Tom LoBianco, Raconteur, reporter, author, 24sight News

It’s looking like Trump may drop a pardon bomb—Diddy, Ghislaine Maxwell, George Santos, maybe more—all at once. The goal? Overwhelm the outrage. Bury the headlines. Blur the moral lines.

Topless deepfake video roils Indiana office, lawmaker's wife targeted, per sources Indiana lieutenant governor denies existence of deepfake video, accuses fired staff of fabricating story, but adds that viewing porn in office is fireable offense

Topless deepfake video roils Indiana office, lawmaker's wife targeted, per sources

Indiana lieutenant governor denies existence of deepfake video, accuses fired staff of fabricating story, but adds that viewing porn in office is fireable offense

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Trump says he will fire labor statistics chief after weak jobs report Trump is turning his ire about poor jobs numbers on the number-crunchers.

#nottheonion Trump says he will fire labor statistics chief after weak jobs report

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At what point is it just called plagiarism?

How the information ecosystem works on X today: A random account aggregates my reporting, recounting scoops from our Media Matters story, and uses it to drive subscriptions to their Substack. Elon Musk sees it and endorses it, with apparently no idea he's reading the NYT, a publication he hates.

A fact-checking read of Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff Even books about Donald Trump seem to break norms: Trump hasn’t been in office a year, and already there’s a gossipy ins

I don’t know why anyone would cite Michael Wolff, and yet it continues apace. www.politifact.com/article/2018...

Exactly. It's like arguing over technology policy while pretending the internet doesn't exist.

Friends, tune in at Noon ET for a Substack Live with me and @michaelcohen212.bsky.social talking about Trump and Epstein. Nobody knows how Trump operates better than Cohen, lots to learn. See you in a few!

Fascinating to me, as a former energy reporter, how much the arguments have *not* changed in decades

has this man never heard of batteries?

I figured they would have a hard time selling this and, yeah, 8 months later and it’s still there. People don’t want to spend $25M for someone else’s version of an eclectic paradise - they want their own version.

Worth your time, friends! Tara knows what's up, she's meticulous and has done a ton of reporting on Epstein and the survivors

Hi guys, I've been following the Epstein and Maxwell cases for years, but there have been so many updates this week. I'm going LIVE at 12pm ET to answer your latest questions here. I hope you'll tune in

Former Jan. 6 prosecutor and ex-DOJ employees sue Trump administration over firings Mike Gordon, who had been senior trial counsel in the Capitol Siege Section, which prosecuted Capitol rioters, was terminated without explanation. Now he's pushing back.

New: Former Jan. 6 prosecutor and ex-DOJ employees sue Trump administration over firings

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LIVE SOON: The Epstein Scandal with Tara Palmeri Starting Jul 24 at 12:00 PM EDT

Friends, tune in at noon for what we know on Epstein and what his victims went through. I’ll have on @tarapalmeri.bsky.social who has been doing some excellent reporting on the scandal, check out her 2020 Pod with the great Julie K. Brown, “Broken”

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YouTube video by Black Sabbath - Topic Sabbra Cadabra (2013 Remaster)

Bumpin’ that youtu.be/gBDvwEoqZqU?...

Exclusive | Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files Attorney General Pam Bondi told the president that the department also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victim...

Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files

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As Palantir cashes in on Trump 2.0, Peter Thiel is bankrolling Republicans again The quirky Silicon Valley billionaire's priority: retaining GOP control of the House.

Peter Thiel has resumed funding House Republicans. Thiel talks about stuff like like stopping an "Antichrist," maybe in the form of Greta Thunberg, from creating socialist world government. But maybe Thiel just wants to stop Democrats from subpoening Palantir? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Reporter: What do you have now that refutes the previous DOJ and Senate Intelligence investigations that found there was no political interference in the Russia probe?

Tulsi: There was a years-long coup to undermine Trump.

Reporter: Was there a cover-up then?

Tulsi: Look at the evidence.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Denies Request to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts in Florida

Judge Denies Request to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts in Florida

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BREAKING

A federal judge BLOCK the Trump admin from immediately taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into ICE custody if he's released on bail. They must provide 72 hours notice before seeking third-country deportation.

Full ruling storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

what this makes me think about - with regard to right now - is how so much of the information about Trump and Epstein that’s resonated in recent weeks is old stuff, widely and publicly reported. but a lot of it didn’t break through to lots of ppl in their information environments

Easton minister detained by ICE EASTON — A beloved Easton minister was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, taken to Salisbury and is now at the Baltimore ICE detention center where he is

ICE detains a pastor in Easton, Md., who has been in the U.S. for 24 years and has no criminal record, the Star Democrat reports. www.stardem.com/news/local_n...

The thing is, they did not "oust" her. Her interim 120 day term expired. The judges chose someone else.

Judges vote to oust Trump pick Alina Habba as U.S. attorney in New Jersey The state’s U.S. district court judges made the announcement in a brief order that did not offer any explanation for their decision.

Judges vote to oust Trump pick Alina Habba as U.S. attorney in New Jersey

The state’s U.S. district court judges made the announcement in a brief order that did not offer any explanation for their decision.

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Legendary Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne dead at 76 The “Crazy Train” singer’s health had taken a turn for the worse in his final years, in part due to a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis.

RIP Ozzy

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Andy Beshear introduces himself to South Carolina as the normal Democrat The Kentucky governor urged his party to drop “advocacy language” as visits to early presidential primary states begin to pile up even before the midterms.

My report from the Beshear trail www.semafor.com/article/07/1...

Saving the Lost Silent Zuckerberg Interview With the Amazing Power of AI Nearly two minutes of Mark Zuckerberg's thoughts about AI have been lost to the sands of time. Can Meta's all-powerful AI recover this artifact?

no one is having more fun in journalism right now than the folks at @404media.co www.404media.co/saving-the-l...

Quality cleanse, thx Pupster!

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