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A daily news briefing covering markets, technology and US politics from a conservative, pro-business perspective. Recurring subjects include artificial intelligence and semiconductor companies, Federal Reserve and tax policy, and cultural commentary. Published as a free daily roundup alongside a paid Capitalist Insider edition and a subscriber chat.
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Recent examples: JD Vance Exposes Almost A Million Obamacare Fraudsters · Trump economy just jumped 2.2%, Wall Street expected 1.5%
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Recent posts
- JD Vance Exposes Almost A Million Obamacare Fraudsters
The Capitalist exists because of you! Become a paid subscriber today, support reporting like this and receive the Capitalist Insider Subscribe here now On Tuesday, September 22, Vice President JD Vance announced that his fraud task force was removing 750,000 fake Obamacare recipients from the Market. An additional 419,000 recipients are also being investigated for suspected fraud. The removal will save taxpayers roughly $2.2 billion, in an effort to remove scammers from receiving benefits from the Affordable Care Act. “We’re doing an amazing and common sense thing- We’re making sure that the…
- Trump economy just jumped 2.2%, Wall Street expected 1.5%
Hello Capitalists! Get the edge on what you need to know today: Capitalist Insider: SEC greenlights Tesla’s one-click yes for a SpaceX deal US GDP just jumped to 2.2%, Wall Street expected 1.5% Super Intelligence is now official, AI is off the letterhead Hiring rebounded to 90k after a three-month lull Boeing now owns the Air Force and Navy sixth-gen fighter contracts 7.30% mortgages just pushed applications down 6% Europe spent €100B extra for the same oil and gas Tariffs unlocked a $15B steel mill and 1,750 Iowa jobs Disney just cut hundreds of HR and technology jobs Sponsored by Kalshi US…
- Capitalist Insider: SEC greenlights Tesla’s one-click yes for a SpaceX deal
Hello Capitalist Insiders! SEC greenlights Tesla’s one-click yes for a SpaceX deal Trump and Huang beat the AI pause camp in one White House lunch Europe’s inflation just hit multiyear highs on energy Raskin wants the secret NDAs behind AI data-center deals Moderna is $203. Citi’s target is $80. That’s a Sell SEC greenlights Tesla’s one-click yes for a SpaceX deal Tesla made it simpler for retail owners to back the board by default, a governance shift that also eases approval if a SpaceX deal ever goes to a vote.
- “Dress for the job you want” needs to apply to personal airport appearance
The Capitalist exists because of you, and we want to hear from you! Become a paid subscriber today and access the Live Capitalist chat Subscribe here now We like to talk about how much we hate airline travel. I’ll admit with several hundred thousand airline miles under my belt, I’m an expert. In fact, I’m writing this in the Denver airport, my 5 th connection through Denver this month, and just got a three-hour delay. Yup, I’m an expert. Much of airline travel is miserable, yes. The entire TSA experience. The lines. Lines for the bathroom. Lines to get a cup of coffee. Lines to get on the…
- Trump takes his American jobs tour to a Texas Peterbilt plant
Hello Capitalists! Get the edge on what you need to know today: Capitalist Insider: Tether froze $550M in Iran linked crypto Trump takes his American jobs tour to a Texas Peterbilt plant ”New” Chat GPT model hid what it did so OpenAI killed it 80 pages of risk. 48 of business. That’s the Anthropic IPO Huang just greenlit $150B saying Nvidia is too cheap Trump hosts AI titans after calling the risks a hoax Meta Muse just plugged into Shopify, Stripe and QuickBooks Oura killed a $2.2B IPO the day it was set to price FAA just stalled Boeing’s Max 10 over a software glitch Sponsored Delta Capital…
- Capitalist Insider: Tether froze $550M in Iran linked crypto
