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ECP NetHappenings $2 trillion in cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
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GET SIGNAL.ORG Cornered by the UK’s Demand for an Encryption Backdoor, Apple Turns Off Its Strongest Security Setting
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/cornered-uks-demand-encryption-backdoor-apple-turns-its-strongest-security-setting
Remember. The billionaires gave power to these monsters.
The cabinet of Republican billionaires are cutting services to the most vulnerable Americans while passing tax cuts for the wealthy. How do they do this? They distract you with hate towards trans people and blame your problems on immigrants.
OMG WHAT A F’ING CORRUPT GOVERNMENT WE HAVE
We CAN’T stop cursing cause of the depth of our disgust at these goddamned Nazis who have taken over our government.
#Trump is the single most documented PATHOLOGICAL LIAR in American history.
Trump: 1.3 million people are on social security from age 150-159. Over 130,000 people are on social security over the age of 160 years old, ok?
Alnur Mussayev, a former head of intelligence in Kazakhstan and former Soviet KGB officer claims that the KGB recruited Trump in 1987.
The Republican Party’s greatest fear is an educated public, because an educated public will lead to their demise — and they know it. It should surprise no one that the dumbest, most gullible motherfuckers on the planet are MAGA fascists.
ECP NetHappenings Trump is a Thug
Margaret: “Fox reported that you sat with #Putin for 3.5 HOURS…Did you have an intelligence officer, or anyone else with you? That’s an extraordinary amount of facetime with #Putin.”
Steve Witkoff: “It was just me.”
@Anthony7andrews
https://x.com/anthony7andrews/status/1893303762422206758
Now that it’s been reveals that Trump has been a Russian asset for 40 years named Krasnov by the FSB, I will write a simple thread of various pieces of information that solidifies the truth of everything I’ve written.
Please read and share.#Krasnov THREAD https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1893303762422206758.html
House Republicans are preparing a budget package that calls for $2 trillion in cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
That’s TRILLION.
With a T.
Howard Lutnick, Trump’s billionaire buddy turned commerce secretary, has confirmed that the administration was simply lying to MAGA supporters about not touching Social Security and Medicare.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191740/trump-lutnick-cut-social-security-medicaid-medicare
I’m so glad DEI is gone and people are finally getting hired for their merit.
NEWS: Howard Lutnick has tapped his two sons (aged 27 and 28) to run Cantor Fitzgerald
Senate Republicans just blocked Sen. Ossoff’s amendment to protect children’s and maternal health care through Medicaid.
Grok has gone woke
Who are the 3 people doing the most harm to America right now?
Just list the names in order nothing else.
Answer by Grok
Donald Trump
Elon Musk
JD Vance
KEEPING SILENT WILL NOT PROTECT YOU
CALL YOUR CONGRESS PEOPLE EVERY DAY
ENTER YOUR ZIP CODE
https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
Yosemite National Park staffers are hanging a distress flag to stand up against Trump and Elon coming after the National Park Service and public lands.
Federal workers create “We are the builders” website to inform the public about Trump/Musk DOGE massive damage to our country and its people https://www.wethebuilders.org/
@sandibachom
I’m working on a film, which is interviews with a Holocaust survivor friend I filmed over the years. When I got back from Charlottesville, I asked him what Jews will not replace us meant. He said when he was a boy and arrested and put in Auschwitz they said “the Jews are our misfortune”.
Fun fact: Gambling on who the next pope will be is one of the very few things explicitly punishable by excommunication
520 Percent Miller was Ponzi before Ponzi… sentenced to 10 years in sing sing prison and his sentence was commuted by the New York Governor at the time.
520 Percent Miller.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.)
NEW YORK, July 30.—The financial venture of Charles Ponzi at Boston recalled to authorities here today the activities of William F. Miller. known as “520 percent Miller.” IN 1899 Miller started the Franklin syndicate in Brooklyn and advertised
that he would pay 10 percent, per week on all money deposited with him. He did until the crash came. He paid the ten percent out of new deposits. It was believed Miller took in over a million dollars. He was sentenced to ten years in Sing Sing, but his sentence was commuted by the governor.
US Marshals Service Fail
@BoringSleuth
https://x.com/BoringSleuth/status/1893689536926142585
Sources from inside the US Marshals service are warning that they don’t know where all of their seized assets, including Bitcoin, are on-chain.
As a Nation talking about starting a Bitcoin Reserve, how could we trust ourselves to do so? We can’t even manage what we have now! In the article below, Bryan talks about how we’ve gotten to this point, and briefly offers up solutions so that we can manage a Bitcoin Reserve if and when that time comes.
@BWDaugherty INOVATING JUSTICE EBOOK ON CHAIN
The U.S. Marshals Service and the Case for Blockchain in Asset Management
https://x.com/BWDaugherty/status/1893642926762123469
The U.S. Marshals Service manages billions in seized Bitcoin, yet it can’t provide an exact tally of its holdings. This opacity isn’t just a bookkeeping quirk—it’s a red flag. Speculation swirls about mismanagement, theft, or sheer incompetence in tracking digital assets. The root cause? Antiquated systems: manual records, fragile oversight, and no unalterable audit trail. With talks of a national cryptocurrency reserve gaining traction, this isn’t just a Marshals problem—it’s a preview of a broader crisis.
Legacy methods can’t handle digital assets at scale. Blockchain can.
