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Xponential Fitness: Informal Yoga Six Franchisee Survey Indicated Studios Couldn't Break Even; Brand Currently Cannot Sell Franchises Freely in Home State of CA $XPOF

Our reporting has found the same problems at $XPOF dfpi.ca.gov/wp-content/upl… kimgeiger

Xponential Fitness: SEC Asking Questions About Fitness Franchisor $XPOF

Globe Life: Complaints, Lawsuits, State Investigations Swirl Around Subsidiary American Income Life Insurance Company $GL H/t kimgeiger & Lisa Epstein library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/7gj13m5z3…

Globe Life: Unfair Labor Practice Charge Filed Against Subsidiary American Income Life; Worker Alleges AIL Forced Ineffectual Union Membership on Independent Contractors $GL h/t kimgeiger, Krista Brown, & Dan Papscun library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/7jqz02zyh…

Xponential Fitness: Department of Justice, FBI Investigating Boutique Studio Franchisor $XPOF H/t kimgeiger & Vikas library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/7kpypv2ez…

Evolv Technologies: Content Continues to Disappear From Company Website; School District Attempts to Deflect Liability For Stabbing Incident as Other Schools Seek Exit From Evolv Contracts $EVLV h/t kimgeiger & Krista Brown library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/7mg7b6nmk…

There's a really glaring surface-level contradiction between Vance-loving tech rightists saying he is the antidote to Lina Khan, and Vance saying Lina Khan is the only good Democrat and I'd like someone to try to address it.

You think I just fell out of a coconut tree?

Xponential Fitness: Franchisees of Growth Brand StretchLab Sounding Alarm to Management, Warn Studios Can't Deliver on Profitability Promise $XPOF library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/7yd9y7nxu… h/t kimgeiger

I don’t aspire to be a media watchdog, the glass houses of my 29 years in daily journalism, etc. But when I woke up to *this* as the lead online article for America’s most powerful news organization, I winced. And it’s bothered me all day, because of its sweeping assertions. 🧵

Respectfully, attacking the moderators for pointing out that it’s illegal to kill babies and that people are not eating pets in Springfield is a losing position.

Meanwhile in Chicago.

I can't speak for the rest of the country, but whoever is controlling the weather in Chicago is doing a terrific job.

Ah, Yuval Levin makes this point more eloquently: “This is the trap that our 21st-century presidents have tended to fall into. They win elections because their opponents were unpopular, and then—imagining the public has endorsed their party activists’ agenda—they use the power

Xponential Fitness: UnitedHealthcare Removal of XPOF Brands from Gym Membership Perk for Medicare Plan Members Could Affect Studio Revenues $UNH $XPOF library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/85anurqb3… h/t kimgeiger & Vikas

The current meltdown in California insurance market — which is one of the major factors behind the number of homes built in extreme high fire hazard zones — dates to 1988. That’s the year California voters passed Prop 103. A political 🧵

Hi Antonio, you made several outrageous claims last night that I believe warrant more evidence: 1. You claim that "[SS] defaults have been set to max inclusion, max pay" for "these people" - heavily implying that asylum seekers are receiving benefits. However, only those

Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company: Shrinking Surplus Raises Questions about Regulatory Arbitrage Tactics, Company Solvency $EQH library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/8kzbxtwt7… h/t kimgeiger & Lisa Epstein

Anthony Geisler is running it back and has gotten the band back together for it.... sequelbrands.com/press. Some good reporting by my colleague, kimgeiger, on this today. $XPOF