The goal of the US Congress is not to represent the American people; their goal is to maintain the status quo...

A community that spent much of the past year structurally short volatility has now pivoted aggressively toward protection — meaning a meaningful portion of the volatility positioning reset has already occurred beneath the surface. - Goldman 

...there is a structural flaw at the core of most conversational AI systems: the collapse of three incompatible roles into a single agent.

Another $500 million to cut reliance on imports for critical minerals and free materials...

For most of American history, parents were recognized as the primary authority in their children’s lives. Today, that authority is repeatedly under attack, especially in public schools.

...as Valerie Jarrett takes home $740,000!

The US alone cannot pivot away from this situation, it will require both Iran and Israel to agree...

Users across all Russia's 11 time zones reporting issues...

...the last couple of weeks have been a strange mix of calm, panic, pain, hope, fear, more panic, more pain and some confusion...

...also blocked that panel’s guidance memo revising the childhood immunization schedule and declared its previous votes invalid...

"Investors still believe in the Trump put, hence global equities are not down as much as in past oil shocks. But nervousness is growing by the day and the longer the Strait of Hormuz stays closed, the more stagflationary markets will turn."

Very soon,10-Qs may be a thing of the past...

Billions of gallons of water are lost daily to aging water pipes while a perfect storm of factors strains supply...

U.S. officials estimate the operation now affects hundreds of companies and generates hundreds of millions of dollars annually for the North Korean government.

The biggest risk for inflation will not be the impact of energy prices only, but the response from governments if they decide to spend and print their way out of the war’s impact...

"...because of the war I want to be here. I have to be here, I feel,”

"The industrial base is desperate for material." 

...repo, redemptions, raging war, and election reforms