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Trump has targeted political foes, including Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook and New York AG Letitia James, for claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers.
But ProPublica found that at least three of the president’s Cabinet members have done the same thing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cabinet-mortgage-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #FederalReserve #LisaCook #NewYork #LetitiaJames #Law #Government #USPolitics
Trump has targeted political foes, including Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook and New York AG Letitia James, for claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers.
But ProPublica found that at least three of the president’s Cabinet members have done the same thing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cabinet-mortgage-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #FederalReserve #LisaCook #NewYork #LetitiaJames #Law #Government #USPolitics
The bitcoin community is fighting over an upcoming software change that one developer has warned will be the end of bitcoin. He has reportedly discussed creating a trusted group of censors with the authority to alter data recorded on chain.
Crypto lending — a major factor in the 2022 crypto meltdown — is having a comeback. In fact, one crypto lender just hired the guy accused of bankrupting BlockFi after he extended a huge line of credit to FTX based on a pinky swear.
Coinbase has launched a campaign claiming that “big banks want another bailout”. Those worried about bailouts should probably worry more about poorly regulated crypto firms integrating themselves into the financial system.
The bitcoin community is fighting over an upcoming software change that one developer has warned will be the end of bitcoin. He has reportedly discussed creating a trusted group of censors with the authority to alter data recorded on chain.
Tai Lopez, a self-help guru who once tried to sell $200,000+ NFTs that gave buyers the chance to join him to watch a 2-hour movie of his choice, has been accused of running a Ponzi scheme. He’s also the guy behind the ill-fated RadioShack crypto rebrand.
Coinbase has launched a campaign claiming that “big banks want another bailout”. Those worried about bailouts should probably worry more about poorly regulated crypto firms integrating themselves into the financial system.
The SEC also had to pause trading for one of these crypto treasury companies after potential market manipulation rocketed the stock price 2,000%. Looks like some people forgot the stock market still frowns on the kind of games common in crypto.
Tai Lopez, a self-help guru who once tried to sell $200,000+ NFTs that gave buyers the chance to join him to watch a 2-hour movie of his choice, has been accused of running a Ponzi scheme. He’s also the guy behind the ill-fated RadioShack crypto rebrand.
The SEC has had to remind crypto treasury companies that insider trading isn’t allowed in SEC-regulated markets just because crypto is involved... at least in theory.
The SEC also had to pause trading for one of these crypto treasury companies after potential market manipulation rocketed the stock price 2,000%. Looks like some people forgot the stock market still frowns on the kind of games common in crypto.
A group of pro-crypto Senators is questioning why the CFTC isn’t prohibiting sports-related events contracts, even though the lax enforcement has been popular in the industry.
The SEC has had to remind crypto treasury companies that insider trading isn’t allowed in SEC-regulated markets just because crypto is involved... at least in theory.
The crypto bill faces an awkward snag — its top lobbyist is married to the FTC Commissioner Trump tried to fire.
“I think it’s ironic that one of the Trump admin’s more monarchical acts six months ago is going to potentially blow up one of their major legislative projects.”
A group of pro-crypto Senators is questioning why the CFTC isn’t prohibiting sports-related events contracts, even though the lax enforcement has been popular in the industry.
America’s largest union federation, AFL-CIO, has opposed proposed crypto market legislation as “the perfect environment for the next financial crisis to germinate”. Whether anyone’s read the letter yet is another question, because the shutdown is stalling legislative work.
The crypto bill faces an awkward snag — its top lobbyist is married to the FTC Commissioner Trump tried to fire.
“I think it’s ironic that one of the Trump admin’s more monarchical acts six months ago is going to potentially blow up one of their major legislative projects.”
Trump has officially pulled Brian Quintenz’s CFTC Chair nomination after he refused to be the Winklevoss twins’ bulldog.
“They completely nuked him. They made a phone call. They were like, ‘This is not going to fly with us.’ And it was a very short trip from there to [the nomination] being killed.”
America’s largest union federation, AFL-CIO, has opposed proposed crypto market legislation as “the perfect environment for the next financial crisis to germinate”. Whether anyone’s read the letter yet is another question, because the shutdown is stalling legislative work.
The team behind Trump’s memecoin is considering launching a $TRUMP treasury company. If it happens, it would likely mark a second Trump-linked token/treasury company operation riddled with conflicts of interest, where the same people sit on both sides of the deal.
Trump has officially pulled Brian Quintenz’s CFTC Chair nomination after he refused to be the Winklevoss twins’ bulldog.
“They completely nuked him. They made a phone call. They were like, ‘This is not going to fly with us.’ And it was a very short trip from there to [the nomination] being killed.”
Trump stands to profit even more if his business partner, Zach Witkoff, achieves his dreams of soliciting investments in Trump real estate properties using crypto. He pitches it as a win for the everyman, leaving out that it would be a much bigger win for Trump’s wallet.
The team behind Trump’s memecoin is considering launching a $TRUMP treasury company. If it happens, it would likely mark a second Trump-linked token/treasury company operation riddled with conflicts of interest, where the same people sit on both sides of the deal.
Last issue, I wrote about how the Emirati firm that handed Trump and his family nine-figure crypto profits scored a huge win with an AI chip deal. Now they’re getting 15% of TikTok, too.
Trump stands to profit even more if his business partner, Zach Witkoff, achieves his dreams of soliciting investments in Trump real estate properties using crypto. He pitches it as a win for the everyman, leaving out that it would be a much bigger win for Trump’s wallet.
Newsletter: Trump is still corrupt, a core developer warns bitcoin won’t survive an upcoming code change, and crypto lenders are ratcheting up leverage like it’s 2022.
Last issue, I wrote about how the Emirati firm that handed Trump and his family nine-figure crypto profits scored a huge win with an AI chip deal. Now they’re getting 15% of TikTok, too.
Newsletter: Trump is still corrupt, a core developer warns bitcoin won’t survive an upcoming code change, and crypto lenders are ratcheting up leverage like it’s 2022.
Watch BondiBot run out of preinstalled lie clusters and just stop being able to talk:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3m2mpkekz4y2s
ETA: I swear to you I did not add the text over this screencap. I SWEAR to you. Bluesky's video player did it.
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Watch BondiBot run out of preinstalled lie clusters and just stop being able to talk:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3m2mpkekz4y2s
ETA: I swear to you I did not add the text over this screencap. I SWEAR to you. Bluesky's video player did it.
#bondi #PamBondi #uspol #uspolitics #politics #fascism #maga #FuckMAGA
Here are BondiBot's prewritten lie cluster attacks that she would recite instead of even pretending to answer questions:
https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f7utvjkqbgwfjonqtpfcf5fu/post/3m2n7gvwiqc2w
Reuters got them in a photo. Neat!
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Congratulations to Cory Doctorow ( @pluralistic ; https://craphound.com/) on being featured in the NYT today for the Oct 7 release of his new book, #Enshittification (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/books/review/cory-doctorow-enshittification.html). Hear Cory talk about the book and its central theme on our podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bYhqmFjZPnfUOkIHGIgJT?si=k7Wre9I6Tv2S-m7vz9i5RA
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