Diana B. Henriques
@dianabhenriques.bsky.social
Six books include "Taming the Street," on FDR's historic financial reforms, and NYT bestseller 'The Wizard of Lies,' on Madoff's historic fraud, now an HBO movie. A half-century of writing and reading. Loves life, really loves puppies.
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Gentile's entire business model is based on laundering money for Russian mobsters. His principal customers are well known for techniques that include murder and bombings. And of course, he's totally loyal to Trump and willing to share a slice of his take.
Trump commuted the prison sentence for a financial fraudster with ties to Russian tycoon allegedly linked to organized crime
David Gentile has long been in business with the family of Michael Cherney, accused of hiding the exiled Russian's assets in US companies
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December 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Gentile's entire business model is based on laundering money for Russian mobsters. His principal customers are well known for techniques that include murder and bombings. And of course, he's totally loyal to Trump and willing to share a slice of his take.
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Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
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Looks like a very interesting paper!
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
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December 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Looks like a very interesting paper!
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To fall asleep while your DOD Secretary is defending himself and your from accusations of war crimes is something! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Trump Appears to Fight Sleep During Cabinet Meeting
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December 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
To fall asleep while your DOD Secretary is defending himself and your from accusations of war crimes is something! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.
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NYT: “.. Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.”
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December 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
NYT: “.. Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.”
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Our leader is having repeated trouble staying awake at public events he's hosting; is acting more erratically online and in public; is making decisions that are doing clear material harm to the country & our allies. Simply, his declining health must become a bigger issue.
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“.. A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds of the meeting Tuesday showed that during nine separate instances, Trump’s eyes were closed for extended periods or he appeared to struggle to keep them open, amounting cumulatively to nearly six minutes.”
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December 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Our leader is having repeated trouble staying awake at public events he's hosting; is acting more erratically online and in public; is making decisions that are doing clear material harm to the country & our allies. Simply, his declining health must become a bigger issue.
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Lindsay Graham's boss is mortal and finite. Pope Leo's boss is eternal and infinite. Which one would you be more concerned about if you were the Pope?
Lindsey Graham says the Pope better get on the “right side of history” and support Trump’s push to use military force to overthrow the government of Venezuela
December 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Lindsay Graham's boss is mortal and finite. Pope Leo's boss is eternal and infinite. Which one would you be more concerned about if you were the Pope?
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Trump's tariffs are having precisely the effect on US manufacturing that macroeconomists said they would have.
December 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Trump's tariffs are having precisely the effect on US manufacturing that macroeconomists said they would have.
Ah. That explains why Trump was careful to give the upcoming plaintiffs challenging that Minnesota operation some sound bites guaranteed to infuriate a federal judge and undermine any remaining public support for his deeply unpopular policies.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials preparing immigration operation in Minnesota that would primarily focus on Somali immigrants, AP source says.
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Ah. That explains why Trump was careful to give the upcoming plaintiffs challenging that Minnesota operation some sound bites guaranteed to infuriate a federal judge and undermine any remaining public support for his deeply unpopular policies.
How Today's Robber Barons Are Worse Than Yesterday's, Chapter 563.
Elon Musk’s charitable foundation grew larger than ever in 2024. But, for the fourth year in a row, the huge charity failed to give away the minimum amount required by law — and the donations it did make went largely to charities closely tied to Musk himself, who is the world's richest man.
Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders
The philanthropy has become one of America’s biggest, but most of its giving went to charities closely tied to the world’s richest man.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
How Today's Robber Barons Are Worse Than Yesterday's, Chapter 563.
Watch Trump as Hegseth babbles. He looks bored - and maybe a little irritated at Pete hogging the mike and beating his chest during what is supposed to be the POTUS Extreme Flattery Sweepstakes. Definitely not alert to ways to show support for his "war secretary."
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Watch Trump as Hegseth babbles. He looks bored - and maybe a little irritated at Pete hogging the mike and beating his chest during what is supposed to be the POTUS Extreme Flattery Sweepstakes. Definitely not alert to ways to show support for his "war secretary."
