E123: Trump indictment, de-dollarization, should VCs back Chinese AI? RIP Bob Lee

(0:00) Bestie intros!

(4:12) Trump indictment

(16:52) De-dollarization: What's real and what's overblown?

(39:35) Debt ceiling vote predictions

(56:36) US investors indirectly backing Chinese AI startups: should it be allowed? Saudi Arabia discloses VC investments as institutional US LPs cycle out of venture

(1:10:02) RIP Bob Lee, fixing San Francisco

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Referenced in the show:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-indictment-34-felony-counts-charges-new-york-read

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/04/donald-trump-new-york-indictment-bragg-should-not-be-brought.html

https://anncoulter.substack.com/p/youre-being-played-republicans

https://theweek.com/donald-trump/1022331/former-manhattan-da-says-federal-prosecutors-asked-him-to-stand-down-on-trump

https://www.barrons.com/news/china-brazil-strike-deal-to-ditch-dollar-for-trade-8ed4e799

https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1638957986138959873

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-has-more-pension-debt-than-44-states

https://www.yahoo.com/now/social-security-funds-could-run-120000267.html

https://wsj.com/articles/the-coming-biden-bailout-of-blue-states-and-cities-rhode-island-california-pension-liability-underwater-rates-svb-5033c1e5

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFRGDA188S

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYONGDA188S

https://www.longtermtrends.net/us-debt-to-gdp

https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/Sanabil-Saudi-Arabia-PIF-disclosures

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-31/adam-neumann-angles-to-take-new-startup-flow-to-saudi-arabia

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/sequoia-and-other-u-s-backed-vcs-are-funding-chinas-answer-to-openai

https://twitter.com/rabois/status/1643655946579607565

https://twitter.com/jarvis_best/status/1643667684247371776

https://twitter.com/FrancisSuarez/status/1642862135226126338

https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-chicago-mayor-election-winner-declared-20230405-plratgzcbrewbngbjcsxwmycgi-story.html