Artificial Intelligence • Cryptocurrency • Cyber Security • Executive Power • Fascism • Social Media • Surveillance • Technology

Chris Hedges — The Chris Hedges Report

The Rise of the Thielverse and the Construction of the Surveillance State

It’s clear that the architects of mass surveillance and the military industrial complex are beginning to coalesce in unprecedented ways within the Trump administration...

Corruption • Cryptocurrency • Executive Power • Financial • Global • Technology

Eric Lipton, David Yaffe-Bellany, Bradley Hope, Tripp Mickle and Paul Mozur — New York Times (Gift)

Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.

A lucrative transaction involving the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm and an agreement giving the Emiratis access to A.I. chips were connected in ways that have not been previously reported.

Corruption • Cryptocurrency • Executive Power • Financial • Global

David D. Kirkpatrick — The New Yorker

The Number

How much is Trump pocketing off the Presidency?

Artificial Intelligence • Cryptocurrency • Cyber Security • Digital Rights • Disinformation • Europe • Executive Power • Human Rights • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom • Resistance • Russia • Safety • Social Media • Surveillance • Technology • Threat Management • Violence

Ron Williams

The Resistance Will Be Reported (Updated November 12, 2025)

The environment for press freedom in the United States is entering a perilous new phase. The attacks have been unprecedented, widespread and continue to escalate.

Corruption • Cryptocurrency • Executive Power • Financial • Legal • Regulations

Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby and Noel Sims — Popular Information

From Truth Social to bitcoin empire: Trump’s $2 billion pivot

Trump has the authority to take actions that will drive the price of bitcoin higher. If recent history is any guide, that is exactly what Trump will do.

Corruption • Cryptocurrency • Executive Power • Financial • Global • Legal • Regulations • Technology

Jacob Silverman — The Nation

Does Trump’s Biggest Crypto Backer Really Exist?

The strange saga of a shadowy UAE company’s $100 million investment in World Liberty Financial, the Trump-aligned crypto trader.

Corruption • Cryptocurrency • Democracy • Europe • Technology

Peter Geoghegan — Democracy for Sale

The US Right Is Coming for the UK—With Crypto in Hand

Nigel Farage, Peter Thiel and how authoritarian tech fantasies are becoming political reality

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