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Nonilex<p>Yes &amp; thank you.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> stock extended losses Mon, dropping below a price at which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Commerce Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> predicted they’d never fall to again.</p><p>The shares plunged as much as 9.2% to $217.41 as of 9:41AM in NY, amid a broader selloff in global equity markets. Lutnick totally unethically said during a FauxNews interview on March 19—when Tesla closed at $235.86—that viewers should buy the stock, saying “it’ll never be this cheap again.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-07/tesla-tsla-shares-fall-below-price-lutnick-said-it-wouldn-t-drop-to-again" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-04-07/tesla-tsla-shares-fall-below-price-lutnick-said-it-wouldn-t-drop-to-again</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> has put in a last-minute bid to acquire all of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a>, …as it approaches an April deadline to be separated from its Chinese owner or face a ban in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>….</p><p>Various parties who have been involved in the talks do not appear to be taking Amazon’s bid seriously, the people said. The bid came via an offer letter addressed to Vice President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commerce</span></a> secy….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antitrust</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/business/media/amazon-tiktok-bid.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=D95FBEC6-2C4F-46F0-AAEC-465CE954890A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/02/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/media/amazon-tiktok-bid.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=D95FBEC6-2C4F-46F0-AAEC-465CE954890A</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>Ω🪬Ω<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheCryptocalypseChronicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCryptocalypseChronicles</span></a>: El Salvador's Gulag Cryptopelago (new, spicier title)</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a>'s in the news a lot right now because the Trump administration shipped a few hundred people off to that country's incredibly dangerous new mega prison, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CECOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CECOT</span></a>.</p><p>What seems to have gone unnoticed in all the reporting, however, is Salvadoran dictator <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NayibBukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NayibBukele</span></a>'s outsized role in the world of cryptocurrency and through that his direct connections to the Trump administration via Commerce Secretary <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tether</span></a>.</p><p>Retoots appreciated.</p><p><a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-el-salvador" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/we-</span><span class="invisible">need-to-talk-about-el-salvador</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bitfinex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitfinex</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bukele</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tether</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stablecoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stablecoins</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USDT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDT</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Delusional. But also a tell.</p><p>"Commerce secretary <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> suggested this week that only 'fraudsters' would complain about missing a monthly <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> check, and that most people wouldn't mind if the government simply skipped a payment."<br><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/social-security-lutnick-doge-checks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/03/21/social-se</span><span class="invisible">curity-lutnick-doge-checks</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Howard says, "What, me worry?"</p><p>Trump’s Billionaire Commerce Secretary Threatens to Shut Down Social Security<br><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-billionaire-commerce-secretary-threatens-to-shut-down-social-security/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">truthout.org/articles/trumps-b</span><span class="invisible">illionaire-commerce-secretary-threatens-to-shut-down-social-security/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DonaldKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPWeirdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPWeirdos</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoRepublicansEverAgain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Anyone who complains aboit not getting their Social Security check is stealing?!? What the fuck?! What a fucking ghoul!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpGhoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpGhoul</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RemoveHowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RemoveHowardLutnick</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> is claiming he has sold 1,000 permanent US residence permits for $5 million each (Trump's "Gold Cards") to the world's wealthiest kleptocrats, oligarchs, and crypto bros (though he doesn't describe them that way).</p><p>note that these people will be able to live in the US but (unlike US citizens) will not have to pay taxes on their foreign income.</p><p>you should expect america's billionaires to start "emigrating" to other countries and "coming back" as Gold Card holders for tax reasons.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/eupol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eupol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a></p>
RememberUsAlways<p>Good morning. <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> continue to be a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/stigma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stigma</span></a> on products made in America. </p><p>US Markets open to yet another <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bloodbath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bloodbath</span></a> as <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Howardlutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Howardlutnick</span></a> beg US citizens to invest in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> stock. <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/investing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investing</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/premarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>premarket</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"I think, if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>," US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> said on FauxNews Wed evening. "It's unbelievable that this guy's stock is this cheap. It'll never be this cheap again."</p><p>"I mean, who wouldn't invest in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>? You gotta be kidding me."</p><p>🙋🏼‍♀️</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Following <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s shameful <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> advert on the WH lawn last week, US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> used a TV appearance to urge Americans to buy stock in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>'s company.</p><p>Cabinet secretaries *don't typically* [NEVER] recommend individual stocks, much less those linked to the president's closest adviser.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/tesla-musk-lutnick" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/03/20/tesla-mus</span><span class="invisible">k-lutnick</span></a></p>
