Count Your Coins

Daily Edition • April 03, 2025

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Our picks for today: a Swiss watch that can beat your smartphone, Cory Booker's 25-hour mic drop, and Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs. Here's your five-minute pit stop before diving into the rest of the day. Let’s roll!

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Tax the World

They're calling it "Liberation Day," but don't be fooled: President Trump's shiny new tariffs—some say they could hit everything under the sun—threaten to skyrocket prices. There's a lot of tension (Canada's putting up anti-tariff billboards, China's threatening "counterattacks"), and Americans might see a price hike.

The White House swears this will lead to sweet revenue streams for the U.S.—maybe even ditching income taxes entirely. Farmers, exporters, and your wallet are all bracing for the impact of a recession. So, is it a master plan or a massive game of tariff chicken? It's about to get wild.

Marathon Man

With no water or illusions, Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours and 5 minutes, setting a 68-year-old record—fueled by righteous anger and zero meal breaks—to slam President Trump's agenda as an assault on America's core values. It wasn't a filibuster but a fire alarm about the threat to democracy.

From health care cuts to Elon Musk's bureaucratic takeover, Booker declared these "not normal times" and vowed to speak "as long as physically able." He transformed the Senate floor into a rallying cry for democracy, which is worth losing your voice (and your comforts) for. "

Watch Out!

Ready for some watchmaking wizardry? Swiss icon Vacheron Constantin just released the "Solaria Ultra Grand Complication," a wristwatch with 41 complications—solar time, sidereal time, four gongs, 200+ jewels, the works.

There's so much mechanical magic in it; there are 1,521 parts, 13 pending patents, and oh, it's still a comfy 45mm for your dainty wrist (or not). Here's the biggest mechanical flex you've ever seen, proving that reality is often stranger—and far more expensive—than fiction.

Bonus: Live from Watches and Wonders 2025, the boldest, most exciting new timepieces.

💬 Beyond the Core

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Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

— John Wooden

📸 Lens to Life

In these photos, we see how extreme weather has affected a medieval church in Spain.

🧮 Core Count: $144,000,000,000

Warren Buffett's children will receive this money to give to charity after his death.

🗓️ Flashback:

1513 - Explorer Juan Ponce de León claims Florida for Spain as the first known European to reach it.

1792 - The Coinage Act established the United States Mint and authorized gold coins like the $10 Eagle, $5 Half-Eagle, and $2.50 Quarter-Eagle, as well as silver dollars, half dollars, quarters, dimes, and half-dimes.

1801 - British naval forces, led by Horatio Nelson, destroyed the Danish fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen during the Napoleonic Wars.

1917 - US President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany.

1930 - Ras Tafari Makonnen is proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

1982 - Several thousand Argentine troops invaded and seized the Falkland Islands from the United Kingdom.

2020 - According to the US Department of Labor, a record 6.6 million Americans filed claims for unemployment in the prior week, compared to 10 million in the prior two weeks.