#steve-witkoff

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Corruption & Grift

UFC to Pay White House Cage Match Fighters in Crypto Issued by Trump's Own Company — While He Owns the Stock, Sells $12,000 Coins, and Hosts a $1M-Per-Plate Fundraiser

UFC Freedom 250 fighters at the White House will receive bonuses in USD1 — a stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial, co-owned by the Trump family (75% of profits) and Steve Witkoff's family. Witkoff is Trump's Middle East envoy — the man negotiating the Iran ceasefire. A second $1 million bonus pool pays fighters in CRO from Crypto.com, which has donated millions to Trump's super PAC and partnered with Trump Media on prediction markets and ETFs. Trump bought TKO stock before promoting the event. The Trump Organization sells co-branded coins up to $11,999.99. A $1 million-per-plate super PAC fundraiser is the night before. Ringside sponsorship: $1M+. The octagon features logos from Crypto.com, Polymarket (Don Jr. is an advisor), VeChain, Stake, and Exodus. A former DOJ prosecutor called it "a real distillation of this administration: take public property and use it for private benefit." The White House claims the government "is not making any money on this event." The president is.

warmongering

"If We Need to Negotiate with Bombs, We'll Negotiate with Bombs": Hegseth Pledges Strikes on Key Facilities as U.S. Hits Iran for Second Straight Night

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, leaving CENTCOM headquarters in Tampa, told reporters: "If we need to negotiate with bombs, we'll negotiate with bombs. And we're very good at it." The U.S. launched strikes on Iran for a second consecutive night — 49 Tomahawk missiles hitting targets as close as 40 miles from Tehran. The strikes destroyed Iran's water reservoirs in Hormozgan Province, leaving 20,000 people without drinking water in 50°C heat. Weapons experts identified fragments as U.S. GBU-39 munitions. Iran retaliated with strikes on U.S. bases in Kuwait, Jordan, and Bahrain. Trump from the Situation Room — with Vance, Kushner, and Witkoff — told Fox News: "If Iran doesn't agree to a deal, we'll bomb the shit out of them tomorrow night." He threatened to target bridges and power plants. CPI hit 4.2% — a three-year high driven by war-fueled energy costs. Brent crude: $94/barrel. The April 8 ceasefire is functionally dead. The war Trump said would last four to five weeks is now at fifteen.