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Nick Cleveland-Stout

Venezuela oil
Latin America

What risk? Big investors jockeying for potential Venezuela oil rush

Regime change has opened the door for hedge funds and Trump allies to cash in

Experts at oil & weapons-funded think tank: 'Go big' in Venezuela
Military Industrial Complex

Experts at oil & weapons-funded think tank: 'Go big' in Venezuela

Staffers at CSIS didn't disclose that the org they work for gets money from the likes of Exxon and Lockheed Martin

Polymarket ISW
Washington Politics

Think tanker altered Ukraine war map before big Polymarket payout

The Institute for the Study of War disavowed the edit, removed the employee, but is staying quiet, raising questions about the credibility of ISW and prediction gambling

Joaquin Castro
Washington Politics

House Dem busts lobbyist on undeclared foreign contracts

During a hearing on Honduras' upcoming election, Rep. Joaquin Castro exposed a witness's lucrative deals with local business elites

Donald Trump
Military Industrial Complex

Trump buys millions in Boeing bonds while awarding it contracts

He also bought upwards of $5 million in Intel bonds after announcing the US government was buying a 10% stake in the company