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Tom Krause is in charge of both a sensitive government payment system and a company that has millions of dollars’ worth of active contracts with various federal agencies through distribution partners, a WIRED review finds. Conflicts posed by this are unprecedented in the modern era, experts say.

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The internal medicine clinic at the Navy’s third largest base in the United States is now staffed with one doctor for 2,200 patients, forcing officials to move one-third of the backlog of cases to medical care off the base.

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Just last night I watched this PBS doc on a Nazi art looter exploring the same issues, highly recommend: www.pbs.org/video/extend...

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257 people died in aviation accidents in all of 2024, so far this year, 87 people are dead, which is on pace to DOUBLE deaths from the previous year. The accident in DC was the largest disaster in 15 years.

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Every time you read about a public pension investing in crypto, this is the first thing that should come to your mind.

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Putting a face to what you read in the news. Until last Friday, I served our nation working as a Research Ecologist with the US Geological Survey (USGS). As a federal scientist, I provided robust, defensible information to support good decisions in natural resource management.

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Regular reminder: If you don’t #follow the always insightful & talented Francine McKenna @fmckenna.bsky.social, you really don’t care about corporate governance, accounting, financial fraud, regulatory capture & failure, and white collar crime & criminals… thedig.substack.com $TSLAQ et al

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BOOM.

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AMEN.

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NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

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Call to action: An automated tool to send emails & calls to your elected US officials in solidarity with Ukraine. If you are from outside of the US "do not" use google maps to find an address or add a personal message saying you're a Republican. #3E #StandWithUkraine americancoalitionforukraine.org

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YAAAAASSS!!! Kluwe, former NFL kicker, kicking current NFL kicker, Butkers ass Thank you, Kluwe. *No notes

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Two words: WATER RIGHTS.

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Breaking: Just out from @stevanzetti.bsky.social !

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Wow: City of Clarksdale, Mississippi got a court order yesterday directing a newspaper to delete an editorial criticizing city officials -- without a hearing. Here's the TRO issuing the prior restraint:

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The Air Force is scrutinizing the extra day given to troops that turn federal holidays into four-day weekends as the U.S. government hunts for ways to streamline operations. www.stripes.com/branches/air...

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Very pleased to have gotten this exclusive interview yesterday in NYC after many months of effort. #SaviorBillionaireFraud

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Not long ago, I had one very sober/famous legal analyst tell me that the lack of WC crime prosecutions "threatened the legitimacy of the legal system." One could be forgiven for thinking a certain "gov't efficiency" expert wrote this.

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FWIW, those 2 adjectives are not mutually exclusive.

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NEW — In an alarming email last night reviewed by me, Coast Guard members learned that 1,135 members' direct deposit account routing information was compromised due to a data breach from unauthorized access. It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.

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this interview with payments expert Patrick McKenzie was some of the most fun I've had talking Tether www.complexsystemspodcast.com/episodes/zek...

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The band ABBA signed over the royalties for one of their songs to UNICEF in 1979 and its been funding charity work in Guatemala ever since.

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Tons of wisdom in this piece.

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"The department did not immediately release a copy of the lawsuit or any other documents providing details, and Reuters could not immediately locate a copy of the lawsuit in any of the federal courts in New York or Washington." www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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A few more of these and you’ll get your “trend” story. (And that’s before government layoffs.) $META $CVX $KSS $EL

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GigSlave Goes Public With $84 Billion Valuation. The popular slave-hailing app made its Wall Street debut today with a highly anticipated IPO that could grow the slave sharing company's value by more than 80%.

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looks like the SEC is standing down in its Binance case blockworks.co/news/binance...

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First in line to watch this puppy. The greatest rock 'n' roll band in history, and the race isn't close. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/beco...

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Although early reporting suggested the SEC would likely look to “potentially freeze some litigation that does not involve allegations of fraud”, the first case the SEC has proposed freezing is SEC v. Binance: a case alleging serious fraud and knowing violation of US securities laws.

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Senator Richard Durbin says he has info from "multiple sources" & meeting notes indicating that Kash Patel has secretly helped direct the FBI purge (via Stephen Miller to Emil Bove), and asked for an IG investigation. Says if true, Patel may have perjured himself. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

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📅#OTD 1644, Parliament suppressed stage plays. They cause 'many and sundry great Vices and Disorders, tending to the high Provocation of God's Wrath'. 🔸Stages are to be demolished. 🔸Spectators can be fined 5 shillings & actors whipped.

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i probably don’t have to tell you to read @matt-levine.bsky.social newsletter but this one is great www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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FDA's adverse events site acting mighty funky today....

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It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it’s too late to do anything about it: The United States is not a startup. If you run it like one, it will break. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...

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At Cabaret yesterday, Cliff said his line “…if you’re not against all this then you’re for it. Or you might as well be”. The audience interrupted the scene to applaud that line so strongly it stopped the show. Doing a show about the onset of fascism right now is. . . chilling.

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🔥 AMAZING. Today, the Baltic states disconnected their power grids from that of Russia. It’s taken years of prep. What a moment.

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Wired hitting it out of the park again. NYT, this is what you should be doing.

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The fact that he's a doctor makes his inaccurate statement orders of magnitude more pernicious.

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I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike

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An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.

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#OnThisDay 7 February 1649 a week after the execution of Charles I, the House of Commons passed a final resolution to abolish the institution of monarchy. A committee was appointed to draw up terms & nominate members for a Council of State as the new executive. #17thCentury #OTD

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