South Side Matt
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What so funny 'bout peace, love & understanding? Elvis Costello. Centrist who craves a viable alternative to govern to the majority in the middle. Fantasy baseball & football glutton
Just asking...how are these deportation ads being paid for during the shutdown but Republicans don't want to feed people?
November 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Just asking...how are these deportation ads being paid for during the shutdown but Republicans don't want to feed people?
Wayne Lam, an analyst with TechInsights, a market research firm, said an iPhone, which currently costs between about $600 and $1,200, would cost how much if it could be made in America?
A. Between $600 and $1,200
B. $2,000 or more
C. About $3,000
D. At least $5,000
Quiz answer: B
A. Between $600 and $1,200
B. $2,000 or more
C. About $3,000
D. At least $5,000
Quiz answer: B
August 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Wayne Lam, an analyst with TechInsights, a market research firm, said an iPhone, which currently costs between about $600 and $1,200, would cost how much if it could be made in America?
A. Between $600 and $1,200
B. $2,000 or more
C. About $3,000
D. At least $5,000
Quiz answer: B
A. Between $600 and $1,200
B. $2,000 or more
C. About $3,000
D. At least $5,000
Quiz answer: B
When the Republican party still had a conscious and backbone...what Nixon did is just another Friday happy hour for Trump and MAGA.
In 1974, President Richard Nixon, facing damaging new revelations in the Watergate scandal, announced he would resign the following day.
In 1974, President Richard Nixon, facing damaging new revelations in the Watergate scandal, announced he would resign the following day.
August 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
When the Republican party still had a conscious and backbone...what Nixon did is just another Friday happy hour for Trump and MAGA.
In 1974, President Richard Nixon, facing damaging new revelations in the Watergate scandal, announced he would resign the following day.
In 1974, President Richard Nixon, facing damaging new revelations in the Watergate scandal, announced he would resign the following day.
The report also said much of Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium was moved before the strikes, which destroyed little of the nuclear material. Some of that may have been moved to secret nuclear sites maintained by Iran.
June 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The report also said much of Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium was moved before the strikes, which destroyed little of the nuclear material. Some of that may have been moved to secret nuclear sites maintained by Iran.
Undivided is a Christian organization whose mission is activating communities for racial healing, solidarity, and justice. This is an event that Community Christian Church in Naperville, IL is sponsoring. Please join us.
June 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Undivided is a Christian organization whose mission is activating communities for racial healing, solidarity, and justice. This is an event that Community Christian Church in Naperville, IL is sponsoring. Please join us.
'Gumming Up The Works': Tariff Costs And Headaches Could Push Data Center Projects Overseas
President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are driving up U.S. data center construction costs by as much as $1M per megawatt, derailing supply chains and forcing developers to rethink deals.
President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are driving up U.S. data center construction costs by as much as $1M per megawatt, derailing supply chains and forcing developers to rethink deals.
June 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
'Gumming Up The Works': Tariff Costs And Headaches Could Push Data Center Projects Overseas
President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are driving up U.S. data center construction costs by as much as $1M per megawatt, derailing supply chains and forcing developers to rethink deals.
President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are driving up U.S. data center construction costs by as much as $1M per megawatt, derailing supply chains and forcing developers to rethink deals.
From BISNOW:
Investors expected Trump to usher in tax cuts and supercharge the economy.
But policy whiplash, rising tariffs, stagflation fears and new tax threats from Trump’s America-first mentality have brought that all to a screeching halt.
Foreign money is actively avoiding the States.
Investors expected Trump to usher in tax cuts and supercharge the economy.
But policy whiplash, rising tariffs, stagflation fears and new tax threats from Trump’s America-first mentality have brought that all to a screeching halt.
Foreign money is actively avoiding the States.
June 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
From BISNOW:
Investors expected Trump to usher in tax cuts and supercharge the economy.
But policy whiplash, rising tariffs, stagflation fears and new tax threats from Trump’s America-first mentality have brought that all to a screeching halt.
Foreign money is actively avoiding the States.
Investors expected Trump to usher in tax cuts and supercharge the economy.
But policy whiplash, rising tariffs, stagflation fears and new tax threats from Trump’s America-first mentality have brought that all to a screeching halt.
Foreign money is actively avoiding the States.
The construction industry is feeling the pressure.
As federal immigration agents ramp up aggressive worksite raids under President Donald Trump’s renewed crackdown, projects across the country are grinding to a halt — nowhere more visibly than in Los Angeles.
As federal immigration agents ramp up aggressive worksite raids under President Donald Trump’s renewed crackdown, projects across the country are grinding to a halt — nowhere more visibly than in Los Angeles.
June 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The construction industry is feeling the pressure.
As federal immigration agents ramp up aggressive worksite raids under President Donald Trump’s renewed crackdown, projects across the country are grinding to a halt — nowhere more visibly than in Los Angeles.
As federal immigration agents ramp up aggressive worksite raids under President Donald Trump’s renewed crackdown, projects across the country are grinding to a halt — nowhere more visibly than in Los Angeles.
