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Zach Everson
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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 Tip? Media booking? [email protected] Signal/mobile: 202.804.2744 zacheverson.com
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 7d
New: Abu Dhabi fund MGX told me it picked USD1—a Trump family–linked stablecoin from World Liberty Financial—to put $2B into Binance, citing its “compliance history.”

USD1 had just launched.

me, for @forbes.com

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MGX Says $2 Billion Binance Investment Used USD1 Because Of ‘Compliance History’—But The Trump-Linked Stablecoin Was Brand New
The Abu Dhabi fund told Forbes that Binance requested settling with a cryptocurrency and used a stablecoin for stability, ultimately selecting USD1, in part, because it was backed by U.S. government a...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 5h
Trump 47 makes Trump 45 seem quaint
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 10h
This is why mandatory online age verification is bullshit.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h
"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room. Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.
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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 8h
Chicago gets a two-week reprieve after a federal judge finds "no credible evidence" of a rebellion😀 www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s National Guard Deployment In Illinois
The judge called the Department of Homeland Security’s assessment of protests in the Chicago area “unreliable.”
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h
This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 11h
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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OuttaMyCandyBowl @outtamylaine.bsky.social · 8h
If you haven't read the book, or don't really want to read the book, at least read this thread. Every single post.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 12d
"After the Kapp putsch in 1920 the [German] government charged 705 persons with high treason; only one, the police president of Berlin, received a sentence—five years of 'honorary confinement.'"

Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 109).
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 8h
And it’s not like the Trumps can dispute the source.
Eric Trump @EricTrump X.com A huge congratulations to our incredible @TrumpHotels properties around the world for winning "Condé Nast Traveler" 2025 Readers' Choice Award! Our properties are nothing short of iconic and I am so proud of this distinction!
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 8h
I know this case is all over - & it should be - but Turning Point USA has waged a harassment campaign against faculty for more than a decade. I know of at least a half dozen other faculty, personally, who have received death threats and several of those who felt so unsafe they too left their homes
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9h
Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats
An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.
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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 8h
The Senate has defeated a plan from Democrats to block money to refurbish the 747 plane given by Qatar to President Trump for use as Air Force One.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11h
Drake sitting there reading about how good the judge thought the song was and how everyone really enjoyed it
The song contains lyrics explicitly accusing Drake of being a pedophile, set to a catchy beat and propulsive bassline. "Not Like Us" went on to become a cultural sensation.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 9h
“But in the Nazi scheme of things one concession from a yielding opponent must lead quickly to another.”

— The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer, p. 553
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 9h
Thinking a lot recently about the time Jack Posobiec was reportedly behind a “Rape Melania” sign
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10h
On the home page, NYT frames it correctly: WaPo fails.
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 11h
How a lobbying shop with deep ties to Trumpworld helped land a lucrative no-bid ICE deal for a company that for years had struggled to break into federal contracting (1/x)
Clients of a Trump-connected lobbying firm keep landing no-bid ICE contracts
Ballard Partners is helping companies cash in on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 13h
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
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Iain Martin @iainmartin.bsky.social · 19h
Neil Zeghidour has held talks with American and French investors to commercialize the voice AI tech developed at a Eric Schimdt-backed AI research lab Kyutai @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...
Former Meta And Google Researcher In Talks To Raise $60 Million For Voice AI Startup
Neil Zeghidour has held talks with American and French investors to commercialize the voice AI tech developed at a Eric Schimdt-backed AI research lab Kyutai.
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Alex Knapp @thealexknapp.bsky.social · 18h
New from me and Thomas Gallagher: AST Spacemobile CEO Abel Avellan has seen his net worth double over the past month on the strength of deals with Verizon and other key milestones in the race to connect smartphones to satellites.

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Verizon Deal Makes AST SpaceMobile Billionaire $500 Million Richer In A Day
AST SpaceMobile shares climbed 9% on Wednesday’s deal announcement with Verizon, one of a series that helped founder and CEO Abel Avellan’s net worth double over a thirty day span.
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Phoebe Liu @pheebini.bsky.social · 17h
In my latest for @forbes.com I did some math on how the spate of massive #AI infra deals is benefiting the dealmakers most of all. These founders, CEOs and investors keep getting richer while critics condemn their "circular deals":

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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 16h
Can confirm: FSD is not so good www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
Tesla’s Full-Self Driving Software Is A Mess. Should It Be Legal?
Elon Musk hypes the AI-enabled system, and getting more people to buy it is key to his new pay package. But in a recent test, it ignored some street signs and squashed a mannequin child.
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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 17h
What do you know? Tesla’s wildly misnamed “Full Self-Driving” feature is under federal investigation for being janky and dangerous www.forbes.com/sites/zachar...
Tesla’s Full-Self Driving Under Investigation Over Reports of Violating Traffic Laws
The probe will investigate the feature in an estimated 2.8 million vehicles.
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Richard Nieva @richardnieva.bsky.social · 16h
I chatted with AMD’s senior vice president of AI about the company’s massive deal with OpenAI, and how AMD’s software efforts played a part in scoring the agreement.
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How AMD’s AI Software Helped It Score The Multi-Billion Dollar OpenAI Deal
Chips aren’t the only star of the massive agreement. AMD’s software efforts have slowly turned it into a more formidable competitor to Nvidia.
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Toshi Clark @shikataganai.bsky.social · 15h
as a physician, I'll note that if you have a fetus in your placenta then something has gone quite wrong indeed
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 1d
Yikes!

Eleanor Holmes Norton’s reelection campaign has just $6,500 of cash on hand and debts of $90,000 as of 9/30 per filing made today.
FEC Disclosure Form 3 for Citizens for Eleanor Holmes Norton
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Michelle @footnoted.bsky.social · 1d
Yesterday, I sent a post out to my paid subscribers on what appears to be unusual options activity at Trilogy Metals, the latest beneficiary of a 10% investment by the Trump Admin. Sharing it here because it deserves more attention: www.linkedin.com/pulse/front-...
Front-running options at Trilogy?
Chances are that you never heard of Trilogy Metals before late Monday when the company announced that the newly named Department of War was buying 10% of the company for $35.6 million.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 1d
Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes is sitting on $15M in campaign cash per new filing
FEC Disclosure Form 3 for DEVIN NUNES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
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