Lenore Palladino
@lenorepalladino.bsky.social
economist, lawyer, organizer, mamma
Associate Professor of Economics & Public Policy, UMass Amherst
https://www.lenorepalladino.com
my book: Good Company: Economic Policy after Shareholder Primacy, out 12/5/24
Associate Professor of Economics & Public Policy, UMass Amherst
https://www.lenorepalladino.com
my book: Good Company: Economic Policy after Shareholder Primacy, out 12/5/24
binders full of organizers!*
just a truly fantastic feeling to read over this list, so many amazing people
empirereportnewyork.com/mayor-elect-...
just a truly fantastic feeling to read over this list, so many amazing people
empirereportnewyork.com/mayor-elect-...
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani Announces Transition Committee Appointments to Advance His Affordability Agenda
New York's front page for political news. Latest NY politics news, reports, and columnists
empirereportnewyork.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
binders full of organizers!*
just a truly fantastic feeling to read over this list, so many amazing people
empirereportnewyork.com/mayor-elect-...
just a truly fantastic feeling to read over this list, so many amazing people
empirereportnewyork.com/mayor-elect-...
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
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this was always the obvious outcome
this was always the obvious outcome
Looks like a slap on the wrist settlement for RealPage.
So much for the New Right’s populist antitrust enforcement, Part MCXXVII
www.wsj.com/business/jus...
So much for the New Right’s populist antitrust enforcement, Part MCXXVII
www.wsj.com/business/jus...
Justice Department to Settle Lawsuit Over Apartment Rental Pricing
The case had alleged that RealPage’s software allowed landlords to unfairly coordinate prices.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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this was always the obvious outcome
this was always the obvious outcome
every family get-together except it's not doing it together, it's me doing it for all of them
New, from @pamherd.bsky.social & I:
@chriscolin3000.bsky.social invented Admin Night, a strategy to turn the drudgery of completing dreaded administrative tasks into a party.
"We’re social beings. We’re meant to update our password apps together!"
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
@chriscolin3000.bsky.social invented Admin Night, a strategy to turn the drudgery of completing dreaded administrative tasks into a party.
"We’re social beings. We’re meant to update our password apps together!"
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
Ain't No Party Like an Administrative Burden Party
You are cordially invited to Admin Night - bring your paperwork
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
every family get-together except it's not doing it together, it's me doing it for all of them
ditto, just read this great essay by @iliasalami.bsky.social, this quote pulled it all together ⬇️
"the new state capitalism resonates with a much older phenomenon, the chartered "company-states” which acted as vanguards of global capitalism and European imperialism in the 17th & 18th centuries"
"the new state capitalism resonates with a much older phenomenon, the chartered "company-states” which acted as vanguards of global capitalism and European imperialism in the 17th & 18th centuries"
Essential essay by @iliasalami.bsky.social on new configurations of state ownership + state investment funds being deployed in the race for military, AI, and energy supply chain dominance. The trend rhymes with earlier eras of Great Power conflict but updated for a networked global economy.
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
ditto, just read this great essay by @iliasalami.bsky.social, this quote pulled it all together ⬇️
"the new state capitalism resonates with a much older phenomenon, the chartered "company-states” which acted as vanguards of global capitalism and European imperialism in the 17th & 18th centuries"
"the new state capitalism resonates with a much older phenomenon, the chartered "company-states” which acted as vanguards of global capitalism and European imperialism in the 17th & 18th centuries"
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Ongoing demolition in Bitcoin
November 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Ongoing demolition in Bitcoin
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The more they dehumanize their targets, the more dangerous they become.
ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The more they dehumanize their targets, the more dangerous they become.
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The boys at UChicago smirking right now because they proved once again, they're breaking new ground and Harvard follows after the fact.
stanfordreview.org/uchicago-los...
stanfordreview.org/uchicago-los...
UChicago Lost Money on Crypto, Then Froze Research When Federal Funding Was Cut
While Stanford responded to the federal funding research freeze by halting administrative hiring and protecting research, the University of Chicago panicked.
On January 28, hours after the Trump admi...
stanfordreview.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The boys at UChicago smirking right now because they proved once again, they're breaking new ground and Harvard follows after the fact.
stanfordreview.org/uchicago-los...
stanfordreview.org/uchicago-los...
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My guys at the Harvard Management Company absolutely never miss
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
My guys at the Harvard Management Company absolutely never miss
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A woman deported from Maryland after fleeing Sierra Leone 30 years ago says she reported to an ICE check-in and was flown to Ghana in shackles. In a country her family said she had no ties to, video shows her being dragged. www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A woman deported from Maryland after fleeing Sierra Leone 30 years ago says she reported to an ICE check-in and was flown to Ghana in shackles. In a country her family said she had no ties to, video shows her being dragged. www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
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Most of the substantive parts of this crypto 'bipartisan market structure' bill coming out of Senate Ag are bracketed - as in no current language, all TBD.
In other words, Booker and Boozman are playing legislative Madlibs with Senate Banking.
www.booker.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
In other words, Booker and Boozman are playing legislative Madlibs with Senate Banking.
www.booker.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.booker.senate.gov
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Most of the substantive parts of this crypto 'bipartisan market structure' bill coming out of Senate Ag are bracketed - as in no current language, all TBD.
In other words, Booker and Boozman are playing legislative Madlibs with Senate Banking.
www.booker.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
In other words, Booker and Boozman are playing legislative Madlibs with Senate Banking.
www.booker.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Wow, this is a great summary of COP30! All the COPs, come to think of it. 🤔
Wow. People are way too chill around an active & uncontained fire in the building they're standing in.
