Mike Lewis
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Erika Kirk turned her husband’s murder into the business opportunity of a lifetime. She has a lot to teach us about deals.
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Erika Kirk turned her husband’s murder into the business opportunity of a lifetime. She has a lot to teach us about deals.
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Military personnel: This is what following unlawful orders looks like. Don’t do it. You don’t have the president’s get out of jail free card from SCOTUS, and these losers will not protect you.
December 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Military personnel: This is what following unlawful orders looks like. Don’t do it. You don’t have the president’s get out of jail free card from SCOTUS, and these losers will not protect you.
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41 minutes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
41 minutes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
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NEW:
The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
NEW:
The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
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NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social PIECE: I finally have written up the extraordinary fact that the @federalreserve.gov has created an entire page specifically devoted to my FOIA requests entitled "Historical Board Documents". Also, my birthday sale is still underway!
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The Federal Reserve Has Created an Entire Page Dedicated to My Successful FOIA Requests
Tomorrow is my 34th Birthday and as such this month's "Birthday" sale is still ongoing. Take advantage today!
Birthday Sale!
Longtime Notes on the Crises readers will remember that I hav...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social PIECE: I finally have written up the extraordinary fact that the @federalreserve.gov has created an entire page specifically devoted to my FOIA requests entitled "Historical Board Documents". Also, my birthday sale is still underway!
www.crisesnotes.com/the-federal-...
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This is the 47th piece I've written and published this year. And as those who read my pieces can attest, we're not talking short and easy writing. Knock on wood, I think I'll be able to hit 52 pieces this year. Which is an insane rate of output. At 34 dollars for a year, my birthday sale is a steal
NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social PIECE: I finally have written up the extraordinary fact that the @federalreserve.gov has created an entire page specifically devoted to my FOIA requests entitled "Historical Board Documents". Also, my birthday sale is still underway!
www.crisesnotes.com/the-federal-...
www.crisesnotes.com/the-federal-...
The Federal Reserve Has Created an Entire Page Dedicated to My Successful FOIA Requests
Tomorrow is my 34th Birthday and as such this month's "Birthday" sale is still ongoing. Take advantage today!
Birthday Sale!
Longtime Notes on the Crises readers will remember that I hav...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This is the 47th piece I've written and published this year. And as those who read my pieces can attest, we're not talking short and easy writing. Knock on wood, I think I'll be able to hit 52 pieces this year. Which is an insane rate of output. At 34 dollars for a year, my birthday sale is a steal
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NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social: I take a look at the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the little it accomplished- especially on the central governmental crisis we face- the constitutional crisis over impoundment.
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The Longest Government Shutdown in U.S. History Ends Without Ameliorating Our Constitutional Crisis
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November is my birth month so I'm doing a birthday sale all month long. I'm turning 34, so an annual subscription is now ...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social: I take a look at the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the little it accomplished- especially on the central governmental crisis we face- the constitutional crisis over impoundment.
www.crisesnotes.com/the-longest-...
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FYI, I haven't posted about this in ten months but I have institutional subscriptions built for @crisesnotes.bsky.social
It would help immensely if you requested your academic library or employer to subscribe.
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It would help immensely if you requested your academic library or employer to subscribe.
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Institutional Subscriptions are here! Get Your Academic Library or Business to Subscribe
Over the years I’ve gotten inquiries about taking on institutional subscriptions. Those requests have come from both academics and employees at for-profit businesses- Institutional subscriptions mean ...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
FYI, I haven't posted about this in ten months but I have institutional subscriptions built for @crisesnotes.bsky.social
It would help immensely if you requested your academic library or employer to subscribe.
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It would help immensely if you requested your academic library or employer to subscribe.
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NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social: I continue my deep dive into the intellectual origins of my "conventional wisdom processor". Here I examine the role of economists at Google, Amazon, Uber etc. in propagating an entirely different notion of markets.
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What Connects Conventional Wisdom Processors, AI and The Second Trump Administration’s Constitutional Crisis? Part Two
This is Part Two of a three part series. Find Part one here.
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One of the most important microeconomics textbook writers ever is a man named Hal Varian. Generations o...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social: I continue my deep dive into the intellectual origins of my "conventional wisdom processor". Here I examine the role of economists at Google, Amazon, Uber etc. in propagating an entirely different notion of markets.
www.crisesnotes.com/what-connect...
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Eleven paragraphs into the story, the Statesman grants that the $77k that Republicans are complaining city council spent on travel and food "pales in comparison" with the city's $6.3 billion budget and has no bearing IRL on the math of whether Austin needs a tax rate election. So disingenuous.
Austin wants taxpayers to tighten their belts. City Hall isn’t doing the same.
Austin City Council members gave themselves 55% more money for travel and 43% more for food in a budget that raises property taxes more than 20%. Voters will decide on the hike Nov. 4.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Eleven paragraphs into the story, the Statesman grants that the $77k that Republicans are complaining city council spent on travel and food "pales in comparison" with the city's $6.3 billion budget and has no bearing IRL on the math of whether Austin needs a tax rate election. So disingenuous.
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Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.
September 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.
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Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
September 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
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Well worth it -
Please take out a paid subscription to read this piece and, well, support this whole series. Its kind of a gamble to devote so much time on this without knowing an audience is there to reward it. Please reward that leap of faith.
