Tootfinder

Ukraine's secret backchannels to Russia — from oligarchs to spies: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/10/ukraines-secret-backchannels-to-russia.html

Cowboys Used Secret Trade Clause to Block Eagles From $188 Million Edge Rusher https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/micah-parsons-secret-trade-clause/?adt_ei=[email]

Scoop: White House contacted Secret Service about MTG, sources say (Alex Isenstadt/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/09/trump-mtg-restaurant-protest-secret-service
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p19#a260109p19

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Soft Cell:
🎵 Secret Life
#SoftCell
https://softcelllhn.bandcamp.com/track/secret-life
https://open.spotify.com/track/21gw72NVkda2IFSyPipqK7

"How the oceans’ coral reefs could be the secret weapon to tackle food insecurity around the world"
#Oceans #Environment #Coral

Healthy coral reefs could feed millions every year, finds study
Overfishing and global warming are depleting food from our oceans, but rebuilding reef life could help provide millions of meals every year.

"I want you to understand, regardless of your politics, the historical danger of a secret police. What happens when a militia is deployed in our neighborhoods and against our own people. Left unchecked their mandate will grow; the boundaries of acceptable identity and speech will shrink. I want you to think about elections in this future. I want you to understand that every issue you care about—any hope of participatory democracy—is downstream of this."

I didn't realize how many lucky coincidences lead to our robust electoral system - great yarn, should be required reading by those who don't study civics.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-09/civic-duty-compulsory-preferen…

Australia's democratic system is unlike any other on Earth
Behind the quirks of Australia's incredible democratic system are a series of complex human backstories.

just learned that there's a secret unfinished subway station under our #brooklyn neighborhood. https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com

Inside the eerie, unfinished 1930s subway station under a South Williamsburg street
New York is physically two cities. One is at street level, a grid of mostly brick and steel. The other is underground, a subterranean world of tunnels and tubes—not all of which can be accessed. On…

As Trump’s excuses for GOP losses worsen
he calls for rigging the midterms in response
A Democratic operative explains why his schemes could still be a problem—and how Democrats should respond
https://newrepublic.com/article/202852…

Unraveling Trump Accidentally Blurts Out Secret Plan to Rig 2026
As Trump’s excuses for GOP losses worsen and he calls for rigging the midterms in response, a Democratic operative explains why his schemes could still be a problem—and how Democrats should respond.

This via @… deserves underlining:
The behavior you are seeing from ICE and from the Trump regime is the behavior of people who are scared.
Their bluster is fear. Their threats are fear. Their aggression is fear. Their defensiveness is fear. Their scrambling to keep their faces hidden and their actions secret is fear. Their desperate stream of liearrhea is fear. Their panic is fear.
They are acting tough, but they are not acting like people who are winning.
Keep them afraid.
https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/115866119994364893

Reading this below on the 36th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and by extension the symbolic end of the GDR, the place I grew up in... with neighbors and parents of classmates belonging to the Stasi (east German secret police), the fear my own parents might be disappeared — years later seeing the thickness of the files of surveillance materials the state/stasi had collected on my family... remembering early autumn 1989, joining friends protesting in the streets every Monday after …

Secret sauce to Bills beating the Jaguars? A big key is the O-line https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47538510/buffalo-bills-jacksonville-jaguars-offensive-line-dion-dawkin-afc-2025-playoffs

Inside Utah's secret meeting to decide the fate of its national parks
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/utah-secret-meeting-national-parks-21226077.php

Uruguay just proved what's possible: they shifted to 98% renewable electricity in just two years—and it slashed poverty rates in the process.
The secret? They framed it as economic opportunity, not climate doom. With public ownership ensuring access for all, they built a model that works for people AND the planet.
https://

The Way Things Are Is Not the Way They Have to Be
Award-winning journalist Natasha Hakimi Zapata shows that ‘Another World Is Possible’.

from my link log —
How to handle secrets on the command line.
https://smallstep.com/blog/command-line-secrets/
saved 2021-06-13 https://

How to Handle Secrets on the Command Line
How to keep secret credentials safe on the command line.

What a story...
#amazon

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Secret Soul Society:
🎵 To Be Happy
#SecretSoulSociety
https://thesecretsoulsociety1.bandcamp.com/track/to-be-happy
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Gy2Rp7YQ1P9Uptfb68k1x

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/11/22/campbell-soup-exec-caught-on-secret-recording-slamming-product-people-who-buy-it/
The exec caught on the recording was Campbell’s CISO.

