Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
Bitcoiner contributes to Julian Assange’s freedom, pays $500K debt in BTC
A Bitcoiner has helped Julian Assange return home debt-free after 14 years of fighting against U.S. extradition.
Ether Spot ETFs to Attract $15B of Net Inflows in First 18 Months: Bitwise
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
”No evidence” new COVID variant LB.1 causes more severe disease, CDC says
Politics:
Supreme Court allows White House to press social media companies to remove disinformation
Court Blocks Charter School in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Supreme Court blocked on Tuesday what would have been the nation’s first religious charter school, delivering a setback to a conservative movement that has increasingly fought for public dollars to go toward religious education.
The case is likely to be appealed, potentially pushing it toward the U.S. Supreme Court, whose conservative majority has broadly embraced the role of religion in public life and signaled an openness to directing taxpayer money to religious schools.
Both Candidates Ignore the National Debt
Trump is pledging to extend the enormous package of tax cuts adopted on his watch and has discussed further reducing taxes for corporations. Biden, meanwhile, also wants to extend the Trump tax cuts for families earning less than $400,000 a year, while calling for nearly $1 trillion in fresh spending over the next decade on social programs — though Biden vows to cover those costs by raising taxes on the rich.
Neither candidate has made debt reduction a priority while in the White House, according to research released Monday by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. The debt grew by $8.4 trillion during Trump’s first term, while Biden so far has added $4.3 trillion, according to the group.
US to Hezbollah: Don’t count on us to stop an Israeli attack
The messaging comes as American officials seem more resigned to the likelihood of an escalation in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
There are zero Fortune 100 CEOs — a group that historically leans Republican — that have donated to former President Trump this election cycle.
Trump Vows to Defund Schools Requiring Vaccines
Yes, because what this country really needs is a big comeback for polio, measles, and whooping cough.
Small Alabama Town Will Finally Get to Vote
Residents in a small Alabama town will be able to vote in their own municipal elections for the first time in decades after a four-year legal battle.
A proposed settlement has been reached in the town’s voting rights case, allowing Newbern, a predominantly Black town with 133 residents, to hold its first legitimate elections in more than 60 years. The town’s next elections will be held in 2025.
They took part in Apache ceremonies. Their schools expelled them for satanic activities
Serendipity:
Inside Mexico’s anti-avocado militias
The spread of the avocado is a story of greed, ambition, corruption, water shortages, cartel battles and, in a number of towns and villages, a fierce fightback.
Why Mount Rainier is the US volcano keeping scientists up at night
Chinatown: The real-life California scandal that inspired the iconic Los Angeles thriller
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