Time for new blood. Career politicians on both sides are a significant problem. Term limits are needed to keep focus on the constituents who they represent.
June 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Time for new blood. Career politicians on both sides are a significant problem. Term limits are needed to keep focus on the constituents who they represent.
As one real estate attorney put it to Bisnow recently: “What's true today might not be true tomorrow, and it might not even be true tonight. Things are changing so much. The only thing that's been successful about this tariffs policy is causing uncertainty.”
May 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
As one real estate attorney put it to Bisnow recently: “What's true today might not be true tomorrow, and it might not even be true tonight. Things are changing so much. The only thing that's been successful about this tariffs policy is causing uncertainty.”
From Bisnow First Draft
Foreign investment, especially from Canada — which has funneled $73B into U.S. CRE since 2019 — may also wobble. Political pressure is mounting in Ottawa to keep capital at home in response to Trump’s trade rhetoric.
Foreign investment, especially from Canada — which has funneled $73B into U.S. CRE since 2019 — may also wobble. Political pressure is mounting in Ottawa to keep capital at home in response to Trump’s trade rhetoric.
May 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
From Bisnow First Draft
Foreign investment, especially from Canada — which has funneled $73B into U.S. CRE since 2019 — may also wobble. Political pressure is mounting in Ottawa to keep capital at home in response to Trump’s trade rhetoric.
Foreign investment, especially from Canada — which has funneled $73B into U.S. CRE since 2019 — may also wobble. Political pressure is mounting in Ottawa to keep capital at home in response to Trump’s trade rhetoric.
From Bisnow First Draft
For commercial real estate, the only thing more unpredictable than the tariffs themselves is what comes next. From CBRE, CRE is still stuck in a “maybe yes, maybe no” policy spiral that’s turning project timelines and pro formas into wishful thinking.
For commercial real estate, the only thing more unpredictable than the tariffs themselves is what comes next. From CBRE, CRE is still stuck in a “maybe yes, maybe no” policy spiral that’s turning project timelines and pro formas into wishful thinking.
May 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
From Bisnow First Draft
For commercial real estate, the only thing more unpredictable than the tariffs themselves is what comes next. From CBRE, CRE is still stuck in a “maybe yes, maybe no” policy spiral that’s turning project timelines and pro formas into wishful thinking.
For commercial real estate, the only thing more unpredictable than the tariffs themselves is what comes next. From CBRE, CRE is still stuck in a “maybe yes, maybe no” policy spiral that’s turning project timelines and pro formas into wishful thinking.
David Brooks continues:
Trump embodies has not only eviscerated conservatism, it’s eviscerated Christianity. Christianity is a system designed around the meek and service to the poor. Jesus never embraced worldly power; Donald Trump is completely about worldly power — for him it’s about domination.”
Trump embodies has not only eviscerated conservatism, it’s eviscerated Christianity. Christianity is a system designed around the meek and service to the poor. Jesus never embraced worldly power; Donald Trump is completely about worldly power — for him it’s about domination.”
May 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
David Brooks continues:
Trump embodies has not only eviscerated conservatism, it’s eviscerated Christianity. Christianity is a system designed around the meek and service to the poor. Jesus never embraced worldly power; Donald Trump is completely about worldly power — for him it’s about domination.”
Trump embodies has not only eviscerated conservatism, it’s eviscerated Christianity. Christianity is a system designed around the meek and service to the poor. Jesus never embraced worldly power; Donald Trump is completely about worldly power — for him it’s about domination.”
NYT columnist David Brooks had a take on the supposedly conservative president:
“And when I look at the Trump administration, I see a massive attempt to return us to the life of dog eat dog, life of nasty, brutish, and short, where gangsters have maximum freedom to do what they want to do.”
“And when I look at the Trump administration, I see a massive attempt to return us to the life of dog eat dog, life of nasty, brutish, and short, where gangsters have maximum freedom to do what they want to do.”
May 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
NYT columnist David Brooks had a take on the supposedly conservative president:
“And when I look at the Trump administration, I see a massive attempt to return us to the life of dog eat dog, life of nasty, brutish, and short, where gangsters have maximum freedom to do what they want to do.”
“And when I look at the Trump administration, I see a massive attempt to return us to the life of dog eat dog, life of nasty, brutish, and short, where gangsters have maximum freedom to do what they want to do.”
CBO reported that BBB will add $2.3 trillion to the deficit over 10 years, and when a budget adds too much to the federal deficit, it triggers cuts to Medicare under the Pay-As-You-Go law. CBO explains those cuts are limited by law to 4% but still total about $490 billion from 2027 through 2034.
May 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
CBO reported that BBB will add $2.3 trillion to the deficit over 10 years, and when a budget adds too much to the federal deficit, it triggers cuts to Medicare under the Pay-As-You-Go law. CBO explains those cuts are limited by law to 4% but still total about $490 billion from 2027 through 2034.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said that Americans in the lowest tenth of earners will lose money under the measure while people in the top five percent of earners will see a tax cut of $117.2 billion, more than 20% of the tax cuts in the bill.
