Odds and Ends — 9 January 2026

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

Bitcoin’s ‘time-based capitulation’ nears 50 days, echoing conditions prior to 2025 surge

Donald Trump said he is “instructing my Representatives” to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds.

Bitcoin price clings to $90K as traders eye US Supreme Court tariff ruling

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Huge Study Links 99% of Heart Attacks And Strokes With 4 Risk Factors

RFK Jr.’s New Food Pyramid Has Some Good Advice—Until You Remember What He’s Really Doing

Politics:

https://twitter.com/FPWellman/status/2009340365132976609

Trump Can’t Count on Congress to Have His Back

A cadre of congressional Republicans dealt President Donald Trump significant defeats Thursday — a series of rebukes that demonstrate how his iron grip on Capitol Hill has weakened at the start of a critical election year.
The defiance kicked off in the Senate with a stunning vote, backed by five GOP senators, to move ahead with a measure that would constrain Trump on a matter he has presented as a signature triumph — his military intervention in Venezuela. Later in the day, 17 House Republicans joined with Democrats to rescue Obamacare subsidies Trump has repeatedly railed against.
And in a surprise move, senators of both parties agreed unanimously to erect a plaque honoring the officers who fought the mob at the Capitol on Jan, 6, 2021 — breaking from Trump’s false narrative about that day.

https://twitter.com/tify330/status/2009413682900410670

https://twitter.com/EricLeeAtty/status/2009422626385535021

———— Murder in Minneapolis ————

Minnesota Agency Barred from Investigating ICE Shooting

The head of Minnesota’s state investigations agency said Thursday that the U.S. attorney’s office has barred it from taking part in the investigation into an ICE officer’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman.

ICE shooting: State officials say FBI is blocking evidence in Minneapolis investigation

The Trump-Run DOJ Is Going to Investigate the ICE Shooting, Huh?

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/2009319156152455303
https://twitter.com/CameronCorduroy/status/2009309288703947161

https://twitter.com/ramez/status/2009304142666469757

https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/2009338389729071428

First the Shooting. Then the Lies.

The Trump administration has perfected the smear campaign…
The federal government now speaks with the voice of the right-wing smear machine: partisan, dishonest, and devoted to vilifying Trump’s perceived enemies rather than informing the public.

https://twitter.com/jimstewartson/status/2009086970413371831

https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/2009333261244510564

https://twitter.com/MikeNellis/status/2009283684147273921

Dumber Than a Box of Hair

“Kristi Noem’s an idiot, right? Like, she went on TV before any of the facts were in. She made up this story on TV about ICE agents trying to dig their truck out of the snow or something, which was clearly false. Like she didn’t even realize that there was gonna be video of what happened when she went up and gave a false story.”

Prosecute Renee Nicole Good’s Murderer

The ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good not only can be held accountable for murder—he must be.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2009384409728680177

https://twitter.com/FOX9/status/2009387516869173345/

Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis

https://twitter.com/JamieBonkiewicz/status/2009386351406219407

https://twitter.com/LucifersTweetz/status/2009439064894918981

https://twitter.com/uhshanti/status/2009378088266657918

https://twitter.com/yimmybastard/status/2009372283861914100

https://twitter.com/HackingButLegal/status/2009563683383545900

———— Venezuela ————

Trump Says Venezuela Will Buy Only U.S. Products

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Caracas would only buy US-made products with the profits from what Washington says is a deal to sell oil from Venezuela following the toppling of Nicolas Maduro.

Iraq Was Bad. This Is Absurd

The specter of Iraq hangs over Venezuela like a warning light… Iraq was a disaster in part because the Bush administration, wanting regime change without nation building, substituted wishful thinking for post-invasion planning.
Now we might learn that wishful thinking is better than no thinking at all. The Trump administration appears to be making up the future of Venezuela on the fly.