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Lora Kolodny

@lorak.bsky.social

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reporter at cnbc.com. email: [email protected] - ex-wsj, techcrunch & all over. i cover: elon musk cos. mostly tesla (some climate tech startups). my posts here are my own. optimistic on the inside. dm me on signal: lorakolodny.55

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · Nov 11

I report on Elon Musk & his companies at CNBC. If you work/ed for him and want to share your POV on his becoming "co-president," or anything else- let's talk on or off the record. Happy to answer q's about working w/ reporters. On signal: lorakolodny.55 (or DM me here and lmk how to get in touch.)

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 2m

a tremendous resource now broken on purpose - no fixing it per se

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 30m

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 13m

All the doctors who teamed up with this guy instead of warning about him and his team own this.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 9h

Electrek 2016: WE SHALL BUILD A NEW WORLD UPON THE CORPSES OF EVERY TESLA SHORT SELLER

Electrek 2025: HEY SO THE GUY FROM THE BIG SHORT SAYS TESLA MIGHT BE A CULT

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

EISMAN: Tesla’s earnings “are down 60% from 2022 through 2025. And the stock is slightly higher. ..

“.. it’s a cult.”

@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1h

just leaving this here for when you need it.

a screenshot of a tweet: “wint @dril
and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad.” The tweet was at
11:42 PM on Dec 28, 2014 via Twitter Web Client. It has
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11.8K Likes at the time of the screen capture.

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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 1h

Well, I mean..

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 4h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 1h

.. right now the Fediverse just reads like a bunch of people using “community” to avoid their glee at a fractured media space because it will help their newsletter subscriptions and marketing plans

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h

Doubt.

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 6h

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”

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WeaveTruth @weavetruth.bsky.social · 7h

The assault on the free press means the press isn’t free

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 2h

in THIS economy? www.cnbc.com/2025/10/10/t... Trump puts extra 100% tariff on China imports, adds export controls to 'critical software'

Trump puts extra 100% tariff on China imports, adds export controls on 'critical software'

President Trump retaliated against China's export controls on rare earths after suggesting he also would cancel a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

www.cnbc.com

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 2h

did it work as in stop a bad nomination etc.? because lookin' at where we are i can't recall all her appearances and white boards and don't know if it worked.

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 2h

try the uranium yellow cakes

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 7h

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Steve Kennedy @skennedy2504.myatproto.social · 1d

I'll start taking articles like this seriously when they're about straight dudes getting married so they can provide each other emotional support, raise kids together, and just be life companions, and not a second sooner

Shane O'Neill @shaneisland.bsky.social · 1d

Head a great time reporting this story!!

Gift link: wapo.st/4o44pjK

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 2h

don’t you lock up somethin that you wanted to see fly… open.spotify.com/track/1wlKw9... fell on black days - soundgarden

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 2h

also like what bills did she get done? anything big i’m forgetting? feel like idk about those political skills

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 3h

i just saw this too thenationaldesk.com/news/america...

Katie Porter screeches at staffer to get out of video background

Katie Porter cussed out one of her staffers for appearing in the background of one of her interviews dating back from her time in Congress.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 3h

anyone can sue anyone buuuut nypost.com/2025/10/10/u... and thenationaldesk.com/news/america...

Katie Porter verbally abused then-husband in explicit tirade: ‘F–king idiot,’ and ‘too f–king dumb’ to operate a phone, court docs say

The ex-hubby, Matthew Hoffman, filed for divorce in 2013 and detailed that the Democrat frequently abused him verbally and threw “toys, books and other objects” at him during their marr…

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 7h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: It looks like the number of federal layoffs -- so far -- is over 4,000, we've learned from court documents

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

White House Signals Federal Layoffs Have Begun During Government Shutdown

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Reuters @reuters.com · 5h

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling reut.rs/471tkNZ

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling

Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she "cannot support" a memo that the White House sent to nine elite U.S. universities last week detailing policies they should follow to get preferential consideration for federal funding.

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 15h

MAGA CNN pundit Scott Jennings was called out for criticizing Democrat Katie Porter for disrespecting a reporter—but ignoring the same behavior from Donald Trump.

CNN Host Corners MAGA Panelist on His Trump Hypocrisy

Scott Jennings was more than happy to criticize a Democrat’s behavior while giving the president a pass.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 3h

katie porter said she doesn’t want to have “an unhappy experience,” and insulted a reporter (who was being nothing but professional with her) while threatening to bail midway through an interview…

Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, this seems like the Katie Porter who responded to losing a primary by calling it rigged.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

Someone who used to work with Katie Porter sent me this clip from a train wreck interview with her and said “now imagine what she’s like when there aren’t cameras around.”

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 3h

ps yeah i shoulda said pumpernickel. i did work near a deli that had kickass seedless rye bagels in nyc but that is not pervasive enough to win votes.