Brian JM Quinn

Totally cool. 🍊🤡 has it all under control.

Solar panels on the house ✔️
Level 2 home charger ✔️
(Non Tesla) EV in the driveway. ✔️

Oracle and OpenAI End Plans to Expand Flagship Data Center Oracle Corp. and OpenAI have scrapped plans to expand a flagship artificial intelligence data center in Texas after negotiations dragged over financing and OpenAI’s changing needs.

Not mentioned in this article:
Paramount Skydance capital needs.

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Gulf sovereign funds back Paramount–Skydance’s $110 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery - CNBC TV18 Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery is backed by $24 billion from Gulf funds. Netflix's Ted Sarandos criticized the involvement.

Paramount’s deal is backed by $24 billion from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Qatar Investment Authority, and Abu Dhabi’s L’imad Holding Company. If they start eyeing force majeure and MAC clauses in their financing docs, that’s going to make closing this deal more than challenging.

Financial strain from ME war force Gulf countries to rethink investments | The Express Tribune FT says some Gulf states have started internal reviews whether force majeure clauses can be invoked

Now comes some actually worrying news for WBD. 🍊🤡’s illegal war in the Middle East is causing Gulf countries to consider pulling back on all their outbound private sector investments. Reportedly $24 bill of the $110 bill WBD price tag is coming from a couple of Gulf states. Whoopsie doodle.

Paramount Skydance Debt Downgraded to Junk Status by Fitch Ratings Following Warner Bros. Discovery Deal Fitch Ratings downgraded Paramount Skydance's credit rating and debt to junk status in the wake of the deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.

WBD has always stated that it was concerned about financing risk associated with Para’s bid. After they signed their deal last week, Para got downgraded by the ratings agencies to junk. Worrying, but from WBD’s perspective, somebody else’s problem.

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California AG Cites Antitrust Concerns Over Paramount-WBD Merger The $111 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery has a way to go before it’s a done deal, California Attorney General Rob Bonta says.

CA AG Bonta tees up potential litigation to block Paramount-Netflix deal

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“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...

Don’t worry. This character is on the job!

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I visited MCI Framingham years ago. They had boxes of archival material early prison records basically lying around

Tesla loses Toyota and Stellantis from its EU CO2 pool, taking billions with them Toyota and Stellantis are withdrawing from Tesla's European CO2 emissions pool for 2026, removing two of its largest paying members as regulatory credit revenue shrinks globally.

Tesla loses billions in revenue overnight and the impact on the stock price? Basically nothing.

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Not even a concept of a plan.

Donald Trump has no ‘phase two’ plan for Iran war, says US senator Intelligence committee member Mark Warner suggests administration has failed to outline next steps in briefings

Obviously, there is no plan. There is never a plan. It’s just improvisation with this guy.

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A delusional confabulist.

Insanity. This war may never end

Elon Musk says he paid full price for Twitter due to ‘biased’ Delaware judge (TSLA:NASDAQ) Elon Musk says a “biased” Delaware judge pushed him to buy Twitter at full price.

Not sure what exactly his lawyers told him, but it was more likely they told him, “This is what happens when you sign a seller friendly merger agreement. The judge will be biased in favor of enforcing it.”

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FCC chair calls Paramount/WBD merger "a lot cleaner" than defunct Netflix deal FCC to review foreign debt, but Carr indicates it will be a formality.

Cleaner. Sure, it’s cleaner. Right.

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Remember Twitter? Elon Musk expected to testify over flip-flop in $44 billion buyout Musk is on trial for a case filed by Twitter investors in 2022, the year he purchased the social media company for $44 billion.

Elon Musk is expected to testify in a San Francisco federal court today. Former Twitter investors filed a class action alleging he manipulated TWTR stock price to pressure its board for a better deal as he flip-flopped post bid, bashing Twitter over bots & fake accounts— www.cnbc.com/2026/03/04/e...

Even when Ollie North was selling them weapons!

Perfect

CFIUS decisions before potential summit. It’s politics all the way down…

A reminder of the public good associated with investments in things like VOA, which this govt has callously tossed aside

Ah yes. That’s the detailed, meticulous planning associated with every Trump adventure.

Hmm. Seems like a problem.

Actor Mark Ruffalo shared this on his Twitter page as part of an advocacy plan to try and block paramount and Warner bros from merging.

What exactly are those objectives anyway?

No plan. No strategy. Just destruction.

FCC approves the merger of cable giants Cox and Charter The FCC believes the newly approved merger between Cox and Charter could lead to faster internet service and lower prices.

Increased concentration in the provision of cable services is necessary to eliminate the scourge of DEI

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Total Trumpster fire. What a mess