Brian K

[Greta Berlin @Truegreta]

I stood at this pool, at both monuments and saw both reflections…
He’s a God damn idiot, as are the fools that support him. The “Reflection Pool” wasn’t designed by American architect Henry Bacon a hundred years ago to look like a swimming pool. It’s designed to have a darkened characteristics that has reflective qualities to reflect the monuments.
That way, the Washington Monument is reflective to you when at the Lincoln Memorial, and when at the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial is reflective to you.
It’s designed to enhance the grandeur of monuments, create an illusion of reflection, and inclusion of expansive space of unity.
He’s a tacky vulgar person that vulgarizes everything he touches. America isn’t becoming great, it’s becoming vulgar.

Credit - Mathew Reed

[Brian K @bmkhawk]

@ChrisCillizza You are more than happy to play the useful idiot, aren't you?

[Brian K @bmkhawk]

@TechEquityEng @WisemanCap Why doesn't $RDDT push for an exclusive deal with one of the major AI players? With AI heading down the commodification path, $RDDT could be a very valuable differentiator. Perceived scarcity would drive up the cost to license.

[Brian K @bmkhawk]

@GaryMarcus I'm baffled why Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI aren't tripping over themselves to sign exclusive agreements with unique content platforms like Reddit. In light of the likely commodification of AI that you highlight, this seems like the most effective path to differentiation.

[Ian McMillan, CMT @the_chart_life]

Listen, I’m a big “the index is the index” guy, but they are openly looting the coffers.

This is 100% fraud.

[Brian K @bmkhawk]

@Noahpinion Do you need to punch left before you can take a piss or something? It's all you do.

[Brian K @bmkhawk]

@Christi28401157 @SarahLongwell25 This is one of the stupidest things I've ever read and that's saying something.

[Brian K @bmkhawk]

@MichaelSalfino Maybe sometime in the future but Musk sure as hell won't be involved.

[Brian K @bmkhawk]

@DavidAFrench Why in the world are we still talking about this when [motions broadly at the state of the country] is happening right now?

[Brian K @bmkhawk]

@MichaelSalfino Bryan Baker.

[Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman]

Donald Trump ran for office for three reasons:

1) stay out of jail
2) exact revenge on his enemies
3) line his pockets

Everything else he says is bullshit.

[Heidi @blockchainchick]

The SpaceX IPO is the most brazen retail fleecing in modern market history.

NASDAQ has REWRITTEN the index rules specifically for this listing. The 10% minimum free float requirement: gone. The 3 to 12 month seasoning period before index inclusion: cut to 15 trading days. Companies with small floats can now be weighted at 3x their actual float.

Translation: every passive index fund, every 401k, every pension is about to be force-fed SPCX whether they want it or not.

And what exactly are they buying?

Class A shares carrying ONE vote each, while Musk holds 93.6% of the Class B super voting shares at TEN votes each. That gives him 85.1% of voting power on a 42% economic interest. He cannot be outvoted. He cannot be removed. CEO, CTO and board chairman simultaneously.

For reference: Zuckerberg controls 61% of Meta. Buffett 35% of Berkshire. Musk: 85.1%.

SpaceX is also claiming "controlled company" status, exempting it from needing a majority of independent directors. Shareholders waive the right to a jury trial. They waive the right to class actions. Mandatory arbitration only, courtesy of an SEC rule change pushed through on a party line vote last September.

$1.75 trillion valuation. $80 billion raise. Largest IPO in history.

The rules of the game were quietly rewritten so one man could extract maximum capital from retail while answering to no one.

[Brian K @bmkhawk]

@GaryMarcus @Noahpinion @demishassabis Noah is a hack.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

No child deaths have been definitively linked to Covid vaccines, according to a report from the FDA that was quietly made public. https://t.co/N99uOgFTQ9

[Brian K @bmkhawk]

@Acyn What a fucking clueless idiot

[Brian K @bmkhawk]

@Mike_Kurland Why can't they play Bauer in the OF instead of Frelick? Vaughn is one of their best hitters. Gotta find ways to get him in the lineup.

[Brian K @bmkhawk]

@atrupar Obvious next question:

"And how do current subscription levels compare to when you took over the Post?"

[Brian K @bmkhawk]

@NickInNC @gerardtbaker Because people like Dan can't admit Trump or the GOP writ large do anything wrong without first saying some version of "Dems do it too!" BS. Any blame for the home team is always couched in whataboutism. It's stupid tribal BS.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Absolutely insane levels of corruption happening right before your eyes.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” cuts Medicaid by $1 trillion. Here is what that means in plain English.

It means a Maryland mom caring full-time for her disabled 28-year-old son loses $18,000 a year. 

It means a single dad in Colorado caring for his daughter could see his income cut by more than $90,000 and lose his home. 

It means a Nebraska mother told reporters she was preparing to sell her house so her son could keep living.

These parents left careers. They bathe, feed, medicate, and monitor their loved ones around the clock. They save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars each year by keeping them out of institutions. 

And the Trump administration’s response? RFK Jr. smears them as fraudsters.

House Republicans accuse them of getting paid to “hang out with their own families.”

Republicans handed the wealthiest Americans another tax cut and mailed the invoice to families holding the most vulnerable people in this country together with their bare hands.

This is incredibly cruel. And every Republican who supported it owes these families an answer.
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