Podcast: The FBI Secretly Ran a Massive Money Laundering Ring

We start this week with Joseph’s story revealing how the FBI secretly ran a massive money laundering ring to catch drug traffickers and hackers. After the break, we run through a bunch of tariff stories and how it’s going to impact everything from the Nintendo Switch to the iPhone. In the subscribers-only section, Jason explains why he found the new book on Facebook particularly illuminating.

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• A ‘US-Made iPhone’ Is Pure Fantasy
• Framework Stops Selling Some of Its Laptops in the U.S. Due to Tariffs
• ‘Careless People’ Is the Book About Facebook I’ve Wanted for a Decade