Notes in the Margin

Sam Altman said some companies are engaging in “AI washing,” invoking the technology as cover for layoffs they would have made anyway.

The core PPI increased a seasonally adjusted 0.8%, more than the 0.6% gain in December and well ahead of the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 0.3%.

Forty-one percent of Americans now say they sympathize more with the Palestinians in the Middle East situation, while 36% sympathize more with the Israelis.

UBS downgraded U.S. equities, saying factors that powered years of outperformance are starting to fade.

“As soon as Congress reconvenes next week, we will compel a vote of the full House on the bipartisan Khanna-Massie War Powers Resolution.” 

Gen. Caine couldn’t provide the same assurances for success as he did with Venezuela. President Trump later denied the reports about Caine’s warnings.

De Soto’s work on property rights and development economics has inspired a number of Austrian scholars to engage with his works, as

The Supreme Court has struck down the Trump tariffs that he has been setting in the past year.

Palantir joins a growing tech migration to Florida. Unfortunately, the beleaguered people of Colorado will still be subject to the fed-funded dystopian techno-panopticon Palantir is building. 

Trump is close to launching a major attack on Iran as it continues a massive buildup of military forces in the Middle East.