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Ex-Bush official mocked after ‘finding out he’s part of a criminal protection racket’

A Republican political figure was mocked on social media after he expressed outrage at Donald Trump’s latest move. Specifically, former George W. Bush administration White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, a Fox News contributor who served as press secretary under then-President Bush from January 2001 to July 2003, was confused as to why Trump commuted the prion sentence of disgraced GOP ex-lawmaker George Santos.”Why? This is a mistake,” Fleischer wrote on social media over the weekend. “Wire fraud and identity theft are serious crimes.”That led to numerous people calling out the GOP figure, including conservative strategist Tim Miller, who answered Fleischer:”Because you supported someone who is running a corrupt banana republic style government where enemies are prosecuted, criminal friends are pardoned, and foreign interests can buy favor by investing the leaders cryptocurrency. Hope that helps.”National security journalist Marcy “emptywheel” Wheeler also chimed in with, “Ari Fleischer discovers he’s part of a criminal protection racket.”.

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Florida Takes Second Shot at Bitcoin Reserve After First Bill Collapsed

TLDR Florida lawmaker Webster Barnaby filed HB 183, allowing the state to invest up to 10% of public funds in digital assets including Bitcoin, crypto ETFs, NFTs, and blockchain products The new bill expands beyond the Bitcoin-only focus of the failed HB 487 from June 2024 and adds stricter custody, documentation, and fiduciary standards If [.] The post Florida Takes Second Shot at Bitcoin Reserve After First Bill Collapsed appeared first on CoinCentral.

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Democrats say Trump needs to be involved in shutdown talks. He’s shown little interest in doing so

WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump is showing little urgency to broker a compromise that would end the government shutdown, even as Democrats insist no breakthrough is possible without his direct involvement. Three weeks in, Congress is at a standstill. The House hasn’t been in session for a month, and senators left Washington on Thursday [.].

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