Nick Baumann
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
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yes people call the friday after thanksgiving Brown Friday.
yes plumbers get lots of holiday calls.
yes it's because you overwork your disposals, pour fat/gravy/grease in your sink, and clog hosts' toilets.
holidays are hard enough as it is.
don't make them harder.
yes plumbers get lots of holiday calls.
yes it's because you overwork your disposals, pour fat/gravy/grease in your sink, and clog hosts' toilets.
holidays are hard enough as it is.
don't make them harder.
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
yes people call the friday after thanksgiving Brown Friday.
yes plumbers get lots of holiday calls.
yes it's because you overwork your disposals, pour fat/gravy/grease in your sink, and clog hosts' toilets.
holidays are hard enough as it is.
don't make them harder.
yes plumbers get lots of holiday calls.
yes it's because you overwork your disposals, pour fat/gravy/grease in your sink, and clog hosts' toilets.
holidays are hard enough as it is.
don't make them harder.
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The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
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somebody is going to do geoengineering, it's just a matter of time heatmap.news/climate/cop-...
The Next COP Needs to Confront ‘Overshoot’
The Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is now all but impossible. Limiting — and eventually reversing — the damage will take some thought.
heatmap.news
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
somebody is going to do geoengineering, it's just a matter of time heatmap.news/climate/cop-...
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Young people feel like we've lost agency over our lives. We can't *really* pick where to live, or whether to change jobs, or how many kids to have -- the cost of living makes us feel trapped.
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
Young Candidates Can Speak to the Affordability Crisis Because They’re Living It
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Young people feel like we've lost agency over our lives. We can't *really* pick where to live, or whether to change jobs, or how many kids to have -- the cost of living makes us feel trapped.
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
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important to realize just how seriously feelings of powerlessness in the face of vast structures & a learned understanding of the futility of individual effort are generational givens that anybody my age or older (work hard! succeed! things work out!) has no way to fully grasp—but we need to try
Young people feel like we've lost agency over our lives. We can't *really* pick where to live, or whether to change jobs, or how many kids to have -- the cost of living makes us feel trapped.
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
Young Candidates Can Speak to the Affordability Crisis Because They’re Living It
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
important to realize just how seriously feelings of powerlessness in the face of vast structures & a learned understanding of the futility of individual effort are generational givens that anybody my age or older (work hard! succeed! things work out!) has no way to fully grasp—but we need to try
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The angry & mocking replies & quotes from what I imagine are liberals is yet another bit of evidence that Americans of all stripes don't grasp how angry Canadians are about American belligerence. Pointing out the origin of "americano" insists on missing the point of the gesture.
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The angry & mocking replies & quotes from what I imagine are liberals is yet another bit of evidence that Americans of all stripes don't grasp how angry Canadians are about American belligerence. Pointing out the origin of "americano" insists on missing the point of the gesture.
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Seems fine www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Seems fine www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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The problem with affordability literalism is that we have just about as much purchasing power as ever before. So if there’s an economic component to this era of bad feelings, it’s probably not mechanically tied to sticker prices. www.offmessage.net/p/taking-aff...
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The problem with affordability literalism is that we have just about as much purchasing power as ever before. So if there’s an economic component to this era of bad feelings, it’s probably not mechanically tied to sticker prices. www.offmessage.net/p/taking-aff...
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Thought experiment: What if things got cheaper overnight, but people still felt shitty about the future, and politics in America proceeded all but unchanged? www.offmessage.net/p/taking-aff...
Taking "Affordability" Seriously
...but not literally.
www.offmessage.net
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Thought experiment: What if things got cheaper overnight, but people still felt shitty about the future, and politics in America proceeded all but unchanged? www.offmessage.net/p/taking-aff...
Video: Trump has spent 13 years promising a health care plan: www.washingtonpost.com/video/politi...
Trump has spent 13 years promising a health-care plan
Over the past decade, former president Donald Trump has touted a forthcoming health care plan, only to repeatedly blow past his own deadlines without a plan.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Video: Trump has spent 13 years promising a health care plan: www.washingtonpost.com/video/politi...
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From The Washington Post:
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
From The Washington Post:
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Someone just texted me to tell me about the time their friend was invited to a fundraiser at a home owned by a guy named Rich Person.
