Zach Everson
@zacheverson.com
Reporter at Forbes • Investigating how Donald Trump turns political power into personal profit, as well as other stories at the intersection of money and politics
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· May 11
Truth Social, the $Trump meme coin and World Liberty Financial Give Supporters And Favor Seekers New Ways To Pay Trump
Foreign firms, crypto whales and political allies are using Trump’s newest ventures to route millions into companies he profits from while in office.
www.forbes.com
🚨 NEW: Trump's biggest lesson from his first term?
He left money on the table.
He's returned to the White House with three new ways—all easier and faster than booking a hotel room—for allies, favor-seekers and foreigners to funnel money to the US president.
me, for @forbes.com
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He left money on the table.
He's returned to the White House with three new ways—all easier and faster than booking a hotel room—for allies, favor-seekers and foreigners to funnel money to the US president.
me, for @forbes.com
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this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
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icymi lmao
You lost me at "Michael Wolff saying."
Morning Joe Michael Wolff Cold Open - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
icymi lmao
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You lost me at "Michael Wolff saying."
Morning Joe Michael Wolff Cold Open - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
You lost me at "Michael Wolff saying."
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Update—
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
New: Alt5 Sigma, one of Trump's key business partners, told the SEC that it suspended its CEO in mid-October.
An internal email, though, says he was placed on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
me, for @forbes.com
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An internal email, though, says he was placed on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
me, for @forbes.com
1/
Trump Crypto Partner Alt5 Sigma May Have Violated SEC Rules With Filing On CEO
One of Trump's key business partners told the SEC it suspended its CEO in mid-October. Internal records suggest he was on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Update—
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
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Some are questioning the link between tectonic rifting and a rapidly accelerating climate but though we are still learning there is a connection.
This article is about just one fascinating study:
time.com/7333318/clim...
This article is about just one fascinating study:
time.com/7333318/clim...
How Climate Change Can Lead to Earthquakes
Dry conditions reduce lake levels—unleashing powerful forces
time.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Some are questioning the link between tectonic rifting and a rapidly accelerating climate but though we are still learning there is a connection.
This article is about just one fascinating study:
time.com/7333318/clim...
This article is about just one fascinating study:
time.com/7333318/clim...
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Today's volcano Hayli Gubbi (Ethiopia) eruption seen from space
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Probably not a big deal.
It’s not like trillions of tons of ice melt, rocks expanding in crazy heat waves or changing water levels affect tectonic plates and fault line stress right?
It’s not like trillions of tons of ice melt, rocks expanding in crazy heat waves or changing water levels affect tectonic plates and fault line stress right?
A supposed dormant volcano erupts in Ethiopia after being inactive for at least 12.000 years.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/hayl...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/hayl...
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Probably not a big deal.
It’s not like trillions of tons of ice melt, rocks expanding in crazy heat waves or changing water levels affect tectonic plates and fault line stress right?
It’s not like trillions of tons of ice melt, rocks expanding in crazy heat waves or changing water levels affect tectonic plates and fault line stress right?
Attn @thepwhl.com expansion decisionmakers—
NWSL top local viewership markets for championship game on CBS platforms:
1) Washington, DC
2) Kansas City
3) Portland, OR
4) Tulsa
T5) Baltimore
T5) Buffalo
7) Albuquerque-Santa Fe
T9) New Orleans
T9) Hartford & New Haven
T9) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
T9) San Diego
1) Washington, DC
2) Kansas City
3) Portland, OR
4) Tulsa
T5) Baltimore
T5) Buffalo
7) Albuquerque-Santa Fe
T9) New Orleans
T9) Hartford & New Haven
T9) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
T9) San Diego
NWSL viewing record:
An average of 1.184 million on CBS/Paramount+ for championship match between Gotham FC and Washington Spirit.
It was a 22 percent increase over 2024.
An average of 1.184 million on CBS/Paramount+ for championship match between Gotham FC and Washington Spirit.
It was a 22 percent increase over 2024.
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Attn @thepwhl.com expansion decisionmakers—
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13,000 of the DDoSecrets-released Epstein emails are now public. (again: these are DISTINCT from the Congress-released ones.)
ddosecrets.com/article/epst...
ddosecrets.com/article/epst...
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
13,000 of the DDoSecrets-released Epstein emails are now public. (again: these are DISTINCT from the Congress-released ones.)
ddosecrets.com/article/epst...
ddosecrets.com/article/epst...
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Trump “business partner”
Update—
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
New: Alt5 Sigma, one of Trump's key business partners, told the SEC that it suspended its CEO in mid-October.
An internal email, though, says he was placed on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
me, for @forbes.com
1/
An internal email, though, says he was placed on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
me, for @forbes.com
1/
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Trump “business partner”
Re: Nuzzi sending a recorder into Mar-a-Lago with a sketch artist—
Florida is an all-parties consent state
www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statute...
Florida is an all-parties consent state
www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statute...
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Re: Nuzzi sending a recorder into Mar-a-Lago with a sketch artist—
Florida is an all-parties consent state
www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statute...
Florida is an all-parties consent state
www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statute...
