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Todd H. Baker
@tbakerbroadmoor.bsky.social
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Write and teach about all things fintech, banking, finreg. Man of the Enlightenment, now sorely tried by life. Progress in finance is circular®
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Todd H. Baker @tbakerbroadmoor.bsky.social · 1h
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There Is No Democratic Future Without Supreme Court Reform
I’ve made versions of this argument here in the Editors’ Blog and...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 15h
Sticker shock for ACA recipients:

Clint and Cindy Kittrell, Oregon: $305/month --> $2,500/month.

Chad and Tara Smith, Idaho: $710/month --> $1,000/month.

Jessica Bunger, Florida: New premiums quadruple to $1,100/month. "I’ve never felt so powerless in my life"

www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Americans Are Getting a Look at Next Year’s ACA Premiums and Many Don’t Like It
Many Affordable Care Act enrollees could pay hundreds of dollars more if they stick with their health plans.
www.wsj.com
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Todd H. Baker @tbakerbroadmoor.bsky.social · 2h
1 million Uber drivers out of work was always the plan
fintwitter.bsky.social FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 2h
UBER ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL START PROVIDING DRIVERLESS RIDES IN SAN FRANCISCO IN THE COMING YEAR.
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 2h
... he's now violating section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution, too (or will do so any day now).

It's difficult to overstate the profound obliteration of the legal order here--and the acute threat to long-established norms for the use of force by all states.

And yet ... crickets.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 9h
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung plans to present US President Donald Trump with a replica of a gold crown on display at the Gyeongju National Museum as the pair meet Wednesday on the sidelines of the APEC summit
South Korea Plans to Gift Trump Replica Gold Crown During Visit
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung plans to present US President Donald Trump with a replica of a gold crown on display at the Gyeongju National Museum as the pair meet Wednesday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2h
these guys just love doing this. nothing like 8 storm troopers beating the absolute shit out of a defenseless old person www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 10h
Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?

Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.

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Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach of FT.com T&Cs and Copyright Policy. Email licensing@ft.com to buy additional rights. Subscribers may share up to 10 or 20 articles per month using the gift article service. More information can be found at https://www.ft.com/tour. https://www.ft.com/content/485594b3-5a72-4ae1-aa93-8ee987be1569 Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform is to offer users the chance to trade on the outcome of elections and sports games, extending the US president and his family’s involvement in the booming prediction markets sector. The Trump Media & Technology Group, which controls the social media platform, on Tuesday announced it would partner with Crypto.com to introduce “Truth Predict”, which would allow users “to react instantly to developments in major current events”.  Crypto.com previously donated $11mn to Trump causes. Earlier this year the Securities and Exchange Commission closed an investigation into the company, and on Friday, it announced that it applied for a US bank charter. In August, TMTG also signed a multibillion-dollar deal to buy Cronos, the tokens issued by Crypto.com, which sent their price soaring. “For too long, global elites have closely controlled these markets — with Truth Predict, we’re democratising information and empowering everyday Americans to harness the wisdom of the crowd, turning free speech into actionable foresight,” said Devin Nunes, TMTG’s head.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h
“.. The vote serves as a symbolic rebuke of Trump's trade policies. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will not hold a vote on the measure (nor would Trump sign it into law).”

@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/10/28/t...
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Todd H. Baker @tbakerbroadmoor.bsky.social · 1d
Child abuse

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
A West Texas Children’s Clinic Where Vaccine Suspicion Is Encouraged
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 1d
Perfect timing for this story to drop on the same day Amazon lays off 30,000 workers due to claims of AI efficiencies.

If companies have less work for people to do, they don’t give you Fridays off, they lay off people until everyone has a full workweek.
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says AI will shorten our workweek | TechCrunch
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says that, in a few years, we should be working a 3-4 day workweek because of AI.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d
May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 3d
Look folks, being an absentee landowner and toiling in the fields are the same thing.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Bessent on American farmers being hurt by tariffs: "Martha, in case you don't know it, I'm actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too."
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 3d
It’s self-dealing all the way down

