That said, @smdiehl  is 100% correct that the administration needs to push the Fed to get FedNow working ASAP. It's just ridiculous the U.S. payments system is so corrupt and expensive, vs the fast and efficient systems of almost everywhere else.

Republican leaders are furiously debating whether to first work on cutting Social Security or helping Google. I'm surprised they haven't gotten to eliminating the China tariffs yet, but they will. Anyway, thank you Jim Jordan for gifting your voters to the Democrats.

Wow this is vicious. Mekki points out that Judge Richard Leon - who approved the AT&T-Time Warner merger - was immediately wrong about how he thought the merger would go. The combined would never blackout Time Warner content, he said. Instantly that's exactly what AT&T did.

"The same is true of executive testimony and promises to continue competing or freeze prices. Like reputation evidence, it puts the public at the mercy of the merged firm. Simply put, there is no guarantee that an executive’s view today will remain the company’s plan tomorrow."

The White House put out a statement slamming the door on crypto. They didn't withdraw their silly executive order from last year, but they came close.

My problem with George Santos is that, for an inveterate liar and con man with a background in Brazilian gender fluidity and crime, he's just so boring.

My favorite moment of 1980s TV is when Stringer Bell used his whip to foil what would otherwise be the perfect crime. Star Wars is still a classic.

Good flaying of Jim Cramer on Breaking Points by @esaagar  and @krystalball 

Well obviously