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Wow, this is a great summary of COP30! All the COPs, come to think of it. 🤔
great clear piece by @ddayen.bsky.social about data centers & private credit's magical mashup
in case you're like wait what is private credit again, I give you my piece: The Risks of Unregulated "Private: Credit Funds:
peri.umass.edu/publication/...
in case you're like wait what is private credit again, I give you my piece: The Risks of Unregulated "Private: Credit Funds:
peri.umass.edu/publication/...
And yes this is attached to the rest of the financial system. Maybe deliberately so! prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
great clear piece by @ddayen.bsky.social about data centers & private credit's magical mashup
in case you're like wait what is private credit again, I give you my piece: The Risks of Unregulated "Private: Credit Funds:
peri.umass.edu/publication/...
in case you're like wait what is private credit again, I give you my piece: The Risks of Unregulated "Private: Credit Funds:
peri.umass.edu/publication/...
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Out here in York, PA where @sbworkersunited.org strikers are BLOCKADING the largest Starbucks distribution center in the country to demand a fair contract!!
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Out here in York, PA where @sbworkersunited.org strikers are BLOCKADING the largest Starbucks distribution center in the country to demand a fair contract!!
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Lol
*BLUE OWL CALLS OFF MERGER OF ITS TWO PRIVATE-CREDIT FUNDS: CNBC
*BLUE OWL CALLS OFF MERGER OF ITS TWO PRIVATE-CREDIT FUNDS: CNBC
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Lol
*BLUE OWL CALLS OFF MERGER OF ITS TWO PRIVATE-CREDIT FUNDS: CNBC
*BLUE OWL CALLS OFF MERGER OF ITS TWO PRIVATE-CREDIT FUNDS: CNBC
everything's going great ⬇️⬇️⬇️
And yes this is attached to the rest of the financial system. Maybe deliberately so! prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
everything's going great ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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" A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about."
Sending a message to journalists in the room and all around the world ...
Sending a message to journalists in the room and all around the world ...
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
" A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about."
Sending a message to journalists in the room and all around the world ...
Sending a message to journalists in the room and all around the world ...
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This is, shall we say, quite relevant at the moment!
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is, shall we say, quite relevant at the moment!
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Another absolute banger in our war/climate/geopolitics series
Our tech and energy systems being transformed. But how & in whose interests?
Read @iliasalami.bsky.social's Imperial State Capitalism to understand how the development of AI & the energy transition are being shaped by profiteering & geopolitical competition.
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
Read @iliasalami.bsky.social's Imperial State Capitalism to understand how the development of AI & the energy transition are being shaped by profiteering & geopolitical competition.
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
Imperial State Capitalism
A new geopolitics is shaping the development of AI and the energy transition.
transitionsecurity.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Another absolute banger in our war/climate/geopolitics series
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Here's a classic one. Anthropic is going to spend $30 billion on Azure.
And with the deal, both Microsoft and Nvidia are both investing in Anthropic
And with the deal, both Microsoft and Nvidia are both investing in Anthropic
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Here's a classic one. Anthropic is going to spend $30 billion on Azure.
And with the deal, both Microsoft and Nvidia are both investing in Anthropic
And with the deal, both Microsoft and Nvidia are both investing in Anthropic
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Corrupt AF 🤮
The president has taken a financial stake in the sale of a major media empire to his political pals.
readsludge.com/2025/11/17/t...
readsludge.com/2025/11/17/t...
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Corrupt AF 🤮
private equity firms extract, they do not 'invest'
who do they extract from? workers, patients, children in childcare centers they buy..
disgusted by this and in no way surprised
who do they extract from? workers, patients, children in childcare centers they buy..
disgusted by this and in no way surprised
Just weeks before Thanksgiving, Walgreens' new private equity owners Sycamore Partners cut paid holidays for hundreds of thousands of its lowest-paid workers. pestakeholder.org/news/walgree...
Walgreens’ new PE owners cut worker holidays ahead of Thanksgiving
Move mirrors cost-cutting pattern seen across Sycamore’s retail portfolio as workers brace for possible further fallout
pestakeholder.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
private equity firms extract, they do not 'invest'
who do they extract from? workers, patients, children in childcare centers they buy..
disgusted by this and in no way surprised
who do they extract from? workers, patients, children in childcare centers they buy..
disgusted by this and in no way surprised
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Okay, so maybe I wasn't too mean to him ...
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Okay, so maybe I wasn't too mean to him ...
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When states like Colorado passed policies requiring employers to disclose salary information in job postings, what happened?
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
When states like Colorado passed policies requiring employers to disclose salary information in job postings, what happened?
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
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Me, before reading the excerpted passage: “I don’t see why anyone would read Olivia Nuzzi’s book. What a pointless exercise.”
Me, after reading the passage: “I must read this book. The hate-read theoretical has launched the hate-read possible.”
Me, after reading the passage: “I must read this book. The hate-read theoretical has launched the hate-read possible.”
I regret to inform you that Olivia Nuzzi's book appears to be Perfect
insane, stupid, comically overwritten, dishy, politically indefensible I cannot wait to get my hands on it I must accept this is who I am as a person at some deep level whether I like it or not www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
insane, stupid, comically overwritten, dishy, politically indefensible I cannot wait to get my hands on it I must accept this is who I am as a person at some deep level whether I like it or not www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Me, before reading the excerpted passage: “I don’t see why anyone would read Olivia Nuzzi’s book. What a pointless exercise.”
Me, after reading the passage: “I must read this book. The hate-read theoretical has launched the hate-read possible.”
Me, after reading the passage: “I must read this book. The hate-read theoretical has launched the hate-read possible.”