Suzanne
@suzannenearriver.bsky.social
Reformed entertainment investment banker. Now in the music biz. New York, ex San Francisco, LA, London, Montreal, Toronto.
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I ❤️ @mattbelloni.bsky.social for this. The ethics of Hollywood are basement level. Same for tech (see below a column I wrote in 2019).
September 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I ❤️ @mattbelloni.bsky.social for this. The ethics of Hollywood are basement level. Same for tech (see below a column I wrote in 2019).
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🚨🚨 NEW DOCUMENTS FROM EPSTEIN'S ESTATE DETAILING HIS DAILY SCHEDULE:
They show meetings with Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel, and a potential visit to Epstein’s Island for Elon Musk. Prince Andrew is listed as a passenger on Epstein’s jet.
DOJ must release the Epstein files NOW.
They show meetings with Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel, and a potential visit to Epstein’s Island for Elon Musk. Prince Andrew is listed as a passenger on Epstein’s jet.
DOJ must release the Epstein files NOW.
September 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🚨🚨 NEW DOCUMENTS FROM EPSTEIN'S ESTATE DETAILING HIS DAILY SCHEDULE:
They show meetings with Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel, and a potential visit to Epstein’s Island for Elon Musk. Prince Andrew is listed as a passenger on Epstein’s jet.
DOJ must release the Epstein files NOW.
They show meetings with Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel, and a potential visit to Epstein’s Island for Elon Musk. Prince Andrew is listed as a passenger on Epstein’s jet.
DOJ must release the Epstein files NOW.
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Woody Allen…endorsing Cuomo…to the Free Press?
Ahahahahah
Ahahahahah
September 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Woody Allen…endorsing Cuomo…to the Free Press?
Ahahahahah
Ahahahahah
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“It is the absolute worst-case scenario.” The move by President Trump and Republicans in Congress to cut public-broadcasting funds is forcing profound changes that will reshape the airwaves, especially in rural and tribal areas. nyti.ms/46qif99
September 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“It is the absolute worst-case scenario.” The move by President Trump and Republicans in Congress to cut public-broadcasting funds is forcing profound changes that will reshape the airwaves, especially in rural and tribal areas. nyti.ms/46qif99
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Q: During the campaign, you called Kamala Harris a communist, but the Biden-Harris admin never called for nationalizing a private company like you're proposing with Intel. Is this the new way of doing industrial policy?
TRUMP: Yeah. Sure it is. I want to try to get as much as I can.
TRUMP: Yeah. Sure it is. I want to try to get as much as I can.
August 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Q: During the campaign, you called Kamala Harris a communist, but the Biden-Harris admin never called for nationalizing a private company like you're proposing with Intel. Is this the new way of doing industrial policy?
TRUMP: Yeah. Sure it is. I want to try to get as much as I can.
TRUMP: Yeah. Sure it is. I want to try to get as much as I can.
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The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.
Citing a nonexistent crime crisis, Trump plans to take over the Washington DC police and put troops in the streets of the nation's capital. Contrary to his claims, violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low. @katierogersnyt.bsky.social Campbell Robertson Chris Cameron www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Here’s the latest.
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.
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The volume of Canadians taking road trips into the U.S.—the way most Canadians visit—dropped by 37% last month compared to July 2024, according to new data from Statistics Canada, following a 33% drop in June.
There was also a 26% decline in air travelers from Canada year-over-year.
There was also a 26% decline in air travelers from Canada year-over-year.
Canada’s Travel Boycott Grows: Car Travel To U.S. Drops 37%
Steep year-over-year drop in car and air travel solidifies steep economic losses for U.S. tourism this year.
www.forbes.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The volume of Canadians taking road trips into the U.S.—the way most Canadians visit—dropped by 37% last month compared to July 2024, according to new data from Statistics Canada, following a 33% drop in June.
There was also a 26% decline in air travelers from Canada year-over-year.
There was also a 26% decline in air travelers from Canada year-over-year.
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I knew the Jaber family back when. They’ve certainly changed and not for the better, much like their coffee www.sfgate.com/food/article...
Trailblazing SF coffee chain officially sold to private equity firm for $145M
Nearly 50 employees will lose their stock options in the deal.
www.sfgate.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I knew the Jaber family back when. They’ve certainly changed and not for the better, much like their coffee www.sfgate.com/food/article...
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this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
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Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?
August 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?
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Did someone you know vote for Trump because of his promises of free IVF?
They were lied to.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
They were lied to.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge
President Donald Trump has said he wants a “baby boom,” but critics say his administration has yet to make significant family policy changes — and that Medicaid cuts will hurt.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Did someone you know vote for Trump because of his promises of free IVF?
