Odds and Ends — 2 November 2025

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

https://twitter.com/level941/status/1984342155544903833

Romania blacklists Polymarket for illegal crypto betting amid $600M election wagers

https://twitter.com/TheMaineWonk/status/1984702988816941189

Tether Reports $10 Billion Profit in 2025 So Far—Here's How That Compares to the Big Banks

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Meta-analysis of COVID, RSV, flu vaccines for fall provides 'sea of data' showing efficacy, safety

Politics:

https://twitter.com/BrianKarem/status/1984422728020214000

New warning signs emerge for Lindsey Halligan’s effort to prosecute Trump’s foes

…Donald Trump’s effort to install loyalist U.S. attorneys without Senate approval could sink the Justice Department’s criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
In recent weeks, federal courts in New Jersey, Nevada and California have ruled that unusual maneuvers by the Justice Department to appoint Trump’s unvetted prosecutors violated federal law. Their rulings are a prelude to the potential disqualification of a fourth Trump-backed U.S. attorney: his former personal lawyer Lindsey Halligan, who brought the charges against Comey and James.

https://twitter.com/kingslanding_18/status/1984592855428653097

———— The Trump Shutdown ————

Trump asking court how to "legally fund SNAP" after judge's order

https://twitter.com/BMeiselas/status/1984448296522510658

———— World-class Trolling ————

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

https://twitter.com/RonWyden/status/1984625338282913869

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/DylanByers/status/1984266027295981834

National Guard Units Are Not The All-Purpose Back-Up Federal Police For All Federal Agencies

The Administration’s argument has no limits. It would turn the National Guard into a roving back-up federal police whenever the President finds that any agency charged with executing federal laws needs assistance and the regular military is barred from providing that assistance.

https://twitter.com/Carrasquillo/status/1984287589323690255

https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1984728875956347124

———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————

Trump Offers to Keep Some Ballroom Donors Incognito

President Trump’s aides have promised transparency about the funding of a new ballroom, but the White House withheld the identities of several donors to the project, including some with business before the administration.

https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1984771743144403191

https://twitter.com/JeremiahDJohns/status/1984845939337494528

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1984553503184826715

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

https://twitter.com/svdate/status/1984447245945540866

Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes

The Office of Legal Counsel told select lawmakers that the executive branch is not bound by the War Powers Resolution, which requires congressional approval for any military action that exceeds 60 days.

https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1984601443630797151

https://twitter.com/FPWellman/status/1984452878719762835

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/DoctorHenryCT/status/1984291803051573589

The American dream feels impossible for many young voters, who see no political fix

https://twitter.com/danpfeiffer/status/1984621755236040802

https://twitter.com/Nguyen_anime3/status/1984642330280820968

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1984724933163814999

Serendipity:

Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water

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