Odds and Ends — 21 May 2023
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
What Does the Debt Limit Showdown Mean for Bitcoin?
Strike moves global headquarters to El Salvador, expands to 65 countries
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
COVID emergency orders are among ‘greatest intrusions on civil liberties,′ Justice Gorsuch says
Politics:
Trump’s Former Attorney Predicts He’ll Go to Jail
US Has A Long History Of State Lawmakers Silencing Elected Black Officials
These events have been shown to be a form of “white backlash” working to keep Black officeholders out of power and their constituents powerless without representation.
Why Outspoken Women Scare Trump
Mocking the sexual-harassment reckoning is a feature of Donald Trump’s political persona.
How countries are throwing away their best chance to prevent the next pandemic
Negotiations on a global pandemic treaty are on course to the lowest common denominator.
Senate Candidate ‘Patriot Whistleblower’ Admits to Fabricating Sex Trafficking Story
Understanding “Mass Shootings”
The point here isn’t that “mass shootings” are worse than “ordinary” firearms fatalities. But they’re different. And we should recognize them as such.
NC lawmaker’s words to a Black colleague make clear what the GOP has become
Serendipity:
How solar power is keeping Lebanon’s lights on
Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon Is a Triumph
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