Brett Hacker

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[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Breaking news: The International Energy Agency said it would release about 400 million barrels of oil reserves to control spiking energy prices caused by the U.S.-Israel war against Iran.

It would deplete roughly one-third of global emergency stockpiles. https://t.co/NQ3bVKj88K

[Joe Kernen @JoeSquawk]

You have to ask yourself, why such positive news makes so many people so angry.

[Forbes @Forbes]

Sanders And Khanna Push National 5% Annual Billionaire Wealth Tax

Backers project that the tax would raise $4.4 trillion over 10 years for childcare, housing and a $3,000 per person check to many Americans. Congress and the Constitution stand in the way.
https://t.co/UcRSkkHDvP

[Reuters @Reuters]

Iran said the world should be ready for oil at $200 a barrel as its forces hit merchant ships in the Gulf. Meanwhile, the International Energy Agency recommended a massive release of strategic reserves to dampen one of the worst oil shocks since the 1970s https://t.co/rYini96IOL

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Wow

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

When Netflix announced a blockbuster $83 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery on Friday, among the elements not included in the purchase was a conspicuous one: CNN.

Here’s what the deal means for the cable news giant: https://t.co/w6sR9EC5Bp

[Business Insider @BusinessInsider]

'Big Short' investor Michael Burry says bitcoin is the 'tulip bulb of our time' https://t.co/NKvWYRbPzl

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger was making gutsy investments, forging unlikely friendships and facing new challenges to the end.

🔗: https://t.co/HfsQdrrDwt

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

This chart says it all

[CBS News @CBSNews]

The suspect in the National Guard shooting in D.C. has been identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who entered the U.S. in 2021, multiple law enforcement sources confirmed to CBS News. https://t.co/InOMexN9Aj

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: The suspect in the shooting of National Guard members near the White House is an Afghan national who entered the U.S. in 2021, AP sources say. https://t.co/3epwQV3I5C

[CBS News @CBSNews]

BREAKING: Ukraine agrees to a peace proposal, with "minor details" to settle, a U.S. official says. Russia hasn't responded. https://t.co/800TqWQr2E

[Dasha Burns @DashaBurns]

The welcome committee includes PM Netanyahu and co, plus the Witkoff-Kushner duo who were dispatched last week to seal the peace deal.

On AF1 POTUS tells me: “The war is over.”

PM Netanyahu has yet to speak those same words.

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

#BREAKING Hamas says alive hostages to be exchanged for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners within 72 hours of deal implementation

[The Daily Telegraph @dailytelegraph]

The birth of these Electric Vehicles was hyped as a game-changer, but then reality set in and the sector is collapsing before our very eyes. 👉 https://t.co/4584cSU10O

[Forbes @Forbes]

The Secret History Of The Aston Martin Spy Car https://t.co/Rm8eb1JycF https://t.co/SWHUZJ3vlC

[Reuters @Reuters]

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China and the US have agreed on a framework for a deal to allow TikTok to continue operating in the US, as the app faces a shutdown deadline of September 17 unless it moves to US ownership https://t.co/RBEBka4wPI

[Breitbart News @BreitbartNews]

Trump announces another drug trafficking boat, filled with "confirmed narcoterrorists from Venezuela," has been destroyed

[Rita Panahi @RitaPanahi]

This is New Jersey, not Texas. The culture has shifted...