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@FirstSquawk Better there than the streets. Let’s save some money.

TRUMP ON TRUTH SOCIAL: If the Radical Left Democrats don’t immediately sign an agreement to let our Country, in particular, our Airports, be FREE and SAFE again, I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Security like no one has ever seen before, including the immediate arrest of all Illegal Immigrants who have come into our Country, with heavy emphasis on those from Somalia, who have totally destroyed, with the approval of a corrupt Governor, Attorney General, and Congresswoman, Ilhan Omar, the once Great State of Minnesota. I look forward to seeing ICE in action at our Airports. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Trump states the U.S. will act decisively to defend Qatar against any Iranian attack.

The NYPD Bomb Squad has conducted a preliminary analysis of a device that was ignited and deployed at a protest yesterday and has determined that it is not a hoax device or a smoke bomb. It is, in fact, an improvised explosive device that could have caused serious injury or death. Further analysis will be conducted, including on a second device. Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi were arrested on scene yesterday and are in custody in connection with this matter. The NYPD is working on this investigation with our partners at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the FBI through our Joint Terrorism Task Force. I want to again thank the brave members of the NYPD who ran towards the danger without hesitation and quickly apprehended the suspects.

@FirstSquawk Little late

BREAKING: Blasts heard near Baghdad airport

From @semafor media newsletter: The Washington Post was set to debut a marketing campaign with a new slogan, "We The People." But right before WaPo was set to go live, MS Now launched a $20 million brand campaign with the slogan "We The People." WaPo scrapped its campaign.

@SebastianCaliri What if we paired employer sponsored plans and government sponsored plans with provider plans that covered patients that default.

Imagine if the federal government paid for all the SaaS in the US. And before you could sell software you had to get a SKU and price assigned by the government. You would not have a software industry. That's how healthcare works today. And it's why cash payment via HSA (paired with catastrophic insurance for e.g. hospital admissions) is probably the right future vision for US healthcare versus code-based reimbursement. Any code-based reimbursement system will never be able to anticipate the cambrian explosion of new services AI will offer. Furthermore, in this analogy Asana and Monday would get the same SKU for something like "TASK MGMT SOFTWARE FOR ENTERPRISES" and therefore be given the same reimbursement. "But Asana is way better and more featureful than Monday!" you say. "It's crazy that it would be the same price, they should be able to charge more!" Great point, and another reason to favor cash pay futures. You can't discriminate on quality, convenience, or other preferences consumers might like to express. We should keep working on codes and models like CMMI's ACCESS, but in parallel the better end state is way more direct HSA/cash payment in American healthcare.

@JasonrShuman Yea, Ambient Dictation without a feedback loop was always a bad idea. Abridge is way over valued for is value prop.

@illfee Think they ended up having to sell their stake?

More AI shots fired. Wild week

Long term - Does AI pricing look more like Netflix or TVs?

@HedgeyeComm Strongly believe that CRM buys Clay.

$MSFT going to $0…. $CRM certainly a $0… $NOW quite possibly a $0… $ORCL maybe likely a $0… $ADBE … hah

Hong Kong automotive sector retreats; XPeng down more than 3%, Nio off 2.51%.

@FirstSquawk It’s gone up 400% since he announced it.

TRUMP ON TRUTH SOCIAL: I’m building, on top of everything else that I am doing, one of the greatest and most beautiful Ballrooms anywhere in the World, with more than 300 Million Dollars of Great American Patriots’ money, and working closely with, right from the beginning, the United States Military and Secret Service. This is a GIFT (ZERO taxpayer funding!) to the United States of America, of 300 to 400 Million Dollars (depending on the scope and quality of interior finishes!), for a desperately needed space, sought for over 150 years by previous Presidents and Administrations, so that the White House would no longer be forced to use a cheap and unsafe “tent,” for big and important STATE EVENTS, Dinners, Meetings, Conferences, and already scheduled future INAUGURATIONS (for safety, security, and capacity purposes!), on a very wet, and subject to weather, White House lawn. Making such a large gift to the U.S.A. was thought to be, by almost everyone, “A WONDERFUL THING TO DO” — But no, as usual, I got sued, this time by the Radical Left National (No!)Trust for Historic Preservation, a group that couldn’t care less about our Country! All of the Structural Steel, Windows, Doors, A.C./Heating Equipment, Marble, Stone, Precast Concrete, Bulletproof Windows and Glass, Anti-Drone Roofing, and much more, has been ordered (or is ready to be), and there is no practical or reasonable way to go back.

@Rhuax @compliantvc Turkey is in the EU

@compliantvc Hey! Türkiye is a close 2nd.

Europe has more trillion dollar companies than any other place on Earth With strong regulation, it's no wonder the largest companies on Earth choose to do business here

If Trump actually ramps up Venezuelan oil production, US producers are screwed. Prices are already low enough such that the industry has faced a string of layoffs and rig cuts.

@DavidSacks Dude your guy literally seized the means of production.

The Democrats have become the party of socialism. You’re in denial if you can’t see that.

@ParikPatelCFA The best shit poster

Make sure you use the restroom before the clock strikes 12 tonight otherwise you risk carrying the same shit into 2026

@michelleefang Pls 🙌

if you're vibe coding or building over the holidays, i want to gift one of you a 6 month subscription of claude pro to support <3 just drop a comment below. merry christmas!

@paulg The only issue is they haven’t standardized enough. USBC is so labeling standards are so sloppy right now. Very hard to tell the performance just by looking at a cable and could possibly damage certain devices.

The stupidity of this regulation will be revealed gradually as technology evolves.

@BenMullin Charge your phone.

Anyone know who’s behind this? theapexproject.co