I think the Zumwalt at least died because of mission creep and that seems to be how a lot of these get out of control and canceled.

Mail vote for the Hungarian election showing Fidesz-KNDP with 84.23% of the vote to TISZA's 13.82%.

Crazy how much of a difference the international vote is. I legitimately think there is fraud involved (and I've read stuff to that effect in the past), though it wouldn't be the first diaspora vote that comes in super conservative.

They also need to know that paying the toll won't violate US sanctions on Iran.

Now that Trump has endorsed Hilton, the chances of a lockout are much lower.

I think the filing deadline has passed so it's possible we don't see movement on this in the current term. If the GOP did this, you could net something like 12-16 seats across CA/IL/NY and possibly 2-3 more in NJ, so it wouldn't be completely lopsided, though it would be horrible for democracy.

It's odd how strongly Republican car dealers and realtors are when their professions essentially only exist because of regulations to protect them.

It's like peak 2020 Twitter where people were just looking to interpret anything in the least charitable way to score clout. It's exhausting and toxic to any social media platform when that kind of behavior doesn't get called out.

It's really unpredictable but all signs seem to point to pulling out of the conflict.

It also didn’t work the last time they occupied the area for 24 years. We’ve actually only recently seen that area under Lebanese control since 2006 I think?

These will be critical in a war to defend Taiwan, where both sides have the capability to blow up the other’s satellites. The J20 is supposed to be used in no small part to hunt AWACS aircraft, so only having 14 left isn’t great.

That is an extremely different argument from suggesting the only way to protest is to go to a No Kings protest.

No one said that?

Yup, I'm sure they have Q level clearance in the government too 😉

It'll be interesting to see how this race is after the legislative session ends in 2 weeks. Mills said she wouldn't campaign until then which has hurt her visibility.

Wonder who would even have standing to sue (or want to sue) in this circumstance.

This option just preserves that arrangement in order to disengage, which is probably worse for everyone as it cements Iranian influence in the region. It's probably meant to induce other countries to help unblock the Strait.

UNSC 2817 doesn't really have enforcement language, which is probably why Russia and China abstained. Despite academic interpretations otherwise, the US position at least has been that only clauses where the UNSC "decides" to do something are binding.

I think they're trying to get him to acknowledge emotional anguish for the purpose of proving damages. This is a civil defamation case IIRC.

It’s possible it accelerates after the 30 day mark without further supply going on the market since that’s when a lot of private stockpiles start exhausting. AU already said it only had about 2 weeks of fuel left.

If this drags on a couple more weeks, the private oil stocks at refineries are going to start to get exhausted or risk interruption.

Well, also the Iraq war in 2003 but that wasn’t as big a shock.

And Hagedorn is the swing vote moderate among the GOPers.

Yeah if you ever spend too much, I think you end up getting a dedicated person who calls you every couple of weeks to check in on you to make sure you don't cost them even more down the line.

It's just slopulism. There are a lot of ways to help people making $75K or less that the ARP had, such as expanded CTC/EITCs that were fully refundable as a negative income tax scheme that specifically benefited middle and working classes.

Social security and Medicare would go bankrupt within the span of a couple years and the benefits would go primarily to wealthier families who are capable of being taxed $75K less at the highest marginal income rate.

I don't get why politicians do this. It's such contempt for their own voters when they think this can trick them into voting for them. Sinema also tried this and Manchin almost did before they gave up on re-election.

Any idea why WTI seems to be trading higher than Brent? I thought there was usually a $5 spread. Is it because U.S. crude can actually reach Asian countries starved of Gulf oil?

She'll land on her feet. Dallas mayor or county judge are both good places she can consider, or she could get picked up by MS NOW. I think the chances she just steps back from politics are very slim.

Last two times I got a market volatility mention from Fidelity were last July (I guess questions about the trade truce) and early-mid April (liberation day).