Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
BlackRock iShares Bitcoin ETF Surges Past 700K BTC
Metaplanet eyes digital bank acquisition in phase 2 of Bitcoin strategy
Treasury Department Drops Case Over Ethereum Mixer Tornado Cash
Coronavirus and Public Health:
Medical groups sue HHS, Kennedy over COVID vaccine policy changes
Politics:
Any chance this will survive judicial review? IRS Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates
The IRS said on Monday that churches and other houses of worship should be allowed to endorse political candidates to their congregations, carving out an exemption in a decades-old ban on political activity by tax-exempt nonprofits.
There’s zero chance the Norwegian Nobel Committee will do anything but laugh about this: Netanyahu Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he had sent a letter to the Nobel Prize Committee to nominate President Donald Trump for the peace prize.
The Hardest Truth About Trump’s Big, Ugly Bill
This may have been a loss for the American people, but this was a big Trump win. He continues to plow through the norms, institutions, and guardrails of government, and he will use the BBB to accelerate his momentum.
Acknowledging this is not defeatism: it’s a recognition of the challenge ahead.
Veterans Affairs Reverses Course on Large-Scale Layoffs
The Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday that it will no longer be forced to conduct a large reduction in workforce, unlike several other federal agencies that were forced to make mass layoffs because of the Trump administration’s U.S. DOGE Service.
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MAGA Stunned by Officials “Debunking” Epstein Theories
The MAGA movement erupted in disbelief Monday after top administration officials said convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had not blackmailed elite figures, kept a ‘client list’ or been murdered in prison.
MAGA’s fundamental distrust of the ‘deep state‘ sparked years of conspiracy theories over Epstein’s suicide in prison while facing federal sex trafficking charges. Now, even declarations from movement stalwarts like Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, the top two officials at the FBI, are not enough to placate adherents.
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What will the policy be next week? Trump says US must send more weapons to Ukraine, days after ordering pause in deliveries
Putin’s regime is beginning to come apart
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Trump Announces 25% Tariffs on Japan, South Korea
Markets dropped on the news, as investors seemed to view the rates as punishingly high for some of America’s closest allies and largest trading partners.
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What Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Understand About Soldiers
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson defends blistering dissents: 'We have very different opinions'
Trump Takes Credit for U.S. Investment Made Under Biden
Serendipity:
‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost
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