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The government wants your money. It will beg, steal or borrow if necessary, but it wants your money any way it can get it. The government’s schemes to swindle, cheat, scam, and generally defraud taxpayers of their hard-earned dollars have run the gamut from wasteful pork barrel legislation, cronyism and graft to asset forfeiture, costly stimulus …
The world’s most critical technologies are now political weapons. Chips that power defense, AI, and infrastructure are suddenly leverage in a trade war. National security is fused with tariffs. Alliances are fragile. Supply chains tremble. Everything meant to stabilize commerce, innovation, and global trust is at risk. One post, one sentence, one tweet and the …
via notayesmanseconomics This morning has opened with a couple of my themes in play so please put on your seat belts. We can start with the more minor one and we see something I have warned about for a while. WIESBADEN – Gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2025 …
https://twitter.com/Cointelegraph/status/1956423461342969915 “Assembly Bill A08966, introduced August 13 and referred to the Ways and Means Committee, would take effect September 1, 2025… The legislation places responsibility for tax payment on ‘the person or persons making or effectuating the sale or transfer,’ potentially creating compliance challenges for exchanges, traders, and DeFi protocols operating in New York.” https://cryptonews.com/news/new-york-assembly-bill-seeks-0-2-excise-tax-on-crypto-and-nft-transactions/ …
1.5 million pages of police misconduct and use-of-force records. Twelve thousand cases. Nearly 700 California law enforcement agencies. https://filtermag.org/california-police-misconduct-database/ The Police Records Access Project is live. UC Berkeley and Stanford built it. CalMatters, LA Times, SF Chronicle, and KQED put it out. https://journalism.berkeley.edu/police-records-access/ You can search by officer name, agency, or case type. Shootings, beatings, …
The EU plans to launch its digital euro in October this year. Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, said, “It is piloted on a fairly large scale in China, [where it] is of use and of service to all citizens” https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/ecbs-lagarde-urges-eu-lawmakers-speed-up-digital-euro-law-2025-06-23/. She added, “So it is not something that is good for the …
Australia is moving toward a national digital ID system that echoes a legislative version of a digital prison. The proposed Online Safety Amendment Bill would force every user to prove their age to access social media platforms. Critics warn it’s a backdoor way toward national digital ID. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/rita-panahi/anything-that-gives-esafety-commissioner-julie-inman-grant-further-power-should-be-opposed-given-her-diabolical-track-record/news-story/3a97e2d1d4ac2019a2cbe7eb8ec10e7a Facial recognition tools like Clearview AI are …
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has ordered a move toward a universal digital ID system to fight illegal immigration and improve public services. A government official said, “This is serious. We need to harness the power of technology to drive Whitehall efficiency, bear down on fraud and transform the relationship between citizens and the state.”https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/this-is-serious-starmer-orders-move-towards-digital-id-system The …
The Reserve Bank of Australia is testing new digital money that can have rules built in. This “programmable money” can expire if not spent, block payments outside certain areas, or stop buying some items. Most people do not know this is happening. “Programmable money: currency with built-in rules that can expire, restrict spending, or even …
On July 30 2025 the Trump administration held a White House event called “Make Health Tech Great Again” to unveil what is being billed as a digital health ecosystem. Over 60 organizations including Google, Amazon, Apple, Cleveland Clinic, UnitedHealth Group, Oracle and Anthropic signed on to voluntary data‑sharing and interoperability frameworks managed through CMS. The initiative promotes …
Whales are exiting one by one. How on earth is it a good idea to dump 80,000 BTC on the spot market? Why not use an OTC deal or break it up into several smaller trades? The slippage alone cost over $200 million! https://t.co/clmA1CsUv1 pic.twitter.com/rJyaJ4uelf — Charles Guillemet (@P3b7_) July 26, 2025 How on earth …
💥 14-year-old BTC whale transfers $2.3B to Galaxy Digital 💣 A dormant Bitcoin wallet moved 37,000 $BTC worth $2.3B to Galaxy Digital, sparking speculation about the whale’s identity after over a decade of silence.https://t.co/r6oueQxRLT — Crypto Economy News (@CryptoEconomyEN) July 15, 2025 – A Bitcoin whale, inactive for 14 years, transferred 40,009 BTC ($4.68B) to …
China’s grand experiment with the digital yuan is spiraling out of control. Citizens are rejecting it, merchants are ditching it, and the government is panicking. The very currency that was supposed to give Beijing total financial control is being pushed back by the people. And now, a wave of economic distrust is spreading fast. What …
