Charles Faber 🇺🇸

[Race @multiplanet1]

Elon Musk got rejected by Netscape. He walked into the lobby, was too shy to talk to anyone, and walked out. Never got the job.

At his first company Zip2, the board demoted him. Twice. They refused to let him be CEO.

He got fired from PayPal as CEO while flying to his own honeymoon. The board voted him out mid air.

He almost died of malaria in 2000. Ten days in intensive care. Lost 45 pounds. A day from death.

His first child died at 10 weeks old.

His first rocket exploded. Falcon 1, flight one. Burned on the pad.

His second rocket exploded.

His third rocket exploded. The last of his money was nearly gone.

Tesla nearly went bankrupt in 2008. The closest he ever came to a nervous breakdown.

Both companies almost died on the same Christmas Eve.

He was sued by investors. Mocked by the people who built cars before him.

His childhood heroes, the astronauts who inspired him, testified against his company to Congress.

The Cybertruck window shattered on live stage in front of the world.

He overpaid for Twitter by his own admission and watched its value collapse.

He was beaten unconscious as a child and thrown down a flight of stairs.

He has said he goes to sleep alone and it kills him.

He failed in public, over and over, for thirty years.

He is the richest man in the history of the world.

The difference was never the absence of failure. It was the refusal to stop after it.

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

The B-52's performing on Saturday Night Live with Teri Garr hosting on January 26th, 1980.

[Dustin Grage @GrageDustin]

This brewery in Wisconsin is gushing over the assassination attempt.

These people want us dead.

[Handre @Handre]

Marx spent his entire adult life as a trust fund parasite, living off Engels' textile fortune while writing screeds against capitalism. The irony writes itself. This freeloading theorist never ran a business, met a payroll, or created value for anyone.

His labor theory of value crumbled in 1871 when Menger explained subjective value. Marx claimed workers get "exploited" through voluntary exchange. Employment contracts benefit both parties. Otherwise, why would anyone agree?

The man who promised to liberate workers delivered the Gulag. His intellectual descendants murdered 100 million people trying to implement his economic fantasies. Meanwhile, free markets lifted billions out of poverty.

[Cern Basher @CernBasher]

FSD Usage is Exploding

Not only are more people subscribing to FSD, but the number of Daily Miles per Subscriber grew 74% year-over-year.

From 10.3 miles per day in Q1 2025 to 17.9 miles in Q1 2026!

We are hearing anecdotally that more and more people are driving all (or almost all) their miles on FSD - well, we're also seeing it the data that Tesla reports.

As Vaibhav Taneja said on the earnings call: "...we have evolved our vehicle sales strategy, where we now emphasize FSD as a product and vehicle as only the delivery mechanism."

Yes - people want a vehicle that can do the driving for them - so to do that you have to buy a Tesla and subscribe to FSD.

This consumer buying shift will drive Tesla's results for the remainder of 2026 - and until Robotaxi scales enough to swamp the growth.

[Herbert Ong @herbertong]

🚨 Everything Elon Musk Announced at $TSLA Q1 2026 Earnings Call | Supercut

Pauses and dead silences removed to save you time, plus timestamps included so you can jump to key sections easily.

00:00 Welcome and Safe Harbor
02:34 Vehicles and Autonomy
03:31 Energy and Megapack
05:08 Optimus and AI Chips
07:24 Financial Update
13:35 Capex and Investment Phase
18:34 Unsupervised FSD Roadmap
20:21 Hardware 3 Upgrade Plan
22:33 AI5 and Compute Strategy
24:59 Europe FSD and Robotaxi
26:27 Robotaxi Safety and V15
29:50 Energy Generation Solar
30:52 Analyst Q&A Terra Fab
34:55 FSD Adoption and Optimus AI
41:24 Models Batteries and Robotaxi Metrics

[Vince Langman @LangmanVince]

For the record this was a trillion times more disrespectful to the Catholic Church than anything President Trump has ever posted on Truth Social!

[Charles Faber 🇺🇸 @CFaberz]

Looks like good value for $99 a year

https://t.co/d2BwxHw7Tv

[Flopping Aces @FloppingAces]

The corporate media is having an aneurysm right now and I’m absolutely loving it.

Trump just did the most savage 4D chess move of the year:

He let the limp-wristed diplomats try their little “ceasefire” dance, then when Iran refused to cough up its enriched uranium, he flipped the script and said:

“Fine. You won’t open the Strait? I’ll close the damn thing myself.”

Trump’s Brilliant Blockade is now in effect. No Iranian oil gets through. Period.

While Iran starves and their economy collapses, America...the undisputed king of oil and gas...is sitting pretty. We’re already producing more than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined. Super tankers are turning around mid-ocean and heading straight for American ports.

The world can keep paying tolls to terrorist mullahs… or they can buy from us. Guess which one they’re choosing?

Democrat clowns like Mark Warner are on CNN whimpering “I don’t understand…”

Of course you don’t, Mark. That’s why you lose.

This is what winning looks like. No more funding Iran’s terror machine with American cash. No more weakness.

Trump just reminded the world: We don’t pay tribute. We send the Navy.

Suck it up, haters. Iran is getting what it deserves.
(article below)

[Clandestine @WarClandestine]

They really think Trump has no clue what’s going on, when in reality, he now controls the flow of 36%+ of the world’s crude oil supply, and just forced the nations of the world to buy oil from us, and Venezuela, which Trump conveniently already secured, along with the Panama Canal.

Now Trump’s focus on Greenland, Canada, and the Arctic shipping routes, makes even more sense. Trump is securing global shipping lanes, and turning the US into THE global energy superpower.

Trump has China, and the world, by the balls, and the sheep are oblivious. Trump is completely shaking up the global order, and forcing the world to deal through us. Trump is stripping the Deep State of their leverage, and securing the entire board.

You are watching the “world’s most powerful reset”, and the dawning of “The Golden Age”.

The Deep State’s reign is over. They have been outmaneuvered. Trump controls the oil, therefore, he controls the world.

Leverage obtained ✅

[toddstarnes @toddstarnes]

Last week David Axelrod, Obama's former senior advisor and a longtime Democrat strategist met with Pope Leo XIV. Days later, Pope Leo is attacking Trump and three cardinals appeared on 60 Minutes to attack the president. I don't believe in coincidences. This is nothing more than a coordinated attack on the president of the United States by the Vatican. And quite frankly, it is both distasteful and unChristian.

[Flopping Aces @FloppingAces]

The NYT just detonated Cesar Chavez's saintly halo...and the real tea is why they buried his rapist ass for decades, then torched him now in March 2026.

They hid the monster because Chavez was their golden ticket: Latino civil rights god, farmworker messiah, murals everywhere, schools/streets/holidays named after him. Admitting he raped co-founder Dolores Huerta (forcing sex, fathering two kids from the assaults she buried for 60 years), groomed & raped underage girls in the movement? That would've nuked the myth they milked for power. Victims got guilt-tripped into silence: "You're killing the cause!" "Don't ruin what we built!" Huerta herself said she carried the secret cuz "the union was my life’s work...I wasn’t letting Cesar derail it." Insiders knew for years, did jack shit—no investigations, no apologies.

Politics > Victims. Always.

But why spill the blood now, right before his 99th bday blowout (with the epic 100th next year)? New Media cornered them like rats.

Chavez wasn't their open-borders lapdog...he was a hardcore anti-illegal immigration warrior. Saw undocumented workers as wage-crushing scabs sabotaging unions & legal farmworkers. He ran border militias, "wet lines," ratted folks to INS, even tolerated violence to stop crossings. Pure MAGA energy from their "progressive" icon.

With big anniversary events queued up nationwide, New Media was ready to blast those clips & quotes, turning Chavez into the ultimate anti-open-borders symbol: proof mass illegal immigration screws the working class & enriches elites/growers. Panic mode activated...they couldn't let him become a border hawk hero.

So they preemptively canceled the saint: leak the abuse, cancel events, rename "Cesar Chavez Day" to "Farmworkers Day," erase the murals. The same left that shielded a predator for utility is now speed-running his cancellation for the same damn reason...pure political calculus.

