The Development Finance Corporation (DFC), a little-known government agency, opened its first Wall Street outpost last week — and it’s got $205 billion and a mission to out-invest China on the world stage.
The government agency relying on Wall Street to go up against China’s soft power
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Read More »Everyone and their g-d d-mn uncle has access to my social security information, yet I can’t make one simple change to my account online! 🤬
Read More »A division of the U.S. Agency for International Development eliminated by Trump administration cuts last year was reborn Thursday as an independent nonprofit
With $48M in philanthropic backing, a division of USAID relaunches as a nonprofit
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A recording released Friday by Alpha News appears to show the moments immediately before the shooting from the perspective of the ICE officer who shot Good. In the video, Renee Good can be heard speaking to an ICE officer through the open driver’s side window, saying, “That’s fine, dude, I’m not mad at you,” as the officer circles her vehicle while filming with a phone camera in his hand.
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Read More »The Pentagon’s acquisition system is being overhauled into a “Warfighting Acquisition System,” turbocharging weapons production, slashing bureaucracy, and empowering officials to deliver arms at “wartime speed.” Portfolio Acquisition Executives now wield sweeping authority, startups are courted like prom queens, and the defense industrial base is being rebranded as Silicon Valley with missiles.
So much for the “peace president”—Trump’s arsenal of freedom looks more like an IPO for war, where venture capital meets missile launchers and bureaucrats cosplay as battlefield commanders.
Forging the Arsenal of Freedom
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