Absolute all-timer of a name/quote pairing here: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Someone just texted me to tell me about the time their friend was invited to a fundraiser at a home owned by a guy named Rich Person.
Absolute all-timer of a name/quote pairing here: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Absolute all-timer of a name/quote pairing here: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
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CBS News boss Bari Weiss saved pro-Israel reporter’s job after he lobbied to her directly: report
CBS News boss Bari Weiss saved pro-Israel reporter’s job after he lobbied to her directly: report
Barie Weiss instead fired Debora Patta, whose coverage in Gaza drew the ire of US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, according to a report.
nypost.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
CBS News boss Bari Weiss saved pro-Israel reporter’s job after he lobbied to her directly: report
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“I never imagined that the institution I dedicated my entire career building could be destroyed in such a short period of time.”
Peter Carr, aka Mr. No Comment, speaks out:
open.substack.com/pub/justicec...
Peter Carr, aka Mr. No Comment, speaks out:
open.substack.com/pub/justicec...
An Insider Continuing to Fight for Justice - On the Outside
Peter Carr's mission hasn't changed. Like others who left DOJ noted in their farewell letters, he has found the best way to fight for DOJ is on the outside.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“I never imagined that the institution I dedicated my entire career building could be destroyed in such a short period of time.”
Peter Carr, aka Mr. No Comment, speaks out:
open.substack.com/pub/justicec...
Peter Carr, aka Mr. No Comment, speaks out:
open.substack.com/pub/justicec...
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"U.S. politicians are more dependent on the largesse of the billionaire class than ever before, giving one-four-hundredth of 1 percent of Americans extraordinary influence over which politicians and policies succeed."
How billionaires took over American politics
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"U.S. politicians are more dependent on the largesse of the billionaire class than ever before, giving one-four-hundredth of 1 percent of Americans extraordinary influence over which politicians and policies succeed."
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like if your brand is "ninjamas" would it kill you to have some cute ninjas on the damn thing? or even like a ninja belt around the waist?
thank you for attending my ted talk
thank you for attending my ted talk
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
like if your brand is "ninjamas" would it kill you to have some cute ninjas on the damn thing? or even like a ninja belt around the waist?
thank you for attending my ted talk
thank you for attending my ted talk
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this is random
so my friends had a baby recently and so ive been in the baby section with them. theres this brand of diapers called "ninjamas" but it makes me very mad.
the diapers do not have ANY KIND OF NINJA MOTIF. i feel this is false advertising to kids.
so my friends had a baby recently and so ive been in the baby section with them. theres this brand of diapers called "ninjamas" but it makes me very mad.
the diapers do not have ANY KIND OF NINJA MOTIF. i feel this is false advertising to kids.
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
this is random
so my friends had a baby recently and so ive been in the baby section with them. theres this brand of diapers called "ninjamas" but it makes me very mad.
the diapers do not have ANY KIND OF NINJA MOTIF. i feel this is false advertising to kids.
so my friends had a baby recently and so ive been in the baby section with them. theres this brand of diapers called "ninjamas" but it makes me very mad.
the diapers do not have ANY KIND OF NINJA MOTIF. i feel this is false advertising to kids.
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This story was produced as a collaboration between @pablo.show and @motherjones.com.
Watch the Pablo Torre Finds Out episode here.
Watch the Pablo Torre Finds Out episode here.
Riley Gaines Investigated: The Lia Thomas Race, the Coach & Why She "Doesn't Even Like" Trump | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This story was produced as a collaboration between @pablo.show and @motherjones.com.
Watch the Pablo Torre Finds Out episode here.
Watch the Pablo Torre Finds Out episode here.
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An incident in a locker room has always been key to Riley Gaines’ anti-trans fame.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
An incident in a locker room has always been key to Riley Gaines’ anti-trans fame.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
"In the year 2000, the Wall Street Journal... published almost a billion dollars worth of advertising. That was far more ad revenue than Microsoft, then the leader among the emerging digital players....
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"In the year 2000, the Wall Street Journal... published almost a billion dollars worth of advertising. That was far more ad revenue than Microsoft, then the leader among the emerging digital players....
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Highest unemployment rate since Oct 2021.
🔴 US UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ACTUAL 4.4% (FORECAST 4.3%, PREVIOUS 4.3%) $MACRO
November 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Highest unemployment rate since Oct 2021.