Odds and Ends — 28 August 2026

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

https://x.com/admcrlsn/status/2092940836598161917

Judge Rules Trump Administration Illegally Retaliated Against Anthropic Over AI Red Lines

Rita Lin vacated the supply chain designation and issued a permanent injunction, refusing the government even a seven-day stay.

https://x.com/MorePerfectUS/status/2092616052467220632

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Republican Efforts to Prosecute Fauci Are Hitting a Wall

A Republican push to prosecute Dr. Anthony Fauci for contempt of Congress has stalled as the Trump administration questions whether the legal approach supports an indictment by the Justice Department.
Three weeks after a GOP-led Senate committee voted to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress, some administration officials are skeptical that the current approach is procedurally sound enough to indict him for failing to answer questions before lawmakers.

Iran:

https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/2092978394338054243

Trump promised a short Iran war. Six months later, he has few good options.

https://x.com/RadioFreeTom/status/2093036069323239507

Politics:

https://x.com/PiperK/status/2093183484697145414

Trump Plans to Buy Midterm Ads About His Own Record

The president has come up with a simple plan to win the election: more Trump.

Trump Threatens to Defund State and Local Police

https://x.com/clashreport/status/2092901873996955959

Realism Is Unrealistic

How useful is a theory about power that consistently fails to explain what the world’s most powerful country does?

https://x.com/HQNewsNow/status/2092973420275212689

———— Minnesota Under Siege ————

https://x.com/realsmilyus/status/2093001784646082819

https://x.com/realsmilyus/status/2093054935340363949

https://x.com/realsmilyus/status/2093122048188883116

I’m going to the Minnesota State Fair Saturday or Sunday depending on the weather. Will post some pics.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario ‘Lake America,’ then joked that the Atlantic and Pacific oceans could be next.
Said Trump: “So if you think about it, we have a gulf and we have a lake. Now all we need is an ocean. So maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and or the Pacific. Maybe we’ll change them both.”

By now, we should understand that Trump doesn’t joke. He tells us what he’s going to do.

https://x.com/Nick_Anderson_/status/2092690978742362567
https://x.com/piyushmittal/status/2092869810153771427

———— Autocracy R Us ————

Wyoming’s Republican governor raises concerns over ‘aggressive’ DOJ election monitors

Wyoming? Really?

———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————

E.P.A. Moves to Curb Public Input on Data Centers

Under the proposal, states would no longer need to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data centers and other projects.

https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2092985442308075883

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://x.com/HunterBiden/status/2092690191928664226

Russia Was Forced to Cut Spending After Running Out of Cash

Russia imposed sharp spending restrictions after an April liquidity crisis exposed the mounting costs of its war in Ukraine.
A tight austerity regime was introduced after Finance Minister Anton Siluanov warned Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin that there wouldn’t be enough cash that month to make all the necessary payments on time, as the Treasury’s federal budget balances fell to a negative 5.5 trillion rubles ($65.3 billion).

https://x.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/2092996385503097218

https://x.com/mexic0la_/status/2093034763783450898