While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Caroline D. Ciraolo, Deputy Assistant Attorney General of Policy and Planning of the Tax Division, files a “John Doe” petition with the Federal court for the northern district of california seeking to compel Coinbase (the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange) to disclose to the Internal Revenue Service the details of all of its consumer transactions from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2015.

       [added 1/9/2023] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.