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My 18-month investigation into Sam Altman and OpenAI in @NewYorker, with @andrewmarantz, is out now. Read here: newyorker.com/magazine/2026/… Thread on a few of the key findings here: x.com/RonanFarrow/st…

(🧵1/11) For the past year and a half, I've been investigating OpenAI and Sam Altman for @NewYorker. With my coauthor @andrewmarantz, I reviewed never-before-disclosed internal memos, obtained 200+ pages of documents related to a close colleague, including extensive private notes, and interviewed more than 100 people. OpenAI was founded on the premise that A.I. could be the most dangerous invention in human history—and that its C.E.O. would need to be a person of uncommon integrity. We lay out the most detailed account yet of why Altman was ousted out by board members and executives who came to believe he lacked that integrity, and ask: were they right to allege that he couldn't be trusted? A thread on some of of our findings:

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 The draft for the Bitcoin and crypto market structure legislation in the US has been released. Senator Cynthia Lummis: "After months of hard work, we have bipartisan text ready for Thursday’s markup."

According to @elonmusk - who’s looked at America’s books - the fraud is in the trillions - 20% of government spending = $1.5T per year. @friedberg claims the other side will do nothing because the number is SO LARGE it’s like looking into an abyss. Why would Friedberg say that: Because $1T is so large the human brain isn’t wired to comprehend it - which is why governments waste it. Here are ways to try and comprehend $1T: $1T is roughly: The entire annual economy of Spain or Australia and more than MA’s entire GDP for nearly 2 years. $1T pennies: Would cover every square inch of Manhattan several feet deep. If you spent $1M per day, it would take 2,740 years to spend $1T. 1 trillion seconds = 31,709 YEARS. And we are operating at a $2T deficit each year! Now think about $38T in debt. Friedberg is right: career politicians will employ the standard Washington approach:

Americans haven’t gotten a raise in 25 years. Incomes are down since 2022. Which never happened outside a recession. So much for the Biden miracle. But zoom out -- with real-world inflation -- and incomes haven't grown since the year 2000.

“The poison was never forced — it was offered gently, until you forgot it was poison at all.” – Mark Twain A Thread Exposing the Everyday Lies and Propaganda We’ve Been Sold🧵 1. The Sun Never Lied. Sunscreen Did

LIVE NOW: PROCEDURAL VOTE TO DECIDE WHETHER THE SENATE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO DEBATE THE GENIUS ACT x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

BREAKING: James O’Keefe has released footage of a Royal Family advisor alleging that Prince Andrew lied about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and was involved with underage girls

A thoroughly civil debate with Bret Weinstein over the existence of God. (0:00) Introduction (1:18) Debating Evolution (10:54) Is Human Sacrifice Evidence of Something Supernatural? (19:33) Consciousness vs. Intuition (28:02) How Does Weinstein Explain the Creation of All Things? (32:10) Have We Actually Seen Humans Evolve? (40:30) Where Do We Derive Moral Judgement if There Is No God? (47:42) Weinstein’s Thoughts on Jesus Christ (51:13) Is the Complexity of the Universe Evidence of Intelligent Design? (58:37) Sam Harris Is a Horrible Spokesperson for Atheism (1:06:03) Weinstein Details What’s Truly Going on in the Middle East (1:20:03) Why Are We Focused More on Foreign Countries Than Our Own? (1:29:24) Is the Debate Around Israel Manufactured? (1:40:57) Why We Can No Longer Have Honest Conversations (1:50:48) Why Are We Still Pushing the Covid Vaccines? (1:57:08) How Complicated Is It to Remove the Covid Shot From the Vaccine Schedule? (1:59:03) The Truth About the Vaccine Injured (2:10:15) Will AI Gain Consciousness? (2:16:12) Can We Stop AI From Evolving Into Something Dangerous? (2:20:18) Does Weinstein Have Hope for the West? Includes paid partnerships.

OMG this is not AI, it's real. It's a must watch. 2011. Obama announces a DOGE department and puts Joe Biden in charge of it! 😂 "Nobody messes with Joe." 🤣

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick says President Trump's goal is to eliminate taxes for anyone earning less than $150,000 per year.

🚨SCOOP: Two well-placed sources tell me that the @SECGov vs. @Ripple case is in the process of wrapping up and could be over soon. My understanding is that the delay in reaching an agreement is due to Ripple's legal team negotiating more favorable terms regarding the August district court ruling, which imposed a $125M fine on the company and included a permanent injunction preventing the company from selling $XRP to institutional investors. The argument, I’m told, is that if the new SEC leadership is wiping the enforcement slate clean for all previously-targeted crypto firms because it believes regulatory clarity will resolve the underlying issue, why should Ripple still be penalized? Accepting the Torres ruling as it stands would mean that Ripple is essentially agreeing to admit to wrongdoing — but now the SEC itself is seemingly unsure whether any wrongdoing occurred. There’s no real playbook for this kind of thing which could explain why this case is taking longer to resolve than the rest. Stay tuned.

🚨Leaked: Trump admits — “I dump it, buy it, pump it.”

NEW: Agriculture secretary cancels $600K grant for study on menstrual cycles in transgender men - Fox

Just a few minutes ago, President Trump signed an Executive Order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. The Reserve will be capitalized with Bitcoin owned by the federal government that was forfeited as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings. This means it will not cost taxpayers a dime. It is estimated that the U.S. government owns about 200,000 bitcoin; however, there has never been a complete audit. The E.O. directs a full accounting of the federal government’s digital asset holdings. The U.S. will not sell any bitcoin deposited into the Reserve. It will be kept as a store of value. The Reserve is like a digital Fort Knox for the cryptocurrency often called “digital gold.” Premature sales of bitcoin have already cost U.S. taxpayers over $17 billion in lost value. Now the federal government will have a strategy to maximize the value of its holdings. The Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce are authorized to develop budget-neutral strategies for acquiring additional bitcoin, provided that those strategies have no incremental costs on American taxpayers. IN ADDITION, the Executive Order establishes a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile, consisting of digital assets other than bitcoin forfeited in criminal or civil proceedings. The government will not acquire additional assets for the Stockpile beyond those obtained through forfeiture proceedings. The purpose of the Stockpile is responsible stewardship of the government’s digital assets under the Treasury Department. PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT President Trump promised to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile. Those promises have been kept. This Executive Order underscores President Trump’s commitment to making the U.S. the “crypto capital of the world.” I want to thank the President for his leadership and vision in supporting this cutting-edge technology and for his rapid execution in supporting the digital asset industry. His administration is truly moving at “tech speed.” I also want to thank the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets — especially Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — for their help and support in getting this done. Finally Bo Hines played a critical role as Executive Director of our Working Group.

JUST IN: Tucker Carlson releases interview with Sam Bankman-Fried from prison.