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People Are Bragging About Becoming 401(k) Millionaires — and Posting Their Balances to Social Media (This is the sort of thing you see near market tops, MarketWatch)
House Intelligence Committee Report On FISA, aka ‘The Memo’ (Quick read, definitely worth it)
Nobody Puts Bitcoin in the Corner (Very good piece, FT Alfaville)
U.K. Court Finds Government’s Surveillance Powers Unlawful (The Intercept)
Peter Thiel Says, ‘Crypto Is Libertarian, AI Is Communist.’ What the Heck Does That Mean? (Inc.)
FBI Warns Republican Memo Could Undermine Faith In Massive, Unaccountable Government Secret Agencies (The Onion)
Private Censorship Is Not the Best Way to Fight Hate or Defend Democracy: Here Are Some Better Ideas (EFF)
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to Partner on U.S. Employee Healthcare (Shady oligarchs pledge to solve healthcare, Business Wire)
U.S. Politics/News
‘Russiagate’ and The Decline Of Journalism – With Robert Parry (Excellent interview of the late Robert Parry, YouTube)
In a Major Free Speech Victory, a Federal Court Strikes Down a Law that Punishes Supporters of Israel Boycott (Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept)
The Latest Millennial Trend: Ditching the City to Go Live on a Farm (CBS News)
Foreign Affairs/WW3
60,000 North Korean Children May Starve, Sanctions Slow Aid (Reuters)
Iranian Opposition Cleric Accuses Khamenei of Abuse of Power (Reuters)
Finance/Economy/Crypto
‘Seeing Someone Cry at Work is Becoming Normal’: Employees Say Whole Foods Is Using ‘Scorecards’ to Punish Them (Business Insider)
Facebook Says Business Stays Strong Amid News Feed Changes (Looks like the beginning of the end for FB, Bloomberg)
U.S. CFTC to Fine UBS, Deutsche Bank, HSBC for Spoofing, Manipulation (Reuters)
U.S. Regulators Subpoena Crypto Exchange Bitfinex, Tether (Bloomberg)
South Korea Won’t Ban Crypto Trading, Says Minister (CoinDesk)
Facebook to Ban Cryptocurrency-Related Ads (Reuters)
Japanese Electronics Retail Giant Launches Bitcoin Payments (CoinDesk)
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I just read the house intelligence report (i.e. “the memo”) and I don’t see how it could possibly be any more clear. People high up in the FBI clearly violated the law to help Hillary Clinton get elected to the presidency, violating their oath of office and professional standards. This is treason IMHO and the penalty for treason should either be an exceeding long prison term or the death penalty.