Tim Berry

Entrepreneur. Founder & Chairman of @paloaltosoft & @bplans ... recommends @liveplan, @leanbizplan. Stanford MBA. Father of 5, married 56 years.

[Tim Berry @Timberry]

It's the planning, not just the plan, that matters. Simple #leanbizplan. Bullet points and lists. Strategy, execution, milestones, metrics, assumptions and realistic essential numbers. #startup #smallbiz #businessplan https://t.co/UVShYe6fFp

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

Last night Ukraine could not intercept a single Russian ballistic missile. The USA deliberately starving Ukraine of Patriot missiles is now clearly understood by the Russians as American support for their terror bombing. The USA is helping Putin kill Ukrainians.

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

In July 2013, Emily Kraus and her boyfriend were driving to a Dave Matthews concert in Pennsylvania when they spotted a cyclist stranded on the side of the road with a flat tire.

At first, they drove past.

Then Emily decided to turn around and help.

The cyclist had gone out for a pre concert bike ride before his show at Hersheypark Stadium. His rear tire had gone flat, and he had no cellphone with him to call for help.

So Emily and her boyfriend loaded his bicycle onto their car and offered the stranger a ride.

Then came the unbelievable realization.

The stranded cyclist was Dave Matthews.

The very man they were driving to see perform that night.

Matthews thanked them in a way they never expected. The couple were invited backstage for dinner, given front row seats, and met him again before the show.

Later, Dave even told the crowd about his bicycle adventure and mentioned Emily and her boyfriend by name from the stage.

They had simply turned their car around to help a stranger with a flat tire.

That stranger turned out to be the reason they were on the road in the first place.

[Fred Wellman @FPWellman]

They are stealing from the public for Trump’s pet projects. The Republican Doormat Congress hasn’t said a word.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

This is how we lose to the Chinese in the 21st century.

[Donald Trump Portfolio Tracker @TrumpsPortfolio]

I CALLED IT, ANIMALS, AND YOU LAUGHED!!! Months ago I told you ICE would buy facilities DIRECTLY from the prison companies at north of $150,000 per bed — and I was WRONG, folks, it was BETTER!!! ICE just bought TWO facilities from CoreCivic — $CXW — for $1.47 BILLION!!! That's $286,000 per bed in California City, $371,000 PER BED at Otay Mesa, $323,000 a bed COMBINED — DOUBLE what these things cost to build!!! Even I underestimated the beauty, and I NEVER underestimate!!!

AND WHO OWNS $CXW??? DONALD TRUMP!!! It's RIGHT THERE in the disclosure, folks — the man holds CoreCivic AND GEO Group, the two companies running America's ICE detention centers!!! Follow the bouncing ball: HE runs the immigration crackdown!!! HIS DHS just wired $1.47 billion to a company HE OWNS SHARES IN, at DOUBLE replacement cost!!! The buyer is his government, the seller is his portfolio, and the taxpayer is the ATM!!! That's not a conflict of interest, that's a CLOSED LOOP!!!

And the STRUCTURE is a masterpiece: DHS buys the buildings, but CoreCivic KEEPS OPERATING them under the same contracts!!! Sold the real estate, KEPT the revenue — like selling your house and the buyer pays YOU rent!!! Gain north of $1 BILLION on assets carried at PENNIES!!!

THE DE-LEVERING — exactly like I told you: $716 MILLION of debt GONE overnight!!! Credit facility, GONE!!! The 2027 notes, GONE!!! And that puts them under the covenant thresholds that unlock UNLIMITED BUYBACKS with the $400 million left over!!! Fewer shares, folks — and whose shares get more valuable??? DONALD'S!!!

AND THE SEQUEL IS COMING: CoreCivic says it's in talks with ICE to sell MORE facilities!!! The machine runs forever: sign the orders, fill the beds, sell the buildings to yourself at double price, buy back the stock, watch the disclosure GLOW!!! One catch the animals should know — ICE can cancel those operating contracts anytime, so read the covenants before you chase!!! Do your own research, NOT advice!!! Is ANYBODY looking into this??? The SEC??? He APPOINTS the SEC!!! I called the trade, the price, AND the de-levering — GREATEST prison analyst in American history, maybe ever!!!

