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Jan. 6 Committee: Four Grave Crimes of Donald Trump

Jamie Raskin Portside
Ours is not a system of justice where foot soldiers go to jail and masterminds and ringleaders get a free pass. More than sufficient evidence exists of Donald Trump assisting or aiding and comforting a violent attack on the United States.

Once You See the Truth About Cars, You Can’t Unsee It

Andrew Ross and Julie Livingston The New York Times
For many low-income and minority Americans, automobiles have been turbo-boosted engines of inequality, immobilizing their owners with debt, increasing their exposure to hostile law enforcement, and in general accelerating the forces that drive apart haves and have-nots.

Drinking Cultures Around the World

Gavin Lapidus eshores travel guides
Different cultures have important rules, traditions and customs that reveal interesting things about them.

Shadowboxing and Geopolitics on the Dark Web

Mohar Chatterjee Politico
The takedown of a Russian darknet marketplace exposed cracks within the cyber-criminal underworld — and the global effort to shut down these digital black markets.

All Pain and No Gain From Higher Interest Rates

Joseph E. Stiglitz Project Syndicate
In the name of taming inflation, central banks have deliberately set themselves on a path to cause a recession – or to worsen it if it comes anyway. Worse, today's monetary-policy tightening will leave long-lasting scars, there are better responses.