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- US Navy's stealth Seawolf-class submarine shortage is extremely dangerous. Impression that Russia's and China's navies are weaker than believed - but so are ours.

- Trump's "Genesis Mission" AI Executive Order. Can't help but remember that the Manhattan Project, which the Genesis Mission is compared to, was done in secret and that other nations stole our findings through spies. Just saying.

- Congress should let the work opportunity tax credit expire. You know how I feel about federal programs with sunset dates.

- The Future of Journalism. (HT Execupundit)

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- AI gets creepier every day. I too endorse the idea of having a dog for home protection instead of AI.

- Could be true!

- Personal aviation about to get interesting. Couple years old but new to me.

- Trump's economic agenda.

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- White House touts major MAHA wins on food dyes. Doesn't make many of these products more nutritious but it stops them from being poison or addicting.

- VDH: Will John Brennan ever tell the truth?

- The US does not want to be like the EU.

- Indonesia become latest country to sign a trade deal with the US.

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- Jonathan Turley: Federal judge rules in favor of Trump administration but ads his personal condemnation and feeling about the ruling.

- A screenless future? Interesting but do eyeglasses or car windshields count as screens too? What are the new unintended consequences coming?

- Private market lending is a danger we need to pay more attention to.

- Zohran Mamdani as a modern Music Man. Good analogy.

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- US dollar on track for one of the worst years in modern history. "A weaker dollar could make US exports more competitive, boosting Trump's plan to rebalance US trade, but makes imports more expensive, adding to the sting of tariffs."

- Benjamin Netanyahu puts President Trump forward for Nobel Peace Prize.

- Jonathan Turley: NYT in trouble for reporting actual news to its readers.

- Neither safe nor effective. They knew all along.

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- America at almost 250 - it still works (and works great!).

- He's not wrong. And the CBO uses the old tax rate and doesn't account for any revenue from tariffs.

- From the archives: The 4-7-8 breathe exercise.

- Cowboys and Texans each contribute $500,000 towards flood relief in Texas.

President Trump on the Growth Aspect of the BBB

President Trump has always had a three-legged stool approach to improving America's economy. And growth (higher GDP) has always been part of the plan.

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- President Trump to sign order extending TikTok deadline another 90-days. On the fence about the sale but approaching the enough is enough point.

- Glenn Reynolds on the diminishing influence of corporate media. (HT Cultural Offering)

- Public skepticism toward LA riots narrative further erodes corporate media believability.

- The most and least expensive US states.

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- Why are interest rates so high? It's bad fiscal policy. The interest rates are tied to the national debt.

- There does need to be a deep dive into who the service academies are letting in and who is teaching them.

- Weight Watchers files for bankruptcy protection. There's a trimming the fat joke to be made here. (HT Cultural Offering)

- Clarence Thomas is a national treasure.

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- The USA is by far the largest investor in AI.

- Chrome on the chopping block as Google's antitrust search trial moves forward.

- Cool - the Electra EL9 ultra short hybrid-electric aircraft has potential for both civilian and military applications.

- From the archive: Louis L' Amour on writing.

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- Crazy Eddie on Letitia James. 

- Jonathan Turley: Harvard makes the case against itself. Harvard consistent ranks dead last in free speech among universities - only right that they now get to rank first consistently in taxes paid.

- SBA announces that small business loans are up nearly 75%. "America's small businesses - which make up nearly 99% of private sector employees - will be the biggest beneficiaries of President Trump's fair trade policies."

- Never thought about the possible combination with self-driving vehicles for package and food delivery applications before.

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- How Donald Trump broke the elites control of the economy. He's not wrong.

- A Users Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System. A first principles look at what the Trump plan is about according to according to Stephen Miran. 

- China is clearly cheating. 

- News you can use: Choosing a Wi-Fi router.

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- Perspective: Every war in history started as a Trade War. "Not every Trade War resulted in immediate armed conflict."

- Morgan Housel with thoughts on tariffs, economic history, and market decline. I disagree with much of his assumptions and think much of his thoughts on history are incorrect but agree with his stance of keeping an open mind since neither of us are experts in history or the economy (and certainly not me). And to be fair this was written before the big market rebound.

- Make America's showers great again!

- Jonathan Turley: NPR repeats false censorship claim. 

Trump's Tariffs

Here's President Trump's full address on tariffs from the White House Rose Garden yesterday. (Speech starts shortly after 8:00 minute mark.)

It has been said that Donald Trump is leading a "counter-revolution" - after yesterday's tariffs and his "re-shoring" of manufacturing jobs it's hard to argue that description is wrong. Treasury Secretary Bessent may have said it best, "We are setting the stage for a long term economic growth."

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- The stress reducing power of humming. Think about it - do you know any stressed out people who hum?

- The beginning of a reckoning: the Middle East after Oct 7th. The tale of the tape says Iran is 12 times larger than Israel but I'd put my money on he Israelis.

- Bill Belichick's NFL Week 6 look ahead.

- Glenn Reynolds: Debt doom is coming. Steps I'd immediately take: eliminate all federal DEI programs, and funding for DEI. Any university that doesn't comply loses all federal funding. Cut all foreign aid to Ukraine and countries that don't have a reciprocal free trade agreement with us. Use those funds to help pay for any interest payments.

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- As the panic ensues.

- Stock market crash explained.

- Analysis true!

- Funny because you know its happened.

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- The tale of Sam/Oscar the cat.

- VDH on Coup after Coup after Coup.

- America's $175 Trillion Problem

- Gina Carano's lawsuit lawsuit against Disney is judged to proceed. Big legal victory for Carano in her quest for justice against Disney for firing her from The Malalorian

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- Don't care what NFL team you root for - this is friggin' funny.

- Noah Smith explains his new industrial policy. Don't always agree with Noah but he makes some good points.

- Speaking of the NFL - the Monday Night Football schedule seems a little underwhelming.

- Richard Feynman on Love, Life, and Science. Yesterday would have been his 105th birthday.

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- Heh Heh 

- Hoover Institution (always thought it was the Hoover Institute) looks at the War in Ukraine. How we got here, where it stands, and can a peace settlement be reached.

- Fair is fair

- Interesting (and scary) - are we in the endgame of the US financial system? "What you are witnessing is the consolidation and nationalization of the banking system in real time." Yes - this may be a pitch for crypto but it makes you wonder.

Credit Card Debt about to Pass $1 Trillion

Between the National Debt and the personal debt this country is carrying - I'm worried about our economic future. (Via)