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The mainstream press has declared Bitcoin “dead” at least 500 times over its existence. They’ve been wrong every single time.

This is how uneducated the Politicians are about Bitcoin.
New Jersey Bureau of Securities Orders Cryptocurrency Company ‘BlockFi’ to Stop Offering Interest-Bearing Accounts

Israel Pegasus

Huge data leak shatters the lie that the innocent need not fear surveillance

“Revealed: leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon”
Spyware sold to authoritarian regimes used to target activists, politicians and journalists, data suggests

NSO CEO exclusively responds to allegations: “The list of 50,000 phone numbers has nothing to do with us”
This has everything to do with them! If Israel wants respect in the world they need to acknowledge how they are seen from our point of view or they will be considered just another thug on the world stage.  ~ anon

Huge data leak shatters the lie that the innocent need not fear surveillance

NSO Group spent millions on Washington lobbyists to woo US government as it pushed Pegasus spyware

GQP

Texas Senate Bill Drops Teaching Requirement That Ku Klux Klan Is ‘Morally Wrong’

Another GOP Red Line On Infrastructure: Making Sure People Pay Their Taxes
Conservative opposition to strengthening the IRS has left lawmakers scrambling to find new ways to offset the cost of a $1.1 trillion infrastructure package.
No shame just slavish devotion to corrupt masters and lobbyists.  ~ Jonny

U.S. Military Bought Cameras in Violation of China Sanctions

 

Health

‘Reckless’: G20 states subsidised fossil fuels by $3tn since 2015, says report | Fossil fuels | The Guardian

Americans’ medical debts are bigger than was previously known according to an analysis of consumer credit reports. As of June 2020, 18% of Americans hold medical debt that is in collections, totaling over $140 billion. The debt is increasingly concentrated in states that did not expand Medicaid. NYT

“Jews are behind the pandemic,” chant crowd at Polish anti-vaccine protest

Good:

Indiana University’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate upheld by judge

Researchers Find Common Denominator Linking All Cancers
this is very very slick!!

Indictment of Chinese MSS Intelligence Officers for Global Hacking Campaign

A discussion with Alexandra Elbakyan, the founder of Sci-Hub, about building tools for the open science community