Michael Moore October 16, 2024

Yesterday, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong pledged another $25 million to the crypto super PAC Fairshake, bringing the company’s total spending in the 2024 election up to more than $76 million. Public Citizen, along with researcher and author Molly White, submitted a complaint to the FEC in August alleging that a large portion of these contributions are illegal because Coinbase is a federal contractor (and federal law bars campaign contributions to political parties, committees, or candidates from federal contractors). The FEC has not yet responded.

Public Citizen research director Rick Claypool released the following statement in response to the news: "Coinbase has spent more than $50 million in what appears to be illegal campaign contributions from a federal contractor to attack candidates who might stand up to Big Crypto; meanwhile, the FEC is snoozing through the election. The time to hold campaign finance violators accountable is now — not after illegal election spending has corrupted our democracy."

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS) and J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (JPMIM) – both affiliates of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JP Morgan) – in five separate enforcement actions for failures including misleading disclosures to investors, breach of fiduciary duty, prohibited joint transactions and principal trades, and failures to make recommendations in the best interest of customers.

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The actual source is Reuters.

Social listening and analytics firm Hootsuite took a look at how the 2024 U.S. presidential campaigns are resonating with online audiences. A few key findings:

• Keywords related to Donald Trump generated nearly 50% more results than those related to Kamala Harris. (almost 3 posts mentioning Trump for every 2 posts mentioning Harris).
• Sentiment analysis showed that over the past 3 months the majority of social media posts referencing either candidate are negative.
• Harris has more positive sentiment in the 65+ age group, whereas Trump has more positive sentiment amongst all other age groups.

I find the first part about the Hootsuite article and analysis quite interesting.

By Simon J. Levien
Reporting from Erie, Pa.
Oct. 31, 2024, 5:04 a.m. ET

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The number of E. coli cases linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has risen to 90, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday, up from 75 reported cases Friday.

The slivered onions used on the burgers are the “likely source” of the outbreak, the CDC said.

A spokesperson for McDonald’s said all Quarter Pounders in affected states had been pulled from the restaurants by Oct. 22, when the outbreak was announced.