Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
Tokenized US Treasurys rise by over $1B since start of 2026
https://twitter.com/admcrlsn/status/2026477341694710024
- admcrlsn
Block laying off 40 percent of staff, citing AI advancements
Crypto Capital Corp’s $850M collapse linked to Israeli mafia cocaine ring
Flash Fiction:
”Let me give you a piece of advice Hector. If you wish to have a long life, stay far away from my daughter. Far away. The other side of the continent away.”
”But we love each other. I can’t live without her.”
”You didn’t even pause to consider the implications of my advice? Your automatic rejection of it leaves me no alternative.”
Written for this prompt.
Coronavirus and Public Health:
https://twitter.com/SPuro88/status/2027007576315986055
- SPuro88
The US doesn’t need another quack in charge of public health policy
https://twitter.com/DrCatharineY/status/2027240253442990227
- DrCatharineY
Politics:
https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/2027018271405297703
- EdKrassen
https://twitter.com/Heccles94/status/2027081526106591256
- Heccles94
https://twitter.com/TheMaineWonk/status/2027058233773334755
- TheMaineWonk
https://twitter.com/CWJediMaster/status/2026708130768318558
- CWJediMaster
———— Minnesota Under Siege ————
Trump’s War on the Constitution
It’s a cliché and more or less true that the Constitution’s “high crimes and misdemeanors” language can mean whatever Congress wants it to mean. That is not only because in this area Congress’ decision-making is certainly un-reviewable. It is because the Constitution’s writers were intentionally expansive in their definition. They were most focused not on statutory crimes but misrule. I wanted to take a moment to note that what we have unfolding in Minnesota is really a definitional impeachable offense.
https://twitter.com/ScarboroughNow/status/2027381722082345278
- ScarboroughNow
———— The Epstein Coverup ————
https://twitter.com/7Veritas4/status/2027070814261059878
- 7Veritas4
In other news, fox investigating hen house incident: DOJ reviewing if Epstein files with Trump allegations were wrongly withheld
The Justice Department said Thursday that it is examining whether it wrongly withheld FBI files that contained allegations against President Donald Trump in its release of millions of pages from the investigatory files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/2026993635779113151
- MollyJongFast
———— Yes, He’s Planning Election Interference ————
https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/2027010962763493507
- marceelias
Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency
Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.
https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/2027096060124872855
- marceelias
https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/2027141722312974772
- stealthygeek
———— Autocracy R Us ————
What’s the matter with Kansas?
Its lawmakers are bigots. That’s the matter with Kansas.
https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/2027082467589415015
- JStein_WaPo
Showdown Over Interim US Attorneys Brewing In Seattle
Trump sends Supreme Court clear message: I am the law
———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————
https://twitter.com/Mylovanov/status/2026776507524243703
- Mylovanov
———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————
https://twitter.com/scottlincicome/status/2027039870066053199
- scottlincicome
———— Melon Husk ————
Elon Musk Moves Against the Russians in Ukraine
Russian forces falter as the world’s richest man intervenes in the war once again.
———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————
https://twitter.com/EggerDC/status/2027032052915187844
- EggerDC
https://twitter.com/davetroy/status/2026816201872068770
- davetroy
https://twitter.com/TheMaineWonk/status/2027163381099102354
- TheMaineWonk
https://twitter.com/Malinowski/status/2027089430683550001
- Malinowski
https://twitter.com/heyshrutimishra/status/2027384002336928230
- heyshrutimishra
———— Mors Imperii ————
https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/2026881041286181316
- yarotrof
The Economics of Faltering Fascism
I believe that most successful authoritarian takeovers occur in the aftermath of economic crises — crises that the newly installed dictator can claim to have solved. In an ideal world people wouldn’t accept tyranny just because the tyrant appears to deliver a higher standard of living. In the real world, however, they often do.
But that tactic is unavailable to Trump. While he can and does lie about the Biden economy, claiming that it was catastrophically bad, while touting the current economy as the greatest ever, people aren’t buying it. A plurality of Americans now say that Biden was a better president than Trump, and a majority say that the economy under Biden was better. Trump simply can’t gaslight Americans into disbelieving their lying eyes and wallets.
Could Trump possibly adopt policies that win broad public approval, thereby greasing the rails for his demolition of democracy? Maybe, but he would have to become a genuine populist. Trump would have to implement policies that actually help working families while at the same time taking on the plutocracy.
https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/2027015228605477186
- davidfrum
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