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President Trump has officially pardoned former Honduran President who US officials said was at the center of one of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies in the world. n.pr/4rzhG6q
Trump pardons Honduran ex-president who was convicted of drug crimes
President Trump has officially pardoned former Honduran President who US officials said was at the center of one of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies in the world.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
President Trump has officially pardoned former Honduran President who US officials said was at the center of one of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies in the world. n.pr/4rzhG6q
Excuse me, I have a question. If Trump can deter hurricanes, why did he wait until just now to do it?
Asking for a few million Americans and a few dozen insurance companies.
Asking for a few million Americans and a few dozen insurance companies.
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Excuse me, I have a question. If Trump can deter hurricanes, why did he wait until just now to do it?
Asking for a few million Americans and a few dozen insurance companies.
Asking for a few million Americans and a few dozen insurance companies.
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if i worked in a White House with an elderly and ailing president who had a hard time staying awake, i would simply recommend against having 3 hour cabinet meetings that are boring af and pointless and best remembered for the fact said president is sleeping on camera
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
if i worked in a White House with an elderly and ailing president who had a hard time staying awake, i would simply recommend against having 3 hour cabinet meetings that are boring af and pointless and best remembered for the fact said president is sleeping on camera
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Tennessee, vote for this lady. Imagine a world with even a single consequence for fascism.
TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Tennessee, vote for this lady. Imagine a world with even a single consequence for fascism.
Most "criminals" deported aren't criminals.
Most "narco-terrorists" being killed are probably not carrying drugs.
Most Medicaid and SNAP recipients are not idle, able-bodied adults.
Most tariffs are not being paid by foreign countries.
Seeing a pattern here...
Most "narco-terrorists" being killed are probably not carrying drugs.
Most Medicaid and SNAP recipients are not idle, able-bodied adults.
Most tariffs are not being paid by foreign countries.
Seeing a pattern here...
Nearly 1,900 immigrants were detained during the first half of Operation Midway Blitz. Most had no criminal record, newly released federal data shows. @joemahr.bsky.social and @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social report
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Nearly 1,900 immigrants were detained during the first half of Operation Midway Blitz. Most had no criminal record.
Newly released federal data shows that immigration agents booked in roughly 1,900 immigrants in the first half of Operation Midway Blitz – two-thirds of whom had no known criminal convictions or pe…
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December 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Most "criminals" deported aren't criminals.
Most "narco-terrorists" being killed are probably not carrying drugs.
Most Medicaid and SNAP recipients are not idle, able-bodied adults.
Most tariffs are not being paid by foreign countries.
Seeing a pattern here...
Most "narco-terrorists" being killed are probably not carrying drugs.
Most Medicaid and SNAP recipients are not idle, able-bodied adults.
Most tariffs are not being paid by foreign countries.
Seeing a pattern here...
Only one in five boats stopped by the USCG was carrying drugs.
So the odds are all but 16 of the 80 people killed on Hegseth's orders were not transporting drugs.
So the odds are all but 16 of the 80 people killed on Hegseth's orders were not transporting drugs.
According to the US Coast Guard, the year prior to Trump changing our policy to summary execution, only 21% of the vessels interdicted by them off the coast of Venezuela suspected of trafficking drugs had drugs on board. The other 79% had nothing. But now we just kill them all.
December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Only one in five boats stopped by the USCG was carrying drugs.
So the odds are all but 16 of the 80 people killed on Hegseth's orders were not transporting drugs.
So the odds are all but 16 of the 80 people killed on Hegseth's orders were not transporting drugs.
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What they say:
-We are at war with "narcoterrorists"! To prove it, we will murder people on boats!
What they do:
-Pardon convicted drug trafficker who facilitated 500 tons of cocaine being smuggled to the US
-Cut drug crime prosecutions to their lowest level in 25 years
-We are at war with "narcoterrorists"! To prove it, we will murder people on boats!
