Odds and Ends — 18 December 2025


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

US Fed pulls guidance blocking its banks from engaging with crypto

Economists warn of flaws in US inflation report

SEC Says Third-Party Bitcoin Mining Services Are Securities Offerings in New Lawsuit

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Covid denier jailed for three years after urging armed revolt

Politics:

How The 2020 Big Lie Is Now Threatening a World-Class Research Center

Trump’s ‘Warrior Dividends’ Are Just Rebranded Payments

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Unprecedented Errors Erode Justice Department Credibility

In years past, it was relatively rare for a federal court to question the Justice Department’s competency or good faith. But such questions are becoming more common, thanks to a growing pattern of legal missteps that have dogged the department since January.

———— Stark. Raving. Mad. ————

This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like

Donald Trump delivered a fear-drenched rant live from the White House.
The president of the United States just barged into America’s living rooms like an angry, confused grandfather to tell us all that we are ungrateful whelps.
When a president asks for network time, it’s usually to announce something important. But tonight, Donald Trump did not give anything like a normal speech or address. He was clearly working from a prepared text, but it sounded like one he’d written—or dictated angrily—himself, because it was full of bizarre howlers that even Trump’s second-rate speech-writing shop would probably have avoided…
In effect, Trump took to the airwaves, pointed his finger, and said: Quiet, piggy.

Trump Says Things Are Better Than You Think

A fiery President Trump — addressing Americans from a holiday-decked White House — insisted the economy is stronger than people think it is and any problems are all Democrats’ fault.
It’s a message that poll after poll says most voters don’t believe.
Trump’s speech was closer to a Festivus airing of grievances than a Christmas message of hope, as he ran through a litany of problems — inflation, wage growth, the border, crime — that he said were entirely the fault of the Biden administration, and that he insisted he’d already fixed.

Our Petty, Hollow, Squalid Ogre in Chief

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Pentagon Surprised by Trump’s Blockade Order

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———— The Epstein Coverup ————

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———— Autocracy R Us ————

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How a ‘Habeas Machine’ Reunited One Family That Was Pulled Apart by ICE

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———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————

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———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

Lobbyists, Oligarchs and Power: The Pro-Putin Network Raising Fears of Foreign Influence in Trump’s Team

There is growing evidence of links between senior Trump appointees, associates, and Kremlin-linked entities

———— Mors Imperii ————

New audio emerges of Trump directing Republicans on how to overturn election results

Trump Renames Kennedy Center

President Trump’s handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center, the AP reports.
Of course, the building is statutorily named the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

GOP Senator Grills Trump Nominee on Statement that Marriage Is Not Intended for Disabled People

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