Story of the Week (DR):

CEOs are finding their blowhard whistles?

Jamie Dimon is done being ‘binary’: On Trump’s ‘economic disaster’ credit card plan, foreign policy, and NATO

Jamie Dimon issues rare CEO criticism of Trump's immigration policy: 'I don’t like what I’m seeing'

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said Trump's proposed 10% cap on credit card rates would be an 'economic disaster'

Jamie Dimon issues rare CEO criticism of Trump's immigration policy: 'I don’t like what I’m

Of course… Trump sues ‘woke’ JP Morgan for $5bn over debanking

Nestlé chief blames Trump for company going quiet on sustainability

Amazon CEO Jassy says Trump's tariffs have started to 'creep' into prices

Ryanair CEO rips Trump as a 'liar' who is 'historically wrong'

Of course… Minneapolis ICE Standoff Has Become the Political Issue CEOs Can’t Ignore

Last "statement:" Target Statement on Texas Floods (July 8, 2025)

And two new dudes on the board:

John Hoke, former Chief Innovation Officer at NIKE

Steve Bratspies, former CEO of HanesBrands

Some stakeholder wins?

Trump administration drops appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges

Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data

Jamie Dimon tells Davos: ‘You didn’t do a particularly good job making the world a better place’

Jamie Dimon says government should have power to intervene in AI-driven mass layoffs

Rollout of AI may need to be slowed to ‘save society’, says JP Morgan boss

Salesforce's Benioff calls for AI regulation, says models have become 'suicide coaches'

BlackRock’s billionaire CEO warns AI could be capitalism’s next big failure after 30 years of unsustainable inequality after the Cold War

BlackRock CEO says capitalism isn't spreading the wealth – and AI might not either

Brett Kavanaugh says letting Trump fire Lisa Cook ‘would weaken, if not shatter, the independence of the Federal Reserve’

A majority of millionaires say extreme wealth is a threat to democracy

Amazon Joins Microsoft In Pledge To Self-Fund Power Grids, While CEO Andy Jassy Questions OpenAI's 'Ambitious' Spending

The board matters??

Lululemon founder Chip Wilson blames board for 'total operational failure' in Get Low launch [more later]

Early 2026 season proxy indicators MM

Apple: 1 SHP

National Center for Public Policy Research: China Entanglement Audit

Excluded: National Legal and Policy Center: Financial Impact of Renewable Energy Implementation