Republican Senate candidate’s hedge fund managed $415m in Russian debt | Pennsylvania | The Guardian

David McCormick, the Republican candidate for US Senate in Pennsylvania, led the largest hedge fund in the world while it managed and advised funds holding hundreds of millions of dollars in Russian debt, documents obtained by the Guardian show.

Filings with the US Department of Labor, known as form 5500s, show that from 2017 to 2021, Bridgewater Associates managed funds holding as much as $415m in Russian sovereign bonds. Since 2019 these types of investment have been subject to increasingly stringent US sanctions, in response to Russian aggression in Ukraine.

Holding such assets is not illegal, but the question of McCormick’s work with foreign investments and how it might influence his political career has already coloured his current campaign, against the incumbent Democratic senator, Bob Casey.

Source: Republican Senate candidate’s hedge fund managed $415m in Russian debt | Pennsylvania | The Guardian

Receita de Sopa de Cenoura Assada: Delícia nutritiva e fácil de preparar : Linkezine

Sopa de Cenoura Assada é uma daquelas receitas que surpreendem pelo sabor marcante e textura aveludada. Preparada com legumes assados e um mix de especiarias, ela é perfeita para um jantar leve e saboroso. Sirva com iogurte natural e sementes de girassol tostadas para dar um toque especial. Confira o passo a passo dessa sopa que vai aquecer o seu paladar!

Ingredientes:

  • 4 cenouras
  • 1 talo de salsão (sem as folhas)
  • 2 cebolas
  • 4 dentes de alho
  • ½ colher (chá) de cominho
  • ½ colher (chá) de cúrcuma
  • 3 colheres (sopa) de azeite
  • 2 colheres (sopa) de manteiga gelada
  • 3 xícaras (chá) de água quente
  • Sal a gosto
  • Sementes de girassol tostadas para servir
  • Iogurte natural sem açúcar para servir (opcional)

Modo de preparo:

  1. Preaqueça o forno a 220 ºC (temperatura alta).
  2. Prepare os legumes: lave, descasque as cenouras e corte-as na diagonal, em fatias grossas de 2 cm. Descasque as cebolas, descarte a ponta da raiz e corte cada uma em 6 gomos. Corte o talo de salsão em pedaços de 2 cm e mantenha os dentes de alho inteiros.
  3. Tempere e asse: em uma assadeira grande, disponha os legumes cortados. Regue com azeite e tempere com cominho, cúrcuma e sal a gosto. Misture bem para envolver todos os pedaços nos temperos. Asse por cerca de 40 minutos, até que os legumes fiquem dourados, virando-os na metade do tempo.
  4. Enquanto os legumes assam, aqueça a água (aproximadamente 3 xícaras) em uma chaleira.
  5. Bata a sopa: retire os legumes do forno e transfira-os para o liquidificador. Adicione a água quente e bata até obter uma mistura homogênea. Para uma sopa mais cremosa e rica, adicione a manteiga gelada e bata novamente. Se preferir uma textura mais líquida, acrescente água aos poucos.
  6. Ajuste o sabor: prove e ajuste o sal conforme necessário. Sirva imediatamente.
  7. Toque final: para decorar, sirva a sopa com iogurte natural e sementes de girassol tostadas, que acrescentam crocância e um contraste delicioso ao prato.

Source: Receita de Sopa de Cenoura Assada: Delícia nutritiva e fácil de preparar : Linkezine

You Can’t Change Folks | From Behind the Pen

If someone shows you their true colors, don’t try to repaint them!

Stop trying to repaint those who show you their true colors! 🌈 Would they lie to you? Absolutely! Would they try to deceive you? For sure! Could they care less about whether they hurt you or not? You betcha! Either way, you can’t change them, because they are too busy working their own agenda of manipulation. When you ‘know’ what you know…you know! No second guessing!

Source: You Can’t Change Folks | From Behind the Pen

Media Matters: A Definitive Guide to Project 2025 | Diane Ravitch’s blog

Media Matters has done a thorough review of the contents of Project 2025, which was written as a playbook for the next Trump administration. It was released and posted on the web in 2023, without fanfare. As more people read it and expressed their indignation, Trump claimed he knew nothing about it. Ever heard of it. Didn’t know who wrote it.

But the authors of the plan included 140 people who had worked in the Trump administration. The plan was developed by the rightwing Heriage Foundation, whose president is Kevin Roberts, a friend of Trump’s.

He knew.

It’s the roadmap for the second Trump term in office.

For education, the main feature of Project 2025 is its strong support for school choice, especially vouchers. It is a formula for directing federal funds to public funding of private and religious schools, as well as home schooling. It’s the Betsy DeVos model. Its purpose is to end public schools.

Source: Media Matters: A Definitive Guide to Project 2025 | Diane Ravitch’s blog