Month: February 2025

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Bay Curious - What is a Frisco Biscuit?

A British sailor named Charles Lightoller visited San Francisco in the late 1800s and raved about the "'Frisco biscuit" he ate there. Carl Merritt read that in a book and wondered: "What is a Frisco biscuit?" That little question took us on a long journey for the answer.


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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 2.27.25

Alabama

  • Lt. Gov. Ainsworth publicly opposes again a bill promoted by Gov. Ivey
  • Gov. Ivey rescinds an invitation to tea for AL Federation of Republican women
  • Questions arise over SoS guidance to candidates over election finance law
  • District judge issues sanctions against 3 attorneys for judge shopping
  • Decatur mayor has named an interim police chief after Todd Pinion retires
  • The Alabama Port Authority breaks ground on Montgomery transfer facility

National

  • Trump ready to impose 25% tariffs on European Union due to trade deficit
  • Trump hopes  all generals involved in Afghanistan withdrawal are fired
  • The EPA is poised to cut  65% of  workforce, WH memo to other federal agencies orders them to prepare to make similar cuts
  • WH Correspondents Association has been cut from choosing press pool
  • DNI director fires over 100 IC workers for their sex chatrooms during work
  • TX and Federal agencies conduct raid on Colony Ridge re: illegal aliens
  • HHS secretary orders suspension of covid vaccine clinical trials by Vaxart
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The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: Germany’s Election Results and the Marginalized Conservatives

Although the Elon Musk-endorsed Alternative for Deutschland garnered over 20% of the vote in the country’s recent elections, the “ultra-far-right” party will likely be blocked from joining a majority coalition in the parliament, further alienating an increasing number of concerned Germans who believe their country is no longer the “powerhouse” of Europe, argues Victor Davis Hanson on this edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”

“But here's my point, even though they have about half of the support of all German voters, it's likely that the Alternative for Germany will not be represented. And the seats that will comprise the majority will be made up by either a socialist party or the green party, or both.

“Here's my point, again, there's a populist, nationalist backlash, a counterrevolution to the craziness of Europe. And we know JD Vance has outlined that craziness: low fertility, high energy prices, bans against fracking, open borders, dishonorment, deindustrialization, etc. But the conservatives will not have a voice under their parliamentary democracy, even though they earned a voice. And that's only going to make them more polarized. …

“Mr. [Friedrich] Merz said in a speech that given the trajectory of America under Donald Trump, he's distancing himself and he doesn't really consider the United States an ally anymore, at least he said Trump's America.

“Think about that for a second. Now, I don't want to go through ancient history, but we fought two wars with Germany. And we defeated them both, but we also came to their rescue. I think we rescued them in World War I from kaiserism. And that allowed them to have a brief romance with democracy. And then we rescued them from Nazism. They paid a terrible price. But they did lose two wars they should have lost. And then we protected them in the Cold War. … ”



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Honestly with Bari Weiss - The Future of Money with Brian Armstrong

Have you ever gone on the internet and stumbled onto this combo of words, or perhaps non-words?: “Dogecoin.” “Shiba Inu.” “Hawkcoin.” “Bored Ape NFT.”


If that sounded like gibberish, don’t worry—we’ll explain. And also, time to start learning, because these terms come out of a new financial ecosystem—the world of crypto, a market that started 15 years ago and is now worth about $3.3 trillion.


This new world has caught the attention of none other than President Donald Trump. Since coming to office, Trump has appointed a crypto czar and floated the idea of a national crypto stockpile. And shortly Trump took office, he launched his own meme coin—as did Melania. Trump’s coin has reportedly generated $100 million in trading fees so far.


And to top it all off, Trump is taking calls from the biggest names in the business. One of whom is our guest today—Brian Armstrong. Brian is a 42-year-old San Jose native who changed the nature of commerce not only in America but all over the world. He co-founded a cryptocurrency platform called Coinbase in 2012. Now, it’s the largest crypto exchange in the US.


