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The Left's Reaction To Arrest Of The Latest UK Stabbing Is As Predictable As It Is Disgraceful zerohedge.com/political/left…

An infographic about the Daily Wire layoffs. Daily Wire risked a lot on Bentkey, and it failed because they sold the wrong person. Here's what I mean. I've spent 15 years inside the conservative / faith baed streaming business. I talk to investors, I talk to other founders, I pitch content, raise capital and I watch what works and what doesn't. And the single biggest mistake I see over and over again in the faith and conservative media space is that they market their products to the parent and forget the kid is actually the customer. Kids' entertainment doesn't work like adult entertainment. A 35-year-old man decides he wants to watch a documentary and he opens an app and he pays for it. That's a one-step transaction. Kids' entertainment is a two-step transaction. Step one: the kid sees something and wants it. Step two: the parent pays for it. If you skip step one, you don't get step two. You just get a parent who subscribed once for ideological reasons and never renewed because her kid kept asking for Bluey. Bentkey skipped step one entirely. I know because Jeremy Boreing said so himself. He told The Christian Post the problem he was solving was that "parents can't trust any of the platforms out there." Not that kids didn't have great shows. Not that children were underserved creatively. The problem he identified was parental anxiety. So that's what he built for. And look, I get it. If you're conservative and you're watching Disney pump ideology into every frame of every show, parental anxiety is real and it's a legitimate market pain point. But anxiety is a reason to subscribe once. Joy is a reason to subscribe forever. Kids will beg their parents to keep a subscription they love. They will not beg for a subscription their parents chose for political reasons. McDonald's figured this out in 1979. Chuck E. Cheese figured it out in 1977. Toys R Us ran a jingle for 40 years because kids sang it, not because parents agreed with the values it represented. The kid is the customer. The parent is the wallet. You have to sell the kid first. Bentkey gave kids Chip Chilla, some redubbed European cartoons from 2015, and a French tween fantasy show. None of those kids were begging for any of that. The parents paid $99 to feel safe. The kids asked for Bluey. Nobody renewed. I made a 10-card breakdown of all of this. The Boreing quote alone is worth reading.

Visualizing Europe's Birth-Rate Collapse zerohedge.com/geopolitical/v…

UK Schools Pushing Books On Kids Telling Them "There's Plenty Of Room" For Small Boat Migrants zerohedge.com/political/uk-s…

Ukraine Flexes With Much Deeper Drone Reach Targeting Russia's Refineries  zerohedge.com/geopolitical/u…

60% Of Voters Believe France Is Witnessing 'A Replacement Of The Population By Non-Europeans' zerohedge.com/geopolitical/6…

Alliance Fracture Is Now Global zerohedge.com/geopolitical/a…

#BREAKING: Approximately 40 Iranian speedboats spotted in the Strait of Hormuz tonight, possibly laying mines.

IRAN PROPOSES 1-MTH DEADLINE FOR DEAL TO REOPEN HORMUZ: AXIOS IRAN PROPOSAL INCLUDES DEMAND TO END US NAVAL BLOCKADE ONCE DEAL IS REACHED, ANOTHER MONTH OF NEGOTIATIONS WOULD BE LAUNCHED TO REACH A DEAL ON NUCLEAR PROGRAM

Wall Street to Main Street hits record high: value of financial assets is now 6.7x US GDP, the highest ever

Spirit hasn’t even been gone for 24 hours and their passengers are already wreaking havoc on other airlines, they’ve breached containment

🇮🇷🇺🇸According to two sources briefed on the Iranian proposal, it sets a one-month deadline for negotiations on a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, end the U.S. naval blockade and permanently end the war in Iran and in Lebanon 🇮🇷🇺🇸Per the Iranian proposal, only after such a deal is reached, another month of negotiations would be launched to try and reach a deal on the nuclear program, the two sources said

MOMENTS AGO, BEHIND THE SCENES—Our Great Secretary of State @MarcoRubio DJ’s weddings too! Here he is in action tonight at a family wedding… Let’s goooooo!!!🎶🎼🎵

Hartnett: Enjoy The "Boom Loop", But This Event Could Open "The Door To Doom" zerohedge.com/markets/hartne…

DOJ Releases Report Alleging Anti-Christian Bias Under Biden zerohedge.com/political/doj-…

*ACTBLUE FACES INVESTIGATIONS FROM DOJ, CONGRESS REPUBLICANS:WSJ

The US Spends More On 'Defense' Than The Next 8 Countries Combined zerohedge.com/military/us-sp…

Alaska Governor Vetoes Election Reform Bill Due To 'Significant Operational Burdens' zerohedge.com/political/alas…

Spirit Airlines going out of business is what it is, but here is what no one is talking about: who ultimately made the decision and pressed the button to liquidate? Spirit’s creditors were negotiating terms for a bailout which would have included the US government taking warrants for 90% equity ownership of the business in exchange for a $500 million cash infusion. The distressed debt investors, looking to preserve investment losses, thought they had the upper hand at the table and chose to hold out for more value and counter the proposal. In response, Trump said no thanks and walked away. While the Biden administration, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, and Lina Khan all had a hand to play in blocking a pro-free market merger with JetBlue in 2024, this negotiation dynamic and greed is what ultimately led to the death of Spirit Airlines. Creditors and stakeholders in Spirit Airlines include Citadel, Ares, PIMCO, and Cyrus.

The U.S. Wants To Ban Chinese Cars, But They're Already At The Gate zerohedge.com/markets/us-wan…