Big Tony, the attorney general of New York, Letitia James, is going to break his legs if he doesn’t find $175 million quickly—possibly by seizing some of his assets to satisfy the judgment rendered against him in his civil fraud trial.
However, the business running Trump’s little-known Truth Social platform, which is similar to Twitter, went public this week, and you can now purchase shares of Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. under the ticker DJT on the NASDAQ.
With his ownership of 58% of those shares, which are valued at $62 as of press time, Trump technically owns more than $4 billion worth of Truth Social stock.
The issue is that the stock’s value seems to be based on MAGA “retail investors,” who are holding it to express their support for Trump and/or in the hopes that he will be reelected and the company will appreciate in value as the president’s.
Its price could be crashed by him flooding the market and inciting a sell-off if he tries to dump $175 million of it to pay for his legal bills.
There’s essentially no upper limit to how low the price can go, since the company’s actual assets are virtually worthless.
(Well, the floor is “zero”). ( ).
All things considered, he might be in a tight spot with this one due to the deep state and the laws of supply and demand.
In head-to-head polls against Donald Trump, such as the one Quinnipiac released on Wednesday, Joe Biden has been performing better lately.
However, the general election is not a contest between two candidates: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a candidate for the Green Party, as is Cornel West, and Jill Stein is running as an independent.
With RFK Jr., Biden went from leading Trump by three points to trailing him by one when those candidates were added to Quinnipiac’s poll. generating a robust 13 percent.
Younger voters account for a significant portion of the RFK support base, which Biden will probably eliminate by running aggressive advertisements that falsely associate Kennedy with the Democratic Party.
as a conspiracy theorist against vaccinations and ardent advocate of Israel’s Gaza offensive.
That being said, Kennedy is free to continue running his own advertisements, saying whatever he wants, and even giving Trump the election for as long as he wants because this is a free country.
That is especially true now that he has selected Nicole Shanahan, a wealthy lawyer from Silicon Valley and Sergey Brin’s ex-wife, as his running mate.
It seems that the idea is that by contributing to the campaign and raising money from other anti-lib tech world trolls, she will more than make up for her lack of celebrity recognition.
In response to your inquiry, which the Surge also asked right away, she is not related to Kyle Shanahan, the head coach of the 49ers, or his father Mike, who won a Super Bowl and was also a coach in San Francisco.
We are aware that the Shanahan family from the Bay Area is still involved in sports.
The appointment of “Mayor” Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation is a reward for his withdrawal from the 2020 presidential contest and support of Joe Biden.
Though Buttigieg’s tenure has been eventful, that is not traditionally one of the higher-profile Cabinet posts.
Boeing is another example, by the way.
It turns out that there is more to running the US Department of Transportation than meets the eye.
It was anticipated up until last fall in the home state of the replacement Surge that Democratic Sen. In 2024, Bob Menendez would seek reelection (and succeed, given that New Jersey is now predominately blue).
Nevertheless, old Bob was later charged with accepting bribes.
Rep. Former Obama administration official Andy Kim entered the race to succeed him, as did Tammy Murphy, the wife of the governor of New Jersey at the moment.
Murphy Phil.
Then, just last week, Menendez declared he would run as an independent in November if he is found not guilty at trial.
Furthermore, this Surge entry is not even about that!
The subject of this Surge entry is Tammy Murphy’s unexpected withdrawal from the race on Sunday.
(In particular, if its efficacy was not assured). ).
For the time being, at least until next week, Andy Kim is your likely next senator from New Jersey.
Journalists have occasionally expressed annoyance at TV news organizations hiring political operatives and former politicians who have been exposed for lying to the media.
Nevertheless, in the Trump administration, that dynamic has gotten more hostile.
It is one thing to fabricate a scandal; it is quite another to launch a protracted, absurd, and historically cynical campaign of disinformation that culminates in a mob takeover of the Capitol.
That annoyed the channel’s journalists so much that Chuck Todd, the former host of Meet the Press, voiced his displeasure about it live last Sunday while McDaniel was there.
Todd made a strong statement, considering that he was the host of the show and had received criticism for being far too lenient toward Republicans. ).
NBC declared on Tuesday that it was going to make a change of heart and would no longer hire McDaniel.
Naturally, that’s not the end of it: McDaniel is employing an attorney to pursue a financial settlement.
Right now, America’s most frequent courtroom visitor finds himself in a bit of a bind. He has to locate $175 million immediately, or Big Tony, the attorney general of New York, Letitia James, is going to break his legs (seizing some of his assets to pay the judgment rendered against him in his civil fraud trial). However, the business running Trump’s little-known Truth Social platform, which is similar to Twitter, went public this week, and you can now purchase shares of Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. under the ticker DJT on the NASDAQ. Since Trump owns 58% of the shares, which are valued at $62 as of the time of publication, he technically possesses more than $4 billion in Truth Social stock. The stock’s value seems to be reliant on MAGA “retail investors,” who hold it to express their support for Trump and/or in the hopes that he will be reelected and it will appreciate in value as the president’s company. This is the problem. Its price could be crashed by him flooding the market and inciting a sell-off if he tries to dump $175 million of it to pay for his legal bills. Furthermore, there is virtually no upper limit to how low the price can drop given how nearly worthless the company’s actual assets are. Basically, the floor is “zero.”. Basically, the laws of supply and demand and the deep state may have him in the bag for this one.
