David Kocieniewski
@davidkski.bsky.social
Investigative reporter @ Bloomberg/Businessweek
Father, writer, skater, paddler, baker, raconteur, rabble-rouser & SuperTaster
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Father, writer, skater, paddler, baker, raconteur, rabble-rouser & SuperTaster
https://tinyurl.com/mrftjkzf
dkocieniewsk@bloomberg.net
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David Kocieniewski
@davidkski.bsky.social
· Feb 25
I'm an investigative business journalist who specializes in covering taxes, finance and the intersection of public policy and private interests of the powerful.
If you have tips about the changes now sweeping through the federal government, please contact me - confidentially - on Signal:
If you have tips about the changes now sweeping through the federal government, please contact me - confidentially - on Signal:
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here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
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You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
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CNN has a panel talking about Epstein and the host just mentioned (almost as an aside!) that one of the guys is a lawyer defending Ghislaine Maxwell. And rather than being a guest who's grilled about the case, he's treated like any other panelist who just happens to be minimizing the crimes.
September 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
CNN has a panel talking about Epstein and the host just mentioned (almost as an aside!) that one of the guys is a lawyer defending Ghislaine Maxwell. And rather than being a guest who's grilled about the case, he's treated like any other panelist who just happens to be minimizing the crimes.
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It’s just wild to me that there has never been an easier time in history to be human and a few groups of lunatics are determined to undo that.
August 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It’s just wild to me that there has never been an easier time in history to be human and a few groups of lunatics are determined to undo that.
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Just the NYT calling the areas where Mamdani most won votes - "The Commie Corner"
June 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Just the NYT calling the areas where Mamdani most won votes - "The Commie Corner"
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Details and story: Viral White House Prayer Ignites Debate Over Faith, Politics, and Trump
meidasnews.com/news/viral-w...
meidasnews.com/news/viral-w...
Viral White House Prayer Ignites Debate Over Faith, Politics, and Trump
Pastors with Trump’s Faith Office draw backlash for praying in tongues at White House
meidasnews.com
June 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Details and story: Viral White House Prayer Ignites Debate Over Faith, Politics, and Trump
meidasnews.com/news/viral-w...
meidasnews.com/news/viral-w...
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Tech companies only have five ideas: robot slave (actually just human slaves), hallucinatory counter-reality, untaxable money, The Everything App, and Clippy
June 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Tech companies only have five ideas: robot slave (actually just human slaves), hallucinatory counter-reality, untaxable money, The Everything App, and Clippy
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real bummer finding out that literally everything was on the honor system this whole time
June 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
real bummer finding out that literally everything was on the honor system this whole time
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Yeah I guess LeBron putting up a 22.6 PER is pretty special, but it's not that impressive when you compare him to people rolling out of bed and firing off something like this at age 86.
June 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Yeah I guess LeBron putting up a 22.6 PER is pretty special, but it's not that impressive when you compare him to people rolling out of bed and firing off something like this at age 86.
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If only the New York Times had made this big of a deal in December 2022 when Trump called for “termination” of the Constitution. (That ran on Page 13. Yes, Page 13.)
June 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
If only the New York Times had made this big of a deal in December 2022 when Trump called for “termination” of the Constitution. (That ran on Page 13. Yes, Page 13.)
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@nickofferman.bsky.social is the absolute best 💜 Be more like him, and less like that weirdo he quoted
June 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
@nickofferman.bsky.social is the absolute best 💜 Be more like him, and less like that weirdo he quoted
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When you want Americans to be arrested for helping America's allies fight America's enemy, that can only mean one thing: You are one of America's enemies.
June 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
When you want Americans to be arrested for helping America's allies fight America's enemy, that can only mean one thing: You are one of America's enemies.
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The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--
June 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--
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Pete Hegseth’s Defense Department tried to bar a CNN journalist from serving as a pool reporter for an upcoming foreign trip.
Other reporters threatened to boycott the trip.
Guess what happened next.
The Pentagon caved.
Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/pete-hegse...
Other reporters threatened to boycott the trip.
Guess what happened next.
The Pentagon caved.
Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/pete-hegse...
May 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Pete Hegseth’s Defense Department tried to bar a CNN journalist from serving as a pool reporter for an upcoming foreign trip.
Other reporters threatened to boycott the trip.
Guess what happened next.
The Pentagon caved.
Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/pete-hegse...
Other reporters threatened to boycott the trip.
Guess what happened next.
The Pentagon caved.
Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/pete-hegse...
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May 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Owner of loudest peep machine wonders why there no peeping.
May 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Owner of loudest peep machine wonders why there no peeping.
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On this date in 1721, Maria Carillo - the oldest soul killed in the Spanish Inquisition - was burned at the stake for openly returning to Judaism after suffering a compulsory baptism. "I'm 96 with not a fuck left to give," she said at her end. "So light it up and go eat a bag of dicks, assholes."
May 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
On this date in 1721, Maria Carillo - the oldest soul killed in the Spanish Inquisition - was burned at the stake for openly returning to Judaism after suffering a compulsory baptism. "I'm 96 with not a fuck left to give," she said at her end. "So light it up and go eat a bag of dicks, assholes."
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important tribute from adam sandler to morris, the alligator from happy gilmore who just passed away at 80+ years old. rip.
May 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
important tribute from adam sandler to morris, the alligator from happy gilmore who just passed away at 80+ years old. rip.
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every interview with this guy makes me tear up
May 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
every interview with this guy makes me tear up
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some personal news! www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...
The Atlantic Hires Alexandra Petri as Staff Writer
None
www.theatlantic.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
some personal news! www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...
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OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
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This was a top-of-Page One scandal in 1997:
"President Clinton two years ago approved a plan under which the Democratic Party rewarded top donors with meals, coffees, golf outings and morning jogs with him and with overnight stays in the Lincoln Bedroom, to 'energize' them for the coming campaign."
"President Clinton two years ago approved a plan under which the Democratic Party rewarded top donors with meals, coffees, golf outings and morning jogs with him and with overnight stays in the Lincoln Bedroom, to 'energize' them for the coming campaign."
May 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This was a top-of-Page One scandal in 1997:
"President Clinton two years ago approved a plan under which the Democratic Party rewarded top donors with meals, coffees, golf outings and morning jogs with him and with overnight stays in the Lincoln Bedroom, to 'energize' them for the coming campaign."
"President Clinton two years ago approved a plan under which the Democratic Party rewarded top donors with meals, coffees, golf outings and morning jogs with him and with overnight stays in the Lincoln Bedroom, to 'energize' them for the coming campaign."
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It’s very strange that this article on the staffing issues at Newark Airport doesn’t mention the fact that DOGE fired 400 FAA employees a few months ago, and union officials warned about exactly these kinds of shortages.
Newark Airport Had 3 Controllers on Duty When the Goal Is 14
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
It’s very strange that this article on the staffing issues at Newark Airport doesn’t mention the fact that DOGE fired 400 FAA employees a few months ago, and union officials warned about exactly these kinds of shortages.