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🚨WARNER BROS PREPS FOR MEGA-DEALS: SPLITS TV FROM STREAMING Warner Bros Discovery surges 15% after announcing plans to separate struggling cable networks (CNN, TNT) from streaming/studios by mid-2025. CEO Zaslav has hinted at major consolidation under Trump, with Comcast's new spinoff company seen as potential partner. The split positions... show more

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mukae_UBD1 год назад

What if someone launched an AI memecoin with a whole squad of mascots, wiping out those old wack memes? Bro, ALREADY HAPPENED. shit, lemme write the ticker real quick… $UBD ✍️

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Slingshot News1 год назад

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Here’s How Donald Trump Can Break China’s Battery Monopoly What do YOU think about this idea? Let us know in the comments ⬇️ Be sure to follow @NewsSlingshot for more exclusive reports!

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Travis Frailey1 год назад

CNN Rival

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JtheRanger_wtf1 год назад

another victim of the mind virus

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Doctentant1 год назад

It seems that portion of the company that lost Warner Bros the most money was the TV division, which means this is a pretty good choice on their part. It just goes to show how cable news are thing of the past and they must learn how to adapt to the new media landscape to try to survive

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Ken | Freedom Coach1 год назад

Will Elon buy streaming service???

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Josh Fechter1 год назад

No surprise, they’re looking to clean up that cable mess.

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FactualFactCheckAfterDark1 год назад

Warner Bros. Where IP goes to die.

Фото профиля ResilientMindset

ResilientMindset1 год назад

Warner Bros splitting TV and streaming is smart for focusing on growth. But their $40.4B debt makes selling cable networks tricky.

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Life1 год назад

Oh oh CNN is going to be up for grabs! @elonmusk what say you? 🤣

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37th Chamber1 год назад

Rats fleeing the sinking ship. This woke virtue signalling, nobody wants it.

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Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly signed an agreement Friday on a $110 billion deal, a merger that will make Paramount one of the largest media empires in the world. It happened after a dramatic turn of events and after Netflix walked away from its proposal to buy out Warner Bros. Paramount could now control two key movie studios, multiple streaming platforms, major intellectual property brands, along with television and cable channels, and two of the biggest news operations on television, CBS and CNN. But this isn't a done deal yet, as it is now under investigation and awaiting regulatory approval. Geoff Bennett sat down with Roben Farzad, host of public radio's "Full Disclosure," for more.

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🇺🇸 JARED KUSHNER’S FIRM PULLS OUT OF WARNER BROS TAKEOVER BATTLE Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, has exited the high-stakes effort backing Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros, signaling a major shift in one of the biggest media fights in years. The firm confirmed it is no longer pursuing the deal, citing rapidly changing dynamics around the bid. Affinity had been part of a deep-pocketed financial group supporting Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison’s unsolicited offer, valued at more than $108 billion, for the entire Warner Bros empire. The withdrawal comes days after Warner Bros. and Netflix announced a separate agreement that would carve out key assets, including HBO, HBO Max, and the Warner Bros film studio, effectively undercutting Paramount’s full-company play. With multiple bidders circling and boardroom resistance growing, the ground shifted fast. Affinity said it still believes there is strategic logic behind Paramount’s bid, but competition and deal structure no longer justified staying in the fight. The fund had been aligned with major international investors, including Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and other Gulf-based backers. Warner Bros. is now widely expected to reject Paramount’s offer, while regulators loom over any potential merger. The media consolidation war isn’t slowing down. It’s just getting sharper. Source: NBC, BloombergTV

🇺🇸 JARED KUSHNER’S FIRM PULLS OUT OF WARNER BROS TAKEOVER BATTLE Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, has exited the high-stakes effort backing Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros, signaling a major shift in one of the biggest media fights in years. The firm confirmed it is no longer pursuing the deal, citing rapidly changing dynamics around the bid. Affinity had been part of a deep-pocketed financial group supporting Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison’s unsolicited offer, valued at more than $108 billion, for the entire Warner Bros empire. The withdrawal comes days after Warner Bros. and Netflix announced a separate agreement that would carve out key assets, including HBO, HBO Max, and the Warner Bros film studio, effectively undercutting Paramount’s full-company play. With multiple bidders circling and boardroom resistance growing, the ground shifted fast. Affinity said it still believes there is strategic logic behind Paramount’s bid, but competition and deal structure no longer justified staying in the fight. The fund had been aligned with major international investors, including Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and other Gulf-based backers. Warner Bros. is now widely expected to reject Paramount’s offer, while regulators loom over any potential merger. The media consolidation war isn’t slowing down. It’s just getting sharper. Source: NBC, BloombergTV

