Former BlackRock fund manager Ed Dowd on Larry Fink saying people's pensions will fund AI companies: "it's already happened" "The money's already been used. Your pension funds have already funded this" "Larry Fink is basically telling you what's already happened" "That's what private credit is. Private credit is opaque" "[But] private credit is shut down right now. BlackRock's private credit fund today, [and another] one... they're gating withdrawals" "that's why I'm so negative on the US Economy, because once credit turns, everything turns eventually, [and] eventually everything goes the wrong way" "That comes at the end of an economic boom. So we're already rolling over" "Equity people are always late to the party to figure this out. The fixed-income people are already pulling in their horns" "[But] the insurance companies have a lot of this dreck on their balance sheets. The pension funds own it through private credit funds and private equity" @ShannonJoyRadio @DowdEdward

In the early hours of this morning, I directed our Armed Forces to intercept a shadow fleet oil tanker attempting to pass through the English Channel. This successful operation delivers yet another blow to Russia and reminds those fueling Putin's war in Ukraine that we will not let them hide. I want to thank those involved, including our Armed Forces and law enforcement officers who keep this country safe 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

"The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL." - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸

BREAKING: 🇺🇸🇮🇱 Senator Tom Cotton has officially proposed a law that could merge Mossad and the CIA forever, with Section 622 of the Intelligence Authorization Bill making it illegal to suspend intelligence sharing with Israel.

🚨 At least 15 people were killed and 70 wounded in Israeli attacks across Lebanon over the past 24 hours, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. Among the dead was Lebanese civil defense paramedic Ali Talal Najdi, who succumbed to wounds sustained two weeks ago when an Israeli airstrike targeted an emergency rescue center in Srifa while he was carrying out humanitarian duties. The cumulative toll since March 2 has now risen to 3,711 killed and 11,483 wounded.

🚨 NEW: Under-16s in the UK will be banned from using disappearing messages, romantic AI chatbots and livestreaming as part of Keir Starmer's social media ban

Fmr. NIH Director Francis Collins deliberately scrubbed Fauci’s name from the infamous Proximal Origins paper because of Fauci’s glaring conflict of interest. Nature Medicine (the publisher) offered no condemnation or scrutiny of the ethics. These COVID investigations matter because they expose protectionism within the scientific community that breeds gatekeeping. It's suppressing research, stifling innovation, destroying objectivity, & eroding public trust.