Hello Capitalist Insiders! Tether froze $550M in Iran linked crypto. Senate Dems still want a DOJ probe “A cover for negligence”: Mistral CEO slams U.S. AI safety clamor $1B from Samsung. Nvidia’s Helix now tops $11B Carnival jumps 12% after a record $8.44B quarter AT&T Fiber homes now burn 1TB a month. Corning gets $3B Tesla’s real Semi business isn’t the truck. It’s the software Ford recalled 11,405 Rangers over back up camera screen fail Trump’s quantum computing order may ride the $1.15T defense bill Tether froze $550M in Iran linked crypto. Senate Dems still wants a DOJ probe Tether said…
- Tesla’s SpaceX week is the only bid left in a 20% hole
“Alright, pay attention because this is how legends are made.” Support The Capitalist, become a paid subscriber today: Subscribe Here Hot takes from the C-Suite corner office, not financial advice! Tesla’s SpaceX week is the only bid left in a 20% hole AI just copied the energy sector’s most dangerous contract Citi just put an $11 billion price on Google and Nvidia’s light switch Azure cleared $100 billion and Barron’s just waved in the software complex Deutsche Bank just priced a 50% copper squeeze into 2027 Sponsored by Gold Gate Capital Tesla’s SpaceX week is the only bid left in a 20%…
- Trump unveils a $15B Iowa mill, the largest U.S. steel plant ever
Hello Capitalists! Get the edge on what you need to know today: Capitalist Insider: Iran used Tether in 84% of sanctioned wallets Trump unveils a $15B Iowa mill, the largest U.S. steel plant ever Elon Starship reaches orbit with an engine out, drops 26 Starlinks Huang’s $150B buyback dwarfs Apple’s $110B record Meta steals MongoDB’s CEO after less than a year (Their stock cratered 20%) Nvidia says its new tools would have stopped the Hugging Face hack U.S. and China float $60B in tariff cuts, soybeans are still out Instinct hits $10B a month after a $2.5B round The Pentagon banned Claude as…
- Capitalist Insider: Iran used Tether in 84% of sanctioned wallets
Hello Capitalist Insiders! Senate: Iran used Tether in 84% of sanctioned wallets Bessent hires almost-Fed-chair Zervos at Treasury Google’s biggest Europe bet: $15.2B and half a nuclear plant Goldman: on-site fuel cells and turbines will run 25% of data centers Boeing told airlines last month: 737 Max guidance can fail on landing BofA slaps a $60 Buy on IonQ as quantum rips higher Senate: Iran used Tether Crypto in 84% of sanctioned wallets Senate Democrats plan to release a report Monday finding that Iran used Tether’s dollar stablecoin as a primary payment rail and as a tool to fund proxies…
- Well done Dario, Anthropic stays blacklisted by DoW
“Alright, pay attention because this is how legends are made.” Support The Capitalist, become a paid subscriber today: Subscribe Here Hot takes from the C-Suite corner office, not financial advice! The Pentagon’s Anthropic blacklist just survived the appeals court Oracle credit just priced the data-center power bill Microsoft finally shipped a Copilot Wall Street can mark up Quantum is an $850 billion brochure and the check is dated 2040 BofA just hung a $30 toe-tag on Nike Altman’s agent cracked a government portal then he preached alignment Sponsored by Gold Gate Capital The Pentagon’s…
- Iran recycled June’s deal. Now it’s a 7-day clock
Hello Capitalists! Get the edge on what you need to know today: Capitalist Insider: The $300B hole Amazon, Oracle and Microsoft still owe Iran recycled June’s deal. Now it’s a 7-day clock Greer: China trade subset hits Monday. Chips stay out The 10-year just hit 5.183%, highest since 2007 The bond selloff just pushed 30-year mortgages to 7.45% Trump flagged the weak yen. It just jumped Warsh’s 127-day overhaul still points to more hikes No power, still paying: Oracle’s Jupiter problem AI shopping agents can type in your card. Banks flinch Sponsored by Gold Gate Capital Iran recycled June’s…
- Capitalist Insider: The $300B hole Amazon, Oracle and Microsoft still owe
Hello Capitalist Insiders! Goldman to Big Tech: $300B just to get to zero on AI. $1T to actually win Muse just dragged Meta within $10 of a record Musk gave OpenAI and Anthropic a 6-month clock Akamai rips 20% after Anthropic’s $11.6B cloud shock Gold just lost 2% as Fed hike odds hit 70% Hyperscalers must print $300B before AI pays a dime Goldman Sachs says Amazon, Oracle and Microsoft need about $300 billion in AI revenue in the next few years just to break even on their infrastructure binge.
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