Lawyers at Twitter are threatening advertisers to spend more money on X "or else" X owner Elon Musk will leverage his close relationship with Trump to torpedo mergers.

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-hinted-at-possible-deal-trouble-in-talks-with-ad-giant-to-increase-spending-feb122a6

This has to be the weirdest degrowth argument I've ever heard.

BREAKING: Pope Francis in critical condition after asthmatic respiratory crisis, Vatican says

Trump: Tariff is my favorite word in the dictionary. We were the richest from 1870 to 1913 Because we collected tariffs…Of course, now we give it away to transgender this, transgender that. Everybody gets a transgender operation…

REPORTER: Germany has elections on Sunday. What are you thoughts?

TRUMP: Who has elections?

REPORTER: Germany.

TRUMP: Oh, Germany. I wish them luck. We got our own problems.

Never using the phrase “medieval peasant brain” as an insult ever again

BREAKING
German elections exit polls

German Election 2025
Seats in parliament based on exit polls

Pope Francis is alert but remains in critical condition, according to the Vatican.

Blood tests are showing the onset of mild renal insufficiency.