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Netflix just KILLED Hollywood... By pulling off the most INSANE power move of 2025. $82.7 billion for Warner Bros, HBO, and HBO Max. The streaming wars are officially over. But nobody understands what actually just happened... For YEARS, Ted Sarandos said: "We're builders, not buyers. We don't need a library." Then three weeks ago he pulled a complete 180. And the bidding war was brutal. Paramount thought they had it locked. David Ellison's dad is Larry Ellison, Oracle founder, one of the richest men alive. Paramount made THREE bids in September. All rejected. Too low. But Ellison kept pushing. He wanted the ENTIRE company including CNN, Discovery Channel, all the cable networks nobody else wanted. His pitch was simple: "We have White House relationships. Regulatory approval will be easy." For weeks, everyone thought Paramount would win. Then Netflix entered the chat... $27.75 per share. Mix of cash and stock. $82.7 billion total. Paramount countered with $30 per share, all cash, backed by three Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds. Higher bid. More cash. Should've won. But Netflix included something nobody saw coming: A $5.8 BILLION breakup fee. If Netflix walks away from this deal, they pay Warner Bros $5.8B. Nobody puts up breakup fees that big. Ever. It's Netflix saying "we're so confident we can fight regulators and win, we'll bet $5.8B on it." Paramount lost their minds. Thursday morning, Paramount's lawyers sent a 4,000-word letter to Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav. The letter accused Warner Bros of rigging the process. Said Zaslav had "personal interests in post-transaction roles." Translation: Zaslav wants a job at Netflix after the deal closes, so he's giving them preferential treatment. They're literally calling it corruption. But Netflix just sat on that $5.8B breakup fee and waited. In the end, Warner Bros picked Netflix. And here's the thing... This isn't about streaming. It's about OWNING the IP before AI makes production costs zero. Warner Bros owns: - Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman (entire DC Universe) - Harry Potter (full franchise rights) - Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, The Wire - Friends, The Big Bang Theory When AI video generation hits in 2-3 years, Netflix bets on "whoever owns the IP wins." They hope to generate infinite Batman movies and Harry Potter spinoffs using AI at near-zero marginal cost. The genius move though: Paramount wanted ALL of Warner Bros Discovery. Including dying cable networks (CNN, TNT, TBS). Netflix said: "We only want the studio and streaming." They're letting Warner Bros spin off the garbage cable channels. Then buying ONLY the profitable parts. Buy the assets. Leave the liabilities. This deal "kills three birds with one stone" according to Bank of America: Bird #1: Warner Bros Discovery ceases to exist as a competitor Bird #2: HBO Max (#3 streaming platform) merges with Netflix (#1) Bird #3: Every other studio is now officially screwed Netflix now has: - World's largest subscriber base (260M+) - Second-largest content library - The IP for infinite AI content - HBO's prestige brand - Warner Bros' theatrical distribution Game over. Anonymous Hollywood producers literally sent letters to Congress BEGGING them to block the deal. They didn't even sign their names. Too scared of Netflix retaliation. Senator Warren called it an "anti-monopoly nightmare." But none of it will matter. Deal's getting approved. What happens next? 2026: Discovery Global spins off (cable networks) 2026: Netflix acquisition closes 2027: HBO integration begins 2028: AI video generation launches 2029: AI-generated Batman and Harry Potter content By 2030, Netflix IS Hollywood. My take? Thid is smart SHORT TERM. Destroys competition. Locks in IP. But LONG TERM? When AI video hits, content libraries won't matter. Speed of generation will. Netflix just spent $82.7B on the past instead of the future. The next 3 years will tell us which one it is.

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WATCH: CNN’s Jake Tapper opens his show with over 14 minutes melting down over CBS News, Bari Weiss, and Nick Bilton firing Scott Pelley.... Tapper: “Now, let’s zoom out for a second to look at the core issues here and why this larger 60 Minutes overhaul may be happening because this story is relevant when it comes to two significant developments in American media right now. One is one that you are all out there very familiar with. It’s the atomization of where people get their information with cord-cutting, social media, and streaming TV, and podcasts, and so many channels, and influencers, and much more, resulting in legacy media losing audiences and seeking ways to reach you where you are, which is often on your phone wanting information when you want it.” “Second, this is also a story of media consolidation and those who are trying to build big mega-companies in the environment where we have a President who is more than willing to impose his likes and dislikes on the regulatory world. Now, people close to Bari Weiss insists that the CBS overhaul is about culture, not politics. They think that 60 Minutes is an archaic institution that is in urgent need of reinvention. Bari Weiss argues that the news media needs to be fairer and needs to regain the public’s trust, and her boss, David Ellison, says that CBS News needs to appeal to the 70 percent of the country that is in the political middle.” “On the other hand, what 60 Minutes defenders see as its strengths, the Bari Weiss individuals and executives see as potential shortcomings, and they’re determined to rebuild this news magazine for a digital world in a vertical video age. But Scott Pelley and others at CBS, and others who used to be at CBS do think there’s something more, something political behind this rebuild. They say that Paramount’s new owners, with David Ellison at the top, are seeking a closer relationship with Donald Trump and his administration and that Ellison appointed Weiss to appease Trump and overhaul 60 Minutes, which Trump doesn’t like, and all of CBS News, which Trump doesn’t like.” “And this argument goes that all of this is happening in order to get approval of the purchase of Paramount last year by David Ellison’s company and the pending purchase of Warner Bros Discovery any day now. And of course, we should note Warner Bros Discovery owns CNN. If you want to know one of the reasons why people keep suggesting that new ownership of these news organizations is behind wanting to curry favor with Trump, and that’s one of the things driving all this, it’s because of things that President Trump keeps saying, or Secretary Haggseff, just a few moments ago, President Trump said this to CNN’s Kaitlin Collins....” TRUMP: “But CNN in particular — CNN does such false reporting, but now they have new ownership, so maybe it’ll straighten it out. I doubt it, but it’s hard to straighten garbage out.” TAPPER: “A reminder that President Trump calls any reporting he doesn’t like felt — false, and any reporting he doesn’t like garbage. Again, CBS News and Paramount reject the assertion of any political influence or interference.”

