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Grayscale Wins over SEC
#BREAKING
First bitcoin ETF could be coming soon as court rules in favor of Grayscale over SEC
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has paved the way for bitcoin exchange-traded funds.
* The court sided with Grayscale in a lawsuit against the SEC / GARY GENSLER which had denied the company’s application to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust to an ETF.
F^CK ELON
US Wildlife Officials Stunned by Environmental Damage of SpaceX Explosion: Report
X faces 2,200 arbitration cases and filing fees over $3 million
CHUTZBAH AWARD
Zoom CEO says employees must return to the office as they can’t build trust or innovate on Zoom
People are too friendly when using Zoom, complains Zoom boss. Yuan claimed it was hard to come up with great ideas on Zoom, adding that employees cannot have a great conversation. Yuan’s explanation seems to contradict Zoom’s product page boasts of the video-calling software offering “immersive in-office collaboration right from home.” Collaboration is mentioned three times on the page. Elsewhere, the section of the company’s website about Zoom’s Meetings feature boasts that 95% of customers report a greater sense of trust and an increase in performance. Seems nobody told Yuan.
Fox TV license renewal may be in jeopardy as FCC invites public response
FCC seeks broader public input on license renewal for WTXF-TV in Philadelphia.
The proceeding concerns WTXF-TV in Philadelphia, the only Fox-owned TV station that’s currently up for renewal. An advocacy group called the Media and Democracy Project (MAD) petitioned the FCC to deny the renewal on July 3, arguing that Fox “has repeatedly aired false information about election fraud, sowing discord in the country and contributing to harmful and dangerous acts on January 6, 2021.”
EDUCATION
The College Board Tells TikTok and Facebook Your SAT Scores
ALERT – ALL PARENT OF CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN
Community college is now free for Mass. residents 25 and older. Millions qualify Gov. Maura Healey wants to get the word out: Attending community college is now free for millions living in Massachusetts.
No Child Left Behind – New Teaching Method Can Equalize Children’s Reading Skills
TAX THE RICH OLIGARCHY
Billionaire-linked US thinktank behind supreme court wealth tax case lobbying
Manhattan Institute one of eight conservative advocacy groups that filed amicus briefs urging the court to hear Moore v US
19 States Cut Income Taxes to Benefit Wealthy — With Help of Dark Money Groups
According to the states’ own estimates, the revenue hit could be more than $10 billion in fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
How Jack Smith May Charge Trump PAC with Fraudulent Fundraising Within the Bounds of First Amendment
F^CK TRUMP
Palm Beach County lawyer files legal challenge to disqualify Trump from 2024 presidential race
The challenge was filed in federal court in the Southern District of Florida citing the 14th Amendment’s “disqualification clause.”
“Is Trump disqualified for the N.H. primary? N.H. secretary of state is seeking legal advice.” “Secretary of State David Scanlan, who will oversee the first-in-the-nation presidential primary in just five months, said he’s received several letters lately that urge him to take action based on a legal theory that claims the Constitution empowers him to block Trump from the ballot.
DIRTY POLITICS
Marcus Ranum April 17, 2023
… About the “build the wall!”, “lock her up!”, and “stop the steal” memes which, I did not know, were created by Cambridge Analytica and test-marketed on Facebook. His point is that they’re abstract almost to the point of meaninglessness: Who is going to build the wall? Who is going to lock her up? Who is going to stop the steal? Obviously, the leaders of the right wing movement are going to do none of that. Donald Trump can barely manage a casino without looting its cash register, and the idea of building a massive wall is patently absurd. Snyder goes through a bunch of these fascistic deepities and reveals them as basically vacuous: “the scientists are wrong, the fascists say, don’t believe them, believe in a higher truth which is that by leaving the European Union we will rejoin the great English empire which really never existed and which everyone was trying to get out of, at the time.”
August 23, Eminem’s lawyer informed Ramaswamy’s campaign that Eminem objected to their repeated use of his music during their campaign stops.Lawyers for rapper Eminem have sent Vivek Ramaswamy a cease and desist letter demanding the candidate stop using his music on the campaign trail! No more extremely cringey ‘Lose Yourself’ performances for Vivek!
Donald Trump Accidentally Admits Crime in New Truth Social Post
CHINA
US Navy sailor’s mum encouraged him to pass military details to China, prosecutor says SAN DIEGO: The mother of a US Navy sailor charged with providing sensitive military information to China encouraged him to cooperate with a Chinese intelligence officer, telling her son it might help him get a job with the Chinese government someday, the prosecution said Tuesday (Aug 8).
Pro-China influence campaign pushed talking points across more than 50 websites
US commerce secretary rejects Chinese appeal to ease export controls
HEALTH
127-year-old water main gives way under NYC’s Times Square, flooding streets, subways
All-in-one gadget sees the invisible to accurately spot problem wounds
Novo says Wegovy drug helps obese people with heart failure in trial
Biden admin announces first 10 drugs facing Medicare price negotiation