It doesn't make you look tough when you demean others, especially when the federal government is paying for you to have a bunch of bodyguards, you're coercing companies to not criticize you, and declaring war on American cities that don't fall in line with your unconstitutional policies.

"Drain the...bathe in the swamp! Bathe in the swamp!"

I'm sure Bloomberg and CNBC will bring on Rodney Broo...Cathie Wood to get to the bottom of this issue! rodneybrooks.com/why-todays-h...

"Sir, the people who were actually killed were detainees." As I was saying, the Haitians who are here legally are illegal aliens. And home prices are higher because of immigrants And the Democrats flooded the country with millions of immigrants So let's stop the rhe... illegals. Thank you.

So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Excited to launch our first sweepstakes for Illinois homeowners today. Please visit @saferate.com to get started. Please #bluesky help us spread the word to homeowners in #chicago #illinois We're not on X/Twitter and are doing our best to put money into people's pockets and not big tech companies

One of the most interesting things about Jimmy Kimmel, and what I loved most about his conversation with Bill Burr a few months back, was that they’re both middle-aged white comedians who heard how culture has evolved, took notes, grew up, didn’t get defensive, and became *even more* successful.

I never thought I'd need to explain a decision to boycott a social media platform that is owned by the world's wealthiest man who openly calls for "retaliatory" violence against the "Left," who makes money from my engagement, and uses my words to train his massaged AI that aligns with his beliefs.

Most people are against political violence. It's weird the guy they're honoring was not. "Joe Biden is a bumbling, dementia filled, alzheimer's, corrupt tyrant who should honestly be put in prison and or given the death penalty for his crimes against America." www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

Is someone going to tell Lutnick a lot of H1B visa holders are recent graduates from American universities? "If you're going to train somebody, you're going to train one of the recent graduates from one of the great universities across our land," said Howard Lutnick www.reuters.com/business/med...

This Ta-Nehisi Coates article says it all. And I bring this up as public spaces are considering monuments. The amount of modern bigotry and blind, intolerant, one-sidesm is hard to reconcile with public spaces which should be welcome to all. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Watching Trump continuously get owned by Putin is one of the many, stupid marvels of this presidency. Putin has gotten everything he wants. And Trump has gotten nothing. And this is what Trump says. You know Putin just laughs when he reads this stuff. www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...

Remember 2 days ago when Musk was trying to fire people for words they had said and charge them with domestic terrorism? This after 4 days ago encouraging others to fight or die? Now he's arguing words are not violence. And to act as if they are, is violence.

We should strive to overcome the Right v Left framing of issues. The many contradictions in Trump and his most ardent supporters' positions are so blatant against their own words. I think it's easier to prove hypocrisy, to find what they said, and now show what they are doing. It's often egregious

Remember 2 days ago when Musk was advocating to millions online and via livestream to "fight or die"? www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu... And the UK event saw 26 police officers injured www.bbc.com/news/article... Today he says, "incitement to murder and domestic terrorism is a felony crime."

Remember 2 years ago Musk said, "If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill." Now he's openly targeting workers for things they say on social media. www.npr.org/2023/08/06/1...

I left a group chat once with a liberal person who wanted to report a random person's online comments to a boss. I don't want someone to lose livelihood for controversial but not extreme views. Our VP just went all in on a witch-hunt approach in the guise of civility www.mediaite.com/media/jd-van...

1. I'm not exactly sure what Ezra Klein means about the right way. Even in college, I never understood the point of the "highly opinionated speaker comes on campus to debate a variety of cultural topics." I get it's a good gimmick, and people like the thrill, but it always felt like a waste of time.

It's terrifying to see what the world's richest man is up to over on X. And we don't even know that the killer is a "leftist" yet. 1. Threatens the need to fight back or "we will be killed." 2. Highlights a need to dismantle leftist organizations 3. And warning that there will be violence now

I know I'm into mortgages and all, but this is insanity. As a lender, if it's on the Loan Estimate the right way, that means she filled out the application the right way. Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show - www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

1. To the people supporting National Guard in Chicago, I want you to know I was in Chicago's West Garfield Park as a HS teacher, for two years, without any gun. I rode public transit my entire first year, was never harassed. Carried a laptop with me for work. This during a recession ('08 - '10).

Me: Walking outside in Chicago. "Nice to see so many people out and about." President: Posts Apocalypse Now war meme at Chicago. Sec of Defense: "We're adopting a strategy of violent effect, not politically correct." Me: "This is not a good thing " Press: "Settle down. Don't be alarmist."

This is one of the more under discussed aspects of Tesla. The amount of negative equity they put their own customers in is just really stupid. inleo.io/@arraymedia/...

Me: "I found a social media platform without crypto, trolling and mostly interesting people." Nate Silver: "You're part a problem called Blueskyism." Trump: "Chicago is a hellhole. And the Constitution doesn't matter." Bluesky users: "Trump is wrong." Nate Silver: "The problem is Blueskyism."

