Odds and Ends — 25 June 2024

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Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:

The Problem With ‘In Demand’ Jobs

Federal workforce-training programs prepare people for dead-end jobs that no one wants.

This is well-worth a read: The Gods of Logic

Before and after artificial intelligence

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Supreme Court rejects COVID-vaccine cases, including two brought by group founded by RFK Jr.

Politics:

Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free

The WikiLeaks founder has been held in a prison outside London for the last five years and fought extradition to the U.S. He is expected to return to Australia.

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https://twitter.com/MarkJacob16/status/1805424717198741583

Special Counsel Probed Secret Mar-a-Lago Trip

A trip to Mar-a-Lago taken by former President Donald Trump that aides allegedly “kept quiet” just weeks before FBI agents searched the property for classified materials in his possession raised suspicions among special counsel Jack Smith’s team as a potential additional effort to obstruct the government’s classified documents investigation.

Texas abortion restrictions linked to a rise in infant deaths

The GOP’s Abortion Albatross

Just as reproductive rights motivated voters in 2022 and 2023, new polling shows how Republicans’ crusade to control women’s bodies could propel Democrats in November.

https://twitter.com/NewsJennifer/status/1805225125933125783

Trump Campaign Walks Back Green Card Promise

Donald Trump’s campaign is walking back a promise from the former president that he would automatically give green cards to all overseas students studying in the US once they graduate.

https://twitter.com/MayoIsSpicyy/status/1804955631465714042

5 ways a second Trump administration would be different from the first

https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1804933639219605724

House Democrats Hit Republicans on Abortion

House Democrats are launching their opening salvo in what promises to be a week filled with abortion-related messaging by whacking five swing-district Republicans who praised the end of Roe v. Wade two years ago.
In a campaign already deeply focused on abortion, Democrats plan to double down this week to mark the second anniversary of the Dobbs decision on Monday.

https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1804898326359286163

Trump Joked About Nazi ‘Ovens’ to His Jewish Employees

Trump says George Washington ‘probably didn’t’ own slaves.

https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1804874724209504657

‘Intense phase of war with Hamas about to end,’ focus to shift to Lebanon border, Netanyahu says

https://twitter.com/lindyli/status/1805051943196201169

Coup-hit Niger was betting on a China-backed oil pipeline as a lifeline. Then the troubles began

https://twitter.com/ImtiazMadmood/status/1804842500009435548

Israeli Documents Show Expansive Covert U.S. Influence Campaign

Israeli government officials closely coordinate with advocacy groups shaping congressional and state legislation, social media and campus discourse.

https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1623219230643744768

‘Too Many Old People’

There is a deepening sense of fear as population loss accelerates in rural America. The decline of small-town life is expected to be a looming topic in the presidential election.

https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1805299935908147621

Republicans Begin to Worry About Election

Outside of the money race, a series of other developments in recent days have left even Republicans with the impression that November may not be quite as good for the GOP as it once seemed.

How Trump is Losing the Debate Expectations Game