DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 28, 2024

This Election Was A BFD.  A 25% point win in a race that the same D challenger lost by 7% two years ago?  Gee, I wonder what could have made the difference.  You know, it’s quite possible that Trump’s standing in the polls has already peaked.  Abortion rights is gonna drive turnout.  Could this end up not being particularly close?  Whaddayathink?

At Least He’ll Have Plenty Of Pillows To Cushion Him As He Sleeps–On The Streets:

MyPillow is facing a court-ordered eviction from a Shakopee warehouse after the property’s landlord showed the company owes more than $200,000 in rent.

A Scott County judge on Tuesday said she will approve the landlord’s request to vacate the property after at least four default notices were sent to the Minnesota-based pillow maker over the last six months.

The latest eviction notice says the company, headquartered in Chaska, is behind in payments for February and March, owing Delaware-based First Industrial LP more than $217,000 for rent and other charges for the facility located at 4701 Valley Blvd. S.

The eviction is the latest in a string of financial woes for the company and its controversial CEO, Mike Lindell, who has said he’s been drained personally and professionally since he became a national figure spreading debunked claims of widespread election fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

The Trump Pump-And Dump:  Because right-wing billionaires can make more from a Trump presidency than they can lose from pumping up a stock with no prospects of ever earning money:

Donald Trump’s social network went public on Tuesday and quickly achieved a valuation of almost $8bn (£6.3bn), a gain of more than 15% on its initial public offering (IPO) value. Shares rose again in volatile trading on Wednesday, rising 14% and valuing it at $9.6bn. That enormous success has raised questions, and not all of them are easy to answer.

Typically, that value, known as the market capitalisation, is kept in check by reference to the “fundamentals” of the company: how much money it makes or loses, and how fast it is growing or shrinking. But sometimes … it isn’t.

In the case of Truth Social, its revenue during the first nine months of last year was just $3.3m from advertising, and it recorded a loss of $49m.

One of those billionaires driving up the price is Pennsylvania’s Richest Man Jeff Yass who, not so coincidentally, has a big stake in Tik Tok.  Don’t s’pose that has anything to do with Trump’s flip-flop on Tik Tok, do you?  Of course not.

Oh No’s!  Dover Area French Bulldogs Stolen.  Betcha they’re micro-chipped.  And hopefully not in-bred.

What do you want to talk about?