Curtis Houck

21,985 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

Michael Saylor just went on CNBC and said that if Bitcoin drops 90%, he'll simply "refinance the debt" and "roll it forward." This guy is a desperate fraud who has NO CLUE what he's talking about. Let's actually look at what "rolling it forward" means in reality: Strategy holds 714,644 Bitcoin purchased at an average cost of $76,056 per coin. Total acquisition cost: $54.35 billion. Bitcoin is trading around $68,000. Already below their cost basis. The company carries over $8 billion in debt. 100% of its convertible notes are now out of the money. Now imagine Saylor's own scenario. Bitcoin drops 90%. That takes it to roughly $6,800. Strategy's 714,644 Bitcoin would be worth approximately $4.9 billion. Against $8 billion in debt. The assets don't cover the liabilities. Period. And he thinks banks are going to refinance that? On what collateral? On what cash flow? Because Strategy's operating cash flow was negative $138 million in 2025. Down from negative $53 million the year before. The trajectory is going the wrong direction. When asked: "You think banks would lend to you at that point?" Saylor just laughed it off. But here's who's not laughing: 11 state pension funds that bought MSTR as a "regulated proxy" for Bitcoin exposure. CalPERS. New York State. Florida. Wisconsin. New Jersey. Teachers. Firefighters. Police officers. Together they hold 1.8 million shares. Their original investment: $577 million. Current value: $240 million. That's $337 million in paper losses. Most funds are down 60%. CalPERS, the largest public pension fund in the country, bought 448,000 shares for $144 million. That position has been cut nearly in half. These aren't hedge fund cowboys who can stomach a drawdown. These are retirement systems with fiduciary obligations to millions of public workers. Meanwhile $MSTR has fallen from $543 to roughly $123. Down 77% from its all-time high. Saylor says he'll buy Bitcoin "every quarter forever" and will never sell. But that's not how debt works. You don't get to choose when your creditors come calling. You don't get to "roll forward" $8 billion in debt when your only asset has collapsed and your operating business generates negative cash flow. The people who say "we'll just refinance" are always the ones who can't. The question isn't whether Saylor believes in Bitcoin. The question is whether pension funds managing trillions in retirement savings should be exposed to a leveraged single-asset bet run by a man who laughs off a 90% drawdown scenario on national tv. Teachers. Firefighters. State employees. Their retirement savings are sitting inside a company that just posted a $12.4 billion loss and whose chairman's contingency plan is "we'll figure it out." That's STUPID. And the people who'll pay the price aren't on CNBC. They're counting on those pensions to be there when they retire.

Michael Saylor just went on CNBC and said that if Bitcoin drops 90%, he'll simply "refinance the debt" and "roll it forward." This guy is a desperate fraud who has NO CLUE what he's talking about. Let's actually look at what "rolling it forward" means in reality: Strategy holds 714,644 Bitcoin purchased at an average cost of $76,056 per coin. Total acquisition cost: $54.35 billion. Bitcoin is trading around $68,000. Already below their cost basis. The company carries over $8 billion in debt. 100% of its convertible notes are now out of the money. Now imagine Saylor's own scenario. Bitcoin drops 90%. That takes it to roughly $6,800. Strategy's 714,644 Bitcoin would be worth approximately $4.9 billion. Against $8 billion in debt. The assets don't cover the liabilities. Period. And he thinks banks are going to refinance that? On what collateral? On what cash flow? Because Strategy's operating cash flow was negative $138 million in 2025. Down from negative $53 million the year before. The trajectory is going the wrong direction. When asked: "You think banks would lend to you at that point?" Saylor just laughed it off. But here's who's not laughing: 11 state pension funds that bought MSTR as a "regulated proxy" for Bitcoin exposure. CalPERS. New York State. Florida. Wisconsin. New Jersey. Teachers. Firefighters. Police officers. Together they hold 1.8 million shares. Their original investment: $577 million. Current value: $240 million. That's $337 million in paper losses. Most funds are down 60%. CalPERS, the largest public pension fund in the country, bought 448,000 shares for $144 million. That position has been cut nearly in half. These aren't hedge fund cowboys who can stomach a drawdown. These are retirement systems with fiduciary obligations to millions of public workers. Meanwhile $MSTR has fallen from $543 to roughly $123. Down 77% from its all-time high. Saylor says he'll buy Bitcoin "every quarter forever" and will never sell. But that's not how debt works. You don't get to choose when your creditors come calling. You don't get to "roll forward" $8 billion in debt when your only asset has collapsed and your operating business generates negative cash flow. The people who say "we'll just refinance" are always the ones who can't. The question isn't whether Saylor believes in Bitcoin. The question is whether pension funds managing trillions in retirement savings should be exposed to a leveraged single-asset bet run by a man who laughs off a 90% drawdown scenario on national tv. Teachers. Firefighters. State employees. Their retirement savings are sitting inside a company that just posted a $12.4 billion loss and whose chairman's contingency plan is "we'll figure it out." That's STUPID. And the people who'll pay the price aren't on CNBC. They're counting on those pensions to be there when they retire.

George Noble

136,159 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад

🚨 THE WORLD’S CENTRAL BANKERS ARE STARTING TO PANIC ABOUT AI. Not because AI is failing. Because the entire AI boom is now being built on debt, leverage, shadow banking, and financial structures that are starting to look disturbingly similar to 2008. The BIS just warned that an “AI bust” could trigger serious global financial instability. And once you look at the numbers, the concern starts making sense very quickly. Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Google and Oracle are expected to spend more than $1 TRILLION on AI capex between 2025 and 2026 alone. For 2026 itself, hyperscaler AI spending is tracking around $750 BILLION. That is a 77% jump from already record levels last year. The problem? A massive part of this expansion is being financed through debt. Morgan Stanley estimates hyperscalers and AI joint ventures alone could generate $250–300 BILLION in debt issuance by 2026. AI-focused companies already secured at least $200 BILLION through debt financing in 2025. And some companies are now literally borrowing money using Nvidia GPUs as collateral. That is where things start getting dangerous. CoreWeave, one of the biggest AI infrastructure companies, now has liabilities above $21 BILLION after pioneering GPU-backed debt financing. Its entire structure depends on Nvidia chips holding value long enough for the debt to get repaid. But GPUs depreciate extremely fast. Every new Nvidia generation immediately weakens the value of the previous one. Which means billions in loans are now backed by hardware that can lose relevance before the debt even matures. And according to the BIS, the financing structures around AI are becoming increasingly opaque. The same assets may be pledged multiple times across different financing vehicles. That is exactly the type of circular leverage that made the 2008 system so fragile. At the same time, the actual economic returns from AI still remain largely unproven. Goldman Sachs found “basically zero” economy-wide productivity gains from AI in 2025 despite hundreds of billions already being spent. Only 1% of S&P 500 companies were even able to quantify any earnings impact from AI. Yet markets are behaving like the returns are already guaranteed. Now combine this with: • Global debt at a record $353 TRILLION • Inflation jumping back to 4.2% • Private credit stress already appearing • AI chip shortages • Data center bottlenecks • And AI valuations approaching dot-com bubble extremes according to the IMF, ECB, BIS and Bank of England. This is why central banks are suddenly sounding alarmed. Because if hyperscalers ever slow AI spending, the debt chain behind the entire boom starts getting tested immediately. And right now, the global financial system is more leveraged than ever.

