Michael R

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Michael R
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New Jersey
Nazi sympathizer who stormed Capitol poses a threat to Jews, Justice Department says
CNN - By Marshall Cohen
1 hour ago
Michael R
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France
32 Most Beautiful Cities in France
theboutiqueadventurer.com - The Boutique Adventurer
From awe-inspiring cathedrals, gourmet restaurants, fairytale castles, and manicured vineyards, France offers endless stunning attractions. Travellers …
5 hours ago
Michael R
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Capital Markets
Forget Stock Market Records: Here's Where to Look for Big Returns
The Motley Fool - Dan Caplinger
More gains on Friday have investors looking in the wrong place for future gains. The stock market continued to move higher on Friday, finishing a …
3 hours ago
Michael R
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Cost of Living
Real estate investor who shorted subprime mortgages says this housing boom is in a bubble, too
CNBC - Kevin Stankiewicz
A real estate investor who made a fortune shorting subprime mortgages more than a decade ago told CNBC on Friday he believes the current housing …
3 hours ago
Michael R
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Digital Currency
Canada Approves Two Ethereum ETFs in One Day - CoinDesk
coindesk.com - Nate DiCamillo
Purpose Investements and CI Global Asset Management both received approval to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Canada that offers exposure to …
5 hours ago
Michael R
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What a damn moron.
Lauren Boebert
Lauren Boebert Gets Called All The Way Out After Calling Supreme Court Expansion 'Political Terrorism'
comicsands.com - Collin Gossel
4 hours ago
Michael R
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Vaccination
It's Actually Encouraging That 5,800 Vaccinated People Got COVID
Lifehacker - Beth Skwarecki
The CDC has released some information on breakthrough COVID-19 infections on people who have been fully vaccinated. The bad news: 5,800 people have …
6 hours ago
Michael R
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CEOs
Fox News predicted his 70K minimum salary idea would fail. He proved them wrong—by a lot.
upworthy.com - Annie Reneau
In 2015, Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price had a life-changing epiphany. Price, who founded Gravity with his brother in 2004, was out hiking in the …
5 hours ago
Michael R
flipped into Politics & World News
In other words, this is the white supremacy caucus.
U.S. Politics
GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar create 'America First Caucus' that emphasizes 'Anglo-Saxon political traditions'
Business Insider - Sonam Sheth
5 hours ago
Michael R
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Policing
Cops Tackled a Grandma With Dementia Picking Flowers, Bodycam Footage Shows
VICE - Emma Ockerman
The officer grabbed the 73-year-old woman, threw her to the grass, and twisted her arms behind her back. A 73-year-old grandmother of nine was picking wildflowers on the side of the road in Loveland, last...
2 hours ago
Michael R
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Digital Currency
These are the 10 best-performing cryptocurrencies so far in 2021 - and one is up more than 8,000%
Business Insider - Matthew Fox
Cryptocurrencies have been all the rage in 2021, with bitcoin up more than 100% year-to-date as a bullish backdrop pushes the digital coin higher. The bullish environment in crypto has been spurred by...
2 hours ago
Michael R
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Dogecoin
Dogecoin Spikes by 225% to Become Fifth Biggest Crypto by Market Cap - Decrypt
decrypt.co - Adriana Hamacher
Dogecoin (DOGE), the so-called "joke" cryptocurrency invented as a riposte to Bitcoin (BTC), is up more than 225% in the past 24 hours, and now has a …
10 hours ago
Michael R
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Business
Turkey Bans Cryptocurrency Payments, Says Risks Are Too Big
Bloomberg - Tugce Ozsoy
The Turkish central bank banned the use of cryptocurrencies as a form of payment from April 30, saying the level of anonymity behind the digital …
16 hours ago
Michael R
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Policing
US police and public officials donated to Kyle Rittenhouse, data breach reveals
Guardian US - Jason Wilson
A data breach at a Christian crowdfunding website has revealed that serving police officers and public officials have donated money to fundraisers for accused vigilante murderers, far-right activists,...
