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Some context around this, from a markets person. Historically in LatAm, leftist victories have led to sharp losses over the ~3 months after an election where the left wins. Stocks also typically underperformed into those victories. But 3y post-election, returns for leftists have been *higher*.

UAE paid Kushner $50 million to get Rex Tillerson fired as Secretary of State because latter supported Qatar.

And now back to my full time job, texting the word "stop" to every living Democrat.

“five hundred million” in what kind of numerals

Lula Goes HARD

OK one more for now: Black voter share is comparable to Obama 2012... but this is a midterm

Here's one for you: registered Democrats are turning out early at a higher rate than registered Republicans for the first time in any major Louisiana election

If you care about fighting climate change, salvaging the Amazon rainforest and maintaining its capacity to positively influence Earth's weather systems, it's difficult to overstate just how significant a bullet the planet just dodged.

Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

This is a pleasant surprise.

Lula leads Brazil runoff election with 51.77% of the votes after 99.90% of the votes counted

scott galloway and jessica tarlov held an event here in town yesterday where “don’t impeach or waste time on investigations because ‘28” was the consensus position of the panel. so yeah, this is something to anticipate.

If we had thought for one second that our dystopian metal death machines would be used for evil we never would’ve made them and then released videos showing how terrifying they are

Pro-ICE conservative blogger Samuel Sey, a prominent figure on the evangelical right, has himself been arrested and held for potential ICE deportation.

“Toxic Empathy” author Allie Beth Stuckey is now asking for folks to understand that ICE has separated a good man from his family over a paperwork issue.

Someone recently said to me that AI means we’re the cows of the future and I had no idea what it meant. I just looked it up and I guess we’re cooked. 😂

Exclusive interview by OPB with the father who shot the Bend, Oregon shooter. www.opb.org/article/2026...

Similar messages are circulating across different cities, from what I hear from friends and colleagues they are spreading fear among students and families. The effect is tangible: anxiety, disrupted school attendance, and a growing sense that public spaces are no longer safe. 2/

Something disturbing is happening in North Italy. Amidst mass mobilization, high school students are receiving waves of alarming messages on their phones, warning of imminent violence, sexual assaults and chaos in public spaces. Many of these warnings appear to be fabricated. 1/

Brent crude oil prices surge above $117/barrel for the first time since March 19th amid fears that the US will renew strikes on Iran.

Middle East dictators created a massive slush fund for Jared Kushner. trib.al/8CBe0bo

This is now the official Presidential portrait for Donald J. Trump. Sorry, I don’t make the rules.

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper.

Well, he did read Mein Kampf.

This is getting interesting! 😁 Federal court filings from October 2026 confirm that the BBC has subpoenaed former Special Counsel Jack Smith for a deposition, and court records explicitly state that Smith does not object to testifying. 1/3 newrepublic.com/post/216805/...

Rats...ship...sinking.... 70% of Americans doubt Trump will accept Republican losses this November. That concern should drive participation. Too many people sacrificed for democracy to let intimidation decide its future. Go vote, and demand that every lawful ballot counts.

The American civil religion is getting really fucking weird.

Solid metaphor for the entire administration, honestly

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

Jon Husted gave data centers $2.5 billion in out-of-control tax breaks; Ohioans got higher utility bills.

The funniest thing about this tweet is that it’s actually less crazy than the actual statements from Republican politicians.

ok non-tech ppl might be hearing some scary things about "critical vulnerabilities" involving certificates. the main thing you need to know, without getting down in the weeds about it, is that the fourth seal is broken. lo, a rider approacheth upon a pale steed, and his name is Death

I hope they wait until after the midterms to do that.

I'm puzzled by Marco Rubio's role as Secretary of State. Why are Witkoff and Kushner taking the lead on major negotiations over war and peace, rather than America's chief diplomat?

is this good

Dems being in positive territory on the economy, foreign policy, and fucking immigration is crazy. There’s two more years of this! Staffers need to get to work on plans for policy on all of these issues that are ready to go in January 2029 because there’s a tremendous opportunity looming.

Anthropic needs to invent AGI to come up with an AI smart enough to make this math work.

Steve Witkoff to Putin: You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian. You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that, I commend you, and I thank you again.

The Musk empire turducken is about to reach its final form as Elon makes his biggest play yet to stuff his struggling companies into his more successful ones.