What they do:
-Pardon convicted drug trafficker who facilitated 500 tons of cocaine being smuggled to the US
-Cut drug crime prosecutions to their lowest level in 25 years
DOJ's claim that re-assigning thousands of agents to immigration has had no impact on its other work is demonstrably untrue. Court dockets show the number of people charged with drug crimes this year is the lowest in at least three decades.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What they say:
-We are at war with "narcoterrorists"! To prove it, we will murder people on boats!
What they do:
-Pardon convicted drug trafficker who facilitated 500 tons of cocaine being smuggled to the US
-Cut drug crime prosecutions to their lowest level in 25 years
-We are at war with "narcoterrorists"! To prove it, we will murder people on boats!
What they do:
-Pardon convicted drug trafficker who facilitated 500 tons of cocaine being smuggled to the US
-Cut drug crime prosecutions to their lowest level in 25 years
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I don't think we can ignore the fact that Indiana GOP lawmakers spent months insisting they weren't going to do this and relented less than 24 hours after one of them publicly revealed she was threatened with a pipe bomb.
Indiana Republicans have unveiled their proposal to re-gerrymander the congressional map & expand their current 7-2 majority to 9-0.
The Dem-held 1st would flip to Trump+12 & the 7th to Trump+19. All 7 GOP seats would be at least Trump+18.
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The Dem-held 1st would flip to Trump+12 & the 7th to Trump+19. All 7 GOP seats would be at least Trump+18.
Interactive map:
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December 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I don't think we can ignore the fact that Indiana GOP lawmakers spent months insisting they weren't going to do this and relented less than 24 hours after one of them publicly revealed she was threatened with a pipe bomb.
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My great-uncle was born in the Russian Empire and wrote God Bless America
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My great-uncle was born in the Russian Empire and wrote God Bless America
Once again, Trump blows up the flimsy arguments his solicitor general made before the Supreme Court.
The tariffs are not at all about raising revenue, the SG said.
We're gonna raise so much revenue we can stop collecting income taxes, Trump says.
He must think SCOTUS lives on Mars.
The tariffs are not at all about raising revenue, the SG said.
We're gonna raise so much revenue we can stop collecting income taxes, Trump says.
He must think SCOTUS lives on Mars.
Trump: "I believe that at some point in the not too distant future you won't even have income tax to pay, because they money we're taking in is so great."
December 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Once again, Trump blows up the flimsy arguments his solicitor general made before the Supreme Court.
The tariffs are not at all about raising revenue, the SG said.
We're gonna raise so much revenue we can stop collecting income taxes, Trump says.
He must think SCOTUS lives on Mars.
The tariffs are not at all about raising revenue, the SG said.
We're gonna raise so much revenue we can stop collecting income taxes, Trump says.
He must think SCOTUS lives on Mars.
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October was the high tide of tariffs : $31 billion collected
It's a slow month for income tax - only $217 billion
In all the places I've seen his quote, nobody else has included the basic numbers.
It's a slow month for income tax - only $217 billion
In all the places I've seen his quote, nobody else has included the basic numbers.
December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
October was the high tide of tariffs : $31 billion collected
It's a slow month for income tax - only $217 billion
In all the places I've seen his quote, nobody else has included the basic numbers.
It's a slow month for income tax - only $217 billion
In all the places I've seen his quote, nobody else has included the basic numbers.
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Hegseth: Trust me, bro. They’re all guilty. Who needs things like evidence, proof and trials. Those are woke.
December 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hegseth: Trust me, bro. They’re all guilty. Who needs things like evidence, proof and trials. Those are woke.
Trump keeps handing him more rope. Hegseth must know this will end badly for him...
Hegseth: "We've only just begun striking narco boats and putting narcoterrorists at the bottom of the ocean"
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump keeps handing him more rope. Hegseth must know this will end badly for him...