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Really good story on how Tesla took nearly a billion dollars in New York public funding with the promise of new jobs. Then -- surprise! -- most of the jobs never materialized.
open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...
open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...
How Tesla bilks taxpayers
Over the last 12 years, Elon Musk and Tesla have secured hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to help grow their business, while making numerous commitments to state and local governments that oft...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Really good story on how Tesla took nearly a billion dollars in New York public funding with the promise of new jobs. Then -- surprise! -- most of the jobs never materialized.
open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...
open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...
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A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
stanforddaily.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
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One thing about today's tariff shitshow is that congress could undo all this nonsense tonight and the damage would still be huge, because these actions have decisively signaled that the US is an unreliable international trading partner—and this impacts political and economic strategy worldwide.
April 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
One thing about today's tariff shitshow is that congress could undo all this nonsense tonight and the damage would still be huge, because these actions have decisively signaled that the US is an unreliable international trading partner—and this impacts political and economic strategy worldwide.
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Best thing I've read in a while. One of the very few reasons to check x. Inspiring feed. @mikejwhelan on x
Best thing I've read in a while. One of the very few reasons to check x. Inspiring feed. @mikejwhelan on x
michaeljwhelan on X: "MEMOIR EXCERPT Faith From A Spiritual Perspective. I wanted to share a bit about my faith in this book—not through the lens of God, religion, doctrine, or dogma—but from the quiet place within where my spirit lives and breathes. This is not about rules or rituals, but about" / X
MEMOIR EXCERPT Faith From A Spiritual Perspective. I wanted to share a bit about my faith in this book—not through the lens of God, religion, doctrine, or dogma—but from the quiet place within where my spirit lives and breathes. This is not about rules or rituals, but about
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April 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
x.com/mikejwhelan/...
Best thing I've read in a while. One of the very few reasons to check x. Inspiring feed. @mikejwhelan on x
Best thing I've read in a while. One of the very few reasons to check x. Inspiring feed. @mikejwhelan on x
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A non-exhaustive list of bigger causes of congressional abdication than Chevron deference:
(1) Extreme political gerrymandering
(2) Congressional Review Act
(3) Policy riders on appropriations bills
(4) Major Questions Doctrine
(1) Extreme political gerrymandering
(2) Congressional Review Act
(3) Policy riders on appropriations bills
(4) Major Questions Doctrine
March 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A non-exhaustive list of bigger causes of congressional abdication than Chevron deference:
(1) Extreme political gerrymandering
(2) Congressional Review Act
(3) Policy riders on appropriations bills
(4) Major Questions Doctrine
(1) Extreme political gerrymandering
(2) Congressional Review Act
(3) Policy riders on appropriations bills
(4) Major Questions Doctrine
gift article.NYT READ IT For free. Can Murdochs planning lead to end of fox by 2030. Hope@@
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/m...
Six Takeaways About the Murdoch Succession Fight (Gift Article)
Here are the main revelations about the battle for control from a secret Nevada trial.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
gift article.NYT READ IT For free. Can Murdochs planning lead to end of fox by 2030. Hope@@
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/m...
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February 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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It would be inappropriate to have this as a video conferencing background, wouldn't it? Asking, as the saying goes, for a friend.
January 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It would be inappropriate to have this as a video conferencing background, wouldn't it? Asking, as the saying goes, for a friend.
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Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
January 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
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Prospect Medical announced -- at 11:02 p.m. on Saturday -- that it's filed for bankruptcy. At @propublica, we've been writing since 2020 about how private equity and Prospect's founders sucked hundreds of millions out of the troubled hospital company. www.propublica.org/article/inve...
Investors Extracted $400 Million From a Hospital Chain That Sometimes Couldn’t Pay for Medical Supplies or Gas for Ambulances
Prospect Medical, which mostly serves low-income patients, has suffered a litany of problems: broken elevators, dirty surgical gear, bedbugs and more. Its owners, including Leonard Green & Partners an...
www.propublica.org
January 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Prospect Medical announced -- at 11:02 p.m. on Saturday -- that it's filed for bankruptcy. At @propublica, we've been writing since 2020 about how private equity and Prospect's founders sucked hundreds of millions out of the troubled hospital company. www.propublica.org/article/inve...
gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free TBH this made me cry. Such great architecture www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/r...
The Fight to Save Googie, the Style of Postwar Optimism (Gift Article)
The car-centric architectural style, characterized by neon signs and dramatic rooflines, is now endangered. Its admirers mourn the loss of the ideals it represented.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 11:37 PM
gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free TBH this made me cry. Such great architecture www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/r...
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It's notable that non of the "Biden is old" stuff has not focused on his policy choices or implementation. He has run a government free of major scandals, has been a savvy negotiator with two very different Congresses, and has used executive power well. He knows how to govern at the highest level.
I'll be real: I don't give a shit if the president spends 4 years in a coma. All that matters to me is policy. Same goes for personal character stuff. I'll always vote for the viable candidate with policy views closer to mine.
February 17, 2024 at 9:06 PM
It's notable that non of the "Biden is old" stuff has not focused on his policy choices or implementation. He has run a government free of major scandals, has been a savvy negotiator with two very different Congresses, and has used executive power well. He knows how to govern at the highest level.
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The color of Beech leaves matches the rusty wash on the flanks of the Tufted Titmouse
February 17, 2024 at 11:42 PM
The color of Beech leaves matches the rusty wash on the flanks of the Tufted Titmouse
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Tremendous piece, best explanation yet of how a few bad regulatory decisions broke the news model. Billions of dollars in revenue that used to go to media companies, which funded journalism, now goes to Google, which lets AI junk blot out the sun.
washingtonmonthly.com/2024/01/16/h...
washingtonmonthly.com/2024/01/16/h...
How Fighting Monopoly Can Save Journalism | Washington Monthly
The collapse of the news industry is not an inevitable consequence of technology or market forces. It’s the result of policy mistakes over the past 40 years that the Biden administration is already ...
washingtonmonthly.com
February 2, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Tremendous piece, best explanation yet of how a few bad regulatory decisions broke the news model. Billions of dollars in revenue that used to go to media companies, which funded journalism, now goes to Google, which lets AI junk blot out the sun.
washingtonmonthly.com/2024/01/16/h...
washingtonmonthly.com/2024/01/16/h...
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Unlike Susan Collins, I didn’t have to Google Mike Johnson.
Why? Because I report on the Christian right, I first encountered him in 2007, when he was an attorney for ADF:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Why? Because I report on the Christian right, I first encountered him in 2007, when he was an attorney for ADF:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Mike Johnson is the House speaker Christian nationalists wanted
The new speaker cut his teeth trying to erode the separation of church and state and abortion and LGBTQ rights as a lawyer for the Alliance Defense Fund.
www.msnbc.com
October 25, 2023 at 11:24 PM
Unlike Susan Collins, I didn’t have to Google Mike Johnson.
Why? Because I report on the Christian right, I first encountered him in 2007, when he was an attorney for ADF:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Why? Because I report on the Christian right, I first encountered him in 2007, when he was an attorney for ADF:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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They all look like they're about to tell you your insurance doesn't cover this.
Nine Republicans have announced that they will run for House speaker since the party cast aside Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio as its latest nominee for the leadership post. Here’s what to know about the candidates: nyti.ms/40ar2IT
October 23, 2023 at 9:41 PM
They all look like they're about to tell you your insurance doesn't cover this.
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The denial of the medical complicatedness of pregnancy is of a piece with the notion that pregnancy is a physically passive experience for the pregnant woman, something akin to charging your phone—and not the exhausting and taxing process that it is.
one crucial development in the ideology of anti-abortion politics is the widespread belief that pregnancy runs essentially on autopilot and no serious medical attention is ever required. allows anti-abortion zealots to ignore the fact that their policies produce maternity care deserts
staffing shortages (related to Dobbs) and refusing to expand Medicaid has destroyed another 3 labor & delivery units in Alabama. some mothers will have to drive 100 miles to get to a hospital with one www.nbcnews.com/health/women...
