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<h1>Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:</h1>
<a href="https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/06/03/are-exchange-layoffs-the-first-sign-of-crypto-winter-or-is-it-already-over/">Are Exchange Layoffs the First Sign of Crypto Winter, or Is It Already Over?</a>
<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/03/turkeys-inflation-soars-to-73percent-as-food-and-energy-costs-skyrocket.html">Turkey’s inflation soars to 73%, a 23-year high, as food and energy costs skyrocket</a>
<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/luna-classic-lunc-pricing-error-leads-to-mirror-protocol-exploit">Luna Classic pricing error leads to Mirror Protocol exploit</a>
<h1>Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:</h1>
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/06/omicron-variant-seasonal-infections/661181/">Why This COVID Wave Feels Different</a>
>In the winter, cases shot up and plummeted with unprecedented speed. But something else is going on with this surge.
<a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/ron-de-santis-threatened-special-olympics-with-27-m-fine-over-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-184702316.html">Florida threatened Special Olympics with $27M fine over COVID-19 vaccine mandate</a>
<h1>Politics:</h1>
<a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/peter-navarro-indicted-contempt-congress">Peter Navarro Indicted for Contempt of Congress</a>
<a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/indicted-peter-navarro-wails-gnashes-teeth-at-first-court-appearance">Indicted Peter Navarro Wails, Gnashes Teeth At First Court Appearance</a>
>Former Trump White House trade official Peter K. Navarro ranted and raved at his first court appearance on Friday, hours after FBI agents arrested him as he boarded an airplane on charges of contempt of Congress.
>“I didn’t tell them I was going to Nashville today, and they wound up arresting me at the gate door,” Navarro complained at the hearing, calling his treatment “despicable.”
Poor baby. You’d think that, as a lawyer, he’d understand that, once indicted, he’d be subject to arrest.
This one is a hoot: <a href= "https://www.thebulwark.com/my-friend-donald-trump/">My Friend, Donald Trump</a>
<a href="https://politicalwire.com/2022/06/03/huge-majority-back-age-limits-for-assault-weapons/">Huge Majority Back Age Limits for Assault Weapons</a>
Um, for what it’s worth I think that’s a *very* suspect poll. “Assault weapons” is never defined. And they seem to have no clue that automatic and semi-automatic are two quite different types of firearms. Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer.
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/03/eastern-ukraine-residents-russia-00036854">‘Everything is gone’: Eastern Ukraine residents say Russia is wiping their towns off the map</a>
<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/invasion-enters-100th-day-russia-now-holds-20-ukraine-zelensky">As Invasion Enters 100th Day, Russia Now Holds 20% Of Ukraine: Zelensky</a>
“Republicans have no answers. There’s no economic agenda. Where’s their jobs plan for the last 10 years? Where the hell is their health care plan? They don’t have one. They’re bankrupt as a party. And, in addition to that, they accommodate and embrace these loopy theories and racist theories about how we should live our lives starting with Q-Anon.” — Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), who is “not quite known to breathe rhetorical fire,” quoted by Politico.
<a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/abbott-doors-school-shootings-uvalde">Abbott Takes Bold Action On America’s Unsecured Door Epidemic</a>
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-61656289?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6299df05b622de4ef912334c%26How%20100%20days%20of%20war%20has%20changed%20Russia%262022-06-03T12%3A53%3A57.608Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:eb346878-04ab-4323-8865-dbefe7f32e77&pinned_post_asset_id=6299df05b622de4ef912334c&pinned_post_type=share">How 100 days of war has changed Russia</a>
<a href="https://archive.ph/Tr76X">Aide Warned Secret Service of Risk to Mike Pence</a>
>The day before a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff called Mr. Pence’s lead Secret Service agent to his West Wing office.
>The chief of staff, Marc Short, had a message for the agent, Tim Giebels: The president was going to turn publicly against the vice president, and there could be a security risk to Mr. Pence because of it.
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/03/politics/steve-bannon-new-york-grand-jury-build-the-wall/index.html">NY prosecutors are moving closer to charging Steve Bannon in border wall effort Trump pardoned him for</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/03/politics/ron-desantis-tampa-bay-rays-gun-violence/index.html">DeSantis blocks state money for Tampa Bay Rays training facility after team tweets against gun violence</a>
<a href="https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/politics/ohio-politics/ohio-gop-passes-bill-aiming-to-root-out-suspected-transgender-female-athletes-through-genital-inspection">Ohio GOP passes bill aiming to root out ‘suspected’ transgender female athletes through genital inspection</a>
Um, whatever happened to small-government Republicans?
<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/abortion-susan-collins-brett-kavanaugh-trump-roe-1357183/">How Trump’s Team Conned Susan Collins</a>
<a href="https://www.salon.com/2022/06/03/the-jan-6-committee-hearings-are-finally-here--and-are-running-scared/">The Jan. 6 committee hearings are finally here — and Republicans are running scared</a>
>…they plan to call conservative Republican former federal judge, J. Michael Luttig, a man who was shortlisted more than once for a Supreme Court seat. Luttig advised Former Vice President Mike Pence on the illegality of overthrowing the government. (Evidently, Pence wasn't sure ...)
>Luttig is ultra-conservative. But he isn't delusional and he isn't a coward which makes him something of a unicorn in Republican circles. His testimony should be very compelling.
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/03/west-point-expected-to-be-ordered-to-take-down-portrait-of-robert-e-lee-00037115">West Point expected to be ordered to take down portrait of Robert E. Lee</a>
<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/nra-membership-dues-spending-continue-shrink-report-shows/story?id=85147897">NRA membership dues and spending continue to shrink</a>
>Brian Mittendorf, an accounting professor at Ohio State University who tracks NRA spending, says the numbers suggest the NRA appears to be at a “real risk of entering a downward spiral.”
<h1>Serendipity:</h1>
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61669233">Drought-stricken US warned of looming ‘dead pool’</a>
<a href="https://theconversation.com/what-makes-smoky-charred-barbecue-taste-so-good-the-chemistry-of-cooking-over-an-open-flame-184206">What makes smoky, charred barbecue taste so good? The chemistry of cooking over an open flame</a>
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