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

Grayscale Setting Up for Bitcoin ETF Race by Hiring Industry Veteran from Invesco

Chinese Borrowers Default in Record Numbers

Defaults by Chinese borrowers have surged to a record high since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, highlighting the depth of the country’s economic downturn and the obstacles to a full recovery.

https://twitter.com/TheBTCTherapist/status/1730971286732468526?s=20

Madeira seeks to boost economy with startups, innovative payment system

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Anthony Fauci to Testify in House on Covid-19 Pandemic’s Origins, U.S. Response

Florida Man:

https://twitter.com/middleageriot/status/1730970628293837294?s=20

Politics:

Open secret at climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone

https://twitter.com/JamesFallows/status/1730778382386819297?s=20

This might play well to his base, but it’s irrelevant in his fraud trial: Trump defense points to bankers as proof business dealings had ‘no victim’

https://twitter.com/trygveolson/status/1730850558624366780?s=20

Harris says US will ‘under no circumstances’ permit forced relocation of Palestinians

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1730978890649063763?s=20

Israel risks ‘strategic defeat’ if civilians aren’t protected, Pentagon chief says

How Republicans Are Trying to Keep Abortion Off the Ballot

https://twitter.com/Angry_Staffer/status/1731037400191631661?s=20

Kevin McCarthy Eyes the Exit

Over the past two months, McCarthy has given the life of a rank-and-file member a hard look and discovered it to be a painful existence…
These days, Mr. McCarthy, famous for his preternaturally sunny California disposition, has been hard to cheer up… He has also struggled to make peace with the idea that it’s time to go, even as California’s Dec. 8 filing deadline to run for re-election draws near and his colleagues expect him to leave.

Don’t let the door bang your butt on the way out. California's 20th congressional district had been solidly Democratic for a couple of decades but the district’s boundaries were significantly redrawn after the 2020 census.

https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/1730944245115089057?s=20

Pregnant with no OB-GYNs around: In Idaho, maternity care became a casualty of its abortion ban

After an Idaho hospital closed its obstetrics department, pregnant women in the county have been left without nearby care. Their OB-GYNs fled the state.

https://twitter.com/BillPascrell/status/1730959252313829766?s=20

Border-Ukraine pairing threatens to tear Democrats apart

https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/1731065190823739510?s=20

Old, but spot on: This is how fascism comes to America

Serendipity:

The lesser-known history of the Monroe Doctrine

https://twitter.com/engineers_feed/status/1730914411773382940?s=20

Return to office push is 'totally dead,' experts say, as WFH persists

https://twitter.com/historyinmemes/status/1730760352005054726?s=20

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