YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal Why Costco Went All in on Kirkland — and How It Paid Off | WSJ Case Study

i find every story about costco's brand strategy and overall approach completely fascinating.

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. ⬇️

Emergency Press Conference:

Update on the government shutdown and health care from Senator Gary Peters.

I am heartbroken! This is what our children are going through! This has to end!

It’ll never stop being funny/sad to me that to get labeled a “radical socialist” in US politics, all you have to do is gently ask for the basic minimum things that every other wealthy democracy has already had for years and years (paid maternity leave, minimum wage you can actually live on etc).

The gunman who orphaned Bambi has endorsed Andrew Cuomo.

Trump hates that people are calling it the “Epstein Ballroom”.

We’re about to make him very upset. 🏴‍☠️

> @newyorker.com

Reminiscin’ this’n that and havin’ such a good time. Oo-De-Lally, Oo-De-Lally golly what a day.

Today's a fantastic day to make no configuration changes to your production environments. If something goes wonky, you'll go mad trying to figure out if it's the AWS issue (possibly reflected through a vendor of yours who uses them) vs. your own shitty, shitty code.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

For the Epstein-th time, Oversight Dems are demanding no pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. Release the files!

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

@governorwalz.mn.gov

Statement released by the Pentagon Press Association.

Unconstitutional, damaging to our democracy and--last time I checked--murder is a crime. Let's not gussy it up and call it acts of war. This is murder.

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

👇👇

If you know what Skate or Die is ..

We can automatically be friends

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

Canada vs. America

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Trump Says US Tariffs on Heavy Truck Imports to Begin Nov. 1 President Donald Trump said 25% duties on medium- and heavy-duty trucks would begin Nov. 1, the latest expansion of his tariff regime aimed at protecting domestic industries.

New 25% tariffs on trucks taking effect on November 1 will hit NW Ohio hard. Our region’s suppliers, parts makers, and logistics workers depend on stable trade with our largest fair trading partner to the north, Canada. Trump's reckless tariffs risk Ohio jobs and raise costs for our families.

Abughazaleh: I think Kristi Noem should be tried at The Hague. And if the response from ICE to people exercising their first amendment right is to drive vehicles through them, they should not be an agency in the US.

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric