dditionally, Saudi money is now all over Silicon Valley. The country's Public Investment Fund committed $45 billion to Softbank's inaugural Vision Fund, and Crown Prince Mohammed said recently he'll invest a similar amount in the next fund. Through the Vision Fund, which also includes Apple and Qualcomm as investors, Softbank has massive stakes in Uber, WeWork, DoorDash and numerous other highly valued companies.

via Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com

Trump says out loud the reason he likes the Saudis is they give him money

He acted like a guy who always gets his way.
There’s a path. I’m not sure the underclass can see it, I’m not even sure the middle class can see it. Where you go to a good prep school to get into a good college to go to a good graduate school to end up at the top of the heap. In the legal world, it’s about making partner. You do well in law school to get into a great firm where you work your butt off and…
It usually doesn’t go this way. Life has a way of bumping you off the track. Not everybody can make partner, never mind get a job with a top-tier firm. And there are personal challenges. Your own health, that of your family. Death, accidents. No one lives a charmed life.
But Brett Kavanaugh believes he’s entitled to one.

...So when I hear Kavanaugh and his cronies denying their behavior, I have to speak up, because it’s BAKED IN!
You see there are two Americas, the privileged and the not. And most people never encounter privilege. They watch “Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous,” but the truly rich try not to be famous and will never be on a show like this. And they can bury bad news, by hiring David Boies, as Harvey Weinstein did to try and keep stories out of the “New York Times,” which was also paying for Boies’ firm’s services. You see it’s a club, and you’re not in it. Even worse, you don’t know about it...

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