Campbell Soup exec caught on secret recording slamming product, people who buy it
An executive with Campbell Soup Company was caught on a secret recording slamming the company’s product and belittling the people who buy it.

What’s everyone getting sworn in on?
I’m going with the Dial-a-Pirate code wheel from Monkey Island.
https://www.oldgames.sk/codewheel/secret-of-monkey-island-dial-a-pirate

Secret meetings point to inside job to take down Maduro (Cody Weddle/Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/04/secret-meetings-point-to-inside-job-to-take-down-maduro/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p49#a260104p49

It looks like lying about the murder and calling Good a terrorist isn’t really flying with the press or the general public. We all know what we saw, and we Noem is full of BS.
Stay tuned for these greatest hits:
- “The real problem is that there’s video! Everything would be fine now if ICE could have just murdered her in secret.”
- “Of course this is tragic, but we cannot condone the violent response to Good’s killing [instigated by law enforcement, but we’re pretending it’s the public]! Now that there are riots [by law enforcement], we call on protestors [who have remained peaceful] to remain peaceful.”

It's not Tr𑢸mpforce Economist, it's Tr𑢸mp's secret police force but I guess misleading names are more fun than reality :-)

Spain to reportedly host 'secret' summit of 'Coalition of the Willing' on Nov. 4: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/31/spain-to-reportedly-host-secret.html

Just as we might have expected, the D-party is caving in and wimping out...
D's seem to be saying they will settle on a mere promise by the R's to hold a vote - which the D's will lose.
And even should the D's win that vote, the House won't go for it.
And even if the House went for it, El Cheato would veto it.
And even if that veto is overridden El Cheato will ignore it and use the money for some other purpose.
The D party is filled with wimp…

Democrats emboldened by election results mobilize against centrists’ emerging shutdown deal
Hours before the first major elections since President Donald Trump’s win last November, Sen. Bernie Sanders offered a stern warning for Democrats about the party’s secret talks to end the shutdown.

Darth "#Trump was eager to prove that he had a great relationship with #Putin. He courted the Russian leader with summits, diplomatic overtures, and long phone calls, even as the rest of the free world shunned him. Trump made no secret of his admiration, either. He called Putin a “genius” for moving troops t…

Putin Lives by a Code Trump Doesn’t Understand
Where Trump sees a deal, Putin sees submission.

Someone asked me, “Have you read the latest Dan Brown?” There’s actually a mention of MISP in The Secret of Secrets. And yes, it fits surprisingly well within the story. Alex Conan (who assists Jonas Faukman in the investigation) mentions that he detected the activity using FTK, and that the indicators were later reused by the threat actor (having a hit on a MISP instance).

“But before I could build the algorithm, my FTK scan returned a hit. One of
the IoCs from th…

But there's money to be made in supporting the #NetanyahuAdmininstrations crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and land theft. You want to let somebody else make that profit?

But there's money to be made in supporting the #NetanyahuAdmininstrations crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and land theft. You want to let somebody else make that profit?

Secret Lives Of Sunny Coast Wives
Recorded Live at After Dark Events on the Sunshine Coast...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/secret-lives-of-sunny-coast-wives/

I analyzed 40 million articles of this form to find out whether this approach is anything other than clickbait, and you'll never guess what I learned, read to the end to find out the secret to when this technique is effective

A profile of AI hearing aid startup Fortell, which has raised $150M so far and is targeting affluent clients in NYC with a $6,800 device that uses a custom chip (Steven Levy/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/hearing-aid-startup-ai-fortell/

New Hearing Aid Company, Foretell, Brings in Steve Martin and Others as Fans
AI-powered startup Fortell has become a secret handshake for the privileged hearing-impaired crowd who swear by the product. Now, it wants to be in your ears.

I knew that little galvanized steel fucker wasn't dead
https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-copilot/microsofts-new-copilot-has-a-secret-it-can-turn-into-clipp…

Microsoft's new Copilot has a secret: It can turn into Clippy, if you know how
The new Copilot avatar Mico has a hidden easter egg that lets you turn it into Clippy by tapping it a number of times.

