@scottstedman.bsky.social that’s some incredible reporting. So good as usual!

Tomorrow: The Newsground reveals an Epstein assistant who has remained entirely unknown until now.

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The official White House app uses code from Elfsight, a software company whose founders continued operating in Russia, holding accounts at sanctioned Russian banks and traveling back to Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.

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The founders of a Russian tech firm whose code is in the official White House app banked with sanctioned Russian banks after the Ukraine invasion. Crazy story. thenewsground.com/white-house-...

🚨 The White House app uses code from a vendor still operating in Russia. Its founders kept accounts at sanctioned Russian banks after the invasion. One also complained privately about being summoned by Russian tax authorities. NEWS from The Newsground (link below)

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This was an eye-opening episode. If y'all aren't following our new show, the Epstein Files Book Club, yet, this is a good place to start

I joined the Epstein Files Book Club for a wide-ranging discussion on Epstein's ties to Russia. Available wherever you get your podcasts! www.epsteinfilesbookclub.com/fsb-femmes-w...

Had a fantastic time joining the Epstein Files Book Club with @jenafriedman.bsky.social and @elisewho.bsky.social talking about Epstein and Russia. Coming soon!

Russian model Kira Dikhtyar recruited 40 young women, ages 17-25, for Jeffrey Epstein over the course of a decade. WHERE are the investigations?

Who was Jeffrey Epstein paying in Russia? Per Sen. Wyden's investigation, over $200M flowed into Russian banks across ~15 years, and the vast majority is still unaccounted for.

I joined Meidas Touch's Legal AF show last week to discuss Epstein's Russian recruiter, Kira Dikhtyar. Check out the full discussion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZQt...

The money behind one of the developers of Trump Tower Tbilisi traces back through shell companies to an offshore gambling network linked to illegal operations Who's doing business with the President?

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NEWS: The money behind Trump Tower in Tbilisi, Georgia, comes from a sprawling network of online casinos accused of illicit activity. A crazy exclusive story from The Newsground: thenewsground.com/developers-o...

Crazy story on one of the President's foreign deals coming this afternoon. Stay tuned.

This is fun!

Trump's loyal bootlicker and Russian spy collaborator Michael Caputo obtained and leaked my private emails while he was an aide to the DOJ's "weaponization czar." This is government gangsterism at its finest. So I wrote to Acting AG Todd Blanche for a slice of DOJ's weaponization fund.

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BREAKING: Epstein's prolific recruiter Kira Dikhtyar dated Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov. After Epstein's death, Dikhtyar rebranded as a children 's-rights activist, seeking to raise the age of consent. She had the backing of Putin's longtime partner and Trump family insider Paolo Zampolli.

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NEWS 🚨 “I will get you massage one way or another.” Russian model Kira Dikhtyar procured dozens of young women for Jeffrey Epstein after his 2008 conviction, and built ties to Paolo Zampolli, a Trump family insider and current State Department official.

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Dan Bongino is struggling to get 10k views on YouTube.

What the hell did we even bomb for 40 days? "Iran still fields about 70 percent of its mobile launchers across the country and has retained roughly 70 percent of its prewar missile stockpile." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...

EXCLUSIVE: El Salvador's Nayib Bukele secretly sought to obtain spyware after international condemnation for his government's use of Pegasus to target journalists and activists. The Newsground has the documents.

Your brain has been fried by social media if you think things like the shooting last night was a false flag. This is your chance to take a break and reset. Don’t fall victim to the media/tech billionaires who want you angry and conspiratorial. Let hard evidence guide your thought process.

'The SPLC was so good at recruiting informants for cheap that they made us look bad so now we have to indict them' -The FBI

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NEWS: Steve Witkoff's son Zach, who is a co-founder of the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial, was arrested after a New Year's Eve fight outside a Miami nightclub. When police searched his pockets, they found cocaine. Witkoff was charged but never prosecuted: thenewsground.com/bodycam-foot...

"On multiple occasions in the past year, members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated...A request for 'breaching equipment' ... was made last year because Patel had been unreachable behind locked doors..." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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NEWS: An ICE contractor settled a detainee abuse case in January, 2025. Weeks later, it received the first of over half a billion dollars in federal contracts. Then, the company's Chief Technology Officer was indicted for making terroristic threats related to his sports gambling.

NEWS: An ICE contractor settled a detainee abuse case in January, 2025. Weeks later, it received the first of over half a billion dollars in federal contracts. Then, the company's Chief Technology Officer was indicted for making terroristic threats related to his sports gambling.

What motivated me to create a newsroom funded by the sale of coffee? Why coffee?

Investigative journalist @scottstedman.bsky.social spent 10 months on his first story for the paywall-free @thenewsground.bsky.social. What did he find? A Russian Epstein associate with ties to the FSB. Check out the full convo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG9z...

What motivated me to create a newsroom funded by the sale of coffee? Why coffee?

I'm so disturbed by the Swalwell stories, especially as someone who looked up to the kind of oversight he brought to Congress. He endorsed my book. But right is right and wrong is wrong. This is a guy who should never hold power again, and I hope law enforcement seriously looks into the allegations.

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