There’s a whole lot of blasting going on.

Given a Chaos Dragon with Scattershot and Blast, why use it as a tank? (60 mana, Keep Your Distance rule set)

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Bank Run at NFT Lender BendDAO Prompts Attempt to Avert Another Liquidity Crisis

Oh yes, @edicted will be all over this one: Telegram founder suggests ‘NFT-like smart contracts’ to auction usernames

U.K. Inflation Set to Surge to 18%

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Regular physical activity may lessen Covid risks, study finds

Google’s Covid Outbreak Is Currently The Largest Of Any Employer In Los Angeles

Fauci Says He Will Step Down in December

Politics:

Trump Sues to Stall FBI Probe

Former President Donald Trump on Monday filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to appoint a special watchdog to review documents seized from his Florida home earlier this month as part of a criminal investigation of records that had been removed from the White House.
Trump’s lawsuit, which suggests the FBI raid on Aug. 8 was politically motivated, also asks the judge to block the Department of Justice from ‘further review of seized materials’ from his Mar-a-Lago residence until the so-called special master is appointed to review those documents.

Yeah, good luck with that.

’In a body bag’: Sarasota candidate says he’d kill FBI agents if they tried to search home

Mike Pence Owes the Country an Explanation

On January 6, 2021, from a parking garage under the Capitol Visitor Center, then–Vice President Mike Pence ordered the military to defend the Capitol against a violent insurrection. According to a taped deposition of General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pence ‘issued very explicit, very direct, unambiguous orders’ to him and Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller: ‘Get the military down here. Get the Guard here. Put down this situation.’
This is a problem—one that has been overshadowed by the larger events of January 6. The constitutional authority to call out the military to defend the Capitol is vested in the president of the United States, not in the vice president. Why did Pence seize constitutional authority that wasn’t his? The country needs answers to this question, and it needs them from Pence, not from his chief of staff or his counsel.

In memoir, NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson mulls 2024 run, calls for taking science, history out of elementary schools

Voting System Files Were Shared with Trump Supporters

Sensitive election system files obtained by attorneys working to overturn President Donald Trump’s 2020 defeat were shared with election deniers, conspiracy theorists and right-wing commentators.
A Georgia computer forensics firm hired by the attorneys placed the files on a server, where company records show they were downloaded dozens of times. Among the downloaders were accounts associated with a Texas meteorologist who has appeared on Sean Hannity’s radio show; a podcaster who suggested political enemies should be executed; a former pro-surfer who pushed disproved theories that the 2020 election was manipulated; and a self-described former ‘seduction and pickup coach’ who claims to also have been a hacker.

Crimea, Once a Bastion of Russian Power, Now Reveals Its Weakness

Ex-Pakistan Prime Minister Charged Under Terrorism Act

Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, was charged under the country’s antiterrorism act yesterday, in a drastic escalation of the tense power struggle between the country’s current government and its former leader that threatens to set off a fresh round of public unrest and turmoil.

The Question Menacing Brazil’s Elections: Coup or No Coup?

”A double-edged sword”: Trump’s thrilled to be back in the spotlight — but is it already backfiring?

…Trump is the gift that keeps on giving — for Democrats. If he'd kept a low profile, cooperated with the FBI and shut his mouth, this election might have been the cakewalk they all expected it to be. But with the hearings and Dobbs and Trump endorsing a crop of fascist weirdos, it looks like it's going to be a real race. If Democrats actually save their majority this fall they should send Trump a case of Diet Coke and a very nice thank-you card.

ICE officials under Trump told to wipe phones when leaving agency

Redacted Affidavit Could Be Meaningless

A federal judge who said last week that he is ‘inclined’ to unseal some of the affidavit central to the FBI search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida estate left open the possibility in a written order Monday that it would be so heavily redacted that releasing it would be ‘meaningless.’

Judge says FBI’s evidence for searching Mar-a-Lago is ‘reliable’

Serendipity:

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