Now that the SEC has declared our Registration Statement effective, TMTG could receive up to an additional $247 million in warrant proceeds, plus $40 million in previously restricted cash.

Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (NASDAQ: DJT) (“TMTG” or the “Company”)—operator of the Truth Social platform, yet another of President Donald J. Trump’s iconic American brands—today announced that on June 18, 2024 the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has declared effective the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, related to the resale by certain selling securityholders of certain shares and warrants issued by and issuable from the Company (“Registration Statement,” File No. 333-278678). READ

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UK climate protest targets Taylor Swift plane airfield

Climate activists on Thursday gained access to a UK airport where Taylor Swift’s luxury plane is stationed and sprayed private jets with orange paint, a day after Stonehenge was attacked.

The two activists made it on to the airfield at Stansted airport northeast of London, climate protest group Just Stop Oil said in a statement.

Essex Police said they had arrested two women aged 22 and 28 on suspicion of criminal damage and interference with national infrastructure.

The pair, named by Just Stop Oil as Jennifer Kowalski, 28, and Cole Macdonald, 22, used fire extinguishers filled with orange paint to spray two private jets, the group’s statement said.
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Taiwanese fishermen catch Chinese nuclear submarine surfacing

Taiwan said it “closely monitored” a Chinese nuclear submarine that surfaced in the shallow waters of the Taiwan Strait early Tuesday.

The submarine surprised the crew of a squid boat, which took pictures of the vessel.

The images showed the black hull of a Type 094 submarine, also known as the Jin class, Newsweek reported. The Jin class, six of which are in service, can launch ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads and are sometimes referred to as “boomers.”
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Jim Jordan asks DOJ watchdog to investigate whether FBI 'purging' agents with conservative views

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Thursday asked the Justice Department's chief watchdog to open an investigation into whether the FBI has been using political litmus tests to push out agents or workers with conservative political views and sent a stark warning to Director Christopher Wray.

"The FBI appears to be purging itself of employees who do not share its preferred political views," Jordan wrote in a letter to Wray after sending a separate letter to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz seeking the inquiry.
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Pornhub BANS five more states due to age verification laws - leaving more than 18 million Americans blocked from the X-rated site

More than 18 million Americans living in five states are set to join Pornhub's growing banned list due to lawmakers rolling out age restriction laws.

Kentucky lost access on June 10, while Indiana, Idaho and Kansas will be blocked on June 28th and Nebraska on July 17th.

The move brings the total number of blocked states to 12, which includes Texas, North Carolina, Montana, Mississippi, Virginia, Arkansas and Utah.
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Legendary actor Donald Sutherland, who starred in 'M*A*S*H' and 'The Hunger Games,' has died at 88

Attorneys for President Trump on Thursday demanded that the judge who oversaw his civil fraud trial recuse himself from the case over allegations he improperly discussed it with an outside party.

“Allegations have surfaced revealing this Court may have engaged in actions fundamentally incompatible with the responsibilities attendant to donning the black robe and sitting in judgment,” Trump attorneys Alina Habba and Clifford Robert wrote in a 24-page recusal motion.

On Feb. 16, the day Judge Arthur Engoron handed down his multimillion-dollar judgment against Trump, a high-profile New York real estate lawyer said in an interview with NBC New York that he approached the judge about three weeks earlier to offer unsolicited advice about the case.
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