🚨 THE WORLD’S CENTRAL BANKERS ARE STARTING TO PANIC ABOUT AI. Not because AI is failing. Because the entire AI boom is now being built on debt, leverage, shadow banking, and financial structures that are starting to look disturbingly similar to 2008. The BIS just warned that an “AI bust” could trigger serious global financial instability. And once you look at the numbers, the concern starts making sense very quickly. Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Google and Oracle are expected to spend more than $1 TRILLION on AI capex between 2025 and 2026 alone. For 2026 itself, hyperscaler AI spending is tracking around $750 BILLION. That is a 77% jump from already record levels last year. The problem? A massive part of this expansion is being financed through debt. Morgan Stanley estimates hyperscalers and AI joint ventures alone could generate $250–300 BILLION in debt issuance by 2026. AI-focused companies already secured at least $200 BILLION through debt financing in 2025. And some companies are now literally borrowing money using Nvidia GPUs as collateral. That is where things start getting dangerous. CoreWeave, one of the biggest AI infrastructure companies, now has liabilities above $21 BILLION after pioneering GPU-backed debt financing. Its entire structure depends on Nvidia chips holding value long enough for the debt to get repaid. But GPUs depreciate extremely fast. Every new Nvidia generation immediately weakens the value of the previous one. Which means billions in loans are now backed by hardware that can lose relevance before the debt even matures. And according to the BIS, the financing structures around AI are becoming increasingly opaque. The same assets may be pledged multiple times across different financing vehicles. That is exactly the type of circular leverage that made the 2008 system so fragile. At the same time, the actual economic returns from AI still remain largely unproven. Goldman Sachs found “basically zero” economy-wide productivity gains from AI in 2025 despite hundreds of billions already being spent. Only 1% of S&P 500 companies were even able to quantify any earnings impact from AI. Yet markets are behaving like the returns are already guaranteed. Now combine this with: • Global debt at a record $353 TRILLION • Inflation jumping back to 4.2% • Private credit stress already appearing • AI chip shortages • Data center bottlenecks • And AI valuations approaching dot-com bubble extremes according to the IMF, ECB, BIS and Bank of England. This is why central banks are suddenly sounding alarmed. Because if hyperscalers ever slow AI spending, the debt chain behind the entire boom starts getting tested immediately. And right now, the global financial system is more leveraged than ever.

Crypto Rover

86,404 просмотров • 16 дней назад

The NZ$2B BlackRock renewable energy fund: A failed promise for NZ’s green future? From 2023 to 2025, millions of taxpayer dollars have been lost & the promised jobs have failed to materialise. In Aug 2023, the Ardern's Labour party (led at the time by PM Hipkins) partnered with BlackRock to launch a $2 billion climate fund, aiming for 100% renewable electricity by 2030 via solar, wind, green hydrogen, & battery storage. Hailed as a world-first, it promised jobs and innovation. The fund drew on taxpayer money via NZ Green Investment Finance (NZGIF), a Crown entity funded by public resources incl: ACC, KiwiSaver, & the NZ Super Fund. By using NZGIF, the government exposed taxpayers to risks of financial loss if investments failed-& they did. The first investment was SolarZero- a high-risk company with potential. (With better due diligence, this investment would not have gone forward.) The company was first acquired by BlackRock in Nov 2022 for approximately $110M. However, BlackRock later injected a further $147.8M into the business, bringing total capital involved to roughly $257.8M. Of this, NZGIF provided a $145M debt facility, & BlackRock contributed $112.8M. SolarZero aimed to scale solar energy in NZ with a pay-over-time model. But on Nov 26, 2024, BlackRock placed it into liquidation after it missed sales targets. Of the $145M facility, only $115M had been drawn down by the time of collapse. The full $257.8M was not "lost" as a single sum; the total recovery outcome remains uncertain. The collapse left around 160 staff jobless, with $4-5M in unpaid obligations. The loss of at least $115M of taxpayer money — representing roughly 5.75% of the $2B fund ,this was a huge blow to its credibility, leaving taxpayers with little hope of full recovery. Despite SolarZero’s failure, BlackRock charges fees reported at 1.5% annually on invested capital. While the total $50.57M fee figure is (not verified in public records), it is confirmed that BlackRock charged $4.35M on NZGIF’s $145M commitment, taxpayer money for a failed project. The fund now “seems to have gone nowhere,” with no new major projects announced and roughly $1.69 billion idle. BlackRock’s Auckland office, opened in July 2023 with around 10 staff, has delivered nothing new, appearing only to manage the fallout while fees continue. MBIE, overseeing NZ’s energy strategy, has offered no public updates. The lack of transparency raises questions about the government’s choice to partner with BlackRock, potentially delaying NZ’s 100% renewable goal. The financial losses, fees charged on taxpayer money, & lack of outcomes have led to perceptions of a “renewable investment scam,” eroding trust in BlackRock and the government. January 2026: BlackRock abandoned the $2 billion NZ Climate Infrastructure Fund. The fund is now dead. With $1.69 billion left, there was potential to salvage the fund, but this remains a sad tale of risks with global asset managers & taxpayer funds. Claims have also emerged during this time-including allegations of government officials receiving kickbacks from the deal, with a Ardern being named. No evidence has been provided to support these claims. NZGIF has advanced $314,000 in taxpayer money to fund legal investigations into whether SolarZero hid money from creditors by shifting assets into separate trusts before collapsing. NZGIF's chance of recovery in drawn-down funds hinges entirely on whether the court agrees those payments were improper. If the liquidators win, some money may be clawed back. If not, money is likely gone for good.. 2026 BlackRock has abandoned NZ Climate Infrastructure Fund. The fund is now dead.

