Experts say the gifts are without precedent and may violate the law.
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
NEW: In a White House meeting this spring, Rubio brought up Alejandro Betancourt as an oil partner in Venezuela. Then US officials pressed Switzerland and UK to ease or drop travel restrictions and investigations into him. UK was reluctant but agreed. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/w...
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Alejandro Betancourt, Trump’s Partner in Venezuelan Oil Deal, Has Faced Investigations (Gift Article)
Alejandro Betancourt has been targeted by multiple investigations. Now he’s the U.S. government’s unrivaled partner in President Trump’s bid to control Venezuelan oil resources.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
NEW in OUR LAND: Trump's DOJ is going to court to help a fabricator tied to Russian intelligence—who was sentenced to 6 years in prison for lying to the FBI to smear Joe Biden—appeal his sentence & get released. Why would Trump aid a possible Russian agent? link.motherjones.com/public/47273...
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Michael Shvartsman pleaded guilty in 2024 to insider trading associated with the Trump Media & Technology Group - per a lawsuit, he later helped fund the documentary "The Man You Don't Know" in an effort to obtain a pardon. He denies the allegations. www.newstribune.com/news/2026/se...
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Lawsuit says convicted fraudster linked to Trump Media funded pro-Trump film in hopes of pardon | Jefferson City News-Tribune
A Miami investor who pleaded guilty to making insider trades connected to the parent company of President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform helped fund a pro-Trump documentary film in hopes of secu...
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 25/08/2026
Fernando Cerimedo, a top right-wing political operative & business partner of fmr. Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, has been arrested in Bolivia in connection w/ the attempted assassination of his partner, Nadia Bayer, who is allegedly pregnant w/ his child. Bayer survived being shot by two...
Fernando Cerimedo, a top right-wing political operative and business partner of former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, has been arrested in Bolivia in connection with the attempted assassination of his partner, Nadia Bayer, who is allegedly pregnant with his child.

Bayer survived being shot by two men disguised as delivery workers, footage of which circulated widely. From her hospital bed, she alleged Cerimedo took $800,000 a month from Argentine President Javier Milei’s operation and ran a machine of bribes and violence. Some of her claims, including ties to US intelligence, remain unverified.

Cerimedo co-founded the right-wing outlet La Derecha Diario and was credited with helping engineer right-wing victories across the region, including for Milei. He served as an adviser in Bolivia under President Rodrigo Paz, whose vice president said Cerimedo kept an office near the presidency.

Leaked texts reportedly reference removing Bayer before she “caused trouble.” Colombian President Gustavo Petro tied the same network to 500,000 bots he said spread lies during Colombia’s election.

Parscale, now a registered foreign agent for Israel, holds major Israeli contracts, per Drop Site reporting.

🎥 Drop Site Latin America editor 
@GranadosCeja
 spoke to BP about the story.
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Trump Family’s New Crypto Bank Is Backed by Abu Dhabi Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al Nahyan The Emirati ‘spy sheikh’ backs a 49% stake in the entity behind the new World Liberty bank www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
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Exclusive | Trump Family’s New Crypto Bank Is Backed by Abu Dhabi Sheikh
The Emirati “spy sheikh” backs a 49% stake in the entity behind the new World Liberty bank.
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Venezuelan oilman Alejandro Betancourt faced Swiss arrest warrant. Trump admin intervened and per sources Betancourt is acting as intermediary for US In past decade he faced investigations (not charges) in Switzerland, Spain, US into alleged $ laundering www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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A Venezuelan oilman faced a Swiss arrest warrant. The U.S. had other plans for him.
The Trump administration intervened in a Swiss criminal investigation of Alejandro Betancourt, who has been helping Washington as an intermediary in Caracas.
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
‘Thin Air,’ Real Money: Donald Trump’s Crypto Products Have Left Investors at Least $4.7 Billion Underwater Incredible reporting by @zacheverson.com @publiccitizen.bsky.social - w/detailed info on NFTs, governance token $WLFI, meme coin $TRUMP, stablecoin USD1, TMTG www.citizen.org/article/dona...
