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And yet the rich investors keep getting richer…

In a statement, Access Now says it was “told that diplomats from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) were putting pressure on the Government of Zambia because Taiwanese civil society participants were planning to join us in person.”

(Bloomberg) -- The pitch was straightforward: Invest in the cryptocurrency venture of Donald Trump and his family, back the industry’s most powerful ally at the peak of their influence, and share the spoils.

What is unfolding has no precedent in American financial life. A sitting president’s family holds financial stakes in a live token project — one setting governance rules, directing treasury sales, collecting proceeds — while the people who signed up find themselves with limited options to exit.

somebody just lock this guy up already

So the only people he knows about are people on TV. Great. That's just great.

Opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma LP (Purdue) was sentenced today in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, and ordered to pay criminal penalties of over $5 billion for its role in fueling the opioid epidemic.

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is set to testify before Congress about the Epstein files on May 29 after she failed to appear for a previously scheduled deposition.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee confirmed the appearance, an arrangement made after discussions with Bondi’s personal attorney.

The news came as Democrats on the committee introduced a resolution to hold Bondi in contempt.

Lindsey Graham, of course. Also, fuck that noise.

Social media was the costliest fraud contact method in 2025 and reported losses increased eightfold since 2020

Reports show that in 2025, people reported losing more money to scams that started on Facebook than on any other social media platform. WhatsApp and Instagram were a distant second and third. In 2025, people reported losing far more money to scams on Facebook alone than they reported losing to text or email scams.

“Virginia Commonwealth University will spend $3.6 million on a memorial for dozens of people, most of African descent, whose bodies were stolen from their graves, dissected by medical students and then dumped in a forgotten well.”