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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Observercast

A New Trump Presidency Inaugurates An Old Con

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Right before his inauguration, Donald Trump issued a $TRUMP meme coin featuring a defiant him pumping his fist after an assassination attempt. Shortly after their release, the market capitalization for $TRUMP coins passed $5 billion. Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffett once called bitcoin “rat poison squared.” Jamie Dimon, chief at JPMorgan Chase, noted that “it’s got no intrinsic value,” adding, “I remember when Beanie Babies were selling for $2,000 a pop.” Beanie Babies. Back in […]

Froma Harrop
Froma Harrop
Harrop is an American writer and author. She is best known for her bi-weekly syndicated column which appears in about 200 news outlets including the Seattle Times, Newsday, Denver Post, Dallas Morning News, Arizona Republic, Detroit News, and Real Clear Politics and The Providence Journal. She is represented by Creators Syndicate Inc. in Los Angeles. Media Matters ranks her column 20th nationally in total readership and 14th in large newspaper concentration.