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Commerce Secy #HowardLutnick accused convicted #SexOffender #JeffreyEpstein of being “the greatest blackmailer ever” in a new interview, diverging from the #Trump Admin’s efforts to downplay concerns over the #Epstein case.
#CoverUp
https://time.com/7322750/epstein-blackmail-lutnick-allegations/
Commerce Secy #HowardLutnick accused convicted #SexOffender #JeffreyEpstein of being “the greatest blackmailer ever” in a new interview, diverging from the #Trump Admin’s efforts to downplay concerns over the #Epstein case.
#CoverUp
https://time.com/7322750/epstein-blackmail-lutnick-allegations/
Speaking with the New York Post’s #MirandaDevine for a podcast episode, #HowardLutnick, the commerce secretary alleged that #Epstein could have given federal authorities video footage of his associates receiving massages from young women in return for a controversial 2008 plea deal, though Lutnick admitted that he had “no knowledge” of the situation & didn’t provide any evidence to back up his claim.
Commerce Secy #HowardLutnick accused convicted #SexOffender #JeffreyEpstein of being “the greatest blackmailer ever” in a new interview, diverging from the #Trump Admin’s efforts to downplay concerns over the #Epstein case.
#CoverUp
https://time.com/7322750/epstein-blackmail-lutnick-allegations/
Taiwan’s trade negotiators arrived in Washington late last week and held discussions with their US counterparts aimed at lowering the 20% tariff imposed on the island. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-investment-us-chip-factories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #semiconductors #chipmakers #taiwan #china #howardlutnick #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
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➤ Making Argentina Great Again
it is incredibly suspicious to me that the US Treasury fund #Bessent wants to use to bail out #Argentina and Javier #Milei is almost exactly the same size as the amount of money #Tether is suddenly trying to raise via a “private placement”.
Tether is one of the most profitable companies in the history of the world, at least according to their own unaudited / unverified numbers. There should be no reason for them to need to raise capital and no desire on their part to sell off part of their cash cow.
Puting aside for a moment the absurdity of the idea that the central bank of international criminal finance considers itself to be in the same league as companies like Google, Nvidia, and Tesla, I can think of 3 possible explanations:
1. Tether is (somehow) out of cash. This is lent some credence by the fact that they are failing to pay their electricity bill in #Uruguay and had their power turned off a few weeks ago.
2. Tether wants to get some shares into the hands of corrupt government officials (other than Howard “Nutlick” #Lutnick, who already has some) for protection.
3. Now that the #Fed has pivoted and cut rates Tether’s income is about to start dropping (and the more the fed cuts, the more it will drop) so they are just cashing out the founders at the top. This is the most charitable interpretation.
it’s also worth mentioning that:
1. Tether’s #USDT token is very popular with #Argentinians trying to avoid that country’s hyperinflation. While technically illegal because of capital controls, it’s still a “crime” I have some sympathy for. But it does mean there’s an important connection between Tether and Argentina.
2. Tether is a major shareholder in south american agriculture business #Adecoagro which does a lot of work in Argentina.
more on Tether: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/trumps-transition-team-is-tethered
#uspol #MAGA #uspolitics #ScottBessent #treasury #finance #economics #bailout #IMF #WEF #WorldBank #howardLutnick #stablecoins
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➤ Making Argentina Great Again
it is incredibly suspicious to me that the US Treasury fund #Bessent wants to use to bail out #Argentina and Javier #Milei is almost exactly the same size as the amount of money #Tether is suddenly trying to raise via a “private placement”.
Tether is one of the most profitable companies in the history of the world, at least according to their own unaudited / unverified numbers. There should be no reason for them to need to raise capital and no desire on their part to sell off part of their cash cow.
Puting aside for a moment the absurdity of the idea that the central bank of international criminal finance considers itself to be in the same league as companies like Google, Nvidia, and Tesla, I can think of 3 possible explanations:
1. Tether is (somehow) out of cash. This is lent some credence by the fact that they are failing to pay their electricity bill in #Uruguay and had their power turned off a few weeks ago.
2. Tether wants to get some shares into the hands of corrupt government officials (other than Howard “Nutlick” #Lutnick, who already has some) for protection.
