the head of ICE getting filmed accepting $50,000 in what appeared to be cash bribes from undercover agents is the least surprising news ever

> "On Sept. 20, 2024, with hidden cameras recording the scene at a meeting spot in Texas, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills, according to an internal summary of the case and sources."

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/tom-homan-cash-contracts-trump-doj-investigation-rcna232568

#FBI #TomHoman #ICE #uspol #uspolitics #corruption #KleptocracyIsComing #immigration #deportation #deported #deportations

A handy list of large crypto donors to Trump’s inauguration fund, which is basically an unregulated pot of money the president can do whatever he wants with. A few translations are in order:

* Circle = world’s 2nd largest stablecoin after Tether (USDC), closely linked to #Coinbase
* Foris Dax = Crypto[.]Com
* Fred Ehrsam = #Paradigm (and co-founder of Coinbase)
* #Payward = #Kraken
* #KyleSamani = #MulticoinCapital
* #HaydenAdams = #Uniswap (more on Uniswap: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-tech-bros-and-trumpers)
* Charles Cascarilla = #Paxos, the stablecoin issuer behind the #Binance stablecoin #BUSD that was summarily executed by regulators for #moneylaundering
* Yuga Labs = #BoredApeYachtClub (the infamous monkey JPGs)

#NFTs #corruption #crypto #BAYC #Inauguration #trump #uspol #uspolitics #bribery #kleptocracy #KleptocracyIsComing

darling of the FTX trial #DanielleSassoon (she handled the cross examination of Sam Bankman-Fried) has apparently resigned rather than drop the corruption charges against #EricAdams.

I had a lot to say about Ms. Sassoon on my threads about the SBF trial, which I flew to New York to attend: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/the-sam-bankman-fried-trial-and-the

tl;dr she was a very, very effective prosecutor.

#FTX #SBF #corruption #crime #NYPol #NYC #NewYork #NewYorkCity #KleptocracyIsComing #kleptocracy

@Paul_stilgar @Lurkle @w7voa yes, that is the correct spelling.

unfortunately this has been the plan all along. #KleptocracyIsComing.

https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-tech-bros-and-trumpers

nothing to see here, just #EricTrump telling people to buy #ETH at exactly the same moment as the Trump family crypto co. #WorldLibertyFinancial sends $175 million worth of ETH to (probably) dump on the market.

This is exactly what we saw last time the TRUMP #memecoin got pumped and dumped: https://x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1884453142164590896

#KleptocracyIsComing #crypto #WLFI #Trump #uspol #uspolitics #coinbase #WorldLibertyFi #JustinSun

the state of #arizona is apparently getting ready to vote on a bill that would "invest' up to 10% of all public funds (including stuff like pensions for teachers, cops, and firefighters etc) into crypto.

state pension funds are some of the largest pools of money on the planet and they have long been targeted by the crypto industry as prime targets for draining into the hands of crypto bros. some states (Wisconsin, maybe others) have already taken the plunge. i have no idea if katie hobbs will sign this bill but mark my words arizona won’t be the last.

#KleptocracyIsComing

#teachers #pensions #firefighters #cops #statepension #crypto #bitcoin #cryptocurrency

now it's not even just the federal government that's going to put huge amounts of taxpayer cash into the hands of crypto bros - state governments are also getting in on the action.

All these states have proposed a direct transfer of taxpayer money into the hands of crypto bros:

- #Massachusetts
- #NewHampshire
- #NorthDakota
- #Ohio
- #Oklahoma
- #Pennsylvania
- #Texas
- #Wyoming

I uploaded all the draft legislation to #DocumentCloud here: https://legacy.www.documentcloud.org/app?q=%2Btag%3A%22strategic%20bitcoin%20reserve%22

#KleptocracyIsComing

#StrategicBitcoinReserve #bitcoin #BTC #crypto #Election2024 #2024Election #Trump #DonaldTrump #JDVance #uspol #uspolitics #politics #GOP #MAGA #MAGAts #Republicans #kleptocracy #broligarchy #broligarchs

🚨 owner of the #LATimes just invited the king of the crypto bros #MarcAndreessen, a man whose VC fund #a16z has backed innumerable scams in all shades of fraud (see: #Yotta and #Synapse most recently) in addition to companies that facilitate incredible amounts of Russian #moneylaundering to join the editorial board.

#KleptocracyIsComing

tweet: https://x.com/DrPatSoonShiong/status/1878263014497059135
more on a16z: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-tech-bros-and-trumpers

andreessen spewed so many outright lies on #JoeRogan a few weeks ago that it kind of spawned an entire cottage industry of line by line takedowns of his bullshit: https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/113603397835078618

seems like the kind of guy #journalism needs right now

#MarcAndreessen #LosAngeles #LosAngelesTimes #Russia #Putin #Synapse #cryptocurrency #crypto #VC #venturecapital #DrPatSoonShiong #PatSoonShiong #SoonShiong #NerdReich #TheNerdReich #Broligarchs #Broligarchy

welcome to gomorrah

#Election2024 #2024Election #Trump #DonaldTrump #JDVance #uspol #uspolitics #politics #GOP #MAGA #MAGAts #Republicans #Democrats #DJT #kleptocracyIsComing #Kleptocracy #crypto #cryptocurrency #moneylaundering #bitcoin #btc