Odds and Ends — 30 January 2026

“So many books, so little time.” — Frank Zappa

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:

Trump picks crypto-friendly Kevin Warsh as new Fed chair

Bitcoin ETFs Shed $817M as BTC Hits Nine-Month Low

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Metformin shown to prevent long COVID across risk groups in multiple randomized trials

Meeting with RFK Jr. Set Off Recriminations Among Doctors

A meeting this month between the head of the American Medical Association and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has prompted infighting within the nation’s leading lobbying group for doctors. Following the Jan. 7 meeting, a contingent of member doctors wrote to the AMA’s board chair because they view Kennedy as a threat to public health whom the group should shun.

Under Bari Weiss, CBS News Is Giving Pseudoscience a National Platform

Politics:

Trump impeachment witness Alexander Vindman launches Senate bid in Florida

Luigi Mangione will not face death penalty, judge rules

———— Minnesota Under Siege ————

Don Lemon arrested by federal agents

Last week, a judge rejected federal charges against Lemon and prosecutors have not unsealed an indictment against the former cable news host as of Friday morning.

Border Patrol employee found ‘covered in vomit’ in St. Paul, charged with drunk driving

https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/2016938072277917881

Tim Walz Fears a Fort Sumter Moment in Minneapolis

The Minnesota governor warns of a national unraveling.

I approve this message: Jesse Ventura Suggests Minnesota Join Canada

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Election officials push back against Trump administration after Fulton County raid and voter roll demands

Georgia officials warn the administration’s adversarial approach undermines their ability to do their jobs and Americans’ faith in the electoral process.

FBI’s Search of Georgia Election Center Is “Dangerous”

“I’m not aware of something like this happening ever before,” said Rick Hasen, a professor at the law school of the University of California, Los Angeles. “The idea that federal officials would seize ballots in an attempt to prove fraud is especially dangerous in this context when we know there is no fraud because the Georgia 2020 election has been extensively counted, recounted and investigated.”