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I really don’t get why online Americans are so upset about tariffs. Like, they’ve spent the last few years bragging about how rich America is. Surely, they’d be happy to pay a bit more to support US companies?
March 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I really don’t get why online Americans are so upset about tariffs. Like, they’ve spent the last few years bragging about how rich America is. Surely, they’d be happy to pay a bit more to support US companies?
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FRANCE: Put the felon in prison and bar them from running for president.
UNITED STATES: Elect the felon president.
UNITED STATES: Elect the felon president.
March 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
FRANCE: Put the felon in prison and bar them from running for president.
UNITED STATES: Elect the felon president.
UNITED STATES: Elect the felon president.
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The message is a lie. FFS
Peter Navarro goes full Orwell on Fox News Sunday: "The message is that tariffs are tax cuts."
March 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The message is a lie. FFS
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Looool. How convenient that BlackRock is promoting private assets.
"The future standard portfolio may look more like 50/30/20—stocks, bonds, and private assets like real estate, infrastructure, and private credit." -- BlackRock's Larry Fink in his annual letter.
March 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Looool. How convenient that BlackRock is promoting private assets.
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(ProPublica) - Elon Musk’s aerospace giant SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes in the company as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs, according to previously unreported court records.
@jeisinger.bsky.social
@jeisinger.bsky.social
How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China
As a U.S. military contractor, SpaceX sees allowing Chinese ownership as fraught. But it will allow the investment if it comes through secrecy hubs like the Cayman Islands, court records say. “It is c...
www.propublica.org
March 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
(ProPublica) - Elon Musk’s aerospace giant SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes in the company as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs, according to previously unreported court records.
@jeisinger.bsky.social
@jeisinger.bsky.social
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Just sent this text to my law school classmate, who is the chairman of Sullivan & Cromwell, and is representing Donald Trump on his criminal appeal, and who I suspect helped broker the Paul Weiss deal. Brad Karp is the chairman of Paul Weiss.
March 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Just sent this text to my law school classmate, who is the chairman of Sullivan & Cromwell, and is representing Donald Trump on his criminal appeal, and who I suspect helped broker the Paul Weiss deal. Brad Karp is the chairman of Paul Weiss.
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These are the principles, set out by the great Judge Simon Rifkind, that once governed Paul Weiss.
They should take his name out of the firm’s name out of respect for his memory.
They should take his name out of the firm’s name out of respect for his memory.
March 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
These are the principles, set out by the great Judge Simon Rifkind, that once governed Paul Weiss.
They should take his name out of the firm’s name out of respect for his memory.
They should take his name out of the firm’s name out of respect for his memory.
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I think about this every day.
If the strongest among us cower…
If the strongest among us cower…
I'm just genuinely shocked that so many people in positions of power -- people who could take a stand, make a difference, and be remembered for it -- have no interest in being on the right side of history.
March 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I think about this every day.
If the strongest among us cower…
If the strongest among us cower…
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Every country should structure its legal and regulatory systems as a series of traps that guarantee someone like Elon Musk would end up in prison before he ever got rich
March 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Every country should structure its legal and regulatory systems as a series of traps that guarantee someone like Elon Musk would end up in prison before he ever got rich
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Not part of the conversation today, but I continue to think it’s fairly obvious that we would not be in the current situation if we had much higher marginal income tax rates at the high end, a proper estate tax and a wealth tax
There is no long-term solution without them
There is no long-term solution without them
I’m 24 hours away from endorsing FDR’s maximum income taxes
February 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Not part of the conversation today, but I continue to think it’s fairly obvious that we would not be in the current situation if we had much higher marginal income tax rates at the high end, a proper estate tax and a wealth tax
There is no long-term solution without them
There is no long-term solution without them
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Leopards the chart
March 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Leopards the chart
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A reminder that Alphaville is completely free. Here's now to skip the paywall: on.ft.com/3tDRiiu
March 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A reminder that Alphaville is completely free. Here's now to skip the paywall: on.ft.com/3tDRiiu
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He is at it again. Elon has decided to drop $13 million into a state Supreme Court race. Why? Interestingly Wisconsin doesn't allow car manufacturers to own dealerships in the state and Tesla just sued them for it. Guess who will probably decide the case? New show! open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
Elon is buying a state Supreme Court seat
The Wisconsin Supreme Court election on April 1st is Elon's next chance to buy our democracy. Let's tell him to go to hell.
open.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
He is at it again. Elon has decided to drop $13 million into a state Supreme Court race. Why? Interestingly Wisconsin doesn't allow car manufacturers to own dealerships in the state and Tesla just sued them for it. Guess who will probably decide the case? New show! open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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If only.
Beware the Ides of March.
March 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If only.
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“Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.”
—FDR, 1936
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ac...
—FDR, 1936
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ac...
Acceptance Speech for the Renomination for the Presidency, Philadelphia, Pa. | The American Presidency Project
www.presidency.ucsb.edu
March 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.”
—FDR, 1936
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ac...
—FDR, 1936
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ac...
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It's funny how there's an inverse correlation with nominally supporting the idea of "degrowth" and the outcomes of the associated policies.
To be clear, DOGE = degrowth, decel, and stagnation. Big fiscal policies like the Green New Deal = growth, acceleration, and abundance.
To be clear, DOGE = degrowth, decel, and stagnation. Big fiscal policies like the Green New Deal = growth, acceleration, and abundance.
There’s a lot of great stuff coming out about “abundance” and meanwhile the titans of the tech industry have embraced bizarro world degrowtherism, blocking housing in their backyards, destroying basic science research, and fearmongering about vaccines. Sad!
March 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It's funny how there's an inverse correlation with nominally supporting the idea of "degrowth" and the outcomes of the associated policies.
To be clear, DOGE = degrowth, decel, and stagnation. Big fiscal policies like the Green New Deal = growth, acceleration, and abundance.
To be clear, DOGE = degrowth, decel, and stagnation. Big fiscal policies like the Green New Deal = growth, acceleration, and abundance.