It is Time to Cut Out All Pretense, Masquerades, or Duplicitous Illusions– Donald Trump is a Fascist

"They Threw It Away": Airline Lobby Chief Says Democrats Accelerated Spirit Airlines' Demise Summary: Airlines For America CEO Chris Sununu Blasts Democrats For Spirit's Death Spiral Duffy Pledges Relief For Customers, Workers Spirit Airlines Is Dead, Flights Canceled Head Of Airlines Lobbying Group Blasts Democrats For Spirit's Death Spiral Chris Sununu, president and CEO of Airlines for America, the lobbying group representing major U.S. passenger and cargo airlines, blasted Democrats under the Biden-Harris regime era for accelerating bankrupt Spirit Airlines' demise after the blocked Spirit-JetBlue merger.  This aged well! I've warned for months that a @JetBlue-@SpiritAirlines merger...

Fed Holds Rates Unchanged (As Expected), 'Dots' Signal Hawkish Bias As Warsh Takes Over Tl;dr: No rate change (as expected) but a dramatically hawkish shift in The Fed's bias (9 members seeing at least one hike this year). Statement smilled down dramatically, also biases towards hawkish focus on price stability (inflation) over employment: "The Committee will deliver price stability". “The market is focused on the dot plot for now, with half the committee thinking there will be hikes. The bear flattening seems reasonable based on that. Those who looked for a...

Billionaire Bucks Co-Owner Alleges $1 Billion Blackmail Plot After Affair With China-Born Entrepreneur Wesley Edens, billionaire investor and co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, replied to a 2022 LinkedIn message from Changli Sophia Luo, a China-born founder of a small Manhattan nonprofit that produced interview videos. Their exchanges turned personal; by June 2023 they met at her apartment and had sex, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing prosectuors.   What followed, authorities say, became an extortion case. Luo was indicted for allegedly trying to extract over $1 billion by threatening to release...