Samuel Rubenfeld (he/him)
@srubenfeld.bsky.social
senior reporter, financial crime and corruption, MLex.
Talk for hours, I hardly know ya
But I, I'm listening
https://www.mlex.com/mlex/financial-crime
Talk for hours, I hardly know ya
But I, I'm listening
https://www.mlex.com/mlex/financial-crime
Pinned
now that the skyline is more populated, I am going to be more intentional about how I use this site.
Reintroduction: I am a senior reporter for MLex, covering financial crime and corruption. I am often in court.
Otherwise, I read a lot of news, watch a lot of NY sports and listen to a lot of music
Reintroduction: I am a senior reporter for MLex, covering financial crime and corruption. I am often in court.
Otherwise, I read a lot of news, watch a lot of NY sports and listen to a lot of music
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New from me: Global Entry revocations are surging in the last ~2 years, well outpacing enrollment, according to data from a FOIA. People often don't know why their membership was revoked. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
New from me: Global Entry revocations are surging in the last ~2 years, well outpacing enrollment, according to data from a FOIA. People often don't know why their membership was revoked. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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It’s wild that you can just openly bribe the President of the United States with chunks of gold to get
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It’s wild that you can just openly bribe the President of the United States with chunks of gold to get
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
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Trump administration to add “violent Antifa groups” to State Department's Foreign Terrorist Organization list
Former State FTO chief: “These are four organizations that have been around for varying periods of time, but they don’t have one fatality associated with their activity”
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Former State FTO chief: “These are four organizations that have been around for varying periods of time, but they don’t have one fatality associated with their activity”
wapo.st/48fdXDs
Trump recasts foreign terror list to focus on ‘Antifa,’ cartels
The administration is making an unprecedented expansion, designating entities in Europe and Latin America not typically a focus of U.S. counterterrorism efforts.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Trump administration to add “violent Antifa groups” to State Department's Foreign Terrorist Organization list
Former State FTO chief: “These are four organizations that have been around for varying periods of time, but they don’t have one fatality associated with their activity”
wapo.st/48fdXDs
Former State FTO chief: “These are four organizations that have been around for varying periods of time, but they don’t have one fatality associated with their activity”
wapo.st/48fdXDs
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so they want to kick people out of public housing and, entirely unrelatedly I’m sure, they want to build camps for the homeless
New on Knock: Trump is coming for public housing. By banning mixed immigration status families from public housing, the regime wouldn’t only send homelessness skyrocketing; the rule change would dynamite the financial support for the entire system.
knock-la.com/trump-is-com...
knock-la.com/trump-is-com...
Trump is Coming for Public Housing - Knock LA
Mar Vista Gardens and other public housing projects continue to face threats as Trump's administration attempts to evict undocumented people.
knock-la.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
so they want to kick people out of public housing and, entirely unrelatedly I’m sure, they want to build camps for the homeless
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MK-Ultra is a reminder the US government always had a psychopath problem
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
At 16, I was experimented on by the CIA and now I'm suing - BBC News
Lana Ponting is part of a class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government for its alleged role in the MK-Ultra experiments.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
MK-Ultra is a reminder the US government always had a psychopath problem
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
President Trump wants us to believe that stopping fentanyl “will let the wholesome, traditional American culture that he idealizes to flourish again,” David Herzberg writes. “As a historian of drugs, I can tell you that this argument is wrong in almost every way.”
President Trump wants us to believe that stopping fentanyl “will let the wholesome, traditional American culture that he idealizes to flourish again,” David Herzberg writes. “As a historian of drugs, I can tell you that this argument is wrong in almost every way.”
Opinion | Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way
Everything the Trump administration is doing to stop the flow of drugs is just making the problem worse.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
President Trump wants us to believe that stopping fentanyl “will let the wholesome, traditional American culture that he idealizes to flourish again,” David Herzberg writes. “As a historian of drugs, I can tell you that this argument is wrong in almost every way.”
President Trump wants us to believe that stopping fentanyl “will let the wholesome, traditional American culture that he idealizes to flourish again,” David Herzberg writes. “As a historian of drugs, I can tell you that this argument is wrong in almost every way.”
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Former Fed board member Adriana Kugler faced an internal ethics probe over financial holdings before she resigned in August.
Ex-Fed Governor Kugler Faced Ethics Probe Before She Resigned
Former Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler abruptly resigned after Chair Jerome Powell refused to grant her a waiver to address financial holdings that ran afoul of the central bank’s ethics rules, according to a Fed official.
bloom.bg
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Former Fed board member Adriana Kugler faced an internal ethics probe over financial holdings before she resigned in August.
