Emily Flitter
@emilyflitter.bsky.social
Bloomberg News reporter writing about inequality in finance, housing and corporate America. Author: THE WHITE WALL, ‘22. Bird-noticer, Floridian, Rangers hockey fan forever.
Amazing story by @kristoncapps.bsky.social showing how differently Texas is treating towns in its southeast getting aid for Hurricane Harvey damage. Cities w/large minority populations get less than $100 per person. Tiny, almost all-white towns get $40,000 or more www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Amazing story by @kristoncapps.bsky.social showing how differently Texas is treating towns in its southeast getting aid for Hurricane Harvey damage. Cities w/large minority populations get less than $100 per person. Tiny, almost all-white towns get $40,000 or more www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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On the Gulf coast in Texas this was the result of facially neutral policies that diverted reconstruction funds from populous Black cities to tiny white enclaves. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
On the Gulf coast in Texas this was the result of facially neutral policies that diverted reconstruction funds from populous Black cities to tiny white enclaves. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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They issued an EO back in May trying to do the same thing for state climate laws, and even filed lawsuits against the states of New York, Vermont, Hawaiʻi, and Vermont.
They should have worked this part into the headline:
Trump Promises Executive Order to Block State A.I. Regulations www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Trump Promises Executive Order to Block State A.I. Regulations www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
December 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
They issued an EO back in May trying to do the same thing for state climate laws, and even filed lawsuits against the states of New York, Vermont, Hawaiʻi, and Vermont.
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NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
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UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
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A CDC advisory panel's hepatitis B vote shows how deeply RFK Jr.'s influence now shapes national vaccine policy, and how much damage it can still do (via Bloomberg Opinion)
CDC Panel’s Hepatitis B Vaccine Vote Undid Decades of Progress
In a stunning decision that defies all expert advice and scientific evidence, the influential group that shapes US vaccine policy will no longer recommend that all infants receive the hepatitis B vaccination shortly after birth.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A CDC advisory panel's hepatitis B vote shows how deeply RFK Jr.'s influence now shapes national vaccine policy, and how much damage it can still do (via Bloomberg Opinion)
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We reviewed Gregory Bovino and his agents’ tactics in Chicago. From a shooting to Slim Jims, the feds’ poor tactics made for needless safety risks for the public and the officers themselves. “Simply reckless,” former police superintendent said.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/e...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/e...
Experts: From shooting to Slim Jims, immigration agents’ poor tactics made for needless safety risks
A Tribune review found Immigration agents routinely broke urban policing protocols meant to limit danger to themselves and others.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We reviewed Gregory Bovino and his agents’ tactics in Chicago. From a shooting to Slim Jims, the feds’ poor tactics made for needless safety risks for the public and the officers themselves. “Simply reckless,” former police superintendent said.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/e...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/e...
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“They put handcuffs on us, a chain over our waist and our feet, like criminals. They transported us in the kind of van that you put dogs in. We were all sitting in a row facing a white wall.… We boarded the plane and it was full…. A lady in her 70s kept throwing up.“
I spoke with Any Lucía López Belloza, the Babson College student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when ICE deported her.
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
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"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
I Wanted to Surprise My Family on Thanksgiving. ICE Deported Me Instead.
How the Trump administration turned a college freshman’s life upside down.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“They put handcuffs on us, a chain over our waist and our feet, like criminals. They transported us in the kind of van that you put dogs in. We were all sitting in a row facing a white wall.… We boarded the plane and it was full…. A lady in her 70s kept throwing up.“
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EXCLUSIVE:
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
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Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
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Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son’s godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
EXCLUSIVE:
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy — www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/...
Housing production increases 23% in first year of City of Yes
The Adams administration has released figures on accessory dwelling units, affordable housing and more to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the plan's passage.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy — www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/...
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OPINION: "In a country that valorizes creativity yet neglects the people who produce it, I’ve seen how artists are left to navigate a system that treats their calling as a personal gamble rather than a profession worth supporting," Joanna Woronkowicz writes.
Opinion | Why It’s Becoming Harder to be an Artist in America
Joanna Woronkowicz writes about the economic challenges artists face and what can be done to help them.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
OPINION: "In a country that valorizes creativity yet neglects the people who produce it, I’ve seen how artists are left to navigate a system that treats their calling as a personal gamble rather than a profession worth supporting," Joanna Woronkowicz writes.
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41 minutes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
41 minutes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
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Here's my final update for the night on the departure of the CFPB's top enforcement attorney.
Here's part of the quote from the CFPB: “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Mr. Salemi."
Classy!
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Here's part of the quote from the CFPB: “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Mr. Salemi."
Classy!
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
CFPB Top Enforcer Resigns Over Trump’s Bid to Close Probes (2)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s top enforcement official resigned his post, echoing complaints from his predecessor that the Trump administration isn’t letting the agency do its work.
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Here's my final update for the night on the departure of the CFPB's top enforcement attorney.
Here's part of the quote from the CFPB: “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Mr. Salemi."
Classy!
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Here's part of the quote from the CFPB: “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Mr. Salemi."
Classy!
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
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NEW: The Trump Justice Department failed to secure an indictment today against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed
Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: The Trump Justice Department failed to secure an indictment today against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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BREAKING: The Pentagon knew a September boat attack in the Caribbean left survivors but still launched follow-on strike to sink the vessel, AP sources say.
Pentagon knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say
The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
BREAKING: The Pentagon knew a September boat attack in the Caribbean left survivors but still launched follow-on strike to sink the vessel, AP sources say.
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"She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. 'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'”
Gift link:
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December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. 'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'”
Gift link:
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The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
Colombian family files first known formal complaint over deadly US strike in Caribbean | CNN
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission o...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
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Rohit Chopra has by hired by the Democratic Attorneys General Association’s policy arm to help design national strategies for going after companies exploiting the most vulnerable consumers — using state powers. Gift link here ⬇️ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Wall Street Agitator to Lead Blue State Consumer Protection Drive
A group of Democratic state prosecutors seeking to address rising living costs and widespread fraud hired Rohit Chopra, former director of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to lead the effo...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Rohit Chopra has by hired by the Democratic Attorneys General Association’s policy arm to help design national strategies for going after companies exploiting the most vulnerable consumers — using state powers. Gift link here ⬇️ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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First of all, one of the reporters on that story was in the Army infantry in Iraq
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 8:26 PM
First of all, one of the reporters on that story was in the Army infantry in Iraq
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NEW: Reports of DOGE’s death aren’t highly exaggerated, they’re wrong. Follow @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social on a voyage into the federal agencies where all your favorite young engineers are burrowed in ”like ticks.”
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW: Reports of DOGE’s death aren’t highly exaggerated, they’re wrong. Follow @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social on a voyage into the federal agencies where all your favorite young engineers are burrowed in ”like ticks.”
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Today is World AIDS Day. My whole career as a doctor and scientist was inspired by those impacted by HIV -patients and communities. That commitment has not wavered, even when my government won’t acknowledge this day. And, we will still be here when this madness is over, for patients and communities.
December 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Today is World AIDS Day. My whole career as a doctor and scientist was inspired by those impacted by HIV -patients and communities. That commitment has not wavered, even when my government won’t acknowledge this day. And, we will still be here when this madness is over, for patients and communities.
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Days after reinstating a group of FEMA employees who publicly signed a whistleblower letter raising concerns about the government’s disaster preparedness, the agency has placed those workers back on administrative leave
FEMA Puts Whistleblowers on Leave Shortly After Reinstating Them
Days after reinstating a group of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees who publicly signed a whistleblower letter raising concerns about the government’s disaster preparedness, the agency has placed those workers back on administrative leave.
bloom.bg
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Days after reinstating a group of FEMA employees who publicly signed a whistleblower letter raising concerns about the government’s disaster preparedness, the agency has placed those workers back on administrative leave
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Organizers say that interest in local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs has been growing.
When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to each other in what many call 'mutual aid'
Organizers say that interest in local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs has been growing.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Organizers say that interest in local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs has been growing.