Influential Wife Of Anthropic CEO Pitched Post-Conviction Epstein On 'Luxury Porn' Company, And Claude Has No Idea

Anthropic has filed confidentially for what could be the largest public offering in history. Yet, one of the most influential voices shaping its chief executive holds no official position at the company, appears in no regulatory filings, and has been quietly scrubbed from the internet. She also pitched a porn company to Jeffrey Epstein - less than two years after he got out of prison for sex trafficking minors.

Her name is Cami Clark, wife of CEO Dario Amodei. According to a Wall Street Journal investigation published Thursday, she has spent five years operating as a strategic adviser to the head of a company now seeking public capital at a valuation north of $2 trillion - all without a title, a salary, or formal disclosure.

Her marriage to Amodei has been scrubbed from Claude too… Ask Anthropic's own chatbot about Amodei's marital status, and Claude replies that it "doesn't seem to be clearly confirmed."

Someone actively worked to keep it that way. Amodei's Wikipedia page did not mention his marriage until this summer, and it still omits his wife's name. Google searches for his wife instead return photographs of his sister, Daniela Amodei, who co-runs the company. Citing its own analysis and a person familiar with the matter, the Journal reports that targeted efforts have been made to erase references to Clark online.

In 1999, at the age of 20, she married 64-year-old Reno architect Waldemar Eklof III, who had designed buildings including the city’s Atlantis Casino Resort. They divorced three years later. On a now-defunct personal website, Clark said she dropped out of architecture school in 1999.

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Around 2010, she and Michelle Capocefalo started Eddice, which described itself as a “revolutionary porn company.” Named for Eddice Munson, Clark’s maternal grandmother, it aimed to emphasize sex positivity in a male-oriented porn industry, and carried the tagline: “intellectually promiscuous.” -WSJ

And she would pitch that company to Epstein…

The emails

What was scrubbed from the web is now partly a matter of federal record. Clark appears in the Epstein files released by the Justice Department.

On March 3, 2011, literary agent John Brockman - the man who spent years introducing Jeffrey Epstein to scientists and Silicon Valley executives - emailed Epstein from a Wired party where he was the guest of honor.

"You should connect for dinner with my girls - Cami and Michele - who I met last month in Munich," Brockman wrote. "They're in LA raising money for porn movie aimed at women's market." He included a link to their site, eddice.com.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/influential-wife-anthropic-ceo-pitched-post-conviction-epstein-luxury-porn-company-and

Bessent: US Readies Economic Isolation Of Iran "Like The World Has Never Seen Before"

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Newsmax Thursday night that the Trump administration will announce unprecedented economic measures against Iran next week, signaling that a sharp escalation in economic warfare is just ahead as negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remain stalled. The warning comes as Tehran-linked Houthi rebel forces resume attacks on Saudi Aramco energy infrastructure, raising concerns that the conflict is spreading geographically and pushing Brent crude futures higher.

Bessent told Rob Schmitt of Newsmax:

And, you know, at the president's orders, we have raised the level even again, and watch this space for more announcements coming next week because we are going to apply measures like have never been seen in the history of economic isolation on a country. And I think the reason we are succeeding is because it is a one-two punch.

People say, well, you know, Cuba lasted a long time. Venezuela lasted a long time. Venezuela immediately crumbled when we put the blockade on. So, it will be a combination of economic isolation like the world has never seen before and the continued blockade in the Strait of Hormuz that will keep anything from going in or out of the Iranian ports.

https://twitter.com/i/status/2088122872099467664

Russia To Intensify Attacks On Sources Of Western Support In Ukraine: Lavrov

Accuses US of being more "deeply involved" in targeting Russian territory, submits letter to State Dept..

At the end of June, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an unusual move declared the start of a 40-day intensified pressure campaign against Russia, designed to force Moscow to the negotiating table and agree on terms favorable to Ukraine to end the war.

This was an effort seize on the momentum of repeat drone hits on Russian refinery and energy infrastructure - a reality Russia has suffered over many months, leading to an ongoing fuel crisis spanning dozens of cities and regions, and especially Crimea, which earlier in the summer had to temporarily halt fuel sales to common citizens for a time.

In mid-June, Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov proclaimed "Hell is beginning," for Russia and its military. "Logistics are being cut off. Crimea is being isolated," he said at the time. From there, drone attacks across the Moscow region greatly intensified.

But Russia in turn responded with its own major campaign. In response to major nightly long-range Ukrainian drone attacks deep into its territory, Russia sent more and more ballistic missiles on Kiev - and even the far West areas of Ukraine.

On Friday Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has essentially declared Zelensky's 40-day campaign to be defeated and moot. He described in a fresh media interview that not only will Russian forces implement a tougher response against Ukraine, but will go after the sources of Western support. He specifically raised the issue of the United States and its role.

"We have submitted a series of questions to the State Department requesting comment, including on the matter of intelligence data and the fact that the US is far more deeply involved in organizing and executing strikes deep within Russian territory against civilian targets. We await a response," Lavrov told state television, as quoted in Reuters.

"Russia will intensify its military campaign in Ukraine and seek to destroy every element used by the West to sustain Kiev’s war effort," the top diplomat said.

