It’s a little heartening that a private research university isn’t letting big government over regulate them. #Trump is just jelly greater—much greater—🇺🇸presidents are #Harvard alumni. His HHS secretary went there too.🤷‍♂️ https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/15/harvard-denies-trump-demands/

I think I had the same facial expressions as Akaash Singh while listening to Chamath Palihapitiya frankly talk about the level of access he has as a mega donor to the #Trump administration compared to when he was a mega donor to Obama and Biden https://youtu.be/EmDt_zAlL8E?si=mWmuajkVXRolSWpG&t=4294

Everyone should ask why #Trump shared this TikTok video—riddled with inaccuracies—about purposefully crashing the stock market https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114279679572830449 Buffet said no such thing. 61% of Americans own #stocks. The rich benefit from what #Republicans are doing.

If #Trump actually manages to run for a third term, we’re totally drafting #Obama, albeit he’d certainly decline.😅https://barackobama.medium.com/conversation-at-hamilton-college-0c44228ac0bd Here’s hoping more Americans demand their🇺🇸Rep & Senators check POTUS on things like “emergency” #tariffs.

It’s sad people who paid attention in #Econ101 get to experience #Trump 's economic "disturbance" while people who support him get to learn how #tariffs work the costly way. He lies about how tariffs work yet is owning " #LiberationDay "📉😬—so far https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1907533090559324204

RIP #ValKilmer. Otherwise, #Apple ‘s bday & #TacoTuesday were pretty good…Nice job #WI & Sen. #Booker. Hat tip to #OpenAI for their #AprilFoolsDay prank that had me worried our #ChatGPT Team was compromised & #AGI happened.😂Here’s hoping the poorly-named US " #LiberationDay "🙄doesn’t totally suck.

I share Synder’s bewilderment of #Trump ’s #Russia & #Ukraine strategy https://substack.com/home/post/p-158132584. It’s frustrating the US is squandering weakening #Putin at a relatively bargain cost given the Ukrainian people are bearing the brunt of sacrifice in defense of their democratic nation.

My little act of protest today was to setup a modest monthly donation to the #DCCC. I prefer to give directly to candidates I like but the 2026 midterms are going to be so crucial for winning back the House. Unfortunately, #Trump will do a lot of damage in the meantime & can’t be stopped until 2028.

I wonder on #SteveJobs 70th birthday how he would’ve handled #Trump back in 2016 & now in #2025. 😅 This clip of Steve from 2007, the dawn of #iPhone & smartphone-driven social media, feels like such a long time ago – https://stevejobsarchive.com/newsletters/on-the-origin-of-make-something-wonderful

The National Center for Public Policy Research got me to vote early for Apple’s #2025 shareholder meeting. The “non-partisan” conservative think tank wants #Apple to EOL their REJI initiative https://www.apple.com/diversity #AAPL didn’t become AAPL by following MSFT, GOOG & META who’ve ditched #DEI.

One of my fav signs—3 messages in one!😂—from yesterday’s protests across the nation about the sitting #POTUS, sadly on President’s Day, a holiday traditionally for remembering the greatest🇺🇸presidents instead of being melancholy about #Trump normalizing assholery & lying to get ahead in #America.

#Trump using bureaucracy (ironic) to stall National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure #NEVI funding that helps put #EV chargers every 50 miles risks costing more than saving & puts us further behind China. Range/charging speed are improving &—rechargeable—batteries have way longer shelf lives vs. gas.

#NBA #AllStar weekend is in #SF yet I have little interest in it because #DomantasSabonis, an actual all-star given his performance, was snubbed.😒Never mind the #SacramentoKings are a two hour drive away from SF & AD is hurt. The league needs to guarantee at least one player from every team. #2025

Here’s hoping Klein is right & enough of the electorate effects accountability for the #Trump admin before there’s too much irreparable damage left in its wake.😔Checking Trump via the judiciary is slow & ineffectual if there aren’t any #Republicans to hold him accountable for disregarding the law.

