Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
House Republicans Make Case on Stablecoin Bill After Democrats Called for Do-Over
Their latest draft legislation sets up shared federal and state oversight and says stablecoins aren’t securities, but it’s uncertain what bipartisan support the effort will find.
Europe: Solar energy thriving as climate warms
LUNA is not a security, South Korean court rules in Terra co-founder’s case
US savers snap up government debt in search for yield
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Florida surgeon general altered key findings in study on Covid-19 vaccine safety
Chinese Censorship Is Quietly Rewriting the COVID-19 Story
Politics:
How insecurity contributes to disenchantment with democracy
Spring cleaning! Fox News fires Tucker Carlson and CNN fires Don Lemon.
Supreme Court to examine public officials blocking people on social media
House GOP Leaders Won’t Change Debt Limit Bill
House GOP leaders are waving off calls from rank-and-file Republicans for changes to their debt-limit proposal.
Instead, they’re plowing ahead toward a floor vote this week, daring detractors to vote against it.
Suddenly, the GOP wants to pack some courts
FBI Fights to Protect Surveillance Program
While both FBI and Justice Department leadership typically make a personal pitch to Congress for an extension of the program known as Section 702, the deepening chasm between House Republicans and top law enforcement officials has complicated that dynamic. In short, the House GOP doesn’t trust the bureau.
And it means the FBI’s typical entreaty — that keeping its powers intact is essential to national security — won’t carry much weight this time around.
What the Battle in Bakhmut Has Done for Ukraine
Hunter Biden’s Lawyer Seeks Ethics Probe of Greene
A lawyer for Hunter Biden called Monday for a congressional ethics investigation into the behavior of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), alleging that she has repeatedly directed ‘unmoored verbal abuses’ at the president’s son, including false accusations of human trafficking and cavorting with prostitutes.
Wrote lawyer Abbe Lowell: “Representative Greene’s unethical conduct arises from her continuous verbal attacks, defamatory statements, publication of personal photos and data, and promotion of conspiracy theories about and against Robert Hunter Biden. None of these could possibly be deemed to be part of any legitimate legislative activity, as is clear from both the content of her statements and actions, and the forums she uses to spew her often unhinged rhetoric.”
Call it a guess, but House Republicans are unlikely to comply.
Two-thirds oppose banning medication abortion
holy shit, Donald Trump's Georgia election fuckery is even worse than we knew
huh. racketeering. remind me, is that against the law?
Trump Was At A Meeting Where Loyalists Discussed Plans To Break Into Voting Machines
GOP Debt Limit Plan Would Increase Odds of Recession
New analysis from Moody’s Analytics finds that Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s plan to cut spending and lift the debt ceiling “would meaningfully increase the likelihood” of a recession and result in 780,000 fewer jobs by the end of 2024 compared with a clean bill to lift the debt limit.
North Dakota governor signs law banning abortion at 6 weeks
Most of North Dakota’s population is concentrated in the east of the state, right next to Minnesota. I’d expect that the Planned Parenthood facility in Moorhead will be doing a booming business.
Head of Big Law Firm Bought Gorsuch Property
For nearly two years beginning in 2015, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sought a buyer for a 40-acre tract of property he co-owned in rural Granby, Colorado.
Nine days after he was confirmed by the Senate for a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court, the then-circuit court judge got one: The chief executive of Greenberg Traurig, one of the nation’s biggest law firms with a robust practice before the high court.
Serendipity:
Genocide resisters, long overlooked by history, step into the spotlight
Defense technique against moms 🤣 pic.twitter.com/u4tjK4Tzhq
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