"we already know he's taking the plane to Mars-a-Lardo when he leaves office" You know that is not possible, right? The plane can never be his so it cannot be a bribe. What they should have done is gift it to Brandon. By recent precedent, money paid to the President's son and kicked back to the President seem to not be considered bribes.

""It makes no sense on any level, except that he wants a free 747 for himself. Nothing else makes any sense."" All gifts to Presidents automatically become the property of the United States, so wanting a free 747 for himself makes no sense. It's a diplomatic gesture, nothing more. Gifts from foreign governments are common,

Once again the Atlantic posts a speculative piece - the sky is falling. Something COULD happen, and here are some picked pieces of half-information that support it.

We should not care about Chinese workers killing themselves because they work in factories for pennies a day - I NEED a cheap game console!!! Ignore the companies moving production back in the US, and the positive jobs reports! Ignore the discount China gets in shipping rates because they are a "developing country". And of course we should ignore that their coal expansion has wiped out all progress in CO2 reductions, and in fact increased worldwide levels. It's interesting that data on the Chinese tariffs prior to this administration is hard to find. There was a 15-25% tariff on US agricultural products during Biden's administration, but even CharGPT is hard pressed to find data. I expect the "Made in XXX" labels to change from China to other countries like Vietnam. Lots of small shops are going to become profitable to run again. Remember, most of manufacturing wasn't mega-corps, it was small to medium businesses who will take advantage of this. If our exports of agricultural products falls, perhaps we can stop subsidizing farmers to produce extra crops and reduce Federal spending.

Hunter sued to get his laptop back. The contents of the laptop contained private photos and videos of Hunter. Hunter admitted he dropped the laptop off for repair.

Witness said that Rosenbaum chased down Rittenhouse, threw a bag at him and grabbed for his gun. It was not murder to fire at him. A jury agreed. Self defense. Unarmed does not matter when you are attempting to take the other person's weapon. He was a mental patient, off his meds, who chased down and attacked Rittenhouse.

" a guy who murdered a homeless person on a subway train because the homeless guy was being a little annoying.." Re-writing history a bit? Even a NY jury agreed the death was unintentional but justified. From the Guardian: "... passengers ... recounted that Neely had shouted he was “willing to die and go to jail” and “someone is going to die today” I guess that is a bit annoying.

On the way out, Biden signed legislation that put prohibitions on the Gulf of Mexico. The whole point of Gulf of America was to get around those prohibitions. I won't argue that the issue has not been expanded emotionally on both sides, but it wasn't about pronouns.

Looks like misdemeanor bookkeeping errors. Invoice, entry, check. If Cohen, Trumps lawyer, had invoiced his legal services all at once, it would be 3 misdemeanors, assuming what he did was not legal services. Looks a lot like lawfair to me.

Biden is already out, you can't vote for him.

They often do. But policy is zero-risk.

Who said their culture/religion is inclusive?

"But you can't tax an empty building" of course they do. Taxes don't change due to occupancy. The question is 'can the owner afford the taxes?"

But one doesn't need to limit investment to ESG to do successfully manage the fund for the largest profit, do they? ESGs do provide lower returns - that is the core issue. Non ESG funds also invest in high return ESG investments.

No, you mistranslated it completely. An investment firm that doesn't invest in companies that bring the greatest return for the shareholder is clearly violating it's fiduciary duty. ESG investments are fine so long as you know what you are investing in, have a choice, and are willing to accept lower returns.