PGI Global CEO handed 20-year sentence for $200 million bitcoin, forex Ponzi scheme
Instead of investing in bitcoin and foreign currency trading, as promised, Palafox used new investor funds to pay old ones and siphoned millions for personal use. What to know: The CEO of Praetorian Group International (PGI) was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the U.S. for running a global Ponzi scheme […]
Economy
Why Did Trump’s Housing Ban Hit a Wall in Congress?
Trump is pressuring Congress to ban investor buying. But Congress says no. Lawmakers Push Back on Trump’s Proposed Ban The Wall Street Journal reports Proposed Ban on Investors in the Housing Market Hits a Wall in Congress The White House is at loggerheads with Congress over one of President Trump’s signature […]
Empire
Blueprint for Genocide: The Trump Administration’s $55 Billion Network of Domestic ‘Concentration Camps’
Introduction As the United States enters the second year of Donald Trump’s second term, the economic landscape is undergoing a profound and disturbing transformation. Abandoned warehouses and failed retail spaces are being quietly repurposed, not for a new era of production, but for mass detention. The promised economic renewal has […]
Activism
US holds secret indictment of Delcy Rodriguez, top opposition journo claims
A US-funded opposition journalist revealed the Trump DOJ has crafted a secret indictment of Venezuela’s Acting President to “hold it over her head,” and will execute it if she “derails.” The Trump administration is using a secret indictment to assert leverage over Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez, according to the […]
Health
The Prostate Cancer Test Dilemma
At a recent Brownstone Institute event, I spoke on a panel about the importance of judging public health interventions by their real-world impact — by whether they genuinely help people live longer and healthier lives. I had just written about mammography screening, and how decades of research show that while it detects […]
Tech
Microsoft Provided the FBI with Encryption Keys
Microsoft provided the FBI with Bitlocker encryption keys. It should come as no surprise that a US-based cloud storage service provided US intelligence with backdoor access. Encryption is only as strong as the one who controls the key to lock it. Microsoft, the world’s dominant provider of desktop and enterprise systems, complied […]
Crypto
The Hijacking of Bitcoin
The original vision for Bitcoin was simple: peer-to-peer digital cash, free from banks and government. However, the document argues that this vision was deliberately “hijacked,” as Bitcoin is now pushed as “digital gold,” a scarce asset for Wall Street, with slow and expensive transactions for everyday use. This shift began […]
Podcasts
#618: The Masterplan for New Gaza
Only at Davos will one see the disgusting combination of an active genocide and real estate development merged into one. With the bodies and rubble still piled up in Gaza, Trump’s Board of Peace has already started the process of planning how to turn the region into the new Eastern […]
Solutions
Nullify the Police State: The People’s Veto to Rein in a Lawless Government
“The people have the power…We are the government.”John & Nisha WhiteheadJohn Lennon We are living through a period of open lawlessness at the highest levels of government. Executive orders are issued to sidestep Congress. Federal law enforcement is deployed as a tool of retaliation. Protest is criminalized. Surveillance expands. Due process becomes optional. Courts are […]