Odds and Ends — 21 May 2025
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
Coinbase data leak could put users in physical danger: TechCrunch founder
https://twitter.com/Gabino_Iglesias/status/1924849690446573621
Bitcoin Blasts to New All-Time High Price Above $109,000
https://twitter.com/litcapital/status/1924812377096098277
Coronavirus and Public Health:
Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine
The Real Meaning of RFK Jr.’s Cryptic New Remarks on Abortion
Politics:
Trump Just Made Mike Johnson’s Job Harder
…Donald Trump was supposed to unite House Republicans. Instead, he came to the Capitol to rail against blue-state Republicans and hardline conservatives, leaving the two groups more dug in than ever.
The meeting was especially brutal for the SALT and Medicaid holdouts. That’s ironic because without the SALT Caucus, Trump would have been dealing with a Democratic Congress. And members of the HFC are among Trump’s most ardent supporters.
It’s too early to tell definitively, but we are hearing that this is backfiring. Several GOP members of the SALT Caucus texted Johnson and told him they would vote against the bill after the presentation. One member of the SALT Caucus feels as if Johnson ambushed them.
But most House Republicans don’t want to give more on SALT, and the problem for the blue-state group is that they all heard Trump essentially say enough is enough.
https://twitter.com/Ronxyz00/status/1924821971230957743
Ex-Israeli general hits out at government for 'killing babies as a pastime' in Gaza
CBS News CEO quits as potential Trump lawsuit settlement looms
https://twitter.com/BreakingNews4X/status/1924984172386603277
———— Autocracy R Us ————
https://twitter.com/Mollyploofkins/status/1924834251368751488
https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/1924853908792389850
US abandons police reform accords sought over deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor
Nothing Normal About Trump DOJ’s Case Against Dem Rep
Trump’s Newest Crackdown on Dissent
Assault charges against a Democratic member of Congress look more like intimidation than law enforcement.
Democrats Say There Will Be ‘a Lot More’ ICE Facility Visits in Spite of Criminal Charges
https://twitter.com/CalltoActivism/status/1924867725551186134
DHS Sent Detainees To South Sudan On Tuesday In Blatant Defiance Of Judge, Attorneys Allege
The Rushed, Blundering Effort to Send Deportees to Third Countries
https://twitter.com/FPWellman/status/1924616183413633265
Trump DOJ Admits It Used Bogus Info In Key Deportation Case
———— Joe Biden ————
https://twitter.com/mluckovichajc/status/1924929289830400017
https://twitter.com/BlackKnight10k/status/1924592456542069220
———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————
12 US states mount court challenge to Trump's tariffs
———— Om wit te wees is nuttig. ————
Do Afrikaners want to take Trump up on his South African refugee offer?
Claims of a white genocide are widely discredited, so how do Afrikaners feel about Trump's claims – and offer of refugee status?
———— Signalgate ————
Hacker who breached communications app used by Trump aide stole data from across US government
https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1924580612461191169
Hegseth Starts Fresh Probe Into ‘Disastrous’ Afghanistan Pullout
So, how’s that Signalgate probe going?
———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————
Ukraine pitches tougher Russia sanctions plan to EU as US wavers
https://twitter.com/WalshFreedom/status/1924579839803015298
https://twitter.com/chrisjollyhale/status/1924939825817248242
Ukrainian ex-politician shot dead outside elite American school in Madrid
———— Mors Imperii ————
Foundation Set Up by DeSantis Faces Criminal Probe
https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1924887064186642516
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/awkwardgoogle/status/1924813860722376969
Climate change is threatening more than 3,500 animal species: Study
https://twitter.com/RealEmirHan/status/1924915147564331304
https://twitter.com/TheMonologist/status/1924841938294837603
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