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Bobak Moallemi
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Economist / Prev. Opendoor, Lyft, LinkedIn / PhD StanfordGSB
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
Aid Groups Blame Israel’s Gaza Restrictions for ‘Mass Starvation’
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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nymag.com
Alleging Israel has committed ‘war crimes’ suggests a recognizable event: that there is a war happening, and there are some crimes in it. Gaza is different.

For our latest cover story, Suzy Hansen examines how the war in Gaza has upended decades of humanitarian law: nymag.com/intelligence...
June 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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robsonfletcher.com
Wow when I saw this post, it was so wild, I had to look up the raw trade data for myself.

Sure enough, U.S. wine exports to Canada have fallen off a cliff:
Line chart showing: Monthly U.S. wine exports to Canada Canada was the largest export market for U.S. wine in 2024, according to the American Association of Wine Economists. It's been a different story so far in 2025. Exports peaked in November 2024 at $54 million And have since plummeted... ... falling to just $2.7M in April.
June 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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nytimes.com
Congestion pricing was designed to finance more than $15 billion in critical transit upgrades in New York City. Those investments will take years. But the parallel changes at street level are already apparent. Here’s what we know so far. nyti.ms/4mbuGg0
May 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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robertmaguire.bsky.social
It's a high bar, but this from @radleybalko.bsky.social might be one of the most fucked up things I've read in the new Trump era. For context, this TX lawyer had just had an informal conversation with a family caught up in ICE raids.

Seriously. Read this. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
“A couple days later, on March 6, I was working from home at around 11:30 when I got a notice that my VPN had gone down,” he says. “I didn’t think much about it. It can cut out from time to time. About 10 minutes later, I got a knock at the door.” Two men were outside Jackson’s door, dressed in slacks and polos. They were not wearing badges. “I first thought they were going to try to sell me something. But as soon as I opened the door they said, ‘Are you Clayton Jackson?’ I think I shook my head or said ‘yeah,’ and then I heard, ‘We have information that you are obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation.’” Jackson says alarms went off in his head. “My first instinct was to want to know what this was about. That it must be a misunderstanding. So I started to tell them about how I’ve been involved in some pro bono work. Then this voice in my head kicked in and just said, you need to shut the fuck up — don’t say anything.” The officers never identified themselves. They did ask if they could come inside. “I said absolutely not,” Jackson says. “I asked for their names and badge numbers. They said they didn’t have to provide that information at this time. So I told them I’d be calling my lawyer and I shut the door behind me.” Jackson says his mind started racing. “I needed to know who they were, what agency they were with. Then I remembered that I have the Ring camera. Maybe I could watch the video of the incident and figure out who they were from that.” There was no video. “That’s when I learned why my VPN had gone down. It wasn’t the VPN. Someone had shut off my Wifi.” About 15 minutes after the interaction at his front door, Jackson’s Wifi was up and running again.
April 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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dacemoglumit.bsky.social
Dear followers, please see my FY article on breaking up Tech monopolies The US ruled against Google’s monopoly — Europe should do the same via @financialtimes.com. www.ft.com/content/2b78...
The US ruled against Google’s monopoly — Europe should do the same
As Big Tech tightens its grip on governments and markets, the EU must ensure competition can flourish
www.ft.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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karaswisher.bsky.social
Listen to this great pod podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
The Criminals
Podcast Episode · Sabotage · S1 E5 · 41m
podcasts.apple.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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goodluckmedia.bsky.social
Hey thanks @karaswisher.bsky.social!

Remember when two young people threw soup on a Van Gogh? SABOTAGE tells the story of a group of ordinary people doing shocking things to save the planet — and their connection to a scandalous American family dynasty. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
April 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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weisenthal.bsky.social
In 3 sessions, S&P 500 futures have plunged about 15%. Legit market crash
April 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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alphaville.ft.com
And, we're off.

on.ft.com/43HFM5K
GS sees US recession if full tariff rates go into effect
[FREE TO READ] And it’s almost 50-50 even if they don’t
on.ft.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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reckless.bsky.social
It is simply incredible how many people know Decoder from this one episode which would have been totally unremarkable had Intuit not insisted on scoring this PR own goal. But it was worth the risk to them to try and keep this part of their business in the shadows www.theverge.com/2024/10/21/2...
Intuit asked us to delete part of this Decoder episode
Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi claims it’s not accurate the company lobbies against free tax filing.
www.theverge.com
April 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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reckless.bsky.social
There’s that Intuit lobbying money
makenakelly.bsky.social makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · Apr 5
DOGE IRS lead Sam Corcos has also told agency workers that he wants to kill DirectFile, IRS's recently released free tax-filing service.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
April 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
April 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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weisenthal.bsky.social
8 THOUGHT ON ONE OF THE CRAZIEST DAYS EVER

From the newsletter. Subscribe here. www.bloomberg.com/account/news...
April 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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alphaville.ft.com
"a self-fulfilling unwind of extreme US asset overweights from countries that have exported capital to the US over the last decade"

on.ft.com/4iY96tq
‘Beware a dollar confidence crisis’ — DB
[FREE TO READ] Taking another look at the puzzling greenback puke
on.ft.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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weisenthal.bsky.social
Dollar falling virtually every major currency in the world right now
April 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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mcsweeneys.net
"Are you super committed to universities, and what would you consider a 'tie' to a university? If I go to a college campus once a week to take my kids to piano lessons, will you abduct me there, or is this really more to instill fear in all of the 'good' immigrants?"
An Open Letter to ICE Regarding My Potential Disappearance
Dear ICE official(s), I noticed you recently detained your first Iranian foreign national. As a first-generation Iranian American, I’ve been condit...
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April 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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goodluckmedia.bsky.social
Have you listened to SABOTAGE yet? New episode drops tomorrow, wherever you get your podcasts!

Executive produced with @weareyellowdot.bsky.social and @ghostpanther.bsky.social.
March 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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goodluckmedia.bsky.social
The world freaked out when 2 young people threw soup on a Van Gogh to demand action on climate change. But protecting the painting was always part of the plan.

With @weareyellowdot.bsky.social & @ghostpanther.bsky.social, listen to SABOTAGE wherever you get your podcasts. tinyurl.com/4jeepnuy
March 31, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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dangoodin.bsky.social
A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile removed by employer Indiana University, & had his homes raided by the FBI. No one knows why.

arstechnica.com/security/202...
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado
Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.
arstechnica.com
March 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom have learned their lesson.

by Susan Collins
March 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
The Mamdani campaign released the following statement:

“This is us while fasting.”
March 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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netw3rk.bsky.social
Can someone who understands the economy tell me—does the commerce secretary begging people to buy a stock mean that the stock is good or bad
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Mar 20
The Commerce Secretary of the US is telling people to go out and buy stock in a specific company on national television.
March 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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johncassidysays.bsky.social
This, I fear, will become a key issue in the days and weeks ahead. How will investors react to a sustained effort by Trump to override the authority of the the courts?
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Mar 18
EVERCORE: “.. if the Trump Administration defies a court order in a way that impacts meaningful government spending or undercuts the judiciary’s ability to enforce contracts or effectively mediate commercial disputes .. then we see higher risks of an adverse market reaction.” 🇺🇸
March 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM