Leslie Ehrlich
@leslieehrlich.bsky.social
Trained economist. Ex-global financial institutions (consumer focused). Payments nerd. Native New Yorker. Parent. Knitter. Bridge player. Petter of dogs.
Pinned
The GOP — a fraction of its Congresspeople, not even half — could make *ALL THIS* stop by impeaching and removing him
Simple majority in the House would require 3 — 3! — GOP votes w all Dems
2/3 in Senate would required 20 Senators out of 53 to vote with Dems, not even 40%.
They own all of it
Simple majority in the House would require 3 — 3! — GOP votes w all Dems
2/3 in Senate would required 20 Senators out of 53 to vote with Dems, not even 40%.
They own all of it
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“Anyone who helps me try to steal an election gets a pardon” is perhaps the most corrupt thing to happen in American history.
That “conservatives” have simply accepted this as the price of admission is the greatest moral and intellectual humiliation.
That “conservatives” have simply accepted this as the price of admission is the greatest moral and intellectual humiliation.
NEW: Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of allies in his bid to subvert the 2020 election including:
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“Anyone who helps me try to steal an election gets a pardon” is perhaps the most corrupt thing to happen in American history.
That “conservatives” have simply accepted this as the price of admission is the greatest moral and intellectual humiliation.
That “conservatives” have simply accepted this as the price of admission is the greatest moral and intellectual humiliation.
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TOKYO (AP) - Japanese tech giant SoftBank says it has sold all its shares in chip maker Nvidia for $5.8 billion.
$NVDA @apnews.com
$NVDA @apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese tech giant SoftBank says it has sold all its shares in chip maker Nvidia for $5.8 billion.
$NVDA @apnews.com
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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"Many of the missing are people who went to collect food and never returned — often from distribution sites managed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), where Israeli soldiers and security contractors killed over 2,600 people since May."
Over 11,000 Palestinians from Gaza, mostly women and children, have disappeared since October 7. Their relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, trapped under rubble or detained in Israeli prisons — but they’re desperate to find answers.
www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
The search for Gaza's missing
Over 11,000 Palestinians have disappeared since Oct. 7. Relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, under rubble or in prison.
www.972mag.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"Many of the missing are people who went to collect food and never returned — often from distribution sites managed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), where Israeli soldiers and security contractors killed over 2,600 people since May."
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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It’s a classic Vance rhetorical move that’s almost indecipherable unless you're doused in MAGA. Instead of calling out the Hitler-loving Fuentes, he called out anyone who has been calling out Fuentes. And he called on the GOP to unite around the things they love, like deporting brown children.
JD Vance now leads the GOP. And he wants the party to welcome Hitler lovers.
The VP wants peace with gutter racists who spew vile hatred at his wife. And the press refuses to reckon with what this means.
www.thefarce.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It’s a classic Vance rhetorical move that’s almost indecipherable unless you're doused in MAGA. Instead of calling out the Hitler-loving Fuentes, he called out anyone who has been calling out Fuentes. And he called on the GOP to unite around the things they love, like deporting brown children.
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I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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"We don't want people to go hungry or miss another paycheck. But we *are* okay with them dying a little more slowly, without healthcare."
This is so bleak.
This is so bleak.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
"We don't want people to go hungry or miss another paycheck. But we *are* okay with them dying a little more slowly, without healthcare."
This is so bleak.
This is so bleak.
Really interesting take on the why of Mamdani and the issues and opportunities of his policies from
@adamtooze.bsky.social
I would like to add a thought about the NYPD 1/
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
@adamtooze.bsky.social
I would like to add a thought about the NYPD 1/
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
Chartbook 415 Zohran Mamdani, New York City and the promise to revive social democracy in America.
The election of Zohran Mamdani as the mayor of New York City was a political shock well captured by the tweet of the night:
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Really interesting take on the why of Mamdani and the issues and opportunities of his policies from
@adamtooze.bsky.social
I would like to add a thought about the NYPD 1/
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
@adamtooze.bsky.social
I would like to add a thought about the NYPD 1/
open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
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Just a vote? No. Not enough.
People have starved and gone without pay. We owe their sacrifice a positive outcome, not just a fucking vote.
@schumer.senate.gov
People have starved and gone without pay. We owe their sacrifice a positive outcome, not just a fucking vote.
@schumer.senate.gov
“.. It is the most significant movement toward a bipartisan breakthrough in the talks to re-open the government in over a month.”
