Kyle Nowak

❓ Our question to you: What are your personal feelings regarding the House v. NCAA settlement?

"Take the attitude of a student. Never be too big to ask questions. Never know too much to learn something new."

–Augustine "Og" Mandino (1923-1996)

🎓 On Friday, a federal judge approved a landmark settlement that allows schools to directly pay players for the first time in NCAA history starting July 1, in a move that officially redefines the financial landscape of college athletics.

“Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you.”

Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993)

🏛️ A growing number of prominent Republicans are pushing back against some or all components of the massive tax and spending bill making its way through Congress.

"You are now, and you do become, what you think about."

–Earl Nightingale (1921-1989)

❓ Our question to you: In general, do you support Elon Musk’s efforts as the leader of DOGE?

🧲 Several major US automakers could be forced to shut down some car production in the coming days or weeks if they can’t find workarounds to recent Chinese restrictions on rare-earth magnets, per new reports from the Wall Street Journal and NY Times.

"Ideas do not reach perfection in a day, no matter how much study is put upon them."

–Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)

⚡️ Yesterday, Meta announced a deal with nuclear energy provider Constellation Energy to buy massive amounts of electricity over the next two-plus decades to fuel its AI ambitions.

“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”

–John Wooden (1910-2010)

📉 Novo Nordisk, which briefly became Europe’s most valuable company in 2023 due to blockbuster weight-loss/diabetes drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, now finds itself with a rapidly slimming market share and stock price (-46% over the past year). 

🏢 More office space is being removed than added this year, shrinking America’s overall office footprint for the first time in 25+ years, according to new data from CBRE Group, the world's largest commercial real-estate services firm. 

❓ Our question to you: In general, do you support Elon Musk’s efforts as the leader of DOGE?

“Whatever you are, try to be a good one.”

–William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)

🏛️ Elon Musk officially said goodbye to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Friday, when his 130-day legal tenure as a special government employee expired.

❓ Our question to you (long-form): What are your thoughts on the current situation regarding the Trump administration’s tariff plans?

Here are five stats from this past week that made our team go “whoa.” Hopefully you will, too.

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”

–T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)

🏛️ Yesterday afternoon, a federal appeals court temporarily paused a ruling, handed down by the Court of International Trade one day earlier, that had declared most of President Trump’s tariff plans to be illegal.