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Dick Taylor
@DickTaylor
Educator, Blogger, Mentor & Air Personality. BA/MS degrees, Radio Advertising Bureau CRMC/CDMC & Wizard Academy Graduate (ENTJ) now on @DickTaylor.bsky.social
Winchester, VA Inscrit le Şubat 2009
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For anyone thinking the presidency is about anything other than stuffing his pockets, take a moment to watch this.
I actually think that Trump has resigned himself to the fact he’s about to become a lame duck President. As a result he’s prepared to burn the house down, throw the Republican Party under the bus and do whatever it takes to build a legal defence fund for what’s about to happen after November.
Thanks to Steven Rattner for the instructive clip.
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77 million people voted for this deranged buffoon
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Trump doesn’t want people to see this video:
Donald Trump campaigned on “getting gasoline below $2 / gallon.”
Are you paying $2 for gas right now?
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BREAKING: The average price of a gallon of gas in the US surges to $4.43/gallon, now up +61% since December.
Americans will spend ~$90 billion more at the pump in a year than they would with gasoline at $3.00.
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Tech layoffs are skyrocketing:
Tech companies announced 81,747 layoffs in Q1 2026, the highest quarterly total since at least Q1 2024.
Layoffs have more than DOUBLED from the previous quarter and have risen +580% since Q4 2025.
March alone saw 45,800 announced job cuts, the worst single month for tech layoffs in at least 2 years.
Tech layoffs are set to remain elevated with Meta's, $META, recent plans to cut ~8,000 employees.
Furthermore, Microsoft, $MSFT, is offering voluntary retirement to ~7% of its US workforce, which could transition into layoffs if participation is low.
This comes as tech giants shift spending toward AI chips and data centers, trimming staff to free up capital for infrastructure.
US tech employment is rapidly contracting.
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BREAKING: The US personal savings rate fell -0.3 percentage points in March, to 3.6%, the lowest since October 2022.
This marks the 2nd consecutive monthly decline for a total drop of -0.9 percentage points.
Excluding 8 months in 2022 when elevated inflation squeezed household budgets, this is the lowest savings rate since the 2008 Financial Crisis.
This comes as consumer spending grew +5.7% YoY in March, outpacing personal income growth of +3.7% YoY.
This also marks the 11th consecutive month of spending growth outpacing income growth.
Rising gasoline, electricity, and healthcare expenditures are forcing consumers to cut their savings to maintain their standard of living.
American households are under pressure.
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BREAKING: Berkshire Hathaway announces its cash balance is now up to a record $397 billion.
The company sold a net -$8.1 billion worth of stocks last quarter, marking its 14th-consecutive net quarterly sale.
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Efficient, free markets had a solution to avoid the Spirit Airlines implosion. Instead, the worst possible outcome was catalyzed by government interference, which was intended to correct a “failure” of capitalism but instead replaced it with a historic catastrophe.
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This is truly unfortunate: In 2022, JetBlue had agreed to merge with Spirit Airlines in a $3.8 billion transaction. This was intended to end Spirit's imminent bankruptcy and employ the majority of Spirit's 17,000 employees. One year later, in 2023, the US Department of Justice sued to block the merger, saying it would reduce competition and drive up fares. Fast forward another 2 years to today, and Spirit has officially gone bankrupt, ceased operations, and 17,000 people are now unemployed. And, tens of thousands of Spirit passengers are now "stranded." The worst part? The "reduced competition" that the DOJ thought they were avoiding by blocking the transaction has only gotten worse. There quite literally is no competition in the space anymore. This will go down as one of the biggest transactional failures in US history.
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This is truly unfortunate:
In 2022, JetBlue had agreed to merge with Spirit Airlines in a $3.8 billion transaction.
This was intended to end Spirit's imminent bankruptcy and employ the majority of Spirit's 17,000 employees.
One year later, in 2023, the US Department of Justice sued to block the merger, saying it would reduce competition and drive up fares.
Fast forward another 2 years to today, and Spirit has officially gone bankrupt, ceased operations, and 17,000 people are now unemployed.
And, tens of thousands of Spirit passengers are now "stranded."
The worst part?
The "reduced competition" that the DOJ thought they were avoiding by blocking the transaction has only gotten worse.
There quite literally is no competition in the space anymore.
This will go down as one of the biggest transactional failures in US history.
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ICE Quietly Moves Agent Who Killed Renee Good: Report - HuffPost apple.news/AbGySfXfyQPuUA….
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BREAKING: President Trump announces he is raising tariffs on cars and trucks coming into the US from the EU to 25%.
President Trump says this is due to the EU "not complying with out fully agreed to trade deal."
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@_9m4j Well, have you heard Trump addressing the raging fires or tornadoes?
Evidently, not a priority like his $400 million ballroom or arch.
Very 😞 sad
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@DickTaylor The doubling of fuel costs is staggering. Do you think this will lead states to reduce the frequency of aerial patrols this year, or will there be emergency additional funding to cover the shortfall?
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The Iran war has nearly doubled jet fuel prices in the United States. That means the bill for firefighting aircraft operations this summer will likely rise by tens of millions of dollars.
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BREAKING: Apple stock, $AAPL, rises over +4% after reporting stronger than expected Q 1 2026 earnings.
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AI is reshaping the American workplace.
66.3% of US workers earning over $200,000 used AI tools at work over the last 12 months, according to a Fed survey.
This is followed by those earning $100,000-$200,000 and $50,000-$100,000, at 51.6% and 40.2%, respectively.
By comparison, just 15.9% of Americans earning less than $50,000 used AI tools at work over the same period.
Furthermore, college graduates were more than twice as likely to use AI at work as those without a degree, at 58.7% versus 22.9%.
Full-time workers used AI at nearly 2 times the rate of part-time workers, at 42.7% versus 24.7%.
Among workers who do use AI, 68.0% said it makes their job easier, and 56.7% claimed it boosts their productivity.
AI is transforming how Americans work.
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