May 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said that Americans in the lowest tenth of earners will lose money under the measure while people in the top five percent of earners will see a tax cut of $117.2 billion, more than 20% of the tax cuts in the bill.
Items in "BBB" include significant restrictions on “the authority of federal courts to hold government officials in contempt when they violate court orders,” as Dean of Berkeley Law School Erwin Chemerinsky explained. “Without the contempt power, judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored.”
May 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Items in "BBB" include significant restrictions on “the authority of federal courts to hold government officials in contempt when they violate court orders,” as Dean of Berkeley Law School Erwin Chemerinsky explained. “Without the contempt power, judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored.”
OMG...
Kristi Noem has been in talks with the producers of the reality show Duck Dynasty for a new reality show in which immigrants compete against each other in cultural contests to win the chance to move their U.S. citizenship applications ahead faster.
Kristi Noem has been in talks with the producers of the reality show Duck Dynasty for a new reality show in which immigrants compete against each other in cultural contests to win the chance to move their U.S. citizenship applications ahead faster.
May 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
OMG...
Kristi Noem has been in talks with the producers of the reality show Duck Dynasty for a new reality show in which immigrants compete against each other in cultural contests to win the chance to move their U.S. citizenship applications ahead faster.
Kristi Noem has been in talks with the producers of the reality show Duck Dynasty for a new reality show in which immigrants compete against each other in cultural contests to win the chance to move their U.S. citizenship applications ahead faster.
Donald Trump Jr. & other investors will open the Executive Branch, a private social club, in Georgetown this summer. Its members will include lobbyists, tech industry bigwigs and a sprinkling of White House officials, such as David Sacks, who is Trump’s crypto czar. The cost to join: $500,000.
May 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Donald Trump Jr. & other investors will open the Executive Branch, a private social club, in Georgetown this summer. Its members will include lobbyists, tech industry bigwigs and a sprinkling of White House officials, such as David Sacks, who is Trump’s crypto czar. The cost to join: $500,000.
Qatar is planning to give a $400 million Boeing 747 aircraft to the president so he can use it as a temporary Air Force One. His presidential library will own the plane after his presidency, Trump says.
May 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Qatar is planning to give a $400 million Boeing 747 aircraft to the president so he can use it as a temporary Air Force One. His presidential library will own the plane after his presidency, Trump says.
Real estate firm in Saudi Arabia (with close ties to the country’s government) invested $1 billion in the Trump International Hotel and Tower project in Dubai. Same company planning other new Trump hotels, golf courses & luxury towers in Saudi Arabia & Oman. These deals will pay the Trumps millions.
May 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Real estate firm in Saudi Arabia (with close ties to the country’s government) invested $1 billion in the Trump International Hotel and Tower project in Dubai. Same company planning other new Trump hotels, golf courses & luxury towers in Saudi Arabia & Oman. These deals will pay the Trumps millions.
Qatar chipped in to help finance a Trump-branded beachside golf and luxury villa project in the country worth $5.5 billion. (We don’t know how much it contributed.) The family will earn millions in licensing and management fees.
May 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Qatar chipped in to help finance a Trump-branded beachside golf and luxury villa project in the country worth $5.5 billion. (We don’t know how much it contributed.) The family will earn millions in licensing and management fees.
Through an investment firm, the United Arab Emirates put $2 billion into the Trump family’s new cryptocurrency outfit, World Liberty Financial. The company, whose leaders include Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., will make tens of millions of dollars per year from the investment.
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May 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Through an investment firm, the United Arab Emirates put $2 billion into the Trump family’s new cryptocurrency outfit, World Liberty Financial. The company, whose leaders include Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., will make tens of millions of dollars per year from the investment.
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Trump family business dominates Middle East trip
Trump was greeted at the airport by the head of the Saudi Wealth Fund, which has invested $2 billion with Jared Kushner's fund and in the LIV Golf tour that has hosted multiple events at Trump properties.
Trump was greeted at the airport by the head of the Saudi Wealth Fund, which has invested $2 billion with Jared Kushner's fund and in the LIV Golf tour that has hosted multiple events at Trump properties.
May 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Trump family business dominates Middle East trip
Trump was greeted at the airport by the head of the Saudi Wealth Fund, which has invested $2 billion with Jared Kushner's fund and in the LIV Golf tour that has hosted multiple events at Trump properties.
Trump was greeted at the airport by the head of the Saudi Wealth Fund, which has invested $2 billion with Jared Kushner's fund and in the LIV Golf tour that has hosted multiple events at Trump properties.
March construction spending dropped 0.5% to $2.2T, missing expectations, with private nonresidential builds down 0.8%. Manufacturing also stalled in April, with the S&P Global PMI stuck at 50.2. Output fell for a second month, new export orders tumbled, and confidence dropped to a 10-month low.
May 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
March construction spending dropped 0.5% to $2.2T, missing expectations, with private nonresidential builds down 0.8%. Manufacturing also stalled in April, with the S&P Global PMI stuck at 50.2. Output fell for a second month, new export orders tumbled, and confidence dropped to a 10-month low.