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🚨NEW: President Trump’s crypto venture, World Liberty Financial, quietly raised over $50 million through private token sales—

likely sending tens of millions to him and his family.

Me, for @Forbes

#trump #news #uspol

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/07/12/trump-world-liberty-financial-crypto-sec-tokens-wlfi-usd1/

Trump’s World Liberty Financial Crypto Venture Raised $50 Million—Likely Sending Millions To His Family, SEC Filing Shows

The payout to Trump and his family highlights how his private business dealings overlap with a presidency focused on turning America into the “crypto capital of the world.”

Forbes

Corey Taylor 15h ago

Simon Willison 1d ago

If you ask the new Grok 4 for opinions on controversial questions, it will sometimes run a search to find out Elon Musk’s stance before providing you with an answer!
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/11/grok-musk/

Grok: searching X for “from:elonmusk (Israel OR Palestine OR Hamas OR Gaza)”

If you ask the new Grok 4 for opinions on controversial questions, it will sometimes run a search to find out Elon Musk’s stance before providing you with an answer. …

Simon Willison’s Weblog

Corey Taylor 15h ago

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Simon Willison 18h ago

I got quoted a couple of times in this AP
story about Grok searching for opinions by Musk https://apnews.com/article/grok-4-elon-musk-xai-colossus-14d575fb490c2b679ed3111a1c83f857

Musk's latest Grok chatbot searches for billionaire mogul's views before answering questions

Elon Musk's new AI chatbot, Grok 4, is raising eyebrows for its unusual behavior. The chatbot, released Wednesday by Musk's company xAI, sometimes searches Musk's views online before answering questions. Experts say this behavior appears to align Grok's responses with Musk's opinions, especially on controversial topics. For example, when asked about the Middle East conflict, Grok searched Musk's comments on the issue for guidance. Critics are concerned about the lack of transparency and the chatbot's alignment with Musk's personal values. While Grok shows strong technical capabilities, experts warn its unpredictable behavior could undermine trust in the tool.

AP News

From @TheBulwark:

@GottaLaff
The ruling doesn't say it in these exact words, but it's clear the judge believes ICE is violating clearly established Constitutional rights. That's a BIG DEAL, because it's the standard needed to overcome qualified immunity. IOW, the officers could be personally liable. No wonder they're so keen on hiding their identities.

Corey Taylor 15h ago

Laffy 19h ago

Keep ‘em coming!

Via Kyle Cheney:

#BREAKING: Judge rules that during its large-scale enforcement operation in LA, DHS/ICE has been arresting people without probable cause -- based on factors like accent and line of work.

She orders the agencies to stop.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.975351/gov.uscourts.cacd.975351.87.0.pdf

Corey Taylor 16h ago

Harry Dunn 1d ago

Do not let up on this Epstein list not only because orange dude is on it, but because anyone on it is a predator and those victims still deserve justice.

Corey Taylor 22h ago

Franklin López 1d ago

35 years ago, Mohawks at Kanehsatà:ke stood their fuckin’ ground against cops, soldiers, and colonial bullshit. Back in the day, I chopped it up with legendary comic artist and militant Indigenous historian Gord Hill to break down the Oka Crisis in under 5 minutes. This was from my old show It's the End of the World as We Know It and I Feel Fine for @subMedia . Still hits hard.

📽️ Watch it. Share it. Never forget that resistance is fucking fertile.

#OkaCrisis #Kanehsatake #IndigenousResistance #subMedia #GordHill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArOIdwcj2w8

The Oka Crisis in 5 minutes

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Corey Taylor 1d ago

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Gabe Ortíz 1d ago

“A new poll from Gallup shows that 79% of Americans think that immigration is a good thing for the country, which is the highest number ever recorded in Gallup's 24-year history of measuring U.S. voters' attitudes on the immigration.”

Corey Taylor 1d ago