Month: June 2021
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The Republicans’ Wild Assault on Voting Rights in Texas and Arizona | The New Yorker
The Republicans’ Wild Assault on Voting Rights in Texas and Arizona What began as thinly veiled attempts to keep Democrats from the polls has become a movement to undermine confidence in our democracy itself. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/14/the-republicans-wild-assault-on-voting-rights-in-texas-and-arizona Based on data collected by the conservative Heritage Foundation, the incidence of voter fraud in the…
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The Pied Piper of SPACs | The New Yorker
The Pied Piper of SPACs Chamath Palihapitiya says that the investment tool lets ordinary people get rich off startups. It may be hype—but hype can be its own economic engine. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/07/the-pied-piper-of-spacs Palihapitiya’s friend asked me, “When someone tells a new story, and then they make it come true—they invent something, or…