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Until Further Notice, Comprehensive coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025
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September 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Well worth it -
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NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social PIECE: With the attempted firing of Lisa Cook by Donald Trump, the first Black woman appointed to the Federal Reserve Board, I think its important to examine the @federalreserve.gov's history of Racial Segregation. This is a long one
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The Federal Reserve’s Neglected History of Racial segregation
Recent events regarding Lisa Cook’s attempted firing by Donald Trump have convinced me to do a premium series on the history of racial segregation and the Federal Reserve. This is for a few reasons. F...
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September 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social PIECE: With the attempted firing of Lisa Cook by Donald Trump, the first Black woman appointed to the Federal Reserve Board, I think its important to examine the @federalreserve.gov's history of Racial Segregation. This is a long one
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In this new aesthetic regime, abstraction is repressed, physics reigns supreme, and cinematic movement is reduced to zero-sum displacements of material forces and entities.
JAWS at 50: Birth of the Neoliberal Blockbuster
In honor of the 50th anniversary of JAWS (1975), we are proud to publish a 2020 lecture about Steven Spielberg’s film by Scott Ferguson. Far from a simple celebration, the lecture c…
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September 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In this new aesthetic regime, abstraction is repressed, physics reigns supreme, and cinematic movement is reduced to zero-sum displacements of material forces and entities.
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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Bayard Rustin and A Philip Randolph began planning the March on Washington for Jobs and Justice in late 1961. The actual March took place in Aug 1963. 250,000 attended.
September 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Bayard Rustin and A Philip Randolph began planning the March on Washington for Jobs and Justice in late 1961. The actual March took place in Aug 1963. 250,000 attended.
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We can set an example for the whole nation in this election.
September 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We can set an example for the whole nation in this election.
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(Getting out Econ 101 book)
But a seller's market should lead to lower prices...
But a seller's market should lead to lower prices...
September 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
(Getting out Econ 101 book)
But a seller's market should lead to lower prices...
But a seller's market should lead to lower prices...
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The irony is not lost on me that a central pillar of US capitalism for the past century may collapse due to its refusal to defend a Black woman…the past half decade has been a parade of institutional failure at vital points
NEW PIECE: Powell and the Federal Reserve System has already failed to meet the moment and not defending Lisa Cook will seal both Powell's and the Fed's fate.
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Powell Will Hang Separately: The Federal Reserve Has Already Failed its Duty to Lisa Cook and the Constitution
This is a free Notes on the Crises article. A reminder to readers that the various activities run out of the still-new Notes on the Crises office cost money, while an enormous amount of time and effor...
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August 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The irony is not lost on me that a central pillar of US capitalism for the past century may collapse due to its refusal to defend a Black woman…the past half decade has been a parade of institutional failure at vital points
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Really good analysis of the Fed's and Chair Powell's failure to respond to the efforts to undermine central bank independence.
NEW PIECE: Powell and the Federal Reserve System has already failed to meet the moment and not defending Lisa Cook will seal both Powell's and the Fed's fate.
www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
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Powell Will Hang Separately: The Federal Reserve Has Already Failed its Duty to Lisa Cook and the Constitution
This is a free Notes on the Crises article. A reminder to readers that the various activities run out of the still-new Notes on the Crises office cost money, while an enormous amount of time and effor...
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August 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Really good analysis of the Fed's and Chair Powell's failure to respond to the efforts to undermine central bank independence.
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Very well put by @nathantankus.bsky.social:
“Powell must do everything in his power to compel the conventional wisdom of market traders to more adequately “price in” the degradation of the rule of law.”
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“Powell must do everything in his power to compel the conventional wisdom of market traders to more adequately “price in” the degradation of the rule of law.”
www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
Powell Will Hang Separately: The Federal Reserve Has Already Failed its Duty to Lisa Cook and the Constitution
This is a free Notes on the Crises article. A reminder to readers that the various activities run out of the still-new Notes on the Crises office cost money, while an enormous amount of time and effor...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Very well put by @nathantankus.bsky.social:
“Powell must do everything in his power to compel the conventional wisdom of market traders to more adequately “price in” the degradation of the rule of law.”
www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
“Powell must do everything in his power to compel the conventional wisdom of market traders to more adequately “price in” the degradation of the rule of law.”
www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
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Excellent article from @nathantankus.bsky.social
“The Trump administration has provided no evidence for its allegations of “mortgage fraud” against Lisa Cook and an individual can have multiple “principal residences”, as President Trump himself has.”
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“The Trump administration has provided no evidence for its allegations of “mortgage fraud” against Lisa Cook and an individual can have multiple “principal residences”, as President Trump himself has.”
www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
Powell Will Hang Separately: The Federal Reserve Has Already Failed its Duty to Lisa Cook and the Constitution
This is a free Notes on the Crises article. A reminder to readers that the various activities run out of the still-new Notes on the Crises office cost money, while an enormous amount of time and effor...
www.crisesnotes.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Excellent article from @nathantankus.bsky.social
“The Trump administration has provided no evidence for its allegations of “mortgage fraud” against Lisa Cook and an individual can have multiple “principal residences”, as President Trump himself has.”
www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
“The Trump administration has provided no evidence for its allegations of “mortgage fraud” against Lisa Cook and an individual can have multiple “principal residences”, as President Trump himself has.”
www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...