Odds and Ends — 23 January 2024

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

FTX Sold About $1B of Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF, Explaining Much of Outflow

ExxonMobil sues investors to block climate petition

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Long COVID And Cannabis: Research Provides Hope For Millions Dealing With Debilitating Symptoms

Politics:

https://twitter.com/Scottcrates/status/1749277612734915071

Trump Posts 44 New Attacks on E. Jean Carroll After Getting a Delay

https://twitter.com/HoustonChron/status/1748491707652460922

We’re probably going to be seeing a lot of these shenanigans this year: Fake Biden Robocall Tells Democrats Not to Vote

A prominent New Hampshire Democrat plans to file a complaint with the state attorney general over an apparent robocall that appears to encourage supporters of President Joe Biden not to vote in Tuesday’s presidential primary.
The voice in the message is familiar — even presidential — as it’s an apparent imitation or digital manipulation of Biden’s voice.

https://twitter.com/7Veritas4/status/1749471749370945838

Cancel the 2024 Presidential Debates if Trump Is the GOP Nominee

He turns them into delusional shitshows that do more harm than good.

https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/808750564284702720

Florida Republicans Want to Pay Trump’s Legal Bills

Florida Republicans may set aside millions in taxpayer money to help pay for former President Donald Trump’s multiple legal battles.
A Miami Republican who endorsed Trump’s reelection has filed a bill for this year’s legislative session that could allow the state to hand out up to $5 million to the embattled Republican frontrunner for president. The legislation has already won the endorsement from Jimmy Patronis, the state’s Republican chief financial officer, who for months has been publicly calling for taxpayers to pay to defend Trump from criminal charges.

https://twitter.com/JohnWDean/status/1749152273778008334

The Emasculation of Ron DeSantis

Speaker In Name Only

Judging from the defections, detractors, and open defiance coming from his own nominal allies, Johnson’s grip on the gavel may be far weaker than his predecessor; Kevin McCarthy lasted a grand 269 days, the third-shortest in history. Johnson just hit 90 days in so-called power, and already is staring down a mutiny from his right flank…
Johnson is about as conservative as they come, but, as ridiculous as it may sound, his willingness to keep the government funded is quickly proving disqualifying. And while Democrats are willing to reach across the aisle to keep the lights on, there is considerably less appetite for helping any Republican grab or hold on to the gavel. Privately, senior Democrats are counseling House members that they must draw the line at playing any role in picking a Speaker in a Republican-controlled House. Anyone Democrats might help to take over after Johnson would immediately find themselves viewed as untrusted by much of their own party. That leaves House Democrats in the awkward position of holding disproportionate power that they are unwilling to flex.

https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1749256431419998292

Border Security Talks ‘Largely Done’

Bipartisan border talks are ‘largely done’ and have advanced to the Senate Appropriations Committee — signaling talks are entering a potential final phase — according to lead Democratic negotiator Sen. Chris Murphy.

https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1749550103277494695

Supreme Court rules border agents can remove razor wire erected by Texas

https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1749568221609668783

Why Fani Willis Is Not Disqualified Under Georgia Law

https://twitter.com/NotHoodlum/status/1749528970561782079

U.S. and U.K. launch new strikes against Houthi sites in Yemen

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1749633930062418166?s=20