Dan McCrum
@mccrum.bsky.social
Do investigations for the FT, into dubious accounting and dodgy characters mainly. Wrote a book called Money Men about a spectacular fraud
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"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."
From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
Deportation has taken away the father I once knew and given me back a person I no longer recognize.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."
demand shock incoming
I asked my subscribers to send me their new ACA premium quotes. OH MY GOD. Republicans are sending us into a full on healthcare crisis. You’ve got to see this.
November 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
demand shock incoming
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the british guy with the unhinged burritos has declared war on the italians youtube.com/shorts/vCI_k...
Made a 4 cheese-marinara-pesto-butternut squash-beetroot Ravioliolioliolioli for lunch 😋 #pasta
YouTube video by Elburritomonster
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November 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
the british guy with the unhinged burritos has declared war on the italians youtube.com/shorts/vCI_k...
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I feel like I could live with the brass neck - it is the seemingly successful way that he and others have brainwashed themselves into thinking “our crumbling justice system” has an explanation beyond “we didn’t spend enough money on it” that I can’t stand.
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I feel like I could live with the brass neck - it is the seemingly successful way that he and others have brainwashed themselves into thinking “our crumbling justice system” has an explanation beyond “we didn’t spend enough money on it” that I can’t stand.
“Well, I cannot be compelled to use your preferred pronouns, as you all have voted,” Boril answered.
We've already seen this used as a way to push back, like this from February. If I was in school you can bet I'd be doing this to every Trumpy teacher I had in that school.
Woman Calls Male Legislator 'Madame' During 'What Is A Woman Act' Debate
Debate grew tense Thursday when a woman insisted on calling a male legislator "Madame" at the beginning of her testimony against the "What is a Woman…
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November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“Well, I cannot be compelled to use your preferred pronouns, as you all have voted,” Boril answered.
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Looking up death statistics (always fun and surprising) half of the 21,000 or so accidental UK deaths are falls, poisonings claim a quarter, far more than road accidents (7%) Knife/sharp object deaths account for around 260, guns 29.
Less than 600 homicides per year seems remarkable for 70m people.
Less than 600 homicides per year seems remarkable for 70m people.
November 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Looking up death statistics (always fun and surprising) half of the 21,000 or so accidental UK deaths are falls, poisonings claim a quarter, far more than road accidents (7%) Knife/sharp object deaths account for around 260, guns 29.
Less than 600 homicides per year seems remarkable for 70m people.
Less than 600 homicides per year seems remarkable for 70m people.
Top investigation this, and great local journalism
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Top investigation this, and great local journalism
in case you missed this from @alisonkilling.bsky.social yesterday
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
in case you missed this from @alisonkilling.bsky.social yesterday
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If you financed thousands of windscreen wipers in Mexico, but that collateral was then “commingled”, who owns the windscreen wipers? Where exactly are the windscreen wipers? Why did anyone think that buying windscreen-wiper-backed bonds was a good idea in the first place? www.ft.com/content/b492...
Utah’s First Brands whale even leased the office furniture
A non-bank lender with the motto ‘been there, leased that’ finds out
www.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
If you financed thousands of windscreen wipers in Mexico, but that collateral was then “commingled”, who owns the windscreen wipers? Where exactly are the windscreen wipers? Why did anyone think that buying windscreen-wiper-backed bonds was a good idea in the first place? www.ft.com/content/b492...
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must-read analysis of how Musk's twitter is drenching new users with right-wing propaganda
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news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
must-read analysis of how Musk's twitter is drenching new users with right-wing propaganda
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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No, they don't have ATC. Grounding private planes / general aviation would still reduce load at controlled towers though
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
No, they don't have ATC. Grounding private planes / general aviation would still reduce load at controlled towers though
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Astonishing piece by the brilliant @alisonkilling.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Astonishing piece by the brilliant @alisonkilling.bsky.social
Fascinating 2020 proposal to re-democratise the US constitution by creating 127 new states from the weird bit which isn’t one yet.
This reminds me a bit of this proposal to turn the District of Columbia into 127 states. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Fascinating 2020 proposal to re-democratise the US constitution by creating 127 new states from the weird bit which isn’t one yet.
Would that work?
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Would that work?
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This reminds me a bit of this proposal to turn the District of Columbia into 127 states. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
November 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This reminds me a bit of this proposal to turn the District of Columbia into 127 states. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
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Back-to-back storms this week could lead to flooding and power outages in and around Northern California, forecasters warned.
Atmospheric River Brings Powerful Winds and Rain to California, Oregon and Washington
Back-to-back storms this week could lead to flooding and power outages, forecasters warned.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Back-to-back storms this week could lead to flooding and power outages in and around Northern California, forecasters warned.
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My take on today’s tariff arguments at the Supreme Court. Short version: LOL slate.com/news-and-pol...
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
My take on today’s tariff arguments at the Supreme Court. Short version: LOL slate.com/news-and-pol...
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As a result of the US shutdown curtailing services, American soldiers garrisoned in Germany are being advised to visit local foodbanks.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
As a result of the US shutdown curtailing services, American soldiers garrisoned in Germany are being advised to visit local foodbanks.
home.army.mil/bavaria/abou...
home.army.mil/bavaria/abou...
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New substack: how the government can raise economic growth: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/increasing...
Increasing economic growth: some modest proposals
Commodify, enshittify, skillify.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
New substack: how the government can raise economic growth: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/increasing...
why concentration of wealth is bad for everyone
November 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
why concentration of wealth is bad for everyone
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Once more from yesterday: My newsletter was about how hurricanes kill people long after the wind and water is gone, how that will probably be worse in Jamaica, and how the media has already moved on from one of the worst storms to strike land in recorded history.
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The Long Tail of Hurricane Death Will Be Even Longer in Jamaica
A growing body of research has demonstrated that hits from tropical cyclones leave more than just damaged rooftops in their wake, in fact raising mortality rates through a likely wide variety of mecha...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Once more from yesterday: My newsletter was about how hurricanes kill people long after the wind and water is gone, how that will probably be worse in Jamaica, and how the media has already moved on from one of the worst storms to strike land in recorded history.
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a familiar phenomena
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
a familiar phenomena
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This quote continues to rattle me to my core:
"So what you’re telling us is you need less evidence to kill somebody than you do to hold them."
That's Rep Adam Smith to Pentagon officials in a briefing on Trump's illegal boat bombings. As he told me in this piece, they didn't answer his objection:
"So what you’re telling us is you need less evidence to kill somebody than you do to hold them."
That's Rep Adam Smith to Pentagon officials in a briefing on Trump's illegal boat bombings. As he told me in this piece, they didn't answer his objection:
Awful: Pentagon officials told lawmakers Trump now claims authority to bomb people merely “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist" groups, Rep Adam Smith tells me. But under questioning, they wouldn't say what “affiliated” even means!
Lots of fresh info in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2025...
Lots of fresh info in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2025...
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This quote continues to rattle me to my core:
"So what you’re telling us is you need less evidence to kill somebody than you do to hold them."
That's Rep Adam Smith to Pentagon officials in a briefing on Trump's illegal boat bombings. As he told me in this piece, they didn't answer his objection:
"So what you’re telling us is you need less evidence to kill somebody than you do to hold them."
That's Rep Adam Smith to Pentagon officials in a briefing on Trump's illegal boat bombings. As he told me in this piece, they didn't answer his objection: