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- Bitcoin has become a lifeline for sex workers https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/05/bitcoin-a-lifeline-for-sex-workers-like-ex-nurse-making-1point3-million.html 9 comments
- Trump’s Lawyers Told the Court That No One Would Give Him a Bond. Then He Got a Lifeline, but They Didn’t Tell the Judges. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-bond-disclosure-appeals-court-hankey 64 comments law
- Some of Trump’s Biggest Political Backers Also Threw Trump Media a Lifeline — Two billionaires, a wealthy election denier and a mysterious Russia-linked trust invested in the Trump company long before it went public. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/business/trump-media-backers-investors.html 88 comments politics
- [Winderman] Move to second string has provided career lifeline to Heat's Kevin Love, 'Working out very well' https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat/status/1740781545726919127?s=19&t=D5wudNOKc9ddp75MjqjCCA 14 comments nba
- These Credit Suisse Bonds Signal the Bank’s $54 Billion Lifeline May Not Be Enough https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-17/credit-suisse-investors-see-bail-in-risk-for-82-billion-bonds?srnd=premium-europe#xj4y7vzkg&leadSource=uverify%20wall 2 comments economics
- Sick Honeybees Find Lifeline in Covid Vaccine Technology https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-18/sick-honeybees-could-find-salvation-in-covid-vaccine-technology 12 comments futurology
- Vladimir Putin and Russia threaten to cut off Japan’s gas lifeline https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/energy-wars-russia-threatens-to-cut-off-japan-s-gas-lifeline-20220706-p5azep.html 37 comments worldnews
- Russian attacks on rail system fail to paralyze lifeline https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-attacks-rail-system-fail-paralyze-lifeline-ukraine-2022-05-08/ 5 comments upliftingnews
- U.S. Is Set to Launch a $6 Billion Effort to Save Nuclear Plants. DOE is expected to provide details as soon as Monday on a $6 billion program aimed at keeping uneconomical nuclear plants in service, providing a lifeline to an industry that’s seen a raft of early reactor retirements. https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/u-s-poised-to-launch-6-billion-effort-to-save-nuclear-plants 36 comments energy
- CNBC: "Bitcoin is a lifeline for some Ukrainian refugees, like this 20-year-old who escaped with $2,000 on a thumb drive" (great article). https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/23/ukrainian-flees-to-poland-with-2000-in-bitcoin-on-usb-drive.html 6 comments futurology
- Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong: Crypto is a 'Lifeline' to Ordinary Russians https://beincrypto.com/crypto-is-lifeline-to-ordinary-russians-says-coinbase-brian-armstrong/ 10 comments cryptocurrency
- Coinbase CEO Says Ordinary Russians Using Bitcoin as ‘Lifeline’ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/coinbase-ceo-says-ordinary-russians-072235386.html 21 comments cryptocurrency
- Biden tells Putin to keep cyberattacks off energy, critical facilities. He raised a hypothetical scenario of cyber criminals targeting the pipelines from Russia's oil fields, "their single lifeline to their economy." "I pointed out to him we have significant cyber capability, and he knows it." https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/electric-power/061621-biden-tells-putin-to-keep-cyberattacks-off-energy-critical-facilities 38 comments energy
- Netanyahu poised to gain political lifeline as violence flares https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-poised-gain-political-lifeline-violence-flares-2021-05-13/ 5 comments worldnews
- This Polish high school student decided to launch a fake online shop to offer a lifeline to victims trapped in their homes. Her idea won a European Union prize that came with €10,000 (£8,700; $12,120). https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56172456 50 comments europe
- Oregon Senate approves cocktails to-go at last, sending lifeline to struggling restaurants and bars https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2020/12/oregon-allows-cocktails-to-go-at-last-sending-lifeline-to-struggling-restaurants-and-bars.html 28 comments politics
- Another lifeline is ending as extra federal jobless aid winds down https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unemployment-benefits-trump-300-jobless-aid-ending/ 5 comments politics
- How Reality-TV Fame Gave Trump a $427 Million Lifeline https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/28/us/donald-trump-taxes-apprentice.html 39 comments politics
- US cuts off Huawei lifelines to foreign chips https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Huawei-crackdown/US-cuts-off-Huawei-lifelines-to-foreign-chips 86 comments hardware
- Trump's Executive Actions Offer No Lifeline for Small Businesses, School Systems and States https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-executive-actions-offer-no-lifeline-small-businesses-school-systems-states-1524059 14 comments politics
