Odds and Ends — 27 November 2025

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

Fiat inflation drives crypto adoption across the globe

UnitedHealth is dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage as it aims to restore its 'swagger'

'Improving Risk Sentiment' Driving Bitcoin's $90K Retest: QCP

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Bird flu virus could risk pandemic worse than COVID if it mutates, France's Institut Pasteur says

Politics:

https://twitter.com/piyushmittal/status/1993714608457347506
https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1993718600600007154
https://twitter.com/LarrySabato/status/1993735602668261504

How Trump targeting these Democrats could backfire

The administration’s attacks have elevated the six moderate lawmakers who cut an anti-Trump video urging troops to disobey illegal orders.

https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1993598052586996206

A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed

After several bruising weeks for Speaker Mike Johnson, a soft-focus podcast interview alongside his wife, conducted by Katie Miller, the wife of Stephen Miller, one of President Trump’s top advisers, had all the ingredients for a flattering reset.
What emerged from the interview instead was a portrait of a Republican leader barely keeping his head above water in a job to which he does not appear particularly well suited, a conversation full of tragically revealing details packaged as rueful humor but with the biting sting of truth.

https://twitter.com/AntiToxicPeople/status/1993682826793832657

———— The DC Shooting ————

https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1993818851658879304

https://twitter.com/TheRealThelmaJ1/status/1993792248207872005

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1993854919783375077

https://twitter.com/mmpadellan/status/1993788491889823814

https://twitter.com/WalshFreedom/status/1993814475376611368

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1993895923160588377

https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1993867100822364210

https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1993900316719501822

Suspect in Washington DC national guard shooting had ties to CIA, agency confirms

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

I’d have a hard time believing this was an accident: Dozens of Epstein Victims’ Names Exposed in Files

Dozens of Jeffrey Epstein victims’ names have been exposed in documents that were recently made public by Congress, setting off a legal dispute about the Justice Department’s plans to release more materials about the late sex offender.

The fight for the Epstein files isn’t over

Here's the various ways the Trump administration could still block their release

https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1993894330822693037

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/PabloReports/status/1993657737226731705

https://twitter.com/KathleenBushJo2/status/1993732535470129345

https://twitter.com/David_J_Bier/status/1993095770082328886

https://twitter.com/TheRealThelmaJ1/status/1993697036844343653

https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1993788882358554961

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/Mpolymer/status/1993642166858781027

https://twitter.com/AdamKinzinger/status/1993678967530995838

https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/1993732295954489727

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1993600596503412987

Inside Trump’s Latest Push for Peace in Ukraine

The most consistent thing about Trump’s 10-month search for an end to the war in Ukraine has been his inconsistency.

https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1993667497820869022

A Stunning Leak Sheds Light on the Trump Admin’s Cozy Ties With Russia

https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1993448133028638757

———— Melon Husk ————

https://twitter.com/WUTangKids/status/1993874630692540741

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

https://twitter.com/ZcohenCNN/status/1993663523013152791

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1993728464084513197

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/TheStingisBack/status/1993714613234373034

At long last, the mystery of lightning on Mars is solved

https://twitter.com/NotHoodlum/status/1993775362342608924

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