Linkage

• Lawbreaking as a Method of Competition by Sandeep Vaheesan (SSRN) Complete lawlessness is now one of the dominant business models in the United 
  States.
• Six AfD candidates have died ahead of municipal elections in Nordrhein-Westfalen. They are very unlikely to have been the victims of a covert assassination campaign. (eugyppius: a plague chronicle) Short version, there may be as many as 90,000 candidates standing in this election, there have been twelve deaths of candidates, and the numbers are not statistically unusual.
• Old master painting looted by Nazis recovered a week after being spotted in Argentinian property listing | Nazism (The Guardian) Well, some good news at least.
• Eric Adams is a Shameless Crook and a True Weirdo (Current Affairs) 'Nuff said.
• Harvard beats Trump as judge orders US to restore $2.6 billion in funding (Ars Technica) They won't ever get as check.  Donald Trump never sends the check.
• America’s Wind Crusade Hands an Industry to China (Bloomberg) Trump's Jihad against wind power is destroying an industry where the United States actually leads the world.
• Earth's Seasons Are Out of Sync, Scientists Discover From Space (ScienceAlert) It's getting much worse much faster than anyone had predicted.
• A.I. ‘Simpsons’ Characters Are Being Used to Hawk Anti-Masturbation Apps | Cracked.com Worst Timeline Ever  
• Omar Fateh Has All the Right Enemies (Current Affairs) Candidate for the Mayor of Minneapolis who got the party endorsement over the incumbent, then had t taken away by the Democratic Party establishment (There is no Democratic Party establishment).
• The ocean carbon sink is ailing: 10% drop in CO₂ absorption seen during record 2023 marine heat wave (Phys.org) It's getting much worse much faster than anyone had predicted.

A psychologist who examined high level Nazis at Nuremberg noted that they all shared a common charistic, they completely lacked empathy, now the MAGATs are going after Ms. Rachel for having compassion: