Odds and Ends — 2 January 2025

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Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:

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Hive Digital moves HQ to Texas, citing supportive climate under Trump

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Everything we know about long covid - including how to reduce the risk

Politics:

Trudeau Leaves Canada In Suspense

The holiday period is over and Canadian politics is gripped by a single question: when will the country hear from Justin Trudeau?
The prime minister has largely disappeared from public view since Dec. 16, when Chrystia Freeland — his finance minister and once his most powerful ally in cabinet — resigned in devastating fashion, with a public letter that criticized him.

Trump Falsely Suggested Suspect Was an Immigrant

On Wednesday morning, hours after a man drove a pickup truck into New Year’s Eve revelers in New Orleans, killing 10 people, President-elect Donald Trump suggested on social media that his condemnations of undocumented immigrants had been validated?

Democrats Rage at New House Rules

House Democrats are pushing back furiously against a proposed change to House rules that would allow only Republicans to force a vote on removing the speaker of the House.
Top Democrats are arguing the move would inhibit bipartisanship and effectively make House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) answerable only to his members — not the entire House.
Said Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA): “This makes it clear that they have no intention of working together to find common ground.”

Putin tells Russia 'everything will be fine' amid the nation's military and economic struggles

Ukraine Lays Its Tracks to Europe

By expanding its railways, Kyiv hopes to tie its fate to the rest of the continent.

Republicans’ Real Immigration Dilemma

Republicans’ roiling debate over the use of visas for highly-skilled workers isn’t their biggest immigration quandary — it’s whether to go narrow or big on what could be President-elect Donald Trump’s first major piece of legislation.
The GOP is preparing to take up an infusion of border security money as soon as this month, but it hasn’t settled on how broadly to craft that bill. There’s a twist: To get an immigration bill done without a filibuster, Republicans may need to bend or even break some of the Senate rules.

Popular Porn Sites Now Blocked in Most of the South

Almost two years ago, Louisiana passed a law that started a wave that’s since spread across the entire U.S. south, and has changed the way people there can access adult content.
As of today, Florida, Tennessee, and South Carolina join the list of 17 states that can’t access some of the most popular porn sites on the internet, because of regressive laws that claim to protect children but restrict adults’ use of the internet, instead.

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