~Bitcoin News of the Day

• A recent public records inquiry by El Mundo, a local Salvadoran outlet, found that zero passports had been issued as part of the ‘Adopting Bitcoin’ program, which was spearheaded by Salvadoran authorities to provide the so-called ‘freedom passports’ to Bitcoin investors willing to donate $1 million in BTC or USDT to the country. The program aimed to attract at least 1,000 investors to settle in El Salvador, with the goal of raising $1 billion in the process.

Global Trade & ~Econ

• Last month’s Brics summit, hosted by Vladimir Putin, was a sign of the times. Originally a group of five countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – the meeting in Kazan welcomed four new members in Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. At least another couple of dozen countries – including Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Indonesia – showed up as observers and are interested in joining the club.

~Politics_and_Law

• Trump has made repeated false claims that Democrats are cheating in the election, and he’s twisted isolated problems with voting leading up to Election Day, all in an effort to prime his supporters to falsely believe the election is not legitimate if he loses.

~Stacker_Sports News

• Getsy was hired in the offseason after spending two years as the Chicago Bears' offensive coordinator with mixed results. He was previously the quarterbacks coach and pass game coordinator for the Green Bay Packers, helping Aaron Rodgers to back-to-back NFL MVP awards in 2020 and 2021.

~Tech & ~Science

• Type in "Is Kamala Harris a good Democratic candidate", and Google paints a rosy picture. Search results are constantly changing, but last week, the first link was a Pew Research Center poll showing that "Harris energises Democrats". Next is an Associated Press article titled "Majority of Democrats think Kamala Harris would make a good president", and the following links were similar. But if you've been hearing negative things about Harris, you might ask if she's a "bad" Democratic candidate instead. Fundamentally, that's an identical question, but Google's results are far more pessimistic.

~History with Mystery

• Over America’s long history of presidential elections, campaigns have used a wide array of media and marketing gimmicks to sell their candidates to the public. From corny campaign jingles to candidate-themed merchandise, here are seven tactics that American presidential campaigns have used to get out their message.

~Entertainment World

• In a phenomenal career that spanned more than 60 years, Jones produced Michael Jackson’s best-selling albums Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad; obtained the rights to the novel The Color Purple, cast a young Oprah Winfrey in the Steven Spielberg 1985 film adaptation and received three Oscar nominations for his work; helmed the historic recording sessions for the 1985 charity single “We Are the World,” the best-selling single of all time; and produced Lesley Gore’s 1963 chart-topping hit “It’s My Party.”

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