NEW: Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have met with high-level officials from eight foreign governments as the Trump Organization expands aggressively worldwide: Serbia, Hungary, the UK, Qatar, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Somaliland and Israel

On its way to becoming the world’s dominant crypto exchange, Binance became notorious as a financial conduit for cyber criminals, sanctions evaders, and militant groups. Now it enjoys the backing of the Trump family and the Trump White House. https://bit.ly/3OD73AO

Florida wants its own CIA. That could lead to unchecked domestic surveillance A bill to create a state intelligence operation would allow scrutiny based on "opinions" — and could prompt other states to follow FPF's @seth-stern.bsky.social and @laurenleharper.bsky.social explain:

Elon Musk’s Secret Web of Companies in Texas The megabillionaire was tied to about 90 companies in the state, which he uses for everything from paying nannies to buying land to supporting Donald Trump’s re-election, according to a @nytimes.com examination. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t...

NEW: President Trump’s first year of his second term was reportedly “the most lucrative year of his life.” His profiteering during his first term already made him the most corrupt president in history—but last year it got even worse. 🧵

Breaking News: OpenAI said it would provide the Pentagon with A.I. tools, hours after technology by Anthropic, its competitor, was banned by President Trump.

The U.S, joined by Israel, launched an attack on major cities in Iran, as President Trump called on Iranians to overthrow the government. The Department of Defense has called the strikes “Operation Epic Fury.” Here's what to know. nyti.ms/4cQSuU6

Several high-ranking US election officials -- including the DHS official in charge of election security -- attended a summit last week where prominent election deniers called on Trump to declare a national emergency to take over the 2026 midterms. New, @dougbockclark.bsky.social @propublica.org

In Jan. I reported Trump Media & Technology Group execs Devin Nunes & others were directors of Texas Ventures Acquisition III Corp They just announced with TAE Technologies discussions to spin-off Truth Social to a company that would merge with Texas Ventures III finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-m...

"Warming has already melted so much ice in Greenland and Antarctica that Earth’s rotation has slowed and its axis has shifted, slightly altering the length of the day and disrupting the precision of satellite tracking, global positioning systems and timekeeping." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/o...

If you've ever wondered what kinds of nuclear companies the Trump administration has in mind to power all the AI data centers, I just wrote about one: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

The Trump admin formally warned Ukraine not to strike targets within Russia that could hit US economic interests, according to Kyiv’s ambassador in DC. Meanwhile, the Trump admin has barely said anything about Russia’s many more strikes on US businesses in Ukraine. w/ @a-mackinnon.bsky.social

🔎🇷🇺 NEW INVESTIGATION: A Russian sect is quietly spreading across Europe, promoting an anti-democratic, antisemitic and patriarchal ideology personally backed by Vladimir Putin. In Poland, its leader pushes pro-Kremlin propaganda. @VSquare_Project

A MOTHER JONES SCOOP! New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had a years-long business tie with the sex offender. This challenges his claim he had minimal contact with Epstein. The two were involved in a deal for six years, and an email shows they discussed it. @nlanard.bsky.social

Email blunder exposes $90bn Russian oil smuggling ring US sanctioned Rosneft & Lukoil last Oct. A network linked to Azeri businessmen Etibar Eyyub and Tahir Garayev stepped in. Redwood Global Supply is the largest exporter of Russian crude oil, via @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/4310...

Under this HUD rule, about 37,000 children born in the U.S. could face homelessness because someone in their family lacks papers. That's roughly a baseball stadium full of kids. Deliberate, gratuitous cruelty masquerading as housing policy.

Two issues I'm pondering. One is that you can't move this many people without inflicting tremendous physical and psychological harm on those deported and on society itself. The second is that left in place for years, mass detention on a whole new level will be normalized. It rarely vanishes. [1/3]

The former president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, sentenced to life imprisonment for leading an insurrection. www.koreaherald.com/article/1...

NEWS: The FBI interviewed an Epstein victim who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was underage not once — but at least FOUR times. But the document that shows those additional interviews appears to have been deleted from the DOJ website. substack.com/home/post/p-...

So SCOTUS, with its fabricated-out-of-thin-air immunity doctrine, has actually made American presidents less accountable than LITERAL royalty.

Breaking News: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, was arrested in Britain on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, the BBC said.

A MAGA memecoin run by Steve Bannon went off the rails, according to a lawsuit, with $2.7 million missing and investors' money frozen. My latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...

Quick 🧵 on Epstein rabbit hole I went down In Dec 2025 Next Model Management co-founder Faith Kates retired after emails w/Epstein resurfaced Files show in 2015 Epstein said he'd loan $ to Kates to buy out Next Model Mgmt co-owner Golden Gate Capital pagesix.com/2025/12/01/s...

All emails from the Jan 30 release are now browsable on Jmail! See jmail.world

The family of Texas businessman and political candidate Donald Huffines own the late Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in southern Santa Fe County, which was purchased in 2023 by a limited liability company created just a month before the purchase. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...

Crypto transactions for human trafficking—both forced laborers in scam compounds and sex trafficking—grew by at least 85% in 2025. Now measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Almost all these deals are being carried out on Chinese-language Telegram channels. www.wired.com/story/crypto...

QXO to buy Kodiak for $2.25 billion, taking aim at Home Depot and Lowe's Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners is a large investor in QXO and Kushner sits on the board

- Erik (Blackwater) Prince's team supported Congo government in Uvira with Israeli contractors - The team's use of drones in Congo's military efforts not previously reported - Clashes continue despite US, Qatari efforts to halt fighting www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Crippling blackouts. Children sent home from school. Life in Cuba is grinding to a halt under the U.S. oil blockage.

As ICE and CBP testify in Congress, we have updated our tracker of deaths at the hands of immigration enforcers. 25 have been killed with another 18 seriously injured, and there have also been 44 deaths in ICE/CBP custody. Wondering if this will come up at the hearing. prospect.org/2026/01/29/i...

The Trump administration is planning this week to repeal the Obama-era scientific finding that serves as the legal basis for federal greenhouse-gas regulation, according to U.S. officials www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps. If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

New: Binance holds 87% of the Trump family's stablecoin—$4.7 billion—a higher concentration than any other major stablecoin has at any single exchange. Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119. me, for @forbes.com

The world is poised to overshoot the goal of limiting average global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as for the first time, a three-year period, ending in 2025, has breached the threshold. Climate scientists are predicting devastating consequences.

(CBS News) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014. @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...

BREAKING: Pentagon Dep. Sec. Feinberg and the company he co-founded appear in 100s of docs in Epstein files, including personal emails sent by Epstein & whistleblower emails alleging a vast money laundering scheme involving Feinberg’s company. www.pogo.org/investigates...

The bored whims and futuristic fantasies of billionaires now shape how and where you live and work. They are remaking the country in their own decadent and extractive image. Welcome to the American Oligarchy.

Trump-tied firm Ballard Partners smashed the record for lobbying revenue in 2025. Many of their highest-paying clients were foreign companies that hired them since Trump's return to office, seeking access to the new administration.

Looks like we’re not done with Sheikh Tahnoon. 👀 @wsj.com #$WLFI @rokhanna.bsky.social www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Erik Prince is Chairman of drone company Swarmer (since Dec 2025) which has been supporting operations in Ukraine - on Monday Swarmer filed a registration statement to take the company public Serhii Kupriienko is CEO (global) & Alexander Fink CEO (US) finance.yahoo.com/news/erik-pr...

Paris prosecutors raid the French offices of Elon Musk’s X as part of an investigation into spreading child pornography and deepfakes.

Exclusive: A U.S. official has alleged wrongdoing by U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard in a complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to people familiar with the matter.

More than 100,000 civilians have been killed in wars over the past 18 months. Brutal, genocidal war is returning to the world. Turns out the liberal world order wasn't so terrible.

New from us: Trump's tax-disclosure lawsuit against the government he runs is mind-bending. He supervises the private attorneys demanding at least $10 billion in damages--and also the government attorneys authorized to settle the case and pay him with federal money. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

‘Spy Sheikh’ Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company - deal for $500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty signed 4 days before Trump inauguration and months before UAE won access to tightly guarded American AI chips Amazing @wsj.com story www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

There was a major blackout across Ukraine this morning. The cause was a technological accident in which power transmission lines simultaneously failed—those connecting the energy systems of Romania and Moldova, as well as western and central Ukraine. This triggered automatic protections at

I don't often share my own emotions here.I mostly stick to facts&reason. But I'm actually a very emotional person. The situation in #Kyiv with freezing people in cold homes that are left without electricity,heating &water during the cold winter after deliberate Russian attacks is simply terrible⤵️

An Abu Dhabi royal backed a secret $500 million investment in Trump’s crypto company. Months later, U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.

Trump-Linked Dominari Awards Executives Nearly $66 Million in 2025 Pay Dominari Holdings - part owned by Eric and Don Jr and other Trump Org execs - awarded comp packages $34 million to CEO Anthony Hayes and almost $32 million to securities head Kyle Wool finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-l...