If Chavez had shilled for open borders? Those victims would've stayed buried forever, smeared as liars. But he didn't fit the script anymore, so burn the icon, sacrifice the halo, protect the agenda.

The left never gave a damn about the raped girls or Dolores. They cared about the power his image gave them. When it flipped toxic? They lit the match themselves. Hypocrisy level: expert
(article below)

[Kurt Supe, CPA & Retirement Planner @KurtSupeCPA]

Max called me 6 days before retirement.

He had already decided.

"We're taking Social Security early. Both of us."

I didn't argue. I just ran the numbers.

Then I called him back.

"Max, if you die first, and statistically you probably will, Jane is left alone with a $295,000 hole in her retirement. At 59."

Silence.

Here's what their plan actually looked like:

→ Max claims SS at 64, Jane at 62
→ 74% chance of retirement success
→ Jane's potential deficit: $295,103
→ Long-term care? Not even factored in yet.

I showed him one tweak. Just one.

Delay Max's SS to 70. Jane still claims at 62.

→ 94% chance of success
→ Ending portfolio: $999,296
→ Jane is protected.

Same couple.
Same money.
Same retirement date.

20% more certainty from one phone call.

Most people grab Social Security like it's a coupon with an expiration date.

It's not. For the higher earner, it's life insurance for your spouse.

Here's what I want you to hear though:

This was the right answer for Max and Jane. It may not be yours.

Health, cash flow, portfolio size, age gaps, survivor risk — Social Security is not one-size-fits-all.

Anyone who tells you it is isn't doing the work.

Run YOUR numbers. Not your neighbor's. Not your brother-in-law's.

Yours.

Don't blow it.

[Charles Faber 🇺🇸 @CFaberz]

Works great

https://t.co/6SFYCTzWMl

[AJ Inapi (Allan) @aj_inapi]

Europe: Greenland is sovereign territory. Not on the market. End of discussion.

Trump: Everything’s on the market. I’ll write a $700B check and drop six figures into every Greenlander’s pocket. Fast. Clean. Done.

Europe: We don’t need American money. Still not selling.

NATO: Push this further and you’re out. No alliance cover.

Trump: Fine. Cut us loose. Take our 5% contribution with us. Let’s be honest — without the U.S., NATO is a museum exhibit. And those two sled dogs you call defense aren’t stopping anyone.

(Pause. Silence. Calculations happening.)

Europe & NATO: Greenland remains Danish… but the U.S. can operate freely there. Military, logistics, Arctic access. Whatever you need.

Trump: Perfect. Then I’ll keep the $700B, skip the payouts, and secure Greenland and the Arctic without buying the deed.

Europe: …Deal.

Me: "The Art of the Deal"

[FIRED Up Wealth @FIREDUpWealth]

Many don’t know why he wears sunglasses, but here’s why:

Bill McDermott, the CEO of ServiceNow $NOW, lost his left eye in a freak accident in July 2015 while he was serving as CEO of $SAP. He woke up in the middle of the night at his brother's home in the US, got a glass of water, and slipped while walking down the stairs, causing him to fall and shatter the glass. A shard pierced his left eye, resulting in severe damage including facial fractures, lacerations, nerve damage, and significant blood loss—he was knocked unconscious and nearly bled to death before help arrived. Despite over nine hours of emergency surgery that night and a total of 11 or 12 subsequent operations, doctors could not save the eye due to complications like infection, and it was ultimately removed. McDermott has since worn sunglasses constantly (often with a prosthetic eye underneath) and has described the experience as life-changing for the better, giving him greater strength, resolve, patience, and perspective—he returned to leading SAP within months and later took the helm at ServiceNow $NOW in 2019.

[Teslaconomics @Teslaconomics]

A Tesla is the #1 safest vehicle on Earth and I would never let my kids and the people I love drive anything other than a Tesla.

Independent safety agencies around the world all come to the same conclusion. Teslas consistently earn the highest possible safety ratings and even set records no other car has beaten.

Many still may not believe this, but safety is the #1 priority behind every single design decision at Tesla.

