The Price of Perfect Nihilism 

DOJ Charges 30 More People For Minnesota Church Invasion Via Headline USA, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced charges Friday against 30 more people who are accused of civil rights violations in a January protest inside a Minnesota church where a pastor works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Bondi said on social media that 25 people were in custody and more arrests would follow. The new indictment comes a month after independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort and prominent local activist Nekima Levy Armstrong were charged for their alleged roles in the protest at Cities Church in St....

"Apathy, Caution, And Chagrin": UBS Sours On Consumer Stocks The Street's mood toward US retail has been described by UBS analysts as "apathy, caution, and chagrin." "Investors are engaged, but not necessarily enthusiastic. They remain interested, but increasingly selective. Most importantly, conviction feels harder earned than it has in years," Michael Lasser, a managing director and senior equity-research analyst at UBS, wrote in a note on Thursday. Goldman Sachs consumer expert Scott Feiler wrote yesterday that "consumer stocks have had a tough run the last few weeks" and pointed to Goldman's...

French Gambling Regulator Orders ISPs To Block Polymarket Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com, France’s Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ), or the National Gambling Authority, has ordered internet service providers to block access to Polymarket. Prediction websites are considered illegal gambling, the ANJ said in a Friday press release. The regulator said that Polymarket’s operations are not authorized in France and that advertising unauthorized gambling sites constitutes a criminal offense with fines of up to 100,000 euros ($114,000). Prediction markets allow users to buy and sell contracts tied to the outcomes of future events, from...