Odds and Ends — 20 August 2026


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Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:

Bitcoin ETFs draw $517M in largest one-day inflow since early May


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Bitcoin's Sharpest Rally in Five Months Flips Markets From Bearish to Coin Flip

Bitcoin's steepest daily gain since March caught traders off guard, and Myriad's pump-or-dump market swung from 70-30 odds to nearly even in a single day.

Coronavirus and Public Health:

The COVID-19 vaccine may offer brain cancer patients a surprise benefit

Iran:

Trump threatens ‘Economic D-Day’ for Iran and ‘tremendous’ consequences for its backers

Politics:

Trump’s South Korea move rattles foreign policy world

Trump Is Trying to Crush California’s Climate Policies

The Trump administration has taken a series of extraordinary steps to attack California’s position as a national leader in environmental protection, enlisting at least a half-dozen federal agencies to undermine the state’s efforts to pivot away from fossil fuels.

———— Minnesota Under Siege ————

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———— Natalie Harp ————

Trump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without security clearance for a year

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———— Mitch is Undead ————


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———— The Epstein Coverup ————

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———— The Panopticon ————

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———— Autocracy R Us ————

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

What Moscow doesn't know about its own oil refineries

Western analysts keep asking whether Ukraine's campaign against Russian refineries is actually working. I ran Russia's largest oil company and my answer is yes.

Trump’s Ballroom Guy Involved in Secret Kremlin Talks

Why would the chair of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts have to meet Kremlin officials?

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

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———— Mors Imperii ————

Borrowing Costs Are Soaring

A record national debt. A rapidly ballooning deficit. Interest payments on track to surpass Medicare as the government’s greatest expense. None of it seems to matter much in Washington, where President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress have enacted an agenda that adds trillions of dollars to the national debt, with upcoming legislative plans that would pile on even more red ink.

Easiest prediction ever: the moment that a Democratic President takes office in January of 2029, Republicans will become extremely concerned about the national debt. Until then, mostly crickets.

I Went to the Trump Admin’s “Patriotic” Art Exhibit. Dear God

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