Good essay--I wish Oren had the chance to debate Joe Kernen on CNBC. Kernen is starting to lose it as evidenced by how many times he puts Speaker Mike Johnson on his show and turns into his cheerleader. He can't understand how the K-shaped economy and affordability crisis is playing against the talking points he loves to push.
“supply side trickle down is all we got, you grow the pie and hope for the best,”
This reminds me of something Bill Ford, Jr. said many years ago at the Detroit auto show in the early days of EV excitement. This is pretty much an exact quote (It has stuck in my head as I was an engineer at Ford), "We're going all-in on electrification and we hope the consumer does, too."
I remember thinking, upon watching him say that in an interview, the word 'hope' should never be part of a business plan. I still think that is true, despite what Mr. Kernen thinks.
Poor Oren, he so wants to be like the big boys Larry and Jason:) I’m confident the respect will come eventually.
But let’s review some of the news he missed, starting with the founder of the “new” right. Don’s pardon of CZ, the Chinese crypto criminal convicted of laundering money for Hamas, child abusers, and various other terrorist groups, following CZ facilitating the deposit of a couple billion into Don’s stable coin. I’d love Oren’s analysis of what corruption on this scale has meant historically for the economies of the countries that have experienced it.
Make sure to read the jobs report from Challenger, Gray, and Christmas. Not good news for DonOrenomics.
The Supreme Court didn’t seem enamored with the centerpiece of the “new” right’s economic agenda-Don’s taco tariffing. But fear not, if there is a negative ruling, Don can merely do the obvious thing, ask Congress to approve his plan. It’s odd, given the economic renaissance Oren promises, that the “new” right wouldn’t want to make the changes permanent through Congressional action.
On the political front, he missed the internecine fight among MAGA over how much white nationalism and anti-semitism is too much. Does Oren side with Tucker, Nick Fuentes, and Kevin Roberts-the author of Project 2025?
And of course, the biggest news. Sandwich man was acquitted, even given the precision prosecution led by Judge Jeanine, and even after the gripping testimony from the agent who claimed, to a laughing courtroom, that the sandwich “exploded” on his bullet proof vest, leaving onions and mustard on his uniform. The key moment was the photo showing the sandwich still wrapped up… You’ll recall this is the gent who our government sent a swat team to apprehend, with a video crew, so they could make an example of him. Though funny, it shines light on the tragedy unfolding on our streets as our government continues to round up our neighbors instead of criminals. The violent videos don’t look like the America I know.
I don't think I would depend on the WSJ for an analysis of the QWERTY coalition or any thing else for that matter.
Something tells me that Golden isn't worried about violence from the Right or even school yard harassment of his daughters from the little fascists as Jay Jones would say.
Good essay--I wish Oren had the chance to debate Joe Kernen on CNBC. Kernen is starting to lose it as evidenced by how many times he puts Speaker Mike Johnson on his show and turns into his cheerleader. He can't understand how the K-shaped economy and affordability crisis is playing against the talking points he loves to push.
Can you imagine a man who would characterize a right-populist as “just like Mamdani”? That’s an absurd reach into unreality.
“supply side trickle down is all we got, you grow the pie and hope for the best,”
This reminds me of something Bill Ford, Jr. said many years ago at the Detroit auto show in the early days of EV excitement. This is pretty much an exact quote (It has stuck in my head as I was an engineer at Ford), "We're going all-in on electrification and we hope the consumer does, too."
I remember thinking, upon watching him say that in an interview, the word 'hope' should never be part of a business plan. I still think that is true, despite what Mr. Kernen thinks.
Poor Oren, he so wants to be like the big boys Larry and Jason:) I’m confident the respect will come eventually.
But let’s review some of the news he missed, starting with the founder of the “new” right. Don’s pardon of CZ, the Chinese crypto criminal convicted of laundering money for Hamas, child abusers, and various other terrorist groups, following CZ facilitating the deposit of a couple billion into Don’s stable coin. I’d love Oren’s analysis of what corruption on this scale has meant historically for the economies of the countries that have experienced it.
Make sure to read the jobs report from Challenger, Gray, and Christmas. Not good news for DonOrenomics.
The Supreme Court didn’t seem enamored with the centerpiece of the “new” right’s economic agenda-Don’s taco tariffing. But fear not, if there is a negative ruling, Don can merely do the obvious thing, ask Congress to approve his plan. It’s odd, given the economic renaissance Oren promises, that the “new” right wouldn’t want to make the changes permanent through Congressional action.
On the political front, he missed the internecine fight among MAGA over how much white nationalism and anti-semitism is too much. Does Oren side with Tucker, Nick Fuentes, and Kevin Roberts-the author of Project 2025?
And of course, the biggest news. Sandwich man was acquitted, even given the precision prosecution led by Judge Jeanine, and even after the gripping testimony from the agent who claimed, to a laughing courtroom, that the sandwich “exploded” on his bullet proof vest, leaving onions and mustard on his uniform. The key moment was the photo showing the sandwich still wrapped up… You’ll recall this is the gent who our government sent a swat team to apprehend, with a video crew, so they could make an example of him. Though funny, it shines light on the tragedy unfolding on our streets as our government continues to round up our neighbors instead of criminals. The violent videos don’t look like the America I know.
I don't think I would depend on the WSJ for an analysis of the QWERTY coalition or any thing else for that matter.
Something tells me that Golden isn't worried about violence from the Right or even school yard harassment of his daughters from the little fascists as Jay Jones would say.
You should have seen Joe Kernen's next segment.
He talked about a VHS tape of The Lambada he recently purchased.
That forbidden dance of love that he just learned is sweeping the nation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambada_(song)