Eric Banks
@ericbanks.bsky.social
Charlotte, NC. Husband, 3 time Dad. Lotus sports cars, real estate, music. Verve and Wiles.
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Thanksgiving costs climbed about 10% this year over last year, according to new research from @groundwork.bsky.social @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org.
That’s an increase of more than 3X the overall inflation rate. Explore the research👇
https://bit.ly/4rj7Rtf
That’s an increase of more than 3X the overall inflation rate. Explore the research👇
https://bit.ly/4rj7Rtf
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Thanksgiving costs climbed about 10% this year over last year, according to new research from @groundwork.bsky.social @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org.
That’s an increase of more than 3X the overall inflation rate. Explore the research👇
https://bit.ly/4rj7Rtf
That’s an increase of more than 3X the overall inflation rate. Explore the research👇
https://bit.ly/4rj7Rtf
It’s true. You really can’t have too many clamps.
December 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It’s true. You really can’t have too many clamps.
December 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
He was a hero of Hurricane Helene. May they RIP. Such a sad loss.
NASCAR legend Greg Biffle is killed in fireball private jet crash, close friend says trib.al/sDyaNXW
NASCAR legend Greg Biffle killed in plane crash, close friend says
The fiery plane that crash-landed in Statesville, North Carolina on Thursday morning tragically killed NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, according to his close friend.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
He was a hero of Hurricane Helene. May they RIP. Such a sad loss.
Just read the news about Greg Biffle and I’m sick to my stomach. Such a good guy. To lose his kids and wife too. Very upsetting. May this family rest in peace. #nascar
December 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Just read the news about Greg Biffle and I’m sick to my stomach. Such a good guy. To lose his kids and wife too. Very upsetting. May this family rest in peace. #nascar
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December 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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After getting yelled at by our President for 20 minutes, go feed your soul by watching a Rob Reiner movie.
December 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
After getting yelled at by our President for 20 minutes, go feed your soul by watching a Rob Reiner movie.
“Wiles described Musk as something akin to a jacked-up Nosferatu. “The challenge with Elon is keeping up with him,” she told me. “He’s an avowed ketamine [user]. And he sleeps in a sleeping bag in the EOB in the daytime. And he’s an odd, odd duck.””
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Susie Wiles, JD Vance, and the “Junkyard Dogs”: The White House Chief of Staff on Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2) — Vanity Fair
Throughout the first year of Donald Trump’s second administration, Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple has interviewed Wiles amid each moment of crisis. This insider’s account joins a portfolio of portra...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“Wiles described Musk as something akin to a jacked-up Nosferatu. “The challenge with Elon is keeping up with him,” she told me. “He’s an avowed ketamine [user]. And he sleeps in a sleeping bag in the EOB in the daytime. And he’s an odd, odd duck.””
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December 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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December 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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December 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Ahmed Al Ahmed’s cousin: “He’s a hero. 100% a hero.”
December 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Ahmed Al Ahmed’s cousin: “He’s a hero. 100% a hero.”
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My law firm is litigating 66 voting and election cases in 35 states. This is an insanely large number for this point on the election cycle.
The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect free and fair election. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect free and fair election. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
December 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
My law firm is litigating 66 voting and election cases in 35 states. This is an insanely large number for this point on the election cycle.
The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect free and fair election. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect free and fair election. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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A video circulating online shows a bystander disarming a gunman during a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Australian police said at least 10 people were killed, including one of the attackers, with 12 others injured.
December 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A video circulating online shows a bystander disarming a gunman during a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Australian police said at least 10 people were killed, including one of the attackers, with 12 others injured.
Meanwhile, my Astromech droid is starting to take shape.
December 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Meanwhile, my Astromech droid is starting to take shape.
“Government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob." Franklin Delano Roosevelt 10/31/36
December 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“Government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob." Franklin Delano Roosevelt 10/31/36
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December 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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🚨Days after FIFA President Gianni Infantino handed Donald Trump a “FIFA Peace Prize” at the World Cup draw, prosecutors in New York moved to cancel a bribery case once central to the United States’ campaign against FIFA corruption.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/days-after...
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Days After FIFA Gives Trump A Peace Prize, Justice Department Moves To Drop Major Soccer Bribery Case
The U.S. Department of Justice dropped a major FIFA-linked bribery case days after FIFA gave Trump a peace prize, raising concerns about corruption.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🚨Days after FIFA President Gianni Infantino handed Donald Trump a “FIFA Peace Prize” at the World Cup draw, prosecutors in New York moved to cancel a bribery case once central to the United States’ campaign against FIFA corruption.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/days-after...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Quid.Pro.Quo.
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