#Trump Commerce Secretary #HowardLutnick acknowledges meetings with #Epstein that contradict previous claims

Under questioning from #Democrats Tuesday, #Commerce Secy Howard Lutnick acknowledged that he had met with #JeffreyEpstein twice after his 2008 conviction for soliciting #prostitution from a #child, reversing Lutnick’s previous claim that he had cut ties with the late financier after 2005.

https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-files-howard-lutnick-2ead9f281ba2491e0581aced50a0533d

#Trump Commerce Secretary #HowardLutnick acknowledges meetings with #Epstein that contradict previous claims

Under questioning from #Democrats Tuesday, #Commerce Secy Howard Lutnick acknowledged that he had met with #JeffreyEpstein twice after his 2008 conviction for soliciting #prostitution from a #child, reversing Lutnick’s previous claim that he had cut ties with the late financier after 2005.

https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-files-howard-lutnick-2ead9f281ba2491e0581aced50a0533d

On my way back from #FOSDEM I came up with an idea.

When are we going to replace Amazon?

I put together some ideas in a blog post. I think it's feasible.

https://blog.bustikiller.com/2026/02/01/when-are-we-going-to-replace-amazon.html

#Amazon #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #local #federation #commerce

In Dec 2012, #Epstein invited #HowardLutnick, now #Trump’s #commerce secretary, to his island for lunch, records show. Lutnick’s wife accepted the invitation & said they would arrive on a yacht with their children. On another occasion in 2011, the 2 men had drinks, acc/to a schedule shared w/Epstein.

#Lutnick claimed he cut ties with Epstein long ago. A Commerce Dept spox said Lutnick had “limited interactions with Mr. Epstein in the presence of his wife & has never been accused of wrongdoing.”

Fediverse Punk Month — We can grow something better!

We invest too much of our culture in centralized, for-profit, corporate social media platforms. These platforms enrich billionaires, expand surveillance, and fund the cult of capitalist war, all while trapping us with addictive algorithms that feed us mindless content. […]
— by @The_Counterforce

https://fedi.the-counterforce.org

#fediverse #mastodon #fpm #punk #web #revenge #freedom #commerce #contra #socialmedia #culture #followfriday

Fediverse Punk Month — We can grow something better!

We invest too much of our culture in centralized, for-profit, corporate social media platforms. These platforms enrich billionaires, expand surveillance, and fund the cult of capitalist war, all while trapping us with addictive algorithms that feed us mindless content. […]
— by @The_Counterforce

https://fedi.the-counterforce.org

#fediverse #mastodon #fpm #punk #web #revenge #freedom #commerce #contra #socialmedia #culture #followfriday

#meme #post #tech #technology #funny #BigTech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #MachineLearning #AISlop #corporations #commerce #capitalism

#meme #post #tech #technology #funny #BigTech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #MachineLearning #AISlop #corporations #commerce #capitalism

✨ Tonight was our final 2025 board meeting with the Malden Chamber of Commerce.

🤝🏽 Grateful to work alongside such dedicated leaders—what a year of connection, collaboration, and community. Onward to 2026 to continue our mission for equitable economic growth and help our vibrant community thrive! 🇺🇸

#maldenma #business #SmallBusiness #equity #Investing #community #commerce #leadership #ShopLocal

how you know you've stumbled across an industrial supply house that will happily take your single-item order but probably doesn't really want it

#FreeShipping #commerce #IndustrialSupplyHouse

how you know you've stumbled across an industrial supply house that will happily take your single-item order but probably doesn't really want it

#FreeShipping #commerce #IndustrialSupplyHouse

The push reflects how #RFKJr has swiftly reordered the #CDC’s priorities, & underscores the #Trump admin’s antipathy towards the #RenewableEnergy source. Trump has ordered a broad govt review of offshore #WindFarms & enlisted agencies including #EPA & the depts of #Energy, #Defense & #Commerce to be part of a “inter-departmental coalition team,” RFKJr said in August.

#ConspiracyTheories #FossilFuels #BigOil #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

The push reflects how #RFKJr has swiftly reordered the #CDC’s priorities, & underscores the #Trump admin’s antipathy towards the #RenewableEnergy source. Trump has ordered a broad govt review of offshore #WindFarms & enlisted agencies including #EPA & the depts of #Energy, #Defense & #Commerce to be part of a “inter-departmental coalition team,” RFKJr said in August.

#ConspiracyTheories #FossilFuels #BigOil #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

A seating chart shows that #Putin & #Trump were supposed to sit across from each other during the luncheon. Trump would be flanked by: Secy of State #MarcoRubio, Secy of #Defense#PeteHegseth & WH Chief of Staff #SusieWiles to his right, & Secy of #Treasury#ScottBessent, Secy of #Commerce#HowardLutnick & Special Envoy for Peace Missions #SteveWitkoff to his left. Putin would be seated next to his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey #Lavrov, & his Aide for Foreign Policy, Yuri #Ushakov.

Also Friday, #Commerce Secy Howard Lutnick sent a letter to Alan M. Garber, #Harvard’s president, claiming that the #university had not lived up to its obligations surrounding federally funded #patents, which are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Acc/to the letter, the agency will begin a comprehensive review of Harvard’s compliance w/federal #law.
The new pressures on Harvard come during a week when the govt had also taken significant steps to bring other schools into line with its agenda.

So they’re letting me host a session the #Fedicon conference on August 1st in Vancouver, CA

I’ll probably ramble about: #Music, #UX, and #Commerce on the #Fediverse

What do you all want to talk about?

https://fedicon.ca