Kash Patel, the FBI director, told the Senate intelligence committee last week that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) purchases data information on Americans that he said is “commercially available information” and “consistent with the constitution and the laws under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.”

TRUMP’S CRYPTO GANG IS COMING FOR TRADITIONAL BANKS
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Gould, a former BlackRock bankster, is one of the U.S.’s top banking regulators and has already given the green light to companies like Ripple and Crypto.com to start banks.

‘TAKES MONEY TO KILL BAD GUYS’: HEGSETH RESPONDS TO PENTAGON’S $200 BILLION REQUEST TO FUND IRAN WAR
Pete Hegseth, the secretary of War, was asked last week about reports that the Pentagon planned to ask Congress for $200 billion to fund the Iran War, and he said, “Obviously, it takes money to kill bad guys.”

NEW POLL: TRUMP’S WAR PROPAGANDA IS NOT WORKING
President Donald Trump has tried to present himself as fully in the driver’s seat since the start of the Iran War, but Americans are not buying, according to a new poll.

CUBA IS NEXT ON TRUMP’S MENU
President Donald Trump stunned reporters at the White House last week when he considered how he’ll end up approaching Cuba, another country that his administration seeks regime change.

ON THE ROAD TO ARMAGEDDON
I had thought the United States government had hit a new low point last week when the Federal Commission of Fine Arts approved a Semiquincentennial 250th anniversary commemorative 24 karat gold coin featuring President Donald J Trump leaning on his his desk with clenched fists and scowling but that was before Secretary of War Pete Hegseth demanded $200 billion from America’s taxpayers to continue to fight the war against Iran, saying “It takes money to kill bad guys!”

PRESIDENTIAL REALITY SHOW®: TRUMP SELLS WAR WITH IRAN AS A CARTOON
The Trump administration has turned to cartoons, internet memes, and movies to sell the war with Iran to the American people after failing to explain why the war was necessary and its objectives.

DUNKIN’ BRINGS THE ‘JOY’ OF JUNK FOOD TO SICK CHILDREN IN HOSPITALS
When U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked if ultra-sugary coffee drinks sold at chains like Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks are safe for teenagers, the backlash was swift. Massachusetts politicians and local and national media rushed to defend the Quincy, Massachusetts-based coffee chain — rebranded in 2018 as Dunkin’ — which has become a cultural institution in the state. What didn’t news organizations mention in......

A NEW WORKPLACE HEALTH DANGER: AI BRAIN FRY
AI agents give you a squad of helpers to relieve you of tedious but necessary chores, leaving you to think about bigger things.

OPENAI FINALLY GETS SERIOUS ABOUT MAKING MONEY
At an all-hands-on-deck meeting earlier this month, Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s CEO of applications, announced that the company is shedding an array of side hustles to focus instead on coding and business applications.
