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

The Ticking Time Bomb in America’s Downtowns

They call it the “debt wall,” and it is not the kind of wall that protects you. It’s the kind that might collapse and crush your village, or into which you might crash your car. Specifically, it is $1.5 trillion in commercial real estate debt, owed to banks, pension funds, and insurance companies before the end of 2025, and secured by a national portfolio of office, retail, industrial, and multifamily properties that may not be worth what they were five or 10 years ago when those loans got made.

Chatbot to replace humans at National Eating Disorders Association helpline

Neuralink gets FDA approval for ‘in-human’ trials of its brain-computer interface

The Hottest Trend in Investing Is Mostly a Sham

Republicans portray ESG as the epitome of “woke capital.” The truth is closer to the opposite.

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

4ThePURE: Former Trump adviser Michael Flynn is launching an online community for 'COVID-19 unvaccinated people,' where you can find blood donors, surrogates, and 'unvaccinated singles.' A founding membership costs $2,500.

File this under Ironic: Tally of covid-19 cases after CDC conference climbs to 181

Florida Man:

DeSantis campaign tells nervous donors in leaked audio that voters will care more about a recession and Biden’s age than the governor’s anti-abortion record

Politics:

Espionage Act Charges Very Much In Play For Donald Trump

A Capitol Hill tour guide just walked past reporters staking out McCarthys office and said, “Over here on your right, you’ll see a nation on the brink of economic collapse.”

— Farnoush Amiri (@FarnoushAmiri) May 26, 2023

Prosecutors in Trump’s criminal case say they have recording of Trump and a witness

U.S. Government Will Run Out of Money on June 5

The U.S. government will run out of money to meet all its payment obligations on June 5 if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling, according to a letter Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent to lawmakers on Friday.
The new projections provide a timeline for lawmakers on Capitol Hill as they try to strike a deal to raise the nation’s borrowing limit and fund the federal government.

Unorthodox immigration bill catches both parties by surprise

Thanks to Donald Trump and the Republican Party, we've all had to learn the difference between treason, collusion, incitement, insurrection, and seditious conspiracy.

— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) May 25, 2023

Trump thinks he can MAGA his way out of jail

Minnesota Lawmakers Complete Historic Session

How is CNN going to find Pence supporters for his Town Hall?

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 27, 2023

Serendipity:

Drilling down on treatment-resistant fungi with molecular machines

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