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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 · 6h

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

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 6h

Steal away!

just gina 👻 @mantisbat.bsky.social · 6h

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

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 7h

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 · 7h

Tune in, ya goobers

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 8h

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 · 8h

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 · 9h

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

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 10h

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?'

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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 · 10h

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 · 11h

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 · 11h

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

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 14h

I did a nice thing once.

This guy was a rockstar and still is.

Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 17h

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 · 2d

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

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 13h

🥲

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

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.”

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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 15h

hi hello unpaywalled

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 16h

Mamdani gaining just +1 (statistically flat) could mean support ceiling, in which case the pressure on Curtis Sliwa will ramp up even more.

Or it could mean voters aren’t really tuned in yet.

Debates are probably actually gonna matter. poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 16h

I can't stop thinking about this.

You and I have "Miranda rights" that require cops to notify us of our right against self-incrimination.

Will the Supreme Court someday use this case to establish "Miranda 2" rights against unexplained and violent abductions by masked secret police?

Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 1d

We've all seen that movie scene. It's usually written that way to indicate who the antagonists are.

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Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 16h

Apple has removed at least three ICE-tracking apps from the App Store. WIRED spoke with the developers about where they go from here. from @thiccreese.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/apple-...

Apple Took Down ICE-Tracking Apps. Their Developers Aren't Giving Up

“We are going to do everything in our power to fight this,” says ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron after Apple removed his app from the App Store.

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 17h

This is terrifying. @davidgilbert.bsky.social spoke to Rutgers professor Mark Bray, who wrote a book about antifa and is now being deluged by death threats.

Bray and his family tried to flee for Europe this weekend. Their tickets were mysteriously canceled right before they boarded the plane.

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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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 17h

First option for musical genre is “anything in English”

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 17h

Everyone at Trump's cabinet meeting seems super chill with how long RFK Jr. is yammering on for

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 17h

I feel like RFK Jr. has been talking about Tylenol at this meeting for about 6 years

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 17h

I think we've set a new national record for glazing per capita in this cabinet meeting

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 17h

Innovation in the Trump cabinet meeting: voluntary groveling.

"We'll just take a few hands, and then we'll go back to getting peace done," Trump says. Doug Burgum volunteers first

Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 17h

Noem: "If we have to do it the hard way in Chicago in Portland, then we will."

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