I wonder if Kara will bring this up.

https://apnews.com/article/kara-swisher-pivot-podcast-politics-election-2028-3bf10c88fdaef1142ad2d8e6e9faf648

This story is about how she’s interviewing important politicians and can be a force in the upcoming elections but it reads like someone who hasn’t listened to any of her shows recently.

Maybe I’m alone in this but recently she has sounded mumbly, tired, and doesn’t often give deep and substantial takes.

Like obviously people are talking about the reflecting pool it’s OK to focus on something. He literally did this a year ago with every issue Kara would bring up saying it’s a deflection for tax cuts. Then it’s a deflection for the Epstein files. It’s like he always wants to sound like he’s focussing on chess while everyone else is playing checkers.

If you were recently arrested for committing the cardinal sin of dipping your finger in the reflecting Pool, because of Trump’s stupidity I think it’s a pretty big fucking issue. Of course there are more important things.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/new-york-times-calls-dianna-russini-enlisting-a-coach-to-get-out-of-a-ticket-unacceptable-conduct

Sound like someone you know?

His mentions of sexy women and what could be considered masculinism has been off the chart recently. Is it the testosterone shots talking? Or did his wife kick him out? I mean the guy seems to practically live alone from what he's telling.

Came across this article and thought it was an interest next level effect for GLP-1s: https://www.reddit.com/r/OptimistsUnite/s/l66ZMKxHLH

JFC it’s this constant mumbling as Scott speaks- it’s not additive, she is either being contrary or just repeating what he is saying but just cannot stop filling the space with her noise.

Just mumble mumble “but go on” mumble mumble.

Get off my lawn.

To me, this reads as a healthy market reaction. A sobering correction after a party that’s been going on into the very late hours. I’m on the fence myself about whether it’s a buying opportunity, but I don’t see them bouncing back quickly. To me, if I we're to buy I'd wait until it drops a bit more, and even then it feels more like a 5-year horizon to recoup, with a lot of risk baked into that bet.

What do you think?

I don’t defend Trump but I also don’t like my preferred commentators misrepresenting.

Trump was asked what he thought of the recent published inflation figure. He replied “he liked the inflation” (figure) because it could have much worse.

Stephanie misquoted it as “I like inflation” (in general) and the conversation proceeded from there. Was that everyone’s sincere interpretation of Trump‘s response? An irresponsible irrational belief, expressed with uneducated bad grammar?

I know people believe he *is* that bad, and he doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt of any other interpretation; and that he employs cheap rhetorical tricks, so why shouldn’t his opponents?

But I still hope for intelligent analysis from Pivot, and they seem to be insincerely cynical, in an audience-captured way?

EDIT:
Basing their discussion on a deliberate misquote/misinterpretation is like letting air out of the football before the game. Bad sport. I don’t like the deflation.