Yass has a net worth in excess of $28 billion. In other words, he is the kind of person who could solve Trump's financial issues in one fell swoop.

The vast majority of Yass' wealth is derived from his ownership stake in ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok. Yass personally owns about 7% of the company, a stake valued at about $21 billion.

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https://popular.info/p/the-secret-to-changing-trumps-mind

As with all things Trump, follow the Money...

Judd L uncovers Trump's change of heart on TikTok

This has forced Trump to directly appeal to wealthy right-wing donors. One name who is likely at the top of the list: investor Jeff Yass.

In 2024, Yass has emerged as "the biggest donor so far to outside spending groups in the 2024 election cycle, donating more than $46 million to conservative causes and PACs."

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Big picture: As tech giants like Amazon and Meta scour the US for cheap and plentiful electricity, many worry it could come at the expense of climate change goals. States concerned about meeting demand have proposed dozens of new gas-fired power plants to feed data centers’ insatiable appetite for electricity.—NF

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S: Morning Brew

PROGRESS IS NEVER LINEAR

It’s not just data centers straining the grid. The US is experiencing a historic explosion of factory investment as a result of the Biden administration’s manufacturing subsidies, gobbling up power supplies. Crypto mining, too, is taxing the US’s aging power grid.

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HERE WE COME, WALKIN' DOWN THE STREET, WE GET THE FUNNIEST LOOKS FROM...

ON this date in 1968 - The 58th and final episode of "The Monkees" TV show was aired.

Bun Man and Mr. Purple directed the final episode and decided to leave the line in where Peter asks the Doctor if Mickey, after being injured, will be able to play the piano again.

The Doc replies yes, he will, and Peter says, "That's funny, he never could before."

The Boyz always loved that line.

ON this date in 1905 - Rebel battle flags that were captured during the American Civil War were returned to the South.

Senators Bun Man and Mr. Purple steadfastly advocated for the return policy as trucks were just being introduced and the Boyz just knew Southern Rednecks would want to parade their flags all over those road machines.

(YA DOESN'T NEED TO KNOW ME, JUST LOOK AT MY TRUCK)

SAYING NO WITH FEELING...

ON this date in 1975 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot to death by a nephew.

The nephew, with a history of mental illness, was beheaded the following June.

Reading this, Bun Man just turned to me and Mr. P and said "It's not that difficult to stop bad behavior, ya just have to get a little draconian (as in Pulp Fiction...I'm going to get a little medieval on his ass...) w/ the offenders."

That's the trouble sometimes, nobody wants to say NO anymore.

Bun started shouting "Galpa, Galpa Hey, Galpa, Galpa Ho..."; the locals immediately turned around and moved away from the Bun.

What was this strange incantation he was saying?

Actually, the Bun was on to something and years later this phrase would be used in the punk rocker band The Ramones' 'Pinhead'...

(Give it a listen...)

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ON this date in 1907 - Nicaraguan troops took Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras.

Freedom Fighters Bun Man and Mr. Purple were w/ the Nicaraguan troops when they stormed the capital.

Following the locals who were shouting Tegucigalpa or Bust, Bun Man decided to shorten the slogan as he was having trouble spouting out Tegucigalpa.

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CHEW ON THIS...

In 2016, over One Billion dollars was spent on the US Presidential Campaign.

It will surely be upwards of that figure in 2024.

AND IT WON'T CHANGE MANY MINDS ON WHO THEY VOTE FOR...

Minhowkin Word of the Day

lov·ing
[ˈləviNG]
adjective
feeling or showing love or great care:
"a loving father"
(-loving)
enjoying the specified activity or thing:
"her music-loving son"

Similar Words

adjectives feeling or showing love or great care:

affectionate
fond
devoted
adoring
doting
solicitous
demonstrative
caring
tender

BE A LOVING, TENDER, CARING COSONAUT EVERY DAY, IT'S WHAT WE DO.

@minhowlkinmoments

LEAD A LIFE FULL OF ADJUSTMENTS

#pups4peace

Ken-Dogger: Morning Myles, why the look?
Myles: You’re not folding enough.
KD: Huh?
M: Life is unfolding too quickly now, you need to fold more.
KD: That’s not exactly how it works. Life unfolds whether you like it or not.
M: So you can’t change that?
KD: You can’t, you can only keep making adjustments.
M: Hmm, good to know…

Convo on new TRUMP SM...

TF = Trump Fanatic

TF1: This is gonna be awesome.

TF2: Yep, we finally get to say what we want to say.

TF1: Yep, we're gonna own those freakin' LIBs...

TF2: Yep, 'cept where are they?

TF1: They're didn't follow us to pepper us with their shite?

TF2: Who set up that algorithm?

LOOKING FOR PEEPS TO HOLD ONTO...

CLIMBING THE ROUGH SIDE...

Historybook: Legendary singer Aretha Franklin born (1942); HBD Sir Elton John (1947); Saudi Arabian King Faisal assassinated by his nephew (1975); HBD race car driver Danica Patrick (1982); RIP children's author Beverly Cleary (2021).

"It’s the rough side of the mountain that’s the easiest to climb; the smooth side doesn’t have anything for you to hang on to."

- Aretha Franklin

Morning Peeps,

Sometimes, I play first thing in the morning.

But don’t quit your rec league: Playful group sports and some exercise classes did effectively calm people down.

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S: Morning Brew

“Blowing off steam” isn’t a good way to calm down. Punching your pillow, doing cardio, and screaming into the void are way less effective for managing anger than deep breathing, yoga, and relaxing practices, according to a review of 154 studies on physiological arousal and anger. Across the board, mindfulness practices that can lower your heart rate helped people chill out, while common stress-relief activities that get your blood pumping, like jogging, actually had an adverse effect.

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ON this date in 1992 - A Chicago judge ruled in the Milli-Vanilli class-action suit that $3.00 cash rebates would be given to anyone that could prove that they bought the group's music before November 27, 1990 (the date the lip-synching scandal broke).

Bun and Purple used to love to hang w/ Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus and couldn't bring themselves to sell their 10 Milli albums...

Girl, you know it's true!

ON this date in 1958 - Elvis Presley was sworn in as a private in the U.S. Army.

As it happened, Bun Man and Mr. Purple ended up in the same basic training platoon.

While initially the Boyz thought being w/ Elvis was tres cool; they quickly grew weary of his antics.

Seems the platoon kept drawing extra pushups from the DI due to Elvis' crazy leg while standing at attention in formation.

CAN YOU SAY--BLANKET PARTY!