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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe Kremlin’s Favorite Punchline
British intelligence intercepted Russian officials mocking Trump’s naivety about Putin. The Five Eyes alliance keeps showing the U.S. president he’s being played – with receipts. He’s not listening.
Read MoreWe Were Hours Away from Bombing Iran Last Week
Last Wednesday, top military officials believed U.S. bombs would hit Tehran by lunch. Gulf Arab states begged Trump to back off – and he did. The strike that almost happened.
Read MoreTikTok’s Terms of Service Just Became Required Reading
TikTok forced users to read their terms. Turns out they’ve been collecting immigration status, trans identity, and religion since 2024. And the 2025 changes are even worse.
Read MoreWe Believe in American Companies, But Not the Political United States” – Europe Starts Dumping Our Debt
A Danish pension fund just dumped 100 million dollars in U.S. Treasuries and called America ‘not a good credit.’ Another said it trusts American companies but not the U.S. government. Europe is done.
Read MoreThe Generals Said No: Inside Trump’s Failed Greenland Invasion Order
Trump ordered the invasion of Greenland. The Joint Chiefs refused. Now NATO allies are deploying troops to defend against the United States. This is the constitutional crisis no one wanted.
Read MorePalantir Built ICE a Hunting App Called ELITE – And Peter Thiel’s Protégé Is VP
Peter Thiel’s Palantir built ICE an app with confidence scores on people’s addresses. $60M in contracts while Thiel’s protégé JD Vance sits as VP. This is the surveillance state’s tech stack.
Read MoreThe Fed Just Gave Wall Street $420 Billion and Hoped You Wouldn’t Notice
The Fed handed Wall Street $420B through a program unused for 5 years, lifted the borrowing cap, and won’t tell us which banks needed it until 2028. Totally normal behavior.
Read MoreTrump Made Himself Chairman of Gaza
Trump chairs Gaza’s oversight board. Kushner and Blair sit on it. Countries pay $1B for permanent seats. Trump controls the money and picks his own successor. The charter doesn’t even mention Gaza.
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