The only way to keep the bubble growing is to add increasingly outlandish schemes. Ask why OpenAI now wants a rocket company.
This article is so funny in the way it starts off (“Space data centers??! Not as crazy as you might think.”) and then slooowwily by the bottom paragraphs “ok, this is not feasible for like five independent reasons”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/data...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/data...
December 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The only way to keep the bubble growing is to add increasingly outlandish schemes. Ask why OpenAI now wants a rocket company.
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From 2005 to 2012, one CBP officer or agent was arrested for corruption, crimes, or misconduct EVERY SINGLE DAY. By 2019, it had slowed to just one every 35 hours. Still a huge problem:
“A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent allegedly used his gun and badge to force his way into hotel rooms and rob and sexually assault at least four prostitutes in Chicago’s suburbs in 2022, according to federal charges made public Tuesday.”
Border Patrol agent charged with robbing, raping women in Chicago suburbs in 2022
December 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
From 2005 to 2012, one CBP officer or agent was arrested for corruption, crimes, or misconduct EVERY SINGLE DAY. By 2019, it had slowed to just one every 35 hours. Still a huge problem:
I don’t know why America can’t grow wings & fly, either.
Trump says he doesn't know why America can't achieve 25 percent annual economic growth
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I don’t know why America can’t grow wings & fly, either.
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At this point I think the appearance of impropriety is a feature rather than a bug. He's flexing that they installed him to exercise raw power unbridled by law or ethics news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Emil Bove Attends Trump Rally in Rare Move for Federal Judge (2)
Emil Bove, a top Trump Justice Department official turned federal appeals court judge, attended a campaign-style presidential rally in Pennsylvania in a highly unusual move for a sitting judge.
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
At this point I think the appearance of impropriety is a feature rather than a bug. He's flexing that they installed him to exercise raw power unbridled by law or ethics news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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This is sad to see. The Vietnamese had real admiration for America — before tariffs and trade vitriol forced them to look elsewhere for stability.
(Reuters) - Chinese firms are expanding in Vietnam, leading investment inflows and sending record shipments to Hanoi in defiance of U.S. calls for decoupling, as the Communist neighbours beef up ties.
How China Inc is marching into Vietnam amid US tariffs
Chinese firms are leading investment inflows and sending record shipments to Hanoi.
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is sad to see. The Vietnamese had real admiration for America — before tariffs and trade vitriol forced them to look elsewhere for stability.
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He’s spending a billion of our dollars on a plane the size of a cruise ship
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
He’s spending a billion of our dollars on a plane the size of a cruise ship
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“The policy mix of the Trump administration feels similar to Brexit. It is likely slowing growth down and lowering living standards relative to what would have been achieved without this policy mix.”— Martha Gimbel, executive director of the Yale Budget Lab
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | Why the ‘Affordability Hoax’ Is a Trap for Trump
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
“The policy mix of the Trump administration feels similar to Brexit. It is likely slowing growth down and lowering living standards relative to what would have been achieved without this policy mix.”— Martha Gimbel, executive director of the Yale Budget Lab
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
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Something every 2026/28 Dem should commit to is investigations of any company that did deals with Trump. A kind of forward guidance to get companies to think twice in advance of what’s coming.
Fox News will applaud this but can you imagine their coverage if President Biden hatched a secret plan to take over Fox News and revamp its programming to be nicer to him
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Something every 2026/28 Dem should commit to is investigations of any company that did deals with Trump. A kind of forward guidance to get companies to think twice in advance of what’s coming.
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"Now that I've hit everyone with ruinous taxes, I'll dole some of it back out to my political supporters as welfare payments."
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"Now that I've hit everyone with ruinous taxes, I'll dole some of it back out to my political supporters as welfare payments."
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Not the type of record the White House should be trying to break. Makes sense why they’re awfully hush-hush about this one.
New data reveals US layoffs in 2025 could surpass Great Recession levels.
December 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Not the type of record the White House should be trying to break. Makes sense why they’re awfully hush-hush about this one.
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There's this conceit that Democrats are hopelessly split on housing policy but Elizabeth Warren led a housing supply bill that got buy-in across the party until House Republicans stopped it.
It's a problem for these efforts to write progressives out of the party if they're not actually the problem.
It's a problem for these efforts to write progressives out of the party if they're not actually the problem.
Leave it to House Republicans to fumble a comprehensive, bipartisan housing package that passed out of the Senate committee UNANIMOUSLY!
December 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
There's this conceit that Democrats are hopelessly split on housing policy but Elizabeth Warren led a housing supply bill that got buy-in across the party until House Republicans stopped it.
It's a problem for these efforts to write progressives out of the party if they're not actually the problem.
