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Bitcoin starts $100K ‘capitulation’ as BTC price metric sees big volatility
Elon Musk Tells Joe Rogan the Next Tesla Roadster Will Fly—And AI Is Coming for Everyone
Coronavirus and Public Health:
How Moderna, the company that helped save the world, unraveled
Politics:
Trump Links Loan Forgiveness to Ideology
Employees of nonprofit organizations that work with undocumented immigrants, provide gender transition care for minors or engage in public protests will have a hard time getting their federal student loans forgiven under regulations advanced Thursday by the Education Department. The 185-page rule revises eligibility requirements for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, which cancels the education debt of government and nonprofit employees after 10 years of service and 120 monthly loan payments. It will allow the education secretary to disqualify employers — not individuals — who engage in activities the department deems to have a ‘substantial illegal purpose’ on or after July 1 — when the rule takes effect.
https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1984363063236260208
*———— The Trump Shutdown ————*
https://twitter.com/Angry_Staffer/status/1984290904484766034
How Trump Could End the Shutdown on His Own
Government shutdowns are a relatively modern phenomenon. For most of America’s nearly 250-year history, a lapse in congressional appropriations forced federal agencies to limit their spending, but not to close entirely. That changed only under Carter. In 1980, his attorney general, Benjamin Civiletti, wrote a memo in which he argued that according to federal law, the government could not operate once funding bills expired. The era of shutdowns had begun, and from that point on, legislative impasses over spending have put hundreds of thousands of federal employees out of work and reduced government services for millions more.
Trump Ordered to Pay Food Stamp Benefits
Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown. The rulings came a day before the U.S. Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program because it said it could no longer keep funding it due to the shutdown.
The Risks of Bargaining for Policy Wins in a Crisis
It was 2013, and conservative Republicans in the House and Senate pushed their leaders to block legislation to extend government spending unless it also repealed the Affordable Care Act. The result was a 16-day shutdown that produced no changes to the sweeping law. While some of the characters are the same, the dynamic of today’s shutdown is the complete opposite. This time, it is Democrats using their leverage to try to fortify Obamacare by extending tax credits for rising premiums, while Republicans assail them for the hardships mounting from the cutoff of government services. The 2013 case ended as a debacle for Republicans as they tried and failed to kill President Barack Obama’s signature legislative achievement while Democrats controlled the Senate. It was never going to happen.
*———— Best Husband — Best Widow ————*
https://twitter.com/Sahara_Stevens/status/1984036400384368739
https://twitter.com/NotHoodlum/status/1984318414681207025
https://twitter.com/jakebrodes/status/1984305125792379235
https://twitter.com/TelvinGriffin/status/1984056957133844973
https://twitter.com/Bricktop_NAFO/status/1984289269016633780
https://twitter.com/BMeiselas/status/1984310228473545128
https://twitter.com/PaulleyTicks/status/1984384249731170360
*———— The Epstein Coverup ————*
https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1984053072398840015
https://twitter.com/AmberWoods100/status/1984199941602849084
https://twitter.com/freedom_007__/status/1984023876121342313
https://twitter.com/JasonLeopold/status/1984245354410480089
*———— Autocracy R Us ————*
https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/1983957449574117778
https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1983728966755324411
More Than 100 Judges Have Ruled Against Detention Policy
It’s one of the most thorough legal rebukes in recent memory. More than 100 federal judges have now ruled at least 200 times that the Trump administration’s effort to systematically detain immigrants facing possible deportation appeared to violate their rights or was just flatly illegal. The rulings come from judges appointed by every president since Ronald Reagan, including 12 appointed by President Donald Trump. One of those appointees took the bench just last month.
https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1983999201714516273
Frustration mounts inside FBI over thwarted ‘potential’ terror plot
Senior officials believe FBI Director Kash Patel acted hastily in attempt to grab credit.
https://twitter.com/CarolLeonnig/status/1984314737539371491
https://twitter.com/svdate/status/1983968574101450793
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1983976894409371730
*———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————*
https://twitter.com/maria_drutska/status/1984153866729099599
https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1984002643597934813
https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1984314090492137566
*———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————*
Three-star general pushed out amid tensions with Hegseth
U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
*———— Mors Imperii ————*
Nancy Mace Curses at Cops in Airport Meltdown
At an airport in South Carolina on Thursday, US representative Nancy Mace called police officers “fucking incompetent” and berated them repeatedly, according to an incident report.
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
Serendipity:
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