1. BREAKING

On April 24, @elonmusk's Neuralink falsely self-certified as a "small disadvantaged business" on a federal filing, a designation that qualifies the company for preferential treatment as part of a racial and ethnic diversity initiative. 2. Details and receipts, including a link to download the original filing here:

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1. The media is normalizing Trump's corruption.

There is a massive scandal that almost all media outlets are ignoring.

It involves a new Trump Tower that will be constructed in Bucharest.

Follow this thread for details. 2. Historically, the media have covered any hint of financial entanglements between a U.S. president and foreigners as a scandal meriting extensive coverage.

In the 1990s there was Chinagate. In 2016, foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation. Then Hunter Biden's foreign income.

1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS

Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows

How did the city do it?

Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue 2. In April, Baltimore had the fewest homicides (5) in 50 yrs!

In 2025, homicides are down 22%, & non-fatal shootings were down 19%

This follows a 23% drop in homicides & a 34% drop in non-fatal shootings in 2024

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1. Former Congressman Alex Mooney (R-WV) stepped down in January after spending a decade in Congress.

A few weeks later, video obtained by Popular Information reveals, he was working at a lobbying firm. 2. Mooney joined a webinar on February 27 with the Christian Employers Alliance.

The president of the CEA said that Mooney had joined the lobbying firm Capitol South and would soon be "representing CEA on the Hill."

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1. Trump is ensnared in a SERIOUS POLITICAL CRISIS over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files

It is a crisis of his own making

Epstein was a real pedophile

But the origin of the crisis is QAnon — the fabricated claim that top Democrats are secretly involved in a Satanic pedophile ring 2. For years, Trump has encouraged QAnon and reinforced their beliefs.

Trump praised the movement as "people that love our country."

Trump also reinforced their belief that he was exposing a satanic pedophile ring.

1. Happy Prime Day!

(It's a scam)

(Follow this thread for details)

🧵 2. Amazon Prime Day is promoted as a rare opportunity to secure "deep discounts" on a variety of consumer items. In reality, Amazon deploys deceptive tactics to exaggerate its markdowns and create a false sense of urgency.

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1. The FCC has suspended a rule, schedule to go in effect this year, that would have banned prisons from price gouging on phone calls.

Right now, at some jails, a 15-minute phone call can cost over $11.

The decision benefits some of Trump's top donors. 2. The rule scrapped by Trump's FCC would do two things.

First, it would cap the rates jails and prisons could charge for phone calls.

Second, it would ban kickbacks from telecom companies to prisons.

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1. On March 20, 2003, President George W. Bush began the bombing campaign in Iraq, justifying the attack with manipulated and bogus intelligence.

Twenty-two years later, history is repeating itself.

Let's review the facts. 2. The clear judgment of U.S. intelligence is that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon, and Khamenei has not authorized a nuclear weapons program

DNI Tulsi Gabbard said this explicitly and publicly in March

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1. On March 20, 2002, President George W. Bush began the bombing campaign in Iraq, justifying the attack with manipulated and bogus intelligence.

Twenty-three years later, history is repeating itself.

Let's review the facts. 2. The clear judgment of U.S. intelligence is that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon, and Khamenei has not authorized a nuclear weapons program

DNI Tulsi Gabbard said this explicitly and publicly in March

popular.info/p/a-new-war-ba…

1. @amazon, @Verizon, and other major corporations have ended or reduced their support for Juneteenth celebrations this year, forcing events in major cities to be significantly scaled back, a Popular Information investigation reveals. 2. In Denver, the annual Juneteenth Music Festival was cut from two days to one day due to "a sharp decline in corporate sponsorships."

An archived version of the festival website reveals that @Verizon, a "Silver" sponsor of the 2024 event, was not listed as a sponsor this year.

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1. In 2024, Trump said he would deport every undocumented immigrant in the country. "I think you have to do it," Trump said. "They came in illegally."

He said "illegals" were "poisoning the blood of our country."

Then, for a few days, he abruptly reversed course.

Why? Let's follow the money 2. In a Truth Social post last week, Trump said his "very aggressive policy on immigration" was taking "very good, long time workers" away from the agricultural and hospitality industries. These workers, Trump said, are "almost impossible to replace." Therefore, "Changes are coming!

