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This is wild. One of the world’s richest men has saved ~$1 billion in taxes over decades—just by plowing his dividend income into real estate.

Does AI threaten your 401k? Legendary advisor Bill Bengen thinks it might. He's cut his tech exposure to zero on the uncertainty. After years of dominance, software and mega-cap valuations are straining under AI. That poses a risk to savers everywhere. Read more @forbes.com 👇

While he was flying around the world as Trump's peace envoy, Steve Witkoff got $300 million richer over the past year--largely thanks to his crypto venture with the Trump family (World Liberty) and his tiny, but valuable, stake in SpaceX. Read at @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...

The AI giant's abrupt Sora shutdown is just one example. As it announces one of the biggest funding rounds in history, #OpenAI has trumpeted hundreds of billions in other deals + products that haven’t yet become reality. With @rashis.bsky.social for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

So much for the cage fight

New for @forbes.com: The richest people in private equity including Trump pal Stephen Schwarzman and former Epstein client Leon Black have lost ~$40B amid private credit and AI fears battering their stocks. Full story here: www.forbes.com/sites/johnhy...

THREAD: We just released a tool that allows you to search billions of dollars in wealth, ties to the most powerful companies in the country, and details of the personal finances of President Trump and over 1,500 of his appointees. Here’s how it works 1/

Private equity billionaire Marc Rowan (cofounder of Apollo with Epstein friend Leon Black) says that Epstein is "wasting my time from the grave." Shareholders sued Apollo, Black & Rowan on Monday for ‌allegedly defrauding by concealing Epstein interactions. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: How rich was Mexican druglord 'El Mencho'? What happens to his multi-billion-dollar criminal enterprise now that he's dead? And where will his personal fortune go? My latest for @forbes.com seeks to answer these questions👇 www.forbes.com/sites/johnhy...

“How Jared Kushner’s Bold Bets In The Middle East Made Him A Billionaire” @mhunterhart.bsky.social , @giacomotognini.bsky.social for Forbes in Sept.

The Dubai tycoon who told Epstein he “loved the torture video" has resigned from his company. www.forbes.com/sites/mikest...

This is really, really dark. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

NEW: Epstein emails show how billionaire financier Leon Black, founder of Apollo, relied on the convicted sex offender to help him leverage his multi-billion-dollar art for $500m+ in loans from Bank of America. www.forbes.com/sites/johnhy...

"Black paid Epstein $158 million between 2012 and 2017 for advice related to tax, estate, and asset planning. That is a vast amount of money to pay for such services, especially for a Wall Street insider with easy access to top expertise."

NEW: Epstein emails show how billionaire financier Leon Black, founder of Apollo, relied on the convicted sex offender to help him leverage his multi-billion-dollar art for $500m+ in loans from Bank of America. www.forbes.com/sites/johnhy...

1/ @mhunterhart.bsky.social and I found several contracts and payment records that uncovered two new billionaire clients of Jeffrey Epstein: real estate mogul Mortimer Zuckerman and Ariane de Rothschild, a Rothschild heir by marriage. www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...

Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths 'I am their voice' NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

New: “Why The Trump-UAE Crypto Deal Made No Financial Sense—For The Emiratis” 💰🤷🇦🇪 @kylekhanmullins.bsky.social (whom you should follow) and me for @forbes.com

What happens when an ambitious AI startup creates a fake company to help it take on a PE-backed software giant? You guessed it: Litigation. Here's how a Silicon Valley success story has devolved into a cautionary tale. Read about it @forbes.com 👇 www.forbes.com/sites/johnhy...

SCOOP w/ @carolinehaskins.bsky.social: ICE Is Using Palantir’s AI Tools to Sort Through Tips www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

We profiled refugees who: Arrived in the country legally. Applied for green cards. Were arrested by ICE and detained. One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released. This is an unprecedented operation. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...

NEW: One of Pope Leo XIV’s top U.S. allies, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, is calling for the defunding of ICE. Tobin says the “lawless organization” is a “machinery of death.” This marks the first time a senior Church leader has called for ICE to be defunded. More are expected in the coming days.

Alex Jeffrey Pretti was the victim’s name. He was a nurse. ICE executed a nurse. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.

Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Ah, yes, because what America needs at this moment more than anything is Karoline Leavitt’s “takes on vaccines”

"The one constant in Marco Rubio’s career is that he has betrayed every mentor and every principle he’s ever had in order to claim power for himself." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

🚨 In Nov., Trump's Labor Dept. lowered the minimum wage for foreign farmworkers. A month later, Trump's winery filed to hire 36 foreign, temporary workers. The rate? Almost $2/hour less than in 2025. 1/ me, for @forbes.com

Incredible that he did this. Terrifying that he felt the need to.

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

Left: Trump demands a cap on credit card interest rates. Right: News story, from today, about Trump's ongoing efforts to shut down the CFPB, which would enforce such a rule. Court has ordered admin to keep it open.

"Restricted" is the wrong word, clearly. What Musk has actually done is make the undressing of any woman or child on the platform an EXCLUSIVE feature for paying subscribe. He's made it a subscriber perk. This is some of the most fucked-up shit ever.

New: "These Trump Supporters, Financiers And Energy Tycoons Could Make Billions From The Venezuela Invasion" Christopher Helman, @johnhyatt.bsky.social for @forbes.com

NEW: @forbes.com has learned that hedge fund billionaire/Trump backer Paul Singer isn't the only tycoon who will profit from the forced $5.9b sale of Citgo from Venezuela. At least three other Wall St billionaires, and a host of hedge fund vultures, will also make small fortunes. Read more👇

I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement. spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...

Wet January

Another WSJ bombshell: For years beginning in the 1990s, Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club was sending young women to Epstein for massages until 2003. Of course, Trump in 2002 said about Epstein: “It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

Why is this currently on the front page of nytimes.com? (For me, at least. Placement might be different for you...)

Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...

Outrageous

Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."

The Man Behind Trump’s Push for an All-Powerful Presidency www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

The listing comes as #OpenAI gears up for an astronomical employee share sale that could make many in OpenAI’s ranks rich enough to afford the mansion. Scoop for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

New from me for @forbes.com: Sam Altman Despises Elon Musk. Now He Is Going After His Companies The OpenAI CEO is challenging his former friend, one company at a time. Twitter, Tesla and even Neuralink are in his sights. www.forbes.com/sites/johnhy...

Scoop: Robert Smith rented Donald Trump’s mansion, directly next door to Mar-a-Lago, while facing possible indictment in a massive tax-evasion case. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

quite the read from @forbes.com @mhunterhart.bsky.social and @jemimamcevoy.bsky.social on what happens when an entrepreneur with lots of hustle and wealthy celebrity friends repeatedly exaggerated her companies' performance, and more. The truth comes out. www.forbes.com/sites/monica...