It's a problem for these efforts to write progressives out of the party if they're not actually the problem.
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Sauer saying something is unconstitutional because it "would be unconstitutional under Justice Scalia's dissent" is a remarkably cogent statement of the Roberts Court's approach to precedent.
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sauer saying something is unconstitutional because it "would be unconstitutional under Justice Scalia's dissent" is a remarkably cogent statement of the Roberts Court's approach to precedent.
The fake libertarians always want a taxpayer-funded backstop. We’re now subsidizing cartels & kleptocratic governments—other than our own.
Texas has launched its new cryptocurrency reserve with a $5 million purchase of Bitcoin as the state continues to embrace the volatile and controversial digital currency.
Texas starts cryptocurrency reserve with $5 million buy
Lawmakers created a state Strategic Bitcoin Reserve earlier this year and dedicated $10 million to investing in cryptocurrency. Texas is home to the world’s largest concentration of crypto mines.
www.texastribune.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The fake libertarians always want a taxpayer-funded backstop. We’re now subsidizing cartels & kleptocratic governments—other than our own.
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BLS WILL NOT PRODUCE AN OCTOBER 2025 IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES.
December 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
BLS WILL NOT PRODUCE AN OCTOBER 2025 IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES.
None of this is normal.
December 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
None of this is normal.
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“Kill all boats no matter where they are going or what they possess” isn’t a strategy, it’s just a killing spree
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“Kill all boats no matter where they are going or what they possess” isn’t a strategy, it’s just a killing spree
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Imagine conquering the world’s greatest superpower without firing a single shot.
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Imagine conquering the world’s greatest superpower without firing a single shot.
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"I always feel so stupid when I write this, but when I started in financial journalism, I assumed that the point of financial markets was to allocate capital to real-world economic uses, and by now I know that the point of financial markets is to create fun opportunities for gambling."
Buy Low, Sell to Yourself
Continuation funds, Amazon drivers, a narrow bank, Trump accounts, crypto gambling and PDT puzzles.
www.bloomberg.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"I always feel so stupid when I write this, but when I started in financial journalism, I assumed that the point of financial markets was to allocate capital to real-world economic uses, and by now I know that the point of financial markets is to create fun opportunities for gambling."
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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
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a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually
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Once again, Western Isolationism only benefits Russia and China.
There's a reason they're pushing the shit. They want to expand and take Ukraine/Taiwan and a divided EU and US makes it easier to do that.
There's a reason they're pushing the shit. They want to expand and take Ukraine/Taiwan and a divided EU and US makes it easier to do that.
Elon Musk is pushing a Russian talking point about the dissolution of the European Union on X.
(The man agreeing with him is a former president of Russia and current deputy chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.)
(The man agreeing with him is a former president of Russia and current deputy chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.)
December 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Once again, Western Isolationism only benefits Russia and China.
There's a reason they're pushing the shit. They want to expand and take Ukraine/Taiwan and a divided EU and US makes it easier to do that.
There's a reason they're pushing the shit. They want to expand and take Ukraine/Taiwan and a divided EU and US makes it easier to do that.
I’d contribute to a fund to move these people to the country they love, which clearly isn’t America.
Mockler: I used to go to Trump rallies and I would debate with his supporters. There was this one woman… I asked her who her favorite podcaster was. She said Dan Bongino. I asked her if she would vote for Putin or Kamala if she could choose. She said I'd vote for Vladimir Putin…
December 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I’d contribute to a fund to move these people to the country they love, which clearly isn’t America.
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They are running the government according to the logic of right-wing grievance media. I cannot emphasize that enough. The point is to create content, and they don't see an actual difference between dunking on Sabrina Carpenter, passing legislation, and bombing other countries.
I don't really know what the administration hopes to gain by picking fights with the most well-liked pop artists in the United States. You're just generating backlash for no discernible reason outside of owning the libs.
Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
December 6, 2025 at 4:11 AM
They are running the government according to the logic of right-wing grievance media. I cannot emphasize that enough. The point is to create content, and they don't see an actual difference between dunking on Sabrina Carpenter, passing legislation, and bombing other countries.
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The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
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NEW: "George Santos with a Gun" — here's the first in a series of reports based on my 9-month investigation into Rep. Cory Mills. sollenbergerrc.substack.com/p/george-san...
‘George Santos With a Gun’: The Untold Story of Cory Mills, A Mercenary In Congress
The Florida Republican has tried to leverage his legislative role to the benefit of his arms business. With that business now in foreclosure proceedings, Mills has little to show for it.
sollenbergerrc.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
NEW: "George Santos with a Gun" — here's the first in a series of reports based on my 9-month investigation into Rep. Cory Mills. sollenbergerrc.substack.com/p/george-san...