A couple lost $180,000 in their Tastytrade retirement account after it was hacked The hackers made several losing options trades in a manner of minutes The hackers traded thinly traded options contracts The angle is that hackers were on the other side of those trades in

This weekend's Jack Link's 500 at Talladega is on FOX It is the last NASCAR Cup race on a broadcast TV network for four months, until NBC airs the Coke Zero 400 from Daytona on August 29th

“Russia can sustain extremely high levels of casualties and losses in human lives. They don’t care about people’s lives,” a Ukrainian officer told me. However, “it is painful for them to lose money.”

Italian minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti on the idea of an Italy-Iran swap at the World Cup. “Today I’ve read the news that Trump's envoy asked for it: I find it shameful. I would be ashamed”

MLB has zero interest in changing this, too. It was one of the first questions Rob Manfred was asked at a Field of Dreams news conference in 2021. Six MLB border teams claim Iowa, which blacks them all out. Yet, nothing changes.

It is banned. That’s why the accounts were fined. If you want a bigger punishment, empower the regulator to have more teeth.

FT- “The US government has information indicating that foreign entities, principally based in China, are engaged in deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns to distil US frontier AI systems,” Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy,

Apple, Amazon, Patagonia and other companies are pushing back against a proposed tightening of how they report their Scope 2 emissions from electricity bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

First NOTUS scoop w/ Jasmine Wright : The WH will announce a drug pricing deal later today with Regeneron, the last holdout of 17 pharmaceutical makers under pressure to discount drugs. notus.org/healthcare/whi…

I wrote about this in my newsletter. The Weather Service didn't launch balloons recently and got surprised by tornadoes in Kansas. DOGE cuts at NWS cut out weather balloon launches which gather data for storm prediction. You are less safe because of that choice.

A former Chapel Hill police officer has been arrested for planning a mass shooting in New Orleans, presumably Jazz Fest, which starts tomorrow. Cops say they used license plate surveillance to find him a few hours away, with a gun and 200 rounds of ammo wral.com/news/local/cha…

Jesse Livermore watched a dozen interviews/speeches, red flags everywhere. constantly prevaricating. flakey long-winded responses to the simplest questions, with a preachy affect like he's imitating Reverend Lovejoy from the Simpsons. He's absolutely unbearable to listen to.

Whole Foods should post her picture and bar her from entering in the future.

Michigan Treasury sends out wrong notices, scaring some tax filers freep.com/story/money/pe… via Detroit Free Press

This amendment has passed and is now a proviso in the Senate budget.

No biggie

Chiefs defensive backs coach Dave Merritt arrested, charged with domestic battery. nbcsports.com/nfl/profootbal…

Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie

FINAL: Braves 7, Nationals 2

the Phillies are coming into Truist Park tomorrow on a nine-game losing streak 😳