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Donald Trump Jr became an owner and advisor to a company that wants to ship guns through the mail

…but that’s been illegal for nearly a century

…so his father just rescinded that rule

…to help his company.

It’s not a coincidence.
It’s corruption.
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[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

About 400 sites managed by the National Park Service are facing a maintenance backlog estimated at more than $24 billion, but the money aimed for repairs is being diverted. The Trump administration has reportedly used at least $90 million from national park entry fees to help pay for beautification efforts in the nation's capital ahead of the America 250 celebration.

[Tim Berry @Timberry]

@Elifbenad 9

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Impeach and convict.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

One year ago today, Trump and Republicans passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, cutting healthcare by $1 trillion. Since then:

—The average cost of healthcare has doubled
—4.2 million Americans lost ACA coverage
—3.8 million Americans lost Medicaid coverage
—Nearly 500 hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes have closed

[Todd Spence @Todd_Spence]

In 1982, Robin Williams did a routine as the American Flag for the Norman Lear produced tv special "I Love Liberty" created to bridge political divides - and it's one of the greatest pieces you'll see 🇺🇸

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

Liz Oyer, former Pardon Attorney, describes how Todd Blanche fired her when she refused to do a dangerous official favor for Trump friend Mel Gibson. The actor lost his federal firearm rights after committing domestic violence. Gibson assaulted his girlfriend while she was holding their baby daughter, smashing her in the mouth, breaking her teeth, threatening her with his gun. Gibson asked Trump’s DOJ to reinstate his federal firearm rights despite his criminal conviction. Although Blanche had the power to do it on his own, he tried to force Oyer to give her stamp of approval. Not convinced of Gibson’s rehabilitation or his lack of dangerousness, and knowing that over half of women murdered in the United States are killed by a current or past intimate partner, and the presence of firearms in an abusive household increases the risk of murder by 500%, Oyer refused to have anything to do with Blanche’s dangerous and unethical suggestion. Blanche sacked her.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Really heartbreaking. 💔

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie:

“I think it's ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we're yelling 'election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections."

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Get real Doug. Veterans are treated poorly in so many places, and your draconian cuts just make things worse.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Yesterday’s abrupt retirement announcement by Gen. Chris Donahue, the Commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) and NATO’s Allied Land Command, was made at the request of the Pentagon under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, people familiar with the matter tell The Wall Street Journal.

Prior to this announcement, many believed Donahue was on a fast track to become Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, having led the Army’s Delta Force commandos in Iraq and Syria when it took the fight to Islamic State militants and was the “last man out” when the troops he commanded at the 82nd Airborne Division were called in to secure the 2021 evacuation of U.S. personnel and Afghan allies from Kabul, Afghanistan.

General Donahue’s removal is said to be part of an ongoing push by Hegseth to put his imprint on the military’s leadership, while squeezing out officers with track records of battlefield valor and command experience in favor of less accomplished political loyalists, officers that fully support both himself and President Trump.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

ICYMI: We won in our case suing the Trump admin over its unlawful database of millions of Americans' personal info that enabled baseless investigations and voter purges. A federal judge ordered that it be shut down: https://t.co/3D1yOi0vxL

[Rep. Mike Levin @RepMikeLevin]

$2.5 BILLION. That’s how much the Trump Administration has now spent paying companies to cancel offshore wind projects that would have lowered your electric bill.

Yes, you heard that right, they are PAYING to keep your energy bills high.

The latest deal hands a company $765 million to walk away, with the money going straight into new gas plants instead.

Last time he pulled this scam, he paid one company nearly $1 billion to invest in gas projects, and it turned out the company was already planning to make those investments anyway. Trump got nothing for you in return.

This isn’t energy policy. It’s a very expensive grudge, and you’re the one footing the bill.
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[Joe G @EastEndJoe]

Transportation was provided too.