Susan Antilla
@susanantilla.bsky.social
Investigative reporter and author of the #MeToo book on sexual harassment on Wall Street: Tales From the Boom-Boom Room. Tips to susan.antilla15@gmail.com
Americans of modest means were among panic-sellers who bailed and lost $ on news of Trump’s tariff hikes. Now, @SecScottBessent says Trump planned “all along” to reverse course and pause most of those hikes. Chaotic moves w/ no regard for little guy.
www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/0...
www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/0...
www.realclearpolitics.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Americans of modest means were among panic-sellers who bailed and lost $ on news of Trump’s tariff hikes. Now, @SecScottBessent says Trump planned “all along” to reverse course and pause most of those hikes. Chaotic moves w/ no regard for little guy.
www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/0...
www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/0...
How pervasive is gender inequality? On Wall Street, it even shows itself when women break the rules and wind up punished more severely than men. A story from my archives, posted for @WomensHistoryMonth
theintercept.com/2019/07/01/w...
theintercept.com/2019/07/01/w...
When Brokers Act Badly at Wells Fargo, Women Take the Fall
Ten years of data show stark gender bias in disciplinary actions at Wells Fargo.
theintercept.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
How pervasive is gender inequality? On Wall Street, it even shows itself when women break the rules and wind up punished more severely than men. A story from my archives, posted for @WomensHistoryMonth
theintercept.com/2019/07/01/w...
theintercept.com/2019/07/01/w...
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A service provided by a (well-managed) nonprofit govt unit costs X.
Same service from a (well-managed) for-profit outfit costs X+Profit.
Explain to me how taxpayers benefit from that.
DOGE wants businesses to run government services ‘as much as possible’
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Same service from a (well-managed) for-profit outfit costs X+Profit.
Explain to me how taxpayers benefit from that.
DOGE wants businesses to run government services ‘as much as possible’
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
DOGE wants businesses to run government services ‘as much as possible’
Elon Musk’s effort is pushing privatization — a longtime goal for conservatives and for Silicon Valley alike — across federal agencies
www.washingtonpost.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A service provided by a (well-managed) nonprofit govt unit costs X.
Same service from a (well-managed) for-profit outfit costs X+Profit.
Explain to me how taxpayers benefit from that.
DOGE wants businesses to run government services ‘as much as possible’
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Same service from a (well-managed) for-profit outfit costs X+Profit.
Explain to me how taxpayers benefit from that.
DOGE wants businesses to run government services ‘as much as possible’
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
11 years ago, female VPs at Goldman Sachs earned 21% less than their male counterparts. Lawsuits and #DEI sought to close gaps like this, but new anti-DEI policies will open those gaps again. From my archives, during @WomensHistoryMonth:
www.thestreet.com/opinion/gold...
www.thestreet.com/opinion/gold...
Goldman Women Say They Make Less Than Men Who Frequent Strip Clubs, Call Them 'Bimbos'
Even by the Wall Street standards of 20 years ago, the stuff recently revealed in the sex discrimination case brought against Goldman Sachs would have been astonishing.
www.thestreet.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
11 years ago, female VPs at Goldman Sachs earned 21% less than their male counterparts. Lawsuits and #DEI sought to close gaps like this, but new anti-DEI policies will open those gaps again. From my archives, during @WomensHistoryMonth:
www.thestreet.com/opinion/gold...
www.thestreet.com/opinion/gold...
Read these stories of brutal treatment of women in finance and then remind me of why we need to disable #DEI programs. Another offering from my archives during #WomensHistoryMonth
theintercept.com/2019/10/07/m...
theintercept.com/2019/10/07/m...
Stark Lessons From Wall Street’s #MeToo Moment
On Wall Street, most men accused of sexual harassment continue to pursue their careers — even after paying large judgments.
theintercept.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Read these stories of brutal treatment of women in finance and then remind me of why we need to disable #DEI programs. Another offering from my archives during #WomensHistoryMonth
theintercept.com/2019/10/07/m...
theintercept.com/2019/10/07/m...
During Women's History Month, a reminder to the anti-DEI crowd that the people who are unfairly shut out of jobs are not the White men who today are working so hard to erase women's accomplishments. From my archives:
capitalandmain.com/despite-hist...
capitalandmain.com/despite-hist...
Despite Historic Pay Discrimination Settlement, Little Has Changed for Women on Wall Street
The $215 million deal made headlines, but the industry pay gap persists, along with new cases of sexual harassment.
capitalandmain.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
During Women's History Month, a reminder to the anti-DEI crowd that the people who are unfairly shut out of jobs are not the White men who today are working so hard to erase women's accomplishments. From my archives:
capitalandmain.com/despite-hist...
capitalandmain.com/despite-hist...
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Folks always ask me how they can make a difference.
Find an elderly person who isn’t tech savvy. Help them confirm their Social Security information online.
