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Trying to be skeptical without being cynical. Too many years in finance. Tech, games, autos, dogs...

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Driving Down Memory Lane in VW’s Scirocco and Corrado Cranking up the way-back machine for a spin in two of Volkswagen’s first front-drive sporty coupes.

Driving Down Memory Lane in VW’s Scirocco and Corrado www.motortrend.com/features/vol...

02.12.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ross must be tanking without saying he's tanking. But please fire Grier immediately.

20.10.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Powerful line. Dude is a good messenger.

19.10.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fuckin yikes, man

30.09.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3042    πŸ” 684    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 235

This should obviously get thrown out, but what is the penalty for bringing bullshit prosecutions? Will the government at least need to pay legal fees?

26.09.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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'No evidence' found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, officials say Three people familiar with the federal probe into Kirk’s assassination told NBC News that investigators have yet to find a link between the alleged shooter and left-wing groups.

One person familiar with the federal investigation told NBC News β€œthus far, there is no evidence connecting the suspect with any left-wing groups…Every indication so far is that this was one guy who did one really bad thing because he found Kirk’s ideology personally offensive.”

20.09.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2918    πŸ” 765    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 47
Jon asks why the GOP's "one is too many" logic applies only to immigrants and not mass shootings
YouTube video by The Daily Show Jon asks why the GOP's "one is too many" logic applies only to immigrants and not mass shootings

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21.09.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is what happens when justice serves power instead of people.

Banksy’s latest piece shows a judge beating a protester. They rushed to throw up barriers to hide it.

We need this here because it looks a lot like our own Supreme Court vs. the people.

09.09.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 17035    πŸ” 6847    πŸ’¬ 485    πŸ“Œ 324

Bad news for Americans.

11.09.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Officials have been planning for weeks to send National Guard to Chicago as Trump seeks to expand crime crackdown | CNN Politics The Trump administration has been planning for weeks to send the National Guard to Chicago, two officials told CNN, as President Donald Trump looks to expand his anti-crime agenda and crackdown on imm...

The Trump administration has been planning for weeks to send the National Guard to Chicago, two officials told CNN, as President Trump looks to expand his anti-crime agenda and crackdown on immigration in major cities across the United States. https://cnn.it/45yvNjJ

24.08.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 23

Here's the sitting president of the United States endorsing ethnic cleansing in Gaza.

26.07.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 716    πŸ” 334    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 123

People really need to just ignore Cam Newton. He lives for attention and nothing else.

26.07.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Latest AP Polls | AP-NORC Polling New and historic polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research on presidential approval, the U.S. economy and other issues.

16% of respondents have "a great deal of confidence in the Supreme Court".

On the bright side, only 13% say climate change is "not happening".

apnews.com/projects/pol...

25.07.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was 15 that year. Gives me chills thinking back to how epic that era was.

23.07.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wall Street is no longer a serious place.

23.07.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great to see a trade deal but.../JGB yields jumping again in response/Mixed commentary still from calls I want to quickly start by saying that Bleakley Financial Group has officially changed its name to One Point BFG Wealth Partners.

BOOCKVAR: After seeing the Japan deal, we assume "$2.9 Trillion that will be taxed at 15% and that equals $435 Billion of taxes on US consumers and businesses .. For context, US companies pay about $525 Billion of corporate income taxes to the US govt."

peterboockvar.substack.com/p/great-to-s...

23.07.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 479    πŸ” 194    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 14
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By charging Americans 15% tax to buy Toyota, but charging GM 50+% tax to import their raw materials, Trump is *crushing US manufacturing*

23.07.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1945    πŸ” 782    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 105

I also think the mythology comes from the "elites" who fund the Democratic agenda. The liberal professional class is accustomed to knowledge, decorum, and honest debate having value in their daily interactions. But obviously that doesn't translate to politics.

23.07.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is why corporations need actual boards, not a team of sycophants. If they had spent the Cybertruck money on a Model 2 or *actual* self driving technology then they'd be doing a hell of a lot better right now.

23.07.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"ending THEIR war" πŸ€”
How do you screw up such an easy headline? At this point it's hard to believe it's unintentional.

23.07.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amongst my peers, the ones who grew up with strict responsibilities for chores have a much better work ethic and better focus in adulthood. Seems like a win-win for parenting.

23.07.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah but Oklahoma has more freedom - right?

21.07.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another example of something that would have been solved LONG ago if men had to give birth.

17.07.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Maurene Comey's goodbye note to SDNY colleagues:

17.07.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 12315    πŸ” 4193    πŸ’¬ 321    πŸ“Œ 300
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Jerome Powell and the Authoritarian Sirens of Odysseus Why strongman presidents become weakerβ€”to everyone's perilβ€”when they remove constraints on their own power.

Trump's threats to fire Jerome Powell are being covered by the US press with the wrong lens. It's not Democrats vs. Republicans or Trump vs. the Fed. This is a story about why authoritarian rulers who remove constraints on their power destroy prosperity. I explain why here:

17.07.2025 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 545    πŸ” 200    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 14
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The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.

"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

15.07.2025 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4481    πŸ” 3213    πŸ’¬ 361    πŸ“Œ 623

It didn't work for the Black woman. It might work for Trump.

15.07.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Many of them truly believed that. Just one example... I had an otherwise smart coworker tell me: "say what you want about the guy, but at least the economy will probably be better".

15.07.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of Trump’s appeal comes down to the fact that people whose lives are boring & mediocre because they aren’t particularly bright, talented, or motivated, would very much like to hear a story in which actually it’s someone else’s fault.

12.07.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1330    πŸ” 273    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 23

History rhymes....

12.07.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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