Andrew Paul Johnson was arraigned in a Florida court in October on multiple charges, including molesting a child as young as 11 years old. Johnson dangled the prospect that one of the children could receive money bc...he was entitled to $10 million as part of reparations for his January 6 arrest.

Trump administration & Voice of America official Kari Lake was photographed with "Plandemic" conspiracy theorist Mikki Willis, apparently at a James O'Keefe event last week at Mar-a-Lago.

One of the strangest aspects of aging that they don't warn you about is watching as history gets rewritten right in front of your face and people 20 years younger than you confidently tell you about something you lived through and get it completely wrong.

lol

timeline cleanse

Trump bought hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate and municipal bonds, including from companies like Meta that his administration has let off the hook in enforcement cases.

My recovery writing class meets tomorrow night and now I have two examples for them.

I miss gawker right now

Glad to see Trump, crypto, CZ, and MGX getting airtime in front of a national audience.

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New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.” Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization. me, for @forbes.com 1/

ICYMI, there was a lot of interesting science and tech in the latest edition of my newsletter - including a new path to Mars, optical chips for AI and more. Subscribe so you don't miss the next one! www.forbes.com/newsletter/t...

Recursion’s incoming CEO Najat Khan needs to prove that AI drug development can pay off. New from me for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

In the latest Current Climate newsletter: ⚡️Data centers, crypto mining to push electricity costs even higher in 2026 🚘 Tesla’s engineering exodus 🚛 Helping the electric truck market expand #renewableenergy #climate www.forbes.com/sites/curren...

Not for a lack of second-term emoluments. There have been some...other...things to litigate

FWIW, I don't believe anyone has filed an Emoluments suit against Trump this term The suits pending in the first term were tossed as moot after he lost. Never even got a definitive ruling on standing.

"Data Centers, Crypto Mining To Push Electricity Costs Higher In 2026" @aohnsman.bsky.social for @forbes.com

Taking care of business.

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"Donald Trump Jr, the eldest son of US President Donald Trump, was in Gibraltar on Friday and was photographed entering and leaving the Madison Building in Midtown, home to Gibraltar law firm Hassans."

Still here? Great! Please follow my amazing colleagues at Forbes. 9/9

Learned about this via a tip. See something, say something ain't just for the feds. Srsly, tips always appreciated! 8/

"The son of a Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy] has hired a former congressman [Duncan Hunter] and his longtime aide to lobby for a presidential pardon tied to his conviction for possessing child sexual abuse material." Sean McGlinn for @legistorm.com

Corruption just sounds warmer on vinyl.

Article is free, just a metered paywall. Much appreciated if you'd read and share! 7/

While Trump’s golf courses have displayed the presidential seal, the beer pong set and record player appear to be the first time the seal has appeared on merchandise connected to Trump. 6/

GodBlessTheUSABible dot com pays licensing fees to CIC Ventures LLC to use Trump's name, likeness and image, according to its FAQ. Trump is the sole owner of CIC Ventures LLC through the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, per his latest financial disclosure 5/

There’s also a $150 record player that shows the unaltered presidential seal 3/

Behold, said the presidential -themed balls, with an adaptation of the presidential seal 2/

Congressional committee chair portrait funds have become magnets for corporate and lobbyist interests. There’s little transparency and fewer regulations for these little-known funds. A @notus.com investigation details who’s giving — and receiving: www.notus.org/money/congre...

EXCLUSIVE: “Alexis Wilkins, Patel’s girlfriend, has a security detail made up of elite FBI agents usually assigned to a SWAT team in the FBI field office in Nashville, where Wilkins spends time for her work.” READ MORE: www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

Larry Summers was emailing with Jeffrey Epstein up until a day before he was arrested (again). www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

A $2.6 billion deal with Eli Lilly boosted shares of South Korean biotech company ABL Bio by about 80% over the past week, making company founder and CEO Lee Sang-hoon a billionaire. www.forbes.com/sites/johnka...

The Defense Department has been contracting stealth startup Twenty, which is working on AI agents and automated hacking of foreign targets at massive scale, reports my colleague @thomasbrewster.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

How much grifting is going on with #Trump? Here are several from @zacheverson.com www.1100pennsylvania.com/p/presidenti...

Has anyone ever won the NWSL Championship as both a forward and a centerback? Or will Tara be the first?

What perfect album came out the year I turned 16?

The story that got killed was for a podcast and I would LOVE to do more deep-dive food history stories in that medium or for magazines—just putting that out there for any editors or producers who might possibly want to chat.

ICYMI yesterday.

Billie Eilish called out the wealthiest man in the world for doing nothing to ease global hunger or poverty on the heels of Tesla shareholders approving his $1 trillion pay package www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...

Insane levels of corruption... #MindBoggling

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Gotham vs. Orlando—who’s a Spirit fan supposed to root for? (Obviously pulling for a draining game that goes to 15 PKs.) #nwsl #woso #thatsthespirit

Meg nails the urgency of the moment for NWSL, who have multiple paths to a solution on a situation that will have huge long-term impact. The league and club owners just have to figure out how to get out of their own way.

I just looked - it's till on the website. Site says they have 4997 in stock, which makes me wonder if they started with 5000 of them and have managed to sell only 3.

Dept. of Couldn't Make This Stuff Up: www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

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