Odds and Ends — 10 January 2024

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

SEC did not have 2FA enabled: X Safety team on fake Bitcoin ETF post

Intel challenges Nvidia, Qualcomm with 'AI PC' chips for cars

Gee, Guess What Twitter Just Did to Accounts Critical of Elon Musk?

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Study Finds One Kind of Diet Linked to Reduced COVID-19 Infection Risk

Florida Man:

DeSantis returns to Florida as campaign lags and mood in Tallahassee shifts

Politics:

The Immunity Hearing

The court also brought up several times the hypotheticals the DoJ outlined in their briefs - what if a president orders the murder of a political rival? What if a president sells pardons? What if a president accepts bribes? After a lot of back and forth with Trump's lawyers refusing to answer the question, he finally admitted that a president could do all those things and be immune from criminal prosecution unless he was impeached and convicted for the same actions. That was just stunning.

https://twitter.com/RDEliason/status/1744790702494564474
- RDEliason

https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1744767570010370374
- RpsAgainstTrump

https://twitter.com/HalSparks/status/1744749132294894064
- HalSparks

Taiwan to vote in what China calls 'peace and war' election

https://twitter.com/Logically_JC/status/1744728953401819173
- Logically_JC

Black man who spent 44 years in prison before he was exonerated gets record $25M settlement

https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1744475538289262653
- MeidasTouch

Whispers Grow About Dumping Mike Johnson

Said one House Republican: “Significant concerns growing about Mike’s ability to jump to this level and deliver conservative wins. Growing feeling that he’s in way, way over his head. As much as there was valid criticism and frustration with Kevin, Mike is struggling to grow into the job and is just getting rolled even more than McCarthy did.”

On the other hand,

Moderate Republicans Warns Against Ousting Johnson

With hardline Republicans grumbling about Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) recent budget deal, some moderates are already issuing a stern warning: Do not even think about attempting to oust him.
Said Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY): “If they try it, they are fucking idiots.”

https://twitter.com/MarkJacob16/status/1744732256340783364
- MarkJacob16

Media play dumb and amplify Jan. 6 lies

https://twitter.com/Kathlee71013772/status/1744452359810437279
- Kathlee71013772

Why Trump Might Pick RFK Jr. as His Running Mate

First, Mr. Kennedy is unlikely to get on the ballot in all 50 states. He’s unlikely to get on the ballot in 25 states. The ‘No Labels’ movement — which has substantial financial resources, a disciplined political operation and a lengthy head start — is having a hard time getting on the ballot in all 50 states, because it’s a huge under-taking. If it’s uphill for ‘No Labels,’ it’s a much, much steeper climb for Kennedy.
Second, it is believed by some Republican operatives and a number of people in Trump’s ‘brain trust’ that Kennedy will take more votes away from Trump than President Biden in so-called ‘battleground states’. Whether or not this is true doesn’t matter, as long as Team Trump believes it. If Team Trump continues to believe it, something needs to be done.
Which brings us to the third thing, which is this: I’m reliably informed that long-time Trump-whisperer Steve Bannon is constantly in Trump’s ear, telling him that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should be his running mate.
That would knock over the chessboard, to say the least.