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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 · 6d

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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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

Here's a thread on ways Jack Posobiec has been normalized in mainstream media since Charlie Kirk's death:

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 27d

I'd list all the things Jack Posobiec is known for, but I think it would get me banned on Bluesky in the current environment of automated moderation.

Let's just say he has an extensive page at the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Anyway, CBS News is talking with Posobiec about his friend Charlie Kirk.

YouTube screenshot of Face the Nation from CBS News: Jack Posobiec reflects on the life of his friend Charlie Kirk

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 6h

I have threatened to buy him a newspaper subscription numerous times

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 13h

I love how Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House and #2 in line for the presidency, is always like, “What? News?! I never read or hear anything that happens in the world, anywhere. I’m totally offline. What even is ‘social media’? They play news all day on TV!? Wow! That’s a surprise!”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 2h

I wrote legal editorials for the Post for a hot minute many years ago, and I was constantly anxious about making sure I got the details right. This editorial is just humiliating for everyone involved

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

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mountainsstars.bsky.social @mountainsstars.bsky.social · 1h

Those "performance value adjustments" on Nunes' Edward Jones account are really adding up.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 2h

I have a friend who owns a restaurant. He says tourism and travel to DC in recent months has devastated many restaurants in DC. So, yes, Trump is lying. Again.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "You can go and eat at the restaurants. The restaurants are booming. They were closing one after another and now they're booming, they're opening. Nobody has ever seen a transformation like they have in Washington DC. It's as hot as it can get."

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 2h

Hard to tell where Trump Administration ends and Trump Media begins!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

Good lord.

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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 2h

lol man you're not supposed to just say that

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 3h

REI easily top of the list of companies most likely to do a land acknowledgement before layoffs

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3h

REI is closing unionized stores. So many companies that like to pretend to be progressive remain still virulently anti-union at their core. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/b...

REI Co-Op’s Boston location is set to close next year - The Boston Globe

REI said it will close three locations on the East Coast, including a store in Boston, as it launches a new strategic plan.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Shauna GM @shauna.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 2h

Does an equivalent of bluesky starter packs exist for the fediverse? A "one click to follow many" sort of scenario?

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Jameson Wentworth @jamesonchi.bsky.social · 2h

Omg. It’s a co-op. jfc

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3h

REI is closing unionized stores. So many companies that like to pretend to be progressive remain still virulently anti-union at their core. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/b...

REI Co-Op’s Boston location is set to close next year - The Boston Globe

REI said it will close three locations on the East Coast, including a store in Boston, as it launches a new strategic plan.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 4h

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 2h

“Republican Congresswoman Failed to Properly Disclose 170 Trades Worth Up to $13.6M”

@davelevinthal.com for @notus.com

Republican Congresswoman Failed to Properly Disclose 170 Trades Worth Up to $13.6M

Dozens of those trades came in the form of stock sales made on March 18, when key details of Trump’s tariff policies were disclosed.

www.notus.org

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 2h

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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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 2h

Especially awk when you own the platform

Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 4h

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 15h

so we are clear
NVDA handed xAI $2 billion to help create a "special purpose vehicle" that will then buy NVDA processors and rent them to xAI.

We are all supposed to pretend this is not the same vendor financing cycle that's blown up repeatedly in history.

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 8h

Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech.

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Texas’ attorney general compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

My latest for @thebarbedwire.com

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Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

thebarbedwire.com

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Mike Pendleton @phat7deuce.bsky.social · 12h

Maybe it's me, but this seems...stupid. The world will be here and not attending WC games and we don't want to show off? I can understand not playing an NWSL game on the night of a WC game in the same city, but beyond that?

Jonathan Tannenwald @jtannenwald.bsky.social · 13h

#NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman gives @financialtimes.com a long interview, with many business and tech industry buzzwords, but also some news:

The league will stop during next year's men's World Cup group stage, but will resume during the knockout rounds.

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NWSL’s Jessica Berman: ‘Women’s football is a movement, not a moment’

The National Women’s Soccer League commissioner on independence as a superpower, growth in women’s football and why expansion is both ‘careful and aggressive’

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Michelle @footnoted.bsky.social · 8h

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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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 10h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 9h

Senator, it used to be called a jumpoline before yo momma got on it. I am a serious person doing an important job.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 14h

Close-up photos have revealed the prepared list of put-downs that Pam Bondi brought to use against senators during her Epstein hearing.

Bondi Accidentally Reveals Her Burn Book for Fiery Epstein Hearing

The attorney general chose to lash out rather than answer questions from lawmakers about the late pedophile.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 8h

very interesting what is not allowed these days. in this case, basic archiving of real videos

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 8h

A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico, originally scheduled for next week in Chicago, has been relocated to Florida amid the immigration crackdown in the city, per AP

Soccer match between Argentina, Puerto Rico moved from Chicago to Florida amid immigration crackdown

A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico, originally scheduled for next week in Chicago, has been relocated to Florida because of unrest linked to the immigration crackdown in the city, accord...

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · 10h

@forbes.com mgt, led by CEO Sherry Phillips and CCO Randall Lane, have proposed 1.25% annual bumps for staff, not even keeping up with inflation--when many in the newsroom go YEARS without a raise. #journalismjobs @nyguild.bsky.social

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 10h

“Wesley Bell Used $35,000 in Campaign Cash to Buy His Friend’s Dodge Durango”

@ryangrim.bsky.social for @dropsitenews.com

Wesley Bell Used $35,000 in Campaign Cash to Buy His Friend’s Dodge Durango

The congressman from St. Louis put some of AIPAC's money to an unusual use. He now faces a rematch with Cori Bush.

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