- Plan to slash $600 lifeline threatens misery for millions of Americans https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jul/31/millions-unemployment-americans-economic-crisis 21 comments politics
- 'It saved my life': New antibody treatment could be COVID-19 lifeline https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-it-saved-my-life-new-antibody-treatment-could-be-covid-19-lifeline-12030249 4 comments worldnews
- Mumbai to decide on shutting off its lifeline 'local trains' after first Corona death https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/mumbai-to-decide-on-shutting-off-its-lifeline-local-trains-after-first-corona-death/articleshow/74670751.cms?utm_source=social_reddit&utm_medium=social_sharing&utm_campaign=click_through_social_share 33 comments india
- Amid ‘foreign virus’ flailing, Democrats toss Trump a lifeline https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/12/amid-foreign-virus-flailing-democrats-toss-trump-lifeline 12 comments politics
- "It's Their Lifeline": ER Doctor Confronts Mike Pence in Iowa Over Trump Medicaid Cuts - "I confronted him about his damaging healthcare cuts because for me it's not about politics, it's about saving lives," said Dr. Rob Davidson. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/31/its-their-lifeline-er-doctor-confronts-mike-pence-iowa-over-trump-medicaid-cuts 67 comments politics
- Trump's food stamp cuts will strip lifeline from millions of Americans https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/12/trump-food-stamps-cuts-vital-lifeline-millions-americans 213 comments politics
- Smartphones are a lifeline for the young homeless. If only they had Wi-Fi. https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/smartphones-are-a-lifeline-for-the-young-13582809.php 16 comments technology
- Why libraries are an economic lifeline for millions of Americans https://www.marketwatch.com/story/libraries-are-an-economic-lifeline-for-millions-of-americans-2018-07-24?mod=newsviewer_click 14 comments politics
- For a 6-Year-Old Snared in the Immigration Maze, a Memorized Phone Number Proves a Lifeline https://www.propublica.org/article/for-a-6-year-old-snared-in-the-immigration-maze-a-memorized-phone-number-proves-a-lifeline 13 comments worldnews
- Airbus finally secures lifeline for A380 with Emirates deal | Business https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/18/airbus-secures-a380-deal-emirates-gulf-airline-superjumbo 7 comments europe
- Net Neutrality isn’t the only thing the current FCC is screwing up - ‘the Commission decided to “re-think” it’s Lifeline program, which provides subsidies for broadband internet subscriptions to low-income Americans‘ https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/09/net-neutrality-isnt-the-only-thing-the-current-fcc-is-screwing-up/ 48 comments technology
- Graham: Trump throwing 'a lifeline' to Moore http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/361839-graham-trump-throwing-a-life-line-to-moore 11 comments politics
- Weinstein Co. gets lifeline from real estate billionaire http://nypost.com/2017/10/16/weinstein-co-gets-lifeline-from-real-estate-billionaire/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=nyptwitter&utm_medium=socialflow&sr_share=twitter 3 comments politics
- Trump win gives Christie a lifeline http://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2016/11/trump-win-gives-christie-a-lifeline-107224 9 comments politics
- Trump looks for lifeline in final presidential debate http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/301454-trump-looks-for-lifeline-in-final-presidential-debate 31 comments politics
- Narendra Modi gives Gujarat its lifeline: Narmada Dam height to be raised by 17 metres; lakhs will lose their homes, activists say http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/narendra-modi-gives-gujarat-its-lifeline-narmada-dam-height-to-be-raised-by-17-metres-lakhs-will-lose-their-homes-activists-say/articleshow/36453275.cms 80 comments india
- Shiv Sena throws INS Vikrant another lifeline http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ims-vikrant-shiv-sena-aditya-thackeray-bal-thackeray/1/328772.html 4 comments india
- Ukraine Gets $8 billion lifeline from China http://rt.com/business/ukraine-china-loan-yanukovych-763/ 12 comments europe
- The Leveraged Buyout of America | Giant bank holding companies now own airports, toll roads, and ports; and store and hoard vast quantities of commodities of all sorts. They are systematically buying up or gaining control of the essential lifelines of the economy. How have they pulled this off? http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/26-2 37 comments politics
- Maddow kept trying to throw Paul lifelines, to drag him back to the shores of reality, but Paul just kept blathering on, blissfully and cheerfully oblivious to his own lunacy. For much of the time, he engaged in self-pity about how the media was distorting his comments... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacob-heilbrunn/dr-rand-paul-cant-see-str_b_583740.html 5 comments politics