Odds and Ends — 11 June 2022
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:
Blockchain in the War on Disinformation
Blockchain for sustainable development: The case of Ghana
Watch out, Boris – recession and a fuel crisis can quickly explode into anarchy
Sri Lanka's precipitous decline into economic chaos is a stark warning to countries around the world
Coin Center Sues US Treasury Over 'Unconstitional' Tax Reporting Rule
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
US will end Covid-19 testing requirement for air travelers entering the country
Coronavirus infection during pregnancy linked to brain development problems in babies
Politics:
“I say this to my Republican colleagues: There will come a time when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.” — Liz Cheney
From a Financial Times editorial: U.S. Business Should Battle for the Soul of the GOP
It feels futile by now to appeal to Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill. So many, through fear or craven self-interest, have thrown in their lot with a man who has a stranglehold on their party.
Yet the revelations of the January 6 committee should spur natural Republican sympathizers more broadly, above all in the business world, to step up the fight to regain control of the once pro-business party from a figure who remains a menace to the US republic.
The One Witness at the January 6 Hearing Who Matters Most
House Judiciary GOP: "Yawn. We've been traitors, like, forever." https://t.co/kO8W9Xm5p2
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) June 10, 2022
Fox News Did Something Worse Than Not Covering Hearing
When 8 p.m. Eastern rolled around, though, it became clear that the network wasn’t simply going to not cover the hearing. Instead, it began more than two hours of commercial-free rebuttal. It didn’t simply cover other things, it focused almost entirely on the hearing as though it was former president Donald Trump’s defense team — without, of course, showing its audience the prosecution’s case.
It is for drivel like this that the phrase “wallowing in false victimhood” comes in handy.
Ginni Thomas Urged 29 Lawmakers to Overturn Election
Trumpworld Lied To Your Face About The Election
They knew all along that the election fraud claims were, in Bill Barr’s words, ‘bullshit’.
Wisconsin judge finds GOP election investigator in contempt
Inside the OSCE’s botched withdrawal from Ukraine
When the OSCE’s Special Monitoring Mission withdrew from Ukraine in the first days of Russia’s invasion, it left local staff behind — with tragic consequences.
Trump Sought to Hang Onto Power at All Costs
In the entire 246-year history of the United States, there was surely never a more damning indictment presented against an American president than outlined on Thursday night in a cavernous congressional hearing room where the future of democracy felt on the line,” the New York Times reports.
Other presidents have been accused of wrongdoing, even high crimes and misdemeanors, but the case against Donald J. Trump mounted by the bipartisan House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol described not just a rogue president but a would-be autocrat willing to shred the Constitution to hang onto power at all costs.
Trump’s 7-Point Plan to Overturn the Election
Five key takeaways from the Capitol riot hearing
Jan. 6 Panel Made the Case Against Trump
In its first prime-time session, the committee accomplished exactly what it needed to.
History Will Hold Trump Accountable
I don’t know whether Trump will be prosecuted. He deserves to be. He has violated his oath to the Constitution; he has violated America. But even if he is not prosecuted, the hearings will provide a full, detailed account of what Trump did in the weeks and months after the 2020 election — and therefore of what he did to our nation.
In other words, even if he avoids prosecution, even if he is never formally deemed a criminal under the law, Trump will be accountable to history. That is not as satisfying a form of accountability as a criminal judgment, to be sure. But it is a form of accountability that is inescapable. If the committee does its work properly — and I have every confidence it will — it will create a clear record. Which means that for our children and our children’s children — for as far as future generations will know of our recorded history — Donald Trump will live in infamy.
Trump calls deadly insurrection ‘greatest movement’ in US history
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