General Catalyst posted VC rage bait and it worked, especially on a16z

Compulsive X user Andreessen himself couldn't resist responding, many, many times.

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Whiskey Pete Suddenly Cancels Planned Troop Deployment To Poland

That Whiskey Pete, he's an impulsive kind of guy. So his last-minute decision to cancel the deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland caught everyone by surprise -- including Pentagon staff and European allies. This is just the latest example of an abrupt personnel move from the Defense secretary that blindsided both sides of the Atlantic.

No one seems to know why Hegseth issued the order, according to three defense officials familiar with the matter. Trump has repeatedly expressed anger and frustration with European allies for their failure to help with the Iran war, although Trump has labeled Poland a “model ally” for its high defense spending. So it probably wasn't Lumpy who made the call.

Troops and equipment had already started to arrive in the country. The sudden turnaround is making sending waves of anxiety through European capitals and inside the Pentagon on Thursday about whether such moves could embolden Russia — and which ally might turn into the next target.

“We had no idea this was coming,” said one of the U.S. officials, adding that European and American officials have spent the last 24 hours on the phone trying to understand the decision and figure out if more surprises are coming.

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YouTube viewers watch 2 billion hours of Shorts on TVs each month

Short-form video is built for mobile, so it may seem counterintuitive, but it's true: YouTube Shorts are becoming quite popular on the big screen.

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Trump Has The Worst Approval Rating On Healthcare This Century

CNN's Harry Enten delivered more bad news for Trump when he received the lowest approval rating on health care by any US president this century.

ENTEN: Yeah, if we talk about health care, why don't we just look at the highest disapproval ratings for presidents this century.

And you can see it right here.

The one in red on your screen, Donald Trump, 65 percent disapproval of him on health care.

That is the highest.

That is the highest for any president this century.

Biden was at 57 percent.

That was his highest.

Obama, remember, this was around the Obamacare debate, right?

He was at 63 percent.

Obama's actually beating him on this score, which is a score you don't want to be winning on.

And then, of course, Bush, when there was all this talk about privatizing Social Security, he was at 63 percent.

But Donald Trump takes the cake on this issue, 65 percent disapproval, the highest for any president this century.

The only reason Trump still gets support in the 30s is that the evangelical MAGA cult is clinging on for dear life.

RJK Jr.'s approval ratings have also finally cratered.

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Can Demented Don's IRS Lawsuit Be Settled Before Deadline?

The DOJ is holding internal discussions about settling Chumpy's lawsuit against the IRS in the coming days, a move that could once again involve the government directly providing taxpayer funds or another public benefit to the president.

One of the settlement options the Justice Department and White House officials are reviewing is the possibility of the IRS dropping any audits of Trump, his family members or businesses, according to two of the people. (Haha, Department of Justice = "Just Us". Get it?)

In January, Trump et al sued the IRS for at least $10 billion over the leak of their tax returns during Chumpy's first term. The crime family argued that the IRS should have done more to prevent a former contractor from disclosing tax information to The New York Times and ProPublica.

Given that Chumpy oversees the I.R.S., the agency that he is suing, the judge in the case has taken a series of novel legal steps to probe whether there is a genuine controversy between the Justice Department and Mr. Trump. For a lawsuit to be valid, the two parties must actually be on opposite sides, otherwise the judge can throw out the case. The judge has ordered Mr. Trump’s personal lawyers — along with the Justice Department, which represents the I.R.S. in federal court — to submit briefs by May 20 explaining whether they are in conflict with one another.

But the White House and Justice Department lapdogs (yoo hoo, Todd Blanche!) have in recent days been racing to settle the suit before that deadline, according to the people.

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Anthropic’s Cat Wu says that, in the future, AI will anticipate your needs before you know what they are

The head of product for Claude Code and Cowork says that the next big step for AI is proactivity.

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Trump Brags That His AG ‘Kept Me Out Of Jail For Years’

At a Monday event honoring law enforcement, Donald J. Trump lavished praise on acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, saying that Blanche had kept him out of prison over the years. Blanche originally served as Trump's personal lawyer during the New York hush money trial, where Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to conceal an affair. Trump was later sentenced to an unconditional discharge, meaning no prison time and no fine.

After taking office, Trump appointed Blanche as deputy attorney general and subsequently elevated him to acting attorney general following the dismissal of Pam Bondi. But this is a weird brag to tell a roomful of law enforcement officers, don't you think? It's got that mob-boss feel to it.

"We have a man who's doing a great job," Trump said. "I'll tell you, I knew it because he kept me out of jail for years. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, he kept me out of jail."

"They would indict me left and right," he continued. "The crooked Democrats, you know, it's amazing. They impeach me. They indict me."

"And then when I get in office, if I say something like, well, maybe that should be looked into weaponization, I go through court cases," he insisted. I win them, but because there were fake indictments. But when I even mentioned, like I said the other day, that some of that stuff should be looked into. They said weaponization!"

"He's a terrible human being," he continued. Weaponization. They blame me for weaponization."

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