Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
In Trump-Backed Crypto Project, Insiders Are Poised for Unusually Big Token Payouts
The team could get 70% of World Liberty Financial's tokens, a significantly higher-than-normal allocation from a project marketed as a solution to the “rigged” traditional finance system.
Well, of course it’s a scam.
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Now is the perfect time to test whether your “cold” is something else.
Politics:
Brace Yourself for an Ugly, Ugly Campaign
The history of American politics is, of course full of negative —even vicious — attacks. But, once again, it’s a mistake to see what’s happening as normal.
Think of it this way: The 1988 Bush campaign’s ‘Willie Horton’ ad was the subject of controversy for years for exploiting racially-charged imagery.
But this year: Trump’s campaign is firing off Willie Horton-style attacks every single day on television, social media, and in hundreds of thousands of mailers. And the media basically shrugs it off as Trump being Trump.
Republicans Fret Over Trump’s Freefall with Women
Republicans are alarmed that Donald Trump’s support among women is deteriorating in the polls and that his efforts to stop the bleeding don’t appear to be working.
While Republicans are no strangers to the gender gap between the parties in presidential elections, they now face a “chasm” between male and female voters.
Well, duh.
The Arctic Great Game Won’t Be Won in U.S. Shipyards
The High North is an arena of great-power competition, but Russia is the one with something to lose.
Canada’s NDP pulls support for Trudeau’s Liberals
Liz Cheney Endorses Kamala Harris
Said Cheney: “I don’t believe we have the luxury of writing in candidates’ names, particularly in swing states. As a conservative, as someone who believes in and cares about the Constitution, I have thought deeply about this and because of the danger that Donald Trump poses, not only am I not voting for Donald Trump, but I will be voting for Kamala Harris.”
Well, it’s not as if Wyoming is going to end up in Harris’s column…
GOP Seizes on False Theories About Immigrant Voting
There is no indication that noncitizens are voting in large numbers. And yet the notion that they will flood the polls — and vote overwhelmingly for Democrats — is animating a sprawling network of Republicans who mobilized around former President Donald Trump’s false claims of a rigged election in 2020 and are now preparing for the next one.
