KICKING OFF #FridayNightZillow tonight:
A fantasy Hawaiian estate, and seven other $50+ million estates profiled by Bloomberg Businessweek.
In 2015, just 1 U.S. home sold for $50M+.
In 2020: *42* bloomberg.com/news/features/…
I think if I was determined to spend $59.5 million on a house, this one would definitely be in the running. These mega-expensive homes sometimes have whole glass walls that move out of the way. #FridayNightZillow
Like having a Costco fridge complex...in your house. I've never seen a home with this insane a setup. But if you're paying $59.5M, I guess you should expect this. #FridayNightZillow.
It really is spectacular. And without the gaudy gold leaf in all those wannabe Versailles McMansions I see. Here's the Zillow link if you want to check it out for yourself: zillow.com/homedetails/9-…#FridayNightZillow
Up next, a San Francisco fantasy mansion in a fantasy location patterned after Le Petit Trianon - Marie Antoinette's house. $17.3M. 9BR, 9BA, 18.8K sf. Take a a look. #FridayNightZillowzillow.com/homedetails/38…
Bedroom has a heart shaped bed frame. Because of course it does! I spy a Chihuly-style chandelier. #FridayNightZillow
Staten Island Bar. Those chairs look a teesny bit uncomfy? #FridayNightZillow
Next up: Cray Cray Florida. If you aren't awake yet — you will be. You will be. #FridayNightZillow
This waterfront Panama City Beach palace is just bonkers in the extreme. Named "Villa Chimera"? <$10M. It's a hoot! 5BR, 9BA, >9K sf. #FridayNightZillowzillow.com/homedetails/37…
I just started laughing when I saw this room. Is that wrong? #FridayNightZillow
Let's hear it for appropriate TV placement. This is how you do it folks. If they'd put it over this fireplace I might have had an aneurysm. #FridayNightZillow
Party shower of the week. #FridayNightZillow. It looks like there might be four separate stations in there? Don't ask me why. I've never actually seen a party shower except on Zillow.
Every gaudy megamansion needs a giant marble ballroom with gold trim, right? #FridayNightZillow
I like the kitchen. Sure the hood is humongous but that frankly fits with the house. You've got two ovens, two sinks — one massively oversized — lots of counter space. #FridayNightZillow
Pretty sweet grill setup. Not sure about the longevity of that wood paneling though? #FridayNightZillow
This is sort of confusing. A giant safe, lined with what looks like cedar? Maybe for your really expensive designer clothes? Anyone out there know what this is for? #FridayNightZillow
I've never seen a bedroom ceiling quite like this one. #FridayNightZillow
When you buy a $10M house, you get his and hers closets like these. #FridayNightZillow
The...uh...old TV there on the bottom right kind of harshing my Palazzo vibe here.
They just stuck a sauna in the corner of what appears to be a thowaway extra room. Huh. Killer views. #FridayNightZillow
My favorite view in this house is ... this one. My eyes needed the break. #FridayNightZillow.
You can have this sweet, sweet library for just $87 million. Cut that Beverly Hills song. I think this is the first time 90210 has ever made it to #FridayNightZillow?