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1. Starlink is turbocharging the operations of a lethal jihadist group operating in West Africa, JNIM

Elon Musk has the capability to limit or prevent the use of Starlink by groups like JNIM but has chosen not to, instead prioritizing growth 2. Before Starlink, JNIM often relied on couriers and paper maps.

Now, JNIM is "using real-time maps, encrypted messaging platforms, and even live streams to plan and secure attacks with incredible coordination," Dr. Obasesam Okoi told Musk Watch.

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1. In an extraordinary public flogging, the Florida State Board of Education repeatedly threatened a school superintendent with criminal prosecution unless he removed a Judy Blume book from all library shelves.

One member called the district librarians "child abusers." 2. The State Board summarily declared that Judy Blume's Forever and 54 other works of literature were "pornography," even though none of the books met the legal definition of pornographic material.

Many of the targeted books are award-winning literature that have been read by students for years.

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1. A United States Congressman has accepted a job with a private firm.

He won't disclose the name of the firm.

But, despite all this, HE WILL REMAIN IN CONGRESS INDEFINITELY

It is an unprecedented situation that creates a severe conflict of interest

Follow along for details 2. "It is with a heavy heart that I announce my retirement from Congress," Rep. Mark Green said in a press release. "Recently, I was offered an opportunity in the private sector that was too exciting to pass up."

But he will STAY IN CONGRESS until he gets to vote for the GOP reconciliation bill

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1. When Trump ran for office, he pledged to "restore free speech."

Then, as president, he deployed the military against people protesting his immigration policies.

This wasn't an isolated incident

It is part of an attack on freedom of speech, targeting anyone who does not share Trump’s ideology 2. The Department of Justice announced it will target journalists who "undermine" Trump's agenda

The FCC has targeted media companies over content Trump doesn’t like

The State Department revoked visas of foreign students who participated in pro-Palestine protests

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1. Trump has publicly and privately fantasized about deploying the military on US soil against protesters for years.

In LA, with little justification, he has made those dreams a reality, violating longstanding democratic norms.

He has manufactured a crisis.

Let's review the history.

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2. Trump strongly advocated for using the military to quell racial justice protests in the summer of 2020. He publicly encouraged governors to deploy the National Guard to "dominate" the streets.

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1. President Trump is using various crypto schemes to shamelessly exploit the presidency for personal profit.

So why did 16 Senate Democrats provide crucial votes to advance legislation to make these schemes MORE PROFITABLE FOR TRUMP?

Follow the money. 2. USD1, a "stablecoin" recently created by the Trump-backed crypto firm World Liberty Financial, may be Trump's biggest payday.

Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies whose value is pegged to traditional assets. In the case of USD1, one American dollar.

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1. Trump and his Republican allies say their budget cuts are targeted at waste, fraud, and abuse

But Trump's new 1,223-page budget proposal, quietly released on Friday afternoon, reveals the real target:

Poor children 2. The Trump administration is reducing funding that helps pregnant women, children, and breastfeeding mothers who are nutritionally at risk afford fruits and vegetables.

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1. @Verizon's CEO @hansvestberg said the company was "fiercely committed to diversity and inclusion across all spectrums because it makes us and the world better."

THAT WAS A LIE.

The company abruptly ended all its DEI efforts last week in exchange for the Trump administration approving a merger.
2. In a letter to FCC chair Brendan Carr, Verizon said it was "ending its DEI-related policies…effective immediately."

The company said it would eliminate all positions related to DEI, scrub DEI from its website, and end "workplace diversity goals"

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1. The "big beautiful bill" that Republicans advanced late last night is a massive transfer of wealth from the poorest Americans to the richest

The bottom 20% of earners will see their income DECLINE BY 10%

The top 0.1% will get a GIGANTIC WINDFALL 2. BEAUTIFUL for millionaires and billionaires.

UGLY for anyone making $51,000 or less.

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1. In 2018, many CEOs boycotted Saudi Arabia's investment conference in protest of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi

Since then, US intel concluded the murder was ordered by Saudi Crown Prince MBS

Yesterday, many of those SAME CEOs traveled to Saudi Arabia to lunch with Trump and MBS

Let's name names

🧵 2. In 2018, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said: "I'm very troubled by the reports... about Jamal Khashoggi...unless a substantially different set of facts emerges, I won't be attending"

Since then, the facts have gotten worse

Yesterday, Khosrowshahi broke bread w/MBS

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