Zach Ziskin
@zachziskin.bsky.social
Music nut, investing nut, tennis nut, macadamia nut
@profgalloway.com You and Ed were mentioned in this great breakdown of the Walgreens problem. Great read.
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The Real Reason Walgreens Collapsed
It's not that Walgreens didn't modernize or couldn't compete with Amazon. The 124 year old company is being squeezed to death by monopolistic pharmacy benefit managers.
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March 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
@profgalloway.com You and Ed were mentioned in this great breakdown of the Walgreens problem. Great read.
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
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The New York City Comptroller says Elon Musk and the DOGE team raided New York City’s bank accounts and illegally clawed back $80 million in federal funding.
February 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The New York City Comptroller says Elon Musk and the DOGE team raided New York City’s bank accounts and illegally clawed back $80 million in federal funding.
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Egg prices are surging, gas prices are up, and planes are crashing on a near-daily basis.
And this is what the White House is focused on.
And this is what the White House is focused on.
February 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Egg prices are surging, gas prices are up, and planes are crashing on a near-daily basis.
And this is what the White House is focused on.
And this is what the White House is focused on.
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"I suspect that the markets do not quite understand the gravity of our situation because they have never seen anything like it in a first-world country. They have never witnessed a global hegemon attempt suicide."
www.thebulwark.com/p/follow-the...
www.thebulwark.com/p/follow-the...
Follow the Money
The financial markets are the only thing that can stop Trump’s reign of chaos.
www.thebulwark.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"I suspect that the markets do not quite understand the gravity of our situation because they have never seen anything like it in a first-world country. They have never witnessed a global hegemon attempt suicide."
www.thebulwark.com/p/follow-the...
www.thebulwark.com/p/follow-the...
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If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wrd.cm/4jzpiSN
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
wrd.cm
February 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wrd.cm/4jzpiSN
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Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
February 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
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Washington Post: One of the first places shoppers may feel the impact of increased tariffs is in the grocery aisle. The United States imported $9.9 billion worth of vegetables and more than $11 billion worth of fruit and frozen juices from Mexico last year.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Here’s what could get more expensive with Trump’s new tariffs signed today
Tomatoes, T-shirts and cars are among the vast array of goods that could become pricier with new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Washington Post: One of the first places shoppers may feel the impact of increased tariffs is in the grocery aisle. The United States imported $9.9 billion worth of vegetables and more than $11 billion worth of fruit and frozen juices from Mexico last year.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Food and labor costs are about to explode.
The Nicaraguans who keep Wisconsin’s dairy farms, restaurants and factories working are sending home their most prized possessions, bracing for potential mass deportations.
“We don’t have much, but what we do have is important.”
New, from @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
“We don’t have much, but what we do have is important.”
New, from @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
How One Immigrant Community Is Coping With the Threat of Deportation
The Nicaraguans who keep Wisconsin’s dairy farms, restaurants and factories working are sending home their most prized possessions, bracing for potential mass deportations. “We don’t have much, but wh...
www.propublica.org
January 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Food and labor costs are about to explode.
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Frontier Airlines has issued a ground stop of airplanes at all destinations because of "IT issues."
January 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Frontier Airlines has issued a ground stop of airplanes at all destinations because of "IT issues."
Trump fired 400 FAA senior officials, the TSA head, and 3,000 air traffic controllers just 8 days ago. Policy choices have consequences.
Today, American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with a Blackhawk over the Potomac, killing 65 Americans.
This is the Trump #PlaneCrash #AA5342
Today, American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with a Blackhawk over the Potomac, killing 65 Americans.
This is the Trump #PlaneCrash #AA5342
January 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Trump fired 400 FAA senior officials, the TSA head, and 3,000 air traffic controllers just 8 days ago. Policy choices have consequences.
Today, American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with a Blackhawk over the Potomac, killing 65 Americans.
This is the Trump #PlaneCrash #AA5342
Today, American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with a Blackhawk over the Potomac, killing 65 Americans.
This is the Trump #PlaneCrash #AA5342
And here it is. Republicans moving to ban contraception. Project 2025 in full swing.
www.lonestarleft.com/p/breaking-b...
www.lonestarleft.com/p/breaking-b...
BREAKING: Brent Money Bill To Criminalize Birth Control, Classify Abortion As Homicide
Texas Republicans push new bill granting zygotes full legal protection.
www.lonestarleft.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
And here it is. Republicans moving to ban contraception. Project 2025 in full swing.
www.lonestarleft.com/p/breaking-b...
www.lonestarleft.com/p/breaking-b...
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That’s wicked weird
Well at least we have a former contestant on Real World: Boston running the Department of Transportation www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Guts Key Aviation Safety Committee, Fires Heads Of TSA, Coast Guard
The committee will technically continue to exist, but it won't have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports.
www.huffpost.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
That’s wicked weird
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Sounds like a cheap hit. But maybe it wasn’t a great time to freeze hiring of new air traffic controllers for no reason why there was already a shortage. I’m not sure this is a stretch.