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Trump’s Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d
You still want to believe the political fuel that powers the American collapse into authoritarianism isn't the deep, abiding resentment of white men who pine for an America that sees and services only them? Gaze upon Leni Riefenstahl's recent work for Donald Trump's U.S. Department of Labor.
geoffbowser.bsky.social Geoff Bowser @geoffbowser.bsky.social · 3d
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 4d
A TPM Reader told me to look at the Department of Labor page on Facebook for something called Project Firewall. It's basically their name for cracking down on highly skilled foreigners on H-1B visas. Here's the Dept's description here. www.dol.gov/newsroom/rel...
US Department of Labor launches Project Firewall to protect America’s highly skilled workforce
www.dol.gov
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Geoff Bowser @geoffbowser.bsky.social · 3d
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 3d
"At the opening of ASEAN Summit as Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed South Asian leaders about the importance of “reliable partners who honour their commitments.” www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney pitches Canada as 'reliable' to ASEAN as Trump threatens more tariffs | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed South Asian leaders on Sunday about the importance of “reliable partners who honour their commitments.”
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 4d
Preliminary findings:

🚫TikTok & Meta failed to grant researchers adequate access to public data.

🚫Meta failed to provide simple ways to notify illegal content and to allow users to challenge moderation decisions.

This is a duty, not a choice.

link.europa.eu/JYQrBX
An image illustrating the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA). The background is a dark purple with a binary code pattern of '0's and '1's. In the center, nine yellow icons representing DSA themes are arranged in a circular formation, similar to the stars on the EU flag. These icons include a bell, a locked padlock, a crossed-out 'AD' symbol indicating a restriction on advertising, a magnifying glass over a document for transparency, a shielded checkmark for safety, and a crossed-out symbol likely relating to content moderation or tracking. Below this visual representation, the text in large white letters states DIGITAL SERVICES ACT, followed by a smaller line of text that reads "TikTok and Meta preliminarily found in breach of their transparency obligations." A small European Commission logo is located in the bottom right corner.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3d
“law-breaking”
bloomberg.com Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 3d
By proceeding with the demolition of the White House East Wing before seeking approval from federal agencies for a new ballroom, President Donald Trump forced the issue. It's a strategy known as "stake-driving."
How Trump Demolished the White House East Wing
By putting the demolition of the East Wing before the necessary approvals for his ballroom, President Donald Trump borrowed a tactic known as “stake-driving” to force an outcome.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d
They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 3d
One of Trump's billionaire buddies just bought Paramount. Now, he wants to buy Warner Bros.

That means one giant company could control almost everything you watch on TV.
Graphic that reads: TRUMP'S BILLIONAIRE BUDDY JUST BOUGHT PARAMOUNT. NOW, HE WANTS TO BUY WARNER BROS. THAT MEANS ONE GIANT COMPANY COULD CONTROL ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU WATCH ON TV: HBO CNN CBS NEWS SHOWTIME TBS COMEDY CENTRAL TNT PARAMOUNT+ TLC HGTV NICKELODEON CARTOON NETWORK ANIMAL PLANET CBS SPORTS ADULT SWIM TEENNICK BOOMERANG COOKING CHANNEL DISCOVERY CHANNEL FOOD NETWORK SCIENCE CHANNEL THE CW NETWORK TRAVEL CHANNEL BET MTV VH1
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Todd H. Baker @tbakerbroadmoor.bsky.social · 3d
Little man
joedudekjd.bsky.social Joe 👻 BOO! 🧟‍♂️ dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 3d
Under 50 U.S.C. § 1701(a), it is an “unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States” that Canada is being mean to me on TV.
apnews.com The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d
BREAKING: Trump says he's punishing Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down an anti-tariff ad sooner.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d
I'd love to see reporters reach out to the people running the Reagan Foundation to see if there's a gas leak in the building or

www.reaganfoundation.org/about-us/exe...
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Todd H. Baker @tbakerbroadmoor.bsky.social · 4d
Read the entire WSJ app headlines this morning if you are looking for reasons to despair. This is just one of many.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4d
Jacobus is sadly mistaken if she thinks "this can easily be done," bc it ignores both the letter of Aileen Cannon's order on Volume II and grand jury secrecy rules.

Or rather, sure, Jack Smith could do it. And he'd go to prison.
urocklive1.bsky.social Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 4d
I will be very disappointed if this doesn't happen.
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