Trump-Friendly Truth Social Board to Decide When He Can Cash In - WSJ
Shannon Devine, a spokeswoman for Truth Social’s parent, said in a statement that this article is “clearly the latest in a long line of sloppy, poorly researched hit pieces on Truth Social by The Wall Street Journal.” She didn’t say what was misleading or inaccurate in the current or previous articles.
This made me laugh.
I set up a business phone line on my cell phone today.
I bought my number from one company, ported it to a service, and activated in less than 15 minutes, from my desk, without talking to a single person.
Incredible!
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I catch up with White Belt Benedict to find out what he’s been up to at Taekwondo and the big event tonight.
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Happy 11th birthday to my blog, Catholic Husband!
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JetBlue, Spirit Airlines Call Off $3.8 Billion Merger Deal - WSJ
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday that the companies’ decision to abandon the deal, instead of trying to appeal their trial loss, further showed the government was right to challenge the transaction.
We’ll see what the AG says when Spirit collapses into bankruptcy and the big 4 pick up all of their planes and slots on the cheap.
Currently reading: Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis 📚
No one has a right to another person. This is a foundational principle that we wield to battle, in law and life, the evils of slavery, racism, sex trafficking, torture, and kidnapping.
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Finished reading: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer 📚
President Biden’s State of the Union Address 2024 – Analysis and Updates - WSJ
Taxpayers at all income levels received tax cuts, on average, with the biggest benefits as a share of income going to people in the 95th to 99th percentiles, according to the Tax Policy Center.
More benefits would’ve gone to the 50% of Americans who pay $0.00 a year in Federal income tax, but math.
“We have to bend or break every moral and ethical rule in existence to keep Trump from breaking the rules.”
John Kerry Is Stepping Down as Climate Envoy at Age 80. He Isn’t Going Quietly. - WSJ
Then Kerry plans to hit the road as a private citizen, dropping in on a major oil-industry conference in Houston to press energy executives to join the ranks of other business leaders throwing their weight behind the transition.
He’ll continue to travel by private jet, one assumes.
Supreme Court Rules Donald Trump Can Stay on Colorado Primary Ballot - WSJ
The court unanimously agreed that Trump should appear on the ballot
Illegitimate court.
The group behind the challenge, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said that Trump won on technical grounds. “It will be up to the American people to ensure accountability,” said CREW’s president Noah Bookbinder.
As it always was, until CREW attempted to use the courts to substitute their viewpoint for the American people’s.
… these parables put on full display the genius of Jesus that can only be attributable to the omniscience of God Himself. In a backwater, dusty, hot town 2,000 years ago, Jesus crafted a parable that was readily understood by his illiterate followers and is equally understandable by me, in the most technologically advanced society in the history of the world.
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IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel told reporters on Thursday that notices are going out to 25,000 individuals with more than $1 million in income, and 100,000 notices to people with incomes between $400,000 and $1 million between tax years 2017 and 2021.
WOW! Big, bold action by the IRS after up to 6 years of not so much as sending these people a letter?
Werfel said the IRS non-filer program has only run “sporadically” since 2016, because of “severe budget cuts and staff limitations.”
The high cost of postage is a burden on us all.
Prediction: FDIC seizes New York Community Bank at market close, reopens Monday under new ownership.
I will occasionally get behind on posts for Catholic Husband, but I always catch back up.
Unfortunately, that means some posts don’t get the attention they deserve. Here are two recents that I enjoy that were published slightly behind schedule:
Pentagon Finds It Properly Handled Austin’s Hospitalization - WSJ
The Pentagon found it did nothing wrong in deciding to not immediately inform President Biden or legislators of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s whereabouts when he was hospitalized earlier this year, finding in an internal review that staff followed existing guidelines and sought to protect the defense chief’s privacy.
Job well done, then.
More Important Things - Catholic Husband
My children need to complete their school assignments, but they don’t have to do them between set hours or certain days. School is essential; so is being outside, imaginative play, and family exercise.
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AT&T to Reimburse Customers Struck by Outage - WSJ
A $5 credit to eligible accounts will appear within two billing cycles, the company said.
Mindblowing generosity…talk about paying it forward!!
The cost of reimbursement is “fully manageable while achieving the 2024 business objectives we have set for ourselves and our stated financial guidance,” Stankey wrote.
90 million subscribers x $5 = $450M. AT&T won’t even feel this…and maybe that’s the problem.