Tether, the longtime 'U.S. dollar-backed' cryptocurrency, is being called out for connections to terrorists and human traffickers.

The crypto company - which is one token per one dollar - touts itself as a 'stablecoin' that does not fluctuate in price, also making it a popular currency among bad actors seeking traceless payments, according to conservative nonprofit Consumers' Research.

The consumer advocacy firm is running a multi-million dollar ad blitz highlighting Tether's alleged connections to the Chinese and Russian governments, terrorist outfits, human trafficking rings and Hamas.

Tether is a 'Ponzi scheme' that threatens to be the next crypto disaster like FTX Consumers' Research Executive Director Will Hild exclusively told DailyMail.com.

'It's been used by Russia to avoid monetary sanctions, it's been used by countries like Venezuela, and then it seems to be being used by human traffickers.'

Tether, which began in 2014, was co-founded by former Disney child star Brock Pierce, 43. He is no longer affiliated with the coin though.
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House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is threatening to subpoena New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) in his quest to gain information about a top prosecutor on the Manhattan hush money trial of former President Trump.

In a letter to James last month, Jordan demanded information about Matthew Colangelo, a former employee of hers who, in his current role with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, gave the opening arguments in Trump’s New York trial.

Jordan has sent letters to all of Colangelo’s recent employers, a group that includes the Justice Department as well as James’s office and that of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D).
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BREAKING: Jenna Ellis, an attorney for Donald Trump during his 2020 presidential campaign, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in the “fake electors” case in Arizona, where she and 17 other defendants face forgery, fraud and conspiracy charges related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

All 18 of those charged have pleaded not guilty in Arizona. Ellis in 2023 pleaded guilty in the Georgia election interference case in which Trump was also charged.

Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn and Jim Lamon, a 2022 Republican Senate candidate, also appeared virtually in court Tuesday for their arraignments in the case, pleading not guilty. Epshteyn was an attorney and adviser to the 2016 and 2020 Trump campaigns and recently appeared with Trump in court in New York during the former president’s hush money trial. Lamon was on Trump’s slate of potential electors leading into the 2020 election.
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Dem-majority FCC helping George Soros fast-track takeover of nationwide radio network: ‘This is scary’

Liberal billionaire George Soros has recruited the Democrat-controlled Federal Communications Commission to help fast track his takeover of the nation’s second-biggest radio network.

Soros, 93, pumped $400m into Audacy in February, a network which reaches 165m monthly listeners and includes a handful of conservative shows from hosts including Sean Hannity, Dana Loesch, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck and Erick Erickson.

But their influence is likely to be muted if the billionaire takes over and imposes his agenda, as has happened with other media acquisitions.

A source with knowledge of the deal told The Post: “The idea that George Soros is buying hundreds of local radio stations right before a national election and will keep broadcasting Sean Hannity and other conservative talk radio hosts on Audacy is not credible.”
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is seeking answers on whether YouTube changed some of its content moderation policies surrounding firearms due to the influence of government officials, particularly New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D).

Jordan, acting in his capacity as chair of the House Judiciary Committee and the Select Subcommittee of Weaponization of the Federal Government, sent a letter to the legal counsel for YouTube parent company Alphabet on Tuesday asking for communications and records relating to the company’s “interactions with the Executive Branch and other entities regarding changes to its firearms content policy,” adding that the request would be responsive to an already issued subpoena that is “continuing in nature.”
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Donald Trump’s last national security adviser is calling on the Pentagon to deploy the “entire” Marine Corps to the Pacific as a bulwark against China’s increasing military might.

In a wide-ranging Foreign Affairs op-ed published Tuesday, O’Brien wrote that the Defense Department should consider “relieving” the Marine Corps of missions in other parts of the world, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, in order to focus on the Pacific.

“U.S. bases in the Pacific often lack adequate missile defenses and fighter jet protection — a scandalous deficiency that the Defense Department should fix by quickly shifting resources from elsewhere,” O’Brien wrote.

O’Brien is a close Trump adviser and the op-ed could be a blueprint of Trump’s national security policy in a second term if he wins re-election. O’Brien served as national security adviser from 2019 to 2021, and is likely to be appointed to a senior post in a second Trump Cabinet.
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‘Si vis pacem, para bellum is a Latin phrase that emerged in the fourth century that means “If you want peace, prepare for war.” The concept’s origin dates back even further, to the second-century Roman emperor Hadrian, to whom is attributed the axiom, “Peace through strength—or, failing that, peace through threat.”

U.S. President George Washington understood this well. “If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for war,” he told Congress in 1793. The idea was echoed in President Theodore Roosevelt’s famous dictum: “Speak softly, and carry a big stick.” And as a candidate for president, Ronald Reagan borrowed directly from Hadrian when he promised to achieve “peace through strength”—and later delivered on that promise.

In 2017, President Donald Trump brought this ethos back to the White House after the Obama era, during which the United States had a president who felt it necessary to apologize for the alleged sins of American foreign policy and sapped the strength of the U.S. military. That ended when Trump took office. As he proclaimed to the UN General Assembly in September 2020, the United States was “fulfilling its destiny as peacemaker, but it is peace through strength.”’

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/return-peace-strength-trump-obrien

Hold up ... you're telling me Robert C. O'Brien published an Op Ed on Trump's return to the Kennedy "peace through strength" doctrine on the same day Kristi Noem deployed the same thing in one of Trump's favorite publications, American Greatness?

We're in a War of Stories, and as that story accelerates toward a series of mass psychological inflection points, it seems patriots are trying to lend a helping hand to Americans who aren't quite picking up the themes on a quick enough timeline.

We've reached the assisted reading point of the narrative.

Coordination = Control.

https://amgreatness.com/2024/06/18/peace-through-strength-the-stark-contrast-between-trump-and-biden/

I gotta rant …

The “clones” and “doubles” arguments are fucking nauseating.

It ain’t that I don’t believe a good bit of folks have already been dealt with.

Nor is it that I don’t believe some folks we are seeing are actually locked up or dead.

What it means is…

It 👏🏻 Does 👏🏻 Not 👏🏻 Matter 👏🏻

It is information we will probably never be privy to.

The topic is a shiny object. It is distracting you from paying attention to what these people are actually saying/doing.

The narrative/messaging is what you should be paying attention.

Not whether or not someone is a “clone/double”.

Found missing Ukraine War funding in Idaho…

… and seemingly why Idaho is denying water to 500,000 acres of farmland.

Funding AND water rerouting to prop up cobalt mining in Idaho. Probably just another one of those coincidences.

🔗 Matt Kim

If this gay flag league has been a thing since 2002, how TF is today's announcement the first time most seem to be hearing of it?

This collaboration is a game-changer for bringing LGBTQ+ organized football to Buffalo. The Buffalo Bills join other supportive NFL teams including the Giants, Patriots, Jets, Dolphins, Cardinals, Bears, Commanders, and Seahawks in making our growing league even more inclusive.

"Our mission is to unite the community through the spirit of competition while celebrating our diversity. By fostering an environment where everyone is welcome, we aim to build a stronger, more inclusive Buffalo. Together, with the backing of the Buffalo Bills, we are creating a space where all individuals can participate, compete, and thrive," Horton continued.

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