Postal Services Stop US Shipping & Keurig Dr Pepper Spends $18B on Coffee

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

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Episode 656: Neal and Toby explain why President Trump wants to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook. Then they discuss the end of the De Minimis trade loophole and how shipping to the US could change. Then why is Elon Musk suing Apple and Open AI and Keurig Dr Pepper drops $18 billion on coffee. Next, why dining rooms aren’t big on houses anymore and the headlines you need to know heading into Tuesday. LinkedIn will even give you a $100 credit on your next campaign so you can try it yourself. Check out LinkedIn.com/mbd for more. Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note⁠⁠⁠ Watch Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow⁠ 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Netflix Astrological Suggestions 03:00 - Trump Fed Shakeup 07:50 - De Minimis Shipping Impact 11:40 - $18B Coffee Deal 16:30 - Elon Musk Sues Apple and OpenAI 19:40 - Dining Rooms are Disappearing 23:30 - Headlines All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC. Alpha is an experimental AI tool powered by GPT-4. Its output may be inaccurate and is not investment advice. Public makes no guarantees about its accuracy or reliability—verify independently before use. *Rate as of 7/18/25. APY is variable and subject to change. As part of the IRA Match Program, Public Investing will fund a 1% match of: (a) all eligible IRA transfers and 401(k) rollovers made to a Public IRA; and (b) all eligible contributions made to a Public IRA up to the account’s annual contribution limit. The matched funds must be kept in the account for at least 5 years to avoid an early removal fee. Match rate and other terms of the Match Program are subject to change at any time. See full terms here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.1	Good morning, Brewed Daily show. I'm Neil Fryman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today, President Trump said he'll remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook, but can he do that? Then why are dining rooms
0:53.8	disappearing from homes?
0:55.8	It's Tuesday, August 26th.
0:57.9	Let's ride.
1:02.9	If you fire it up Netflix this week, you might have seen their new method for helping
1:07.1	you find a new show to watch, your astrological side.
1:11.2	Last Thursday, the streamer launched an astrology hub called Your Zodiac Watch List,
1:15.9	which matches the different zodiac signs to content those people may like
1:19.8	because of their particular character traits.
1:22.0	For example, I'm a Leo with, quote, main character energy,
1:25.5	so Netflix suggests I would enjoy Emily and Paris or The Crown,
1:29.7	which, yeah, sure, Toby would love to have been in the room where they came up with this idea.
1:34.4	Someone definitely floated it as a joke and then everyone else was like, wait, that's
1:38.6	secretly incredible. It's a incredible idea, but I do want to go through. Who got the best
1:43.8	recommendations and who got the worst?
1:45.4	Let's start with the worst.
1:46.5	Definitely Aquarius.
1:48.1	Who Netflix considers oddballs, quirky, and outsiders, and then pitch them content about
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