The NZ$2B BlackRock renewable energy fund: A failed promise for NZ’s green future? From 2023 to 2025, millions of taxpayer dollars have been lost & the promised jobs have failed to materialise. In Aug 2023, the Ardern's Labour party (led at the time by PM Hipkins) partnered with BlackRock to launch a $2 billion climate fund, aiming for 100% renewable electricity by 2030 via solar, wind, green hydrogen, & battery storage. Hailed as a world-first, it promised jobs and innovation. The fund drew on taxpayer money via NZ Green Investment Finance (NZGIF), a Crown entity funded by public resources incl: ACC, KiwiSaver, & the NZ Super Fund. By using NZGIF, the government exposed taxpayers to risks of financial loss if investments failed-& they did. The first investment was SolarZero- a high-risk company with potential. (With better due diligence, this investment would not have gone forward.) The company was first acquired by BlackRock in Nov 2022 for approximately $110M. However, BlackRock later injected a further $147.8M into the business, bringing total capital involved to roughly $257.8M. Of this, NZGIF provided a $145M debt facility, & BlackRock contributed $112.8M. SolarZero aimed to scale solar energy in NZ with a pay-over-time model. But on Nov 26, 2024, BlackRock placed it into liquidation after it missed sales targets. Of the $145M facility, only $115M had been drawn down by the time of collapse. The full $257.8M was not "lost" as a single sum; the total recovery outcome remains uncertain. The collapse left around 160 staff jobless, with $4-5M in unpaid obligations. The loss of at least $115M of taxpayer money — representing roughly 5.75% of the $2B fund ,this was a huge blow to its credibility, leaving taxpayers with little hope of full recovery. Despite SolarZero’s failure, BlackRock charges fees reported at 1.5% annually on invested capital. While the total $50.57M fee figure is (not verified in public records), it is confirmed that BlackRock charged $4.35M on NZGIF’s $145M commitment, taxpayer money for a failed project. The fund now “seems to have gone nowhere,” with no new major projects announced and roughly $1.69 billion idle. BlackRock’s Auckland office, opened in July 2023 with around 10 staff, has delivered nothing new, appearing only to manage the fallout while fees continue. MBIE, overseeing NZ’s energy strategy, has offered no public updates. The lack of transparency raises questions about the government’s choice to partner with BlackRock, potentially delaying NZ’s 100% renewable goal. The financial losses, fees charged on taxpayer money, & lack of outcomes have led to perceptions of a “renewable investment scam,” eroding trust in BlackRock and the government. January 2026: BlackRock abandoned the $2 billion NZ Climate Infrastructure Fund. The fund is now dead. With $1.69 billion left, there was potential to salvage the fund, but this remains a sad tale of risks with global asset managers & taxpayer funds. Claims have also emerged during this time-including allegations of government officials receiving kickbacks from the deal, with a Ardern being named. No evidence has been provided to support these claims. NZGIF has advanced $314,000 in taxpayer money to fund legal investigations into whether SolarZero hid money from creditors by shifting assets into separate trusts before collapsing. NZGIF's chance of recovery in drawn-down funds hinges entirely on whether the court agrees those payments were improper. If the liquidators win, some money may be clawed back. If not, money is likely gone for good.. 2026 BlackRock has abandoned NZ Climate Infrastructure Fund. The fund is now dead.

Neil Edwards

11,004 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

Elon Musk tells the story of his early career Elon recounts building his first startup Zip2 after dropping out of his PhD program at Stanford: “In 1995 I basically wrote the first — or close to the first — maps, directions, and yellow pages on the Internet. I just wrote that personally and didn’t use a web server (I just read the port directly) because I couldn’t afford one. The original office was on Sherman Avenue in Palo Alto. There was an ISP on the floor below, so I drilled a hole through the floor and ran a LAN cable directly to the ISP. My brother joined me and another co-founder (Greg Kouri who passed away). At the time we couldn’t even afford a place to stay, and the office was $500 per month, so we just slept in the office and showered at the YMCA.” However, Elon did not intend to start a company at first: “I tried to get a job at Netscape. I sent my resume into Netscape and nobody responded. Then I tried hanging out in the lobby to see if I could bump into someone but I was too shy to talk to anyone. So I was like, ‘Man this is ridiculous. I’ll just write software myself and see how it goes.’ It wasn’t actually from a standpoint of ‘I want to build a company.’ I just wanted to be part of building the Internet in some way. And since I couldn’t get a job at an Internet company, I had to start an Internet company.” In 1999, Zip2 was sold to Compaq for $307 million. After the acquisition, Elon took the $20 million he earned from it and invested it into a new payments company called X, which eventually merged with Peter Thiel’s Confinity to form PayPal. “I kept the chips on the table,” he recalls. “I got that $20 million check for my share of Zip2. At the time I was living in a house with four housemates and had like $10,000 in the bank. Then this check arrives in the mail and my bank account went to $20,010,000. I had to pay taxes on that, but I ended up putting almost all of that into X.” In 2002, PayPal was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion. Elon earned ~$175-180 million from the sale based on his ~11.7% stake. In the subsequent decade, he would keep his chips on the table again and invest it all into Tesla and SpaceX. Video source: Y Combinator (2025)

