Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

We’ve all read/seen a lot of crypto FUD, but this one might be the dumbest yet.

Engineer hacks Trezor wallet, recovers $2M in 'lost' crypto

Fed Keeps Interest Rates at Zero, Says Hike Appropriate ‘Soon’

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

World’s brightest x-rays reveal COVID-19’s damage to the body

Bolsonaro Adviser Who Dismissed Virus Dies of Covid

Olavo de Carvalho, the coronavirus-denying mentor of Jair Bolsonaro and Brazil’s radical right, has died in the United States, with one of his children citing Covid-19 as the cause.

Germany to crack down on Covid protesters in yellow star badges

Politics:

Oath Keepers Leader Had ‘Escape Tunnels’

When a federal judge ordered Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes to remain jailed pending his trial for conspiracy charges on Wednesday, they cited testimony by Rhodes’s estranged wife, who alleged that he installed ‘elaborate escape tunnels’ in his backyard.
Tasha Adams shared her photos on Twitter: “Folks if you ever feel tempted to rent a backhoe and dig escape tunnels in the backyard of your rental house, keep in mind it may come back to haunt you if you later attempt to overthrow the U.S. government.”

Germany Waffles In Ukraine Standoff

Germany has finally reached this Oh My God moment, when the country realizes that it is dependent on Russian gas to get through the winter, and that they have not prepared for a plan B…
Do not underestimate the political dynamics of what happens when people freeze to death.

Domestic Extremists Have Plotted to Disrupt Power Grid

Domestic violent extremists have been planning to try to disrupt the U.S. power grid and will probably keep doing so, according to a Department of Homeland Security intelligence bulletin shared with law enforcement agencies and utility operators.

Biden’s 2024 Opponent Won’t Be a Generic Republican

A new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds President Biden losing to a generic Republican in a 2024 match up, 46% to 37%.
However, Biden holds small leads over four actual Republicans, including Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Ted Cruz and Mike Pence.

Kremlin Floats Phony ‘Civil War in Ukraine’ Narrative

Dominion says there's no 'realistic possibility' that it'll settle its lawsuits with Rudy Giuliani, Mike Lindell, or Sidney Powell given the 'devastating harm' they've done to the company

A Historic Moment

Biden presided over Breyer’s confirmation to the Supreme Court as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1994, and now he will name Breyer’s replacement. This has never happened before in U.S. history. Not even by Martin Van Buren, who was Judiciary Committee chair way back in the 1820s and then later became the 8th president.