It’s -8°F (-22°C) outside with a windchill of -28°F (-33°C).

Remind me again. Why do I live in Minnesota?

Other than being near kids and potential grandkids, I’m running out of reasons. After my wife retires, becoming a snowbird is looking like a good idea.

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

Surprise, surprise: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Backs Ether ETF

GameStop to shut down NFT marketplace due to regulatory limbo

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

There’s a Huge Covid Surge Right Now and Nobody Is Talking About It

The US is in the midst of the largest Covid surge since Omicron, but with minimal testing and good population immunity, the wave is largely being ignored.

Florida Man:

From the Department of Karma is a Bitch, Bill O’Reilly Outraged After School District Pulls His Books Under Florida Law He Supported: ‘It’s Absurd’

Politics:

https://twitter.com/lawofruby/status/1745948553216716858

Democrats Plan $140 Million in Voter Testimonial Ads

The effort will focus on appealing to working class women in the northern swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin…
Democrats began the search last summer, fanning out through the northern swing states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania to find the nurses, electricians, farmers and floor installers who could best testify to the danger of Donald Trump returning to power.
The previously unreported project by the outside group American Bridge 21st Century developed 732 leads, conducted 472 interviews and then filmed about 50 voters who will anchor a $140 million ad campaign starting this spring, aimed at reminding women and working-class voters why they voted against Trump in 2020, according to the group’s leaders.

January 6 Is Exactly What the Fourteenth Amendment Was Talking About

And ignoring its clear dictate is a dangerous choice to make.

Biden Running Out of Patience with Netanyahu

President Biden and other senior U.S. officials are becoming increasingly frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rejection of most of the administration’s recent requests related to the war in Gaza.

https://twitter.com/capitolhunters/status/1746294751668629655
https://twitter.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/1746180032907665897
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1746153690354823458

Iowa’s Deep Freeze Scrambles Caucus Turnout Tactics

The subzero temperatures forecast for caucus night are testing and upending months of planning and organizing for the presidential primary’s first nominating contest here. Expectations that turnout could break the 2016 record of 186,000 are now colliding with the challenge of convincing supporters to overcome frostbite exposure and unevenly plowed frozen roads.
The rival camps are trading theories on who the weather could help or hurt. Could it fall more heavily on rural voters who have to travel farther to their caucus precincts and tend to favor Trump? Or do those Iowans know how to manage snow in their big trucks? Does Trump’s polling lead let complacency set in with supporters pondering whether to leave the warmth of their couches? Or it might favor the candidates with the most enthusiastic supporters — who will ‘walk on glass,’ as Trump likes to say.

https://twitter.com/MichelleLCSWR/status/1745878018013147140

GOP Congressman Stands By Accusation Some Fellow Members Have Been Compromised

https://twitter.com/PiperK/status/1745987616397218107

https://twitter.com/BoxofFrogs19/status/1745888025035383203

Woman, 2 children die crossing Rio Grande as Border Patrol says Texas troops prevented them from intervening

https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1746247603522838824

America’s Hidden Education Crisis

Absenteeism has nearly doubled since the pandemic. With state and federal governments largely abdicating any role in getting kids back into classrooms, some schools have turned to private companies for a reimagined version of the truant officer.

https://twitter.com/MadeInTheUSANJ/status/1746182500974502331

The 16 Gangs That Rule American Politics

Forget left, right, and center. The new political cliques warring in Congress are more fractured—and far weirder.

How Ecuador went from being Latin America’s model of stability to a nation in crisis

https://twitter.com/AKBrews/status/1746230881730330790

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/Historian_Steve/status/1745920780624711886

https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1745333454601146868

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