Jake Bleiberg

Meta and Google were found liable for a 20-year-old woman who alleged that her addiction to the companies’ social media platforms caused her to suffer a mental health crisis, a jury said bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

1) THREAD: Federal cybersecurity reviewers said this @Microsoft cloud package was “a pile of shit.” They gave it their seal of approval anyway. Here’s how it happened 👇

“It’s hard being in here for something I didn’t do,” K9 commander Paul Kovacich told @AP from a California prison. “But if we can prove all the misconduct in this case, this will have all been worth it. It’s going to open a can of worms.” apnews.com/article/fbi-co…

Come work with our natsec team! linkedin.com/jobs/view/4389…

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So elated to be here! You can reach me at 512-200-2910 and tgoldenstein[at]texastribune[dot]org 📇 Send me tips, goss, etc. I’ll take it all! Also on Signal at the number above. And if we haven’t chatted in a while, let’s get coffee!

As @SECGov enforcement director, Margaret Ryan pushed to aggressively pursue charges against Justin Sun (a major backer of the Trumps' @worldlibertyfi) & @elonmusk. Instead, the SEC settled with Sun & is in talks to settle w Musk. Ryan resigned last week reuters.com/business/finan…

We have a great excerpt from @KatrinaManson’s ‘Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare’ on @WIRED today. It’s a must-read if you’re interested in AI’s use in war. wired.com/story/project-…

NEWS: Pentagon officials have made detailed preparations for deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran, multiple sources told @CBSNews. @ellee_watson @JimLaPorta and me cbsnews.com/news/trump-adm…

New from me: Thousands have swooned over this pro-Trump Army dream girl. She’s made with AI. "She's the apotheosis of what MAGA fantasizes about, all packed into one channel" wapo.st/3NtfbUi

NEW: Last year, a former modeling agent who famously introduced Trump and Melania asked a top ICE official to have the mother of his son detained. Paolo Zampolli told the official that it would help him in a custody battle. The ICE official agreed to help. nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/…

Maybe what you're really supposed to do is come work with us in New Orleans. Good job opportunity for a reporter at the Times-Picayune. Details: journalismjobs.com/1692782-genera…

As Lutnick Sold Cantor to His Children, Tether Gave Them a Loan By @davidkski, @_ToddGillespie and @a_cormier_ bloomberg.com/news/features/…

NEW: The Chinese founder of the massive router maker facing national security probes by the Trump administration has applied for an expedited visa under the Trump Gold Card program, according to people familiar with the matter. Our latest on TP-Link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Great deep dive in NY Times today on DOJ's aggressive push to charge protesters, including some lively new anecdotes on Aakash Singh's role steering the administration's most controversial prosecutions nytimes.com/2026/03/19/us/…

Scoop: FBI and IRS agents are forming a new initiative to investigate nonprofit organizations over suspected possible links to domestic terrorism, sources briefed on the matter told @SarahNLynch and me. @CBSNews cbsnews.com/news/fbi-irs-i…

ICYMI: We uncovered the role of a former Chevron executive as a longtime CIA source who helped the spy agency game out the rise of Delcy Rodríguez wsj.com/world/americas…

SCOOP: DOJ has waived policy requiring newly hired prosecutors to have least a year (more often 3 years) experience practicing law. As DOJ struggles to replace mass departures w/ qualified applicants, this move allows hiring straight out of law school. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/do…

Elon Musk is not living poor. He is just hiding his spending through a secret network of private companies in Texas. Mansions, private jets, land. Read our @nytimes investigation nytimes.com/2026/02/27/tec…

Businessweek book excerpt: The Pentagon’s Whiplash autonomous weapons program looks to transform 600 jet skis into bomb-toting robots. “America has a lot of jet skis, so it’s neat that we can weaponize them,” one person familiar with the program explains. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. said it’s investigating a cybersecurity incident, @TW_Seal and Margi Murphy report. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…