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Senior Correspondent at Punk Rock Traders. 18 y/o who posts news, political news, stock mkt news, etc. Seen on Benzinga, SquawkCNBC & YahooFinance.
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U.S. Pushes Kyiv To Kill Its U.N. Resolution Marking War’s Anniversary - WSJ

A federal judge in Baltimore preliminarily halted the Trump administration from enforcing portions of the president’s sweeping executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs that it considers illegal and discriminatory.

S&P 500 is up +0.27% since Trump took office in January 2025. @cnbc.com $SPX

* S&P 500 MARKS BIGGEST DAILY PCT DROP SINCE DEC 18 * THE DOW REGISTERS BIGGEST DAILY LOSS SINCE DEC 18 * THE NASDAQ FALLS MOST SINCE JAN 27 * RUSSELL 2000 SMALL CAP INDEX REGISTERS BIGGEST ONE-DAY PCT DROP SINCE DEC. 18 @reuters.com

(NBC News) - The Trump administration has removed Caleb Vitello, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, from his position, according to two former senior officials with the Department of Homeland Security, under which ICE falls, as well as one current senior DHS official.

(The Economist) - Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency staffer who preached eugenics and declared himself “racist before it was cool” is reportedly working with the Social Security Administration.

(Barron’s) - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang disagrees with the initial negative investor reaction to DeepSeek. He believes the Chinese startup’s innovations will lead to greater demand for artificial-intelligence hardware, not less. $NVDA

Does anyone see my BlueSky posts ?

$BABA | Ryan Cohen Boosts Alibaba Stake To $1 Billion - WSJ

$C | Citi Scraps Diversity Goals, ‘DEI’ Term Under Trump Pressure - Bloomberg

* WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER HASSETT: TREASURY SECRETARY FEELS THAT 3,500 IRS EMPLOYEES TO BE DISMISSED IS A SMALL NUMBER @reuters.com

*HASSETT: NO CONCERN DOGE PAYOUTS WOULD BE INFLATIONARY *HASSETT: AMERICANS WOULD SAVE DOGE PAYOUTS, NOT SPEND IT ALL

* TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OPENS REVIEW INTO WHETHER TO RESCIND $4 BILLION IN GRANTS AWARDED TO CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT -- LETTER @reuters.com

Bloomberg: Jonathan Golub, chief US equity strategist at UBS Securities LLC, and Patrick Palfrey, senior equity strategist and co-head of portfolio analytics at UBS, have left the firm, along with several members of their team, per sources familiar with the matter.

Exclusive: Almost nine out of 10 Japanese companies expect US President Donald Trump's policies to negatively affect business, a Reuters survey showed, the clearest sign yet of mounting worry in the United States' top foreign direct investor reut.rs/4b8NPtW

ESPN is planning to eventually add some user-generated content to its flagship application (which might just be named ESPN) and will likely cost either $25 or $30/month. More news in today's CNBC Sport newsletter: www.cnbc.com/2025/02/20/c...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he has put billionaire Elon Musk in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency, appearing to contradict the White House over who runs the cost-cutting program.

(NYT) - The Trump administration plans to all but eliminate the office that oversees America’s recovery from the largest disasters, raising questions about how the United States will rebuild from hurricanes, wildfires and other calamities made worse by climate change.

This was posted to my X account a few minutes ago (I deleted it immediately). To my knowledge I have not been hacked, was not the victim of a phishing scam, and I have two factor on. What could possibly explain it?

* S&P 500 RECORD CLOSE @cnbc.com $SPX

@eamonjavers.bsky.social Industrial Activity at the Javers house!

"The new iPhone is called iPhone 16e, and it will retail for $599 when it goes on sale later this month." @cnbc.com $AAPL www.cnbc.com/2025/02/19/a...

TRUMP: ZELENSKIY BETTER MOVE FAST, OR WON'T HAVE A COUNTRY LEFT

(NYP) - A wealthy entrepreneur based in a western US state will be making an offer to buy TikTok for around $50 billion on Wednesday, The Post can reveal.

Barron’s: “Tesla Stock Rises After Musk and Trump Talk Conflicts of Interest in Hannity Interview”

Trump on the Associated Press: "We're gonna keep them out until such time as they agree that it's the Gulf of America."

Last week. This week. @eamonjavers.bsky.social @cnbc.com

*TRUMP ANTITRUST ENFORCERS TO KEEP BIDEN-ERA MERGER RULES

Add Continental to the list. $CON @wsj.com

Fed Governor Christopher Waller said recent economic data support keeping rates on hold, but if inflation behaves as it did in 2024, policymakers can get back to cutting “at some point this year”

Presidents Day edition of “The Jim Acosta Show” with @michaelcohen212.bsky.social and WH Correspondent April Ryan avail on Substack open.substack.com/pub/jimacost... Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... and YouTube youtu.be/mOC6lXU6Si0?...

* Morgan Stanley * JPMorgan * Citigroup * Wells Fargo * Bank of America These banks have started “to remove or water down language to avoid possible litigation and federal probes” @wsj.com $MS $JPM $C $WFC $BAC www.wsj.com/finance/bank...

S&P 500 is up 49% since Michael Burry said “sell.”

(WSJ) - The Trump administration’s plan to force federal employees back to the office is poised to do more than end remote work. It also stands to erode the powers of organized labor to shield government workers from unwanted changes. @wsj.com #RTO #WFH

This means nothing. Useless. Empty words, zero action. Boycott his events. Refuse to cover his photo ops and propaganda signings. He’s addicted to coverage and hates being ignored. Until you band together and do something, these statements are utterly pointless & pathetic.

Exclusive: Apple plans to add Apple Intelligence and a new spatial content app to its Vision Pro headset to boost interest.

$AAPL | Apple Aims To Boost Vision Pro With AI Features, Spatial Content App - Bloomberg

Goldman Sachs: "A softer patch in growth and ongoing (ex-tariff) inflation progress are keeping the Fed in play, and we continue to expect renewed gradual cuts starting in June....We think rates will ultimately come down substantially further."

What would happen if a normal citizen would ignore the law?

Reminder: The market is closed Monday, Feb 17 for Washington's Birthday.

Congrats @davidfaber.bsky.social !

* FED'S LOGAN: NEXT COUPLE MONTHS OF INFLATION DATA WILL BE PRETTY IMPORTANT @reuters.com