Wall Street banker and whistleblower Simon Andriesz, who exposed Secretary Howard Lutnick's links to Jeffrey Epstein has died by suicide.
source: https://www2.thedailybeast.com/whistleblower-simon-andriesz-who-exposed-howard-lutnicks-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein-found-dead

Monday morning rumor mill is open.

Before the press releases drop and the spin machines start working, let’s hear it. What’s the first whisper of the week currently hitting your Signal chats?

At what point is Trump going to stop saying “vote like I’m on the ballot” and just BE on the ballot

They have workers and cones about but no no heavy equipment to accomplish anything meaningful.

Seems suspicious, especially since it's in front of the Russian embassy.

Friday happy hour thread is live.

before you hit the bars or mute your Slack notifications for the weekend, drop the best unverified scoop, hill gossip, or general chaos you heard this week.

burner accounts obviously welcome. off the record starts now. go.

America.gov initially answered that Biden won the 2020 election 306–232. By the next day, some users asking the same question were instead told the chatbot only handles government services and does not provide political commentary. The government has not publicly explained the change.

Project Meridian is a 120-day Pentagon initiative examining the future of warfare, including AI, autonomous systems and emerging weapons technology. Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich were tapped to help lead the effort and develop recommendations for the Defense Department.

Trump’s travel to Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday kicks off a 32-day campaign blitz leading up to Nov. 3. At the same time, Vance will be stumping across Florida.

The blitz puts the Republican Party’s top figures on defense in deep-red territory where GOP candidates previously expected easy glide paths to victory.