Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

OpenSea competitor LooksRare exceeds $394M in sales

NBA Top Shot Bans User ‘FreeHongKong’

While the reasoning behind the ban remains unconfirmed and could be unrelated to the username entirely, the ability for closed platforms like NBA Top Shot to ban users seems to undermine the value proposition of digital ownership. What good are NFTs if their native platforms can restrict access at any moment?

World Bank warns global economy faces grim outlook

Grocery stores still have empty shelves amid supply chain disruptions, omicron and winter storms

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Canada says vaccine mandates work as Quebec's 'unvaxxed tax' leads to spike in first-dose appointments

Cannabis compounds stopped COVID virus from infecting human cells in lab study

Minneapolis, St. Paul requiring proof of COVID vaccination or negative test for restaurants, bars

Politics:

Trump Cuts Interview Short

A video of the interview shows Trump becoming increasingly irritated as NPR’s Steve Inskeep asks him why he’s still pushing debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat.
After Inskeep told the ex-president that his fraud claims have repeatedly been proven false, the reporter asked Trump if he’ll refuse to endorse any Republican candidates who dispute his lies about the 2020 election.
Then, Trump ended the call.

The same guy who said he'd walk into a school with an active shooter can't last ten minutes on the phone with NPR.

— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) January 12, 2022

Matt Gaetz’s Ex-Girlfriend Testifies to Grand Jury

Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) ex-girlfriend testified Wednesday before a federal grand jury investigating him for sex crimes, a major development that suggests the Department of Justice may be moving closer to indicting him.

Mike Lindell says he has ‘enough evidence’ to put ‘300 million’ Americans in jail for election fraud

Allies See Mike Pence Ready to Launch 2024 Bid

For Pence, whose office declined multiple requests for comment for this article, surviving Trump, literally and figuratively, meant keeping his head down and doing his job. For a long time, the conventional wisdom among Republicans has been that Trump ended Pence’s political career on January 6, convincing his die-hard base that Pence was the Benedict Arnold of their revolution.
Instead, Trump’s actions seem to have had the opposite effect, accidentally launching Pence’s quite feasible bid for the Republican nomination.

Serendipity:

Americans Visited IRS Refund Site 630 Million Times

Americans visited the IRS’s website to learn the status of their tax refunds more than 630 million times in 2021, a staggering number that reflects deep frustration with the speed and efficiency of the tax collection agency.

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