Elon Musk tells the story of his early career Elon recounts building his first startup Zip2 after dropping out of his PhD program at Stanford: “In 1995 I basically wrote the first — or close to the first — maps, directions, and yellow pages on the Internet. I just wrote that personally and didn’t use a web server (I just read the port directly) because I couldn’t afford one. The original office was on Sherman Avenue in Palo Alto. There was an ISP on the floor below, so I drilled a hole through the floor and ran a LAN cable directly to the ISP. My brother joined me and another co-founder (Greg Kouri who passed away). At the time we couldn’t even afford a place to stay, and the office was $500 per month, so we just slept in the office and showered at the YMCA.” However, Elon did not intend to start a company at first: “I tried to get a job at Netscape. I sent my resume into Netscape and nobody responded. Then I tried hanging out in the lobby to see if I could bump into someone but I was too shy to talk to anyone. So I was like, ‘Man this is ridiculous. I’ll just write software myself and see how it goes.’ It wasn’t actually from a standpoint of ‘I want to build a company.’ I just wanted to be part of building the Internet in some way. And since I couldn’t get a job at an Internet company, I had to start an Internet company.” In 1999, Zip2 was sold to Compaq for $307 million. After the acquisition, Elon took the $20 million he earned from it and invested it into a new payments company called X, which eventually merged with Peter Thiel’s Confinity to form PayPal. “I kept the chips on the table,” he recalls. “I got that $20 million check for my share of Zip2. At the time I was living in a house with four housemates and had like $10,000 in the bank. Then this check arrives in the mail and my bank account went to $20,010,000. I had to pay taxes on that, but I ended up putting almost all of that into X.” In 2002, PayPal was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion. Elon earned ~$175-180 million from the sale based on his ~11.7% stake. In the subsequent decade, he would keep his chips on the table again and invest it all into Tesla and SpaceX. Video source: Y Combinator (2025)

Startup Archive

59,016 просмотров • 8 месяцев назад

🚨 #BREAKING - New Mexico lawmakers launch Investigation into Epstein’s 7,600-Acre Zorro Ranch after Epstein Files revealed there were “Foreign Girls” possibly buried in the hills But What’s most interesting is who owns it now: Texas Republican Don Huffines owns it… who was endorsed by Thomas Massie for governor in 2022. Recently, there was a major falling out on social media with Massie supporters after someone who was investigating these claims asked Massie about it, and Massie responded — “You’re barking up the wrong tree. I’m not touching that.” In the 2022 Texas Republican gubernatorial primary, Trump explicitly endorsed then-Gov. Greg Abbott over Huffines. He is now running in the March 2026 Republican primary for Texas Comptroller. As far as I can tell, Trump still hasn’t endorsed him. For transparency, one of Don Huffines’ sons—Russell Huffines—works in the Trump administration, and was hired in June 2025 as associate director of agency outreach. Don Huffins is the CEO of HEST Investments, which recently invested millions into a biotech company named Secretome Therapeutics, whic uses cardiac cells from baby hearts under 30 days old for tissue cell sourcing. 🔻Huffines Statement: "At the time of the sale, it was marketed that the proceeds would go to the victims. It has since been confirmed by the estate’s attorneys that proceeds from the sale benefited the victims," Huffines said. "What the enemy once meant for evil, God can redeem for good. That’s why we renamed the property San Rafael, after the saint associated with physical and spiritual healing, and began plans immediately to remake it as a Christian retreat, reclaiming it for Jesus..." "No law enforcement agency has ever approached me to request access, and I have always said unequivocally that any such request would be met with immediate access and full cooperation." 🔻 My Thoughts: None of this makes anyone guilty, but it’s definitely interesting how Massie tucked tail and RAN from his base who was inquiring about this.

🚨 #BREAKING - New Mexico lawmakers launch Investigation into Epstein’s 7,600-Acre Zorro Ranch after Epstein Files revealed there were “Foreign Girls” possibly buried in the hills But What’s most interesting is who owns it now: Texas Republican Don Huffines owns it… who was endorsed by Thomas Massie for governor in 2022. Recently, there was a major falling out on social media with Massie supporters after someone who was investigating these claims asked Massie about it, and Massie responded — “You’re barking up the wrong tree. I’m not touching that.” In the 2022 Texas Republican gubernatorial primary, Trump explicitly endorsed then-Gov. Greg Abbott over Huffines. He is now running in the March 2026 Republican primary for Texas Comptroller. As far as I can tell, Trump still hasn’t endorsed him. For transparency, one of Don Huffines’ sons—Russell Huffines—works in the Trump administration, and was hired in June 2025 as associate director of agency outreach. Don Huffins is the CEO of HEST Investments, which recently invested millions into a biotech company named Secretome Therapeutics, whic uses cardiac cells from baby hearts under 30 days old for tissue cell sourcing. 🔻Huffines Statement: "At the time of the sale, it was marketed that the proceeds would go to the victims. It has since been confirmed by the estate’s attorneys that proceeds from the sale benefited the victims," Huffines said. "What the enemy once meant for evil, God can redeem for good. That’s why we renamed the property San Rafael, after the saint associated with physical and spiritual healing, and began plans immediately to remake it as a Christian retreat, reclaiming it for Jesus..." "No law enforcement agency has ever approached me to request access, and I have always said unequivocally that any such request would be met with immediate access and full cooperation." 🔻 My Thoughts: None of this makes anyone guilty, but it’s definitely interesting how Massie tucked tail and RAN from his base who was inquiring about this.

MJTruthUltra

123,037 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад

🚨12 HOUR NEWS RECAP 1.⁠ Trump, accepting the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize, declared it “one of the great honors” of his life and claimed his diplomacy helped “save millions of lives.” 2.⁠ Macron got a hero’s welcome in China while back home he’s mired in political paralysis, collapsing approval ratings, and a country that greets him with protests instead of applause. 3.⁠ Russia unleashed a massive overnight barrage across Ukraine - drones, missiles, and bombers hitting cities from Kyiv to Lviv - causing blackouts, fires, and widespread damage in one of the war’s most intense bombardments yet. 4.⁠ Trump stole the show at the World Cup draw by breaking into his “YMCA” dance beside Canada’s Mark Carney and Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum - just weeks after slapping both countries with major tariffs. 5.⁠ Steve Witkoff announced the U.S. and Ukraine have agreed on a security framework for a future peace deal, with talks set to continue today as both sides push for lasting deterrence and reconstruction. 6.⁠ Netflix stunned Hollywood with a $72 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, uniting HBO, DC, Harry Potter, and more under one streaming giant in one of the biggest media takeovers in history. 7.⁠ Stephen Miller said Minnesota’s Somali welfare-fraud network is likely the largest taxpayer theft in U.S. history, alleging the state’s government is complicit and that the already-exposed $1B “Feeding Our Future” scandal is only the beginning of a far deeper scheme that could total $8 billion. 8.⁠ A judge ordered Epstein and Maxwell grand jury transcripts unsealed under the new transparency law, forcing the DOJ to release a massive trove of previously hidden evidence - from agent notes to photos - by December 19. 9.⁠ A Coast Guard helicopter sniper disabled a speeding narco-boat in a record 20,000-pound cocaine bust, part of an intensified U.S. campaign that War Secretary Hegseth says is only beginning to put cartel traffickers “at the bottom of the ocean.” 10. Germany has purchased 123 new Leopard 2A8 tanks - a €3.4B upgrade of drone-killing, sensor-fused armor - packing 360° awareness, advanced thermal sights, and a gun that can swat drones out of the sky before they ever get close.

