"Money management firm VanEck is both skeptical of bitcoin and planning to sell a related investment product, illustrating a rising perception that the surge of interest in the digital currency creates a high-risk opportunity that may be too big to miss."
"The 'America First' foreign policy Trump promised during the campaign is just a memory, and his baffled supporters are left to contemplate the most brazen betrayal in modern American political history."
"Wall Street brokerages have been selling billions of dollars in loans backed by stocks and bonds, a trend that yields lucrative fees for the firms but poses risks for borrowers."
In what was effectively a case of jury nullification, jurors declined to return any guilty verdicts against four men involved in the 2014 Bundy Ranch standoff.
Recent presidents have usurped all of the military powers of Congress unto themselves and Trump is doing the same. It is a dangerous slippery slope and clearly exceeds constitutional authority regardless of who inhabits the White House.
In this episode of the Activism 101 podcast, I talk about how to get started building a website, the importance of your domain name and offer some tips on content.
"The Internal Revenue Service has purchased specialist software to track those using bitcoin, according to a contract obtained by The Daily Beast. The document highlights how law enforcement isn’t only concerned with criminals accumulating bitcoin from selling drugs or hacking targets, but also those who use the currency to hide wealth or avoid paying taxes. The IRS has claimed that only 802 people declared bitcoin losses or profits in 2015; clearly fewer than the actual number of people trading the cryptocurrency—especially as more investors dip into the world of cryptocurrencies, and the value of bitcoin punches past the $4,000 mark."
"The first two videos involved either the planting of drugs or the recreation of a drug crime scene. Those videos prompted Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Kevin Davis to order officers not to stage body cam footage. The authorities did not publicly release the latest video. Nor did they identify the suspects or the officers connected to the video."
Michael Boldin and Mike Maharrey talk about state efforts nullify federal healthcare schemes and undercut federal asset forfeiture programs. They also go off script a bit and discuss more generally the importance of political decentralization.
Seven years ago this month, I starting doing work for the Tenth Amendment Center. It was at the dawn of the Tea Party movement. During a rally in my hometown, it kind of hit me that change would require more than standing in a park in the rain holding a sign. I’ll be honest, I…