This week's "Who Said It" involves the ocean — or is it "see" like vision? Either way, someone very important has some very confident statistics about it, and we start there.

Tesla is pushing past $400 despite a recall on 220,000 cars — and the way Tesla handles recalls versus every other automaker is actually worth a conversation. There's also a trademark filing that tells you something big is coming, if you believe in the power of paperwork over timelines.

Russia's Victory Day parade is almost here and the optics are not great — no military hardware, a stunt driver rehearsing something that defies several laws of physics, and diplomats being quietly asked to leave Kyiv before things get interesting. Meanwhile, after a phone call with Putin, Pete Hegseth announced the withdrawal of thousands of US troops from Germany. Totally unrelated, we're sure.

The White House ballroom saga has a new chapter — what started as a $200 million private donor project is now a $1 billion taxpayer bill hitching a ride on a border security package, and the design plans have us asking some serious questions about who exactly is supposed to get lost in the basement. Oh, and a Luxembourg steel company is providing the materials, which pairs nicely with the US Steel deal we'll explain.

The Trump sons have a new business venture in the drone interceptor space — and the timeline of when they joined the board, when the Air Force signed a contract, and what company they're merging with is one of the more brazenly entertaining conflict of interest stories we've covered. And the IOC has some thoughts on Belarus that we have some thoughts about.

That car coming down in Russia

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-13580423/Horrifying-moment-police-car-stunt-goes-horribly-wrong-Ford-Focus-balancing-two-wheels-crashes-officer-driving-skills-display-survived.html#v-1135876632945408158

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This week's "Who Said It" is a business quote that aged in a very funny direction — once you find out who said it and what happened next, you'll understand why we opened with it.

Tesla's back on the move and this time there's actually something real behind it — the first Tesla Semi rolled off the line with some genuinely impressive specs. We break down the numbers, what it could mean for the industry, and why we're cautiously optimistic with an asterisk. Then there's the SpaceX IPO filing with a clause so brazen it makes you do a double take — Elon Musk has essentially structured it so that the only person who can fire Elon Musk... is Elon Musk.

On the war front, Ukraine had a very productive week before anyone started talking ceasefires — a missile ship, a patrol boat, a shadow fleet tanker, a refinery, and oh, a drone that made it six miles from the Kremlin. Then both sides announced ceasefires — on completely different dates — and we have some questions about how that's supposed to work. There's also a pointed warning to Belarus that tells you everything you need to know about how much the situation on the ground has shifted.

An aid flotilla got intercepted by the Israeli Navy in international waters — 600 miles from Gaza — and the Jerusalem Post's headline about it is genuinely one for the ages. We read it so you don't have to.

NASA's new chief wants to give Pluto its planet status back, and we have a disagreement brewing. Trump gave Zambia a deadline that made our jaws drop. And May Day is tomorrow — 750 events planned, an economic blackout underway, and we have some thoughts on whether this or another approach has been more effective lately.

The Spirit CEO speech link

https://youtu.be/wKWJ4TIzE1o?si=VRGgBltcBFaOcKh-

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This week's "Who Said It" is about a ballroom — and once you hear who said it and why, the rest of the episode starts to make a lot more sense.

Elon just got a $114 billion payday courtesy of the courts, and we actually have some thoughts on this one that might surprise you. Ukraine hit the Tuapse oil refinery for the third time — Putin had some environmental concerns to share about that, which we found very rich coming from the man who flew a drone into a nuclear reactor's protective shell. Sunday was also the 40th anniversary of Chornobyl, so we revisit why that place is relevant right now in ways it really shouldn't be.

A sanctioned Russian oligarch's half-billion dollar yacht just sailed through the Strait of Hormuz — the heart of the US-Iran conflict — without a hitch. Nobody's explaining how that happened, but we have a theory.

Spirit Airlines is apparently on the bailout wishlist, and the history of what happens when Trump gets his hands on an airline is genuinely one of the funniest cautionary tales in American business history. We tell it in full, including the part about the Chinooks.

The White House ballroom fight is back, and Lindsay Graham wants your tax dollars for "military stuff" and a teacup set. Then a very convenient security incident popped up at the White House Correspondents' Dinner that raises some eyebrows — we break down exactly what people caught on camera, including a human shield, a champagne grab, and someone who just kept taking pictures through the whole thing.

We close with a thought on what to do with the Trumpers who are finally starting to have regrets — and our answer might just bring everyone back together.

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This week's "Who Said It" is a blast from the past — and honestly, given everything going on right now, it hits a little different in hindsight.

Tesla beat Wall Street's revenue estimate by a hair, but the CFO immediately followed that up with some news about spending that sent the stock right back down — and we explain exactly what that means for a company trying to reinvent itself in real time.

Ukraine is having quite a week. A Russian oil refinery on the Black Sea has been on fire for days, oil is reportedly raining from the sky over a nearby city, and the US just quietly extended Russian oil sanctions relief — for the second time — after publicly saying it wouldn't. Meanwhile Ukraine is out here signing drone manufacturing deals on American soil, running a kill-based points system that would make a game developer blush, and pulling off what might be the greatest Zoom call in the history of warfare. We have the link and you need to see it.

In domestic news, weed just got reclassified — it's a step in the right direction, but we have some thoughts on where it landed and what's still sitting next to it on the schedule. Virginia's gerrymandering vote came in razor thin, and now everyone from Lindsay Graham to DeSantis wants a piece of the action, despite some pretty loud warnings from within their own party.