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‘Thin Air,’ Real Money: Donald Trump’s Crypto Products Have Left Investors at Least $4.7 Billion Underwater - Public Citizen
Introduction  “I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly…
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Fun tidbit, just saw that a July 2026 report from the US House Natural Resources Committee Democrats on "How The White House Cheated The American People Out Of Their 250th Birthday" mentions me and a 2023 piece on Brad Parscale (footnote 266 on the last page)
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Drone-Defense Startup Needed Connections, so It Hired Eric Trump Space-Eyes’ CEO Jatin Bains gives President Trump’s son 6% stake to tap in to his ‘network of contacts’ www.wsj.com/business/dro...
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Drone-Defense Startup Needed Connections, so It Hired Eric Trump
Space-Eyes’ CEO gave President Trump’s son a 6% stake to tap in to his “network of contacts.” Eric Trump said he isn’t involved in day-to-day operations.
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Inside the Collapse of a MAGA Marketplace Backed by Trump Jr. - PublicSquare racked up costs before shifting into fintech, and its stock has cratered by 99% since it went public, via @wsj.com www.wsj.com/business/ins...
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Inside the Collapse of a MAGA Marketplace Backed by Trump Jr.
PublicSquare racked up costs—and consulting fees—before shifting into fintech. Its stock has cratered by 99% since it went public in 2023.
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Blackwater founder Erik Prince launches Vectus Air Defense Systems which is 20% owned by Swarmer, a drone software company where Prince is chairman of the board Vectus may partner with drone company Powerus backed by Don Jr. and Eric Trump www.wsj.com/business/bla...
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Blackwater’s Erik Prince Launches Air-Defense Startup
The private security contractor joined with Ukraine company Swarmer to offer defense technology to Middle East sites getting hit by Iran
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/08/2026
NEW: Congress appropriated $1 trillion for defense this year, more than twice as much as the combined budget for agencies overseeing health, veterans affairs, education, housing, agriculture and justice. We’re setting out to report on how this public money is being spent.
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The $1 Trillion Black Box
The U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spe...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 17/08/2026
Insight: Trump crypto firm backs venture offering AI from restricted Chinese companies reut.rs/4iee4EJ
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Insight: Trump crypto firm backs venture offering AI from restricted Chinese companies
President Donald Trump-backed World Liberty Financial is collaborating with a Hong Kong-based venture offering artificial-intelligence models developed by Chinese companies the U.S. administration has flagged for national security concerns.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 14/08/2026
President Trump’s scheme to charge $100,000 a month for advance access to government announcements on Truth Social violates the First and Fifth Amendments. That's why we sued this week, on behalf of The Intercept and Freedom of the Press Foundation.
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Truth Social's $100,000-per-month subscription for early access to Trump posts is unconstitutional - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
President Trump's scheme to charge $100,000 per month for advance access to official government announcements on Truth Social violates the First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution.
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
NEW: How some executives in drone deal backed by Eric and Donald Trump Jr. link to a DOJ Ozempic fraud case, a few other legal cases and interesting highlights of some prior business activities. My latest:
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How some executives in a drone deal backed by Eric and Donald Trump Jr. link to a DOJ Ozempic fraud case and other business highlights
How some executives in drone deal backed by Eric and Donald Trump Jr. link to a DOJ ozempic fraud case and other legal cases and businesses.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 14/08/2026
Exclusive: World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s flagship crypto venture, says its trust company has received preliminary approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to become a bank. on.wsj.com/4wyvwat
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Exclusive | Trump Family’s World Liberty Financial Gets Preliminary Approval to Launch a Bank
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency gives the flagship crypto venture a conditional approval to be a trust bank.
