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'A little-known firm with investors linked to JD Vance, Elon Musk and Trump could get a piece of the federal expense card system — and its hundreds of millions in fees. “This goes against all the normal contracting safeguards,” one expert said.'

#uspol #graft #trump #musk #vance #theft #oligarchy

propublica.org/article/trump-p

ProPublicaTrump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program
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Toyota Tacoma Tailgate Thefts Are Soaring... As Thousands Pop Up for Sale on Facebook Marketplace

Toyota Tacoma Tailgate Thefts Are Soaring... As Thousands... #trucks #pickup #theft #meta #facebook #technology

fuelarc.com/trucks/toyota-taco

FuelArc News · Toyota Tacoma Tailgate Thefts Are Soaring… As Thousands Pop Up for Sale on Facebook MarketplaceBy FuelArc News

EU countries are still weeks later trying to get hundreds of millions of their dollars back that the DT Administration has apparently stolen & pocketed from them, which was to be distributed by USAID to countries in need.. The US remains silent on the matter akin to "what money?"

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-24/ame

ABC News · US allies in Europe want answers over unspent USAID moneyBy Lewis Wiseman

If you want to follow the real story of the Nazi Regime tariffs, ignore the headlines and watch his crypto exchange and the valuation of its so-called “stablecoin,” USD1. He’s already made $550 million on another World Liberty cryptocurrency, WFLI.

At the same time the Nazi Regime has been imposing trade-strangling tariffs on everything from bras to beer, he has stripped the FTC and FEC of any ability they once pretended to have to regulate crypto currencies and exchanges, creating a wild west free market in those imaginary “investment vehicles.”

Follow the funny money and ask yourself this question: where are the tariffs on crypto?

#uspol #uspolitics #tariffs #crypto #fraud #theft #crime #criminal #Corruption

open.substack.com/pub/luciantr

Lucian Truscott Newsletter · Trump's tariffs: They’re not bait and switch, they’re bait and ditchBy Lucian K. Truscott IV

“If I have to leave my bike unattended, I don’t care how many locks I carry, I’m not going to do it,” said Mike Vogl, a south Minneapolis resident and cyclist who recently chronicled the retrieval of his neighbor’s stolen e-bike on local transportation news site Streets.mn. “Either I keep my eye on it the whole time, it stays next to me the whole time, or I leave it at home.”
startribune.com/secure-bike-pa

www.startribune.com · The Twin Cities have hundreds of miles of bike lanes, but cyclists say one key thing is missingEven committed Twin Cities cyclists say they don’t bike places if there aren’t secure places to park them to prevent theft.
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@BernieDoesIt @Catvalente similarly, people need to explore and use #Patreon alternatives.

Pretty shure platforms allowing and endorsing #NSFW also accept SFW content…

Worst-case y'all gotta learn how to use #Monero for once and get paid that way. There are payment providers like nowpayments.io that remove all the uncertainties and instant-convert to #fiat so you don't need to fiddle around with it or any #shitcoin|s!

Feel free to hate and block me if you must, but the reality sometimes is that simple and won't change just because it's inconvenient to admit the #Enshittification happens!

  • #Apple rent-seeking 30% would get me to press charges against Apple and Patreon for #theft, but I've got neither a Patreon nor a Patrons on it!
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Vancouver striking task force to understand root causes and effects of retail theft
Vancouver city councillors have voted to strike a mayor’s task force composed of police, BIAs, merchants, legal experts and social service organizations to come up with solutions to curb shoplifting and retail theft.
#theft #retail #crime #law #Vancouver #News
cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

In case anyne had any doubt about Blair and his 'institute' (subsidised by us all with generous contributions from commercial partners).

'In a report published on Wednesday, TBI said it backed government proposals to let AI firms train their models on copyright-protected material without permission, unless creatives have signalled they want to opt out of the process.'

theguardian.com/technology/202

Guess he and the kids are not creating anything at all.

The Guardian · UK needs to relax AI laws or risk transatlantic ties, thinktank warnsBy Dan Milmo