Connor Leech
@spiritualsidegig.bsky.social
bay area native & software engineer living in SF
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🧵 I’ve decided to run against Nancy Pelosi to represent San Francisco in Congress. I know some of you might be surprised that Speaker Emeritus Pelosi is running again, but she is — for her 21st term! We need new leadership in the Democratic Party.
Sign up for a Zoom call with me: www.saikat.us
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Join Saikat Chakrabarti for Congress | San Francisco 2026
I'm running against Nancy Pelosi. Forty years in Congress is enough. New leaders for a new world. Join me on Zoom or in person.
www.saikat.us
February 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🧵 I’ve decided to run against Nancy Pelosi to represent San Francisco in Congress. I know some of you might be surprised that Speaker Emeritus Pelosi is running again, but she is — for her 21st term! We need new leadership in the Democratic Party.
Sign up for a Zoom call with me: www.saikat.us
Sign up for a Zoom call with me: www.saikat.us
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“Mr. Duffy said the young staff of Mr. Musk’s team was trying to lay off air traffic controllers. What am I supposed to do? Mr. Duffy said. I have multiple plane crashes to deal with now, and your people want me to fire air traffic controllers?”
Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk
Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“Mr. Duffy said the young staff of Mr. Musk’s team was trying to lay off air traffic controllers. What am I supposed to do? Mr. Duffy said. I have multiple plane crashes to deal with now, and your people want me to fire air traffic controllers?”
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I LOVE this interview that @ddayen.bsky.social and I did with a corporate procurement expert on DOGE. It's amazing to see how absolutely bloated and fucked up big business really is.
Also CEOs you should give it a listen, you'll make more money. www.organizedmoney.fm/p/actually-b...
Also CEOs you should give it a listen, you'll make more money. www.organizedmoney.fm/p/actually-b...
Actually Bob, Corporate America is MORE Wasteful than the US Government
Dave Dayen and Matt Stoller are joined by Rich Ham, CEO of FineTune, specializing in corporate cost reductions, and strategies large organizations can use to reduce wasteful spending.
www.organizedmoney.fm
March 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I LOVE this interview that @ddayen.bsky.social and I did with a corporate procurement expert on DOGE. It's amazing to see how absolutely bloated and fucked up big business really is.
Also CEOs you should give it a listen, you'll make more money. www.organizedmoney.fm/p/actually-b...
Also CEOs you should give it a listen, you'll make more money. www.organizedmoney.fm/p/actually-b...
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@rokhanna.bsky.social when asked about drinking in Congress 🔥
March 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
@rokhanna.bsky.social when asked about drinking in Congress 🔥
yup. ironic for the party that used to be all about the constitution
www.politico.com/news/2025/03... @politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/03... @politico.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
yup. ironic for the party that used to be all about the constitution
www.politico.com/news/2025/03... @politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/03... @politico.com
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American food monopolies are killing our ability to feed ourselves. We are now a massive net food importer.
February 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
American food monopolies are killing our ability to feed ourselves. We are now a massive net food importer.
can someone explain to me how and why a bookstore owns the james bond franchise?
February 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
can someone explain to me how and why a bookstore owns the james bond franchise?
$823 million for CFPB that keeps companies obeying the law and that's returned $20 billion back to cheated consumers? nah.
$175 billion for border agents and $150 billion in new military spending? brilliant! let's do it.
www.npr.org/2025/02/12/n... #cfpb
$175 billion for border agents and $150 billion in new military spending? brilliant! let's do it.
www.npr.org/2025/02/12/n... #cfpb
Republicans split on best path to advance Trump's agenda in Congress
Republicans may control both chambers of Congress but leaders in the House and Senate have very different ideas about the best way to implement President Trump's agenda.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
$823 million for CFPB that keeps companies obeying the law and that's returned $20 billion back to cheated consumers? nah.
$175 billion for border agents and $150 billion in new military spending? brilliant! let's do it.
www.npr.org/2025/02/12/n... #cfpb
$175 billion for border agents and $150 billion in new military spending? brilliant! let's do it.
www.npr.org/2025/02/12/n... #cfpb
theory-induced blindness: Once you have accepted a theory and used it as a tool in your thinking, it is extraordinarily difficult to notice its flaws
www.npr.org/2025/02/11/g... @npr.org #freetrade
www.npr.org/2025/02/11/g... @npr.org #freetrade
Why economists got free trade with China so wrong
The "China Shock" is revisited, and it raises questions about why economists failed to see the costs of free trade.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
theory-induced blindness: Once you have accepted a theory and used it as a tool in your thinking, it is extraordinarily difficult to notice its flaws
www.npr.org/2025/02/11/g... @npr.org #freetrade
www.npr.org/2025/02/11/g... @npr.org #freetrade
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On his orders, his henchmen murdered my former colleague and chopped up his body with a bone saw.
