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In our 'Asshole is selfish' headline of the week. Billionaire Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick admits strategically moving to Texas before California wealth tax***************

Kalanick was caught on camera in a heated argument with an Uber driver, who complained about falling fares and the company’s treatment of drivers: "Some people don't like to take responsibility for their own sh*t"

In our 'Top snarky podcast hosts plead with airline companies to stop the share buyback bullshit and pay airport workers. ‘Once again, air travel CEOs are bullshit artists’' headline of the week. Top airline CEOs plead with Congress to restore DHS funding and pay airport workers. ‘Once again, air travel is the political football’***************

Between June 1, 2025, and March 16, 2026:

Southwest repurchased $2.6B in 2005; $400M in 2026

United $1.5B

5 NEOs: $91 million in 2025

Scott Kirby $34M; $97M in shares 

Delta focused on $4.8B debt reduction

Frontline Transportation Security Officers (TSOs, Airport Screeners): 50,000

$328M per month

In our 'Pervy owner does pervy stuff and everybody is fake shocked.' headline of the week. It Was Going to Be Magic City Night at the Atlanta Hawks. Then the Outrage Poured In.***************

Tony Ressler founded the private equity firm Apollo Global Management with Leon Black.

An independent review revealed that Leon Black paid Jeffrey Epstein $158M for financial and tax-planning services between 2012 and 2017. These payments occurred after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting an underage girl.

Ressler is the brother-in-law of Leon Black (Black is married to Ressler's sister, Debra) 

In our 'College dropout techbro ignores actual experts, part 17 million ' headline of the week. OpenAI’s own mental health experts unanimously opposed “naughty” ChatGPT launch*************** 

The probably might be too many women and no