Some props to Memphis music on the same day the National Guard arrives.

Absolutely

Investigation of Pulte’s conduct will occur, if at all, after Dems retake House in ‘26 and House Oversight or Financial Services Committee opens an investigation.

Discovery into Pulte’s conduct seems unlikely, as both Cook and DOJ have (different) reasons to litigate the issue on the pleadings: is a mere allegation regarding conduct prior to Fed Gov service sufficient to satisfy the “for cause” removal provision in the Fed Reserve Act?

Translation: “If you are ready to give Substack a go, we are here to hold open the exit door for you.”

entire block of crowd control barricades arranged to accommodate a long line of people at security, empty

One block over from the White House: the aspirational security line setup

The Idaho ACLU should take this case. Has she reached out to them?

www.acluidaho.org

There will likely be a government shutdown on March 14, and then sometime this summer, unless the debt limit is raised, the U.S. will start defaulting on its obligations. If that happens yields on treasuries will skyrocket and stock markets will tank. We are barreling toward 1929.

Legendary. Whenever I see him live and the band starts playing Call to Arms, I have a moment where I pine for them to reach this level of intensity

I had the choice today of sitting in my warm abode and listening to another election postmortem podcast or going out into the bitter cold and raking leaves. I made the sensible choice and raked leaves.

This was Teddy Roosevelt’s hot take in 1900 and a majority agreed with him. The rober barons are back again, just with different names. Will common sense ultimately prevail ~125 yrs later? ChatGPT says “TBD.”

Spotify Wrapped misses the mark with this one joyless feature For music lovers, streaming has never felt more stale.

Further confirmation I made the right call when I ditched Spotify (for Tidal) back in 2022.

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Sorry to hear this news

Guess I’ll call you Rip Torn