This post is for all the sanctimonious and cowardly 'influencers' who've had little or nothing to say about the barbarity of Oct. 7th or the context of the war in Gaza, but offer plenty of trite comments about what should not be happening as if they're getting co-writing credits

Yes, companies almost always pass along cost increases to consumers, tariffs typically aren't any different. That said, Trump may not be completely wrong to suggest that companies also exploit these situations to raise prices more than necessary. nytimes.com/2025/05/20/bus…

New emails show how a top intelligence aide ordered an assessment be edited so it could not be “used against” President Trump. nyti.ms/3SLyTti

if i were benjamin netanyahu, i'd be more careful with trump than i was with biden here’s why

BlackRock is adding to bets on the artificial intelligence within its US model portfolios while trimming its overall equity risk because of tariff uncertainty bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice. Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice. Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice. Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice. Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP are choosing to do this.

So many designs...so many choices for the American public.

What just happened? At 1:00 PM ET, the S&P 500 fell nearly -80 points in 30 minutes without any major "news." What actually happened was a weak 20Y Bond Auction which sent US Treasury Yields soaring. Investors MUST watch yields here. Let us explain. (a thread)

Israel preparing to strike Iran fast if Trump's nuclear talks break down trib.al/3HyQ0NO

There is a very, very widespread misunderstanding among conservatives that Biden “defied the Supreme Court” on student loans. That absolutely, unequivocally did not happen. I say this as a massive critic of his bailout that wrote tens of thousands of words attacking it as

I don't understand how conservatives who arose in the "free speech warrior" era can cheer at the government revoking people's visas and turning their lives upside down just because they wrote an article in a student newspaper criticizing a foreign government. BTW, a Democratic

BREAKING: For the first time since October 2021, the US 5-Year to 30-Year bond spread has steepened to 1.00%. What does this mean? Markets are pricing-in stronger growth, higher inflation, and "higher for longer" interest rate policy. The last time this happened, CPI inflation

In Riyadh, Trump dispensed with any pretense about American principles or values, acknowledging that when the U.S. engages in a missionary foreign policy, it does damage to itself and the world it seeks to redeem, columnist Steven A. Cook writes. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/21/tru…

Sean is so based.

The U.S. was undergoing a real manufacturing revival under Biden, led by semiconductors and clean tech. Trump’s extreme tariffs are now derailing that progress—raising costs, disrupting supply chains, and sabotaging America’s industrial resurgence. (US Census, 2025)

New RAND report on Chinese lessons from the Russia-Ukraine war Free download: rand.org/pubs/research_…

Woke Right Lie of the Day "Communism comes from classical liberalism (and is its logical endpoint or completion)." Believe it or not, this Woke Right talking point is extremely persuasive to people even though it could only persuade people who don't know what either word means.

It’s almost as if chaotic US trade and economic policies don’t inspire people to risk hundreds of millions in investments

China's magnet curbs risk halting Indian car production - industry documents reut.rs/4dzeS2C reut.rs/4dzeS2C

President Trump summoned the US Fed Chief Jerome Powell to the White House to tell him he’s wrong to hold off on rate cuts. The Fed said Powell told the president that future monetary policy would depend entirely on economic data reut.rs/3Z7Tv2E