Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
Germany seizes 47 crypto exchanges tied to ‘underground economy’
With The iPhone 16 Comes AI's New Trick: Ultimate Consumer Lock-in
Big Tech is betting on AI to lock in their user base. And mobile phones are just the start.
Turkey wants to regulate Germany's beloved döner kebab street food
How would Turkey have standing? It’s not a member of the European Union. Would Canada be able to force regulation of poutine sold by Parisian street vendors?
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Covid Showed Us That the Truth Is a Matter of Life or Death
Politics:
North Carolina GOP defends Robinson following explosive CNN report
There’s nothing quite like willingly tying yourself to a boat anchor and then tossing it into deep water.
A group of House members from both parties succeeded Thursday in deploying a rarely executed method to bypass GOP leadership and force a vote on a bill to expand access to Social Security benefits.
It’s the second time this year that a bipartisan group of lawmakers has sidestepped House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) with the tool, called a discharge petition.
Mark Robinson is a Problem of Trump’s Own Making
For years, Donald Trump has directly and indirectly foisted damaging candidates on the GOP, in ways that have obviously cost his party dearly — up to and likely including control of the Senate.
It’s not just his endorsements of several flawed statewide candidates who went on to badly underperform and lose key races; it’s also the ethos he’s created in the party. He’s placed a premium on owning the libs and devotion to Trump, and he’s devalued political bona fides. He has effectively encouraged his party to overlook a Trump-loyal candidate’s very obvious baggage, by dismissing it as lies from the liberal media or even viewing it as an asset…
But for once, the pattern could be creating a real problem for Trump personally.
Secret Service Is Investigating Elon Musk
The Secret Service is looking into Elon Musk's post on X that suggested it was strange no one attempted to assassinate President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris. In response to a FOIA request, the agency said it is withholding records due to "enforcement proceedings."
“They didn’t correct her once and they corrected me, everything I said practically… and the audience went absolutely crazy.” — Donald Trump, in an interview with Fox News, about his debate with Kamala Harris which had no audience.
https://x.com/paulkrugman/status/1836447848319054184
Teamsters Won’t Endorse a Candidate, So Local Unions Back Harris
Russia Behind Fake Kamala Harris Hit-and-Run Story
A false claim circulating on social media that Kamala Harris was involved in an alleged hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011 is the work of a covert Russian disinformation operation, according to new research by Microsoft.
Researchers found that the group created a video, paid an actor to appear as the alleged victim, and spread the claim through a fake website for a nonexistent San Francisco news outlet named KBSF-TV. The Russian group responsible, which Microsoft dubs Storm-1516, is described as a Kremlin-aligned troll farm.
How Republicans Could Block a Democratic Win in Georgia
In August, after Donald Trump praised three Republican appointees to the Georgia State Election Board by name at a rally in Atlanta, the MAGA-aligned majority on the board passed a series of rule changes—requiring counties to undertake a ‘reasonable inquiry’ into the vote totals and review ‘all election-related documentation’ before certifying an election—that Democrats and voting rights groups fear could lead GOP-controlled boards not to sign off on the results if Kamala Harris wins the state…
If there’s a lengthy dispute over the vote count, Georgia could miss the December 11 deadline for certifying its Electoral College results. If no candidate receives the 270 votes necessary to win the Electoral College as a result, the presidential election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where Republicans control a majority of state House delegations, allowing them to swing the election to Trump.
Producers Had to Heavily Edit ‘The Apprentice’
Donald Trump was so bad at picking who to fire during his stint hosting The Apprentice that the producers of the show would retroactively edit the show to make him look better.
Said one member of the production team to authors of a new book: “Our job then was to reverse-engineer the show and to make him not look like a complete moron.”
