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This indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center for funding white supremacists is amazing. They even funded one guy who helped arrange the infamous Charlottesville Unite the Right rally! Remember the “Very Fine People” Hoax!?! Link to full document below.

I’ve spent a decade telling people to do what I do: "Buy and Hold." Now I've decided to list my entire real estate portfolio for sale and walk away. It started slow. The bills, the maintenance, the tax increases... but the final straw was when I tried to develop an ADU to do exactly what the city of LA claims it wants investors like me to do: Create more housing. You'd think they'd make it easier, but after two delayed inspections, a sewer pipe replacement that needed 75 days advance notice, and a city-owned tree that became my responsibility, I'd had enough. The identity of being a real-estate guy is very hard to walk away from, trust me. For a long time, I stayed just because real estate was my "thing." It’s how I started. It’s what I’m known for. It led to every good thing in my life. But that blinded me to the fact that just because something served me in the past, it doesn't mean things haven't changed in the present. The reality of 2026 finally stripped the emotion away. My LA rentals are netting about 4-5% after the constant background noise of taxes, insurance spikes, and repairs. Meanwhile, a risk-free Treasury pays 5%. The trade-off just doesn't make sense any more. I’m reallocating to a liquid portfolio that actually lets me focus on the work I love. I published a deep dive on my Substack about the ADU nightmare that broke my patience, the exact numbers behind the exit, and where I’m moving the money next to buy back my sanity. I'll drop the link here in a bit.

NEW: Seattle Storm WNBA player Natisha Hiedeman says she "didn't know what was going on" when she saw a mountain (Mount Rainier) from her balcony. Mount Rainier is 14,410 feet high and is visible from Seattle. "I was just sitting on my balcony and I sat on my balcony like mad times. I had never seen it, so I didn't know like what was going on." Hiedeman joined the team about a week ago but says she never realized there was a mountain despite spending "mad times" on her balcony. Lmao.

WOW: Audio of the Indian oil tanker Sanmar Herald pleading with Iranian forces to stop shooting at it in the Strait of Hormuz this morning.

Do you think in complete sentences or do you get a sense of a choice that is less internally vocal?

NOW - "I'm not fighting with the Pope... he says Iran can have a nuclear weapon, I say Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon... I have a right to disagree with the Pope."

“Major outage” at Bluesky = “DOZENS of users impacted”?

actually why is there something rather than nothing

Your 720 credit score is worth $250,000 not joking btw Not in some "good credit unlocks opportunity" way Literally. Right now. Chase, Amex, and US Bank will approve you for $250,000 in 0% business credit this week if you apply in the right order Most people with a 720 score are using it to get a slightly better rate on a car loan The people who understand what a 720 score actually unlocks are using it to fund entire businesses on bank money at zero interest Here's the exact value of your score in dollars: Below 680: $30K-$80K available. Limited banks. Shorter 0% windows 680-720: $80K-$150K available. Most major banks approve. Full 12-15 month windows 720-760: $150K-$250K available. Every bank approves. Maximum limits. Longest windows 760+: $250K-$400K+. Banks compete for you. Limits get disgusting The difference between a 680 and a 760 isn't "better credit" It's $170,000 in additional available capital at 0% interest Most people treat their credit score like a report card. Something to feel good or bad about. Something that determines whether they get approved for a personal card with a $5K limit The people running real businesses treat it like a borrowing capacity number. A specific dollar amount sitting at specific banks waiting for a specific sequence of applications Here's what $250K at 0% actually means in practice: You borrow $250K from Chase, Amex, and US Bank. Zero interest for 15 months. You deploy it into your business. At month 10 you apply for a new round of 0% cards at different banks. Use the new cards to pay off the old ones. 0% window resets for another 12-15 months People have been running this cycle for 5 years without paying a cent of interest The total cost of accessing $250K in perpetual capital: roughly $6,000-$7,500 per year in processing fees to convert credit lines to cash Compare that to: SBA loan at 8% on $250K: $20,000/year in interest MCA at 60% effective APR on $250K: $150,000/year in fees VC funding at 15% equity on $250K exit at $5M: $750,000 in equity given away Your 720 score is worth $250,000 in capital at a cost of $6,000/year The bank designed the product this way on purpose. They're betting you'll forget to cycle before the 0% expires and start paying 24% APR forever. That's their entire business model on these cards Most people do forget. You won't because you'll have a spreadsheet tracking every expiration date 12 months out The application sequence that gets you to $250K: Week 1: Amex first. Always. If you have any existing Amex card they don't hard pull existing cardholders. Apply for Amex Blue Business Plus and Amex Blue Business Cash simultaneously. Zero new inquiries if you're an existing cardholder. Expected: $50K-$100K Week 2: Chase. They pull Experian in most states. Your Experian is clean because Amex didn't touch it. Apply for Chase Ink Business Unlimited and Chase Ink Business Cash. Expected: $50K-$75K Week 3: US Bank, Wells Fargo, PNC. Each pulls a different bureau. Each sees a clean file. Expected: $30K-$75K Total: $150K-$250K in 3 weeks. All at 0% for 12-18 months. None of it reporting to your personal credit bureau Your 720 score has been sitting there the whole time You just didn't know what it was worth (We build the full stack. Bureau mapping, bank sequencing, application timing, everything. 700+ score required. Average deployment $175K. Link in bio)