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Follow Fulham, Philadelphia Union and have interest in politics and the law.
Mildly interested in data and unusual expectations.
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There are 7 federal buildings in LA. That’s 340 troops per building.
There are approximately 8,800 LA police officers to protect the entire city of 3.8 million people.
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While bananas are a stretch, we could make bandanas.
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The larger inherent conflict is that payment of tariffs means that goods continue to be imported. Lutnick highlighted today in congressional testimony. Manufacture in US—>no tariffs. Expecting tariffs means Trump expects imports to continue and no increase in US manufacturing. 🤔
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Add in Jack McGlynn and the Aaronson brothers and that's a pretty full Union contingent. Hope they get a fair bit of time on the field together.
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Doesn’t the amortization keep coming through? Would be helpful if Athletic had the embedded cost from prior transfers that will come through in 25/26.
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But, will tariffs save steel jobs? Perhaps in the short term. In the medium - long term, the production of goods that use steel makes them uncompetitive and the need for US steel declines.
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Home buyers, car buyers, and drink (can) buyers are among those that will see higher prices…
There. Fixed it.
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We'll make a lot more ChatGPT requests than hamburgers we eat.
Americans eat 50 billion hamburgers a year vs 5 trillion google searches globally. That's 100 searches for every hamburger.
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Renaming ships. Renaming military bases. Blaming DEI on plane/helicopter crash. Signalgate.
Yet we haven’t seen a drop off in military recruitment. That will be the tell.
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Nobody read the whole bill. Many people read part(s) of the bill.
I don’t understand why she said this.
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I find it mildly interesting that the article is about the legality of firing the director and not the fact that the person overseeing the most powerful military on earth is concerned with the activities of the director of the national portrait gallery..while war in Gaza and Ukraine continue.
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I think that’s about right.
99.95% of time airline workers do a great job.
I also believe 99% of the time passengers are respectful.
It’s the 0.05% and 1% and that’s probably because of something beyond the flight (stress at home/job).
Be kind
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Generally, those that need healthcare will jump through the hoops to get it. Those people with chronic conditions may not and will stop medications, Dr visits etc. They wait until a medical event. go to emergency room and sign up that day. This is actually more expensive and like the pre ACA days.
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The money isn't allocated to individuals like social security. Its a giant pool. Able bodied individuals almost by definition don't use a lot of healthcare. So there isn't a lot of savings.
Reporting requirements will kick others off the rolls, not just the able bodied.
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Couple thoughts
Many people think medicaid $'s go to the member. That's why the able bodied argument works for many. People think of it like welfare and someone living off it.
90 cents of every $ spent on medicaid goes to healthcare providers. The rest is admin/oversight.
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In 2024, 277,000 Chinese students studied in the US. Let's say $80,000/student for tuition, room & board and general spending money. That's $22 billion in US GDP/exports.
Those that are in their final year will stay, but its hard to believe new students will be coming to the US vs Europe.
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Conor Lamb already out and about. Tough primary for Fetterman if he chooses to run again.
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I don’t understand why Dems are against this. Imagine the President flying around in a Qatari plane as Air Force One for the next 3 years.
It’s basically a giant Vote Democrat sign everywhere he goes.
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As long as he pays for the changes necessary to make it Air Force One fine. Am sure that is also in the hundreds of millions. If he’s willing to pay, so be it.
Also, congress passes a tax that any gifts received by president from foreign government is taxable at 100%.
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I’m more annoyed at having to pay to make it Air Force One compliant. The President should pay for any updates as the taxpayers are still paying for the Boeing planes that will become Air Force One in the future.
This is so out in the open every mid east decision will be tainted.
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So, game this out. Does an importer now order at 35% tariff or do they wait hoping for zero tariff?
What if I buy at 35% and tariff goes to zero and my competitor buys without tariff. I am then unprofitable in a competitive space. If tariffs go back up, I get a windfall profit.
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So make the president pay to retrofit it. Why should taxpayers pay for the tech/security to upgrade this plane and for the next Air Force One. This should be borne by the president.
Corruption is baked in. Move on to who is going to pay for the upgrade.
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It seems this is where congress steps in and passes a law (as part of tax bill) that any costs to fit out an extra Air Force One will be borne by the president.
No reason taxpayers should be on the hook as we are already paying for the other ones being built.
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There is no deal. Deal means signed and sealed.
This is nothing of the sort. This is similar to a press release from a company talking about the imminent delivery of their new product.
See Nikola, Tesla and Theranos.
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There is no deal. This documents the ‘general terms’…’shared desires’…’not legally binding’.
It’s a marketing gimmick.
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In the first two pages, Howell quotes William Shakespeare, John Adams, and Alexis de Tocqueville before ending with the Supreme Court.
Bringing the 17th, 18th, 19th and 21st century together on the need for lawyers.
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Clients have many litigation needs. Most do not deal with the federal government, as is this case.
Firms that settled now face a loss of associates and clients as well as congressional inquiries.
Not a good deal.
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Agree. Was thinking tourism also negatively impacted, though that probably doesn’t really begin to show until June.
We haven’t seen a pull back yet, probably because consumers have also front run the tariffs.
Maybe May isn’t brutal but would expect to see signs.
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Might even see a bump as goods came into port to front run tariffs.
Tariffs effectively went in place on April 9th for ships LEAVING ports.
Takes 15-22 days to reach west coast of USA, so that’s why we are now seeing the impact.
May will be ugly.
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As I predicted back in January.
The tariff exemption listing is basically a target list for exporting countries.
(Yes I used export tariff in example, but same idea as licensing restriction.)
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So, umm, then stop using that other service.
Coming here to complain and trying to complement us on our knowledge isn’t as helpful as just removing yourself from the other service.
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If Dems win the house in 2026, there will probably be hearings and the senior partners of these firms will be called in to congress.
What once looked like small level of appeasement with little downside could turn into a multi year issue. It shows that even smart lawyers can think too narrowly.
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A memo…of a concept…of a framework…that is interim…for discussions…sometime in the future.
Is this pitched as progressing on a deal?
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I wouldn’t overplay it, but losing Joe Rogan mattered.
They can ignore congressional democrats, NYT, and conservative judges from 20 years ago.
But losing Rogan…that’s where a fair bit of the base is.
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Looks like you were correct that admin follows faculty.
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
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I suspect you’re right. Perhaps the admin is figuring out their best pitch.
How do they back peddle? Can’t quite figure out what the new storyline is that can retain some sort of consistency with prior comments.
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Another aspect is statute of limitations. It’s 3 years from original due date for corporate returns so a new administration won’t be able to retrospectively go after tax cheats.
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Powell does not control interest rates. A committee of 12 does. So, need to fire 7 of those board governors to control interest rates.
He wasn’t willing to do that.
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I suppose my point is that this is like the law firms where associates are the ones publicizing their disagreement but most firms are not.
Faculty senate speaks for professors not the university.
If we look back to BLM, did universities wait for a faculty vote before issuing public statement?
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Serious question, for what purpose does someone carry $3,000 around?
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Yet there was no public comment from the BIg10 when the administration initiated a task force focusing on four of their schools: Northwestern, UCLA, USC, and Minnesota (per NYT April 14 article).
While focus has been on Harvard and Columbia, no school is safe.
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What is an outcome we can measure from this?
One is recruitment. Will we see a decrease in recruiting new members to the armed forces or any changes in admission criteria.
Will family members, many of whom are veterans, recommend to their children, nieces and nephews join the military?
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The last paragraph notes that the Executive must follow their previous order. After the Bukele Oval Office visit, that seems improbable.
It seems to continue to treat the government as good faith participants.