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‘The Goal Is to Automate Us’: Welcome to the Age of Surveillance Capitalism (Extremely important read, The Guardian)
Is Big Tech Merging with Big Brother? Kinda Looks like It (Wired)
I Tried to Block Amazon From My Life. It Was Impossible. (Gizmodo)
“It’s A Reunion For People Who Broke The World”: Author Explains Why Davos Should Be Cancelled (Zerohedge)
Beyond BuzzFeed: The 10 Worst, Most Embarrassing U.S. Media Failures on the Trump-Russia Story (Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept)
How Trump Could Wind up Making Globalism Great Again (Wired)
Russia and Key Allies Vow to Stand by Maduro in Venezuela Crisis (The Guardian)
The ‘Adults’ in the Room Are the Problem (The Nation)
Global Debt of $244 Trillion Nears Record Despite Faster Growth (I’m sure it’ll be fine, Bloomberg)
If True, This Could Be One of the Greatest Discoveries in Human History (Article on Oumuamua, Haaretz)
Chris Cole: The ‘Big One’ (Vol Event) Hasn’t Happened Yet (Excellent must listen to interview, YouTube)
U.S. News/Politics
Poll: A Majority of Americans Support Raising the Top Tax Rate to 70 Percent (The Hill)
FISA Shocker: DOJ Official Warned Steele Dossier Was Connected to Clinton, Might Be Biased (The Hill)
Kamala Harris Was Not a ‘Progressive Prosecutor’ (She is a total fraud, The New York Times)
Tim Cook Calls for ‘Data-Broker Clearinghouse’ in Push for Privacy Rules (Bloomberg)
NYC Penthouse Purchased for $238m in Most Expensive Home Sale in U.S. (The Hill)
This, by the way, is how America really works.
Welfare state for plutocrats. https://t.co/FsxLmY6HTx— Michael Krieger (@LibertyBlitz) January 25, 2019
International News/Geopolitics
Trump Administration Discussed Coup Plans With Rebel Venezuelan Officers (From September 2018, The New York Times)
America Has Its Gunsights on Venezuela (From a few days before recent events, Common Dreams)
How Venezuela Got Here: A Timeline of the Political Crisis (Reuters)
Venezuela Gold Holdings in Bank of England Soar on Deutsche Deal (Reuters)
Maduro Denied Venezuelan Gold Held at Bank of England (Bloomberg)
Venezuelan General Says U.S.-Backed ‘Criminal Plan’ Risks Civil War (The Guardian)
Indian Refiners Pay for Iranian Oil in Rupees (Reuters)
U.S. to Formally Seek Extradition of Huawei Executive Meng Wanzhou (Reuters)
Huawei’s Surprising Ties to the Brookings Institution (Everything is a racket, The Washington Post)
Chinese Envoy Warns of Blowback If Canada Bars Huawei From 5G (Bloomberg)
France Considers Bill Amendment to Target Huawei (Reuters)
Norway Considering Whether to Exclude Huawei from Building 5G Network (Reuters)
Most Britons Oppose Second EU Referendum, Sky Data Poll Reveals (Sky News)
Draft Law to Pull Foreign Troops out of Iraq Inching Toward Parliament (An Iraqi law not a U.S. one, Al Monitor)
Economy/Finance/Crypto
IMF, CEOs Sound Warnings as Leaders Gather in Davos (Reuters)
Cracks Are Opening in the Global Monetary System (FT)
Billionaire Sam Zell Buys Gold for First Time in Bet on Tight Supply (Bloomberg)
Two Percent for the One Percent (Good summary of how our economy is broken and rigged, Real Investment Advice)
A New Fear Takes Hold in the Market — Missing out on the Gains (Too funny, CNBC)
Modern Monetary Theory or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the National Debt (Epsilon Theory)
Blinding Irony (Market commentary from TG Macro)
Canadian Home Prices Fall for Third Month in a Row, Even in Vancouver (Financial Post)
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