🚨 BREAKING: Trump just said CANADA is about to be slapped with tariffs after he learned they’re imposing a new Digital Services Tax on the U.S. He also CANCELED ALL trade efforts with Canada. This is what defending the USA economy looks like. pic.twitter.com/MgB1GoW7Rs — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 27, 2025 All talks with Ottawa …
JOE ROGAN: WHAT IF QUANTUM COMPUTING ENDS ENCRYPTION? “What is money essentially right now? It’s all ones and zeros, right? And what is the bottleneck? Well, the bottleneck is encryption, right? So that’s how you protect people from stealing your ones and zeros. But what if it gets to the point where we’re all using …
by Michael Would having your brain connected to the Internet 24 hours a day be heaven, or would it be hell? Today, a very large portion of the population is seemingly glued to their phones or their computers much of the time. But soon implantable brain-computer interfaces will allow those people to stay connected to …
A deal for a state-backed Emirati firm to use a Trump-affiliated digital coin was announced in a panel that included the president’s son and his business partner, who promised, “This is only the beginning.” Sitting in front of a packed auditorium in Dubai, a founder of the Trump family cryptocurrency business made a brief but …
BREAKING: A federal judge declared that Google's digital ad network is an illegal monopoly. https://t.co/UEtTSfEZGi — The Associated Press (@AP) April 17, 2025 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its …
Watcher – US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to establish a digital asset stockpile, according to a White House release. Indeed, the “crypto president” is delivering on his promise to Americans and crypto fans to prioritize the industry. Furthermore, the digital asset stockpile order directs departments and agencies to identify and make recommendations to the …
We went from “bro its easy you just have a digital wallet to store your bitcoins” to “you gotta split your secret wallet passkey into 7 physical forms and distribute them like horcruxes across the globe to keep your coins safe” h/t SwagImprover
Never forget: pic.twitter.com/dyi3pQ1qSh — GoldSilver HQ (@GoldSilverHQ) January 1, 2025
Ordering a pint under 25 can be hard,Searching your wallet to find your ID card; But next year, with new laws ‘cross the land,You can prove your age with the phone in your hand. So it’s Christmas! Raise your glass with a smile! Want to know more? Here’s @PeterKyle. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/pGHLgBhZwg — Department for Science, …
Liquidity finally starting to move away from utter nonsense? 🥹 https://t.co/2XcGNGNOpi pic.twitter.com/sJ5lZoqTQb — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) December 23, 2024 The United States is making many threats, blind to the Eastern world’s focus on consolidating power through its supply chains. The West is currently obsessed with digital wealth. The East is fixated on hard assets. These …
‘The former prime minister claimed that the lesson of Donald Trump’s victory in America is that “any politician today, who is promising management of the status quo and not fundamental change of it, will lose.” He insisted that the UK and other countries he works with through the Tony Blair Institute need to adopt a …
Young people will be able to use government-backed digital ID cards to prove they are old enough to drink alcohol under legal changes to take effect next year They will be able to sign up to digital ID companies that are certified against Government-set standards for security and reliability and then use the app on …
by Artistic_Weight7040 Around 22:30 KST, Korean president Yoon Seok-yeol declared martial law takes effect immediately throughout Korean peninsula. Here is what happened: panic selling of Bitcoin started, and at certain point, bitcoin was traded 40% lower than in global markets. Why? Bitcoin cannot be physically owned. In the case of such emergencies, transactions are hard …
“And tonight I’m also making another Promise to protect Americans from Government tyranny” “As your President- I will never allow the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency” pic.twitter.com/h5jnTWyv10 — Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) November 8, 2024
CHRISTIAN TOTO: Trump Win Could Make Hollywood 2.0 a Reality. Zachary Levi could have said, “I told you so.” The “Shazam!” actor recently endorsed Donald Trump for president, but he didn’t dunk on his political enemies last night following Trump’s dramatic victory. Levi made an exception for hard-Left Hollywood journalist Roger Friedman. The Showbiz 411 founder …
The European Commission has been investigating X for several potential breaches of the Digital Services Act, newly introduced rules meant to ensure platforms police illegal content. The EU is leading a global crackdown on harmful online content and disinformation that’s sparked increasingly vocal responses from Musk, who has said such measures restrict free speech. The …