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Jan 2025
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đŸ«° “Andreessen-In-Chief” — Trump’s Ventu...

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The theme of Trump’s cabinet? Venture Capital guys
 so we put together a LinkedIn on it.

Netflix’s biggest pivot in a decade is to live sports
 and we just got the results.

The White House issued a record number of executive orders
 Energy stocks explain ‘em all.

Plus, the “5-Second Rule” of food was just proven wrong (no fallen sandwich is safe).


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