Why does everything feel like the world is falling apart, yet the stock market has looked like this since 2009? Well, here's a thread w/ some interesting charts that will help you understand: what you see is NOT what you get. 1/

Walking in the mountains is like a form of meditation that's also strenuous exercise. Anything with that combination is good.

26 US Senators propose a domestic police state for America - using legitimate concerns about TikTok and data privacy as a foil. The RESTRICT Act is an assault on our Constitution and values. Mark Warner, the bill's sponsor, and these 25 cosponsors should repent.

Another one bites the dust. What’s interesting about First Republic is it was given time and access to all the emergency lending facilities. It borrowed: - $63.5B through the Fed’s discount window - $13.8B via BTFP - $28B from the Federal Home Loan Bank And it still died.

Cryptocurrencies, led by bitcoin, along with other crypto technologies are a major innovation engine. It is a mistake for the U.S. government to hobble the industry and drive innovation elsewhere. Biden’s proposed 30% tax on cryptocurrency mining is a bad idea. 🧵

It’s time to take action. I propose the first-ever U.S. pilot program for digital asset markets as a regulatory sandbox to test, gather data, & examine innovation. This creates a safe framework for new technologies & market structures under existing regulations & protections.

Austin is proof positive of herd mentality.

Turns out I have PTSD because this gives me distress and flashbacks

Some people call me a “liberal,” others a “conservative,” others an “independent.” I don’t find these labels useful, but if I had to label myself, I’d say I am a classical liberal. Classical liberals stand for health and human rights, the environment, peace, transparency, and

The Bobby Kennedy video Meta doesn’t want you to see, narrated by Woody Harrelson.

How the Federal Reserve works

Crypto is in the middle of a policy tug-of-war between the Administrative State and the American people. Congress just passed the SAB 121 repeal on a bipartisan basis. If Biden vetoes, it proves he wants to kill opportunities for Americans at the expense of Americans.

The movement is working. Our voices are being heard. Time to pass FIT21.

#WATCH: Chairman Patrick McHenry delivers remarks on the House floor in support of #FIT21: "FIT21 will cement the United States’ global leadership in technological innovation, invention, and adoption." Read more 🔗 financialservices.house.gov/news/documents… 📺 Watch his remarks 👇

The House vote to approve a major crypto market structure bill, #FIT21, reaffirms crypto's growing political momentum, Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith writes. Opinion. trib.al/AlWGNMu

BREAKING: Supreme Court overturns Chevron ruling in blow to agency power. Full opinion here: blawgo.com/vCktnwb

Today’s overturning of the decades-old Chevron doctrine, under which courts were compelled to defer to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes, is the most significant court case for technology policy in the US in years. The impact, especially on frontier tech industries

America is headed for bankruptcy fyi

"Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter! Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!"

Get married, have kids, and stop partying into oblivion. Leave a legacy, be courageous. Happy Sunday God Bless all the parents out there 🙏