To some, he’s doing something as revolutionary as building rocket ships to Mars. To others, he’s growing an industry riddled with scammers, grifters, and criminals.


Armstrong says those stories are the sideshow and that Bitcoin—or perhaps another cryptocurrency—will prove itself to be as essential as the dollar.


Today on Honestly, Bari asks Brian why he thinks crypto is the way of the future, how he navigates eager regulators, why he’s been so politically active, how MAGA’s "America First" ethos gets along with the borderless, decentralized crypto zeitgeist, and if crypto is really as dangerous as some make it out to be.


We also talk about the DOGE, his recent meeting with Trump, and how he once stuck his neck out against the far-left mob.


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Everything Everywhere Daily - Economic Statistics

Every month, or sometimes every quarter, governments around the world release economic statistics.

Markets will often wait for the release of these statistics, and billions of dollars of investments will often hang on what these statistics reveal. 

While the announcement of economic data will often make the news, many people aren’t aware of what these statistics actually mean. Often times they reflect something totally different than what their name might imply. 

Learn more about economic statistics, how they are calculated and what they mean on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The Intelligence from The Economist - Heir-raising: the boom in inheritance

As the baby-boom generation starts to die and economic growth slows many more people are getting rich from family wealth. Are we returning to the age of Jane Austen? The latest EIU Democracy Index reveals what a bumper election year did to country rankings (9:36). And our correspondent takes an ice bath (16:40). 


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NBN Book of the Day - Laureen D. Hom, “The Power of Chinatown: Searching for Spatial Justice in Los Angeles” (U California Press, 2024)

Chinatown neighborhoods in the United States are about more than restaurants, shops, and architecture, argues San Jose State urban studies associate professor Laureen Hom in The Power of Chinatown: Searching for Spatial Justice in Los Angeles (California UP, 2024). They're also communities where people live, organize, and argue over politics. Chinatowns are vital political actors, places where culture, history, and community come together to form bulwarks of power as places that have historically had considerable agency in shaping their own destiny. In this close study of Los Angeles' Chinatown neighborhood in the early twenty first century, Hom argues that the neighborhood is a complex places, where urban trends such as gentrification and displacement have been at once both pushed against and, at times, encouraged, both from within and without. 

The Power of Chinatown puts people at the center of the story, arguing that for all its tourist appeal, it is those who live in this place who care about it the most, and thus are willing to fight the hardest to protect what makes this neighborhood truly a community.

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What A Day - Billionaire Tax Club

Tax season is upon us, with millions of Americans preparing to file lots of complicated paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service to figure out how much they owe the federal government. Potentially complicating things this year, though, is the Trump administration's decision to fire thousands of IRS workers, just as all that complicated paperwork starts rolling in. Economist Lindsay Owens, executive director of the economic policy think tank Groundwork Collaborative, explains what tax cuts we can expect from Republicans' forthcoming legislation.

And in headlines: A pair of federal agencies directed government departments to prepare for mass layoffs, the U.S. records its first death from measles in a decade, and Jeff Bezos says The Washington Post's op-ed page will focus on 'personal liberties and free markets.'

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The NewsWorthy - Cabinet Celebrates Musk, ‘Trump Gaza’ Video & Alexa+ Debuts – Thursday, February 27, 2025

The news to know for Thursday, February 27, 2025!

We’ll tell you why the first gathering of President Trump’s new cabinet ended up centered around a non-cabinet member: Elon Musk, and how the government is preparing for another, larger round of mass layoffs.

Also, we’re talking about a controversial video the president posted online—showing a reimagined version of Gaza, complete with nightclubs, golden Trump statues, and American dollar bills.

Plus, what a new mission is hoping to accomplish on the moon, what a recent survey learned about America’s LGBTQ population, and what Amazon’s Alexa will be able to do with the power of AI.

Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes! 

 

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