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COVID / HEALTH
1 in 4 American adults have developed some type of long term health issues from their COVID infections
When people talk about the devastation from COVID, they usually cite the number of people who died (7 million, 20 million, 30 million) or the economic cost ($14 trillion, $35 trillion, etc) but this pales in comparison to the true cost, something most people do not understand or talk about:
About 1 in 4 American adults have developed some type of long term health issues from their COVID infections.
Data is limited, but it seems reasonable to assume this ratio is similar in other countries.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1858258383461290345.html
36-year-old can’t breathe, rushed to ER. Lungs full of blood clots. Doc asks how many times he’s had covid. Doesn’t know, hasn’t been testing. Doc guesses 3-4. Prescribes blood thinners for the rest of his life.
New pandemic loading. I sure hope the new administration has a plan to deal with H5N1. With 30% of herds infected in CA, this isn’t just a health imperative (as we see human cases and evidence of human to human transmission) – it’s a looming economic catastrophe due to impacts on our food supply…
BREAKING: California reports 41 new dairy herds infected with H5N1 bird flu, bringing the statewide total to 335.
Over 30% of the state’s dairy herds have been confirmed to be infected, according to USDA.
Michael Olesen @maolesen
1-9 The resistance to evidence about COVID and Trump has puzzled me until now.
KGB agent Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov defected to Canada in 1970 and stated 85% of KGB work was “a slow process which we call either ideological subversion, active measures, or psychological warfare.”
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1858273963551715333.html
Fat ‘remembering’ past obesity drives yo-yo diet effect, say experts
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/18/ability-fat-remember-obesity-drives-yo-yo-diet-effect
POLITICS
Morning Joe and Mika Brzezinski disgrace their entire profession and so does Dana Bash
have I mentioned lately that Morning Joe and Indeterminate Time Of Day Mika can fuck all the way off?
the co-hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Pantload Show debased themselves last Friday by heading down to Donny’s vermin-infested Florida golf motel and groveling at Dear Leader’s feet.
ChatGPT’s First Victim + The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) …
Wyoming Abortion Bans Overturned by State Judge
Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens blocked Wyoming’s two abortion bans Monday, saying abortion is health care and the Wyoming Constitution protects a woman’s right to the procedure.
Get this: Judge invoked a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions… that was passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it’d screw Obamacare! Just backfired.
Jackie Singh @HackingButLegal
I am a “full blooded” American. I was born here. Citizenship is my birthright.
Meanwhile, two South African billionaires are currently usurping the Vice Presidency.
Thoughts on President Elon Musk’s pending tech takeover of US government “They believe their destiny is to hoard infinite wealth, rewrite the code of civilization, establish themselves as the supreme leaders of the universe and – as crazy as this may sound – defeat even death itself.”
The big problem with the US political system is that billionaires are allowed to buy the elections. That is usually called corruption, but in the US infamous John Roberts’s SCOTUS legalized such purchases in 2010 (Citizen United verdict).
IS MITCH SAVING US?
That’s not gridlock. That’s our system of checks and balances working as it should. Sorry you don’t get your monarchy that easily. Or at all.
@allenanalysis
BREAKING: Mitch McConnell just shut it down. No recess appointments, no cabinet approvals—Trump’s team is officially locked out.
This isn’t just a casual move; the Supreme Court has made it clear that the Senate must recess or adjourn for at least 10 days before a president can make unilateral appointments.
But here’s the catch: pro-forma sessions keep the Senate technically “open” during long breaks, with a lone senator showing up to open and close the chamber—no real business, just optics. And the House plays its part too, blocking any chance for the Senate to fully adjourn.
McConnell’s maneuver leverages these rules to maximum effect, ensuring Trump’s team is stalled at every turn.
Tactical genius or just petty politics? Either way, the gridlock is real.
Sorry, Trump has the power. Article II Section 2 Paragraph 3.
in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may hanen during the recess of the Senate, by granting ammisions which shall expire at the end of their next Session.