Did Hegseth add them to a text chat?
https://bsky.app/profile/onestpress.onestnetwork.com/post/3mbkzem4iyk27

Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com)
NYT, WaPo learned of the secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin but held off publishing what they had at the administration's request to avoid endangering US troops

'An open secret': Hospital let gynecologist perform 'unnecessary' C-sections, hysterectomies and other surgeries on over 500 women to boost revenue, suit says | Law & Crime
https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/an-open-secret-hospital-let-gynecologist-perform-unnecessary-c-sections-hysterectomies-and-other-surgeries-on-over-500-women-to-boost-revenue-suit-says/

The Los Angeles Sheriff's department produced the names of about 8,500 deputies
-- but refused to produce any photographs except of the sheriff and his undersheriffs.
They claimed that producing photographs of the deputies would violate their right to privacy and might endanger them in the future, if they ever go undercover.
But the department’s rationale seemed suspect because it also refused to comply with separate requests for headshots of three deputies who have b…

LA sheriff ducks journalist’s request for deputy photographs
ICE won’t be the only secret police in town if the department gets its way

The Thirteenth Floor (1999) was a great concept but the execution (the acting and dialogue) weren't the greatest - and this is coming from me, who watches and doesn't mind a lot of B movies. This one could really do with a modern remake. Simulation etc type stuff. I can just imagine this remade now, but so much better 😂
https://boxd.it/294Y<…

The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.

Don't be scared, but today's Metacurity is super-packed with frightening cyber developments you should know before you head out to trick and treat, including
--Google and Amazon used secret code to dodge data disclosure laws, investigation,
--Suspected Conti member extradited to US from Ukraine,
--FCC will vote to eliminate cyber reporting requirements for carriers,
--UNC6384 targeted Hungarian and Belgian diplomatic entities,
--Medusa creators reportedl…

Google and Amazon used secret code to dodge data disclosure laws, investigation
Suspected Conti member extradited to US from Ukraine, FCC will vote to eliminate cyber reporting requirements for carriers, UNC6384 targeted Hungarian and Belgian diplomatic entities, Medusa creators reportedly arrested in Russia, UK MoD officer left laptop open on train, much more

Podcast: A Massive Breach Reveals the Truth Behind 'Secret Desires AI' https://www.404media.co/podcast-a-massive-breach-reveals-the-truth-behind-secret-desires-ai/

In a letter, David Ellison told the WBD board that Paramount was WBD's only viable suitor, as offers from bigger companies would invite regulatory scrutiny (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/business/dealbook/paramou…

Three Offers in One Month: Paramount’s Secret Pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery
A letter from Paramount’s chief executive, David Ellison, to Warner Bros.’ board of directors reveals weeks of talks between the companies.

Rams QB Matthew Stafford's hope for rematch vs. Panthers: 'I'd like to not throw it to their team' https://www.nfl.com/news/rams-qb-matthew-stafford-s-hope-for-rematch-vs-panthers-i-d-like-to-not-throw-it-to-th…

Secret spider societies reveal surprising brain differences
#spiders

Secret spider societies reveal surprising brain differences
Researchers peered inside the brains of huntsman and crab spiders using microCT scanners and found that while spiders' brains don't have to be bigger for them to live in groups, social spiders are wired for better memory, recognition and collaboration.

Investigation finds Putin’s secret Crimea compound with private hospital: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/31/investigation-finds-putins-secret-crimea.html

Secret Service plans unprecedented staff surge with anxious eye on 2028 (Derek Hawkins/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/04/secret-service-expansion-plan-trump/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p15#a260104p15

unplanned unemployment event. oops.
well, not an emergency. I have 4mo income in cash and several years income in capitalism collectibles. I can reduce expenses 100% by hibernating everyone. hm, maybe that's a bad idea. I should avoid making major decisions for a week.
so, no rush to get a new job. maybe after Trump is dead. hello Secret Service agent. yes, this is a credible threat. it's not a waste of time to investigate. if you give me a good spanking I'll reveal a…

»HTML’s Best Kept Secret — The <output> Tag:
Every developer knows <input>. It’s the workhorse of the web.«
— by @…
You never stop learning and you can't know everything about as a WebDev. Nice to see how you can use the HTML interface actiev.
🧑‍💻

HTML’s Best Kept Secret: The output Tag
Make your dynamic content accessible by default with the HTML tag that time forgot.

https://alldeadgenerations.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-future-2026.html?m=1
I found this blog interesting despite (or maybe because) of the author having different game preferences from me
An overly simplistic reading that misses the point is "OSR …

The Future - 2026
A Dyson Logos Classic This post was written as a "Secret Santicore" response to the Dododecahedron's request : " What are your hopes for t...

How slowly ICE is turning into Trump's praetorian force
https://theconversation.com/how-ice-is-becoming-a-secret-police-force-under-the-trump-administration-255019

How ICE is becoming a secret police force under the Trump administration
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement meets most criteria that have defined secret police forces in authoritarian regimes. And the worst may be yet to come.

Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House
https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/robot-vacuum-broadcasting

I'm really disappointed that they are revealing the secret traitor. I was very much enjoying trying to guess! Misstep from the director. #traitors

Hey guys? Y'know "Secret Level" S1E6, "Pac-Man: Circle"?
WHAT THE &%$# WAS THAT?
▶️ Watch Secret Level - Season 1 on Prime Video!
https://watch.amazon.com/detail?gti=amzn1.dv.gt…

I heard there was a secret tool
That you could use if you were a fool
But you don't care for PDF files, do ya?
It goes like this: you click "log in"
A chatbot bubble blocks the screen
Investors thought this feature was a shoo-in
#ai #llm

Secret Documents Show Pepsi and Walmart Colluded to Raise Food Prices Across the Economy #walmart

Secret Documents Show Pepsi and Walmart Colluded to Raise Food Prices Across the Economy
The Trump FTC tried to hide a complaint showing Pepsi forced shoppers to pay higher prices everywhere but Walmart. But now it's unsealed. And the politics of affordability are explosive.

Brian Schottenheimer shares secret making Cowboys hottest team in NFL https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/brian-schottenheimer-secret-making-dallas-cowboys-hottest-team-nfl

More news from the dystiopia:
Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House
https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/robot-vacuum-broadcasting

Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House
One man's robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, sending a detailed 3D map of his house halfway across the world.

I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/1
Bad start to the week and month, but, famous last words, I'm gonna try to…

Was it ever secret that the purpose the Yorks found was providing access for mercantile interests and that successive Govts used especially him in the Gulf?
If anyone thought that this would shut up grubby media then they're daft.

Mike Johnson works in secret to strip IVF health coverage from defense bill (Julianne McShane/MS NOW)
https://www.ms.now/news/mike-johnson-works-in-secret-to-strip-ivf-health-coverage-from-defense-bill
http://www.memeorandum.com/251204/p2#a251204p2

The most surprising thing about this story is that Microsoft showed at least a little bit of backbone https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/google-amazon-israel-contract-secret-code

The U.S. Secret Service on Thursday discovered a suspicious hunting stand near Palm Beach International Airport
with a direct sight line to where Donald Trump exits Air Force One.
The FBI is now leading an investigation into the discovery, Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesperson for the Secret Service, said in a statement

Secret Service discovers hunting stand with direct sight line to Trump's Air Force One exit in Florida
The U.S. Secret Service on Thursday discovered a suspicious hunting stand near Palm Beach International Airport with a direct sight line to where President Donald Trump exits Air Force One, the agency confirmed to NBC News on Sunday

A US federal judge rules that OpenAI must produce 20M anonymized ChatGPT user logs in the copyright lawsuit brought by the New York Times and other news outlets (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/o…

"The secret to tackling the climate crisis could be right under our feet. Here’s why"
#Climate #ClimateChange

How soil could be the secret weapon to meet climate targets
Despite being one of the largest natural carbon sinks, most nations exclude soil from their climate plans.

Approximately 850 electric buses operating in Norway can be fully controlled from China, according to a secret test conducted by the public transport authority.
https://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/norwege

Israel Demanded Google and Amazon Use Secret 'Wink' To Sidestep Legal Orders - Slashdot
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/30/225232/israel-demanded-google-and-amazon-use-secret-wink-to-sidestep-legal-orders

Putin's alleged secret daughter tells Ukrainian journalist she is 'really sorry' for her father's war (Anthony Blair/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/world-news/putins-alleged-secret-daughter-tells-ukrainian-journalist-she-is-really-sorry-for-her-fathers-war/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251204/p55#a251204p55

@… https://xandermarro.substack.com/

Wild Goose Chase | xander marro | Substack
daily life and ducks of Rhode Island, semi-secret spots hiding in plain sight. Click to read Wild Goose Chase, by xander marro, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

I'm thrilled people are discovering the HTML `<output>` element:
• https://denodell.com/blog/html-best-kept-secret-output-tag
•

HTML’s Best Kept Secret: The output Tag
Make your dynamic content accessible by default with the HTML tag that time forgot.