3. Now that the #Fed has pivoted and cut rates Tether’s income is about to start dropping (and the more the fed cuts, the more it will drop) so they are just cashing out the founders at the top. This is the most charitable interpretation.
it’s also worth mentioning that:
1. Tether’s #USDT token is very popular with #Argentinians trying to avoid that country’s hyperinflation. While technically illegal because of capital controls, it’s still a “crime” I have some sympathy for. But it does mean there’s an important connection between Tether and Argentina.
2. Tether is a major shareholder in south american agriculture business #Adecoagro which does a lot of work in Argentina.
more on Tether: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/trumps-transition-team-is-tethered
#uspol #MAGA #uspolitics #ScottBessent #treasury #finance #economics #bailout #IMF #WEF #WorldBank #howardLutnick #stablecoins
The search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge to the U.S., and some possible outs have been found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/08/economy/trump-blank-checkbook/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations #howardlutnick
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#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Iran vs. Israel... On the Blockchain
The cease fire between Israel and Iran does not appear to apply to cyber warfare. #Tether and other #stablecoin companies have been seizing a lot of Iranians' assets.
(RTs appreciated)
https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/israel-vs-iran-on-the-blockchain
#iran #israel#HowardLutnick #economics #netanyahu #gaza #uspol #uspolitics#MiddleEastCrisis#Nobitex#Citex#IRGC
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#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Iran vs. Israel... On the Blockchain
The cease fire between Israel and Iran does not appear to apply to cyber warfare. #Tether and other #stablecoin companies have been seizing a lot of Iranians' assets.
(RTs appreciated)
https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/israel-vs-iran-on-the-blockchain
#iran #israel#HowardLutnick #economics #netanyahu #gaza #uspol #uspolitics#MiddleEastCrisis#Nobitex#Citex#IRGC
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Japan's $550 billion of investment funding in return for lower U.S. tariff rates will be directed by U.S. President Donald Trump to benefit the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/20/economy/lutnick-cnbc-billion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations #scottbessent #howardlutnick
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is looking into the federal government taking equity stakes in computer chip manufacturers that receive CHIPS Act funding to build factories in the country, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/20/tech/trump-us-chip-makers-chips-act/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #howardlutnick #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #semiconductors #tech #intel #micron #tsmc #samsung
The list provided phonetic pronouncers for all the Russian men expected at the summit, including "Mr. President POO-tihn."
Pages 6 & 7 in the packet described how lunch at the summit would be served, and for whom. A menu included in the documents indicated that the luncheon was to be held "in honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin."
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.
when i wrote my piece on Epstein's #crypto connections I forgot that #IsabelMaxwell (#Ghislaine's sister) was connected to #BrockPierce even before she invited Pierce to speak at epstein's #Mindshift conference.
Brock Pierce is a big nexus of connection from #Epstein to things like crypto and confirmed pedophile rings (other than his own).
both Maxwell & Pierce were socially close to a crypto broette named #AutumnRadke who died under extremely mysterious circumstances back in 2014. most people think she "fell out of a window", putin style.
* Epstein/Crypto: https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114903591655332953
* NY Post on Radke's death: https://nypost.com/2014/03/06/bitcoin-firm-ceo-jumped-to-her-death-neighbor/
#jeffreyepstein #epsteinFiles#EpsteinList#HowardLutnick #trump#MAGAcivilwar#MAGA#BrockPierce#SteveBannon#ReidHoffman#PeterThiel#NerdReich#NetworkState#TheNerdReich#PamBondi#EhudBarak#Israel#Mossad#KGB#GhislaineMaxwell#RobertMaxwell #ukpol #uspol #uspolitics #eupol#CIA #intelligence#MI6#Tether#ValarVentures#EpsteinCoverup#Singapore
when i wrote my piece on Epstein's #crypto connections I forgot that #IsabelMaxwell (#Ghislaine's sister) was connected to #BrockPierce even before she invited Pierce to speak at epstein's #Mindshift conference.