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Zelensky vows energy sector overhaul after $100m corruption scandal
Zelensky vows energy sector overhaul after $100m corruption scandal
State-owned energy firms will be fully audited and new management brought in, the Ukrainian PM says.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Zelensky vows energy sector overhaul after $100m corruption scandal
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i can’t talk about sports gambling anymore without sounding like a crank but i do believe legalized sports gambling is like 15-20% responsible for our current dystopia
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
i can’t talk about sports gambling anymore without sounding like a crank but i do believe legalized sports gambling is like 15-20% responsible for our current dystopia
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I usually share a new Palestinian account every day but today I am going to do a thread of people I’ve already verified impacted by the recent flooding in Gaza. If you can help any of these families- many who lost everything again- please do. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/m...
Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza | CNN
Displaced Palestinians in Gaza woke up Friday morning to inches of water flooding their tents, after heavy rainfall overnight left their shelters and belongings soaked with no way to dry them out.
edition.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I usually share a new Palestinian account every day but today I am going to do a thread of people I’ve already verified impacted by the recent flooding in Gaza. If you can help any of these families- many who lost everything again- please do. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/m...
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DOG SHOOTS MAN www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Dog Accidentally Shoots and Injures a Pennsylvania Man, Police Say
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
DOG SHOOTS MAN www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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the bond franchise has already encountered and solved this problem
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
the bond franchise has already encountered and solved this problem
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New today:
Emmanuel Clase's agent stepped out of a players union meeting in Vegas to call into Brooklyn fed court today and cosign the MLB pitcher's $600k bond.
“I’m walking outside the room right now.... I’m walking outside right now. I’m good to talk now."
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/13/p...
Emmanuel Clase's agent stepped out of a players union meeting in Vegas to call into Brooklyn fed court today and cosign the MLB pitcher's $600k bond.
“I’m walking outside the room right now.... I’m walking outside right now. I’m good to talk now."
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/13/p...
Pitcher Emmanuel Clase’s agent jumps out of MLB meeting to secure his $600K bond in sports betting scheme
The agent for star Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase made sure on Thursday that his high-profile client was free on $600,000 bond in his sports betting conspiracy case.
www.nydailynews.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
New today:
Emmanuel Clase's agent stepped out of a players union meeting in Vegas to call into Brooklyn fed court today and cosign the MLB pitcher's $600k bond.
“I’m walking outside the room right now.... I’m walking outside right now. I’m good to talk now."
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/13/p...
Emmanuel Clase's agent stepped out of a players union meeting in Vegas to call into Brooklyn fed court today and cosign the MLB pitcher's $600k bond.
“I’m walking outside the room right now.... I’m walking outside right now. I’m good to talk now."
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/13/p...
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The Trump administration has designated four European Antifa groups as terrorists.
Trump administration designates four European Antifa groups as terrorists | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has designated four European Antifa groups as terrorists.
cnn.it
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Trump administration has designated four European Antifa groups as terrorists.
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U.S. private equity firm Carlyle is exploring options to buy Russian oil major Lukoil's foreign assets, three sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. "Carlyle is in the early stages of exploring a purchase of the assets." www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
U.S. private equity firm Carlyle is exploring options to buy Russian oil major Lukoil's foreign assets, three sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. "Carlyle is in the early stages of exploring a purchase of the assets." www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Ask him these same questions, every day, for the rest of his miserable life.
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Ask him these same questions, every day, for the rest of his miserable life.
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Michael Wolff tried to buy New York Mag — with money from Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein.
So Wolff didn't just have a reporter-source relationship with Epstein. Nor was Wolff his informal PR adviser. They saw each other as potential business partners.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
So Wolff didn't just have a reporter-source relationship with Epstein. Nor was Wolff his informal PR adviser. They saw each other as potential business partners.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Blurred lines: how Michael Wolff aspired to be part of elite circles he wrote about
The writer who features prominently in newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails has achieved extraordinary access but faced questions about his journalistic ethics
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Michael Wolff tried to buy New York Mag — with money from Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein.
