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And let’s not forget, when brokers like Robinhood restricted trading during volatility, it exposed a regulatory gap.

Market access isn’t optional; it’s protected under fair-market rules. The next crisis won’t come from traders, it’ll come when intermediaries override the laws that safeguard them.

Stocks can’t crash like crypto.

Circuit breakers, margin rules, and market makers prevent total wipeouts.

But leverage ETFs, futures, and 24/7 trading edges can still flash-crash fast when liquidity thins.

The system resets; crypto doesn’t. Risk now lives in the gray zones.

and the relevant state bars.

Given the apparent political interference, disregard for internal oversight, and potential abuse of prosecutorial discretion, this case will be made an example of.

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bypassing Justice Department leadership, & doing so amid direct political pressure from the president represent a serious breach of prosecutorial ethics & chain-of-command protocols.

These actions would certainly trigger investigations by the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility

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AI is meant to be the great equalizer, expanding opportunity and efficiency.

For now, it’s more often a story of anticipation than transformation, progress on paper, waiting to prove itself in practice.

The Hidden Inflation of AI How companies are disguising capital strain as innovation while the middle class foots the bill

We’re not just seeing prices rise, we’re seeing optimism repackaged as innovation.

Many companies under pressure are using AI to defend margins rather than reduce costs, passing heavy infrastructure spending on to consumers in subtle ways.

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Honestly, Trump had a better chance of winning Miss Teen USA Peace prizes are earned through sacrifice for humanity not self-promotion at its expense.

defies internal recommendations, and weaponizes their office for political ends, the outcome isn’t a reprimand, it’s disbarment, and potentially indictment.

A Trump-appointed U.S. attorney moving forward with an indictment against the advice of career prosecutors,

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Pam Bondi, DOJ officials caught off guard by Tish James indictment: Sources Sources said that Tish James' indictment for alleged fraud came as a surprise.

Even Bondi knows it, someone is losing their license under 5 U.S.C. § 301 for violating internal DOJ authority, 18 U.S.C. § 1505 for obstructing lawful proceedings, or possibly § 242 for depriving rights under color of law.

When a prosecutor disregards the chain of command,

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It’s about moral courage, the kind that unites people even when it’s dangerous to do so.

Machado embodies that spirit. Trump never has.

That’s the divide, the chasm, between those who earn peace and those who surrender their claim to it.

Trump has always led through division, not reconciliation, through spectacle, not substance.

The Nobel Peace Prize isn’t about power or politics.

Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize isn’t just an accolade, it’s a quiet indictment of every leader who mistakes fear for strength.

Where she stood unarmed in the face of tyranny, Trump stood armed with grievance against democracy itself.

Intel unveils new processor powered by its 18A semiconductor tech  | TechCrunch Intel announces new processors produced in Arizona as the company looks to increase its U.S. manufacturing.

I hope Intel pulls it off... would be nice to see them driving innovation once more.

It’s truly astounding to watch a political movement fail basic arithmetic, empathy, and economics all at once Yet still convince millions that cruelty is a form of strength and ignorance a badge of honor.

Which countries breed Nobel laureates, and which import them? Without immigrants America’s medal haul would be much smaller

Without immigrants America’s medal haul would be much smaller

After the Bell: AI killed the social media star

It seems to me no coincidence that the decline of social media (and pray it is so) started just as content generated by artificial intelligence really got going.

Designing the Mind: The Real Frontier of AI Why the Next Evolution of Intelligence Isn’t Artificial, It’s Reflective

Ever wonder what it would feel like to see your own thoughts... every bias, belief, and assumption laid out like code you could debug?

That’s where AI is heading… and it says as much about us as it does about machines.

After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact. n.pr/4nLAI7A

The U.S. system was explicitly designed to prevent any branch or person from wielding plenary authority.

Only authoritarian regimes use that framing to justify control.

Presidents have executive authority, which is broad, but it’s always bounded by Congress, the courts, & the Constitution.

Cooperation across the world makes our world possible

Worth of the award and we do him a dishonor by who represents us today.

RIP Carter ❤️

Highlights how legislation can mandate fairness but not erase prejudice or transform people’s hearts.

In essence, it’s a lament that legal equality isn’t the same as lived equality.

We must do better as a nation.

YouTube video by Bruce Hornsby - Topic The Way It Is

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of U.S. legislation that outlawed segregation and discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin especially in schools, public places, and employment.

“’Cause the law don’t change another’s mind”

By that measure, what are the truly great nations?

Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Switzerland, New Zealand, Canada, Iceland, and Netherlands.

Hat tip to those friends abroad, thank you for keeping the light on.

A truly great nation, & in turn a society worthy of a title, is a reflection of how it treats its most vulnerable not how it rewards its most powerful.

It is measured not by wealth or might, but by compassion, justice, & the opportunities it creates for all to rise, regardless of where they begin.

Mike Johnson Struggles to Explain Delay in Swearing In Democratic Rep The House speaker claims the delay in swearing in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva has nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. He can easily prove it.

The House speaker claims this has nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. Then why delay the swearing in of Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, who handily won a special election in Arizona *two weeks* ago?

He can easily prove it. trib.al/pl4anhF

RIP Jane Goodall, thank you for your contribution.

It’s a reflection of our own instability, the slow, invisible shift in the data of our culture, thought, and collective attention.

This suggests something uncomfortable; maybe the brittleness we see in AI systems isn't a sign they're fundamentally different from us, but that they're too similar.

The AI models aren’t merely memorizing correlations; they’re internalizing fragments of how humans generate meaning, how we organize concepts, project context forward, and anchor language to intention.

That’s why when they drift, it’s not random.