Why, yes, I do make a mean red beans and rice.

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

As Ethereum phishing gets harder, drainers move to TON and Bitcoin

America’s Frozen Housing Market Is Warping the Economy

Cheap mortgages are forcing millions of U.S. homeowners to stay put. That is becoming a problem well beyond the property market.

SEC Sues Consensys Over MetaMask Staking, Broker Allegations

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

We finally know why some people got COVID while others didn’t

Well, the study had a small sample size so further experiments with more subjects might be warranted.

Politics:

https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1806824934356009058

Too bad, so sad: Steve Bannon Ordered to Prison on Monday

Stephen Bannon, the longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, will have to report to federal prison on Monday after the Supreme Court rejected his final effort to stave off a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.

Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Sleeping Outdoors

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld an Oregon city’s laws aimed at banning homeless residents from sleeping outdoors, saying they did not violate the Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
The ruling, by a 6-to-3 vote, split along ideological lines, with Justice Neil M. Gorsuch writing for the majority. The laws, enacted in Grants Pass, Ore., penalize sleeping and camping in public places, including sidewalks, streets and city parks.

Obstruction is A-OK

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., writing for the majority, read the law narrowly, saying it applied only when the defendant’s actions impaired the integrity of physical evidence. Lower courts will now apply that strict standard, and it will presumably lead them to dismiss charges against many defendants.
The most prominent defendant charged with obstruction is former President Donald Trump as part of the federal case accusing him of plotting to subvert the 2020 election.

https://twitter.com/glamelegance/status/1806705498365845832

Trump Should Never Have Had This Platform

The debate was a travesty—because its whole premise was to treat a failed coup leader as a legitimate candidate for the presidency.

https://twitter.com/TristanSnell/status/1806719319801274718

https://twitter.com/MarkJacob16/status/1806762749596430429

Supreme Court Overrules Chevron Doctrine

The Supreme Court on Friday reduced the authority of executive agencies, sweeping aside a longstanding legal precedent that required courts to defer to the expertise of federal administrators in carrying out laws passed by Congress.
The precedent, Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, is one of the most cited in American law. There have been 70 Supreme Court decisions relying on Chevron, along with 17,000 in the lower courts.
The decision threatens regulations in countless areas, including the environment, health care and consumer safety.
The vote was 6 to 3, dividing along ideological lines.

Supreme Court takes sledgehammer to federal agency power in Chevron case

Elena Kagan Is Horrified by What the Supreme Court Just Did. You Should Be Too.

https://twitter.com/OlgaNYC1211/status/1806870865142857804

North Korea to send engineering troops to help Russia rebuild bombed cities

https://twitter.com/BlackKnight10k/status/1806557044662579562

Speaker Johnson: Cabinet should consider removing Biden through 25th Amendment

Oddly, Mike Johnson is a mendacious little worm who was fine with ignoring the 25th when Trump incited an insurrection.

https://twitter.com/Strandjunker/status/1806734533259046946

Macron’s Election Gamble Looks Doomed

https://twitter.com/PalmerReport/status/1806497939612717511

Two Appearances, Two Starkly Different Bidens

https://twitter.com/SWinstonWolkoff/status/1806834672086704246