Wednesday: Three Morning Takes
rocket money / now boarding: group glp-1 / mostly peaceful journalism
PW Daily
Jan 21, 2026
Rocket Money
Elon has reportedly shelled out $10 million to support the Senate campaign of Kentucky’s Nate Morris, a businessman positioning himself as an outsider to replace retiring Ancient Turtle Mitch McConnell. Here, Rocket Man’s continued backing of Republicans (after a previous high-profile feud with the President, complete with mysterious black eyes and bombshell Epstein tweets) is significant. It appears those sweet Elon bucks are here to stay for the GOP… something that’s already triggering Democrats like Bernie Sanders, who quipped: “Are we really living in a democracy when the richest man on earth can spend as much as he wants to elect his candidates?” So unfair, Mr. Bernard, sir. After all, you Dems don’t really have powerful megadonors of your own, outside of the Soros family, Reid Hoffman, Michael Bloomberg, Mark Cuban, all of Hollywood, most of Silicon Valley (still), Dustin Moskovitz, labor unions, teachers’ unions, a good chunk of Wall Street, and hey wait a minute.
Now Boarding: Group GLP-1
According to CNBC, GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic could save airlines hundreds of millions annually, as total passenger weight decreases along with fuel costs. Congratulations to whichever Adderall-addled daytrader saw this coming and temporarily paused trading Bulgarian shrimp futures to capitalize on the opportunity. Anyway, now the real question: do normie Americans forced to fly our increasingly cash strapped airlines have any chance at all of actually benefitting? Maybe an extra free carry-on? Complimentary WiFi!? Ok I’ll stop being ridiculous. On the bright side, maybe middle seats will become survivable again. The implied border of an armrest will finally be respected. Seatbelts won’t be fighting for their lives anymore. The legroom… well that’s still gonna suck. Now, I've always thought an ideal airline ticket pricing scheme would involve BMI but I guess replacing our obesity crisis with a classically American dependence on pharmaceuticals works, too.
Mostly peaceful journalism
Last weekend, Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon put former CNN host Don Lemon “on notice” for storming a Minneapolis church with ~40 anti-ICE protesters and proceeding to lecture them about freedom of speech. Erika Kirk’s newest ride-or-die, Nicki Minaj, chimed in soon after, posting “I WANT THAT THUG IN JAIL!!!” (Thank you, Ms. Minaj, wise words.) Dhillon’s case against Lemon will hinge on the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act and the KKK Act, both of which prevent psychotic mobs from infringing on civil rights — but personally, I doubt he’ll serve time for this. Successful convictions here typically involve force, or the threat of force, and Lemon was mostly just being annoying to generate trashy clickbait for his Substack. (“Don Addresses Church Drama!” reads a recent post.) I won’t rule out a misdemeanor… but the man’s main offenses are bad taste and abysmal judgment in “journalism,” crimes the law can’t punish (yet).