Putin's secret conversations with Bush: Kremlin planned aggression and didn't hide its hatred: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/25/putins-secret-conversations-with-bush.html

A US federal judge rules that OpenAI must produce 20M anonymized ChatGPT user logs in the copyright lawsuit brought by the New York Times and other news outlets (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/o…

Everybody Has A Secret
Join Annabelle Lee and Charlotte White as they unpack the wild, never-been-told, real-life secrets of their listeners...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/everybody-has-a-secret/

“Nixon tried to keep his criminality secret,
and the Bush administration tried to keep the torture secret,
and that secrecy acknowledged the norm that these things were wrong,”
Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith said.
“Trump, as he often does when he is breaking law or norms,
is acting publicly and without shame or unease.
This is a very successful way to destroy the efficacy of law and norms.”

The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law
The White House has made no legal argument explaining its bald claim that the president has wartime power to summarily kill people suspected of smuggling drugs.

"The calls are part of a broader strategy by the Trump administration to ... turn the state department into an anti-immigration machine. "In the Trump administration migration issues have become a key pillar of our foreign policy, and this may be here to stay for the rest of the century,” a senior state department official told The Guardian."
**Stephen Miller holding secret calls with diplomats every day to push Trump’s immigration agenda across the globe**
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-immigration-diplomats-secret-calls-b2856464.html

Tennessee just turned exhausted farmland into something remarkable. Middle Fork Bottoms State Park now teems with wildlife and draws 15,000 visitors monthly.
The secret? Letting floodplains do what they do best—control floods, filter water, recharge groundwater naturally.
It's becoming a model for climate solutions across neighboring states.

Depleted Tennessee Farmland Is Now Teeming With Wildlife
Middle Fork Bottoms State Park demonstrates the benefits that flow when ecology is left to do what it does naturally.

Started Don't Look Deeper from 2020. Pretty damn good. Don Cheadle, etc.
#film #scifi

Don't Look Deeper (2020)
In near-future California, high school senior Aisha learns a dark secret about herself. She goes from dreams of graduation and college...to suddenly running for her life.

“It is a shocking situation to be in that I don’t think anybody anticipated a year ago,”
Wrong. EVERYONE who was paying attention anticipated it... in 2017.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-ice-secret-police-civil-rights-unaccountable…

Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump Is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests and tactics.

Hundreds of People With ‘Top Secret’ Clearance Exposed by House Democrats’ Website
https://www.wired.com/story/hundreds-of-people-with-top-secret-clearance-exposed-by-house-democrats-website/

Hundreds of People With ‘Top Secret’ Clearance Exposed by House Democrats’ Website
A database containing information on people who applied for jobs with Democrats in the US House of Representatives was left accessible on the open web.

A White House Ballroom Fit for a Bribe (Joe Perticone/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-white-house-ballroom-donors-amounts-secret-republicans
http://www.memeorandum.com/251104/p110#a251104p110

TSMC files a trade secret lawsuit against Intel executive Lo Wen-jen, alleging a high likelihood he leaked secrets after a two-decade career at TSMC (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-25/tsmc-file…

"Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows"
#Amazon #Technology

Microsoft and Google keep the energy consumption of their Dutch data centers secret
-- despite European reporting obligations.
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland, RVO)
received blank forms or no data at all.
The Dutch newspaper NRC reports that the government has no legal means to request the actual figures.

How much energy do Microsoft and Google consume? The Dutch don't know
Microsoft and Google keep the energy consumption of their Dutch data centers secret, despite European reporting obligations. The Netherlands Enterprise

Putin's secret bargain to trade Ukraine for Venezuela (Cameron Henderson/Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/06/putins-bargain-trade-ukraine-for-venezuela/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p159#a260106p159

Bengals gave Zac Taylor a secret contract extension in 2023, per report: Why that matters and what it means

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bengals

Posing as an ideological compatriot, John Williams had penetrated the top ranks of two of the most prominent right-wing militias in the country.
He’d slept in the home of the man who claims to be the new head of the Oath Keepers,
rifling through his files in the middle of the night.
He’d devised elaborate ruses to gather evidence of militias’ ties to high-ranking law enforcement officials.
He’d uncovered secret operations like the surveillance of a young journalist…

The Militia and the Mole
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.