Expulsion by the Senate:
Constitutional Provision: Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution grants each house of Congress the power to “punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member.” This means that if two-thirds of the Senate votes in favor, a Senator can be expelled for any reason deemed appropriate by the Senate, typically for misconduct, corruption, or disloyalty.
Former federal prosecutor Randall Eliason says Trump’s New York hush money case sentencing should still move forward.
He argues the election did not wipe the slate clean, and the state jury’s decision stands.
Cleta Mitchell is an informal advisor to Donald Trump, and she’s already threatening civil servants. HER WORDS >> “Every lawyer in the voting section and likely the Civil Rights Division needs to be terminated.” UPDATE: The bill to let Trump “crush dissent” (HR 9495) will see a floor vote Wednesday. Call your reps.
Republicans have rescinded or frozen 92% of the funding for the IRS to crack down on rich tax cheats.
The IRS has recovered $1.3 BILLION from wealthy tax cheats with the funding it DOES have access to.
We can’t let special interests defund tax enforcement in the lame duck.
@BillKristol
“Trump is constructing a kind of anti-government—in the sense of being government’s evil twin. Every appointee is selected as a deliberate negation, even a mockery, of the function of government he or she will be in charge of.”
Today, attorneys for SpaceX and Amazon are arguing before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional.
Both companies had been found in violation of workers’ rights by the NLRB.
Ladies and gentlemen – the next Attorney General of the southern district of New York!
“If someone bought 1 ,OOO tickets for $10 and told their family they would be able to resell those tickets for $100, then it’s a security. But if you just buy the ticket 10 years later, it’s a ticket.”
Former SEC chairman Jay Clayton Bloomberg 2023
@NerdNationUnbox The word is that Robert Stebbins is taking Genslers place as Chair of the @SECGov. Stebbins is GC of the #SEC and was one of the attorneys involved in Hinman’s infamous speech.
He comes from Wilke Farr & Gallagher same place Kristina Littman, who was key in the Ripple lawsuit, went to after her SEC tenure.
TECHNOLOGY
@BoringSleuth
https://x.com/BoringSleuth/status/1858737746216415345
https://x.com/BoringSleuth/status/1812999695918375009
https://x.com/BoringSleuth/status/1812282146159043006
https://x.com/BoringSleuth/status/1681819123234242565
https://x.com/BoringSleuth/status/1681822734668513282
The fact that @PrometheumInc’s ENS On-chain is linked to the same entities that they are linked to Off-Chain, like Deng Chao, HashKey, Wanxiang is why I 100% believe these are wallets owned by them, despite owning a bunch of other random ens names. I find that the Chinese companies own the majority of the mass ENS name wallets.
Has anyone noticed that @Prometheuminc has YET TO DENY my allegation that they Minted/hold ownership of KillTrump.Crypto? @realDonaldTrump Crickets as usual. Its almost impossible to argue against the Truth when its minted forever on the blockchain.
Trump Media and Technology Group is in discussions to purchase Crypto platform Bakkt: The same company who was a main topic of the missing MIT class taught by SEC Chair Gensler. Also linked to the domain KillTrump.Crypto
One of the 3 topics to be discussed in @MIT’s missing session 18 taught by @GaryGensler, which has been scrubbed from digital existence, was Bakkt. Guess who minted (purchased and owned) Bakkt.eth? Prometheum, the same company Gensler granted the only ever Special Purpose Broker Dealer license for Digital Assets. Also the same company who minted KillTrump.Crypto Prometheum is the same company who minted KillTrump.Crypto I refuse to speculate but it sure does leave lots of room for Speculation.
@cowboycrypto313
Robert Stebbins who was on the “Ether Speech” email chain with Bill Hinman was a partner at Willkie Farr for 13 years before going to the SEC and resumed his position at Willkie in Jan 2021 immediately following the @Ripple lawsuit.