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
NEW: How some executives in drone deal backed by Eric and Donald Trump Jr. link to a DOJ Ozempic fraud case, a few other legal cases and interesting highlights of some prior business activities. My latest:
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How some executives in a drone deal backed by Eric and Donald Trump Jr. link to a DOJ Ozempic fraud case and other business highlights
How some executives in drone deal backed by Eric and Donald Trump Jr. link to a DOJ ozempic fraud case and other legal cases and businesses.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 12/08/2026
Treasury Rolls Back Ownership Reporting Obligations for U.S. Companies www.occrp.org/en/news/trea...
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Treasury Rolls Back Ownership Reporting Obligations for U.S. Companies
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Scott Stedman @scottstedman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
NEWS: The FBI secretly investigated the money behind cannabis giant Curaleaf for money laundering and public corruption. One witness said she was "probably instructed" to keep Roman Abramovich's name off disclosures. THE CURALEAF PAPERS, Part I: thenewsground.com/fbi-investig...
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FBI Investigated Curaleaf for Corruption and Money Laundering - The Newsground
The FBI secretly investigated the foreign money behind cannabis giant Curaleaf for money laundering and public corruption.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Trump's invasion of Greenland. US oil company preparing to sink wells despite not having permission from the local authorities. Greenland may have $1tn of crude. Trump seeking conflict and takeover. Will Europe capitulate to the madman?
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Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
A major Trump donor's company has received more than $7 billion in contracts under his administration, including for the wall in Big Bend. Some of the contracts have been no bid or significantly higher than the government's typical price.
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Billions in border wall contracts are going to a Montana firm run by a Trump donor - High Country News
Barnard Construction’s leadership donated over $1 million to the president’s campaign. They’re among the administration’s top wall contractors.
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Scott Stedman @scottstedman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
NEWS: Developer of Trump Tower Tbilisi is half-owned by a Georgian-Russian oligarch with deep Kremlin ties who still holds money in sanctioned Russian banks. thenewsground.com/shadowy-russ...
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Shadowy Russian Businessman Controls Half of Trump Tower Tbilisi Developer - The Newsground
An offshore company links a Trump Tower Tbilisi developer to a Moscow fortune, an online casino empire, and sanctioned Russian banks.
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Protos @protos.com · 06/08/2026
Lawsuit alleges startling claims about Brock Pierce protos.com/lawsuit-alle...
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Lawsuit alleges startling claims about Brock Pierce
Brock Pierce and Scott Walker are named in a lawsuit that accuses them of "running pump and dump schemes" and "illegal poker games."
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/08/2026
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
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Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Ex Cambridge Analytica exec Brittany Kaiser runs AlphaTon, now named Alpha Compute, an AI infrastructure company w/focus on messaging app Telegram At CPAC London Kaiser announced launch of Right2Compute to "secure rights for building AI data centers" www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
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Right2Compute Coalition Launches to Secure Rights for Building AI Data Centers for Sovereign AI and Data Ownership
Right2Compute Coalition Launches to Secure Rights for Building AI Data Centers for Sovereign AI and Data Ownership ...
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A recent Bloomberg story on a 2024 drug bust in Spain has links to royalty, crypto, and two former officers at a Wall Street firm chaired by a retired four-star Army general. I provide highlights and add some new details on the network. My latest:
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A recent Bloomberg story on a 2024 drug bust in Spain has links to royalty, crypto, and former execs at Wall Street firm chaired by retired four-star Army general
A story on a 2024 drug bust in Spain has links to royalty, crypto, and execs at Wall Street firm chaired by a retired four-star Army general.
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Dan Alexander @danalexander21.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
As the Trump administration held nuclear talks with Saudi Arabia, the president’s private business was moving into a crown-prince-backed development in the country—announcing a hotel, golf and residential project bearing Donald Trump’s name. Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
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Trump's Business Pursued Saudi Deal As He Conducted Nuclear Discussions
While Trump's administration held nuclear-energy talks with Saudi Arabia, his private business moved ahead with a real-estate project tied to the crown prince.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/07/2026
The State Department has just put out a tender, offering funding of up to $3 million to European organizations who want to fight against "Supra-national institutions" - presumably the EU - and governments who seek to regulate the internet and end Western Civilization. www.state.gov/drl-nofo-dev...
