The federal agent asked me:
“Did you ever wonder why someone with a supposed medical-equipment business was buying million-dollar properties but had almost no employees?”
I felt stupid.
Because I’d seen it.
I just didn’t recognize it.
We always imagine money laundering looks like someone walking into a bank with a suitcase full of cash.
Sometimes it looks like that.
But sometimes it looks like:
A beautiful house.
A successful entrepreneur.
A luxury SUV.
A legitimate-looking company.
And paperwork that makes everything appear normal.
Oh, I forgot the best part.
Months before the IPO, SpaceX took $17.5 billion of old junk debt from xAI and X and parked it on its own balance sheet through a $20 billion bridge loan.
The terms? Repaid within six months of listing.
So part of the $75 billion that retail and index funds just handed over is already spoken for. Not for Mars. Not for rockets. To clear debts piling up at Elon's other companies.
You bought the rocket ship.
You're on the hook for the loans.
BEST. ENGINEERING. EVER.
@AvidCommentator@JordanEliseo True story this weekend.
A mate tells me he hears a lawn mower across the road in Copa Cabana, sees it's a commercial bloke and says "Can you do my lawns". The reply..."mate I only do NDIS, the standard rate is not worth my time". FFS, is this what Aust has come to?
Exxon, BP, Vitol ship most US fuels to Australia for a single month in three decades, traders say
ExxonMobil, BP and Vitol are shipping a record volume of oil products to Australia from the United States in March, shipping data from trading sources shows, filling a gap left by the loss of regular supplies from Asia as the Iran conflict disrupts supplies.
Australia usually relies on Asia for the vast majority of its oil product imports, but China and Thailand have banned fuel exports to preserve domestic supplies and refiners across the region are cutting output as Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz sharply cuts crude exports from the Middle East.
At least 200,000 metric tons of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel have been loaded, or will be loaded, by the end of March from the U.S. Gulf Coast and West Coast for shipment to Australia, shipping data from three trade sources shows. (Reuters)
From @FinancialReview: The washing of money through digital tokens is fueling global crime. The Australian Financial Review traced funds from the robbery to its final "integration" and explain why Australia needs stronger international rules. #CoinLaundry https://t.co/jkTGQcc9Ll
I’m building a Charlie Kirk YouTube video database that you can query with Ai and pull clips at specific timestamps instantly.
It’s going to change the whole game.
Hey Webb- show me the clip where TPUSA changed their story
Webb- “which example would you like to see”
I wonder how much the government paid consultants to put this new regime in place? It would be interesting to know? Remember $48 mln paid to Deloitte for the CovidSafe app! #auspol2025 We tried to break Australia’s social media ban. It wasn’t hard https://t.co/YeKPn7TrNH
Please explain @AlboMP USA housing market is valued at about USD $50 trillion. Australian housing market is valued at about USD $8 trillion. USA is almost 13 times the Australian population but their housing market is only about 6 times the Australian value. #Auspol2025
Without tackling the root causes of the housing crisis, Labor’s policies, like their 5% deposit scheme, are pushing property prices up further - locking even more people out of affordable rentals & home ownership.
Home prices are now falling month-over-month in 50% of US states reports housing analyst @nickgerli1 of Reventure Consulting
And he expects prices to continue to fall into a "deflationary vortex" throughout 2026
Why?
WATCH: https://t.co/72CTFOzH8I
ASIC doesn't prosecute bankers, or NACC the perpetrators of Robodebt.
@yelgeb on the blistering double standard in prosecuting white collars v blue, and protecting corporate reputations
#auspol#ANZ#austrac
https://t.co/qmOWpwImhZ
🔥Barbara Pocock slices up Richard Windeyer from Dept of Finance for allowing PwC back into govt contracts
RW “We were making a judgement about when we think the organisation is sufficiently changed & different”🤔
BP “How can u make that judgment over the top of the police?”💥