Willkie and Bill Hinman’s Simpson Thacher have worked hand in hand on numerous high profile mergers and acquisitions such as: $1.4B sale of Snap One as recent as April of 2024 and going back as far as 2003 where they were both advising Lehman Brothers on their purchase of asset manager Neuberger Berman for $2.625 billion.
This relationship goes way back and to have had both Bill Hinman and Robert Stebbins involved with the Ethereum Free Pass is a ridiculous step in the wrong direction for all of crypto. The agency needs to wash their hands clean of all involved with this regulatory capture that has been going on for over half a decade in crypto.. https://x.com/cowboycrypto313/status/1858903013361917955/photo/1
@cowboycrypto313
Some labeled it “Speech” but not Bill Hinman. He labeled it “Ether Speech”
Hinman stated, “Attached please find a final draft of the speech I had mentioned, which suggests that WE do not need to see a need to regulate Ether, as it is currently offered, as a security. That language is in brackets and would be used if WE all are in agreement. WE also have a call with Buterin later this week to confirm our understanding of how the Ethereum Foundation operates.”
https://x.com/cowboycrypto313/status/1687231870193307649
“We do not see a need to see a need to regulate Ether, as it is currently offered, as a security.”
Wow! There it is. I don’t see a need to see a need to think of the SEC as anything other than completely corrupt. No surprises, but it’s good to see we weren’t wrong. https://x.com/xrpmemeguy/status/1687286180847529984/photo/1
BlackRock BTC ETF Go Live on NASDAQ Today
Michael J. Saylor on Bitcoin: “Maxwell gave us electricity, Newton gave us Newtonian physics, Einstein gave us relativity, Satoshi gave us money.”
BREAKING: The submarine fiber communications cable C-Lion-1 between Finland and Germany has been cut. The C-Lion-1 underwater fiber optic communication cable, which links Finland to Germany, has been interrupted. This cable is the sole connection between Finland and Central Europe. It’s the only cable connecting Finland with Central Europe. A vessel has set out to investigate the cause. Germany and Finland have said they are “deeply concerned” about a severed undersea communications cable between the two countries, saying that it raised suspicions of possible Russian sabotage.
1963: Bell System introduced Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency technology (DTMF) as Touch-Tone, leading to a second wave of phreaking.
14 years ago yesterday, you could buy 4 #Bitcoin for $1
For the 1st time ever 1 #Bitcoin is now worth MORE than the average US retirement savings.
Very bad ideas: Government wants Google to sell off Chrome, etc.
While this may not end up mattering in its current form given the
results of the election, word is that the (current) federal government
wants Google to sell off the Chrome browser, decouple Android,
license search results and other data, and a number of other mostly
terrible ideas with deep and dangerous security and negative user
experience implications. While the logic of these kinds of “remedies”
may seem to make sense from a competitive landscape viewpoint, their
potential for causing users enormous security problems and confusion
is nearly boundless, and suggests that these aspects have not figured
prominently (or at all?) in the decision-making processes involved. ~Lauren Weinstein
This is super important. It’s an area @DCNorg (premium publishers) are intensely interested and concerned they get right around ability to restrict. The Court and trial made it clear they understood its importance during trial.The agency and the states have settled on recommending that Google be required to license the results and data from its popular search engine and give websites more options to prevent their content from being used by Google’s artificial intelligence products, said the people.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-18/doj-will-push-google-to-sell-off-chrome-to-break-search-monopoly
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“The largest pork producer in the U.S.A. is Chinese owned, Smithfield Farms.”
Over 80% of U.S. farmland owned by Chinese corporations, or investors, is owned by Smithfield Foods who is owned by China’s WH Group. China’s 
Simpson Thacher sent their own lawyer to WH Group as in-house counsel in June 2013 immediately following this acquisition that Simpson Thacher steered themselves.
“In 2007, Smithfield Foods, the largest pork producer in the world, made a startling declaration: It would begin phasing out “gestation crates,”