Reposted by Zach Everson
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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Posted this after Lizza’s pt 2, reupping after pt 3
This one-time $100,000 “legal consulting” payment from the Trump campaign to RFK Jr’s law firm last September is still unexplained docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/feci...
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Posted this after Lizza’s pt 2, reupping after pt 3
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data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
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In new report on Trump’s crypto dealings, Dems on House Judiciary cite a bunch of Forbes’ reporting, including—
“Trump’s Crypto Firm Raised $52 Million—Likely Sending Millions To His Family, New Disclosure Reveals”
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
“Trump’s Crypto Firm Raised $52 Million—Likely Sending Millions To His Family, New Disclosure Reveals”
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In new report on Trump’s crypto dealings, Dems on House Judiciary cite a bunch of Forbes’ reporting, including—
“Trump’s Crypto Firm Raised $52 Million—Likely Sending Millions To His Family, New Disclosure Reveals”
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
“Trump’s Crypto Firm Raised $52 Million—Likely Sending Millions To His Family, New Disclosure Reveals”
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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This has been obvious for 10 days now but @nymag.com needs to announce a deep dive
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This has been obvious for 10 days now but @nymag.com needs to announce a deep dive
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
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very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here
Do I need to track down part 2 and read it?Or is knowing that it covered felching sufficient?
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Do I need to track down part 2 and read it?Or is knowing that it covered felching sufficient?
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📰 Be willing to aggregate! Your audiences need to be informed, even when it’s not your exclusive. (But give credit and link liberally!)
📰 Report as soon as you have something nailed down—no holding back for books or Pulitzer-seeking packages
Any other suggestions?
📰 Report as soon as you have something nailed down—no holding back for books or Pulitzer-seeking packages
Any other suggestions?
May 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📰 Be willing to aggregate! Your audiences need to be informed, even when it’s not your exclusive. (But give credit and link liberally!)
📰 Report as soon as you have something nailed down—no holding back for books or Pulitzer-seeking packages
Any other suggestions?
📰 Report as soon as you have something nailed down—no holding back for books or Pulitzer-seeking packages
Any other suggestions?
Reposted by Zach Everson
everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
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"I just sort of Michael Wolffed it" is actually a great term for committing a serious violation of journalistic ethics
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"I just sort of Michael Wolffed it" is actually a great term for committing a serious violation of journalistic ethics
Update—
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
New: Alt5 Sigma, one of Trump's key business partners, told the SEC that it suspended its CEO in mid-October.
An internal email, though, says he was placed on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
me, for @forbes.com
1/
An internal email, though, says he was placed on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
me, for @forbes.com
1/
Trump Crypto Partner Alt5 Sigma May Have Violated SEC Rules With Filing On CEO
One of Trump's key business partners told the SEC it suspended its CEO in mid-October. Internal records suggest he was on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Update—
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
Reposted by Zach Everson
Update from Google on this one: turns out they take security seriously.
No patch for the bugs scheduled yet.
No patch for the bugs scheduled yet.
🚨NEW🚨 Google shipped its AI code editor Antigravity with a bunch of security vulnerabilities.
The most severe, discovered within 24 hours of launch, allows for a persistent backdoor on target systems.
It remains unpatched.
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
The most severe, discovered within 24 hours of launch, allows for a persistent backdoor on target systems.
It remains unpatched.
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Google AI Coding Tool Antigravity Was Hacked A Day After Launch
A security researcher discovered a major flaw in the coding product, the latest example of companies rushing out AI tools vulnerable to hacking.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Update from Google on this one: turns out they take security seriously.
No patch for the bugs scheduled yet.
No patch for the bugs scheduled yet.
Reposted by Zach Everson
In the latest edition of our healthcare newsletter, Amy Feldman and I wrote about RFK's escalating war on vaccines, Abbott's $21 billion cancer bet, Valo's biobucks deal, and more.
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Escalates His War On Vaccines
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the RFK Jr.’s war on vaccines, Abbott’s $21 billion bet on cancer detection, Vivek Ramaswamy’s soaring wealth, and more.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In the latest edition of our healthcare newsletter, Amy Feldman and I wrote about RFK's escalating war on vaccines, Abbott's $21 billion cancer bet, Valo's biobucks deal, and more.
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
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Mobile/Signal: 202.804.2744
OnionShare (requires Tor): 224medfh4632g3ze5otkskg5onhe27ssw3vghy3swknmdng5yj4n3eqd.onion
Suggested reading—
Here’s how to share sensitive leaks with the press
Thinking about securely leaking information to news organizations? This guide will show you how.
freedom.press
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Have any tips about Trump's businesses or other money-in-politics info?
Email: [email protected]
Mobile/Signal: 202.804.2744
OnionShare (requires Tor): 224medfh4632g3ze5otkskg5onhe27ssw3vghy3swknmdng5yj4n3eqd.onion
Suggested reading—
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Mobile/Signal: 202.804.2744
OnionShare (requires Tor): 224medfh4632g3ze5otkskg5onhe27ssw3vghy3swknmdng5yj4n3eqd.onion
Suggested reading—