Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.
Kazakhstan President Proposes State-Backed Crypto Fund Comprising ‘Promising’ Assets
The first stagflation was imposed on America by outside forces. But imagine, hypothetically, that by some bizarre masochistic instinct, you wanted the US government to impose stagflation on its own country. What might you do in this totally hypothetical situation? Well, maybe you would institute a legally dubious set of tariffs that immediately raised the price of all imports, including parts that manufacturers need to build things in the U.S. This would almost certainly raise the cost of durable goods, like cars and electronics. Meanwhile, if you really want to crush manufacturing, you might have the president change his mind on policy so frequently that banks and manufacturing firms couldn’t get together to invest in domestic plants. Then, maybe, you would announce the most restrictive immigration policy in modern history and turn the Immigration and Customs Enforcement department into an extralegal paramilitary force that raided farm workers, construction workers, and manufacturing plants. Altogether, this might be sufficient to push down growth while forcing up prices. Of course, all of this is happening.
Coronavirus and Public Health:
As Covid surges in the US, Americans can’t get vaccinated: ‘terrified I might kill somebody’
Politics:
French Government Collapses, Again
This was a demise foretold. Fatalistic in the face of a parliamentary impasse, Mr. Bayrou had, even before the debate began, invited his entourage to a ‘convivial moment,’ or farewell soirée, this evening. With four prime ministers in the past 20 months, and a fifth likely to be appointed now, the fall of French governments, once unusual, has become close to mundane.
https://twitter.com/danpfeiffer/status/1965086237703946490
Fear of Losing the Midterms Is Driving Trump’s Decisions
The specter of investigations and impeachment has fueled many of the president’s most dramatic actions.
Israeli Strike Targets Hamas Leadership in Qatar
An Israeli strike targeted senior members of Hamas’s leadership on Tuesday in the Gulf nation of Qatar, which has been mediating to try to end the Gaza war.
*———— The Epstein Coverup ————*
Trump’s Birthday Letter to Epstein Released
Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the birthday book put together for the financier’s 50th birthday, which includes a letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist. Said Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA): “President Trump called the Epstein investigation a hoax and claimed that his birthday note didn’t exist. Now we know that Donald Trump was lying and is doing everything he can to cover up the truth. Enough of the games and lies, release the full files now.”
https://twitter.com/GarrettHaake/status/1965128123084837141
https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1965139379573457009
https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1965139352478253276
A Visual Breakdown of the Trump Letter to Epstein
https://twitter.com/Strandjunker/status/1965143638486425731
Republicans Plead Ignorance When Asked About Trump’s Letter to Epstein
The “I haven’t seen it” defense is back with a vengeance. It was hard to miss the letter Donald Trump reportedly sent disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein for his 50th birthday — complete with a sketched outline of a naked woman — after the House Oversight Committee Democrats published a copy of the 2003 note to X on Monday afternoon. But the Republican lawmakers gathered on Capitol Hill, just hours later, claimed they were not among those millions of viewers.
https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory/status/1965210575191036331
https://twitter.com/maddenifico/status/1965052163421520133 https://twitter.com/DavidPepper/status/1964856751402193354
Trump’s Epstein letter denial just suffered another huge blow
The key fact here is that this comes from Epstein’s estate. In other words, for this letter to have been fake, someone would have had to plant it in Epstein’s possessions a long time ago, somehow.
https://twitter.com/nick_field90/status/1965160962459324886
*———— Violence Against Women ————*
https://twitter.com/bryanbehar/status/1965122971766534518
https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1965075047779045718
https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1965076021574803597
*———— Ihre Papiere? ————*
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1965087871276093547
https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1965087674081173722
https://twitter.com/jeremynewberger/status/1965110511818997963
https://twitter.com/ElieNYC/status/1965150573046759559
https://twitter.com/SenPeterWelch/status/1965117249288569130
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1965117330624839722
https://twitter.com/stevenmazie/status/1965099193137349022
https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/1965120099649814871
*———— Autocracy R Us ————*
https://twitter.com/MilesTaylorUSA/status/1965054939782373764
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1965054447429865722
*———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————*
https://twitter.com/JamesSurowiecki/status/1965076125463490710
*———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————*
https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/1965052174553297200
https://twitter.com/Billbrowder/status/1965078978336825629
Ukraine Changed War Forever. Tanks Had to Catch Up.
Tanks have been a mainstay in battle since the early 20th century. Drones made them evolve.
https://twitter.com/BohuslavskaKate/status/1965125921578619066
https://twitter.com/TheRomanoReport/status/1965058819609985161
*———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————*
https://twitter.com/MeachamDr/status/1964747476315062703
*———— Melon Husk ————*
Elon Musk Torpedoed a Beloved Pediatric Cancer Bill. It’s Yet to Recover.
*———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————*
Hegseth Cosplays Action Man After Drug Boat Bombing
*———— Mors Imperii ————*
https://twitter.com/peachofababy/status/1964728130364743750
I want to be very clear about what I am saying here. Donald Trump is corrupting the government — he is using it to hound his enemies, to line his pockets and to entrench his own power. He is corrupting it the way the Mafia would corrupt the industries it controlled. You could still, under Mafia rule, get the trash picked up or buy construction materials. But the point of those industries had become the preservation and expansion of the Mafia’s power and wealth. This is what Trump is doing to the government. This is what Democrats cannot fund. This is what they have to try to stop.
https://twitter.com/SpencerHakimian/status/1965059602715918783
https://twitter.com/lyndonbajohnson/status/1965132298808164562
https://twitter.com/commons96055467/status/1965144647078220241
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/_motherslug/status/1964802868898341216
https://twitter.com/RealEmirHan/status/1964817500295790834
https://twitter.com/adrianmckinty/status/1965127902011519428
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