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Alabama Sheriff paid man for mowing his lawn with a check labeled for jail expenses. The man tried to report that the funds were being misused so the sheriff raided his home and arrested him for drug trafficking based on anonymous tip that his home smelled like cannabis. wvtm13.com/article/man-cr…

@gnoble79 Powell says not to worry

This is one of the most shameless displays of financial gaslighting I've seen in 45 YEARS. This week Blue Owl Capital disclosed that investors demanded 41% of their money back from one fund and 22% from another. $5.4 BILLION in total redemption requests in a single quarter. Blue Owl's response? They capped withdrawals at 5%. Meaning if you had $1 million in Blue Owl's tech fund, you asked for $410,000 back, and they gave you $50,000. Then they put out a LinkedIn post blaming "heightened negative sentiment" and insisting their fund performance is "robust." That's like a restaurant blaming Yelp reviews while the kitchen is on fire. Here's what they don't want you to focus on: 70% of Blue Owl's lending book is concentrated in software companies. They admitted this on their own earnings call. These are the exact businesses most at risk of being disrupted or destroyed by AI. And when the Wall Street Journal investigated further, they found Blue Owl's flagship fund reported 11.6% software exposure in public filings. The Journal's own analysis found it was actually closer to 21%. That's not just a rounding error... The timeline tells you everything: In February, Blue Owl sold $1.4 billion in loans to meet redemptions. They claimed 99.7 cents on the dollar. Sounds great right? Except one of the buyers was Kuvare - an insurance company whose asset management arm Blue Owl ACQUIRED for $750 million in 2024. Blue Owl manages their money. They sold assets to a company they control and called it an arm's length transaction. Barclays downgraded the stock. Shareholders filed a lawsuit. Congress is now demanding disclosures on sales practices, leverage, and risk management. The stock hit a record low of $7.95 - down over 60% from its 52 week high. And through all of this, Blue Owl's CEO went on the earnings call and said: "We don't have red flags. We don't have yellow flags. We actually have largely green flags." $5.4 billion in redemption requests. 60% stock decline. Gated exits. Congressional scrutiny. All green flags, apparently. I've been warning about private credit for months. The sales pitch was always the same: equity-like returns with bond-like stability. No volatility. No correlation to public markets. Safe. Predictable. Except when investors actually want their money, they discover the exits are bolted shut. You can't eliminate volatility. You can only HIDE it. And that's exactly what Blue Owl has been doing - hiding risk behind opaque valuations, related-party transactions, and withdrawal gates. This isn't "negative sentiment." This is what happens when the tide goes out. Are you listening?

@unusual_whales 🤣🤣🤣performative crap. these ppl are completely detached from reality

Hegseth: My son... asked about the war and the families I met at Dover. I looked at him and said, 'They died for you, son. So your generation doesn't have to deal with a nuclear Iran.'

@chadlian_river @MateconMote 🤣🤣🤣 Nada que ver. Cualquiera que tiene ojos puede ver lo corrupto e hdp que es Trump y encima pedofilo. Sí no lo ves sos un nabo. Y eso no tiene nada que ver con política. kuka

@jbcoolplants @MateconMote anda a comer polenta kukita

Así operan los medios de izquierda en Argentina mintiendo contra Trump y apoyando a Irán

@chadlian_river @MateconMote que? a quien soportó?

@jbcoolplants @MateconMote peor es apoyar a un país que te metió 2 bombas y mató gente nuestra

@TobiasGigena @sudanalytics_ @marqoss @CastanaresLucho y Pezzela

@sudanalytics_ @marqoss @CastanaresLucho x.com/i/status/20404… teniendo a Rivero, MQ, Ramirez, Gimenez y Gonzalez es muuuy al pedo traerlo, eso si es traer por traer.

‼️🇦🇷🇨🇱 River Plate inició contactos con GUILLERMO MARIPÁN, central chileno que TERMINA CONTRATO EN JUNIO con Torino. Vía @marqoss - @CastanaresLucho.

@HQNewsNow 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Maga is full of some dumb mfers

