Odds and Ends — 4 May 2025
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
‘Like Spitting on a Fire’: Tether CEO Slams EU Deposit Protections Amid Bank Failure Warnings
Why Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust still dominates ETF revenue in 2025
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
New Drugs Outperform Paxlovid – A Game Changer for COVID and Future Pandemics
Politics:
Trump says, ‘I don’t know,’ when asked if he’s required to uphold Constitution
Everyone Wants a Piece of Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’
Laser-toting satellites capable of taking out missiles have long been the stuff of science fiction. President Trump is asking defense contractors to make the idea a reality.
Trump is looking to create a defense system that he calls the Golden Dome for America. It is envisioned to be a cutting-edge system of space and ground technology, with the goal of defending the U.S. against high-tech missile threats and potential attacks.
Taking cues from Israel’s Iron Dome, defense officials want the proposed shield to stretch from sea to sea, and from the Earth’s surface to space. Makers of aerospace equipment and weapons are already jockeying to grab a piece of the program.
Golden Dome is just a rebranding of the Strategic Defense Initiative, a massive clusterfuck.
New post for Togo leader could see him rule for life
https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1918649411002921226
Democratic resistance in Venezuela is dead
https://twitter.com/AlinaSalazarG/status/1918805777709404199
———— Autocracy R Us ————
Donald Trump’s Cruel and Unusual Innovations
Deporting illegal immigrants is lawful. Imprisoning them in El Salvador makes a mockery of the Eighth Amendment.
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1918543472363004360
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
https://twitter.com/tomwatson/status/1918637889052680495
Trump border czar Tom Homan gives 'chilling' warning to Gov. Tony Evers over ICE guidance
The White House border czar warned Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers over his guidance to state workers who encounter federal immigration officials on the job, suggesting the Democratic governor could face felony charges if the Trump administration believes its immigration efforts are impeded.
https://twitter.com/ruthbenghiat/status/1918706989267325072
Is the U.S. Becoming an Autocracy?
Other countries have watched their democracies slip away gradually, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.
Trump Rages at Own Judge After Ruling Halting Deportations Under Wartime Act
———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————
https://twitter.com/SpencerHakimian/status/1918658473807532439
———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————
https://twitter.com/jurgen_nauditt/status/1918677857447846055
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1918422629838626981
———— Melon Husk ————
https://twitter.com/theliamnissan/status/1918682058185982172
———— Mors Imperii ————
https://twitter.com/weakinstrument/status/1918402608357888077
Trumpism isn’t normal politics. Its defeat requires a national uprising.
https://twitter.com/Damaan4u33/status/1918455220830429510
https://twitter.com/AndrewFeinberg/status/1919053435522941050
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/ThatEricAlper/status/1918288092441592084
https://twitter.com/Super70sSports/status/1918441556572283074
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