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A handy list of large crypto donors to Trump’s inauguration fund, which is basically an unregulated pot of money the president can do whatever he wants with. A few translations are in order:

* Circle = world’s 2nd largest stablecoin after Tether (USDC), closely linked to #Coinbase
* Foris Dax = Crypto[.]Com
* Fred Ehrsam = #Paradigm (and co-founder of Coinbase)
* #Payward = #Kraken
* #KyleSamani = #MulticoinCapital
* #HaydenAdams = #Uniswap (more on Uniswap: cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-)
* Charles Cascarilla = #Paxos, the stablecoin issuer behind the #Binance stablecoin #BUSD that was summarily executed by regulators for #moneylaundering
* Yuga Labs = #BoredApeYachtClub (the infamous monkey JPGs)

#FTC Removes Posts Critical of #Amazon , #Microsoft , and #AI Companies

Business-guidance content published during the Biden administration has been removed from the Federal Trade Commission website.

> I guess this is what $1 million donation to Trump’s #inauguration fund get you
#Trump

wired.com/story/federal-trade-

WIRED · FTC Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI CompaniesBy Makena Kelly

Is #TikTok banned in the #UnitedStates or not? Asking for a friend who deleted the app when its #Chinese CEO was invited to an inauguration that the #American public was excluded from.

Congress banned it, and #DonaldTheDeplorable paused it on the #inauguration of #AmericanCarnage2.0, but the law banning it only allows a pause “if there’s evidence that negotiations for ByteDance to divest are underway”, which there is not. 🤷🏻‍♂️ forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/

Forbes · What We Know About Trump’s TikTok Deal—As Reports Suggest Oracle Could Take Lead RoleBy Alison Durkee

So funny how anything and everything the people standing up for Palestine said and did was “horrifically antisemitic”, but a flawless Nazi salute at the inauguration (PERFORMED TWICE IN A ROW) is “a complicated situation” that we “don’t know for sure” the meaning of, and can “probably be explained by Elon Musk’s neurodivergence”.

🙂

#GimmeAFuckingBreak #Politics #elonmusk #hatespeech #nazi #EatYourLocalNaziToday #trump #2025 #fuck #freepalestine #tired #inauguration

People who voted Harris this fall, how are you holding up now?

A| Screaming shitting crying constantly doomscrolling and looking at the news wanting to vomit
B| Not great but trying to stay busy to distract myself
C| Better than I expected but I still don’t like him
D| Fucking incredible. I think I’m gonna switch sides

I read somewhere that Carrie Underwood has seen her streaming numbers drop 70% after playing at the #Inauguration.

I also read somewhere that Jewel played there too. Lordy, I hope she played “These hands are small I know but they're not yours they are my own...."

Missed opportunity if not.