Donald Trump gets a lump of coal

It’s becoming surreal watching major media outlets pretend to be surprised that Donald Trump’s 2024 faux-campaign is crashing and burning into a pit of irrelevance. The media spent two years chasing ratings by pretending “Trump 2024” was going to be a real thing, so now they have to pretend to be shocked that it turns out to have never been a real thing. And when Trump is predictably indicted, most major media outlets will pretend to be shocked by that development as well.

– Tesla stock is down 60% over the past three months. During this same timeframe no other car company has seen remotely similar drops, and the NASDAQ-100 Technology Sector index has only fallen by 7%. Tesla’s plunge is unique, and specifically related to the unraveling of its CEO

– Tweet of the day, from John Cleese: “I think that when people [say] prosecuting a former President sets a dangerous precedent, they are right. But it’s only dangerous for the former president. It makes the rest of us feel safer.”

– Tweet of the day #2, from John “Bowzer” Bauman: “The Omnibus caps off an incredible two years of legislating for the Biden Administration. The Electoral Count Act contained in it is a first big step to stop the movement toward autocracy threatening us all.”