P.M. Edition for Feb. 23. U.S. stocks were down today after the latest tariff moves over the weekend, while U.S. business leaders are scrambling to figure out what this means for them. We hear from reporter Chip Cutter about the questions they have and how they’re trying to address them. Plus, Anthropic has accused three Chinese AI companies of using its Claude model to improve their own systems. WSJ reporter Robert McMillan discusses why Anthropic says that’s a threat to national security… and its business. And the Pentagon is flagging risks of a major operation against Iran to President Trump. Alex Ossola hosts.
The Dow lost more than 800 points. Plus: Netflix shares slide after President Trump places political pressure on the streamer. Katherine Sullivan hosts.
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We look back at stories of companies that were disrupted -- Siebel Systems and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL( -- to better understand how disruption emerges and whether history can be a guide for disruption during the AI paradigm shift.
Asit Sharma, David Meier, and Tim Beyers discuss:
- Disruption stories from history.
- The three signs of disruption and why they matter now more than ever.
- Two companies that may be at serious risk for disruption now and for the long term.
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Host: Tim Beyers
Guests: Asit Sharma, David Meier
Producer: Anand Chokkavelu
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With a shooting at Mar-a-Lago and some real counterterrorism issues associated with Trump's threat of war on Iran, Kash Patel probably had more important matters to attend to than shotgunning beer with the U.S. hockey team. And the team itself might have remembered that Patel himself is standing in the way of investigating the murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. But too many people at the top don't give a crap, and others are taking their cue. And that includes the larger media, which has moved on from Minnesota, even though women are having to resort to giving birth at home out of fear that federal agents will snatch family members in the labor & delivery ward. Meanwhile Trump is aggressively promoting regime change in Iran, and Sam Altman sounds like he thinks Neo was the bad guy in "The Matrix." Plus, does Netanyahu's role in helping get Trump back into power—and perhaps pushing him to war— open up a political opportunity for Dems to put pressure on Israel?
Anthropic is feuding with the U.S. military, despite their massive $200 million contract. The company says that its AI model, Claude, cannot be used for weapons development or surveillance. The Pentagon is pushing back against those limitations. WSJ's Amrith Ramkumar joins Jessica Mendoza to explain why the Department of Defense is now threatening to label Anthropic a supply chain risk.
Competitive eating legend Takeru Kobayashi (long suspected to perhaps have superpowers) discloses why he retired. Ben and Matt learn that, not to be outdone by former US President Obama, current US President Trump vows to expose evidence of aliens. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is arrested -- but not for the Epstein files. Join Ben and Matt for all this and more in this week's strange news segment.
Before Murray Rothbard, there was Albert Jay Nock laying intellectual broadsides against the tyranny of the state. While Nock (unlike Rothbard) never called for total abolishment of the state, he did want as minimal a state as could be had.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court decided that President Trump’s global tariffs on imported goods were unconstitutional. With Trump promising to find other ways to impose his tariffs, small business owners are unsure of how or if they’ll get their entitled refunds.
In the Loop spoke with Stephen Woldenberg, Senior Vice President of Sales for Learning Resources, the Vernon Hills-based business that led the charge to bring the legal case to the country’s highest court. Plus, we talk to Cécile Shea, nonresident senior fellow on security and diplomacy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
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But for private companies invested in the administration’s agenda, that human cost has meant a hefty pay check. The private prison companies CoreCivic and The GEO Group have both reported $2 billion, or a 13 percent increase, in revenue in 2025. The two contractors opened nine new detention centers for ICE use.
In this installment of our weekly politics series, “If You Can Keep It,” the private companies profiting from President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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