Odds and Ends — 13 January 2026

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

Crypto enters round 2 of institutional adoption, led by Morgan Stanley: Binance

Former 'bitcoin mayor' Eric Adams faces $3 million rugpull allegation after issuing NYC Token

Banks Win Key Battle as Crypto Bill Bars Stablecoin Interest Payments

An updated Senate draft of the market structure bill prohibits yield "solely in connection with the holding of a payment stablecoin."

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Increased Levels of a Protein Linked to Alzheimer’s Found in Some With Long COVID

Politics:

https://twitter.com/MikeNellis/status/2010818514546770071

Trump Turns on Pam Bondi

President Trump has complained to aides repeatedly in recent weeks about Attorney General Pam Bondi, describing her as weak and an ineffective enforcer of his agenda.
The criticisms appear to be part of an intense campaign by Trump to pressure the Justice Department to more aggressively pursue his priorities… Trump has previously criticized Bondi at times but his vocal concerns about his attorney general have grown more frequent in recent months.
This month, Trump has talked with allies about how he could appoint special counsels at the Justice Department because he is so frustrated with what he sees as the slow progress of its work.

So he’s basically saying that Bondi isn’t fascist enough.

https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/2010650396122030582

https://twitter.com/JaneotN/status/2010846300841906222

https://twitter.com/isaiah_bb/status/2010890191423033749

———— Murder in Minneapolis ————

https://twitter.com/allenanalysis/status/2010831397175566408

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/2010889562755641673

https://twitter.com/CREWcrew/status/2010803974790619239

https://twitter.com/JTCestkowski/status/2010781537076461687
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2010827726509244727

ICE claims about vehicle attacks 'difficult' to believe, says federal judge

https://twitter.com/smburns/status/2010568589225472492

https://twitter.com/Bricktop_NAFO/status/2010696478377873822

Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting

At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.

https://twitter.com/8WithaTiara/status/2010450730386411592

https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/2010724171504894286

https://twitter.com/isaiah_bb/status/2010683786019651629
https://twitter.com/LRinaldiArt/status/2010737984476430845

https://twitter.com/BaileyCarlin/status/2010708606644113700
https://twitter.com/mfBRAT_eth/status/2010781206099738873

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/2010699123427512747

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/tmorello/status/2010787064925856067

https://twitter.com/SevaUT/status/2010735045875802489

https://twitter.com/mahtowin1/status/2010879322928578561

Trump's budget chief brazenly broke the law to punish blue states: judge

https://twitter.com/n_hold/status/2010423505565995305

https://twitter.com/Incilin/status/2010828667350397293

https://twitter.com/constans/status/2010740692327580048

Vance Knows What ICE Means to MAGA

The movement is not about laws and their enforcement. It’s about respect and who deserves it.

https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/2010814788243177913

https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/2010768274942742627

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2010734145711026302

Trump is trying to change how the midterm elections are conducted

Many of these endeavors go far beyond typical political persuasion, challenging long-established democratic norms.

https://twitter.com/constans/status/2010810284236067235

https://twitter.com/TheJFreakinC/status/2010756285697011780

https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/2010742870672851377

https://twitter.com/VolodimirZelen1/status/2010754738233495668

A deepfake tool has sparked investigations and now furious criticism from the head of the European Commission.

Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

U.S. Attacked Boat With ‘Civilian Plane’

The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, killing 11 people last September… The aircraft also carried its munitions inside the fuselage, rather than visibly under its wings.
The nonmilitary appearance is significant, according to legal specialists, because the administration has argued its lethal boat attacks are lawful — not murders — because President Trump ‘determined’ the United States is in an armed conflict with drug cartels.
But the laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called ‘perfidy.’

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/2010812659206127887

The Purged

Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.

https://twitter.com/johniadarola/status/2010708965806514212