So Wolff didn't just have a reporter-source relationship with Epstein. Nor was Wolff his informal PR adviser. They saw each other as potential business partners.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
So Wolff didn't just have a reporter-source relationship with Epstein. Nor was Wolff his informal PR adviser. They saw each other as potential business partners.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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How Swiss oil trader Mercuria is seeking to cash in on Brazilian forest www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/co... by @adriabudrycarbo.bsky.social with Manuel Abebe at @publiceye.ch
How Swiss oil trader Mercuria is seeking to cash in on Brazilian forest
Racing to the COP30 climate conference in Belém, the Geneva-based trading company is buying up various climate projects. Thanks to its large-scale J-REDD+ forest protection programmes, the oil trader ...
www.publiceye.ch
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
How Swiss oil trader Mercuria is seeking to cash in on Brazilian forest www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/co... by @adriabudrycarbo.bsky.social with Manuel Abebe at @publiceye.ch
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Prices for Russian crude are falling, buyer countries are cutting imports, and the fate of Moscow’s sanctioned foreign assets remains uncertain. Meduza examines the impact of Trump’s sanctions on Russian oil so far.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Top buyers spooked and Lukoil in crisis: Russia feels the heat from Washington’s latest oil sanctions — Meduza
On October 22, the U.S. Treasury Department announced new sanctions against Russia’s largest oil exporters, Lukoil and Rosneft. Just over three weeks later, it’s clear that the restrictions are…
meduza.io
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Prices for Russian crude are falling, buyer countries are cutting imports, and the fate of Moscow’s sanctioned foreign assets remains uncertain. Meduza examines the impact of Trump’s sanctions on Russian oil so far.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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NYT spoke with the woman who testified that, at 17, she had sex with Matt Gaetz for money.
"She was 17 and a high school junior in Florida. She was working at McDonald's. And she was living in and out of a homeless shelter."
She was hoping to save up to buy braces to fix her teeth.
"She was 17 and a high school junior in Florida. She was working at McDonald's. And she was living in and out of a homeless shelter."
She was hoping to save up to buy braces to fix her teeth.
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
NYT spoke with the woman who testified that, at 17, she had sex with Matt Gaetz for money.
"She was 17 and a high school junior in Florida. She was working at McDonald's. And she was living in and out of a homeless shelter."
She was hoping to save up to buy braces to fix her teeth.
"She was 17 and a high school junior in Florida. She was working at McDonald's. And she was living in and out of a homeless shelter."
She was hoping to save up to buy braces to fix her teeth.
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NEW: Oklahoma governor stops execution, commuting death sentence of Tremane Wood.
Wood will now spend life in prison following Gov. Kevin Stitt's grant of clemency. Also: SCOTUS allows Florida execution to go ahead.
Today, at Law Dork:
Wood will now spend life in prison following Gov. Kevin Stitt's grant of clemency. Also: SCOTUS allows Florida execution to go ahead.
Today, at Law Dork:
Oklahoma governor stops execution, commuting death sentence of Tremane Wood
Wood will now spend life in prison following Gov. Stitt's grant of clemency. Also: Florida execution set for Thursday is not blocked. And: Full SNAP benefits are funded. For now.
www.lawdork.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
NEW: Oklahoma governor stops execution, commuting death sentence of Tremane Wood.
Wood will now spend life in prison following Gov. Kevin Stitt's grant of clemency. Also: SCOTUS allows Florida execution to go ahead.
Today, at Law Dork:
Wood will now spend life in prison following Gov. Kevin Stitt's grant of clemency. Also: SCOTUS allows Florida execution to go ahead.
Today, at Law Dork:
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BROOKLYN — Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase is silent leaving federal court.
He pleaded not guilty to pitch-rigging and released on $600,000 bond.
A judge ordered GPS monitoring, finding Clase’s wealth and ties to the Dominican Republic pose risks of flight.
He pleaded not guilty to pitch-rigging and released on $600,000 bond.
A judge ordered GPS monitoring, finding Clase’s wealth and ties to the Dominican Republic pose risks of flight.
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
BROOKLYN — Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase is silent leaving federal court.
He pleaded not guilty to pitch-rigging and released on $600,000 bond.
A judge ordered GPS monitoring, finding Clase’s wealth and ties to the Dominican Republic pose risks of flight.
He pleaded not guilty to pitch-rigging and released on $600,000 bond.
A judge ordered GPS monitoring, finding Clase’s wealth and ties to the Dominican Republic pose risks of flight.
sigh, phew
Knicks’ Jalen Brunson (right ankle sprain) is OUT for tomorrow’s game against Miami.
It’s a grade-1 sprain, per league sources, and he’ll be evaluated daily going forward.
It’s a grade-1 sprain, per league sources, and he’ll be evaluated daily going forward.
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
sigh, phew
Good afternoon from the Eastern District of New York, where Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase is set to be arraigned for allegedly rigging his pitches for bettors.
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Good afternoon from the Eastern District of New York, where Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase is set to be arraigned for allegedly rigging his pitches for bettors.