THE SHOW NOTES: Jobs, Russia, Tariffs, Unemployment, Newsom, & Musk

Welcome! The US economy added 151K jobs in January as the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.1%.

✅ NEWS: Scott Jennings is getting a big pay raise at CNN.

⏰ TODAY: Fed chair Jerome Powell speaks today at 12:30 about the US economic outlook.

🔥 HEADLINE: Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship Explodes and Grounds Flights at Florida Airports - People

🚨 YIKES: DOGE says the government is paying for 11,020 Adobe Acrobat licenses with zero users - Fox News

🙄 NEW: Is Kamala Harris running for Governor of California? - Politico

❌ GOOD: Trump Administration Cancels $400 Million in Grants to Columbia - TFP

➡️ OUCH: Sesame Street non-profit to be hit with layoffs after staff announce union - The Guardian

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Russia launched an overnight blitz targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in a large-scale missile and drone assault extending into early Friday morning. The news prompted Donald Trump to float the idea of issuing large-scale sanctions against Russia to expedite the peacemaking process: