Matthew Bornfreund
@mbornfreund.bsky.social
lawyer, former bank regulator, adjunct professor, economist, atheist, family man, nerd
Any bank law geeks at the ABA meeting in DC?
Difficult to host a panel on enforcement two weeks before all the priorities get scrambled...
Difficult to host a panel on enforcement two weeks before all the priorities get scrambled...
January 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Any bank law geeks at the ABA meeting in DC?
Difficult to host a panel on enforcement two weeks before all the priorities get scrambled...
Difficult to host a panel on enforcement two weeks before all the priorities get scrambled...
@clutchpoints.bsky.social You should tell your beat writer that "Golden Knights" is only a professional hockey team. UCF removed golden from their name almost two decades ago! Your writer was only 8 years old last time that name was used.
December 11, 2024 at 7:02 AM
@clutchpoints.bsky.social You should tell your beat writer that "Golden Knights" is only a professional hockey team. UCF removed golden from their name almost two decades ago! Your writer was only 8 years old last time that name was used.
What a great point!
Trump also shit all over Project 2025, and the creators of it kept their mouths shut and played the long game.
If our candidate attacks anything of the left that is unpopular they will be pilloried for months on end.
If our candidate attacks anything of the left that is unpopular they will be pilloried for months on end.
November 25, 2024 at 11:37 PM
What a great point!
I reject the premise. The American state does not need "an overhaul" and no, there is no "mandate for disruption."
The American state needs an overhaul, and Donald Trump has a mandate for disruption. But Musk-led reform risks creating a new problem for the country: the emergence of a combustible, corrupt oligarchy econ.st/3Z7r6sO
November 21, 2024 at 8:38 PM
I reject the premise. The American state does not need "an overhaul" and no, there is no "mandate for disruption."
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I just applied for the Community Marketing Manager role, I wonder if public support from the portion of the userbase that knows me would hurt or help this cause lol 🤔
5. Bluesky's team consists of about 20 full-time employees. That's a million users here per employee now 🤯
Also, we're hiring!
bsky.social/about/join
Also, we're hiring!
bsky.social/about/join
November 19, 2024 at 10:23 PM
I just applied for the Community Marketing Manager role, I wonder if public support from the portion of the userbase that knows me would hurt or help this cause lol 🤔
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it's going to take a little while for everyone to adapt to this, but a business/media org/team posting under a .bsky.social handle instead of their real domain should be approached with caution
November 19, 2024 at 7:45 PM
it's going to take a little while for everyone to adapt to this, but a business/media org/team posting under a .bsky.social handle instead of their real domain should be approached with caution
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I'm putting together a bank reg starter pack. I'm looking for former regulators (OCC, FDIC, CFPB, or Fed), attorneys who work in bank regulation, or academics that focus on bank regulatory issues.
🏦 Please give me suggestions or volunteer yourself 🏦
🏦 Please give me suggestions or volunteer yourself 🏦
November 17, 2024 at 5:20 PM
I'm putting together a bank reg starter pack. I'm looking for former regulators (OCC, FDIC, CFPB, or Fed), attorneys who work in bank regulation, or academics that focus on bank regulatory issues.
🏦 Please give me suggestions or volunteer yourself 🏦
🏦 Please give me suggestions or volunteer yourself 🏦
I'm putting together a bank reg starter pack. I'm looking for former regulators (OCC, FDIC, CFPB, or Fed), attorneys who work in bank regulation, or academics that focus on bank regulatory issues.
🏦 Please give me suggestions or volunteer yourself 🏦
🏦 Please give me suggestions or volunteer yourself 🏦
November 17, 2024 at 5:20 PM
I'm putting together a bank reg starter pack. I'm looking for former regulators (OCC, FDIC, CFPB, or Fed), attorneys who work in bank regulation, or academics that focus on bank regulatory issues.
🏦 Please give me suggestions or volunteer yourself 🏦
🏦 Please give me suggestions or volunteer yourself 🏦
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Note: “hide post for me” is a great option if you’re seeing a viral post too often.
November 17, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Note: “hide post for me” is a great option if you’re seeing a viral post too often.
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“I never thought Likudniks would eat *my* Palestinian statehood,” sobs woman who voted for the Likudniks Eating Palestinian Statehood Party www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Muslims who voted for Trump upset by his pro-Israel cabinet picks
U.S. Muslim leaders who supported Republican Donald Trump to protest against the Biden administration's support for Israel's war on Gaza and attacks on Lebanon have been deeply disappointed by his Cabinet picks, they tell Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:56 PM
“I never thought Likudniks would eat *my* Palestinian statehood,” sobs woman who voted for the Likudniks Eating Palestinian Statehood Party www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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Here's each G7 country's cumulative increase in real GDP per capita, since just before the pandemic:
🇺🇸 +10.1%
🇮🇹 +6.4% (thru Q2)
🇯🇵 +2.4%
🇫🇷 +1.6% (thru Q2)
🇬🇧 -0.7%
🇩🇪 -2.0% (thru Q2)
🇨🇦 -3.0% (thru Q2)
🇺🇸 +10.1%
🇮🇹 +6.4% (thru Q2)
🇯🇵 +2.4%
🇫🇷 +1.6% (thru Q2)
🇬🇧 -0.7%
🇩🇪 -2.0% (thru Q2)
🇨🇦 -3.0% (thru Q2)
November 15, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Here's each G7 country's cumulative increase in real GDP per capita, since just before the pandemic:
🇺🇸 +10.1%
🇮🇹 +6.4% (thru Q2)
🇯🇵 +2.4%
🇫🇷 +1.6% (thru Q2)
🇬🇧 -0.7%
🇩🇪 -2.0% (thru Q2)
🇨🇦 -3.0% (thru Q2)
🇺🇸 +10.1%
🇮🇹 +6.4% (thru Q2)
🇯🇵 +2.4%
🇫🇷 +1.6% (thru Q2)
🇬🇧 -0.7%
🇩🇪 -2.0% (thru Q2)
🇨🇦 -3.0% (thru Q2)
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dearest new friends jokes are all that we have left please don’t harsh the mellow k thx xoxo
It’s interesting because there seems to be a pattern with many of us that migrated here from Twitter since Bluesky launched. Everyone new comes in hot. On a hair trigger. Ready to fight. And then there’s a cooling off period where it’s like, wait maybe we don’t have to do that anymore?