January 30, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Sounds like a cheap hit. But maybe it wasn’t a great time to freeze hiring of new air traffic controllers for no reason why there was already a shortage. I’m not sure this is a stretch.
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Imagine the volume of scared and confused calls going into GOP members of Congress' offices over the past 24 hours... such that it would necessitate the Trumps’ folks to completely fold and rescind their absurd order?
Imagine having to sign this order. 🫣
What an embarrassment.
Imagine having to sign this order. 🫣
What an embarrassment.
January 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Imagine the volume of scared and confused calls going into GOP members of Congress' offices over the past 24 hours... such that it would necessitate the Trumps’ folks to completely fold and rescind their absurd order?
Imagine having to sign this order. 🫣
What an embarrassment.
Imagine having to sign this order. 🫣
What an embarrassment.
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A pardoned J6er, Matthew W. Huttle, 42, of Hobart, Indiana, was shot and killed in Jasper County during a traffic stop yesterday.
This happened after an "altercation took place between the suspect and the officer, which resulted in the officer firing his weapon and fatally wounding the suspect."
This happened after an "altercation took place between the suspect and the officer, which resulted in the officer firing his weapon and fatally wounding the suspect."
January 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A pardoned J6er, Matthew W. Huttle, 42, of Hobart, Indiana, was shot and killed in Jasper County during a traffic stop yesterday.
This happened after an "altercation took place between the suspect and the officer, which resulted in the officer firing his weapon and fatally wounding the suspect."
This happened after an "altercation took place between the suspect and the officer, which resulted in the officer firing his weapon and fatally wounding the suspect."
They crave a dictatorship for life.
It took all of *4 days* before a Republican introduced a constitutional amendment to allow Trump to run for a third term.
BREAKING: Republicans move to enable THIRD TERM for Trump
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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January 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
They crave a dictatorship for life.
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Rep. Sarah McBride is the first freshman Democrat to introduce a bill in the new Congress.
The Ending Scam Credit Repair Act seeks to crack down on "fraudulent practices" from companies that "deceive consumers with high fees and empty promises" to fix credit scores. www.notus.org/congress/sar...
The Ending Scam Credit Repair Act seeks to crack down on "fraudulent practices" from companies that "deceive consumers with high fees and empty promises" to fix credit scores. www.notus.org/congress/sar...
Republicans Attacked Sarah McBride Even Before She Got to Congress. Her First Bill Is Bipartisan.
Some House Republicans have been trying to make McBride, the first openly trans member of Congress, feel unwelcome on the Hill.
www.notus.org
January 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Rep. Sarah McBride is the first freshman Democrat to introduce a bill in the new Congress.
The Ending Scam Credit Repair Act seeks to crack down on "fraudulent practices" from companies that "deceive consumers with high fees and empty promises" to fix credit scores. www.notus.org/congress/sar...
The Ending Scam Credit Repair Act seeks to crack down on "fraudulent practices" from companies that "deceive consumers with high fees and empty promises" to fix credit scores. www.notus.org/congress/sar...
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The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this
January 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this
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An utterly repulsive moment, if you haven't seen this yet
January 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
An utterly repulsive moment, if you haven't seen this yet
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CNN: Well, the way Trump pitches it is that when it comes to Greenland for example, it's for national security purposes. Is there any credence to that statement?
REP. JIM HIMES: No. It's bananas. It's insane.
REP. JIM HIMES: No. It's bananas. It's insane.
January 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
CNN: Well, the way Trump pitches it is that when it comes to Greenland for example, it's for national security purposes. Is there any credence to that statement?
REP. JIM HIMES: No. It's bananas. It's insane.
REP. JIM HIMES: No. It's bananas. It's insane.
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Some @bloomberg.com headlines from Trump presser right now:
*TRUMP: NATO COUNTRIES SHOULD BE SPENDING 5%
*TRUMP REFUSES TO RULE OUT ECONOMIC, MILITARY TOOLS IN GREENLAND
*TRUMP: WILL CHANGE NAME OF GULF OF MEXICO TO GULF OF AMERICA
*TRUMP: WILL TRY FOR POLICY WHERE NO WINDMILLS BEING BUILT
*TRUMP: NATO COUNTRIES SHOULD BE SPENDING 5%
*TRUMP REFUSES TO RULE OUT ECONOMIC, MILITARY TOOLS IN GREENLAND
*TRUMP: WILL CHANGE NAME OF GULF OF MEXICO TO GULF OF AMERICA
*TRUMP: WILL TRY FOR POLICY WHERE NO WINDMILLS BEING BUILT
January 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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A man who failed a coup is given total control over a military industrial super power while demanding sovereign territory from foreign neighbors based on historical causes while ramping up concentration camps, censoring the press, and business leaders swoon?
Hollywood really is all out of ideas.
Hollywood really is all out of ideas.
January 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A man who failed a coup is given total control over a military industrial super power while demanding sovereign territory from foreign neighbors based on historical causes while ramping up concentration camps, censoring the press, and business leaders swoon?
Hollywood really is all out of ideas.
Hollywood really is all out of ideas.