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December 17th, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• Netflix has signed a multi-year deal with Barstool Sports for exclusive video rights to three popular podcasts, which are Pardon My Take, The Ryen Russillo Show, and Spittin' Chiclets…starting in early 2026 for U.S. subscribers, Netflix will stream all new video episodes plus select library content

• The Senate passed the $901 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2026, authorizing the bill after House approval and sending it to President Trump for his signature…key elements include a 3.8% military pay raise, boosts to shipbuilding and aircraft funding, acquisition reforms, mandates for unedited footage of drug boat strikes involving Defense/War Secretary Hegseth, and $400 million annual Ukraine aid through 2027

• Former special counsel Jack Smith defended his prosecutions of President Trump during a closed-door deposition before the House Judiciary Committee, asserting that the charges stemmed solely from Trump's actions in the 2020 election subversion and classified documents cases, which ended after Trump's 2024 reelection…Smith emphasized developing “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” of Trump's criminal actions to overturn the election and his willful retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago…read more here

• Deputy Director of the FBI, Dan Bongino, announced he is resigning next month

• Ray Dalio and his wife Barbara have pledged $75 million to fund "Trump Accounts” which are tax-advantaged investment accounts for children, by contributing $250 each to roughly 300,000 kids in lower-income Connecticut ZIP codes…corporate backers listed on trumpaccounts.gov include Block, Uber, BNY Mellon, Charter Communications, BlackRock, Mastercard, and Visa, in which some companies have said they plan to match the government's $1,000 seed for employees' children born 2025-2028

• Senator Bernie Sanders has called for and will push for a halt on constructing new AI data centers in the U.S., citing concerns over massive energy and water consumption, job displacement by AI and robotics, and benefits skewed toward billionaires

• The Senate confirmed entrepreneur and private astronaut, Jared Isaacman, as NASA's new administrator in a 67-30 vote

• President Trump announced he will be giving an address to the nation tonight at 9 PM EST, some reports have stated it will be to announce war with Venezuela…watch it live here

• Congressman, Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced that he will not seek re-election in 2026

• The Academy Awards will shift from ABC broadcast TV to exclusive free worldwide streaming on YouTube starting with the 101st Oscars in 2029

• Instagram launched "Instagram for TV”, which is a dedicated app that brings Reels to the big screen, starting as a pilot on Amazon Fire TV devices in the U.S.

• OpenAI is reportedly in early talks with Amazon about a deal that could see Amazon invest at least $10 billion in the company and have OpenAI adopt Amazon’s AI chips for production workloads

• DOW down .47% / S&P down 1.16%

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