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☆ Voters have been complaining about inflation for months, but they didn't punish Democrats for the economy as much as expected
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In the weeks leading up to the midterm elections, it seemed all voters cared about was the economy. Polling showed Americans were counting on Republicans to fix inflation and planned to vote Democrats out. But the lack of the anticipated Republican wave shows that Americans didn't punish the party in power as much as expected. The National Election Pool exit poll conducted by Edison Research found that abortion only narrowly trailed inflation, 27% to 31%, as voters' top issue. The exit polling doesn't dispute the idea that inflation and the economy were voters' top concerns.

☆ 'Dr Doom' economist Nouriel Roubini suggests FTX's rescue deal shows how crypto is a Ponzi scheme: 'Who will bail out Binance?'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Zahra Tayeb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Nouriel Roubini flagged FTX's rescue deal for Binance as a sign crypto investing is a Ponzi scheme. The crypto critic wondered who will bail out Binance when that "house of cards collapses". Crypto exchange Binance stepped in Tuesday with a potential takeover deal to rescue its rival FTX, which it said is facing a liquidity crunch. "First FTX bails out collapsing crypto Ponzi scams. Now FTX is collapsing & being bailed out by Binance," Roubini said in a Tuesday tweet.

☆ Explainer: Drag queens and how they got pulled into politics
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Opponents often coordinate protests at drag events that feature or cater to children, sometimes showing up with guns. Some politicians have proposed banning children from drag events and even criminally charging parents who take their kids to one. Is drag sexual? Many drag opponents cite nudity in their objections. Threats to drag events, and story hours in particular, have increased along with the rhetoric.

☆ Covid leads to long Covid, in governments as well as people
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Brian Michael Jenkins | Brian Michael Jenkins Is An Army Combat Veteran Who Currently Serves As Senior Adviser To The President Of The Nonprofit | Nonpartisan Rand Corporation. His Latest Book Is | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Unlike previous pandemics, however, Covid didn’t see the same offsets in unifying sentiment. There were many explanations for this, including underreporting of Covid deaths in many countries, but the optics were not good. Democratic governments imposed controls that intruded into ordinarily personal space, while authoritarian governments exploited the pandemic to tighten their control. The decline in Covid numbers, if it holds, will not reverse these developments after the November elections. Just as we may talk about societal comorbidity, societies may suffer from long Covid — an impaired functioning of democracy that may persist long after the contagion survives.

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