Cuabmoth
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Curious about most things. Also, it’s a curly willow.
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"In the first half of this year, the Trump Organization’s income soared 17-fold to $864 million from $51 million a year earlier, according to Reuters calculations." Wild. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Inside the Trump family’s global crypto cash machine
The U.S. president’s family raked in more than $800 million from sales of crypto assets in the first half of 2025 alone, a Reuters examination found, on top of potentially billions more in unrealized “on paper” gains. Much of that cash came from foreign sources as Donald Trump's sons touted their business on an international investor roadshow.
www.reuters.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"In the first half of this year, the Trump Organization’s income soared 17-fold to $864 million from $51 million a year earlier, according to Reuters calculations." Wild. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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It's a problem that Trump suddenly endorsed misguided 50-year mortgages.
The fact that an unqualified loyalist quietly persuaded him to support the idea during a brief chat at a golf club makes the problem significantly worse. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
The fact that an unqualified loyalist quietly persuaded him to support the idea during a brief chat at a golf club makes the problem significantly worse. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
The Trump White House throws its support behind new, 50-year mortgages
It's a problem that Donald Trump suddenly endorsed misguided 50-year mortgages. How he was convinced to support the idea makes the problem even worse.
www.msnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's a problem that Trump suddenly endorsed misguided 50-year mortgages.
The fact that an unqualified loyalist quietly persuaded him to support the idea during a brief chat at a golf club makes the problem significantly worse. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
The fact that an unqualified loyalist quietly persuaded him to support the idea during a brief chat at a golf club makes the problem significantly worse. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.
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“What is new is the confluence of three trends:
The sheer scale of wealth for the richest.
The untethering of compensation from performance.
The amount of harm these figures are willing to inflict on society.
All three are rising to a dangerously high tide.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The sheer scale of wealth for the richest.
The untethering of compensation from performance.
The amount of harm these figures are willing to inflict on society.
All three are rising to a dangerously high tide.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Welcome to Tesla Capitalism
Or: JVL explains why Americans are toying with socialism.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“What is new is the confluence of three trends:
The sheer scale of wealth for the richest.
The untethering of compensation from performance.
The amount of harm these figures are willing to inflict on society.
All three are rising to a dangerously high tide.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The sheer scale of wealth for the richest.
The untethering of compensation from performance.
The amount of harm these figures are willing to inflict on society.
All three are rising to a dangerously high tide.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate.
It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders.
(Published May with @tennesseelookout.com)
It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders.
(Published May with @tennesseelookout.com)
This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.
The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate.
It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders.
(Published May with @tennesseelookout.com)
It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders.
(Published May with @tennesseelookout.com)
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The key here is @they’re gonna feel like entrepreneurs.”
Trump knows that this is always a pathway for support from a certain segment of Americans - mostly men. The desire to “invest” and be an “entrepreneur.” Even without expertise, capital, or the resilience to endure failure.
Trump knows that this is always a pathway for support from a certain segment of Americans - mostly men. The desire to “invest” and be an “entrepreneur.” Even without expertise, capital, or the resilience to endure failure.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The key here is @they’re gonna feel like entrepreneurs.”
Trump knows that this is always a pathway for support from a certain segment of Americans - mostly men. The desire to “invest” and be an “entrepreneur.” Even without expertise, capital, or the resilience to endure failure.
Trump knows that this is always a pathway for support from a certain segment of Americans - mostly men. The desire to “invest” and be an “entrepreneur.” Even without expertise, capital, or the resilience to endure failure.
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(WSJ) - U.S. nonfarm payrolls likely shrunk by 50,000 roles in October, economists at Goldman Sachs said.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
(WSJ) - U.S. nonfarm payrolls likely shrunk by 50,000 roles in October, economists at Goldman Sachs said.
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www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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TOKYO (AP) - Japanese tech giant SoftBank says it has sold all its shares in chip maker Nvidia for $5.8 billion.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese tech giant SoftBank says it has sold all its shares in chip maker Nvidia for $5.8 billion.
