Three of the last four Republican presidents used an “October Surprise” to get into office. Some of the ones Trump might be involved in this time could lead to World War III…
Three and a half years later, there has still been NO accountability for #January6th among any top ranking government officials who fomented, organized, and led the brazen and deadly coup attempt and terrorist attack on our nation’s capitol. We’ve obtained DOJ call logs, Secret Service timelines, and more records that shed light on the government’s response to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and the surrounding days. We created a detailed timeline of that day and related public records.
https://americanoversight.org/timeline-jan6
MINNESOTA’S @GovTimWalz: “This is about competency — when Trump was president governors like myself were in Hunger Games battles to get ventilators to keep people alive because he did nothing.”
Trump’s Assassination Fantasy Has a Darker Purpose – He plans to gut our intel agencies until they are only filled with loyalists. Then Trump will order them to use deadly force on his enemies.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/trump-biden-assassination-fbi/678476/
Here’s an idea: Let’s make the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause actually enforceable.
Ranking Member Raskin and Senator Blumenthal Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Enforce the Constitution’s Ban on Foreign Emoluments
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-and-senator-blumenthal-introduce-bicameral-legislation
Clarence Thomas was in so much debt two decades ago that he tried to get Supreme Court justice salaries raised across the board. Within months, Republican billionaires began giving him extravagant gifts.
The Real Reason Why Clarence Thomas Started Accepting Gifts From Billionaires
The Supreme Court justice was broke.
https://newrepublic.com/post/177629/real-reason-clarence-thomas-started-accepting-gifts-billionaires
Texas GOP Amendment Would Stop Democrats Winning Any State Election
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-gop-amendment-would-stop-democrats-winning-any-state-election-1904988
In Backing Trump, America’s Billionaires Are Digging Their Own Graves
https://newrepublic.com/article/181777/trump-billionaire-donors-digging-graves
The right-wing uberrich think they’re stopping “communism.” What they’re abetting is an extremism that will one day come for them. https://newrepublic.com/article/181777/trump-billionaire-donors-digging-graves
How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3 Million Crypto Wallet
Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth the password to a crypto wallet containing a fortune.
https://www.wired.com/story/roboform-password-3-million-dollar-crypto-wallet/
https://www.youtube.com/@JoeGrand
Joe Grand was a super fun project and a reminder about the lasting effects of security problems long after they’re patched. https://youtube.com/watch?v=o5IySpAkThg
What if I told you that we could hack time to recover over $3 million in Bitcoin from a software wallet that’s been locked since 2013? In this episode, I join forces with my friend Bruno to reverse engineer the RoboForm password generator in order to regenerate passwords that have been generated in the past.
offspec.io (https://offspec.io) is a diverse team specializing in password recovery from hardware and software wallets. If you need help accessing your cryptocurrency, let us know. We’re always looking for new and interesting projects where we can use our skills to help others.
Google’s own researchers now say AI is a top vector of disinfo, in a paper that severely and obviously undercounts the problem
https://www.404media.co/google-says-ai-now-leading-disinformation-vector-and-is-severely-undercounting-the-problem/
Former FTX executive Ryan Salame sentenced to 7.5 years for election donor scheme with Sam Bankman-Fried
https://www.courthousenews.com/former-ftx-executive-ryan-salame-sentenced-to-7-5-years-for-election-donor-scheme-with-sam-bankman-fried/