Rasta<p>'Shameful': <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> official sparks outrage with 'illegal' call to 'buy <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>' stock </p><p>"I mean, who wouldn't invest in Elon Musk? You gotta be kidding me." <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a><br>ALL OF US, Howie.. ALL OF US! </p><p><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/howard-lutnick-2671364443/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/howard-lutnick-26</span><span class="invisible">71364443/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The potential to more than double the scope of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> has alarmed economists &amp; some congressional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>, while other WH allies are concerned about the logistical challenges of a complicated new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/import" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>import</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> regime. The precise nature of these new duties has spurred extensive discussions at the highest levels of the admin, w/VP <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a>, WH aide <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeterNavarro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterNavarro</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> all playing a role in the talks….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpcession</span></a></p>
MissConstrue<p>Ok y’all, we’ve talked about stock market manipulation and we’ve talked about crypto fraud and the First Crime Family, but have we talked about Howard Lutnick and how money managed by the chair of Trump's transition team keeps showing up in the hands of drug cartels, terrorists, and fraudsters?</p><p>The Cryptocalypse Chronicles has a multi post series, of which part two is a "follow the money" deep dive into how Howard Lutnick manages roughly $100 billion for <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tether</span></a>, and does business with gangs and sanctioned individuals and nations like Hamas, North Korea and Iran, and funds <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/pigButchering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pigButchering</span></a> scams and illegal weapons and drug trades. </p><p>
<a href="https://mefi.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/cantorfitzgerald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cantorfitzgerald</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/USDT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDT</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/trumps-transition-team-is-tethered" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/tru</span><span class="invisible">mps-transition-team-is-tethered</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The ofcl line from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> admin is that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is not interfering in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>’s domestic politics. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> denied his boss was “weighing into Ukrainian politics,” adding all that Trump wants is a partner for peace.</p><p>But the behavior of Trump &amp; his ofcls suggests quite the opposite. Trump has accused <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zelensky</span></a> of being a “dictator without elections,” &amp; hinted he would not be “around very long” if he didn’t do a deal w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s business interests…have prompted concerns about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConflictsOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictsOfInterest</span></a> as he makes important decisions in DC.</p><p>Wed, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInterest</span></a> groups expressed concern that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a>’s plans to change the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broadband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broadband</span></a> program will benefit Musk.</p><p>“Fiber broadband is widely understood to be better than other internet options — like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> — because it delivers significantly faster speeds,” said Drew Garner, dir of policy engagement for nonprofit Benton Inst for Broadband &amp; Society.</p>
Nonilex<p>The program’s rules, which were created during the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin, previously favored broadband lines made of fiber-optic cables attached to homes.</p><p>“The department is ripping out the Biden administration’s pointless requirements,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> said. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Dept will also remove <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulatory</span></a> &amp; other barriers that slow down construction &amp; connection to households, he added.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin said on Wednesday that it would overhaul a $42B federal grant program aimed at expanding high-speed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> to the nation, including easing some rules that could benefit <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> internet service, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a>.</p><p>The program will be revamped to “take a tech-neutral approach” in its distribution of funds to states, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/technology/broadband-rules-elon-musk-starlink.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/05/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/broadband-rules-elon-musk-starlink.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The advisory cmtes’ — typically from universities, think tanks &amp; interest groups, as well as from private companies — provided advice &amp; feedback to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> but had no decision-making authority. But their sudden termination could add to concerns that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin is planning on interfering w/govt statistics, especially because the terminations came after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a>, the secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a>, suggested he might change the way the govt reports certain economic data.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Trump ordered a new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> investigation that could heap more <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> on imported lumber, adding to existing duties on Canadian softwood lumber &amp; 25% tariffs on all Canadian &amp; Mexican goods due next week.<br>In his 3rd new tariff probe in a week, Trump ordered <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> to initiate a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> investigation into US lumber imports under §232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The trade <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> is the one Trump also used to impose tariffs on global steel &amp; aluminum imports.</p>
Nonilex<p>due to the sociopathic kleptocratic authoritarian in the WH, I abandoned my earlier thread on Jonathan Swan’s revelatory <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> reporting.</p><p>Spoiler, “new” DOGE dir <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyGleason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmyGleason</span></a> has been IN ON IT from the beginning along w/ (pure concentrated evil [h/t Time Bandits]) <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a> (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>), &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> (billionaire <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Sec), &amp; a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JaredKushner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JaredKushner</span></a> bro Brad Smith.</p><p>I’m outta gift articles for the month, but it’s important:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/114082367309398751" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">masto.ai/@Nonilex/114082367309</span><span class="invisible">398751</span></a></p>