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"The fact that California elections often can't be resolved for weeks is kind of insane and not common in other electoral systems around the world," Political data analyst Nate Silver wrote on X on Tuesday.And President Donald Trump is now demanding answers.
"Like honestly 'it's going to take us several weeks to tell you who won the election' is failed state sh-t and should be much more stigmatized. The fact that it's tolerated is bad too a textbook example of learned helplessness."


"In my view, their behavior justifies sanctions at the EU level as well, and that's something we will raise. Whether we can secure sufficient support across the European Union is a different matter."EU diplomats are reportedly already discussing possible sanctions targeting Ben-Gvir and Smotrich.
Is a digital euro necessary for monetary sovereignty? Rethinking the CBDC debateThat's from Santander, riffing off a report from the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), "Central bank digital currency and monetary sovereignty", which concludes [emphasis added]:
the case for CBDC as a prerequisite for monetary sovereignty is weaker than often claimed. History suggests that sovereignty ultimately rests on legal authority and public balance sheets, not on universal access to public money. Confusing money with payments risks misdiagnosing the problem and misallocating policy effort. For Europe, the digital euro may play a useful symbolic role, but the effective defence of monetary sovereignty will continue to depend on regulation, fiscal capacity, and the central bank's willingness to absorb risk when it matters.What used to be a regular on the front page has been curiously absent. What stories there are have been tucked away, and the tone is decidedly changed:Just a few hours ago, Forbes published this:
The Philippines Went Majority-Digital Without A Super-App Or A CBDCWhich talks up the Philippines' approach, building digital financial infrastructure ("rails") but letting private digital wallet providers compete to use it.
Comment:
The X sleuths have turned up plenty of material for the Feds