🚨12 HOUR NEWS RECAP 1.⁠ Trump, accepting the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize, declared it “one of the great honors” of his life and claimed his diplomacy helped “save millions of lives.” 2.⁠ Macron got a hero’s welcome in China while back home he’s mired in political paralysis, collapsing approval ratings, and a country that greets him with protests instead of applause. 3.⁠ Russia unleashed a massive overnight barrage across Ukraine - drones, missiles, and bombers hitting cities from Kyiv to Lviv - causing blackouts, fires, and widespread damage in one of the war’s most intense bombardments yet. 4.⁠ Trump stole the show at the World Cup draw by breaking into his “YMCA” dance beside Canada’s Mark Carney and Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum - just weeks after slapping both countries with major tariffs. 5.⁠ Steve Witkoff announced the U.S. and Ukraine have agreed on a security framework for a future peace deal, with talks set to continue today as both sides push for lasting deterrence and reconstruction. 6.⁠ Netflix stunned Hollywood with a $72 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, uniting HBO, DC, Harry Potter, and more under one streaming giant in one of the biggest media takeovers in history. 7.⁠ Stephen Miller said Minnesota’s Somali welfare-fraud network is likely the largest taxpayer theft in U.S. history, alleging the state’s government is complicit and that the already-exposed $1B “Feeding Our Future” scandal is only the beginning of a far deeper scheme that could total $8 billion. 8.⁠ A judge ordered Epstein and Maxwell grand jury transcripts unsealed under the new transparency law, forcing the DOJ to release a massive trove of previously hidden evidence - from agent notes to photos - by December 19. 9.⁠ A Coast Guard helicopter sniper disabled a speeding narco-boat in a record 20,000-pound cocaine bust, part of an intensified U.S. campaign that War Secretary Hegseth says is only beginning to put cartel traffickers “at the bottom of the ocean.” 10. Germany has purchased 123 new Leopard 2A8 tanks - a €3.4B upgrade of drone-killing, sensor-fused armor - packing 360° awareness, advanced thermal sights, and a gun that can swat drones out of the sky before they ever get close.

Mario Nawfal

52,470 просмотров • 7 месяцев назад

Rep. Ilhan Omar's net worth magically increased 3,500% in just one year. Why aren't these people being investigated or in prison? The Somalia spy who married her own brother who committed fraud in multiple ways has lied to the American people once again. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) reported a net worth of up to $30 million in her latest financial disclosure – a document filed just months after the congresswoman dismissed claims she was a millionaire as “ridiculous” and “categorically false.” The disclosure, filed in May, shows the far-left “Squad” lawmaker and her husband, Tim Mynett, experienced a roughly 3,500% increase in net worth last year, compared to 2023. The surge in wealth detailed in Omar’s disclosure is the result of an explosion in the value of assets held by her husband’s venture capital firm and winery. The financial gains came from Mynett’s two businesses, a Santa Rosa, Calif.-based winery and venture capital firm headquartered in Washington, DC. Omar valued the winery’s assets at between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 in her latest disclosure. By comparison, the winery, eStCru LLC, was only worth between $15,000 and $50,000 in Omar’s previous financial disclosure. More dramatic was the explosion in growth experienced by Mynett’s venture capital firm, Rose Lake Capital LLC. Rose Lake Capital’s assets were valued at between $5,000,000 to $25,000,000 by the end of 2024. The company had less than $1,000 in assets the previous year. Notably, income from the venture capital firm is listed as “none” in 2024 but between $15,000 and $50,000 the previous year. Rose Lake Capital claims to have $60 billion in assets under management, according to the company’s website. The company touts its “deep global networks built from on-the-ground work in more than 80 countries working across business, politics, banking and diplomacy.” It offers clients “expertise” in several facets of business, including structuring “legislation.” The congresswoman cried “disinformation” in February, when asked about online speculation that she was a secret millionaire. “Since getting elected, there has been a coordinated right-wing disinformation campaign claiming all sorts of wild things, including the ridiculous claim I am worth millions of dollars which is categorically false,” Omar told Business Insider. “I am a working mom with student loan debt. Unlike some of my colleagues — and similar to most Americans — I am not a millionaire and am raising a family while maintaining a residence in both Minneapolis and DC, which are among the most expensive housing markets in the country,” she added. The disclosure does list as much as $100,000 in credit card and student loan debt owed by Omar. She also has between $1,000 and $15,000 in her congressional credit union savings account and another $15,000 to $50,000 in a retirement fund from her time in the Minnesota state legislature. Omar’s office did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. If you haven't figured it out yet, these people trick you into voting for them or rig the election itself, promise YOU things and then when they get into office, they steal your taxpayer dollars and everything else they can, cheat the system to get themselves rich, sell out to other nations or interests and completely screw you over, the American taxpayer while they lie straight to your face. This is just the tip of the iceberg. These people need to be investigated and held accountable immediately. We, the people, are done with the bs and these people who don't even represent America, robbing us and our country blind. We demand accountability with severe consequences. Source: - Paralegal Institute of Washington D.C. - Just The News - Real Politics Podcast - AOL - NY Post