Here is a nonpartisan article about how #tariffs work because my head might explode every time I hear #Trump or one of his #MAGA supporters claim that the country exporting goods to us will pay the taxes.🤦‍♂️ https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/taxes/article/what-is-a-tariff-194059448.html

Vivek seriously needs to stop listening to billionaire team owner advice from John Fisher. The #SacramentoKings are apparently conceding the rest of the season with this dumb deal to trade away De’Aaron Fox—to another Western Conference team—for Zach LaVine & some far future draft picks!?🤦‍♂️ #2025

RIP Eva Feb. 14, 2010 – Jan. 22, 2025 Thank you for your abundance of joy & affection. One of many fond memories of you was when I had a bad flu. I remember waking up with the shivers to find you on top of me helping to keep me warm & looking at me with concern. I'll always remember your affection.

It’s borderline insufferable at times hearing #Trump (officially a #felon now) constantly whine & spew vitriol despite generally getting his way, being rich & reelected #POTUS by—almost—half of voters. Real fighters who are innocent don’t pay off porn stars they screwed when their wife was pregnant.

As an #AAPL holder & fanboy, those crapping on #TimCook for donating his own $1M to the #inauguration should try to appreciate Cook doing CEO fiduciary duty. He notably didn’t have #Apple donate. It’s an artful compromise of fiduciary duty—kissing the ring—while symbolically keeping Apple out of it.

I suppose an optimistic view is the POTUS-elect didn’t win more than half of the #PopularVote nor did he surpass how many popular votes #Biden won when the first #Trump administration was still fresh in everyone’s minds. Here’s hoping Trump admin 2.0 has less drama…Already looking too optimistic!😅

This holiday shopping season looks to be a great time to stockpile anything imported from #China, Mexico or Canada in case #Trump actually manages to #tariff (i.e. #TrumpTax us) all of their imports by 10%🇨🇳& 25%🇲🇽🇨🇦…P.S. It’s also prudent to get checked for any pre-existing health conditions.

This was foreboding Oct. data (Ipsos via https://substack.com/home/post/p-151502219 ). How did so many fail to correctly answer the stock market question!? It was largely a referendum about “the economy, stupid”. Voters’ vibes about the economy aren’t good so it didn’t matter it could’ve been worse.

It sucks #Trump will be POTUS for 4 more years & the GOP will prob. control both chambers of Congress for 2 years. Thankfully, I’m in #California where #Harris should win 3/5 votes like #Biden. Yet CA #Democrats shouldn’t assume 2026 will favor us just because people are pissed about Trump/policies.

😮‍💨Hopefully #Democrats come up with more constructive slogans than “Resist”/“Not My President” because #Trump is on track to be elected POTUS fundamentally even more so than in 2016. #MAGA won the Senate & might’ve held the #House. The majority are going to get the🇺🇸government they voted for.😞

The assignment isn’t over until every vote is counted and, if #Harris and #Walz wins, they’re sworn into office. Now is for EVERYONE for #Kamala http://bit.ly/phonebankingsignup plus #Democrats down the ticket so Congress can codify women’s rights and she can hit the ground running. #Vote and GOTV!

Here’s hoping the swing state pollsters are overweighting for the silent #Trump voter…I feel sick how close this election is coming down to the wire despite all of the evidence one can observe about Trump & his enablers.😓Please #vote & GOTV https://go.kamalaharris.com The assignment isn’t over yet!

Remember how we F’d up in ‘16, let #Trump win & wondered WTF weekly for 4 years…He topped mismanaging a 100-year pandemic by teeing up Jan. 6 & 2nd impeachment. Thankfully we elected Biden & #Harris. Here’s my fav vid from ‘20. It’s still relevant today—hoping for a Kamala’s Version.🫶 #Vote & GOTV!

I hope the vast majority of American #women campaign for their #freedom by voting & GOTV for #Harris & Democrats down the ballot to elect a majority who can codify liberty that stood for nearly a half century before #Trump smugly got it killed. Elections have consequences. ( @pittiecheri shared vid)

Elections have consequences. #RFKJr claims #Trump —who campaigned with Jr.—wants to put him in charge of federal health & food safety agencies.😬This #antivax & general conspiracy theorist (e.g. #chemtrails 🤦‍♂️) should not be in charge of anything let alone such government policies. #Vote & GOTV!

It might only be slightly less appalling if #Trump actually had concepts of a plan for somehow executing a Day 1 #OperationWetback —Google it—2.0 & dubiously invoking the 1798 #AlienEnemyAct. The latter was last used during a World War to wrongfully imprison my parents & grandparents born in the US.