One of the nice things about this platform is that many folks have approached it as a reset. A do-over. Many are trying to turn the temperature down. Sure we could fight with people who are rude or mean or wrong. But even better let’s just brush them off and get on with our lives.
November 15, 2024 at 12:41 AM
dearest new friends jokes are all that we have left please don’t harsh the mellow k thx xoxo
Talking to another bank regulatory attorney yesterday, and had to explain the difference between a disagreement on policy and a disagreement on whether government should exist
November 14, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Talking to another bank regulatory attorney yesterday, and had to explain the difference between a disagreement on policy and a disagreement on whether government should exist
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i just want you to know that even if your handle says invalid.handle right now, you’re still valid and we love you 🥰
(that will resolve itself hopefully soon)
(that will resolve itself hopefully soon)
November 14, 2024 at 6:47 PM
i just want you to know that even if your handle says invalid.handle right now, you’re still valid and we love you 🥰
(that will resolve itself hopefully soon)
(that will resolve itself hopefully soon)
This is a must read article!
ICYMI: How could they vote for him? mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/11/how-...
Most politicians, alongside oligarchs, know that ownership of the media brings the power to manipulate information and create propaganda, yet most politicians on the centre left seem incapable of confronting that power.
Most politicians, alongside oligarchs, know that ownership of the media brings the power to manipulate information and create propaganda, yet most politicians on the centre left seem incapable of confronting that power.
How could they vote for him?
By now you will have probably read thousands of words about Trump’s sweeping election victory, so what can I hope to add? The biggest puz...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
November 14, 2024 at 4:50 PM
This is a must read article!
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Ramaswamy, co-chair of the “government efficiency” department, calls for eliminating veterans’ medical care - the largest program with expired authorization
November 13, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Ramaswamy, co-chair of the “government efficiency” department, calls for eliminating veterans’ medical care - the largest program with expired authorization
Come on, @kairyssdal.bsky.social and @amyscott.bsky.social, given the role media play in people's misperceptions of the economy, Marketplace needs to do better. In yesterday's report on personal debt, it rightly compares debt to income to say the increase in debt isn't really bad. 1/2
November 14, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Come on, @kairyssdal.bsky.social and @amyscott.bsky.social, given the role media play in people's misperceptions of the economy, Marketplace needs to do better. In yesterday's report on personal debt, it rightly compares debt to income to say the increase in debt isn't really bad. 1/2
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Did bad reporting on the economy destroy Harris' chances? cepr.net/did-bad-econ...
Did Bad Economic Reporting Doom Harris?
Unraveling the impact of bad economic reporting on the Harris campaign and how the portrayal of the economy affected the election outcome.
cepr.net
November 13, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Did bad reporting on the economy destroy Harris' chances? cepr.net/did-bad-econ...
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I'm watching CBS News lie to its audience. It interviewed someone who said the price of her groceries have doubled, the average for the country is 25% fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIUF... She also said disposable income is down -- another lie, its substantially above pre-pandemic levels.
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food in U.S. City Average
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food in U.S. City Average
fred.stlouisfed.org
November 14, 2024 at 12:50 AM
I'm watching CBS News lie to its audience. It interviewed someone who said the price of her groceries have doubled, the average for the country is 25% fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIUF... She also said disposable income is down -- another lie, its substantially above pre-pandemic levels.
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Then it hit me: The big success of the US right over the last decade or so, helped by a cadre of centrists, is convincing a lot of people that the Democratic Party is whoever you think is the most radical, most annoying person on the internet. Therefore, voting Republican is a vote against them.
3/x
3/x
November 12, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Then it hit me: The big success of the US right over the last decade or so, helped by a cadre of centrists, is convincing a lot of people that the Democratic Party is whoever you think is the most radical, most annoying person on the internet. Therefore, voting Republican is a vote against them.
3/x
3/x
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Treasury secretaries usually go out of their way to make clear that they respect the Fed's independence. But we are not in the land of usually. Here's one of the leading candidates to be Trump's Treasury secretary:
www.barrons.com/articles/tru...
www.barrons.com/articles/tru...
November 12, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Treasury secretaries usually go out of their way to make clear that they respect the Fed's independence. But we are not in the land of usually. Here's one of the leading candidates to be Trump's Treasury secretary:
www.barrons.com/articles/tru...
www.barrons.com/articles/tru...