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Eight charts that explain why "affordability" is suddenly everywhere

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Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement Defense secretary shares anecdote in The War on Warriors and rails against ‘rules and regulations’ governing war

Hegseth told soldiers under his command in Iraq to ignore legal advice about when they were permitted to kill enemy combatants under their rules of engagement. The anecdote is contained in a book Hegseth wrote last year in which he sharply disparaged the Geneva and Hague Conventions.

How Trump’s on-again, off-again Nasa appointee emerged from a political black hole Trump’s renomination of billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman is a tale of politics, ambition and vanity

Elon Musk is set to get his pick to run NASA as he moves closer to taking the space agency private under his tutelage. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

As Jared Kushner prepares to meet with Putin today on behalf of Trump, REMEMBER: After taking billions from the Saudis and other foreign governments, Kushner explicitly said he would not have a foreign policy role in this administration.

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U.S. Manufacturing Contracts for Ninth Straight Month Tariffs, which have increased costs for sourcing materials, continue to weigh on U.S. producers.

"A decline manufacturers attribute largely to President Trump’s tariffs."

No one could have predicted this except everybody. www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

More recently, Semafor hosted Megyn Kelly as a key speaker in one of their "restoring trust in news" conferences

Third time this week

*TRUMP FORMALLY PARDONS FORMER HONDURAN PRESIDENT HERNÁNDEZ: CNN

The Venezuelan "drug war" is a murderous ruse.

"About half of US adults go on Facebook and YouTube daily" (Pew Research)

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$META $GOOG

think of all the small shops hoping for a good 4th quarter to stay afloat

Mom-and-Pop Business Bankruptcies Hit a Record as Debts Pile Up @business

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While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.

Or “Trump & Lutnick Sending Taxpayer Money to Friends, Business Partners, and Donors.”

More US government ownership of private business from the GOP anti-socialists: "US to Take $150 Million Stake in Chip Startup Led by Gelsinger" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Best country ETF YTD? South Korea $EWY +78%
Greece, Spain, Peru, Poland, Colombia, South Africa up there

USA +8%

CDL mills are a threat to our safety. The irony of our industry loving regulation these days is not lost, however, but this will certainly impact supply response once demand lifts.

3K schools = ~20% of total. Another 4,500 put on notice, so about half the schools at risk.

Let’s say there’s a problem here ~ who has any faith THESE are just the people to fix it?

(and this will eventually raise prices, too)

the other Trump spawn crypto public co $ALTS closed at a new 52 week low yesterday (this one has some giant red flags around disclosure)

Qusay (Eric) Trump's bitcoin mining company ABTC is melting down

-21.5% this morning after a 15% plunge yesterday

a bald man wearing a chicago fire department vest is clapping his hands ALT: a bald man wearing a chicago fire department vest is clapping his hands

I feel heard 😁

i mean, you jest, but this is extremely on the nose

"According to data from Media Radar, The New York Times took in more than $20 million in advertising revenue from fossil fuel companies from Oct 2020 to Oct 2023, twice what any other outlet earned from the industry" - @amywestervelt.bsky.social, Matthew Green & @joeygrostern.bsky.social

#NYT

In a parallel universe, an attentive White House and Congress would be jumping to make more and better climate-risk information available. In our grim timeline, President Donald Trump and the real-world Congress are engaging in their own magical thinking. Climate change is a hoax, according to this worldview, and any acknowledgment of that reality is anathema.

It’s bad that more people aren’t rushing to buy flood insurance (at least for the next 3 years) in light of the fact Trump decides when or if to help based on Red state / blue state.

Erasing a Home’s Risks on Zillow Doesn’t Make Them Go Away We live in a golden age of magical thinking, and I’m not just talking about the trillions of dollars being burned on artificial intelligence. When it comes to our rapidly heating planet and its effect...

People trying to sell you houses at high prices don't want you to know about their climate risks (or other inconvenient numbers). Buyer beware.

Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com

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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.

But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.

The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.

To me the big outstanding Q re Nuzzigate is: did her hitting Lizza with a restraining order effectively keep him from going public with this before election or RFK Jr’s confirmation? I think we can safely say any demureness was was not out of an Austen sense of propriety or protecting her good name.

Yes, and actually quite important that the message is out there - you do not want to be the most senior unpardoned person on 21st Jan 2029.

More broadly, the US needs a serious thing about what dismantling Trumpism looks and operates like to not shit the bed on it again.

🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7

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