@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-29 13:35:27
Sources detail how JD Vance, David Sacks, and others brokered a fragile truce between President Trump and Elon Musk, who threatened to fund an America Party (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/29/musk-trump-vance-maga-allia…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-28 20:17:09
Several aides and cabinet secretaries are inside the dining room at Mar-a-Lago as Trump meets with Zelensky.
They include
Secretary of State Marco Rubio;
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth;
Susie Wiles, Trump's chief of staff;
and General Dan Caine, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.
Also in attendance are
Steve Witkoff, Trumps Putin whisperer;
Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law;
and
Stephen Miller, the un- quiet ghost of Hi…
@macandi@social.heise.de2026-01-28 18:12:00
@cdarwin@c.im2025-10-30 01:12:28
Donald Trump Jr. joined
Unusual Machines’ advisory board in November 2024
-- U.S. government contracts soon followed
CEO Allan Evans told Forbes the advisory board was created when Donald Trump Jr. was named to it,
and that he believes it has four other members,
but he declined to name them or share if they are associated with the Trump Organization.
Likewise, the company’s website does notappear to mention any members other than Donald Trump Jr.
Earl…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-29 14:11:35
Reports Indicate Stephen Miller’s Grip on Trump Immigration Policy May Be Slipping
Public opinion of the Trump administration has cratered in the wake of killings by immigration agents in Minneapolis
https://truthout.org/articles/reports-
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-30 03:21:56
Ty Cobb, an employee of the first Trump administration and a now outspoken critic of the president,
told The Beat on MS NOW Tuesday that the recent shift in Trump’s psychological condition was “palpable.”
That day alone, Trump spent a 90-minute press briefing mumbling to himself over a stack of papers,
alleging that “pirating ships” is the only thing that Somalis succeed at,
claiming that “God is very proud” of his first year back in office,
and alleging that a …
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-28 21:45:48
Trump spent 2025 attacking the press,
further eroding the First Amendment
and empowering autocrats around the world
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-year-attacking-media-1235490875/
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-29 02:27:50
Crypto promoters saw Trump as their savior. Then reality set in
Trump has called for relaxing regulations on crypto...
So why are crypto prices plummeting?
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-11-28/the-crypt…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-29 05:41:29
Donald Trump said on Sunday that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were “getting a lot closer, maybe very close”
to an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, though both leaders acknowledged that some of the thorniest details remain unresolved.
Trump said it will be clear “in a few weeks” whether negotiations to end the war will succeed.
Zelenskyy said an agreement on security guarantees for Ukraine has been reached.
Trump was sli…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-28 23:24:46
Without evidence, Trump has claimed many times that Biden administration officials may have forged their boss’s signature
-- by using the autopen
-- and taken broad actions he was not aware of.
Trump has also obsessively cast doubt on the validity of pardons and other documents that Biden signed with an autopen,
even though for decades other presidents before him have also relied on the device to sign key papers.
Trump himself has also used an autopen in the past.…