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Markets are waiting for Trump to save them. He, however, is getting his annual physical. It might take a while for the man we see on our screens to transform into the 6 ft 3, 215 lb specimen described on the report. And then back again

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Back when he was still practicing the art...

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This is the underlying justification for why it "feel right" when people draw analogies for the current financial situations to the 2008 housing crisis. Please read if you're unfamiliar!

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Better hope it comes with an anchor drag guard!

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I presume, consulting their tax advisor on how to skirt paying the massive gains they made from insider trading.

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UPDATE: DOJ balks at court order in Abrego Garcia case, court finds gov't "failed to comply." DOJ said it was "unable" to provide information about Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Judge Paula Xinis. She has ordered daily status reports and a hearing on Tuesday. Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...

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Before folks overreact to headlines about the judge’s ruling in the Khalil case, please note that (1) it was an immigration judge (IJ), not a federal district court; and (2) the IJ had no power to consider Khalil’s constitutional objections. This particular decision was a fait accompli.

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#Bitcoin won't save you if there is no energy to fuel your coin mining or blockchain transactions. Be cautious with all-or-nothing bets, here.

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NOAA just fired us, again 🤡 Retroactive to February 🤡

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So far most detailed tariff tracker I've seen... though, not a "show dumb people so they can follow color-coded good/bad signals", chart. www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

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Tee hee.

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out of curiosity i have started checking the provided sources for google’s AI overviews and — big surprise — about half the time the links do not say what the AI claims they do

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NEWS Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard signed a sworn declaration stating that she was a resident of the State of Texas. But then she voted in Hawaii.

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Being forced to follow the law set out in Humphrey's Executor would cause Trump "irreparable harm" because there might be someone in the Exec branch who is not a mere yes-man. Waiting for the Supreme Court to get around to overruling HE would be intolerable. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

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so... we got economic terrorism, stripped congressional power, obliterated fed services, anticipatory workforce cuts, and now giving up on "bringing back manufacturing"? Don't forget that the EU retaliated today also - so look for the divergence between "bad china" policy and lack of EU response.

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BREAKING: House GOP leaders have inserted language into the budget that would prevent a vote on reclaiming tariff powers from the president.

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Implied currency volatility is rapidly approaching levels last hit around the Silicon Valley Bank collapse:

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Cftc-speculators increase cbot US 5-year #Treasury #futures net short position by 121,590 contracts to 2,021,677 in week on April 01!

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x.com/DropSiteNews...

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"Under the proposal, police would be able to shield almost all information about stops, arrests and incident responses. And it would have created broad new exemptions to prevent public disclosure of the General Assembly’s activities, including communication with other parts of state government"

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Update from friend in Michigan: "We have pwr after 12 days. still 30k+ without and another storm moving in today. power comes on in town when Gretchen Whitmer shows up for a photo op. where was she when we were all freezing in the dark? they sent the national guard WITH ZERO CHAINSAWS!"

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Project 2025 architect Russell Vought, now running the OMB, stopped posting budget “apportionment” data as required by law, making it harder to see which funds are not being spent as appropriated by Congress. Less transparency, more risk of corruption. www.rstreet.org/outreach/coa...

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So... if i buy a cheap t-shirt from Vietnam for 20$ because it's cheaper than to produce it in the US, and they buy nothing from me, they have to pay me 20$ because of trade imbalance? Not, "relative purchase power cost", but $20 USD.

Markets are waiting for Trump to save them. He, however, is getting his annual physical. It might take a while for the man we see on our screens to transform into the 6 ft 3, 215 lb specimen described on the report. And then back again

Back when he was still practicing the art...

This is the underlying justification for why it "feel right" when people draw analogies for the current financial situations to the 2008 housing crisis. Please read if you're unfamiliar!

Better hope it comes with an anchor drag guard!

I presume, consulting their tax advisor on how to skirt paying the massive gains they made from insider trading.

UPDATE: DOJ balks at court order in Abrego Garcia case, court finds gov't "failed to comply." DOJ said it was "unable" to provide information about Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Judge Paula Xinis. She has ordered daily status reports and a hearing on Tuesday. Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...

Before folks overreact to headlines about the judge’s ruling in the Khalil case, please note that (1) it was an immigration judge (IJ), not a federal district court; and (2) the IJ had no power to consider Khalil’s constitutional objections. This particular decision was a fait accompli.

#Bitcoin won't save you if there is no energy to fuel your coin mining or blockchain transactions. Be cautious with all-or-nothing bets, here.

NOAA just fired us, again 🤡 Retroactive to February 🤡

So far most detailed tariff tracker I've seen... though, not a "show dumb people so they can follow color-coded good/bad signals", chart. www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

Tee hee.

out of curiosity i have started checking the provided sources for google’s AI overviews and — big surprise — about half the time the links do not say what the AI claims they do

NEWS Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard signed a sworn declaration stating that she was a resident of the State of Texas. But then she voted in Hawaii.

Being forced to follow the law set out in Humphrey's Executor would cause Trump "irreparable harm" because there might be someone in the Exec branch who is not a mere yes-man. Waiting for the Supreme Court to get around to overruling HE would be intolerable. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

so... we got economic terrorism, stripped congressional power, obliterated fed services, anticipatory workforce cuts, and now giving up on "bringing back manufacturing"? Don't forget that the EU retaliated today also - so look for the divergence between "bad china" policy and lack of EU response.

BREAKING: House GOP leaders have inserted language into the budget that would prevent a vote on reclaiming tariff powers from the president.

Implied currency volatility is rapidly approaching levels last hit around the Silicon Valley Bank collapse:

Cftc-speculators increase cbot US 5-year #Treasury #futures net short position by 121,590 contracts to 2,021,677 in week on April 01!

x.com/DropSiteNews...

"Under the proposal, police would be able to shield almost all information about stops, arrests and incident responses. And it would have created broad new exemptions to prevent public disclosure of the General Assembly’s activities, including communication with other parts of state government"

Update from friend in Michigan: "We have pwr after 12 days. still 30k+ without and another storm moving in today. power comes on in town when Gretchen Whitmer shows up for a photo op. where was she when we were all freezing in the dark? they sent the national guard WITH ZERO CHAINSAWS!"

Project 2025 architect Russell Vought, now running the OMB, stopped posting budget “apportionment” data as required by law, making it harder to see which funds are not being spent as appropriated by Congress. Less transparency, more risk of corruption. www.rstreet.org/outreach/coa...

So... if i buy a cheap t-shirt from Vietnam for 20$ because it's cheaper than to produce it in the US, and they buy nothing from me, they have to pay me 20$ because of trade imbalance? Not, "relative purchase power cost", but $20 USD.

Sooo.... about that whole "excited to host the Olympics" thing...

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