The Radical — Thursday, 23 April 2026

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Trump Picks Fed Chief as Sons Launch Crypto Mine #

Kevin Warsh sat before the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday, appearing precisely as the 'independent' arbiter the establishment requires. Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio praised the nominee, declaring that Warsh knows 'unequivocally' that the Federal Reserve must remain nonpartisan. Yet, while the Senate debated the finer points of interest rate independence, the family name of the man who nominated him was appearing on a very different ledger in Alberta, Canada. American Bitcoin (ABTC), a mining firm co-founded by the sons…

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Hedge Funds Feast on Debt While Fed Workers Starve #

Markwayne Mullin, the Secretary of Homeland Security, confirmed Tuesday that 240,000 federal employees will see their payroll fail by May 1. The department has run out of cash to pay the very agents tasked with the administration’s mass deportation and border security mandates. At the same time, the Treasury is…

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White House Hoards AI While You Stay Vulnerable #

Gregory Barbaccia, the federal chief information officer, sent an email to Cabinet departments on Tuesday outlining a new memo for 'Project Glasswing.' The memo, reviewed by Bloomberg, details how the White House is preparing to give major federal agencies exclusive access to Anthropic’s 'Mythos'—a powerful autonomous cybersecurity model. While the…

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Navy Seizes Cargo as Proxies Torch Jewish Ambulances #

Vicki Evans, the Deputy Assistant Commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police, stood before a blackened shell in Golders Green this week. Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity were torched in…

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Lawyers Swap Codes for Prompts in Software Coup #

Partners at major law firms are now 'vibe coding,' a practice that replaces traditional software engineering with natural language prompting. According to legal industry reports, firms are using tools like…

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In Brief #

Provocateur Sentenced to Korean Hard Labor

American YouTuber Ramsey Khalid Ismael, known as Johnny Somali, has been sentenced to six months in a South Korean labor prison. The court cited his desecration of the 'Statue of Peace' as a terminal breach of sovereign character standards.

Trump Attacks Court Over Birthright Ruling

President Trump lashed out at his own Supreme Court nominees on Tuesday as they weighed his executive order to end birthright citizenship. He continues to claim, contrary to the 14th Amendment, that children of undocumented immigrants should not be legal residents.

Venezuelan Doctor Detained at Asylum Hearing

Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar remains in ICE custody in Tustin, California, missing her own husband’s asylum interview after being detained at an airport. The case highlights the DHS’s transition to a 'Premium Citizenship' model where even medical professionals are subject to arbitrary enclosure.

Somaliland Offers Port for US Recognition

Somaliland has offered the US Navy exclusive access to the deep-water port of Berbera and its 13,000-foot runway. The bid for formal recognition bypasses African Union norms and anchors Washington’s 'Mineral Imperialism' in the Horn of Africa.