Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Even for me it is always a bit uneasy when bitcoin price is at the lower bound of the stock-to-flow model. Will it hold (like Mar 2019 when I published S2F, or Mar 2020 Covid, or Sep 2020 with BTC stuck at $10K) and is this another buying opportunity? Or will S2F be invalidated? pic.twitter.com/iIjTC2Ncy3

— PlanB (@100trillionUSD) June 23, 2021

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Fee Problem (and Solutions)

Marvel reveals official NFTs will be available on VeVe marketplace by 2022

Are We Overdosing On “Hopium”?

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

As The Pandemic Recedes, Millions Of Workers Are Saying 'I Quit'

A Thousand Ads Attacking Dr. Anthony Fauci

Republican candidates for local, state, and federal offices across the country are using Fauci’s image in their fundraising ads to rile up their base and shamelessly raise campaign funds.
By our estimates, over 40 Republican candidates and dozens more conservative organizations and Facebook pages have run more than 1,000 Facebook ads attacking Dr. Fauci in the past three months. Many of the ads are so similar that Republican digital firms must think they’ve struck gold.

Politics:

“Shut the fuck up, Stephen.”

Judge gives ex-police officer Derek Chauvin 22-1/2 years for George Floyd murder. Theoretically, eligible to be released on parole after 15 years, but does anybody think he’ll last anything like that in gen pop? Edited: Well, it looks like rather than gen pop, he’ll be in solitary confinement. Physically safer, but solitary tends to drive people insane.

Justice Department Is Suing Georgia Over Voter Suppression Law

The lawsuit is being overseen by Kristen Clarke, the head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and Vanita Gupta, the associate attorney general—two longtime civil rights lawyers with extensive records litigating against new restrictions on voting.

Judge appears skeptical over effort to dismiss Dominion suit

GOPers Loudly Wail Over Dems Dodging Their Infrastructure Trap

Time Is Not on the Democrats’ Side

Let’s be blunt: Democrats are one vote away from their Senate majority – and with it their ability to pass anything without Republican votes – disappearing. Every day they go without a bill is a risk and this process could easily run into September, October, or beyond if a bill proves difficult to hammer out.

Why isn't Trump in jail? Former George W. Bush lawyer says Biden’s DOJ is protecting him

Onetime White House lawyer Richard Painter: Federal prosecutors love presidential power more than actual justice.

New Details Suggest Senior Trump Aides Knew Jan. 6 Rally Could Get Chaotic

Text messages and interviews show that Stop the Steal leaders fooled the Capitol police and welcomed racists to increase their crowd sizes, while White House officials worked to both contain and appease them.

White House Brushes Off GOP’s Fake Tears Over Infrastructure Hardball: Take It Or Leave It!

Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) Compares Democrats to the Nazis

New York Redistricting May Be Key to House Majority

New York may be the highest-stakes state of the entire 2022 redistricting cycle. Democrats hold a 19-8 lead in the Empire State’s House delegation.
But given the GOP’s power to redraw other states like Florida and Texas, Democrats may have no choice but to gerrymander aggressively here to have any chance of holding the House majority — no matter how brazen it ends up looking.

Serendipity:

Large-scale CO₂ removal facility set for Scotland

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