Huge Frauds Tagged as ‘Got Pardoned by Trump’
Frauds above $1.5m in value are now in a special Justice Department category tentatively called ‘Got pardoned by Trump.’
Community Banks Alarmed as Senate Backs Unregulated Crypto Interest
Community banks are freaking out now that the Senate is poised to let crypto pay interest on deposits while being unregulated. Shoulda listened to Elizabeth Warren. https://t.co/FTwxTCdwZj
US Rare‑earth Push Meets Malaysian Ethical Opposition
Fascinating, the U.S. attempt to break China's rare earth magnet monopoly is running into opposition from the refiners in Malaysia, who don't want to produce materials that Israel can use to kill children. https://t.co/tDIKoVJGhP
Bowlero's Bowling‑alley Consolidation Tests New Antitrust Era
The monopoly round-up is out. I profiled a nasty private equity rolling up of bowling alleys called Bowlero, and the Lina Khan generation of antitrust lawyers trying to stop them in their tracks. As goes bowling, so goes America. https://t.co/PG7s8m1qwd
ADA Implications Loom Over Paramount‑Warner Merger
This is an interesting piece on the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Paramount-Warner merger. https://t.co/PnoQm3eVuk
US Buyers Seek Sub‑$50k Cars, Market Falls Short
Americans want to buy cars for less than $50k but that’s not what we can get.
Turner Leveraged Finance to Build Real Media Empires
Turner was a financial operator, but he used finance to build real things, like TNT and CNN. He emerged in the transition stage to pure financial dominance, but before it had taken over everything.
Critics Call Becerra's HHS Tenure a Disaster
Yup. Whispering and eyerolling now about how Becerra was a disaster at HHS is bad. He should have been fired.
Hollywood Merger Fears Reveal Oligarch Threat, Unity Wins
So @MarkRuffalo and I wrote an oped for the NYT on what looks like a merger fight in Hollywood over Paramount/Warner, but it's really about how fear of oligarchs is overtaking America. And there's a lesson in how solidarity helps...
War's Impact on Growth: A Rare Data Point
There don’t seem to be that many data points showing the war affecting economic growth, but here’s one. https://t.co/UiPUCa7s5S
Becerra’s Healthcare Wins Counter Critic’s Claims
These were all Congressional mandates. RFK is a bad guy but he’s done like 50 different things using his authority, Becerra did the bare minimum. He was completely uninterested in doing anything and health care was a disaster as a...
CNBC Turns Into Boring Infomercial, Losing Real Insight
A month and a half ago I noticed a subtle change in CNBC that I'm still trying to understand. It got boring, like they stopped engaging with anything real. Not exactly sure what happened but it now sounds like an...
More Money for Utilities Doesn't Mean More Grid Investment
Very important, more financial resources to utilities doesn’t always result in more actual resources into the electric grid
Lobbyist’s Endorsement Reveals Big Tech’s Hand in Maryland AI Bill
I don't pay attention to @adamkovac, an Amazon/Google/Meta lobbyist who the WSJ once exposed as paying a libertarian sexual predator to lobby for big tech. However it's useful he endorses the @iamwesmoore bill on AI pricing. Shows that the Maryland...
Spirit's Management Missed Frontier Buyout After JetBlue Collapse
Ok this settles it, the fault is Spirit's management. I had forgotten that Spirit got a buyout offer from Frontier in 2025 AFTER the JetBlue deal fell apart, and they said no. https://t.co/TYUVdLGAnz