Starting March 31, phone verification will no longer be allowed for Social Security benefits, and in person will be slower as offices close.
Find an elderly person who isn’t tech savvy. Help them confirm their Social Security information online.
Starting March 31, phone verification will no longer be allowed for Social Security benefits, and in person will be slower as offices close.
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Folks always ask me how they can make a difference.
Find an elderly person who isn’t tech savvy. Help them confirm their Social Security information online.
Starting March 31, phone verification will no longer be allowed for Social Security benefits, and in person will be slower as offices close.
Find an elderly person who isn’t tech savvy. Help them confirm their Social Security information online.
Starting March 31, phone verification will no longer be allowed for Social Security benefits, and in person will be slower as offices close.
Convicted felon Jordan Belfort, who did 22 months in prison in the mid-2000s for ruthlessly fleecing investors, weighs in with Fox News on Trump and the stock market. This is the best source they could find?
www.foxbusiness.com/media/jordan...
www.foxbusiness.com/media/jordan...
Jordan Belfort downplays Trump tariff concerns, calls Democratic criticism ‘utter nonsense’
Entrepreneur Jordan Belfort dismisses concerns over Trump’s tariffs, arguing they are necessary to restore American manufacturing, despite market turmoil and growing backlash.
www.foxbusiness.com
March 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Convicted felon Jordan Belfort, who did 22 months in prison in the mid-2000s for ruthlessly fleecing investors, weighs in with Fox News on Trump and the stock market. This is the best source they could find?
www.foxbusiness.com/media/jordan...
www.foxbusiness.com/media/jordan...
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"Court orders have paused, and at times reversed, the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the consumer watchdog agency."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/b...
Left for Dead, the C.F.P.B. Inches Back to Life
Court orders have paused, and at times reversed, the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the consumer watchdog agency.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"Court orders have paused, and at times reversed, the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the consumer watchdog agency."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/b...
30 years ago, I wrote this story for @NYTimes about outrageous gender discrimination at a brokerage firm. During #WomensHistoryMonth, I’ll be sharing other stories I’ve written about harassment and gender discrimination -- problems that persist in the workplace.
www.nytimes.com/1995/04/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/1995/04/26/b...
Three Women vs. a Broker; Olde Is Accused of Blatant Job Discrimination (Gift Article)
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
30 years ago, I wrote this story for @NYTimes about outrageous gender discrimination at a brokerage firm. During #WomensHistoryMonth, I’ll be sharing other stories I’ve written about harassment and gender discrimination -- problems that persist in the workplace.
www.nytimes.com/1995/04/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/1995/04/26/b...
"The risk of data leaking into the wrong hands is significant."
Extraordinary filing released tonight in a case about access to Social Security data from Tiffany Flick, fmr chief of staff to Acting Commissioner Michelle King. It details the unusual urgency the DOGE boys had in getting to SSA data & what they were looking for:
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March 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"The risk of data leaking into the wrong hands is significant."
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves (Gift Article)
People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
The CFPB is still working hard -- on behalf of business. Here's the latest move by the Corporate Financial Protection Bureau to protect American companies and turn their back on consumers:
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/c...
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/c...
CFPB drops lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo over Zelle fraud
Since Acting Director Russell Vought has taken over the CFPB, the agency has dropped at least a half dozen cases brought by his predecessor, Rohit Chopra.
www.cnbc.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The CFPB is still working hard -- on behalf of business. Here's the latest move by the Corporate Financial Protection Bureau to protect American companies and turn their back on consumers:
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/c...
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/c...
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Trump's CFPB just dropped its lawsuits against:
-Capital One, for cheating depositors out of $2B+ in interest
-Rocket Homes, for providing kickbacks to agents and brokers
-Vanderbilt Mortgage, for trapping customers in risky loans
It's open season for corporate crooks.
-Capital One, for cheating depositors out of $2B+ in interest
-Rocket Homes, for providing kickbacks to agents and brokers
-Vanderbilt Mortgage, for trapping customers in risky loans
It's open season for corporate crooks.
February 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trump's CFPB just dropped its lawsuits against:
-Capital One, for cheating depositors out of $2B+ in interest
-Rocket Homes, for providing kickbacks to agents and brokers
-Vanderbilt Mortgage, for trapping customers in risky loans
It's open season for corporate crooks.
-Capital One, for cheating depositors out of $2B+ in interest
-Rocket Homes, for providing kickbacks to agents and brokers
-Vanderbilt Mortgage, for trapping customers in risky loans
It's open season for corporate crooks.
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The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
February 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"History has shown repeatedly that restricting a free press is a precursor to very bad things."
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Ban on The A.P. Echoes Orwell’s ‘1984’ (Gift Article)
As a former White House reporter, I’m familiar with the conventional disputes between journalists and the president. This isn’t one of those.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
"History has shown repeatedly that restricting a free press is a precursor to very bad things."
