Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
MiCA cracks down on USDT in Europe... but no one else cares
Coinbase Puts Tokenized Stocks on Base
Coronavirus and Public Health:
Study ties COVID infection at delivery to increased risk for mom and baby
Iran:
So, it’s not going to happen: Squeezing Iran Means Confronting China
Politics:
Trump’s bullying has backfired
Trump makes almost no attempt to win over either domestic or foreign audiences to his views. Instead of cajoling or convincing, he tries to coerce and compel others to do what he wants. That strategy is failing, because few take his threats seriously anymore.
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———— Minnesota Under Siege ————
———— Scott Bessent ————
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———— A mari usque ad mare ————
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———— Natalie Harp ————
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White House Crops Natalie Harp Out of Video
In broadcasts of the event, Harp was clearly visible among Trump’s guests. In the president’s suite she was spotted standing behind and to the right of Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, who has reportedly found herself at odds with Harp over her increasingly controversial relationship with her husband. Shocking. Someone in the press office, it seems, is trying to lower the temperature.
A clip of Trump waving the starting flag for the IndyCar race held on the National Mall on Sunday was oddly cropped. Half of the Fox Sports logo was missing, the first lady had an arm almost entirely cut out of the frame. Zoom out and the full picture shows Harp hovering just beyond the first lady’s shoulder.
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———— Where’s the Beef? ————
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———— The Panopticon ————
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———— Autocracy R Us ————
Judge to Baby: File an Asylum Application
The 1-year-old is one of the migrant children who advocates say appeared in immigration court without legal representation.
Civil Society Group CIVICUS Says U.S. Shows Signs of a “Rapid Authoritarian Shift.”
CIVICUS, the global civil society monitor, downgraded U.S. democracy to “obstructed,” citing militarized protest policing, campus repression, and rising pressure on independent media.
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———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————
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———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————
Good luck with that: Putin Authorizes State Control of Some Infrastructure
Russian President Vladimir Putin is allowing the state to take over temporary control of critical facilities that are regarded as insufficiently protected from Ukrainian drone attacks.
If certain facilities deemed critical don’t enact security measures in a timely manner or violate security requirements for preventing drone attacks, the state may place them under temporary management, according to a presidential order published Monday on a government website.
———— Florida Man ————
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———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————
———— Mors Imperii ————
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Serendipity:
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