The Problem: Why Traditional Systems Fail
Law enforcement agencies worldwide grapple with data integrity and coordination failures—I’ve seen it firsthand, detailed in Innovating Justice. The Marshals’ Bitcoin shortfall is a glaring symptom. Here’s why the status quo crumbles:
No Transparency: Seized funds should be traceable, yet there’s no public ledger. Manual records invite fraud, errors, or cover-ups.
Delayed Oversight: Traditional databases can be quietly altered. Bitcoin moves, but updates lag—leaving audits as afterthoughts, not safeguards.
Security Gaps: Digital assets demand digital-first protection. Without advanced safeguards, compromised wallets or insider theft can drain funds irreversibly.
These aren’t theories. Millions in seized Bitcoin have vanished due to lost records, stolen keys, or lax enforcement. The stakes are too high for more of the same.
Reusable Proof-of-Work (RPoW) network will emerge as the primary standard
2/23/25 Jason Lowery @JasonPLowery
https://x.com/JasonPLowery/status/1893708911749779914
This was one of the questions I received from the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy.
While I can’t predict the future with certainty, my intuition is that a single dominant Reusable Proof-of-Work (RPoW) network will emerge as the primary standard—much like how TCP/IP became the universal protocol for data transport. While other RPoW networks may exist for niche or localized applications, they are unlikely to offer the same level of utility or security on a global scale.
In RPoW, network size directly translates to security. The greater the computational power and energy expenditure required to maintain the network, the more expensive it becomes to attack or manipulate—making it inherently more secure. This creates a strong incentive for users to converge on the most physically costly and secure network. As adoption increases, a reinforcing cycle ensues: the dominant network grows even larger and more computationally powerful, while smaller alternatives struggle to compete due to their comparatively weaker security and lower utility.
This consolidation of all RPOW applications into one RPOW network isn’t just a matter of efficiency or convenience—it’s a strategic necessity. In a competitive environment, all rational actors will gravitate toward the network that provides the highest level of security for their information, assets, and financial transactions. The most resilient RPoW network will be the one that imposes the greatest physical cost on potential adversaries, ensuring that it remains the preferred choice for global-scale usage.
In SOFTWAR, I describe this dynamic as “Mutually Assured Preservation.” The largest nation-state rivals (e.g. NATO vs BRICS) must inevitably adopt the same network, and the computational power and energy they each contribute to it will have the counterintuitive effect of reinforcing their adversary’s security as well. The cost of attacking either side increases to such an extent that they become “frenemies,” each strengthening the security of the other’s interests on the same network.
It’s a beautiful thing.
NOTE: This is also why, as a Proof-of-Work Maximalist, I’m so favorable to Bitcoin. I wouldn’t call myself a “Bitcoin Maximalist”—anyone who has followed my journey on Twitter knows I have a contentious relationship with many Bitcoiners. But the obvious reality is that Bitcoin has already been selected by the free and open market as the world’s dominant RPoW protocol. And if the dynamics I’ve described are true, then it will only continue to grow in power, influence, and dominance. As Saylor might say, there will be no second best RPOW network.
@JasonPLowery https://x.com/JasonPLowery/status/1893528045006528751
The paradox of quantum theory is that no one actually understands it. We accept it because experiments consistently confirm its predictions, allowing us to harness its properties (e.g., qubits). However, the underlying reason for its behavior remains a complete mystery. To quote MIT Professor Seth Lloyd, quantum mechanics is irreducibly weird and you just have to “suck it up and deal with it.”
ELMO SUCKS
Elon Musk is one stupid sick f*ck. You can take the NAZI out of South Africa but you cannot take the NAZI out of the South African..
Elon Musk’s ultra-far-right AfD party got completely destroyed in German elections. Musk is being rejected worldwide. This is awesome.
Musk’s fortune, created by US and international tax payers , if divided with everyone across the US would give every individual at least $2 million. How are you worth less than a ketamine addict with a mangled dick?
Elon waving the chainsaw around like a total loser
Ethel Merman sings There’s no Business like show Business
Finally a good use case for generative AI: Flooding Elon Musk with unintelligible crap.
TOTALLY NUTS: Elon Musk tells federal employees to document work in
email or be fired
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/elon-sends-wild-saturday-harassment-email-to-all-federal-employees
Federal agencies tell staff to ignore demands from Musk
Trump says Musk should be “more aggressive”.
New FBI director Patel, now also leading ATF, tells FBI staff to “pause” responding to Musk’s wacko “what did you do last week” demand letter.
State department and intelligence agencies tell workers not to reply to Musk email.
Judges, military, critical service workers received Musk wacko email — various agencies telling workers not to reply, unions plan legal action.
Elon Musk accused federal workers of ‘getting wealthy at taxpayer expense’ even as his companies have accepted at least $20 billion in government aid. What possible reason is there to believe anything that Elon Musk says, absent independent evidence?
BREAKING: Elon Musk is reportedly nervous that if everyone boycotts Tesla stock he’ll have to default on all his loans collateralized by the stock value, and he’ll be penniless in days.
Bitcoin is its own asset class
1. Bitcoin Spot
2. Bitcoin Futures
3. Bitcoin Options
4. Bitcoin Perpetual Swaps
5. Bitcoin ETFs (Spot)
6. Bitcoin Futures ETFs
7. Bitcoin ETNs
8. Stocks of Bitcoin-Related Companies
9. Convertible Bonds from BTC Firms
10. Bitcoin Trusts
11. Bitcoin Warrants
12. Crypto Index Funds
13. Bitcoin Savings Accounts or Yield Products
14. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Wrapped Bitcoin
15. Bitcoin ETF Options
16. Bitcoin Microfutures
17. Bitcoin preferred stock
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