Emily Jones
Join me in trying to make sense of a complicated world.
Category: Capitalism
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What’s Up With Mike Johnson’s Very Shady-Seeming Financial Disclosures? | Vanity Fair
The new House leader lists no bank accounts, including checking or savings, on financial disclosure forms going back to 2016. — Read on www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/11/mike-johnson-financial-disclosures Read.
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CREW, over 25 other organizations call on Senator Menendez to resign – CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Senator Robert Menendez must resign after allegedly receiving gifts for using his influence to benefit the Egyptian government. — Read on www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action/letters/crew-over-25-other-organizations-call-on-senator-menendez-to-resign/ Excerpts Read.
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De Santis Lies
apple.news/A8wLdfQtzTtu3eCm6Mbg5WA His boast, however, started to unravel when Maor Elbaz-Starinsky, Israel’s consul general, told the news agency he had not asked for DeSantis’s help, and that the governor’s involvement was limited to smoothing paperwork requirements for a previously arranged shipment of “rifle parts” ordered by his government. “I am not aware and would find it… Read.
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It’s Time for America to Join the International Criminal Court | Foreign Affairs
Holding Putin to account will require offering the court more than just intelligence. — Read on www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/time-america-join-international-criminal-court-vladimir-putin Read.
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The New Economic Security State | Foreign Affairs
In April 2023, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan begged his listeners’ indulgence for straying out of his lane by delivering a major address about economics. But his actual argument—that decades of free-market zealotry had weakened the country’s national security—was anything but apologetic. “Ignoring economic dependencies that had built up over the decades of liberalization… Read.
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Menendez pathetic fund raising.
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/16/nyregion/menendez-fund-raiser-puerto-rico.html Read.
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MORE PROBLEMS FOR CRYPTO
apple.news/AZXoCbQuuTOSj8T9IQ7ShpA The crypto lobby has made some recent strides in its quest for legitimacy — the House is on the cusp of passing industry-blessed legislation — but is facing growing resistance from lawmakers energized by digital currency’s role in financial crimes. Hamas was an early adopter of using cryptocurrencies for financing, according to TRM Labs,… Read.
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The Supreme Court’s Republicans appear determined to save a GOP gerrymander in South Carolina – Vox
The Republican Party had a great day in the Supreme Court today. Voting rights did not. — Read on www.vox.com/scotus/2023/10/11/23912904/supreme-court-voting-rights-gerrymander-south-carolina-alexander-naacp Read.
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Bankman Freid
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BANKMAN FRIED
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/technology/caroline-ellison-sam-bankman-fried-trial.html Read.
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Just trying to figure it out like everybody else…Israel
The situation in Israel is so overwhelming, so heartbreaking, so infuriating, I am having a difficult time even commenting on it. We have, probably like most people, spent three days now, glued to the TV, listening to everybody and anybody, trying to make sense of the situation. Unlike most social issues, I have no fixed… Read.
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Podcast: ISRAELI SETTLER CAPITALISM.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/revolutionary-left-radio/id1218054701 Read.
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BANKMAN FRIED. TIMELINE
apple.news/AtFf5QC-rTSG9wPXtIopOOw Read.
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BANKMAN FRIED.
apple.news/AB8pc2czASNSaS2FK8hCzvQ Excerpt: The tab was $7.7 billion, a Wall Street Journal analysis of company disclosures and legal filings shows. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and senior staff spent customer funds on technology investments, luxury real estate and political contributions, among other things. The missing funds are at the heart of Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial, which kicked off… Read.
Law, Power, and Justice 