Tesla’s Cybertruck Chief Is Departing Electric-Vehicle Maker "adding to a series of high-level departures this year as the electric-vehicle maker struggles with uneven sales" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Federal shutdown threatens these Trump voters’ livelihoods but not their political loyalties www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

BREAKING: A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits. Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.

Gianni Infantino lauds President Trump, hints he may award him FIFA peace prize www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...

“.. the number of accounts shifting into serious delinquency—more than 90 days past due—ticked up to 5.33% .. with pretty much all types of debt showing a rise last quarter ..” @barrons.com #NYFed www.barrons.com/articles/fed...

“President Trump said he will block federal food-aid funding until Democrats vote to reopen the government, despite a court order directing his administration to use emergency funds to make payments” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Tesla Again Posts Steep Monthly Sales Declines Across Europe Yesterday, the stock was on the cusp of a record high www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

'No idea who he is,' says Trump after pardoning crypto tycoon www.bbc.com/news/article...

“I am nervous about the inflation side of the ledger, where you’ve seen inflation above the target for four and a half years and it’s trending the wrong way.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Earlier this month a company you’ve never heard of sold the largest corporate bond in history. The $27bn deal wasn’t just notable for its size and complexity, but what for it says about the AI boom, the credit cycle and the evolution of public and private debt markets. www.ft.com/content/d034...

"58 percent of all VC investment has gone to AI companies." AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All www.wired.com/story/ai-bub...

Bessent channeling Cheney? Dick Cheney was like: "Mr Bush, We've vetted the candidates. And actually I think your best candidate for VP is me."

(Politico) - All employees of the House of Representatives were issued templates for letters Wednesday they can present to creditors before Friday, when they’re expected to miss their first paychecks .. @politico.com #Shutdown 🇺🇸 www.politico.com/live-updates...

The surest sign of a bubble when companies in every industry begin repackaging themselves as that thing.

Caterpillar is an AI company now too

Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda www.wired.com/story/chatbo...

Indigenous nations plan customs-free trade corridor across Canada-US border #Canada #USA /1 thread paherald.sk.ca/indigenous-n...

Here's the Ronald Reagan ad from Canada that Trump calls "fake."

Houston, we have a problem. And probably plenty of other American cities. And this is before SNAP payments end.

ICE is expanding so rapidly that the quality of candidates is declining rapidly too

Trump revives gunboat diplomacy in Venezuela stand-off www.ft.com/content/0dd4...

On this day 95 years ago, the great economist Paul Davidson was born. He not only predicted the Great Financial Crisis, he offered advice on how to avoid the ensuing recession. Bubbles are never benign mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/7427/1/MPRA_...

"The stock market’s buoyancy masks what may be either a genuine two-speed economy or—more troubling—a weak economy-wide recession papered over by AI-driven irrational exuberance." via @delong.social braddelong.substack.com/p/on-the-sur...

Not that it matters but it's weird seeing the East Wing of the White House ripped apart by a foreign-made Volvo machine, given Trump is supposedly all about America First

Musk on why he deserves a $1 trillion pay package: “If we build this robot army, do I have at least a strong influence over this robot army? Not control, but a strong influence … I don't feel comfortable building that robot army unless I have a strong influence.” www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.

The universe of true US allies will shrink month by month and year by year going forward

“.. the architects of First Lady meme coin $MELANIA were accused of fraud, allegedly organizing the launch knowing the coin would plummet, court filings released Tuesday show, according to AFP.” @barrons.com www.barrons.com/articles/bit...

NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION:

*US SEEKS TO QUADRUPLE BEEF PURCHASES FROM ARGENTINA: POLITICO

a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

“.. Watching John with the machine, it was suddenly so clear: the Terminator would never stop. It would never leave him, it would never hurt him, never shout at him or get drunk and hit him, or say it was too busy to spend time with him. It would always be there.” - Sarah Connor, “T2”

Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."

COLLINS: The NYT is reporting your legal team is seeking $230 million from your own DOJ now in response to the investigations into you. Is that something you want? TRUMP: It could be, yeah. I don't even talk to them about it. All I know is they would owe me a lot of money. They rigged the election.

Pardoned Capitol rioter arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries www.npr.org/2025/10/21/g...

cmon now France, this is officially too ridiculous now on.ft.com/3KZ5WcR

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

German banks push private equity funds to retail investors on.ft.com/4qgUYjb

Elon Musk Rages at Top Trump Official Over Loss of Government Contract www.mediaite.com/media/news/w...

Musk now threatens to leave Tesla: “Tesla is worth more than all other automotive companies combined. Which of those CEOs would you like to run Tesla? It won’t be me.” electrek.co/2025/10/20/e...

An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

“The motto in markets right now is “shut up and take my money”, as the fear of missing out seeps into almost every major asset class. Nowhere is that clearer than in corporate bonds.” via @katie0martin.ft.com on.ft.com/4houS9U

I found it pretty charming to learn that after Roger Taney died, sitting lawmakers called his death a "victory for liberty and the Constitution," suggested that he was probably burning in hell, and joked (?) that they'd rather hang him in effigy than do literally anything to honor his memory

An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation ‘over’ www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Prosecutors expected to ask grand jury to indict Trump critic John Bolton www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...