Trump’s new cyber strategy brags about Iran and Venezuela while CISA has lost a third of its staff and the Salt Typhoon investigation is dead. Great offense. No defense.
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The People Under Investigation Wrote the Investigation Rules
Todd Blanche announced they’d gut bar oversight. Then Pam Bondi signed a rule giving herself veto power over ethics complaints filed against DOJ attorneys – including the ones filed against her.
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The DEA Spent Five Years Building a Drug Case on Epstein and Then Nothing Happened
The DEA opened Operation Chain Reaction in 2010, built a five-year drug trafficking case on Epstein, and nobody got charged. Now the task force that ran it is gone.
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He Was Feeding Them the Coordinates
Putin wasn’t just cheering Iran on from the sidelines. He was passing them the coordinates – where the ships are, where the planes are. Six Americans are dead.
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False Compromise: When Splitting the Difference Gets It Wrong
The truth is not always in the middle Two people are arguing. One says the earth is round. One says the earth is flat. A mediator steps in. “Let’s be… Read More
They Gutted the Watchdogs Before They Made the Appointments
The Social Security commissioner sold \ in stock right before it crashed 40%. The SEC chair held \ in crypto – then dropped every winning enforcement case. Both followed the rules. That’s the problem.
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The Guy Who Runs the Pentagon Used to Own the Companies Bidding on the Pentagon’s Biggest Contract
Steve Feinberg built a private equity empire of defense contractors. Trump made him #2 at the Pentagon. Now those companies are winning Golden Dome contracts. He “divested.” His kids got the money.
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The Man Who Ran A16Z Is Now Running Federal Hiring, and His Old Friends Are First in Line
Trump put the former head of one of Silicon Valley biggest VC firms in charge of federal hiring. Now his old portfolio companies are sending employees inside federal agencies – stock intact – to shape the policies that govern them.
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Equivocation: The Bait-and-Switch of Language
When a word quietly changes meaning in the middle of an argument “Nothing is better than happiness.” “A sandwich is better than nothing.” “Therefore, a sandwich is better than happiness.”… Read More
The War Powers Act Is a Joke and Everyone Knows It
Congress has voted eight times on Iran war powers since June. Eight failures. The War Powers Act hasn’t stopped a president from going to war since World War II, and it won’t start now.
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The Most Powerful Man You’ve Never Thought About
Larry Ellison told investors he wants a world where Oracle holds all the data and everyone behaves because they’re being watched. He’s well on his way.
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The Government Is Erasing History From National Parks
Someone leaked the spreadsheet. 880 national park exhibits under review. 542 flagged. The pattern? Every exhibit about Black, Indigenous, or colonized Americans. The Interior’s response? Threatening the employees who exposed it.
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