<p>In what could be a major escalation of U.S. pressure on Mexico, the Trump administration has begun to impose travel restrictions and other sanctions on prominent Mexican politicians whom it believes are linked to drug corruption, U.S. officials said.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-mexico-travel-visa-restrictions-politicians-sheinbaum?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-mexico-travel-visa-restrictions-politicians-sheinbaum?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-mexico-travel-visa-restrictions-politicians-sheinbaum?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/mexico/" rel="tag">#Mexico</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/drug/" rel="tag">#Drug</a> <a href="/tags/corruption/" rel="tag">#Corruption</a> <a href="/tags/sheinbaum/" rel="tag">#Sheinbaum</a> <a href="/tags/travel/" rel="tag">#Travel</a> <a href="/tags/sanctions/" rel="tag">#Sanctions</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/thecryptocalypsechronicles/" rel="tag">#TheCryptocalypseChronicles</a>: Of Tech Bros And Trumpers</p><p>The reason so many Silicon Valley billionaires suddenly decided to back <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> is not the mystery the media is making it out to be. </p><p>tl;dr The billionaires backing <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> are crypto bros and they want to continue profiting from committing various kinds of crimes.</p><p>This is a "follow the money" deep dive into how some of these bros profit by investing in companies like <a href="/tags/uniswap/" rel="tag">#Uniswap</a> that create excellent tools for <a href="/tags/northkorea/" rel="tag">#NorthKorea</a> to launder stolen money with a passing explanation of how <a href="/tags/coinbase/" rel="tag">#Coinbase</a> facilitates the overall system.</p><p>Ω👇Ω<br><a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-tech-bros-and-trumpers" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-tech-bros-and-trumpers"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-</span><span class="invisible">tech-bros-and-trumpers</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/a16z/" rel="tag">#a16z</a> <a href="/tags/marcandreessen/" rel="tag">#MarcAndreessen</a> <a href="/tags/sequoiacapital/" rel="tag">#SequoiaCapital</a> <a href="/tags/benhorowitz/" rel="tag">#BenHorowitz</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/coin/" rel="tag">#COIN</a> <a href="/tags/cryptocurrency/" rel="tag">#Cryptocurrency</a> <a href="/tags/andreessenhorowitz/" rel="tag">#AndreessenHorowitz</a> <a href="/tags/ethereum/" rel="tag">#ethereum</a> <a href="/tags/sunswap/" rel="tag">#Sunswap</a> <a href="/tags/swftswap/" rel="tag">#SwftSwap</a> <a href="/tags/lazarusgroup/" rel="tag">#LazarusGroup</a> <a href="/tags/moneylaundering/" rel="tag">#moneylaundering</a> <a href="/tags/finreg/" rel="tag">#FinReg</a> <a href="/tags/fincen/" rel="tag">#FinCEN</a> <a href="/tags/sanctions/" rel="tag">#sanctions</a> <a href="/tags/cryptolobby/" rel="tag">#CryptoLobby</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/craftventures/" rel="tag">#CraftVentures</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/thenerdreich/" rel="tag">#TheNerdReich</a></p>
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