Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
Bitcoin institutional buys flip new supply for the first time in 6 weeks
Why Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes Expects BTC to Hit $200K by March
Coronavirus and Public Health:
Study finds Southern California bird species evolved during pandemic
Politics:
Israel Wants to Attack Iran Again
Israeli officials have grown increasingly concerned that Iran is expanding production of its ballistic missile program, which was damaged by Israeli military strikes earlier this year, and are preparing to brief President Donald Trump about options for attacking it again?
U.S. boards un-sanctioned tanker with Venezuelan oil to tighten blockade
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Trump’s Epstein Coverup Is Just Getting Started
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Justice Department Scrubs Epstein Files
At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Donald Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public.
The missing files, which were available Friday and no longer accessible by Saturday, included images of paintings depicting nude women, and one showing a series of photographs along a credenza and in drawers. In that image, inside a drawer among other photos, was a photograph of Trump, alongside Epstein, Melania Trump and Epstein’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
———— Autocracy R Us ————
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———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————
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———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————
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US intelligence indicates Putin's war aims in Ukraine are unchanged
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Russian general who claimed Russia fully occupied Kupiansk went missing, Zelenskyy says
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———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————
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———— Mors Imperii ————
There’s a 92% Chance Trump Is Making It Up
President Donald Trump likes to use a big number to anchor his point, especially when he wanders off on a tangent. Often it seems that a specific figure is on the tip of his tongue…
His fixation on the number between 91 and 93 has been a feature for a while. In April, Trump claimed that egg prices had fallen by 92 percent. (The Bureau of Labor Statistics said 12.7 percent.) And at a rally shortly before last November’s election, while railing against journalists and the media, he allowed that ‘not all of them’ are ‘sick people.’ Just ‘about 92 percent.’ That one, admittedly, is difficult to fact-check.
I came upon this curious pattern in the course of tracking down the basis for a far more serious claim the president has made repeatedly as part of his justification for the U.S. military buildup near Venezuela.
White House Threatens Smithsonian Funds
The Trump administration escalated pressure on the Smithsonian this week, threatening to withhold federal funds if it does not submit extensive documentation for a sweeping content review.
President Donald Trump earlier this year set out to purge what he called ‘improper ideology’ from the nation’s most prestigious museum system, efforts that are expected to intensify as his administration tries to shape the country’s 250th anniversary celebrations next year.
Serendipity:
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