Odds and Ends — 1 May 2026
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
For Hive Power Up Day, I staked 86.693 HIVE.
Crypto VC funding plunges to $659M in April, hits near two-year low
https://twitter.com/steak_umm/status/2049865002740281465
Mortgage your home for dividends? Strategy CEO’s pitch raises eyebrows
Coronavirus and Public Health:
Long-term study of COVID lockdown and family life shows unexpected, lasting effects on fatherhood
Iran:
Mike Johnson Says the U.S. Is Not at War with Iran
In related news, water is not wet.
Trump Poised to Defy Congress on War Authorization
The Trump administration is on course to blow past an initial deadline for congressional approval for the Iran war on the grounds that the ongoing cease-fire stopped the clock on a 60-day deadline—an assertion met with outrage from Democrats and skepticism from Republicans on Capitol Hill.
Under a 1973 law called the War Powers Resolution, the president is required to notify Congress within 48 hours of military action and withdraw U.S. troops 60 days later, unless lawmakers declare war or authorize the use of force. The expectation on Capitol Hill was that the 60-day deadline expires on Friday.
Trump administration says its war in Iran has been ‘terminated’ before 60-day deadline
Katherine Yon Ebright, counsel at the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Program and an expert on war powers, said that interpretation would be a “sizeable extension of previous legal gamesmanship” related to the 1973 law.
“To be very, very clear and unambiguous, nothing in the text or design of the War Powers Resolution suggests that the 60-day clock can be paused or terminated,” she said.
https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/2050001972565262733
Trump’s Iran Blockade Is Complicating Trip to China
President Trump’s declaration that he is willing to maintain a blockade on Iranian shipping until the Iranians surrender to his demands almost assures that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed by the time he arrives in Beijing in two weeks.
That is exactly what Mr. Trump was seeking to avoid when he delayed his trip to China six weeks ago. And it vastly complicates a critical meeting with President Xi Jinping, forcing White House officials to rethink how Mr. Trump approaches the effort to engineer a rapprochement with China.
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/2049945635449671988
To Fully Appreciate What Trump’s Iran War Has Squandered, You Have to Go Back 11 Years
Wendy Sherman was there at a moment when peace between Iran and the U.S. seemed possible. Now she reflects on all that’s been lost.
Politics:
https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/2049998455095886175
Platner-Mills ending in Maine leaves Democrats questioning Schumer strategy
Don’t Underestimate the Fury of Democratic Voters
———— Voting Rights Act ————
https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/2049965475501604888
https://twitter.com/srothschild1/status/2049979188333924611
https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/2049589487861473547
The Slaying of the Voting Rights Act by the Coward Samuel Alito
———— 86 47 ————
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/2049647692825952673
If people are talking about what a toady Blanche is for pushing the bogus prosecution of Comey, they’re not talking about what a toady Blanche is for covering up Trump’s Epstein crimes.
https://twitter.com/Delavegalaw/status/2049637306068263234
———— Autocracy R Us ————
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2049997519246024837
Trump Says CNN and New York Times Are ‘Seditious’
———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————
https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/2049997220452184116
https://twitter.com/CBoTheEggman/status/2049982631916282168
———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————
https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/2049553440884331001
Russia, slipping in Ukraine, is now also losing its grip in Mali
———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————
https://twitter.com/nickgillespie/status/2049806689768001796
———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————
https://twitter.com/thejackhopkins/status/2049897389293552075
———— Mors Imperii ————
https://twitter.com/JasonBassler1/status/2049569657871388883
https://twitter.com/MattisRedacted/status/2049687357612286465
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