Brian Bakala

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

"The cost of living has risen 106% since 2001," per FORTUNE

[Donald Trump Jr. @DonaldJTrumpJr]

Remember when they said Trump would get us into a full-blown war with Iran?

Times like these should make us all realize how lucky we were to have Trump, his strength and his resolve.

[J&L Historical @Jason_R_Burt]

81 years ago today, Captain Lewis Nixon of the 101st Airborne Division slowly gets up the morning after celebrating VE-Day with fellow officers of the Battalion. 🪂

The source of all those bottles was the wine cellar of Reichmarshall Hermann Göring. 🍾

[Secretary Sean Duffy @SecDuffy]

Nice job, Pete.

[litquidity @litcapital]

Thank you Elizabeth Warren for killing Spirit Airlines, a budget airline for low income consumers

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: A Syrian billionaire needed U.S. sanctions lifted so he could cash in on $12 billion in reconstruction contracts, per NYT.

In an attempt to influence American foreign policy, he proposed a Trump-branded golf course, cut Jared Kushner & Ivanka Trump into a multibillion-dollar real estate deal for a resort in Albania, and had someone physically deliver a stone engraved with the Trump family crest to a Republican Member of Congress with instructions to take it to the White House to get the President's attention.

Trump threw his weight behind repealing the sanctions. They were lifted. The contracts are moving, and the Trump family’s deals are expanding.

[The Fat Electrician @Fat_Electrician]

So you’re telling me you’ve arrested more American soldiers involved in capturing Maduro than people on the Epstein list, or politicians who somehow magically became better investors than Warren Buffett the second they took office?

Wild priorities.

[Chris & Amy on KMOX @ChrisAmyKMOX]

Guys, the Armory is NOT turning into a data center.

Many outlets are using the Armory name and image as part of their news stories- don't fall for it!

🔊More in Hour 1 of today's show: https://t.co/pr0zpUASBW

[NFL Memes @NFLMemes]

Only hours until some NFL prospect's girlfriend thinks she got drafted too

[Brian Bakala @BrianBakala]

@kenklippenstein 48. Missouri - Hawley 46 and Schmitt 50

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

I would like to live in a high-trust society.

The decline of trust is something worth caring about, and reversing it is something worth doing.

We should not have to live constantly wondering if we're being lied to or scammed. Trust should be possible again.

[Tyler Rogoway @Aviation_Intel]

I have been screaming about this as loud as I can for years and years. Now we are here. We must act now, this is a special circumstance at this point. It's not just about speeding up procurement and calling out contractors. We need a totally different approach.

[Tyler Rogoway @Aviation_Intel]

We have to come to terms with major deficiencies in air defense capacity and the stockpile of effectors. Yes, this has broken out into a big issue in the mainstream finally over the last couple of years, but it goes deeper than not enough missiles. This is a wounded Iran. Imagine what China would be like? And we have to fight an expeditionary fight, often on the run, in that theater. And the drone issue is only going to get far worse. This is an emergency, a strategic and tactical gap that is glaring, and could lose us a war. The issue is exacerbated by the timidness surrounding the messaging at the top due to strategic concerns. Our adversaries are well aware of it, so it's more about being embarrassed domestically that this problem exists, as many of these kinds of issues are. But we need a drastically different approach because we are now burning through the stockpile that was already depleted. China is watching this very closely and yes it will factor into their decision making at the highest levels, not just amongst war planners.

[Ryan Krull @RyanWKrull]

This Hyundai Santa Fe (also from across the river) owes $31,775 on 350 tickets.

[Ryan Krull @RyanWKrull]

This Tesla from Illinois parks in Downtown STL quite a bit and has racked up more than 200 tickets totaling $27,140.

[Chad Caton🎙🇺🇸 @ImFiredUp2]

Now if we could just get USA Hockey

To go down to the village and slap the lil bitch skiers that want to talk crap on this country.

That would be great. Go @usahockey 🇺🇸

[The Critical Drinker @TheCriticalDri2]

Hey @elonmusk any chance you could lend this guy $30 Million to literally cure cancer?

[Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo]

@IlhanMN Would you support protests inside mosques?

[Brian Bakala @BrianBakala]

@nntaleb Are you only a physical gold/silver guy or do you use ETF’s?

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

I was sadly wrong.