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...
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On the left:
President Trump: "I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk ... will lead the Department of Government Efficiency ('DOGE")"
On the right:
Government declaration (by Joshua Fisher) submitted to Judge Chutkan stating Elon Musk is not the leader of DOGE
President Trump: "I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk ... will lead the Department of Government Efficiency ('DOGE")"
On the right:
Government declaration (by Joshua Fisher) submitted to Judge Chutkan stating Elon Musk is not the leader of DOGE
February 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
On the left:
President Trump: "I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk ... will lead the Department of Government Efficiency ('DOGE")"
On the right:
Government declaration (by Joshua Fisher) submitted to Judge Chutkan stating Elon Musk is not the leader of DOGE
President Trump: "I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk ... will lead the Department of Government Efficiency ('DOGE")"
On the right:
Government declaration (by Joshua Fisher) submitted to Judge Chutkan stating Elon Musk is not the leader of DOGE
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“Elon Musk is not the leader of DOGE — the mysterious Trump administration operation overseeing an effort to break and remake the federal bureaucracy. In fact, he’s not even technically part of it at all, the White House said in court papers Monday night.”
Who’s in charge of DOGE? Not Elon Musk, White House says
A Trump administration personnel official says Musk has "no actual or formal authority to make government decisions."
www.politico.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
“Elon Musk is not the leader of DOGE — the mysterious Trump administration operation overseeing an effort to break and remake the federal bureaucracy. In fact, he’s not even technically part of it at all, the White House said in court papers Monday night.”
Wall St banks, eager to please the new admin, are backing off on DEI. But let's get real. Banks weren't doing minorities any favors even when they were touting their diversity efforts. Consider this story I wrote for @thenation a few yrs back. #BlackHistoryMonth
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Dangers of Working While Black on Wall Street
Financial institutions say they’re committed to racial justice, but complaints of racism often backfire against those who raise them.
www.thenation.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Wall St banks, eager to please the new admin, are backing off on DEI. But let's get real. Banks weren't doing minorities any favors even when they were touting their diversity efforts. Consider this story I wrote for @thenation a few yrs back. #BlackHistoryMonth
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
I mean, sure. I totally trust that a 25-year-old Musk worker will keep Americans' tax info confidential. What could possibly go wrong? fortune.com/2025/02/17/e...
Elon Musk's DOGE team wants access to the tax information of every American
Elon Musk’s DOGE team is seeking access to sensitive taxpayer data held by the IRS. A 25-year-old staffer is reportedly set to gain access to it.
fortune.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I mean, sure. I totally trust that a 25-year-old Musk worker will keep Americans' tax info confidential. What could possibly go wrong? fortune.com/2025/02/17/e...
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The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk.
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
February 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk.
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
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WAPO really isn’t any better. “Refashioned Board.” COME ON Y’ALL. He literally fired anyone that wasn’t going to vote for him. Call it out. Every single time.
February 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
WAPO really isn’t any better. “Refashioned Board.” COME ON Y’ALL. He literally fired anyone that wasn’t going to vote for him. Call it out. Every single time.
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How about “Trump fires existing Kennedy Center Board; selects new Board that elects him Chair.”
This isn’t hard.
This isn’t hard.
February 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
How about “Trump fires existing Kennedy Center Board; selects new Board that elects him Chair.”
This isn’t hard.
This isn’t hard.
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Every single article about Trump being “elected” Chair of the Kennedy Center must mention in the headline that Trump *fired all the Board members that wouldn’t vote for him.*
“Made Chair” is such weak, passive language that fails to call out what’s really going on.
Our media must do better.
“Made Chair” is such weak, passive language that fails to call out what’s really going on.
Our media must do better.
February 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Every single article about Trump being “elected” Chair of the Kennedy Center must mention in the headline that Trump *fired all the Board members that wouldn’t vote for him.*
“Made Chair” is such weak, passive language that fails to call out what’s really going on.
Our media must do better.
“Made Chair” is such weak, passive language that fails to call out what’s really going on.
Our media must do better.
A reminder, during Black History Month, of what people of color face in the workplace. "I had to deal with N-word jokes on a regular basis." My story from 5/24 $GL Globe Life.
www.businessinsider.com/racism-alleg...
www.businessinsider.com/racism-alleg...
Senior managers at Globe Life division traded racist memes
N-word jokes, racist texts, comments about Black hair and fried chicken, garbage duty: evidence mounts of rampant racism at Globe Life affiliates.
www.businessinsider.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A reminder, during Black History Month, of what people of color face in the workplace. "I had to deal with N-word jokes on a regular basis." My story from 5/24 $GL Globe Life.
www.businessinsider.com/racism-alleg...
www.businessinsider.com/racism-alleg...