Thursday, November 20, 2025

Tower of secrets: the Russian money behind a Donald Trump skyscraper

One  person of integrity can make

a difference.

- Elie Wiesel


AFP supports government sanctions on two dark web services and their operators who are responsible for significant cyber incidents against Australia


America’s corporate meltdown: 655 big firms bankrupt as 2025 crisis surges to 15-year highEconomic Times


Tower of secrets: the Russian money behind a Donald Trump skyscraper

The Trump Toronto reveals links between shadowy post-Soviet wealth and a future president


Sun fires off 2nd-strongest flare of 2025, sparking radio blackouts across Africa.


This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country 404 Media


We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds YouTube


Epstein email says Andrew had photo taken with Virginia Giuffre


Justice Department struggles as thousands exit and few are replaced

Washington Post via MSN: “The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys since the start of the Trump administration and has backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, with the process snarled by a lack of qualified candidates, bureaucratic delays and hiring freezes, according to people familiar with hirings in the department. 

Last year, roughly 10,000 attorneys worked across the Justice Department and its components, including the FBI. Justice Connection, an advocacy group that has been tracking departures, estimates that around 5,500 people — not all of them attorneys — have quit the department, been fired or taken a buyout offered by the Trump administration. 

The department did not provide a breakdown of attorney departures, but officials did not deny that widespread vacancies exist. The department’s struggle to fill vacancies reflects a dramatic shift for a law enforcement agency that has long attracted high-performing alumni from the nation’s top-ranked law schools and law firms. 

Multiple people familiar with the student bodies at top-ranked law schools and the department’s hiring process said the share of recent graduates across the political spectrum who are applying for jobs at the Justice Department has plummeted. 

The department has had difficulty finding qualified candidates for open slots, according to more than a half-dozen people familiar with the process, several of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment on the record…”




Crypto market sheds $1.2tn as traders shun speculative assets Financial Times

 

Crypto’s Riskiest Coins Plummet to Lows Not Seen Since Pandemic Bloomberg

 

The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’New York Times: “No way is it that little.”

 

US Politicians and Their Net Worth YouTube