Cities cannot be engineered from above... only grown from real human demand...

"We’re going to put a marker out there that’s like $8 billion above the president’s budget, but we’ll see..."

After overthrowing Assad, U.S. admits of new regime: he's our dictator...

The governor fast-tracked the releases after creating a new Clemency Advisory Board.

Greed is good up to the point that it delivers ruin...

US President Trump informed Chinese President Xi the US will allow NVIDIA (NVDA) to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China and other countries.

"It is so big that it’s obvious that it’s not just the United States or Europe but the whole world that will have to fund that gap... we may get to a point where things snap."

ChatGPT’s global MAUs grew only ~6% from August to November, reaching about 810M, a pace Sensor Tower says may signal saturation. Over the same period, Google Gemini’s MAUs jumped ~30%...

The president also said that Supreme Court’s striking down his use of emergency economic powers would undermine a core national-security tool...

"After 28 years in law enforcement, I have been going nonstop..."

Western Civ is choking itself to death with lawfare in the name of "democracy"...

" ... shares are getting slammed, and with the investor selling, it's unclear if the collar on the stock portion of its WBD bid is being compromised - meaning it might have to come up with more money."

NY FED SCE sees inflation expectations unchanged and households more pessimistic on current & future financial conditions; US reportedly to allow NVDA H200 chip exports to China; Decent US 3yr note auction; 7+ magnitude earthquake strikes Northern Japan; ECB's Schnabel 'comfortable' on bets that next move will be a hike; IBM to acquire CFLT; PSKY launches all-cash tender offer for WBD.

...global bond slump; dollar and VIX jump.

"The company has invested in more rigorous data analysis that will allow for greater segmentation of its consumer base, but for now the view is comprised of sub-$75k..." 

The Supreme Court seemed inclined to remove certain limits on President Trump’s power to remove bureaucrats, but oral arguments on Dec. 8 left questions about how far their eventual decision would go in empowering the executive...

“Make no mistake, you can take the girl out of New Jersey, but you cannot take New Jersey out of the girl...”

Biggest China outflows just as China is catching bids.

...some were in sex trafficking, were subjected to forced labor, or were abused.

Funny how no one actually seems to care about climate change malarky when there isn't an environmentalist Democrat in the White House to try and impress...