TikTok Comedian Says Her Children Have Been Threatened After She Made Video Criticizing 'Nonbinary' Activist Jeffrey Marsh

Nvidia Favors $30 Billion OpenAI Investment, Retreating From Prior $100 Billion Commitment Update (Friday):  Bloomberg reported earlier this week that OpenAI is nearing completion of a new funding round that could raise more than $100 billion. Separately, the Financial Times reported on Thursday that Nvidia is close to finalizing an investment of about $30 billion in OpenAI, a significantly smaller amount than the $100 billion commitment agreed upon last year. FT cited people familiar with the funding round who said the "final stages" have begun and that Nvidia's $30 billion equity...

Contrary to what the Modern Monetary Theory advocates and their Chartalist allies are claiming, the 1690 colonial Massachusetts issuance of fiat money did not create an enlightened moment in U.S. monetary history. Instead, it was a monetary bait-and-switch.

Second US Warplane Lost: A-10 Warthog Crashes Near Hormuz Shortly After F-15 Shootdown Update(1535ET): Friday has witnessed a sudden spate of disasters for the US Air Force over Iran. The downed F-15 situation is still ongoing, there are unconfirmed reports a Blackhawk helicopter may have been shot down, and now the NYT is confirming an A-10 Warthog crashed in the Persian Gulf region: A second Air Force combat plane crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday, and the lone pilot was safely rescued, according to two U.S. officials who spoke...