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Stephen Miller’s theory of the case in action
Withering labor supply starting to show up in NFIB:
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Stephen Miller’s theory of the case in action
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Withering labor supply starting to show up in NFIB:
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Withering labor supply starting to show up in NFIB:
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INGRAHAM: Is affordability a voter perception issue of the economy, or is there more that needs to be done by Republicans?
TRUMP: More than anything else, it's a con job by the Democrats. Are you ready? Costs are way down.
TRUMP: More than anything else, it's a con job by the Democrats. Are you ready? Costs are way down.
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
INGRAHAM: Is affordability a voter perception issue of the economy, or is there more that needs to be done by Republicans?
TRUMP: More than anything else, it's a con job by the Democrats. Are you ready? Costs are way down.
TRUMP: More than anything else, it's a con job by the Democrats. Are you ready? Costs are way down.
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
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"JPMorgan on Monday said building AI infrastructure will cost more than $5tn"
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
"Investors have been selling off the debt of US tech heavyweights, showing how jitters over Silicon Valley’s boom in spending on artificial intelligence have spilled into the bond market."
Investor angst over Big Tech’s AI spending spills into bond market
Debt issued by groups building data centres has been hit in recent weeks
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"JPMorgan on Monday said building AI infrastructure will cost more than $5tn"
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
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Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
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Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
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For a sitting U.S. senator to say on live TV “standing up to Trump didn’t work” … man, I don’t know
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
For a sitting U.S. senator to say on live TV “standing up to Trump didn’t work” … man, I don’t know
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Literally coordinating mid-game by phone to rig pitches
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Literally coordinating mid-game by phone to rig pitches
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In Georgia’s statewide races on Tuesday, the two Democratic candidates won 8 counties where, in 2024, Kamala Harris had received UNDER 40%.
via: almanacofamericanpolitics.substack.com/p/democrats-...
via: almanacofamericanpolitics.substack.com/p/democrats-...
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In Georgia’s statewide races on Tuesday, the two Democratic candidates won 8 counties where, in 2024, Kamala Harris had received UNDER 40%.
via: almanacofamericanpolitics.substack.com/p/democrats-...
via: almanacofamericanpolitics.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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In a late night Saturday memo, the Trump administration told states through the FDA on Sunday that they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, in a move meant to only add chaos and uncertainty.
This is cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
This is cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In a late night Saturday memo, the Trump administration told states through the FDA on Sunday that they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, in a move meant to only add chaos and uncertainty.
This is cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
This is cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
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Can’t get over how bad GOP shutdown messaging is. Voters already blame them, rightly so, and now Trump’s team is on TV admitting their shutdown will ruin the holidays for millions of American families.
Sean Duffy: "We have a number of people who want to get home for the holidays, they want to see their family. Listen, many of them are not going to be able to get on an airplane."
November 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Can’t get over how bad GOP shutdown messaging is. Voters already blame them, rightly so, and now Trump’s team is on TV admitting their shutdown will ruin the holidays for millions of American families.
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Ppl on this site insisted that Democrats focusing the shutdown fight on healthcare was stupid but here we are with Republicans willingly leaning in on trying to do the absolute most unpopular thing they did from Trumps first term all over again except dumber and even more unpopular
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Ppl on this site insisted that Democrats focusing the shutdown fight on healthcare was stupid but here we are with Republicans willingly leaning in on trying to do the absolute most unpopular thing they did from Trumps first term all over again except dumber and even more unpopular
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This is a doozy that got overlooked this week:
Americans’ 401(k)’s are “double what they were a year ago.” 🤡
@60minutes.bsky.social
Americans’ 401(k)’s are “double what they were a year ago.” 🤡
@60minutes.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This is a doozy that got overlooked this week:
Americans’ 401(k)’s are “double what they were a year ago.” 🤡
@60minutes.bsky.social
Americans’ 401(k)’s are “double what they were a year ago.” 🤡
@60minutes.bsky.social