Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
Zcash Overtaking Monero Market Cap Points to Privacy-Coin Power Shift
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1985148905294606356
Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin Plunge as Crypto Liquidations Top $1.1 Billion
Coronavirus and Public Health:
‘Sacrament’ is a rare novel that deepens the human drama of covid
Susan Straight’s latest follows two nurses at a Southern California hospital in the early days of the pandemic.
Politics:
Israeli military's ex-top lawyer arrested as scandal over video leak deepens
The former top lawyer in the Israeli military has been arrested, as a political showdown deepens over the leaking of a video that allegedly shows severe abuse of a Palestinian detainee by Israeli soldiers. Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned as the Military Advocate General of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) last week, saying that she took full responsibility for the leak.
https://twitter.com/svdate/status/1985158185414459885
Energy Secretary Says No Nuclear Tests Planned
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that the Trump administration is not planning on conducting nuclear explosions at this time, after the president ordered nuclear weapons testing last week.
Is Mamdani a Model or a Fluke for Democrats?
Zohran Mamdani’s lead heading into the New York mayoral election has withstood a furious push from Republicans, establishment Democrats and a coalition of Wall Street dealmakers, leaving Democrats to face a familiar question should he win on Tuesday. If Mamdani can make it there, can he — or a candidate like him — make it anywhere?
*———— The Trump Shutdown ————*
https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1985122790467424571
https://twitter.com/IAmPoliticsGirl/status/1984657634197455029
*———— What Could Possibly Go Wrong? ————*
If the mission is given the final green light, the administration plans to maintain secrecy around it and not publicize actions associated with it, as it has with recent bombings of suspected drug-smuggling boats…
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1984792639607091558
*———— The Epstein Coverup ————*
Six years after Jeffrey Epstein's death, hundreds of women push for justice
*———— Autocracy R Us ————*
Trump says ICE raids “haven’t gone far enough”
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
There’s no mistaking what ICE’s new structure is designed to do
The Trump administration is conducting a sweeping overhaul of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with more than a dozen senior officials in various cities being replaced by officials from Customs and Border Protection (CBP). At the heart of this effort is Greg Bovino, commander-at-large of the Border Patrol, who is currently the public face of the Trump administration’s current interior enforcement surges. But what’s unfolding under Bovino isn’t law enforcement. It’s political stagecraft directed from Washington, not the field. Under Bovino’s command, the Department of Homeland Security has assembled something new: a hybrid, unaccountable task force reporting directly to DHS headquarters and the White House and operating outside the traditional command structures that govern federal law enforcement. It isn’t ICE. It isn’t CBP. It’s a Frankenstein force, stitched together from multiple agencies but loyal to none.
ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants
https://twitter.com/svdate/status/1984747874094096596
*———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————*
‘Grifting off the Presidency’ Fmr. Trump official blasts GOP’s excuses for his corruption
*———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————*
https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1985027627850035476
UK Sends Ukraine More Storm Shadow Missiles to Strike in Russia
Russia has a new strategy for winter war in Ukraine
The goal is to cause an energy crisis and trigger a new refugee wave to destabilise Ukraine’s European allies.
Ukrainian drones take Putin's war into Russia's heartland
*———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————*
Why Trump’s Madman Act Doesn’t Work
The administration’s approach of “strategic uncertainty” is unlikely to produce better deals.
*———— Melon Husk ————*
What Elon Musk’s Version of Wikipedia Thinks About Hitler, Putin, and Apartheid
The next step in Musk’s propaganda machine
*———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————*
Hegseth Bars Officials from Discussing Boat Strikes
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has disseminated a broad list of topics that Defense Department personnel are now required to seek prior approval on before engaging with Congress, which includes any and all ‘sensitive military operations’ and US military strikes on suspected drug boats around Latin America.
https://twitter.com/OllieVargas79/status/1984542721097548120
*———— Mors Imperii ————*
https://twitter.com/TobymaxM/status/1984970286358216765
Poll finds most Americans doubt Trump’s commitment to free speech, fair justice
A majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump is not committed to protecting freedom of speech, ensuring a fair criminal justice system or preserving free and fair elections.
https://twitter.com/karlykingsley/status/1985125834361901530
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1985021760190972297
https://twitter.com/rocknrollofall/status/1985105074884903103
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