Odds and Ends — 25 August 2026
Published on HivePostify by @preparedwombat · Tue Aug 25 2026
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
MiCA cracks down on USDT in Europe... but no one else cares
https://x.com/CoinMarginalX/status/2091752693748658489
Coinbase Puts Tokenized Stocks on Base
Coronavirus and Public Health:
Study ties COVID infection at delivery to increased risk for mom and baby
Iran:
https://x.com/berningman16/status/2091971035654701090
So, it’s not going to happen: Squeezing Iran Means Confronting China
https://x.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/2091913040224473381
Politics:
Trump’s bullying has backfired >Trump makes almost no attempt to win over either domestic or foreign audiences to his views. Instead of cajoling or convincing, he tries to coerce and compel others to do what he wants. That strategy is failing, because few take his threats seriously anymore.
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2091877966506803232
The D.C. Bar is officially deciding whether to investigate Chief Justice John Roberts for misconduct over millions in payments to his wife
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2091905538992886004
https://x.com/jimstewartson/status/2091892147821891670
———— Minnesota Under Siege ————
https://x.com/KellyScaletta/status/2091372024773894636
———— Scott Bessent ————
https://x.com/ColMoeDavis/status/2091291298246340631
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2091873056591372778
———— A mari usque ad mare ————
https://x.com/ruthbenghiat/status/2091539649067962855
https://x.com/anneapplebaum/status/2091593655421210790
https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2091886624678228455
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2092208473157018096
https://x.com/covie93/status/2091641918782337051
https://x.com/HQNewsNow/status/2091976869612544084
———— Natalie Harp ————
https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2092010804153299300
White House Crops Natalie Harp Out of Video >In broadcasts of the event, Harp was clearly visible among Trump’s guests. In the president’s suite she was spotted standing behind and to the right of Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, who has reportedly found herself at odds with Harp over her increasingly controversial relationship with her husband. Shocking. Someone in the press office, it seems, is trying to lower the temperature. >A clip of Trump waving the starting flag for the IndyCar race held on the National Mall on Sunday was oddly cropped. Half of the Fox Sports logo was missing, the first lady had an arm almost entirely cut out of the frame. Zoom out and the full picture shows Harp hovering just beyond the first lady’s shoulder.
https://x.com/MaryPatFlynn1/status/2091906174367265257
https://x.com/JamieBonkiewicz/status/2091898073530106038
———— Where’s the Beef? ————
https://x.com/JamieBonkiewicz/status/2091271193198559488
https://x.com/TheRickWilson/status/2091560599062720560
https://x.com/FiveTimesAugust/status/2091665409040601373
———— The Panopticon ————
https://x.com/JasonBassler1/status/2091184115966173695
https://x.com/Hannibal9972485/status/2091712931951972747
https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2091715245522014398
———— Autocracy R Us ————
Judge to Baby: File an Asylum Application >The 1-year-old is one of the migrant children who advocates say appeared in immigration court without legal representation.
https://x.com/anneapplebaum/status/2091060576952664495
Civil Society Group CIVICUS Says U.S. Shows Signs of a “Rapid Authoritarian Shift.” >CIVICUS, the global civil society monitor, downgraded U.S. democracy to “obstructed,” citing militarized protest policing, campus repression, and rising pressure on independent media.
https://x.com/AdamKinzinger/status/2092024484131742175
https://x.com/mehdirhasan/status/2092009880102085007
———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2091833452261720308 https://x.com/jasonkint/status/2091727512409653311
———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————
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