The Tesla Model 3 and Y both hold 5-star overall ratings from U.S. regulators in every category: frontal crash, side crash, and rollover protection. The Model 3 also holds the lowest probability of serious occupant injury ever recorded in government testing - 5.7%, compared to 7-15% for most sedans and SUVs.

No other vehicle has ever surpassed that.

In Europe, the results are just as strong. The Model Y earned 98% adult occupant protection, 89% child protection, and one of the highest active safety scores ever measured.

Also, in the real world, using data collected from billions of miles driven, Tesla’s own safety reports show:

• 1 crash every ~6.36 million miles when Autopilot or supervised FSD is active
• 1 crash every ~3.85 million miles with standard active safety features
• All while the U.S. average is 1 crash every ~670,000 miles!

Bro… this means driving with Tesla’s safety systems is about 9x safer than the national average!

This is not a coincidence.

Teslas are designed for safety first from day one.
1/ The battery sits low in the floor, giving the car a low center of gravity and dramatically reduces rollover risk
2/ There are massive crumple zones to absorb energy before it reaches the cabin
3/ A rigid safety structure keeps the passenger space intact
4/ Cameras and AI software react faster than humans, cutting rear end crashes nearly in half
5/ On top of that, Teslas get safer over time with software updates continuously improving braking, pedestrian detection, and crash avoidance and more.

People can debate their opinions on the internet all they want, but as a parent, all I care about are the facts and outcomes.

And when something goes wrong, I want my family in the car with the lowest injury risk ever measured and the best real world safety record on the road.

That’s why I choose Tesla.

I don’t care about how it looks… even though I think they are the sexiest cars on the planet.

I simply choose a Tesla for protection.

[Shawn Farash @Shawn_Farash]

This is why Trump is a phenomenal strategist:

Trump wants Greenland.

Trump tariffs the EU until they agree that the US can acquire Greenland.

Trump takes the revenue from the tariffs on the EU to eventually buy Greenland when they cave.

Trump gets Greenland and the EU pays for it.

WINNING 🇺🇸

[Charles Faber 🇺🇸 @CFaberz]

3D Chess

[Bin Xie @bxieus]

Years ago China imported almost no oil from Venezuela due to a lack of heavy crude refining facilities. Since the establishment of a strategic partnership between the two nations, China invested tens of billions to strengthen cooperation. Specifically, in 2023, the China-Venezuela Petrochemical Plant (中委石化) was built in Jieyang, Guangdong (广东揭阳). This 20-million-ton-per-year integrated refining and chemical project is the flagship of the China-Venezuela strategic cooperation (referred to as the "China-Venezuela Project"). It was designed specifically to refine Venezuelan Merey-16 heavy crude. By 2025, it was expected that Venezuela would provide 800,000 barrels of crude oil per day to the Jieyang refinery, accounting for over 90% of Venezuela's total exports.
​Now that Trump has taken control of Venezuela, he has "killed two birds with one stone." The U.S. military has already secured Venezuelan shipping ports (such as the Port of Jose). Consequently, the China-Venezuela Jieyang plant has been cut off from its supply; facing a total lack of oil to refine, the facility is now at risk of becoming obsolete.

​By securing this supply, the U.S. can not only feed its own refineries—satisfying their "hunger" for heavy crude—but also intercept the flow of Venezuelan oil to China. This effectively "throttles" Chinese refineries, delivering a precision strike against China's core heavy oil import strategy while simultaneously seizing control over global heavy oil pricing power.

​Well, yes, President Trump has offered reassurances that he will guarantee China’s heavy oil supply, but who knows how much will be supplied and under which condition? This "guaranteed supply" will become a strategic bargaining chip for America likely used to pressure China into "oil-for-debt" or "oil-for-tariffs" swaps. Furthermore, while Venezuelan oil was previously purchased using Chinese currency RMB (Yuan), it will inevitably return to USD settlement, ensuring dominance over petroleum finance.

China is a big loser, this is for sure.

[Novak Djokovic @DjokerNole]

After careful consideration, I have decided to step away completely from the Professional Tennis Players Association. This decision comes after ongoing concerns regarding transparency, governance, and the way my voice and image have been represented.