Odds and Ends — 19 November 2024
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
California Court Rules Lido DAO Members Can Be Held Liable Under Partnership Laws
https://twitter.com/RKing618/status/1858506745548505162
Trump Media In Talks to Buy Crypto Trading Business
A successful deal would deepen Trump’s move into the cryptocurrency market after he began promoting a new crypto venture set up by longtime business partners, World Liberty Financial, from which he stands to earn significant fees. Crypto markets have also soared following his election victory, with bitcoin up more than 30 per cent on speculation that his administration would enact favourable legislation for the industry.
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Paxlovid cuts COVID hospitalization, death risk and speeds symptom relief, studies find
https://twitter.com/notsilencednow/status/1858348323859751209
Politics:
https://twitter.com/ruthbenghiat/status/1858542293042520313
We Need to Cover Donald Trump Differently This Time
Every outrage and insult can’t be a five-alarm fire, as it’s critical for the media to stay focused on the most serious threats to America’s democratic institutions.
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1858246013049266581
Trump Wants Pollster Investigated
President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday called for the investigation of an Iowa pollster over a bombshell pre-election survey that showed Vice President Kamala Harris leading in the deep red state.
Said Trump, of pollster Ann Selzer: “She knew exactly what she was doing.”
https://twitter.com/suchagreatguy/status/1858360015955898835
A Tax Break to Join the Trump Administration
Democrats’ dreams of imposing stiff tax increases on the rich have gone poof, and now some super-wealthy people who campaigned for Donald Trump could get a sweet tax break just for serving in his administration.
There’s an arcane provision in the tax code that allows people who join the federal government to sell stock and other assets and put off paying the capital gains tax they’d owe.
https://twitter.com/slantchev/status/1858239012248395913
https://twitter.com/MiaFarrow/status/1858529119559926141
https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/1858579990033371301
Biden Is Making a Big Change to Ukraine Strategy Before Trump Takes Office
Trump’s New Oligarchy Is About to Unleash Unimaginable Corruption
It’s often said that Trump campaigned expressly on a platform of authoritarian rule, but this also applies to corruption: He didn’t disguise his promises to govern in the direct interests of some of the wealthiest executives and investors in the country—and he won anyway. Trump and his allies will likely interpret this as a green light to engage in an extraordinary spree of unrestrained malfeasance.
https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/1858229028177494020
Eric Hovde Finally Concede Senate Race
Eric Hovde (R) conceded in his race against Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) in a video posted to X, continuing to level false claims related to the processing of absentee ballots in Milwaukee…
Congress erupts over bill targeting new transgender member
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1858265352431456541
Curiouser and curiouser: Claims that millions of noncitizens would illegally vote evaporated after Trump's win
https://twitter.com/timruss2/status/1857839219101807045
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/TheMicheleWojo/status/1858458886174388648
He was the world’s longest-held death-row inmate. He was also innocent.
Each day for 50 years, the Japanese boxer Iwao Hakamada woke up unsure whether it would be his last.
https://twitter.com/adrianmckinty/status/1858491046037987809
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