Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

New Infrastructure Bill Looks to Raise $30B Through Crypto Taxes

…any broker that transfers any digital assets would need to file a return under a modified information reporting regime. The draft defined digital assets as “any digital representation of value … recorded on a cryptographically secured distributed ledger” or related technology. It also includes decentralized exchanges and peer-to-peer marketplaces in its definition of brokers.

Yeah, good luck with that.

Cats cause chaos on Ethereum again as Mila Kunis’ project sells out in 35 minutes

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

The new mask logic

Pfizer data suggest third dose of Covid-19 vaccine ‘strongly’ boosts protection against Delta variant

Um, I wouldn’t mind seeing research about that from a neutral source.

Politics:

Why the GOP Wants to Kill Its Voters

The Point of the GOP’s January 6 Absurdism

The point is that the specifics don’t matter; what matters is that we are being told, blatantly, repeatedly and without shame, that we simply did not see what we saw, and we are expected to go along with it. This is an exercise in power, to see how malleable our reality really is.

AP Fact Check rates GOP claim Pelosi blocked National Guard on Jan. 6 ‘false’

Trump Pressured Attorney General Daily on Election

President Donald Trump called his acting attorney general nearly every day at the end of last year to alert him to claims of voter fraud or alleged improper vote counts in the 2020 election.
The personal pressure campaign, which has not been previously reported, involved repeated phone calls to acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen in which Trump raised various allegations he had heard about and asked what the Justice Department was doing about the issue.

Bipartisan Infrastructure Pact Clears Key Senate Vote

Hmmmmm... the recent DOJ opinion about Mo Brooks contains a sentence that hints that it could apply to Trump as well:

Inciting or conspiring to foment a violent attack on the United States Congress is not within the scope of employment of a Representative — or any federal employee.

It’s Aways Somebody Else’s Fault.

DOJ Fires Fresh Warning Shot At States Curtailing Voting Rights Or Considering MAGA Audits

Serendipity:

What Can We Learn From How the Super-Rich Prepare for SHTF?

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