In head-to-head polls against Donald Trump, such as the one Quinnipiac released on Wednesday, Joe Biden has been performing better lately. However, the general election isn’t a contest between two candidates: Robert F. Kennedy Sr. Jill Stein is running for the Green Party once more, and Cornel West is running as an independent. With RFK Jr., Biden went from leading Trump by three points to trailing him by one when those candidates were added to Quinnipiac’s poll. generating a robust 13 percent revenue. Biden will probably eliminate a significant portion of the younger voter base that supports Kennedy by running aggressive advertisements that falsely portray Kennedy as an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and ardent backer of Israel’s Gaza offensive. However, since this is a free country, Kennedy is free to continue running his own advertisements, saying whatever he wants, and even giving Trump the election if he so chooses. It is especially the case now that he has selected Nicole Shanahan, a wealthy lawyer from Silicon Valley and Sergey Brin’s ex-wife, as his running mate. It seems that the idea is that by contributing to the campaign and raising money from other anti-lib tech world trolls, she will more than make up for her lack of celebrity recognition. In response to your query, which the Surge also asked right away, she is not related to Kyle Shanahan, the head coach of the 49ers, or his father Mike, who won a Super Bowl and was a coach in San Francisco. That Shanahan family from the Bay Area is sticking to sports, as far as we can tell.
“Mayor” Pete Buttigieg received a job as the secretary of transportation as payment for withdrawing from the 2020 presidential contest and supporting Joe Biden. Though he hasn’t held one of the more prominent Cabinet positions in the past, Buttigieg has had a busy term. Apart from his involvement in implementing Biden’s massive plan to reconstruct American infrastructure, he has also served as the public face of the federal response to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the flight cancellation crisis on Southwest Airlines, and most recently, the tragic and lethal collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. (Oh, and there’s Boeing, too!) From what we hear informally, transportation policy experts believe Buttigieg has done a respectable job in his role thus far. His only remaining task is to get enough emergency funding from a Congress that hardly functions at all to clear Baltimore Harbor and construct a bridge over it as soon as possible, all the while avoiding supply-chain fallout at the Port of Baltimore from, among other things, causing a crisis in the consumer automotive market. It turns out that there is more to running the US Department of Transportation than meets the eye.
Up until last fall, it was anticipated in the home state of the replacement Surge that Democratic Sen. In 2024, Bob Menendez would run for reelection and succeed because New Jersey is now predominately blue. However, old Bob was later charged with accepting bribes. Rep. Both Tammy Murphy, the wife of current New Jersey Governor, and Andy Kim, an apparent bright spot from the Obama administration, entered the race to succeed him. Murphy Phil. Many other state lawmakers swiftly backed her, probably in an effort to maintain their good standing with her husband. However, as word spread about this somewhat dubious-seeming phenomenon, Kim experienced a counter-surge to the point where the mayor of Jersey City abandoned Murphy in favor of her opponent. Then, just last week, Menendez declared he would run as an independent in November if he was found not guilty at trial. And that’s not even the main topic of this Surge entry! Tammy Murphy abruptly withdrew from the race on Sunday, which is the subject of this Surge entry. According to reports, she came to the conclusion that the race was becoming too “bloody” for her tastes. Based on rumors, her husband may have been considering a presidential run, so it’s possible that she decided not to offend potential supporters in the progressive community by disparaging Kim. In particular, if its efficacy was not assured. And as of right now, at least until next week, Andy Kim is your likely next senator from New Jersey.
When political operatives and former politicians who have been exposed for lying to the media are employed by TV news organizations, it is not uncommon for journalists to become irritated. However, the Trump administration has made that dynamic more tense. It’s one thing to fabricate a scandal and quite another to launch a protracted, absurd, and historically cynical campaign of disinformation that culminates in a mob takeover of the Capitol. Ronna McDaniel was among those in charge of the lead-up to January 2020 while serving as chair of the Republican National Committee. 6—but despite this, NBC executives reportedly offered her a $300,000 contract to commentate on their news programs following her resignation from the RNC earlier this month. This infuriated the channel’s journalists to such an extent that Chuck Todd, the former host of Meet the Press, voiced his complaints about it live last Sunday, with McDaniel in attendance. Todd, who hosted the show and was also criticized for being far too soft on Republicans, made a forceful statement. NBC declared on Tuesday that McDaniel would no longer be employed, reversing course. That’s not the end of it, of course: McDaniel is going to be eating this for the rest of her career as a symbol of being shut down, canceled, or whatever; she’s hiring a lawyer to pursue a monetary settlement from the network.
The head of the Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, was impeached earlier this year by House Republicans for his failure to hold asylum seekers in federal custody at the southern border while their claims were being processed. Mayorkas was impeached, making him the first member of the Cabinet to do so while in office. Members of both parties agree in Reality World that there aren’t nearly enough federal buildings or border guards to actually accomplish that goal, and House Republicans recently turned down a bill that would have provided funding to address the issue. Furthermore, Mayorkas will undoubtedly be found not guilty by the Democratic-controlled Senate, which is generally more tolerant of far-right absurdity than the House is. Despite everything, Speaker Mike Johnson declared this week that on April 10, the House will “transmit” articles of impeachment to the Senate. The most optimistic interpretation of this is that Johnson will have some flexibility to do a little bit more real legislation in the future because he allowed his most extreme members to monopolize the chamber’s time for months on an unprecedented and blatantly pointless impeachment process. We are now at that point.
Matt Maddock represents Michigan as a state legislator. He uploaded pictures of an aircraft and several buses on the platform that was formerly known as Twitter on Wednesday. He wrote, “At Detroit Metro, three busses are currently filled with illegal immigrants.”. He tagged state party chair Pete Hoekstra, asking, “Anyone have any idea where they’re headed with their police escort?” Hoekstra then reposted the message. As the Gonzaga men’s basketball team was traveling to town for a Friday night NCAA Tournament game against Purdue, it turned out that some people actually knew where the buses were going. Does anyone else agree with me that Matt Maddock would make an excellent Ronna McDaniel replacement at NBC News?
