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BREAKING: Executives at an Alaska gas venture tied to a Trump family friend have left after raising concerns about hidden Russian financing, per The New York Times and Financial Times. The company, Polar LNG, has sought US approval to buy equipment from a sanctioned Russian gas project owned largely by Novatek. One of its investors is Gentry Beach, a friend of Donald Trump Jr. Beach also said he separately signed a deal with Novatek last fall to develop gas in Alaska. According to the reports, Novatek allegedly concealed its financial involvement through a UAE-linked intermediary. CEO Joel Riddle, who raised concerns about the financing and possible sanctions violations, left in September, followed by other executives, who urged the administration to investigate. Vladimir Putin reportedly discussed Alaska energy cooperation with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during Russia–Ukraine talks. The White House says the project came up only briefly, and there’s no evidence Witkoff or Kushner knew of the alleged financing. Polar LNG denies wrongdoing.
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Pope Leo is that guy. He woke up from surgery, said mass and started making calls to Putin and Zelensky. Now a Ceasefire has been SECURED in Oleshky.
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Astonishing. I've been tracking Trump admin corruption and self-dealing for the last 20 months. Here are 10 stories (!!!) from just the last three weeks. Literally. Every single one from October.
JD Vance: "I've not seen a single shred of evidence that Donald Trump participates or sanctions in that corruption ... I've not once seen evidence that Donald Trump has enriched himself"
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BREAKING: Jared Kushner’s hacked iPhone revealed that Kushner promised MBS and MBZ he would push their agenda with Trump if they participated in a secret fund, with the two royals initially discussing over $10 billion before ultimately placing at least $2 billion into accounts for him, according to a Vanity Fair excerpt from Princes and Thieves. The revelation lands as Kushner remains deeply involved in Iran war diplomacy, while Tehran has separately accused him and Steve Witkoff of pocketing $9 billion through market manipulation.
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All or nothing 😤 Watch on Paramount+, @CBSSportsNet 📻: @1057alt
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The Corner reacts to Andre Szmyt’s walk off game winner!! #GuardsBall x #DawgPound @WOIOSports @cleveland19news
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NEW: Trump's DHS used a no-bid loophole for almost 2/3 of its contract funds this year. In 2024, it was less than 1%.
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Milton Friedman: “In the long run, government will spend whatever the tax system will raise, plus as much more as it can get away with. That’s what history tells us.” “So my view has always been: cut taxes on any occasion, for any reason, in any way that’s politically feasible, as the only way to keep down the size of government.”
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US-owned steel plant with a plant in Middletown OH begins mass layoffs amid Trump tariffs: In a memo sent by Cleveland-Cliffs to workers, the company explicitly linked the move to Trump's steel tariffs on Canada, which it said had "significantly shrunk the market" for its products. yahoo.com/news/us/articles/u…
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Cleveland-Cliffs' layoffs (up to 500 workers) are at its Stelco plant in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, due to US tariffs on Canadian steel imports. Its Middletown, Ohio plant has no such layoffs and is receiving a $1B upgrade investment. newsweek.com/us-owned-canad… manufacturingdive.com/news/cleveland…
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Ryan retweeted
CLEVELAND ROCKS!
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The concentration at the top of the market is about as intense as March 2025 and will get worse in the near term. $SPY $RSP $QQQ $QQQE
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Jim Thome in all black. Take down the statue. 😂 #GuardsBall
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New from the New York Fed: "By February 2026, tariffs had contributed 2.9 pp to goods price inflation, and without them goods prices would have fallen slightly." About one quarter of every point in higher tariff rates shows up in consumer prices within one year. • A 10% across-the-board tariff yields a 2.6% rise in consumer goods prices after one year. • About two thirds of the increase comes from pricier imports, which get passed through quickly. • Another third comes from U.S. made goods, as producers face higher input costs and less import competition. This takes longer, about 6-12 months, to filter through.
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Ryan retweeted
JUST IN: 🇮🇱 EPSTEIN WHISTLEBLOWER FOUND DEAD The man who exposed HOWARD LUTNICK’s ties to Epstein has “committed suicide” Simon Andriesz is the British banker who revealed to the FBI Lutnick’s business association with Epstein. Howard Lutnick (who miraculously survived 9/11 and got a massive insurance payout) lied about never going to the Island and cutting ties with his good friend, co-investor and business associate Jeffery Epstein, who was also his neighbour… Trump, of course, hired Lutnick as his commerce secretary where he made billions for his company by insider trading on the tariff discounts. Billions paid for by all of us through higher prices btw.
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Ryan retweeted
Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since President Trump returned to office, according to modeling released Friday by a nonpartisan think tank. abcnews.link/H2EJmpb
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Let me explain what happened 👇 5 minutes before the President announced a halt to attacks on Iran… someone placed a $1.5 BILLION bet on stocks going up and dumped $192 million in oil. 5 minutes… These trades were 4 to 6 times larger than anything else in the entire market. Whoever did this wasn’t guessing. You don’t risk $1.5 billion on a hunch. There was zero public indication this announcement was coming. No leaks. No press. Nothing. The only people who knew were in the room when the decision was made. Someone in that room picked up a phone. And within minutes they made more money than most Americans will earn in a thousand lifetimes. In a single trade. On a war that cost you $4+ a gallon gas and $16 billion in tax dollars. American citizens funded this war. Politicians are profiting from it. This is not the first time. Every major announcement from this administration has had massive suspicious trades right before it dropped. Tariff reversals. Policy shifts. War decisions. This is the most blatant insider trading operation in the history of American politics. It’s not even close. And it’s happening over and over in broad daylight. You would go to federal prison for trading on a tip from your cousin. These people are front running war decisions with billion dollar bets and nobody will ever ask a single question. Nobody will be investigated. Nobody will be charged. By tomorrow this will be buried under the next satisfying headline. Just like last time. And the time before that. The game is rigged. And they’re not even trying to hide it anymore…
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NEW: Pete Hegseth flew to an Iowa State Fair fundraiser for Rep. Zach Nunn on a military plane. A group of 430 former national security officials says it broke the Hatch Act.
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