I'm crystal clear: Bitcoin IS a crypto currency. I know you'd like it to be otherwise - given the stench of fraud and money laundering that now surrounds "crypto." But if Bitcoin isn't crypto, what is it? A security, regulatable by the SEC? A commodity? A pet rock? A Monopoly token?
Diana B. Henriques
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Six books include "Taming the Street," on FDR's historic financial reforms, and NYT bestseller 'The Wizard of Lies,' on Madoff's historic fraud, now an HBO movie. A half-century of writing and reading. Loves life, really loves puppies.
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Some folks were skeptical yesterday about whether "the media" would take notice of this excellent @npr.org scoop. Yup, it did. One more reason to applaud? CNN gave NPR credit right at the top. Well done!
www.cbsnews.com/news/body-ca...
Video from Jan. 6 attack shows Justice Department adviser telling rioters attacking police to "kill 'em"
Footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol shows a man who now works at the Justice Department telling police officers they are "disgusting" and "the Gestapo."
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Did you ever study "risk-adjusted returns"? What rate of return should people be paid to risk their limited and irreplaceable savings on unregulated crypto assets that are riddled with fraud, deeply volatile, and frequently illiquid? Ordinary people have already been badly burned by crypto.
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As the New York Times just reported, the actual numbers show that almost no one was criticizing Sydney Sweeney for her American Eagle ad.
But Libs of TikTok decided to pretend that lefties were angry. A story about supposed leftist outrage was concocted out of thin air by liars.
How the Right Shaped the Debate Over the Sydney Sweeney Ads
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Did you ever study "risk-adjusted returns"? What rate of return should people be paid to risk their limited and irreplaceable savings on unregulated crypto assets that are riddled with fraud, deeply volatile, and frequently illiquid? Ordinary people have already been badly burned by crypto.
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Brilliant piece of work here:
ok but that one trans kid is still banned from playing jv tennis with their friends right?
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This is an early warning. Things won’t just go back to normal once Trump is gone. People will be unwilling to fill civil service jobs because they no longer trust the government. This was Vought’s goal.
NEW: Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejections for the same period a year earlier.
Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...
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New: The Veterans Affairs system is already down 600 doctors and about 1,900 nurses so far this year.
At several VA facilities, more 1/3 of the positions for doctors remain unfilled.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social @propublica.org
Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...
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So we're apparently at the point where we should pray Wall Street will be more prudent and careful with retirement funds than regulators are. Uncle Sam: "Bitcoin in a working class IRA? No problem." Wall Street: "Well, that isn't prudent..." This will not end well.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/b...
Trump Order Clears Way for Crypto and Private Equity in 401(k)s
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Banks do occasionally seem a little leery about serving con artists. And yet somehow, every Ponzi schemer gets a bank account. So I agree: this is delusional victimhood. But it will be real-world trouble for banks.