8 BD/14BA, 21,800 sf. zillow.com/homedetails/14…
This is what I imagine a Beverly Hills megamansion estate to look like, in all of its insanity. #FridayNightZillow
I don't know who lives here but it seems sort of like where you'd expect Hollywood royalty to live. Or maybe actual royalty. #FridayNightZillow
These rooms are really jaw-dropping. And hopefully, for a brief moment, take you away from your troubles into some enchanted fantasy world. #FridayNightZillow
This bedroom has a TV over the fireplace but I'll allow it. The TV is so huge and so far away from the bed it's probably OK. But this is probably, what, 1200 square feet? You could get lost in here. #FridayNightZillow
The pool has dolphin fountains. I'd insist on them if I were paying $87M for a house. #FridayNightZillow
This view has a "lording it over us" vibe. I assume this wasn't a high-smog day? #FridayNightZillow
May post a few more houses - we have many many more in the queue but it is getting late. The Hawaii house was found by Bloomberg, but most of the other houses tonight came from my wife and sister-in-law. #FridayNightZillow
Anyone else getting some Romanov-era Russian decor vibes in this Brooklyn house? Note the gold accents on the toilet and the green throne chairs, etc. $3.2M. #FridayNightZillowzillow.com/homedetails/27…
Going to leave it there for this edition of #FridayNightZillow. Hope you enjoyed it! Looking for more? Maybe you missed this awesome Elementary School conversion into a megamansion in Pa. —
Soaring cost estimates for extending Trump tax cuts set up a crucial 2025 fight:
*CBO puts tab at $4.6 Trillion over next decade
*Fight comes with US debt far higher than 2017, interest costs ballooning & Social Security cliff looming...
w/@chrisjcondon bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
*Trump wants more tax cuts, along with massive new tariffs — aka a tax on imports — that would raise consumer prices but offset at least some of the cost.
*Biden wants to extend breaks <$400K a year paired with higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy.
If past is prologue, Congress will again play Santa Claus. With a few exceptions, Congress has repeatedly increased spending and cut taxes since 2001.
Tonight's #FridayNightZillow is kicking off with a *House of the Year* contender. It's amazeballs! We just need to crowdfund $2.795M. We get 9,825 square feet of sheer madness on 36 acres in gorgeous Plymouth, Minnesota! I love it!!! INSANE sinks, WEIRD art, WILD ceilings, AMAZING kitchen, views, colors galore, a pond, a party shower and much, MUCH more. Several of you sent me this gem! 🧵 zillow.com/homedetails/51…
This is a Sink! #SinkZillow #FridayNightZillow
This is a Sink! #SinkZillow #FridayNightZillow #OMG
Three words: OLD. JAIL. INN. Time to retire and move to Rockville, Indiana! Just $445K buys us 10BRs, 6BAs, and a licensed wine bar in the basement! Welcome to #FridayNightZillow! Follow along for an epic collection of funky homes. zillow.com/homedetails/12…
"What happens in jail stays in jail" lol. Jail-bar pillows are a nice touch. #FridayNightZillow
One of the scarier things I've seen on Zillow. Let's hope this is a prop and not an actual electric chair. #FridayNightZillow
Ozempic can be produced for less than $5 a month, a new study found, but Danish company Novo Nordisk charges Americans $968.52. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Bernie Sanders insisting the company charge Americans no more than it charges Canadians for the same drug.
Ozempic pricing page. Many people get discounts on this price, or have insurance companies (ie premiums) or taxpayers pay the bill. novopricing.com/ozempic.html
McConnell helped nix:
Roe
Campaign finance reform
Individual mandate
Medicare dental & vision
Dream Act
$35 insulin cap
Minimum wage hike
Flag burning amendment
Making Election Day a holiday
Public option
SCOTUS filibuster
Pro Act 1/6 Commission
Oil export ban
Cap&trade
Tax hikes
Vast majority of laws since 2007 have had either the acquiescence of McConnell or his outright support, with notable exceptions, like the Affordable Care Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, Obama stimulus, Biden Covid relief, Dodd-Frank, Lilly Ledbetter, USA Freedom Act, Paygo.
One way to look at McConnell is that he has often had the role of editor of Congress. Empowered by the filibuster and his conference, he had a key veto point in Washington; spending, taxing and legislating had to pass through his filter.
Could be a long night. Lindsey Graham said they are going to request voice votes individually on all 376 pending military nominations being blocked by Tuberville. Tuberville is blocking every one of his fellow Republicans’ requests. They are visibly angry.
Sullivan is seething with anger. Calls Tuberville’s blockade “a national security suicide mission”
Tuberville: “Madam President, I object”
Sullivan: “There goes another downgrade of our readiness.”