'Complete set-up': Veteran DOJ official sues after being fired for predicting Trump admin would protect its friends on 'Epstein list' in secret video
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/complete-set-up-veteran-doj-official-sues-after-being-fired-for-predicting-trump-admin-would-protect-its-friends-on-epstein-list-in-secret-video/

Trump administration gave GOP senators secret details about strikes on alleged drug boats, leaving Dems on outs (ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-gave-gop-senators-secret-details-strikes/story?id=127035793
http://www.memeorandum.com/251031/p52#a251031p52

There are no weekends in cybersecurity so check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you might have missed since Friday, including
--Over 60 nations signed a controversial cybercrime convention,
--House Democrat service exposed details of government employees with top-secret clearances,
--AI chatbots push Russian propaganda,
--A third-party contractor exposed details on Dublin and Cork airport passengers,
--Philippines' GCash u…

Over 60 nations signed a controversial cybercrime convention
House Democrat service exposed details of government employees with top-secret clearances, AI chatbots push Russian propaganda, A third-party contractor exposed details on Dublin and Cork airport passengers, Philippines' GCash under probe for leak of 8m e-wallet users' data, much more

"Trump's Plan" proven Russian! US shocked by secret document leak!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/02/ampquottrumps-planampquot-proven-russian-us.html

ICE has used the pretext of combating antisemitism to target dissidents.
A branch of the agency previously used to target drug smugglers and human traffickers has reportedly been directed to scan social media for posts sympathetic to Hamas.
Though ICE is ostensibly still bound by constitutional limits,
the way it has been operating bears the hallmarks of a secret police force in the making.
They typically meet five criteria:
they’re a police force targeting pol…

How ICE is becoming a secret police force under the Trump administration
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement meets most criteria that have defined secret police forces in authoritarian regimes. And the worst may be yet to come.

Watchdog group demands answers after 'unbelievable security lapse' by Trump's Secret Service team (Geoff Earle/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/12/27/us-news/watchdog-group-demands-answers-after-unbelievable-security-lapse-by-trumps-secret-service-team/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251227/p38#a251227p38

You could be 100% certain that these boats were built out of pure cocaine,
-- and murdering everyone on them would still be murder.
Strong suspicion of a crime, for a law abiding society, leads to prosecution for said crime,
-- not blowing up boats and anyone on them or near them.
Congress has no power to legalize crime.
It cannot authorize mass rape.
It cannot authorize mass torture.
It cannot authorize mass murder.
Venezuela and Colombia a…

The Murdering of Boaters is Public, Not Secret
Murdering boaters is not legal or illegal depending on whether the emperor has called his victims “terrorists.”

"it appears Trump underwent a noninvasive cardiac CT scan to determine if he has any coronary artery disease"
'Something happened': Cardiologist keys in on Trump's secret battery of tests - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-health-2674841840/

Keystone Kash's Girlfriend's Closest Held Secret Revealed (The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/keystone-kashs-girlfriends-closest-held-secret-revealed/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p119#a251125p119

Now that the Epstein Transparency Act has passed both Houses,
the Department of Justice is obligated to share with the public thousands of previously secret documents, emails, and photos.
Although many critics are concerned that redactions will make these documents ineffectual in exposing the predators and predator protectors,
there is still hope that these women will finally be able to reveal the corruption that has survived multiple presidential administrations.
…

Thanks to Epstein, America’s elite are losing control of the narrative
The Epstein Transparency Act may trigger the most significant crack in oligarchic power in a generation. With Congress compelling the DOJ to reveal Epstein’s secret files, the protective wall around America’s most powerful men is beginning to crumble. This moment could be the first genuine challenge to the impunity enjoyed by the country’s wealthiest predators.

Amazon announced an investment of up to $50 billion to expand AI and supercomputing capabilities for Amazon Web Services (AWS)
U.S. government customers.
This investment, set to break ground in 2026, will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of AI and supercomputing capacity across
AWS Top Secret,
AWS Secret,
and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
by building data centers with advanced compute and networking technologies.
Federal agencies will gain expanded access to A…

Amazon to invest up to $50 billion to expand AI and supercomputing infrastructure for US government agencies
Federal agencies will gain access to Amazon SageMaker AI, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Nova among other AI services from AWS.

Secret US-Russia Talks Led to Plan That Blindsided Ukraine (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-23/secret-us-russia-talks-led-to-peace-plan-that-blindsided-ukraine
http://www.memeorandum.com/251123/p49#a251123p49

Trump: Jack Smith classified documents report should remain secret (Kyle Cheney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/02/trump-jack-smith-classified-docs-report-00673178
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p104#a251202p104

Secret Service found a "suspicious stand" near Florida airport used by Trump, FBI says (Joe Walsh/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/secret-service-suspicious-stand-florida-trump-fbi/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251019/p55#a251019p55

Secret Service discovers hunting stand with direct sight line to Trump's Air Force One exit in Florida (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/secret-service-discovers-hunting-stand-direct-sight-line-air-force-one-rcna238477
http://www.memeorandum.com/251019/p51#a251019p51