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/09/d...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/09/d...
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Just a vote? No. Not enough.
People have starved and gone without pay. We owe their sacrifice a positive outcome, not just a fucking vote.
@schumer.senate.gov
People have starved and gone without pay. We owe their sacrifice a positive outcome, not just a fucking vote.
@schumer.senate.gov
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It should be on the Republicans or offer the off-ramp to save Americans from their Mad King.
It shouldn’t be up to Democrats to offer watered down compromises.
Bc it’s clear to the whole world who is responsible for Americans’ pain and misery: Trump and his Republican bootlickers in Cong.
It shouldn’t be up to Democrats to offer watered down compromises.
Bc it’s clear to the whole world who is responsible for Americans’ pain and misery: Trump and his Republican bootlickers in Cong.
Remind us again why the Democrats are to blame?
“The Trump administration told states on Saturday to ‘immediately undo’ any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
“The Trump administration told states on Saturday to ‘immediately undo’ any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It should be on the Republicans or offer the off-ramp to save Americans from their Mad King.
It shouldn’t be up to Democrats to offer watered down compromises.
Bc it’s clear to the whole world who is responsible for Americans’ pain and misery: Trump and his Republican bootlickers in Cong.
It shouldn’t be up to Democrats to offer watered down compromises.
Bc it’s clear to the whole world who is responsible for Americans’ pain and misery: Trump and his Republican bootlickers in Cong.
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I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
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I mean, just put this in the dictionary next to 'billionaire' tbqh.
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I mean, just put this in the dictionary next to 'billionaire' tbqh.
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“.. if anything, [OpenAI’s] endless barrage of statements, interviews, and communications .. is starting to become counterproductive (anyone, whether it’s a company or politician, that insists on saturating media cycles .. usually isn’t doing so from a place of confidence).”
- Vital Knowledge
- Vital Knowledge
November 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
“.. if anything, [OpenAI’s] endless barrage of statements, interviews, and communications .. is starting to become counterproductive (anyone, whether it’s a company or politician, that insists on saturating media cycles .. usually isn’t doing so from a place of confidence).”
- Vital Knowledge
- Vital Knowledge
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What would happen if there were X and TikTok accounts dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of Abu Ghraib style torture?
This is terrorism. It's organized and institutionalized globally.
But because it's directed against women, it's trivialized, marginalized as sexual rather than political.
This is terrorism. It's organized and institutionalized globally.
But because it's directed against women, it's trivialized, marginalized as sexual rather than political.
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
www.404media.co
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
What would happen if there were X and TikTok accounts dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of Abu Ghraib style torture?
This is terrorism. It's organized and institutionalized globally.
But because it's directed against women, it's trivialized, marginalized as sexual rather than political.
This is terrorism. It's organized and institutionalized globally.
But because it's directed against women, it's trivialized, marginalized as sexual rather than political.
No
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
No
Agree, very thoughtful commentary
I skipped this article for a while because I figured I'd read enough about the NYT's Mamdani coverage. I don't want to say the headline does the article a disservice - it is also very much about that - but goes well beyond as well
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Agree, very thoughtful commentary
Majestic
Gorgeous
Gorgeous
Here's sandhill crane dancing at sunset. Quick cell phone edit, so they'll be a better version someday.
Great way to clear my head after an unfathomably stressful week.
Winning is hard, especially given the constant losses in our communities.
The only way out is through ❤️
🪶
Great way to clear my head after an unfathomably stressful week.
Winning is hard, especially given the constant losses in our communities.
The only way out is through ❤️
🪶
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Majestic
Gorgeous
Gorgeous
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New in PN: @donmoyn.bsky.social on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
“The visible presence of overwhelming numbers of troops in the streets has a psychological component. You display dominance & make examples of people who resist — except instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities.”
“The visible presence of overwhelming numbers of troops in the streets has a psychological component. You display dominance & make examples of people who resist — except instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities.”
Don Moynihan on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
"Instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities."
www.publicnotice.co
November 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
New in PN: @donmoyn.bsky.social on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
“The visible presence of overwhelming numbers of troops in the streets has a psychological component. You display dominance & make examples of people who resist — except instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities.”
“The visible presence of overwhelming numbers of troops in the streets has a psychological component. You display dominance & make examples of people who resist — except instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities.”