My guess is the $1 trillion pay package will lead to SpaceX and X going under the Tesla roof, so it can be the Future Hype Factory. There's nothing in Tesla (declining sales) or in X (cash burn) that get it there today. Also feel this reddit convo sums up society. www.reddit.com/r/teslainves...

@talibkweli.bsky.social is 🎯. The problem is the content on X. So people left because their voice is inconsequential amidst paid accounts, Elon's obsessions, crypto, porn, Grok. Stop blaming others because you want to sit in a smoke filled room and breathe in second hand smoke. It's rotting your 🧠

Scott Bessent might as well say, "we should have a democracy but sometimes voters get it wrong." Exclusive: Fed should be independent but has made mistakes, Treasury Secretary Bessent says - www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

Just how out of step our government is with our people on so many issues: poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

Magnetar is getting out. That's the best indicator for the bubble preparing to burst that I know of. www.chicagobusiness.com/technology/c...

I may not be rich or powerful, but at least I don't have to do this.

It's peculiar how legacy admissions (read: not merit-based) often displace more qualified students than any DEI program at some schools, to the benefit of one racial group. Despite the extreme racial disparity, the Dept of Education doesn't seem upset about it. Weird.

Good Samaritan journalists rush into help at a hospital that was struck. And then they get killed by another strike... "Witnesses said the second strike took place after rescue workers, journalists and other people had rushed to the site of the initial attack." - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

This is the most snowflakey, triggered thing I've ever seen. College students are much tougher than this whiner. Looking forward to the future.

Person working to address the problem explains reality to person who just wants attention. Really admire @arneduncan.bsky.social commitment to Chicago and his thoughtful writeup here.

I just finished "the greatest novel you've never read." I can't say whether it's true. But I hope to remember the 3 grad student friends discussing the university as an insane asylum for the professors, and a job they aspired to. Maybe a career is just the asylum to which you feel like you belong.

Watching Trump and Putin is like when your basketball team is down 20 points, and they just keep turning the ball over. And Trump is the team's point guard. And you're like, why did we draft this guy again? Oh and we just signed a 4-year extension too? Welp, no championships for us anytime soon.

In this week of Reality President, watch Ukraine's president leave a war and oh so many European leaders head to the White House. Will Trump finally get his deal? He'll have to call Russia first! Watch to find out. ...yep, like TV, he just wastes everyone's time. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Because nothing says “you should feel free to come visit Washington” like standing in front of dozens of armed soldiers next to a guy who thinks women shouldn’t be able to vote 🙃

My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country. I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.

Outcome of the Alaskan Summit regarding Russia Ukraine? Executive Order banning vote by mail in the United States. It's pretty clear our president got played like a fiddle. Can't wait for the next article about Trump's "strongman international diplomacy." www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Fixed the headline: "The OpenAI CEO is willing to spend trillions of dollars of other people's money, which is not that bold when you think about it." www.wired.com/story/sam-al...

In pickup basketball, there's a guy on the other team who will say "I'm open" and have his hands up so you pass it to him. It works like 1% of the time. But with Trump, it works 100% 1. Tell him elections are rigged 2. Tell him he won 2020 3. He'll pass you the ball 4. And then he'll brag about it?

Shouldn't our government just do some simple trials on some tangible use cases before committing hundreds of millions of dollars? Try it with both open source models, proprietary models. Compare results. I've learned so much from implementing this tech myself. Make results public. Try now. Buy later

One of the very fair criticisms of Lincoln was his support for resettlement, and its attempt in Haiti at one point. It's why Black voices like Frederick Douglass who asserted their right to be in the US, were so important. It told White people to grow up. www.nbcnews.com/world/middle...

One thing I wonder is when businesspeople's compass will switch from, "I don't want to be on record complaining about this administration" to "I want to be on record fighting this administration." Going along to get along isn't always the smart play. Moments are fleeting. slate.com/news-and-pol...

I spent the day with Curtis Yarvin and the "dissident right" at a garden party in Surrey and wrote quite a few words about it. My cover story for today’s FT Magazine on.ft.com/4ooXS4t [GIFT LINK! 🎁]

"And yet what were only a few years ago obviously impeachable offenses are now simply known as the Trump administration." I wish this was hyperbole, but it is not. andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-perman...

Between xAI preparing to put ads in its responses, and ChatGPT 5's apparent focus on efficiency and cost reduction, it seems like investors are starting to get fatigued on the burn rates of these companies. Not sure if it's a big deal, or just a slight rebuke. www.pymnts.com/artificial-i...

The one sentence to describe how far financial markets have fallen: "Former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond raised $888 million in a Spac deal with a biotech company to buy HYPE tokens." www.ft.com/content/8a16...

I don't even get this stuff? So there's a group of women playing a sport at the highest level. And you interrupt it with something sexual. Like, what's funny about it? It's just confusing, and makes me feel bad for how much of a loser you must be to do this. www.mediaite.com/politics/don...