October 15, 2023 at 10:02 PM
The denial of the medical complicatedness of pregnancy is of a piece with the notion that pregnancy is a physically passive experience for the pregnant woman, something akin to charging your phone—and not the exhausting and taxing process that it is.
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Proverbs 26:11
The embarrassing thing for Jim Jordan is that he wouldn’t even be the best Republican House Speaker with a school wrestler sex abuse scandal.
October 13, 2023 at 9:20 PM
Proverbs 26:11
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In recent days, I've been amazed to see how many lives my little green bird touched. So many have said he was a small bright light of love & joy in dark times.
In that spirit, I'd like to honor the love & kindness Newbie inspired by giving back.
More here:
gofund.me/544cf200
In that spirit, I'd like to honor the love & kindness Newbie inspired by giving back.
More here:
gofund.me/544cf200
For Newbie the History Bird, organized by Joanne Freeman
Greetings all.
In the past few days, I've been amazed to see how many lives my little … Joanne Freeman needs your support for For Newbie the History Bird
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October 11, 2023 at 3:23 AM
In recent days, I've been amazed to see how many lives my little green bird touched. So many have said he was a small bright light of love & joy in dark times.
In that spirit, I'd like to honor the love & kindness Newbie inspired by giving back.
More here:
gofund.me/544cf200
In that spirit, I'd like to honor the love & kindness Newbie inspired by giving back.
More here:
gofund.me/544cf200
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As Twitter spirals, there’s an effort to help get chronically ill folks moved. If you have spare codes, consider adding them to the form below.
It’s really hard for people with certain illnesses to deal with the logistics of moving. This form helps make it a little easier.
It’s really hard for people with certain illnesses to deal with the logistics of moving. This form helps make it a little easier.
BlueSky Invites for the Chronic Illness Community
Please fill out this form if you're the chronic illness community and you'd like to either (1) donate invite codes or (2) request an invite.
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October 7, 2023 at 12:38 AM
As Twitter spirals, there’s an effort to help get chronically ill folks moved. If you have spare codes, consider adding them to the form below.
It’s really hard for people with certain illnesses to deal with the logistics of moving. This form helps make it a little easier.
It’s really hard for people with certain illnesses to deal with the logistics of moving. This form helps make it a little easier.
@nevekun5.bsky.social Who are you? I will report if u are not the person who I gave the code to.
October 2, 2023 at 12:01 AM
@nevekun5.bsky.social Who are you? I will report if u are not the person who I gave the code to.
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PSA: the CDC has a program that pays for your COVID vaccine if your insurer won't. The guy at CVS told me that my insurer had not added the new vaccine to its formulary yet, so I'd need to pay $190. I told him about this program, showed him the website, and paid nothing. 🤗
Bridge Access Program | CDCCenters for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC twenty four seven. Saving...
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September 19, 2023 at 9:20 PM
PSA: the CDC has a program that pays for your COVID vaccine if your insurer won't. The guy at CVS told me that my insurer had not added the new vaccine to its formulary yet, so I'd need to pay $190. I told him about this program, showed him the website, and paid nothing. 🤗
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This is why we need art.
September 9, 2023 at 7:42 PM
This is why we need art.
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Nothing works. Airlines. Making movies. College. Retirement. Mass transit. Medicine. Housing.
Everything is a scam, or on its way to becoming a scam.
Nothing works and it’s all by design, because every hitch in the process is another way for the rich to make more money.
Everything is a scam, or on its way to becoming a scam.
Nothing works and it’s all by design, because every hitch in the process is another way for the rich to make more money.
September 9, 2023 at 1:06 AM
Nothing works. Airlines. Making movies. College. Retirement. Mass transit. Medicine. Housing.
Everything is a scam, or on its way to becoming a scam.
Nothing works and it’s all by design, because every hitch in the process is another way for the rich to make more money.
Everything is a scam, or on its way to becoming a scam.
Nothing works and it’s all by design, because every hitch in the process is another way for the rich to make more money.