(May 22, 2023)
Boris Nikolic, a top adviser to Gates at the time, pointed Antonova to Epstein, then a well-connected financier, who agreed to meet her at his Manhattan townhouse in 2013, sources told the Journal.
Daily Archives: 25. Februar 2026
Who is Boris Nikolic? Epstein-named executor is former Bill Gates adviser
(August 20, 2019)
Epstein, the financier and convicted sex offender, signed a will detailing nearly $600 million in assets just two days before he killed himself in a Manhattan jail cell. In the will, he named biotech venture capitalist Boris Nikolic as „successor executor,“ the person who would take control of the estate if the two named executors are unable or unwilling to.
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Court records show the two executors, Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn, each signed an oath confirming their willingness to serve as executor. But no such oath was filed by Nikolic.
Bill Gates apologizes to Gates Foundation staff over Epstein ties, admits to having affairs
(today)
The Journal said Gates told staff he continued meeting Epstein up until 2014, including taking a flight on a private jet and spending time with him in Germany, France, New York and Washington, but that he strenuously denied ever staying overnight at a venue with Epstein or visiting the convicted sex offender‘s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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According to the Wall Street Journal, Gates admitted to staff at the town hall on Tuesday that he „did have affairs, one with a Russian bridge player who met me at bridge events, and one with a Russian nuclear physicist who I met through business activities.“
Epstein files: Nobel winner Axel quits Columbia U. brain institute over friendship with predator
Dr. Richard Axel, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, said he is stepping down as co-director of Columbia University’s Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute on the heels of his association with notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein drawing public attention.
“My past association with Jeffrey Epstein was a serious error in judgment, which I deeply regret,” Axel said.
Axel won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004 with Linda Buck “for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system,” the prize website notes.
Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard during review of Epstein ties, university says
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard University amid a campus review of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the university announced Wednesday.
Summers, who has been on leave since November and whose name appeared hundreds of times in newly released Epstein files, will leave at the end of the school year, according to a statement from Harvard spokesperson Jason Newton.
Congress must vote on war according to our Constitution. @RepRoKhanna and I will be forcing that vote to happen in the House as soon as possible.
(February 19, 2026)
I will vote to put America first which means voting against more war in the Middle East.
Trump officials say there‘s a 90% chance of strikes on Iran. He can’t without Congress. @RepThomasMassie & I have a War Powers Resolution to debate & vote on war before putting U.S. troops in harm’s way.
(February 18, 2026)
I will make a motion to discharge to force a vote on it next week.
Pentagon blocked from using UK bases in potential Iran strike
(February 20, 2026)
The decision by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, first reported by The Times, was reportedly made due to concerns that such action could violate international law.
President Trump had requested that the U.S. be allowed to use the facilities at Diego Garcia and Royal Air Force Base Fairford in Gloucestershire, the European hub for America’s fleet of heavy bombers, the outlet reported.
Australia tells families of diplomats to leave Israel, Lebanon
The Australian government has told dependants of Australian diplomats in Israel and Lebanon to leave the two Middle East countries, citing a deteriorating security situation in the region, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
The government has also offered voluntary departures to Australian diplomats‘ dependants in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Qatar, it said on an official ministry X account.
Dozens of FBI records apparently missing from Epstein files, including Trump accuser interviews
Several Epstein victims have said that they’ve scoured the DOJ’s website in recent weeks for files documenting their own interviews with the FBI – only to come up empty handed.
“All of us have been looking for our victim statements,” Jess Michaels, who was assaulted by Epstein when she was 22 years old, told CNN after the file release. Heavily redacted and missing interview reports suggest that “this Department of Justice is actually gaslighting the entire country,” Michaels argued.
Takeaways from Donald Trump’s State of the Union address
Trump’s speech clocked in at about an hour and 47 minutes, breaking the record for length set by his address to Congress last year.
Here are eight takeaways from his speech.
Khanna, Massie to sit together during Trump’s State of the Union
Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) — the bipartisan pair who bonded amid an effort to pressure the Justice Department to release the Epstein files — will sit alongside one another during Trump’s address Tuesday evening.
Republicans and Democrats generally sit with members of their own party during the State of the Union, but Khanna and Massie have forged an unlikely friendship amid their push for transparency on the deceased sex offender’s political and financial ties.
Join Our Movement – For A Better California
Tony knows that working families across California are facing so many challenges that require our entire state government, working together, to solve.
Growing up in poverty as a Black and Latino kid without his parents, Tony lived the struggles that so many Californians face every day – that‘s why he dedicated his career to fighting for a brighter future for California‘s children.
