Scott Link

Turibulum Usus Breviarium

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Fauci walked into a CIA briefing in 2020 and overrode six out of seven scientists who said COVID came from a Wuhan lab. This isn't a conspiracy. It's a convergence of interests. They funded gain-of-function research. The virus leaked. So they covered their tracks. @MattKibbe

[Disclose.tv @disclosetv]

NOW - Xi: "Currently, transformation not seen in a century is accelerating across the globe and the international situation is fluid and turbulent. The world has come to a new crossroads."

[Bloomberg @business]

China is sitting on a $3 trillion pile of hidden bad debt that threatens to turn an economic malaise into a permanent drag. https://t.co/f0jHtHf4r8

📷️: Bloomberg

[Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_]

BREAKING: Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) tells me that the COVID-19 whistleblower who will testify publicly & in person before his committee tomorrow morning is an active CIA employee who will testify that the intelligence community has covered up the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic for years.

"I think this whistleblower will help to confirm that this was known, has been known for a long time, and that when the scientists at the CIA looked at this, they discovered or they concluded that the virus had come from the lab," Sen. Paul tells me. "What we're going to find is that the cover up is a real thing, that there are members of the community, the intelligence community, that still don't want the truth to come out. I've said the government was involved not only in funding this research, but then in trying to obscure the truth. And the truth is the US government funded research in Wuhan, China, and that research led to a virus that escaped, escaped the lab, in all likelihood accidentally."

I asked Senator Paul for any more details on who this CIA whistleblower is ahead of tomorrow's hearing?

"This is a brave person who's spent a career in the CIA," Sen. Paul said. "I don't know how much can be revealed, but is actually famous within the community for being someone who, behind the scenes, has really helped our country."

I will be in the room & covering the hearing for @FoxNews tomorrow morning.

[AlertesInfos @AlertesInfos]

🇫🇷 Emmanuel Macron aurait entretenu durant plusieurs mois une "relation platonique" avec l’actrice iranienne Golshifteh Farahani, avec des "messages qui seraient allés assez loin", provoquant des tensions au sein du couple présidentiel, qui auraient conduit à la gifle. (via @Florian_Tardif)

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iran is no longer willing to negotiate over its nuclear program at all, per Tasnim. Discussions will only cover ending the war, sanctions relief, compensation, and lifting the blockade. Nuclear issues "could be addressed later in a separate agreement," only after the war has ended.

Nuclear was the central issue in the first round of Islamabad talks, with Trump saying it was "the only point that really mattered." Iran has now removed it from the table entirely.

Trump says the war won't end without a nuclear deal. Iran says nuclear won't be discussed until the war ends.

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

The reporting on OpenAI and Sam Altman that I've been working on for the past year and a half, for @NewYorker, with @andrewmarantz: https://t.co/HEPHN4E54P

[Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_]

BREAKING: DOJ announces it has arrested a US Special Forces soldier who took part in the raid that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro after the soldier allegedly pocketed $400,000 by betting more than $30,000 on Maduro’s removal on Polymarket.

Name: GANNON KEN VAN DYKE

[Zachary Cohen @ZcohenCNN]

“Nobody convinced me. I convinced myself,” Trump said Friday about holding off on military action against Iran, suggesting the decision was due, in part, because Tehran said it was calling off planned executions of detained protesters.

Previous reporting: https://t.co/aB0wlreqdK

[María Corina Machado @MariaCorinaYA]

President Trump, on behalf of the Venezuelan people, thank you for this consequential conversation with you and your administration, one that reaffirms Venezuelans’ deep trust in the United States and in your leadership.

Together, we will build a free and sovereign Venezuela: America’s most reliable and secure ally in the hemisphere.

Thank you, Mr. President.
@realDonaldTrump

[Shibetoshi Nakamoto @BillyM2k]

watching people crash out over 𝕏 monetization is beyond pathetic

[Disclose.tv @disclosetv]

NEW - Trump says that a tariff stimulus check of $2,000 will be paid to "everyone," except rich people.

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

BREAKING: CIA & U.S. government were behind the assassination of JFK, according to Twitter founder Jack Dorsey.

[Shadow of Ezra @ShadowofEzra]

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, struggles to answer a question about Nick Fuentes and his supporters becoming the new wing of the Republican Party.

He says Fuentes’ movement is full of people who are not sensible and will not “participate in this society economically.”

Karp adds that he’s an independent who thinks for himself and admires what President Trump has done.

[First Squawk @FirstSquawk]

AI IS NOT THE MAIN DRIVER OF RISING U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT — JOB LOSSES HIGHEST IN SECTORS LEAST EXPOSED TO AI

[David Nicoski CMT @davevermilion]

In the next 10 years most baby boomers will be entering assisted living or nursing homes. Almost 60% of homeowners don’t have a mortgage. Almost 30 % of baby boomers have 2 homes. If you buy a home in the next 10 years and especially at a 50 year mortgage, you will never see a positive return. I tend to lean right but have no problem calling out stupidity from either side.

[DCP @Dcpcooks]

A 50 year mortgage is criminal

[Barchart @Barchart]

Energy Stocks have been getting annihilated by the S&P 500 over the last 3 years 🚨🚨

[James E. Thorne @DrJStrategy]

SOFR dropping like a stone.

A dramatic decline in SOFR means that borrowing money overnight in US markets just got cheaper, which signals easier or more accommodative monetary conditions for banks and businesses.

[Mark Gurman @markgurman]

New management always means changes. Here’s what I said about Fitness+. https://t.co/dg3QLPMwB4