Brock Pierce is a big nexus of connection from #Epstein to things like crypto and confirmed pedophile rings (other than his own).
both Maxwell & Pierce were socially close to a crypto broette named #AutumnRadke who died under extremely mysterious circumstances back in 2014. most people think she "fell out of a window", putin style.
* Epstein/Crypto: https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114903591655332953
* NY Post on Radke's death: https://nypost.com/2014/03/06/bitcoin-firm-ceo-jumped-to-her-death-neighbor/
#jeffreyepstein #epsteinFiles#EpsteinList#HowardLutnick #trump#MAGAcivilwar#MAGA#BrockPierce#SteveBannon#ReidHoffman#PeterThiel#NerdReich#NetworkState#TheNerdReich#PamBondi#EhudBarak#Israel#Mossad#KGB#GhislaineMaxwell#RobertMaxwell #ukpol #uspol #uspolitics #eupol#CIA #intelligence#MI6#Tether#ValarVentures#EpsteinCoverup#Singapore
Big unanswered questions follow Japan's big, beautiful deal with the U.S, with the $550 billion investment plan in focus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/24/economy/big-japan-deal-details/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #trade #tariffs #carmakers #donaldtrump #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations #ryoseiakazawa #scottbessent #howardlutnick
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#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Epstein's Crypto Touch
Jeffrey Epstein touched the cryptoverse in a lot of inappropriate places. While no one has yet found any kind of smoking gun tying #Epstein directly to the creation of any major #crypto firms or technologies the timing, nature, and frequency of Epstein’s touchpoints to an industry that more or less exists solely to facilitate #moneylaundering on the scale of a medium sized nation state coupled with his vast and unexplained wealth and many connections to international intelligence agencies is what the kids today commonly describe as “sus”.
Retoots appreciated.
https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/crypto-epstein
#jeffreyepstein #epsteinFiles#EpsteinList#HowardLutnick #trump#MAGAcivilwar#MAGA#BrockPierce#SteveBannon#ReidHoffman#PeterThiel#NerdReich#NetworkState#TheNerdReich#PamBondi#EhudBarak#Israel#Mossad#KGB#GhislaineMaxwell#RobertMaxwell #ukpol #uspol #uspolitics #eupol#CIA #intelligence#MI6#Tether#ValarVentures
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#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Epstein's Crypto Touch
Jeffrey Epstein touched the cryptoverse in a lot of inappropriate places. While no one has yet found any kind of smoking gun tying #Epstein directly to the creation of any major #crypto firms or technologies the timing, nature, and frequency of Epstein’s touchpoints to an industry that more or less exists solely to facilitate #moneylaundering on the scale of a medium sized nation state coupled with his vast and unexplained wealth and many connections to international intelligence agencies is what the kids today commonly describe as “sus”.
Retoots appreciated.
https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/crypto-epstein
#jeffreyepstein #epsteinFiles#EpsteinList#HowardLutnick #trump#MAGAcivilwar#MAGA#BrockPierce#SteveBannon#ReidHoffman#PeterThiel#NerdReich#NetworkState#TheNerdReich#PamBondi#EhudBarak#Israel#Mossad#KGB#GhislaineMaxwell#RobertMaxwell #ukpol #uspol #uspolitics #eupol#CIA #intelligence#MI6#Tether#ValarVentures
European Union envoys are set to meet as early as this week to formulate a plan for measures to respond to a possible no-deal scenario with U.S. President Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/21/eu-retaliation-plan-us-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #europe #eu #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #howardlutnick
"Britain’s drug gangs and Moscow’s hackers were just two nodes in a vast criminal super-network [that] included sanctioned oligarchs, Russian intelligence operatives and an Irish crime family."
(and of course that network also now includes the #Trump administration, because Howard Lutnick is/was Tether's money manager)
* #TheEconomist: https://www.economist.com/1843/2025/07/04/how-tether-became-money-launderers-dream-currency
* no paywall: https://archive.ph/NiCRD
#moneylaundering #crime#corruption #crypto #cryptocurrency #iran #russia #uspol#howardLutnick #economist #economics #finance #uk #ukpol #garantex #threatintel #ransomware #cybersecurity #vladimirputin #oligarchs #putin #ukraine #kinahans #kinahan
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