They were lied to.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
They were lied to.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Anne Applebaum: "If American media can’t convey how dangerous this behavior is—for our prosperity, for our health, for our democracy—then American media will eventually cease to exist."
More from our convo in @status.news: www.status.news/p/anne-apple...
More from our convo in @status.news: www.status.news/p/anne-apple...
Applebaum on Autocracy
Anne Applebaum warns that Sudan’s descent into chaos shows what happens when institutions fail—and why a free press is essential to prevent America from following the same path.
www.status.news
August 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Anne Applebaum: "If American media can’t convey how dangerous this behavior is—for our prosperity, for our health, for our democracy—then American media will eventually cease to exist."
More from our convo in @status.news: www.status.news/p/anne-apple...
More from our convo in @status.news: www.status.news/p/anne-apple...
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The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip. For the first time in its 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized.
All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionized in historic labor victory
The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip.
bit.ly
August 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip. For the first time in its 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized.
Not to brag but guess who totally called that title 💅
I want one called 107 Days, about what she just went through! Also, hope someone with a camera followed her around during that whirlwind campaign because I sure would watch a doc about it.
July 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Not to brag but guess who totally called that title 💅
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From prosecutor to senator to vice president, Kamala Harris has always been for the people. I know her next chapter will be no different, whatever shape it takes.
July 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
From prosecutor to senator to vice president, Kamala Harris has always been for the people. I know her next chapter will be no different, whatever shape it takes.
He’s running a protection racket.
Breaking News: Columbia University will pay a $200 million fine to settle a dispute with the Trump administration and restore research funding to the school.
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump
The White House had canceled more than $400 million in research funding to the university, saying it had failed to protect Jewish students from harassment.
trib.al
July 24, 2025 at 4:33 AM
He’s running a protection racket.
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I have no words. Everyone prepared for the constitutional crisis of the President defying the SCOTUS. The crisis is the SCOTUS being fully aligned with Trump’s vision of presidential power. So here we are.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I have no words. Everyone prepared for the constitutional crisis of the President defying the SCOTUS. The crisis is the SCOTUS being fully aligned with Trump’s vision of presidential power. So here we are.
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A UC Berkeley professor who was attacked during Pride Weekend in Dolores Park said he wished a bystander had offered to call the police or help him get medical support after the incident.
Gay Berkeley professor was attacked during Pride Weekend in S.F. He says no one stepped in to help
A UC Berkeley professor who was attacked during Pride Weekend in Dolores Park said he wished a bystander had offered to call the police or help him get medical support after the incident.
bit.ly
July 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A UC Berkeley professor who was attacked during Pride Weekend in Dolores Park said he wished a bystander had offered to call the police or help him get medical support after the incident.
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Normally I would say who cares what a senior government official did when he was a teenager, but in this case the official was a teenager ~yesterday www.thedailybeast.com/cops-probed-...
Cops Probed Trump Terror Chief, 22, Over Teen Love Triangle
Police were called in after a threatening message was sent to a child by the ex-gardener chosen by the president to lead a key homeland security post, The Daily Beast has learned.
www.thedailybeast.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Normally I would say who cares what a senior government official did when he was a teenager, but in this case the official was a teenager ~yesterday www.thedailybeast.com/cops-probed-...
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A lesson on how to write a headline.
Man Afraid to Ride Subway Named Head of NASA
Trump has tapped Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as NASA administrator.
www.rollingstone.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A lesson on how to write a headline.
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"If you want to be a White House counsel or a lawyer with a major position in a future Democratic administration, having Paul, Weiss on your resume may now be a liability for the foreseeable future." www.politico.com/news/magazin...
The Law Firms’ Deals With Trump Are Looking Worse and Worse
Trump’s assault on Big Law has been a big mess.
www.politico.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"If you want to be a White House counsel or a lawyer with a major position in a future Democratic administration, having Paul, Weiss on your resume may now be a liability for the foreseeable future." www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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From my conversation on The Prof G Pod with historian Heather Cox Richardson. Full episode out tomorrow (Thursday 7/10).
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
From my conversation on The Prof G Pod with historian Heather Cox Richardson. Full episode out tomorrow (Thursday 7/10).
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Bonkers story. Always amazing how many hardcore committed criminals use messaging acts with spectacular stupidity about exposing themselves.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/w...
The Wild Russian Plot to Burn a London Restaurant and Kidnap Its Owner
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Bonkers story. Always amazing how many hardcore committed criminals use messaging acts with spectacular stupidity about exposing themselves.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/w...