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(I am, however, very excited to have some new reading glasses with a prescription that isn't a decade old)
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(while I did finally buy some new glasses, I did not spring for the $55 anti-IR option, which is a total gimmick)
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if the glasses don't have dazzle camo, i don't want em
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www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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All Dem yeas on GENIUS: Alsobrooks (MD), Booker (NJ), Cortez Masto (NV), Fetterman (PA), Gallego (AZ), Gillibrand (NY), Hassan (NH), Heinrich (NM), Hickenlooper (CO), Kim (NJ), Lujan (NM), Ossoff (GA), Padilla (CA), Rosen (NV), Schiff (CA), Slotkin (MI), Warner (VA), and Warnock (GA)
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All Republicans supported, except for Hawley (MO) and Paul (KY) who voted against and Cotton (AR) who didn't vote.
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Here's the breakdown of the 68-30 vote on the GENIUS Act. Same 16 Democrats who voted yea in the previous cloture vote except for Blunt Rochester (DE), and new yea votes from Hickenlooper (CO), Kim (NJ), and Warnock (GA).
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some do, but it's not the dominant perspective I'm seeing
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linked in the thread
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Their main super PAC raised more than almost any other, after the Trump and Harris campaigns and various Congressional PACs.
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The crypto industry raised $200 million for 2024, and is already approaching that amount for 2026.
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Since I confused some people with the added context: I mentioned EC's contributions to clarify that, unlike many of the names in the group chat, they are donors who are likely to have more influence over how money is allocated.
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The total crypto war chest last cycle was about $200 million, and they are already approaching that figure for 2026.
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no, but it is useful context, I think. unlike many of the other names mentioned, Garg is contributing funds, and likely has more direct influence over where money is allocated
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Garg and others at Electric Capital contributed over half a million dollars to various PACs and candidates last campaign cycle
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yep, the docs link has the up to date info.
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doesn’t have a crypto element (yet)
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15.75B tokens, not dollars’ worth of tokens
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Full-size image: storage.mollywhite.net/trump-family...
Disclosures: oge.app.box.com/s/k0hxcezgk7...
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They just came out and said it:
“We both know why you’ve been detained…it’s because of what you wrote about the protests at Columbia”
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brain ran out of juice
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This is not to endorse the Dems’ strategy right now, and the number should be way closer to 100%!
But I do want to make you think twice when you see headlines like that one.
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bottom of the thread
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docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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re: bsky.app/profile/moll...
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That’s just looking at today’s protests, not Democrats talking about or attending protests more generally. It also doesn’t count the many more state or local officials who showed up, candidates, etc.
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sorry, I left out their third source for this story: a Republican consultant
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maybe they couldn't find any other Democrats to source for their story because they're all at the protests
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sorta. i’ve been doing monthly reviews lately (found at www.mollywhite.net/feed/tag/rea...) or there’s my goodreads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/10...
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i hope you love it as much as i have!
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it’s been on my shortlist, so i was excited to see it at the sale!
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indeed
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yeah I don't buy that "good journalists are in such high demand these days that this was all the NYT could find"