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FutureDividends @futuredividends.bsky.social · 2h

@gregdoucette.bsky.social I thought it was you?

FutureDividends @futuredividends.bsky.social · 7h

Ya, more obvious when you compare to what ended up on CNN from the segment bsky.app/profile/cweb...

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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FutureDividends @futuredividends.bsky.social · 1d

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FutureDividends @futuredividends.bsky.social · 1d

She’s right that she doesn’t need them to win…. But that should not have made her melt down

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Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 1d

it's so bizarre that we are losing our country when the parade of horribles goes #1 cities on fire that aren't; #2 a trans girl playing high school soccer; #3 windmills

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FutureDividends @futuredividends.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, take from those that spend all their money on goods that are tariffed and give to those who are better off. 🤡

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Montana Skeptic @montanaskeptic.bsky.social · 2d

My latest at Substack

montanaskeptic.substack.com/p/musks-plan...

Musk's Plan To Raid Tesla's Piggy Bank

Tesla's reported cash balance is $36 billion. xAI is burning cash at a furious rate. A proposal at the Nov. 6 Annual Meeting is designed to allow Musk to shovel Tesla's cash into xAI's furnace.

montanaskeptic.substack.com

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FutureDividends @futuredividends.bsky.social · 2d

This would make me laugh the most

FutureDividends @futuredividends.bsky.social · 2d

Transitory

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FutureDividends @futuredividends.bsky.social · 3d

Don’t forget forgetting snap count and hiking it off Kyler’s face

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Keubiko 🇨🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦💪 @keubiko.bsky.social · 3d

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FutureDividends @futuredividends.bsky.social · 3d

More of this

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 7d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz.bsky.social · 3d

10 Sunday Reads.

ritholtz.com/2025/10/10-s...

10 Sunday Reads - The Big Picture

Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers: WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of ag...

ritholtz.com

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Dividend Growth Investor @dividendgrowth.bsky.social · 4d

Dividends Matter (A Lot)

www.dividendgrowthinvestor.com/2025/10/divi...

Dividends Matter (A Lot)

Dividends have historically accounted for 33% - 40% of historical annual total returns. This is the beauty of averages however. During long...

www.dividendgrowthinvestor.com

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Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz.bsky.social · 4d

10 Weekend Reads

ritholtz.com/2025/10/10-w...

10 Weekend Reads - The Big Picture

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Colombia Tolima Los Brasiles Peaberry Organic coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • The Mysterious Billionaire Bos...

ritholtz.com

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taber @kvetch.gay · 5d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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FutureDividends @futuredividends.bsky.social · 5d

a man in a cowboy hat is talking to a woman in a crowd of people .

ALT: a man in a cowboy hat is talking to a woman in a crowd of people .

media.tenor.com

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FutureDividends @futuredividends.bsky.social · 5d

This seems to check out

Shawn @shawnhils.bsky.social · 5d

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Thinky Parts @thinkyparts.bsky.social · 5d

Wow man. I’m becoming fully radicalized against big tech. I’ll admit these were not the antitrust concerns that I thought would win me over.

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 5d

Google has determined that ICE agents are a vulnerable group and has used this designation as pretext to delete an app that helped communities determine where ICE raids were happening

www.404media.co/google-calls...