Rep. Ilhan Omar's net worth magically increased 3,500% in just one year. Why aren't these people being investigated or in prison? The Somalia spy who married her own brother who committed fraud in multiple ways has lied to the American people once again. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) reported a net worth of up to $30 million in her latest financial disclosure – a document filed just months after the congresswoman dismissed claims she was a millionaire as “ridiculous” and “categorically false.” The disclosure, filed in May, shows the far-left “Squad” lawmaker and her husband, Tim Mynett, experienced a roughly 3,500% increase in net worth last year, compared to 2023. The surge in wealth detailed in Omar’s disclosure is the result of an explosion in the value of assets held by her husband’s venture capital firm and winery. The financial gains came from Mynett’s two businesses, a Santa Rosa, Calif.-based winery and venture capital firm headquartered in Washington, DC. Omar valued the winery’s assets at between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 in her latest disclosure. By comparison, the winery, eStCru LLC, was only worth between $15,000 and $50,000 in Omar’s previous financial disclosure. More dramatic was the explosion in growth experienced by Mynett’s venture capital firm, Rose Lake Capital LLC. Rose Lake Capital’s assets were valued at between $5,000,000 to $25,000,000 by the end of 2024. The company had less than $1,000 in assets the previous year. Notably, income from the venture capital firm is listed as “none” in 2024 but between $15,000 and $50,000 the previous year. Rose Lake Capital claims to have $60 billion in assets under management, according to the company’s website. The company touts its “deep global networks built from on-the-ground work in more than 80 countries working across business, politics, banking and diplomacy.” It offers clients “expertise” in several facets of business, including structuring “legislation.” The congresswoman cried “disinformation” in February, when asked about online speculation that she was a secret millionaire. “Since getting elected, there has been a coordinated right-wing disinformation campaign claiming all sorts of wild things, including the ridiculous claim I am worth millions of dollars which is categorically false,” Omar told Business Insider. “I am a working mom with student loan debt. Unlike some of my colleagues — and similar to most Americans — I am not a millionaire and am raising a family while maintaining a residence in both Minneapolis and DC, which are among the most expensive housing markets in the country,” she added. The disclosure does list as much as $100,000 in credit card and student loan debt owed by Omar. She also has between $1,000 and $15,000 in her congressional credit union savings account and another $15,000 to $50,000 in a retirement fund from her time in the Minnesota state legislature. Omar’s office did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. If you haven't figured it out yet, these people trick you into voting for them or rig the election itself, promise YOU things and then when they get into office, they steal your taxpayer dollars and everything else they can, cheat the system to get themselves rich, sell out to other nations or interests and completely screw you over, the American taxpayer while they lie straight to your face. This is just the tip of the iceberg. These people need to be investigated and held accountable immediately. We, the people, are done with the bs and these people who don't even represent America, robbing us and our country blind. We demand accountability with severe consequences. Source: - Paralegal Institute of Washington D.C. - Just The News - Real Politics Podcast - AOL - NY Post

The SCIF

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Walmart is selling you an unprofitable TV that watches everything you do and reports it back to their $6.4 billion advertising machine. And the TV literally won't turn on until you give them permission. This is one of the most sophisticated consumer surveillance operations in history and 150 million people walk into their stores every single week with no idea it's happening. Here's the full story: In December 2024, Walmart bought Vizio for $2.3 billion. Everyone assumed it was about selling more TVs. But it had nothing to do with TVs. Vizio's TV hardware business was actually LOSING money, posting a $6.7 million loss in its final quarter as an independent company. The advertising division made $115.8 million in profit that same quarter. Walmart bought 19 million living rooms - not a TV company. In March 2026, Walmart flipped the switch. Every new Vizio TV now requires a mandatory Walmart account before you can access any smart features. No account, no streaming apps. Without signing in, your TV is useless. The moment you create that account, something called Automatic Content Recognition activates. ACR runs silently in the background, taking screenshots of everything displayed on your screen and comparing them against a database to identify exactly what you're watching, second by second, across 700 TV networks and over 100 streaming apps. It knows what you watched, when you watched it, how long you watched it, and what you did afterward. Now here's the part that makes this genuinely unprecedented in the history of retail: Walmart ALREADY knows what 150 million Americans buy every week. They know your grocery habits, your clothing preferences, your pharmacy purchases, your financial behavior through Walmart Pay, and your location data from the app. But what they couldn't see was the 4 to 6 hours a day Americans spend staring at their television screens. By connecting your Walmart account to your Vizio TV, they've closed that loop. They can now prove that you saw a 30 second ad for gardening soil Sunday night and bought that exact brand at Walmart Monday morning. L'Oréal is already signed on as a launch partner for this kind of targeting. The math on this is just insane: Walmart Connect, their advertising arm, generated $6.4 billion last year with 46% year-over-year growth. Advertising runs at 70 to 90% profit margins compared to traditional retail's 3 to 4%. Their CFO admitted that ads and membership fees already account for one-third of Walmart's total operating income. The advertising business is now more important to Walmart's bottom line than entire product categories in their stores. And they're just getting started. Analysts calculated that Walmart's ad revenue currently represents only 1% of total sales. Amazon's ad business runs at 8% of sales. The gap between where Walmart is and where Amazon is represents roughly $50 billion in untapped advertising revenue. The Vizio deal is the bridge to get there. This is WHY they're selling certain TVs at a loss. When you break down the $2.3 billion acquisition across 19 million households, Walmart paid $121 per living room. A lifetime of behavioral viewing data from a household that also shops at Walmart is worth infinitely more than that. The cheap TV is a trojan horse. Vizio has already been fined $2.2 million by the FTC for secretly collecting viewing data on 11 million TVs without consent. The Texas Attorney General sued them for "spying on Texans." Walmart bought them anyway and made the surveillance MANDATORY. The company that built its empire promising everyday low prices is becoming the most powerful advertising platform in the world, and the TV in your living room is the entry point. What do you think?

Ricardo

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