Trump is seeking to pay for his new $1.5 trillion military budget by cutting the following: $510 million - Grants for farmers and agricultural research $82 million - Loans for rural small businesses (Fully eliminated) $61 million - Support for farmers and food markets (Fully eliminated) $240 million - School meals and food education for children abroad (Fully eliminated) $659 million - Community building grants $47 million - Support for minority-owned businesses (Fully eliminated) $449 million - Economic development grants for communities $1.6 billion - Weather forecasting, fisheries, and coastal protection (NOAA) $993 million - Scientific research and technology standards $150 million - Support for American exports and trade $2.2 billion - Broadband and internet access programs $8.5 billion - Funding for public schools $1.5 billion - Vocational training and adult education (Fully eliminated) $2.7 billion - College access and higher education support $15.2 billion - Roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects $1.1 billion - Home energy efficiency and clean energy programs (Fully eliminated) $1.1 billion - Scientific research funding $386 million - Environmental cleanup programs $150 million - Cutting-edge clean energy research $4 billion - Help paying home heating and cooling bills for low-income families (Fully eliminated) $768 million - Refugee resettlement assistance $819 million - Care and shelter for migrant children $775 million - Local anti-poverty programs (Fully eliminated) $5 billion - Public health programs, mental health services, and disease prevention $5 billion - Medical research (NIH) $129 million - Healthcare quality and safety research $356 million - Emergency preparedness and disaster response $1.3 billion - FEMA community disaster preparedness grants $707 million - Cybersecurity protection for critical infrastructure $52 million - Airport and transportation security $40 million - Protection against chemical and biological weapons threats $53 million - Funding for homeland security operations $3.3 billion - Community development block grants for local neighborhoods (Fully eliminated) $1.3 billion - Affordable housing construction grants (Fully eliminated) $393 million - Programs to reduce homelessness $529 million - Housing assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS (Fully eliminated) $489 million - Housing and services for Native American communities $50 million - Grants to help communities build more housing (Fully eliminated) $60 million - Enforcement of fair housing and anti-discrimination laws $58 million - Homebuyer and renter counseling services (Fully eliminated) $45 million - Renewable energy development programs (Fully eliminated) $1.7 billion - Grants for local law enforcement and public safety $20 million - Civil rights mediation and legal access programs (Fully eliminated) $1.6 billion - Job training for at-risk youth (Fully eliminated) $395 million - Jobs program for low-income seniors (Fully eliminated) $234 million - Worker safety and labor protection programs $101 million - Enforcement of equal pay and workplace anti-discrimination laws $46 million - Programs to combat child labor and forced labor abroad $2 billion - International humanitarian aid $1.2 billion - Food aid for hungry families abroad (Fully eliminated) $4.3 billion - Global health and disease prevention programs $2.7 billion - Funding for the United Nations and international partnerships $642 million - International economic and treasury programs $315 million - Democracy and anti-corruption programs abroad $486 million - Grants for public transit projects $4.2 billion - Electric vehicle charging infrastructure $372 million - Airline service for rural and small communities $145 million - Grants for sustainable and equitable infrastructure $204 million - Loans and investment for underserved communities $1.4 billion - IRS taxpayer services and enforcement $100 million - Air pollution monitoring and reduction programs (Fully eliminated) $1 billion - EPA grants to states for environmental protection $2.5 billion - Clean drinking water and wastewater infrastructure funds $90 million - Grants to reduce diesel pollution (Fully eliminated) $3.4 billion - NASA space and earth science research $297 million - NASA technology innovation programs $1.1 billion - International Space Station operations $143 million - STEM education programs $309 million - Small business development and entrepreneurship programs $170 million - Small Business Administration operations $158 million - Loans for small businesses

@AdamSchefter Fuck Trump. He should be worried abt our troops and worry abt college football.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday designed to limit how long athletes can play college sports and how often they can transfer between schools. More via ESPN’s Dan Murphy: espn.com/college-sports…

@abertini1 roja

[SERIO] Para ustedes esto es amarilla o roja?

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 We knew all along… He didn’t win ALL the swing states‼️

@JakeKern I've done that before. No bueno. I learned it's easier to go get more if you're short than to haul away excess

POV: you ordered way too much dirt for the job

@KirillTalai @KobeissiLetter Trump says it's no big deal

Saudi offsetting 45% of lost Hormuz flows through the Red Sea in two weeks, very impressive. But the pipeline is at full capacity at 7 million barrels per day. The ceiling is physical infrastructure, not willingness. And crude is only part of the problem. LNG, diesel, fertilizers, and helium still have no alternative route through.

Saudi Arabia is rerouting oil supply away from the blocked Strait of Hormuz at a record pace: Crude oil shipments from Yanbu, a port on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, are up to ~5 million barrels per day, DOUBLING in just 2 weeks. This comes as the 746-mile East-West pipeline is now operating at full capacity of ~7 million barrels per day. Of this supply, ~5 million barrels per day are being exported ~2 million barrels per day are being refined in Saudi. The surge in exports from Yanbu has now offset ~45% of lost Persian Gulf shipments this month. To put this into perspective, exports from this port were at just ~1 million barrels per day before the war in January and February. Saudi Arabia is actively looking for workarounds to the Hormuz closure.

@leonardkl 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣maybe he can talk abt his "consulting fees"

Former Miami Mayor FRANCIS SUAREZ will be announced as a new Fox News Media contributor during his appearance on “Special Report” tonight. First in Playbook PM politico.com/newsletters/pl…

@mattgaetz you got ratioed by Massie.

Pam Bondi will be known as one of the great crime fighters of our time. She is a patriot who has all of our appreciation. Todd Blanche left his comfortable job at a major firm to defend President Trump against horrendous lawfare. He has shown moral courage, strength and exquisite legal talent. Todd will do a great job for the Trump/Vance Administration and us all.

@abertini1 🤣🤣🤣

Ubeda: Muchachos hagamos lo que practicamos en la semana Bareiro: Pase abierto al línea

@mistressdivy anyone that doesn't answer poor and happy doesn't understand life

Would you rather be rich and miserable or poor and happy?

@sollidnuclear This entire Iran war thing has awoken the masses as to how critical nuclear is.

A Nordic Nuclear Renaissance is Underway 🇸🇪 Sweden targets 10 GW new nuclear by 2045 🇫🇮 Finland advances SMRs for district heat 🇳🇴 Norway has launched its first EIA 🇩🇰 Denmark has a governmental review ongoing Nuclear energy is so back in the Nordics

@sudanalytics_ @DamianAvillagra Después los bosteros nos cagan.

🤯🇦🇷 Juan Román Riquelme va a pedir que HAYA VISITANTES EN EL SUPERCLÁSICO, la idea es que 4 MIL HINCHAS DE BOCA puedan ir al Monumental el próximo 19 de abril. 🏟️ De suceder, luego los hinchas de River podrían IR A LA BOMBONERA en noviembre. Vía @DamianAvillagra.

@Stuckey2 @adamlevitan 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@adamlevitan Why is it 40 degrees colder in one section

Buddy, these guys are front-running live betting markets. (Sorry I mean “market making) (Sorry I mean “providing liquidity”)