RFK Jr. went to Congress and introduced the country to a new kind of math. Netflix has a quiet new editorial habit that's worth paying attention to. And Hulk Hogan's documentary contains a detail about his fentanyl usage that raises some very interesting questions about how certain statistics are being calculated in Washington.

We close out with a story involving a Jesus statue, an IDF soldier with a hammer, a tweet that didn't hold up to scrutiny, and an Italian battalion that quietly fixed the whole thing anyway.

The Zoom call that is mentioned in the episode

🇺🇦🍿 Ukrainian Special Services disrupted the recruitment on "SVO" students from the Kuban State Agrarian University. 🔥 "We will kill anyone who comes to our land" - Translation required, pretty please : r/NAFO

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This week's "Who Said It" might be the most surprising one yet — and once we tell you, you're going to have some feelings about it.

Tesla's earnings call is tomorrow and the numbers floating around don't quite line up with a company valued at over a trillion dollars. We break down what Wall Street is projecting, what Tesla itself is projecting, and why those two numbers tell very different stories.

Ukraine has been busy — two landing craft in Crimea, a repaired pipeline with a very funny footnote, and a drone strike that hits a little too close to home for one particular piece of Russian infrastructure. Germany meanwhile is not amused after Russia published what amounts to a target list of European companies, and there's a bomb plot story coming out of Russia that conveniently involves a German woman and is very heavy on WW2 energy. We'll let you connect the dots on that one.

The federal government has quietly launched an investigation into a string of deaths and disappearances of nuclear scientists, aerospace engineers, and national security personnel. Nobody is saying anything alarming yet. We're saying some things.

The cabinet reshuffling continues — another secretary is out, and the details of why she's leaving paint quite a picture. We've now got a pattern forming with the departures and it's worth pointing out what these three women all have in common.

Kash Patel is reportedly not having a great month, and his response to the story about it comes with a very round dollar figure attached. Turning Point USA tried to fill a seat at a college event and ended up with ten people and a sitting Vice President. And we close out with some thoughts on workplace deregulation that will really make you feel great about the future of mining safety and home healthcare wages.

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Three "Who Said It" quotes to kick things off this week — one political, one philosophical, and one that involves a roadkill raccoon on the interstate. Good luck placing all three.

Tesla pops nearly 8% on news that, once you actually read it, is not good news — and we break down exactly why the math doesn't add up. Plus a cautionary tale about a shoe company that discovered the magic words "AI pivot" and briefly became worth 600% more before reality showed back up.

Russia is now publicly confirming foreign soldiers dying in Ukraine, which quietly says everything about where this war actually stands. Meanwhile Pete Hegseth held another Pentagon prayer service — and this time quoted scripture that turns out to have originated somewhere very different from the Bible. We'll let you figure out where.

The Trump-as-healer imagery made the rounds this week, which led to an impromptu press conference with a DoorDash grandmother from Arkansas that somehow touched on Iran, the Pope, trans athletes, and the Big Beautiful Bill — all while the woman at the center of it was quietly dealing with a situation that exposes exactly what the bill doesn't cover.

JD Vance had some theological advice for the Pope this week. We have thoughts. Sean Hannity had a follow-up question. We have more thoughts.

Paper Mario is back in the news with a sentencing update that has the internet doing some very dark math, and a Virginia governor quietly did something to a certain tax-exempt organization that's been a long time coming.

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We open with a quote this week — and trust us, you're going to want to guess who said it before we tell you. Tesla gets a so-called "upgrade" that, once you read what it actually means, raises more questions than it answers — including what happens when the company's biggest bet doesn't scale.

The Easter ceasefire came and went, and both sides have the receipts — nearly 4,000 combined violations worth. We get into what Russia's idea of "negotiations" actually looks like at the table, and why the sports world quietly rolling out the welcome mat for Russian and Belarusian athletes deserves a lot more attention than it's getting.

The big story this week is Hungary, where something remarkable happened at the ballot box — and the details of how it happened, who made it happen, and what it could mean for Europe are genuinely worth understanding. We give you the full backstory on the man who pulled it off, the party with the interesting name, and why one very prominent American has been conspicuously silent about the whole thing.

Closer to home, a warehouse in California went up in spectacular fashion, the internet has feelings about it, and the comparisons to a certain incarcerated menu planner are already flying. We break down the math, the motive, and why the story people are actually telling about it might be the most interesting part.

We close out with the ladies dedication this week — you'll know it when you hear it.

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Tesla ticks up slightly but there's a bigger supply chain story lurking underneath that the tech world hasn't fully reckoned with yet — and it connects to everything happening in the Middle East right now. Ukraine meanwhile is having a very productive week in places Russia thought were safe.

JD Vance is still on his European tour and sits down for an interview that goes about as well as you'd expect — a greatest hits of revisionist history, questionable math, and some truly bold takes on what counts as foreign interference. We dig into what's actually being asked of Ukraine versus what Russia has been asked to give up, and why the ceasefire that was supposed to be a big win is starting to look a little different in the fine print.

On the home front, your favorite snack brand has been quietly doing something shady for years and just got caught — and the way they're "fixing" it might actually make things worse. Speaking of things getting worse, there's some chatter out of DC about a registration process that hasn't been relevant since 1973, which raises some uncomfortable questions about how confident the people in charge really are about this whole ceasefire thing.

RFK Jr. has a new venture, the Pope has some strong words for the White House, and the White House has some very surprising words right back for the Pope. We open with a quote and challenge you to guess who said it — it's a good one.

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