Odds and Ends — 19 November 2024


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

California Court Rules Lido DAO Members Can Be Held Liable Under Partnership Laws

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

Politics:

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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.

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.”

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.


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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.

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

Curiouser and curiouser: Claims that millions of noncitizens would illegally vote evaporated after Trump's win

Serendipity:

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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.

Netflix, Amblin and Obama-Backed Higher Ground Win Heated Auction for New S.A. Cosby Book ‘King of Ashes’

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