The Foreign Ministry has of late accused Ukraine of "brazen acts of ​terrorism" against shipping in the Black Sea, amid tit-for-tat ongoing attacks which have disrupted energy and grain shipping.

"We will not sink to their level. Instead, we will adopt much harsher methods to destroy everything that enables the West to fuel Kiev’s war machine. We are already doing this, and they are already moaning," Lavrov asserted.

On the question of initiatives toward peace which Washington once prioritized (but now no longer seems to), Lavrov quoted Putin as saying while alluding back to the Alaska summit:

"Donald, you sent ​us proposals, and I’ve given them some thought. There are matters that require compromise. But I ‌accept ⁠your proposals in the form you sent them to me."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-intensify-attacks-sources-western-support-ukraine-lavrov

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H-1B visas should be SHUT down until the FRAUD is eradicated. We have a DOMESTIC workforce in need of JOBS.

🚨 WOW! The Trump Department of Labor Inspector General just went NICK SHIRLEY mode, personally showing up to a building where companies are allegedly FRAUDULENTY using H-1B visas

"Just this building ALONE has 500+ H1Bs!"

"The doors are SHUT, lights are off, doesn't seem like anybody's been here for a WHILE." 🤯

"We are on the ground in Texas. We are in a building here with 2 stories, probably a couple of dozen offices, tech companies, and we've been knocking on the doors."

"It's very hard to believe that these visas — that are supposed to be issued for unique uses by companies who need them to stay in business here in the United States of America!"

"People that are working with H1B visas are being paid between 30% and 35% less than an American worker!"

ROOT OUT THE H-1B FRAUD! Gut the system! @USLaborIG

https://twitter.com/i/status/2087216891030909147

Empty adult daycares billed Medicaid millions – then checks flowed to Kathy Hochul

The latest reporting out of Queens has uncovered a remarkably lucrative business model: operate a social adult daycare, collect millions through New York’s Medicaid system — and make sure Albany’s political class knows your name.

Gov. Kathy Hochul received approximately $55,000 during her 2022 campaign from nine social adult daycare centers connected to Flushing’s booming senior-care industry, according to campaign records reviewed by the New York Post.

Those same nine businesses billed Medicaid roughly $49 million during that election year.

Two of the largest centers were reportedly empty when journalists visited them July 29. That observation alone does not prove fraud, and neither the facilities nor their operators have been charged with wrongdoing. But when supposedly busy providers are billing taxpayers by the millions, vacant activity rooms are not exactly reassuring.

Bao Kang Adult Day Care operator Baoli Zhang personally contributed $10,000 to Hochul’s campaign, while the business supplied another $5,000. Companies associated with Zhang claimed at least $32 million in Medicaid-related payments between 2018 and 2024, the Post reported.

Jiemin Shang’s Livingwell Day Care contributed $5,000 in 2022 — the same year it reportedly billed Medicaid $5.8 million. Another business Shang operates, Finest Adult Day Care, contributed an additional $5,000.

Livingwell’s annual Medicaid billing reportedly rocketed from approximately $114,000 in 2018 to more than $8 million in 2024. Bao Kang’s payments climbed from about $1.5 million to $7.2 million over the same period.

The Post reported that Livingwell billed approximately $27 million between 2018 and 2024 for services associated with more than 26,000 unique patients. Yet when reporters entered the facility last month, they found no patients and were quickly asked to leave.

Bao Kang was similarly quiet during the newspaper’s visit.

Perhaps both reporters arrived during the world’s most perfectly synchronized senior lunch break. Or perhaps state investigators should stop admiring spreadsheets from Albany and start knocking on doors in Queens.

The problem reaches well beyond two businesses. Seventy-seven social adult daycare centers reportedly operate within a one-mile section of Flushing, collectively billing more than $100 million annually.

New York’s Department of Health has referred 387 social adult daycare centers for investigation since 2021, according to figures previously provided to CBS News. Roughly one-third were subsequently referred to the state attorney general for possible legal action.

New York’s Medicaid inspector general also lists home and community-based services as a continuing enforcement priority in its 2026 work plan, specifically emphasizing whether services were actually delivered and properly documented.

https://thedailybs.com/2026/08/13/empty-adult-daycares-billed-medicaid-millions-then-checks-flowed-to-kathy-hochul/

Top 50 donors already dumped $1.6 billion into the midterms while regular people stay capped at $3,500

Individual limit to any federal candidate sits at $3,500 per election.

Top 50 donors have contributed over $1.6 billion in the 2026 cycle so far.

Elon Musk has given roughly $90.6 million.

Jeff and Janine Yass have given about $89.3 million.

George Soros leads overall at $102 million mostly to Democratic groups.

Most of the big money flows through super PACs that face no contribution caps.

Biggest individual donors in the 2026 cycle

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2026/06/25/these-are-biggest-individual-donors-2026-election-cycle/ FEC contribution limits 2025-2026

https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/contribution-limits/

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/top-50-donors-already-dumped-1-6-billion-into-the-midterms-while-regular-people-stay-capped-at-3500/