@BradonSl@Hunteryounggg@Hoosieratarian@GerryCallahan@Cernovich He and his brother started their first company, Zip2, in 1995 with funding that included financial backing from angel investors—some of whom were brought in through his father's professional and social network. So no not a “come from nothing” story
@BradonSl@Hunteryounggg@Hoosieratarian@GerryCallahan@Cernovich Musk's father, Errol Musk, was a highly successful South African engineer, property developer, and local politician. He did live w mom in Canada after divorce but his privileged childhood allowed him to graduate from top-tier private schools.
During a recent press conference Trump talked about fountains for over 6.5 minutes. We are at war. Inflation has spiked. Gas prices are extremely high. Millions of Americans cannot afford basic health care but Trump thought the fountains of Washington D.C. were more important.
Hegseth: Nobody makes better or more munitions than the US.
Brennan: But there is a crisis with those stockpiles right now.
Hegseth: That is a manufactured story that the media wants to peddle.
Brennan: You testified under oath that it would take years to rebuild those stockpiles.
@Hunteryounggg@BradonSl@Hoosieratarian@GerryCallahan@Cernovich He purchased those companies and bought intellectual rights to their patents and products. And theoretically had I been born into a more privileged position and went to private schools and made those connections with other privileged people sure I could.
@Choviexx@BradonSl@Hoosieratarian@GerryCallahan@Cernovich I said obscene wealth is immoral. He has benefited from $38 bil in gov contracts this yr!People don’t understand big numbers. It would take 274,000 yrs to reach $1 trillion making $10,000 every single day.
At federal minimum wage, working full-time, it would take 66 million yrs.
Confirmed reports that Donald Trump had a psychiatric meltdown in the White House this morning after he realized his imaginary Peace Deal wasn’t going to be signed for his birthday.
Americans can't find jobs.
The number of Americans not in the labor force who currently want a job rose +76,000 in May, to 6.2 million, the 3rd-highest since July 2021.
These are people who are not officially part of the labor force, meaning they are not actively looking for work, but say they want a job.
This marks the 4th consecutive monthly increase, totaling +349,000.
Since March 2023, this figure has surged by +1.2 million people and is now above 2008 Financial Crisis levels.
As a % of total employment, this metric is up to 3.8%, the 2nd-highest since October 2021.
By comparison, the 2001 recession and the 2008 peaks were 3.6% and 4.3%.
Labor market conditions are deteriorating beneath the surface.
This man is a Funeral Home owner and he received a call from a Hospital in Columbus, Ohio asking him if they would be willing to take a Ebola case and he told them no way. This means there’s a person that allegedly passed away from Ebola in Ohio.
@misfitpatriot_ If he was doing this truly “for the working class” he would have his buddies at CBS show the spectacle for free not exclusive access for Paramount Plus subscribers only. How many blue collar rural warehouse workers spend extra money on paramount plus???!!!
A heartbroken elderly Albanian man says Jared Kushner has taken everything he spent a lifetime building, including his land, his home, and the future he hoped to leave behind for his children.
He says he returned home one day only to find his property sealed off behind barbed wire, with men in black uniforms standing guard and refusing to let him step inside the house he once called his own.
In a single moment, he says, the life he had worked for was gone.
“It was the end of the world. The end of the world.”
“I felt imprisoned.”
“They took my freedom.”
“They took my livelihood.”
“They took my land.”
Sen. Jack Reed: "Reuters is reporting that part of the deal is $24 billion in sanctions relief for the Iranians. So this is not a 'we win and you do what we say.' This is, 'how can we open up the straits? What will it cost us?'"
BREAKING: High-ranking officials within U.S. intelligence agencies, including CIA Director Mike Pompeo, allegedly withheld information from President Trump in fear he would disclose it to the public, per James O’Keefe.
BREAKING: Donald Trump is reportedly not talking to JD Vance anymore after the New York Times published the bombshell story reporting how Vance held multiple secret meetings behind his back to advocate for releasing allegations in the Epstein Files that incriminated him.