BBD Investors

  The Onion Says It Won’t Wait for the Courts, Will Launch Infowars to Pay Sandy Hook Families The Punchline That Became a Promise When you first heard that  The Onion , the same folks who brought you headlines like  “New Study Reveals 90% Of All Statistics Are Made Up On The Spot” , was trying to buy Alex Jones ’ Infowars , you probably laughed. I know I did. It sounded like one of their own jokes. The world’s most famous satirical news outlet taking over the world’s most infamous conspiracy theory platform? That’s the kind of premise that writes itself. But here’s the thing: it’s not a joke anymore. On July 2, 2026, The Onion is launching its version of Infowars. And they’re doing it without court approval. Why? Because they’re tired of waiting. And more importantly, because Sandy Hook families are tired of waiting for the $1.5 billion they’re owed. Sometimes, justice needs a sense of humor. The Backstory, How We Got Here Before we talk about what’s happening next,...

  Takeaways From ‘Regime Change’: Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's Explosive Book on Trump's White House Donald Trump  reportedly decorated the White House with a tube of  super glue . He held a private dinner where he made  Rupert Murdoch  judge  JD Vance  against  Marco Rubio  like a bizarre reality show. His aides gathered in the  Situation Room , without him , to panic over  Jeffrey Epstein  files. And he watched  Mark Zuckerberg  and  Jeff Bezos  grovel for his favor, then mocked them behind their backs. Welcome to  Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump . The 464-page book by  New York Times  reporters  Maggie Haberman  and  Jonathan Swan  drops on  June 23, 2026 , and it's already sending shockwaves through the White House. Based on  roughly 1,000 interviews , including an  hour-long Oval Office session  with Trump him...

  Jeff Bezos Called Washington Post His Worst Investment and Staff He Laid Off "Terrible" People The Dinner That Changed Everything It's December 2024. The world's third-richest man sits down for dinner with the incoming President of the United States. The conversation turns to business. And then, Jeff Bezos , the guy who built Amazon from a garage startup into a trillion-dollar empire, makes a stunning confession. Buying The Washington Post , he says, was his  worst investment ever . Not Pets.com , where he lost $50 million. Not LivingSocial , where Amazon sank $175 million only to watch it collapse. The Washington Post. The newspaper he bought in 2013 for $250 million, the one that broke Watergate , the one that was supposed to be his legacy in journalism. According to a soon-to-be-released book by  New York Times  journalists Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, Bezos didn't stop there. He complained that the Post's staff were "terrible." That th...

  Godfather of AI Blasts Musk's xAI as “Failure,” Says Labs Are Risking a “Big Bubble Explosion” The Bombshell That Shook Silicon Valley You're Yann LeCun . You're one of the most respected computer scientists on the planet. You've won the Turing Award , the Nobel Prize of computing. You were the chief AI scientist at Meta. And you've just watched Elon Musk 's xAI burn through  billions of dollars  while losing its entire founding team. So when CNBC sits you down for an interview, you don't hold back. “xAI is kind of a failure, frankly.” Those six words sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley. But LeCun wasn't done. He went on to warn that the  entire AI industry  is sitting on a powder keg, and unless labs cut costs and raise prices, we're heading for a  “big bubble explosion.” This isn't just gossip between tech billionaires. This is one of the founding fathers of artificial intelligence telling the world that  the AI gold rush might be built...

  Belief That Anyone Can Achieve the American Dream Is Fading, Poll Finds You know that feeling when you're doing everything right, working hard, showing up, playing by the rules, and yet the finish line keeps moving further away? That's not just you. That's  most of America  right now. A wave of new polling from Gallup , the Associated Press-NORC Center , and CNBC has delivered a sobering verdict:  the belief that anyone can achieve the American Dream is fading.  And not just fading, for many, it's already gone. Let's be honest here. The American Dream has always been more of a promise than a guarantee. But when nearly two-thirds of Americans say that promise is broken, something fundamental has shifted. Here's what the data actually shows, why it's happening, and, most importantly, what it means for you. What the Numbers Actually Say Let's start with the hard numbers. Because the data doesn't lie, and honestly, it's pretty startling. Gal...

  California’s Counting on an IPO Tax Windfall. Several Factors Are Complicating the Equation. You're expecting a massive bonus at work. You've already mentally spent it, the home renovation, the vacation, the new car. Your budget depends on it. Then you find out the bonus is going to be spread out over three years. And your most sophisticated colleagues have found ways to reduce their tax bill substantially. And the market might crash before you see a dime. That's California right now. The Golden State is counting on an IPO tax windfall from three tech giants,   SpaceX ,  OpenAI , and  Anthropic  - to help balance its books. Combined, these companies could be valued at over $4 trillion. The 2012 IPO of Facebook, then valued at just $104 billion, generated  $1.3 billion  in taxes for California. Simple math suggests this new wave could bring in tens of billions. But here's the thing: the math isn't simple anymore. The way tech employees are compensat...