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Whenever Americans hear “foreign aid” they imagine our government delivering a giant novelty check with no strings attached to a distant country. In reality, the checks typically get cut to US companies and their products (food, Starlink terminals, weapons) get delivered overseas.

Driving a Tesla is a public declaration of financial support for this: Regardless of whether Musk was deliberately making a "'Sieg Heil' salute favored by the followers of Adolf Hitler," said Rolling Stone, the gesture was "eagerly received that way by extremists online." (from The Week)

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane. We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