California gubernatorial candidate Tony Thurmond endorses California Billionaire Tax
(February 20, 2026)
Thurmond, a longtime champion of programs to counter food insecurity, sponsored a state law that currently funds universal school meals for every California student. Today, Thurmond praised the Billionaire Tax for helping children and families when they need it most, by funding food, supporting K-14 public education, and protecting healthcare for all Californians.
“Billionaires have a unique opportunity to save healthcare for Californians, feed hungry families, and reinvest in our public schools,” Thurmond said. “Growing up in poverty, having access to healthcare and food aid kept me and my brother alive, and public education offered us a ladder to the middle class. At a time of unprecedented wealth and income inequality, now is the time to strengthen that ladder for the next generation, not pull it up behind us.”
Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers (Audio)
Look what‘s happening out in the streets
Got a revolution (got to revolution)
Hey, I‘m dancing down the streets
Got a revolution (got to revolution)
Oh, ain‘t it amazing all the people I meet?
Got a revolution (got to revolution)
One generation got old
One generation got soul
This generation got no destination to hold
Pick up the cry
Hey, now it‘s time for you and me
Got a revolution (got to revolution)
Hey, come on now we‘re marching to the sea
Got a revolution (got to revolution)
Who will take it from you, we will and who are we?
Well, we are volunteers of America (volunteers of America)
Volunteers of America (volunteers of America)
I‘ve got a revolution
Got a revolution
Look what‘s happening out in the streets
Got a revolution (got to revolution)
Hey, I‘m dancing down the streets
Got a revolution (got to revolution)
Oh, ain‘t it amazing all the people I meet?
Got a revolution, oh-oh
We are volunteers of America
Yeah, we are volunteers of America
We are volunteers of America (volunteers of America)
Volunteers of America (volunteers of America)
Tax billionaires. Stop the healthcare collapse.
How it Works
Paid only by Californians worth more than $1 billion—about 200 people who together hold $2 trillion in wealth, most of which will never be taxed in their lifetimes due to loopholes in state and federal tax laws.
Raises about $100 billion to replace lost federal dollars and protect essential services. Directs 90% of funds to healthcare and 10% to public K-14 education and state food assistance programs.
No new taxes on the middle class, small businesses, or homeowners.
What it does for Californians
Keeps hospital ERs, clinics, nursing homes, and home care open and staffed in every community.
Stabilizes premiums and coverage, so families can see a doctor when they need one.
Protects healthcare jobs and the middle-class economy they support.
Funds public K-14 education to keep classrooms staffed, protect programs, and ensure every child gets a quality education.
Funds state food assistance programs to keep millions of Californians from losing access to food and support school nutrition programs.
What we want is simple
Protect our fragile healthcare system from collapse so our families can get the care we need.
Billionaires doing their part to support California and contribute to the social safety nets and public infrastructure that enabled their wealth accumulation.
A state with a strong middle class where everyone can thrive.
Geldschöpfung
Geldschöpfung ist, wenn Banken Geld herstellen und so mehr Geld in Umlauf bringen.
Money Out of Thin Air: The Secret Truth About How Banks Create New Money
(July 7, 2025)
Here’s what really happens when you get a loan from a bank:
– The bank doesn’t go into a vault and hand you someone else’s cash.
– The bank creates new money right then and there, by typing numbers into your account.
That’s right: Most of the money in our economy didn’t exist until someone took out a loan!
American ‘Oligarchy’ Decried by Biden Gained $1.5 Trillion in His Term
(January 16, 2025)
The very richest Americans are among the biggest winners from President Joe Biden’s time in office, despite his farewell address warning of an “oligarchy” and a “tech industrial complex” that threaten US democracy.
The 100 wealthiest Americans got more than $1.5 trillion richer over the last four years, with tech tycoons including Elon Musk, Larry Ellison and Mark Zuckerberg leading the way, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The top 0.1% gained more than $6 trillion, Federal Reserve estimates through September show.
U.S. Net Wealth Is Over $135 Trillion. Here’s Where That Money Resides.
(Sept 13, 2023)
At the Private and Public Sector Entity Levels. (In trillions of U.S. dollars)
PRIVATE SECTOR:
Households 121.9
Nonprofits 8.6
Noncorporate businesses 17.2
Total U.S. Private Sector 147.7
PUBLIC SECTOR:
Federal government – 21.3
State and local government 11.5
Total U.S. Public Sector – 9.8
Instrument discrepancies – 1.1
TOTAL U.S. WEALTH 136.8