Nvidia just announced data centers in orbit, a trillion dollars in chip sales, self-driving cars in 28 cities, and a robot Olaf. We live in the weirdest timeline.
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The Quiet War: How American Sanctions Have Killed 38 Million People and Almost Never Worked
A Lancet study found US and EU sanctions killed 38 million people over 50 years – 51% of them children under five. The success rate? Thirteen percent.
Read MoreThe Spending Spree Is the Receipt
The Pentagon blew a record $93 billion in one month on lobster, pianos, and recliners. Two months later, 42 million Americans lost food stamps for the first time ever.
Read MoreA DOGE Employee Allegedly Walked Out of the Social Security Administration with Your Data on a Thumb Drive
A former DOGE engineer allegedly left the SSA with data on 500 million Americans on a thumb drive. When a colleague raised legal concerns, he said he’d get a pardon.
Read MoreThe EPA’s Chemical Safety Office Is Run by the Chemical Industry’s Former Lobbyists
The people who spent their careers fighting EPA chemical regulations are now running the EPA chemical safety office. Their ethics holds just expired. Zero enforcement actions taken.
Read MoreThe 26-Year-Old Who Fired the Ethics Lawyers Is Now Running Pentagon AI
Gavin Kliger got caught with illegal stock holdings at the CFPB, fired the lawyers who flagged it, and just got named Pentagon Chief Data Officer. During a war.
Read MoreThey’re Not Even Hiding It Anymore
Vietnam fast-tracked a $1.5B Trump deal while negotiating tariffs with his White House. The Trump sons are cutting deals with the same countries their father is negotiating with.
Read MoreFreedom Is for Sale, and the Price List Just Leaked
A nursing home fraudster paid $960K to voter-suppression lobbyists and got a presidential pardon after 3 months of a 3-year sentence. The inmates at Otisville took notes. The pardon industry has a price list.
Read MoreThe Promotion Nobody Noticed
Trump didn’t fire Kristi Noem. He gave her a brand-new title, a whole hemisphere to work with, and zero Senate oversight. The horse commercial got her fired. Not the dead Americans.
Read MoreThe Cyber Strategy That Gutted Its Own Defense Team
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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThey 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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