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DRL NOFO Developing Civilizational Bonds, Democratic Resilience, and Rule of Law in Europe - United States Department of State
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)Developing Civilizational Bonds, Democratic Resilience, and Rule of Law in EuropeBureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor, Department of StateOpportunity number: ...
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Dan Alexander @danalexander21.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
You may have seen reports that Donald Trump hauled in $2.2 billion in 2025. Turns out, he actually made even more. New story released this morning: www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
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Trump Made Even More Money Than You Thought Last Year
America’s salesman-in-chief capitalized on the most lucrative pitch of his life. Now Trump is selling something else—the myth that he doesn’t know how he made so much.
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump invest heavily in defense tech as their father’s administration pours money in The companies have collectively generated $3.2B in direct govt business since the sons invested and additional $3.1B in future contract options www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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Trump’s sons invest heavily in defense tech as father’s administration pours money in
Most investments by funds linked to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have taken place since their father’s reelection.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 14/07/2026
Just days later, Perpetuals says no thanks and terminates the letter of intent ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 04/07/2026
President Trump's retail store is out with an Independence Day email blast. Trump pledged not to profit off the presidency. In 2025, Trump Store dot com paid him $8.4 million.
An ad showing America's Birthday with fireworks and the first couple
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Scott Stedman @scottstedman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A Russian intelligence operative had direct access to Jeffrey Epstein’s inner circle. Epstein paid his daughter more than $380,000 and hosted her parents at his homes. My 10-month investigation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SodF...
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Secret Russian Money Trail
YouTube video by The Newsground
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The Insider @theins.press · 09/07/2026
Shooting Starlink: The “no limits” partnership between Russia and China is taking aim at Elon Musk Documents from secret joint military forums reveal a developing partnership far deeper than either country will admit. One of its top targets is Starlink.
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Shooting Starlink: The “no limits” partnership between Russia and China is taking aim at Elon Musk
Secret documents from a series of clandestine Russian-Chinese military forums reveal a joint plan to defeat Elon Musk’s Starlink and a weapons development…
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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
After AI Financial (previously Alt5 Sigma), raised $750 million from investors and paid over $500 million to the Trump family, AI Financial is in talks to sell its core business to Perpetuals(dot)com for $15 million www.wsj.com/business/dea...
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Exclusive | Trump-Backed Company Behind Family Crypto Wealth in Talks to Sell Core Business
The potential sale by AI Financial marks an abrupt reversal for a company that has channeled more than half a billion dollars to the Trumps.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 01/07/2026
NEW: Freedom 250 seemingly “presented” an event at Mar-a-Lago that President Trump profited from through his property. Proceeds appear to have benefited a nonprofit led by Donald Trump Jr.'s friend—making it potentially a big payday for both Trump and the nonprofit.
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Freedom 250 apparently was linked to a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
CREW has identified that Freedom 250 seemingly “presented” an event that President Trump profited from through his properties.
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investigatewest.bsky.social @investigatewest.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
An Idaho labor economist's anonymous accounts generated thousands of dollars in subscriptions while posting pro-Russian commentary, slurs and Nazi imagery: www.investigatewest.org/idaho-labor-...
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Idaho labor economist ran far-right online accounts
Sam Wolkenhauer ran anonymous accounts that generated thousands of dollars in subscriptions while posting pro-Russian commentary, slurs and Nazi imagery
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 30/06/2026
NEW: Fifteen companies have contributed to at least three of Trump’s pet projects, including his WH ballroom, inauguration, library and groups organizing America 250 celebrations, according to CREW analysis. This is pay-to-play corruption on an unprecedented scale.
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Fifteen companies have contributed to at least three of Trump’s pet projects - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Corporations have indulged Trump in his fixation on his pet projects, spending millions of dollars funding them while seeking his favor.
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