18 hours ago
Michael R
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Housing
Here it is: Biden’s first-time homebuyer tax credit legislation
housingwire.com - Georgia Kromrei
Consumers have been closely following President Joe Biden’s proposed first-time homebuyer tax credit, but the newest form of that proposal has …
1 day ago
Michael R
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Finance
The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups
Next Big Idea Club - William J. Bernstein
William J. Bernstein is an American financial theorist known for pioneering research in the field of modern portfolio theory. Bernstein is also …
19 hours ago
Michael R
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Shonda Rhimes
Bill Clinton, In Podcast Conversation With Shonda Rhimes, Says Joe Biden Has Been “Almost Pitch Perfect” As President
Deadline - Ted Johnson
In a conversation for Bill Clinton’s iHeart podcast Why Am I Telling You This?, the former president and Shonda Rhimes talked about Bridgerton and …
1 day ago
Michael R
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Investing
ARK Invest Stocks To Buy And Watch: 5 Stocks That Cathie Wood's ARK ETFs Own, Like Square and Tesla
investors.com - SCOTT LEHTONEN
Cathie Wood's ARK Invest ETFs are some of the hottest funds after 2020's huge stock market gains. Five ARK Invest stocks to buy and watch are …
19 hours ago
Michael R
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Jeff Bezos
With 5 Short Words, Jeff Bezos Just Shared a Brutal Truth Most People Never Learn
Inc Magazine - Bill Murphy Jr.
It's a matter of constant conflict. Jeff Bezos released his final shareholder letter as CEO of Amazon Thursday. It runs more than 5,600 words, covering his vision for the future and his defense of Amazon's...
19 hours ago
Michael R
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Investing
Ark Funds Buy $352 Million Worth of Coinbase in Two Days
Bloomberg - Abhishek Vishnoi
Cathie Wood’s funds have snapped up about $352 million worth of shares in the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc. over two …
20 hours ago
Michael R
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Get vaccinated.
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Only 0.008% of Vaccinated People in The US Have Caught COVID-19, New Data Reveal
ScienceAlert - BEN GILBERT & HILARY BRUECK
14 hours ago
Michael R
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U.S. Politics
Brian Kemp Will Never Suppress Enough Votes to Atone For Not Stealing the Election for Trump
Esquire - By Charles P. Pierce
The Base does not forget. (Permanent Musical Accompaniment To This Post) Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what’s goin’ down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin’...
1 day ago
Michael R
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Kristi Noem
South Dakota GOP Gov. Blasted For Telling Illegal Immigrants To 'Call Me When You're An American'
comicsands.com - Collin Gossel
On Wednesday, April 14, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, a Republican, tweeted her state "won't be taking any illegal immigrants that the Biden …
1 day ago
Michael R
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Capital Markets
Futures Rise As Yields Rebound; 3 Giants Flash Buy Signals
investors.com - ED CARSON
Dow Jones futures rose slightly Friday morning, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, amid mixed China economic data and Treasury yields …
5 hours ago
Michael R
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Interesting....
Digital Currency
World’s Largest Asset Manager Blackrock: Cryptocurrency Could Become a ‘Great Asset Class’
bitcoin.com - Kevin Helms
23 hours ago
Michael R
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FYI: Dogecoin (the meme currency) has no cap on coins mined & the current circulation stands at 129 billion.
Dogecoin
Elon Musk 'Moon' Tweet Sends Dogecoin Flying High Again - Decrypt
decrypt.co - Jeff Benson
1 day ago
Michael R
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Stocks
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest Buys and Sells 4/15
247wallst.com - Chris Lange
ARK Invest has been the talk of Wall Street over the last couple of years, outperforming the market and solidifying its place among the big players …
21 hours ago
Michael R
flipped into Financial Markets
Wallstreetbets
WallStreetBets Does Not Bow to Crypto Wave
Gizmodo - Whitney Kimball
For about 20 hours, moderators of the Reddit r/WallStreetBets opened the floodgates to crypto, a topic that’s been banned on the forum for years. …
1 day ago
Michael R
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Penny Stocks
Penny Stocks To Buy For Under $1 On Robinhood
Entrepreneur - D. Marie
Are Penny Stocks Under $1 on Robinhood Worth It? 3 Penny Stocks to Watch That Are Trading Higher Today Many penny stocks have shown bullish action in April. While there are bad days in the market, investors...
1 day ago
Michael R
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Dogecoin
If You Invested $1,000 In Dogecoin On Jan. 1, 2021, Here's How Much You'd Have Now
benzinga.com - Chris Katje
Dogecoin (CRYPTO:DOGE) continues to trade higher in 2021. The “meme currency” has trended on Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) throughout 2021 with #dogecoin and …
1 day ago