Clean-up in AI-sle 5?

Phone down, Barolo up..

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“.. these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.”

@nytimes.com
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Embarrassing then.
Embarrassing now.

Must have dishes from any place good: agnolotti dal plin and tajarin al ragu. Regional pasta specialties you won’t find elsewhere in Italy.

Also must hit Cafe Al Bicerin for the local classic coffee beverage

Del Cambio is the most famous place. Last was there in 2006. Not sure what it offers now but (was) a classic.

Make sure to hit Museo Egizio for the largest collection of antiquities outside of Egypt. Amazing place

Secretary of Transportation says you should be scared of public transportation. Four million people will ignore him, justifiably, and ride the NY subway tomorrow. 🤡

When shamelessness IS your superpower.

Your kids still get two dolls. And five pencils. 🤡

Being in the First Family sounds fun. 💰

You are living thru a live 🤡 show.

@livesquawknews.bsky.social

GOP megadonor Griffin: Trump tariffs are unleashing ‘crony capitalism’ President Donald Trump is promising that his economic agenda will empower American consumers and unlock economic growth. One of the GOP’s biggest voices is warning that it’s an insider’s game.

KEN GRIFFIN: ".. Tariffs open the doors to crony capitalism. The government starts to pick winners and losers. .. I thought that would play out over the course of years. It’s terrifying to watch this play out over the course of weeks.”

@politico.com
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Rueful chuckle over how this trade deal "will cement the relationship ... for many years to come."

We already had a trade deal with the UK and the other countries too. Trump threw them all out the window.

Nobody's going to believe these deals are permanent either. Trump broke that.

Analysis | Lutnick’s economically incoherent and contradictory commentary The commerce secretary is constantly on television, but his claims don’t make much sense.

Fact Checker by Glenn Kessler: Much of what Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, a billionaire and former Wall Street executive, says is economically incoherent and contradictory.

Here’s a guide to Lutnick’s talking points — and what’s wrong about them.

RFK Jr.’s Measles Strategy Is Leading the US Down a Dark Path The secretary of Health and Human Services is peddling misinformation and fake cures and steering public health off course.

".. as [measles] cases rose to 935 across 30 states last week .. likely a gross underestimation .. Kennedy refused to acknowledge the gravity of the situation .. using his platform to peddle misinformation and fake cures."

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Yeesh.

You break it, you own it

Here’s the view from the billionaire Commerce Secretary, of his vision for the future of America, and the aspirational role we, and the generations to come after, will play.

Consistently inconsistent is a big reason why markets have an acute case of motion sickness.

If you thought the Administration was really looking to calm the markets to start a new week, sending Lutnick and Navarro out on the Sunday shows really tells you everything

So do we need our screwdrivers, or not? I’m so confused

Here’s where we’re headed next:

1. Record number of S&P 500 companies pull full-year earnings guidance.

2. “Jay Powell is artificially costing us trillions of dollars with high interest rates, he must be fired.”

3. “Beautiful phone call with my friend President Xi, we’re making a deal.”

I’ve seen tone-deaf, but not this level of tone-deaf.

$SCHW

Secretary Bessent has made a lower 10yr yield a top priority - yet it’s the Administration’s own decision making that is roiling the bond market and sending rates surging. It’s even more stunning considering Sec. Lutnick’s decades long bond market history with his former firm…

Kudos to @steveliesman.bsky.social who doesn't sugar coat the realities of this Admin's economic policies.

Weakening stocks, bonds AND the dollar, at the same time, is quite an achievement

The Art of the Retreat Trump’s abrupt pivot from his planned global trade war was touted by allies as grand strategy. The president’s own words suggested otherwise.

Many Donald Trump supporters “claimed that this was the plan all along, suggesting that dropping the tariffs against the rest of the world would only further isolate Beijing,” but Trump himself gave away the game, @jonlemire.bsky.social and @russellberman.bsky.social write: