Welcome to The Weekend Notes. If you’ve become despondent from election results and didn’t catch all 15 hours of my radio show this week, I have good news. I pulled together the highlights: the best monologues, top tweets, and the stories that sparked the biggest conversations.
‼️ NEWS: Trump names Stephen Miller his new chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles - NBC
📉 CRASH: Thursday was Wall Street’s worst day since April 2025. The Dow lost 1,833 points, the S&P 500 fell 4.36%, and the Nasdaq dropped 5.52% into correction territory as the AI trade unwound. - CNBC
🚨 BREAKING: Major Investors Are Skeptical Anthropic IPO Can Achieve $1.5 Trillion Valuation - WSJ (free)
🗳️ STILL COUNTING: Scott Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith by about 1,900 votes in Mississippi; Mary Peltola leads Dan Sullivan by roughly 600 in Alaska. - CBS (free)
👀 STAT OF THE WEEK: James Talarico’s 4.4 million early votes alone beat Ken Paxton’s 4.25 million total votes, so the Texas Senate race was over before Election Day - Dallas News
🚙 TRENDING: Tesla will be winding down production of the Cybertruck - CNBC
👀 MUST READ: Stop what you are doing and go read Ted Cruz’s 𝕏post-election breakdown.
❌ STUNNING: Americans voted against data centers in 40 out of 41 local ballot initiatives. - SA
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