Weekender: Poker, Pras and a New Atlantis
This week: How Trump is opening Washington's doors to dirty dollars, the strategy behind DOGE’s light-speed takeover, a poker-playing lawyer’s incredible fall from grace, and a new project to colonize the oceans with “aquatic humans.”
By Charlie Barlow
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Brazen Weekender! I'm Charlie, a producer at Project Brazen, and this is the newsletter where I share what the team has been watching, reading and listening to.
Coming up this week: How Trump is opening Washington's doors to dirty dollars, the strategy behind DOGE’s light-speed takeover, a poker-playing lawyer’s incredible fall from grace, and a new project to colonize the oceans with “aquatic humans.” Let's get into it.
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