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Jake Lahut

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Senior writer for WIRED covering the Trump White House & GOP. Author of the Inner Loop newsletter. Emergency backup hockey writer. FR/EN 🇫🇷 https://www.wired.com/author/jake-lahut/ (Signal: Leak2Lahut.26)

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · Jul 23

Introducing my new premium newsletter for
@wired.com, Inner Loop.

This inaugural edition is right in the wheelhouse of what you can expect — the intersection of Trumpworld and Silicon Valley billionaires — but if you'll indulge me in a thread on our new subscription.. www.wired.com/story/peter-...

The GOP's Message for Tech Billionaires: Be Like Peter Thiel

One lesson Republican insiders took away from Elon Musk's spectacular flameout? Be wary of billionaires who love the spotlight.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 13h

That @swin24.bsky.social is on his game over at Zeteo.

The public release of NSPM-7 partially served "as a way to apply additional pressure on Attorney General Pam Bondi to ramp up arrests and prosecutions to a level that would satisfy people like Stephen Miller." zeteo.com/p/inside-tru...

Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago

Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 17h

Would not be shocked if she walks this back later, but Laura Loomer is claiming this is where she might have to get off the ride

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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

Wrote a bit about the content mill for consensus the Trump administration has created to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

More here:
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Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 17h

My fmr boss to the rescue after that very confusing announcement, which featured a lot of Hegseth riffing bsky.app/profile/samf...

Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 17h

Not really. This is a US air base that will host a facility where Qatari pilots are trained to fly F-15. The US also trains pilots from Singapore there www.spokesman.com/stories/2022...

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Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 17h

Not really. This is a US air base that will host a facility where Qatari pilots are trained to fly F-15. The US also trains pilots from Singapore there www.spokesman.com/stories/2022...

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 18h

"Today, we're announcing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home air base in Idaho. Location will host a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots to enhance our combined training, increased lethality, interoperability..."
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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 18h

can you provide the exact quote?

Is it about this maybe (biden era deal)

$12 billion deal may bring hundreds of Qatar, US Air Force members to Idaho base

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 18h

Okay hold on, we're gonna have a Qatari Air Force base in Idaho now? Hegseth just announced it with very minimal specifics beyond "increased lethality" and something about interoperability

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: Some gamblers are placing WNBA bets based on when they think players are on their periods—and advising their followers to do the same. One content creator calls it "blood money." But the strategy is both unscientific and sexist. From @mollylongman.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING:

"Just landed."

Mark Bray confirms to me this morning that he and his family did, on the second attempt, make it out of the US and to Spain

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He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 18h

Gotta read @makenakelly.bsky.social on the new age influencer embeds: www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 18h

Lara Trump on her father-in-law not winning the Nobel Peace Prize (Fox News:

"He deserves it more than anyone alive on this planet right now. There's no doubt." She goes on to accuse the committee of suffering from Trump derangement syndrome

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 1d

Read all about it www.wired.com/story/trump-...

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 1d

Steal away!

just gina 👻 @mantisbat.bsky.social · 1d

interesting segment! going to steal "uncringe myself" if you don't mind

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to head up the Office of Special Counsel, cancelled a female colleague’s hotel reservation on a work trip so he could stay with her, and they ended up sharing a room after she learned she didn't have a hotel room. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment

Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 1d

Tune in, ya goobers

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 1d

Will be on MSNBC around 11:15 talking about this story of mine & some news of the day www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Trumpworld's Least Favorite Cabinet Secretaries

“Worst, Bondi,” they begin. “2.) Bondi. 3.) Bondi. 4.) Bondi. 5.) HegsethRFKTulsiNoem.”

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11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social · 1d

TONIGHT: NY AG indicted weeks after Trump pressure – House remains out of session as shutdown continues – WH finalizes Argentina bailout.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 1d

More pain, plz (and the Wings somehow have more shots on goal)

Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 1d

Reading random sports stories like this also leads to questions I may not have found myself asking elsewhere, such as 'Why is Montana the only state in the country without an at-will employment doctrine?'

Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 1d

The latest bit of Detroit sports lore I'm obsessed with www.freep.com/story/news/l...

3 years later, fired Zamboni driver Al Sobotka goes to trial over peeing incident

Fired Zamboni driver Al Sobotka may take the stand at trial.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 1d

The latest bit of Detroit sports lore I'm obsessed with www.freep.com/story/news/l...

3 years later, fired Zamboni driver Al Sobotka goes to trial over peeing incident

Fired Zamboni driver Al Sobotka may take the stand at trial.

www.freep.com

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 1d

Red Wings season opener tonight. What pain and/or joy, but probably pain, am I in for this year?

Get ready for some random ass posts about Scandinavian rookies who go by acronyms: ASP (Axel Sandin Pellikka) and MBN (Michael Brandsegg-Nygård)

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 1d

this is the type of sports shit I wanna see more of on Bsky

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 1d

I did a nice thing once.

This guy was a rockstar and still is.

Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 1d

Yes: @hunterw.bsky.social noticed my questions on the Pete Buttigieg campaign bus in late 2019, and alerted @anthonylfisher.bsky.social to my existence. That led to an introduction via Twitter DMs, and that's how I got my first job in a national newsroom

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 1d

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Morgan Stanley’s Lisa Shalett has become one of the market’s loudest cautionary voices.

“‘At the end of the day … this is not going to be pretty’ if and when the generative AI capital expenditure story falters, she said.”

@fortune.com
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