Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

FWIW, FoxBusiness doesn’t seem to be all that worried: Biden administration working with industry to develop COVID-19 'passports' as vaccinations progress

'Look at my family. Use my story': Rep.-elect Julia Letlow urges Republicans to get Covid vaccine after husband's death

NY’s Blockchain-Based COVID-19 Passport Is Now Live

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

New Zealand Retirement Fund Invests in Bitcoin

The first days of Bitcoin and Dustin D. Trammell’s emails with Satoshi Nakamoto

Visa Settles USDC Transaction on Ethereum, Plans Rollout to Partners

Politics:

Wisconsin Lawmakers Want to End Party Primaries

Currently in Wisconsin, the winners of party primaries compete in the general election. This bill proposes switching to ‘Final-Five’ voting, which would require nonpartisan, single-ballot primaries in federal races. The top five candidates would then proceed to the general election, where voters would vote on ranked-choice ballots to determine a winner through an instant runoff.

Donald Trump Rails on Biden During Wedding Speech at Mar-a-Lago

It's been over 4 months since the November election, and Donald Trump is still acting like a sore loser -- that, or a belligerent wedding guest.

The Reason Biden Is Popular Is No Secret

Biden’s secret to success is simple: he’s addressing the issues Americans care about, while his weaker issues are those that most Americans don’t seem as worried about.

We all know that a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia is on the trail of Donald Trump, but I was not aware that it’s actually two grand juries.

Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Was Hacked

Suspected Russian hackers gained access to email accounts belonging to the Trump administration’s head of the Department of Homeland Security and members of the department’s cybersecurity staff whose jobs included hunting threats from foreign countries. The intelligence value of the hacking of then-acting Secretary Chad Wolf and his staff is not publicly known, but the symbolism is stark.

Serendipity:

Darien Gap: The 'forgotten' migrant crisis at Panama-Colombia border

Brace, Brace, Brace: Global Supply Chains, Instability and Archegos

You could not make this up; an unimaginably complex WW3 Techno-thriller unfolding as markets stumble and global supply chains hover on the edge of anarchy. On the other hand, maybe that’s just the way it was planned.

^{Badge thanks to @arcange}

^{Meme credit: phil1985 (source)}