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Patriotic factions within Bolivia's military have confirmed: - US Embassy has ordered Bolivian govt to declare martial law to break the strikes - Embassy has told President Paz: "We can't lose Bolivia" - Bolivia's cabinet is divided, some don't want to implement the US orders

“when ICE are in our neighborhoods. we will respond” says vash

Steph Curry says NBA players are underpaid "I think because the way the CBA is structured right now, we can't participate in equity. And that's a big deal because it’s a partnership with ownership, the league and we're on the short term of that revenue" "The idea that we can't participate in equity while we're playing is a part of why I would say yes, we are underpaid because you want to be able to participate in that rise" "I know we're blessed to be in a position where we're playing basketball for a living, and these are the type of checks that people are earning" "Hopefully sooner than later those rules change a little bit so that players can participate more in the upside of team equity. I think we deserve it"

Quick takes on the new Cuba sanctions EO out today: 1. The new Cuba sanctions are potentially very broad. Basically any non-U.S. person or company doing any business in/with Cuba could be sanctioned. Initial focuses are businesses involved in the energy, defense, mining, finance, and security sectors, but these can be expanded. 2. In many respects, the new EO resembles EO 14024 from 2021, which created a broad authority to sanction Russia. (As a partial drafter of that EO, it is interesting to see some of the provisions carried over here). 3. Most designations will be status-based, e.g., "operated in X sector," or "is a Cuban official," rather than requiring the government to prove specific conduct, though there are also conduct-related designations, for, eg, corruption. 4. The EO puts the State Department in the lead for making sanctions designations. Trump expanded State's role in sanctions designations during his first term, and this is consistent with that, as well as with Rubio's interest in Cuba. (State has long had a role in specific sanctions designations, and a critical policy and diplomatic role on all sanctions, but Trump expanded the designations authorities given to State). 5. The EO gives the Trump Administration a fair amount of easy-to-deploy firepower to drive remaining international businesses out of Cuba. The questions will be in implementation. For example, will Trump sanction a Chinese firm installing renewable energy in Cuba? (Cuban renewables have been growing given the oil crisis).