Trump says he's going to ask Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who he describes as "a fantastic guy," to invest $1 trillion in the US economy
January 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
On his orders, his henchmen murdered my former colleague and chopped up his body with a bone saw.
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The future of AI is whatever makes them the most money.
January 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The future of AI is whatever makes them the most money.
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where does the new york times even find these people
January 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
where does the new york times even find these people
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We have to tolerate everyone having guns because it’s essential to have the right to resist a tyrannical government but also if you hold one of those guns when the government breaks into your house in the middle of the night they can shoot you.
Ending the year with the same story I’ve been writing about my entire career. Kentucky police shot and killed a man while serving search warrant in the middle of the night.
They appear to have had the wrong address.
www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...
They appear to have had the wrong address.
www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...
Search warrant was for different address than where Kentucky police shot, killed man
A man was shot and killed by police in Laurel County after they say he pointed a gun at officers. But the search warrant was for a different house, records show.
www.kentucky.com
December 31, 2024 at 3:39 PM
We have to tolerate everyone having guns because it’s essential to have the right to resist a tyrannical government but also if you hold one of those guns when the government breaks into your house in the middle of the night they can shoot you.
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I support this. Who wouldn’t?
December 30, 2024 at 10:46 PM
I support this. Who wouldn’t?
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i think this is pretty much right. not a shock that the political economy of apartheid south africa produced a bunch of reactionaries who hope to replicate that political economy for the 21st century www.ft.com/content/cfbf...
Musk, Thiel and the shadow of apartheid South Africa
The parallels between South Africa then and the US today are striking
www.ft.com
December 29, 2024 at 10:03 PM
i think this is pretty much right. not a shock that the political economy of apartheid south africa produced a bunch of reactionaries who hope to replicate that political economy for the 21st century www.ft.com/content/cfbf...
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It appears Musk came to US on a student visa, did not attend school and worked illegally here.
If he lied in his subsequent immigration applications he committed a felony level crime and could be stripped of his citizenship and security clearances.
Musk's brother: "We were illegal immigrants."
If he lied in his subsequent immigration applications he committed a felony level crime and could be stripped of his citizenship and security clearances.
Musk's brother: "We were illegal immigrants."
What’s amazing about Musk claiming the reason he’s in America is the H1B visa is that it isn’t true. According to story below, he came here on a student visa, worked illegally and then got an H1B. He should release his immigration records to clear this up.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally
Investors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2024 at 2:40 PM
It appears Musk came to US on a student visa, did not attend school and worked illegally here.
If he lied in his subsequent immigration applications he committed a felony level crime and could be stripped of his citizenship and security clearances.
Musk's brother: "We were illegal immigrants."
If he lied in his subsequent immigration applications he committed a felony level crime and could be stripped of his citizenship and security clearances.
Musk's brother: "We were illegal immigrants."
Judge blocks a $8.5 billion dollar fashion merger that would have made Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman, Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo, and Versace part of the same company
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol... via @matthewstoller.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol... via @matthewstoller.bsky.social
BOOM: Judge Blocks $8.5B Fashion House Merger
A win for the Federal Trade Commission's Lina Khan as Tapestry, the owner of Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman, is barred from buying Capri, which owns Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo, and Versace.
open.substack.com
December 29, 2024 at 3:24 AM
Judge blocks a $8.5 billion dollar fashion merger that would have made Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman, Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo, and Versace part of the same company
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol... via @matthewstoller.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol... via @matthewstoller.bsky.social
FTC's click to cancel rule makes it so companies have to make it as easy to cancel as it is to sign up
it took 5 and a half years to become law but now it's in effect
www.npr.org/2024/10/16/n... via @npr.org
it took 5 and a half years to become law but now it's in effect
www.npr.org/2024/10/16/n... via @npr.org
Canceling subscriptions has to be as easy as signing up, the FTC says in a new rule
The "click-to-cancel" rule, now finalized by the Federal Trade Commission, aims to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and memberships. Companies argue that the agency overstepped its authority.
www.npr.org
December 29, 2024 at 3:21 AM
FTC's click to cancel rule makes it so companies have to make it as easy to cancel as it is to sign up
it took 5 and a half years to become law but now it's in effect
www.npr.org/2024/10/16/n... via @npr.org
it took 5 and a half years to become law but now it's in effect
www.npr.org/2024/10/16/n... via @npr.org
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