Jen W
@elladawg21.bsky.social
Tax attorney (estate/gift/GST), mom, runner, tax policy nerd
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BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
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DAMODARAN: “.. I’m thinking maybe I should hold something that is not going to be affected if inflation goes to 10% or if there’s a market and economic crisis .. The chance of that happening is perhaps greater than it’s been anytime in the last 20 years.”
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December 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
DAMODARAN: “.. I’m thinking maybe I should hold something that is not going to be affected if inflation goes to 10% or if there’s a market and economic crisis .. The chance of that happening is perhaps greater than it’s been anytime in the last 20 years.”
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He honestly thinks it’s his house.
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
He honestly thinks it’s his house.
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Must read about @thebostonceltics.bsky.social Bill Chisholm. This is the most comprehensive profile I've read about him from hiking the Appalachian Trail for weeks at a time every year to never have spoken to Irv Grousbeck, the architect of the $6.1 billion sale. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/s...
‘Who the hell is this guy?’ How Bill Chisholm closed the wildest deal of his life and bought the Celtics. - The Boston Globe
Chisholm grew up a tortured Boston sports fan. As a billionaire in his 50s, he achieved every child's dream: He bought his favorite team.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Must read about @thebostonceltics.bsky.social Bill Chisholm. This is the most comprehensive profile I've read about him from hiking the Appalachian Trail for weeks at a time every year to never have spoken to Irv Grousbeck, the architect of the $6.1 billion sale. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/s...
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Most of the scientists at the nonprofit that I cofounded, including my two cofounders, came from NCAR. It’s hard to overstate the importance of this place for climate science.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Most of the scientists at the nonprofit that I cofounded, including my two cofounders, came from NCAR. It’s hard to overstate the importance of this place for climate science.
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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Britons post three times as many shots of their pets on Instagram as they do of their partners, or even themselves, a survey found last year. “Pet parents”, as some insist on calling themselves, are becoming more affluent, too
Britons are becoming obsessed with pet photography
Photos of pets are more popular than those of partners
econ.st
December 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Britons post three times as many shots of their pets on Instagram as they do of their partners, or even themselves, a survey found last year. “Pet parents”, as some insist on calling themselves, are becoming more affluent, too
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December 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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We're all going to die.
Arctic sees hottest year since 1900 as climate crisis continues https://aje.io/nzin8o
December 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
We're all going to die.
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Jack Smith is testifying behind closed doors on Wednesday and there’s a lot to know about what the stakes are. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Jack Smith Testifies Before The House Judiciary Committee
Making sense of the circus
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Jack Smith is testifying behind closed doors on Wednesday and there’s a lot to know about what the stakes are. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them?
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them?
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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“.. Trump was inheriting an economy that was on a path toward what he might have called a big, beautiful soft landing.” His tariffs “reversed that momentum.”
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December 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“.. Trump was inheriting an economy that was on a path toward what he might have called a big, beautiful soft landing.” His tariffs “reversed that momentum.”
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Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) on GOPers letting ACA tax credits expire:
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
December 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) on GOPers letting ACA tax credits expire:
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
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"[T]he hundreds of billions of dollars being poured into data center construction have created a bubble that could take down the entire American economy if it pops. Should that happen, Silicon Valley could become the target of a degree of anger they haven’t seen before."
Very good read today:
Very good read today:
New in PN: The tech industry will come to regret its embrace of Trump
"A comprehensive anti-corruption, pro-consumer movement would inevitably target the industry and its indifference to the harms it creates. It could be incredibly potent, and tech barons would have no one to blame but themselves."
"A comprehensive anti-corruption, pro-consumer movement would inevitably target the industry and its indifference to the harms it creates. It could be incredibly potent, and tech barons would have no one to blame but themselves."
The tech industry will come to regret its embrace of Trump
For now, Silicon Valley is getting everything it wants. But a backlash is on its way.
www.publicnotice.co
December 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"[T]he hundreds of billions of dollars being poured into data center construction have created a bubble that could take down the entire American economy if it pops. Should that happen, Silicon Valley could become the target of a degree of anger they haven’t seen before."
Very good read today:
Very good read today:
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I would never defend modern home decor trends, which are uniformly awful, but I hated that gingerbread house for the one percent. I understood it as smart, appropriate production design but the fact that every room looked like an expensive Christmas present set my teeth on edge
I’m sorry to report, especially during this time of year, that the Home Alone House has become the latest victim of Millennial Gray.
December 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I would never defend modern home decor trends, which are uniformly awful, but I hated that gingerbread house for the one percent. I understood it as smart, appropriate production design but the fact that every room looked like an expensive Christmas present set my teeth on edge
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"Paraquat, the pesticide that appears to cause Parkinson’s in farmworkers, has been banned in Europe and China but remains available in the US. "
David Ferry for @wired.com
David Ferry for @wired.com
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
"Paraquat, the pesticide that appears to cause Parkinson’s in farmworkers, has been banned in Europe and China but remains available in the US. "
David Ferry for @wired.com
David Ferry for @wired.com
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"No similarity between the clear-thinking, self-governing stocks that sired the American people and this stream of irresponsible and broken wreckage that is pouring into the lifeblood of America the social and political diseases of the Old World."
Sound familiar?
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Sound familiar?
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
"No similarity between the clear-thinking, self-governing stocks that sired the American people and this stream of irresponsible and broken wreckage that is pouring into the lifeblood of America the social and political diseases of the Old World."
Sound familiar?
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Sound familiar?
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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For companies that want fresh capital without venturing across the Atlantic, it is the place to be. We explain why
Stockholm is Europe’s new capital of capital
And with Sweden embarking on a borrowing spree, it is a bond trader’s paradise
econ.st
December 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
For companies that want fresh capital without venturing across the Atlantic, it is the place to be. We explain why
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This devastating NYTimes assessment of the American military’s broken weapons development and military industrial systems is spot on. But if you’ve been reading @washingtonmonthly.com…/1 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Overmatched: Why the U.S. Military Must Reinvent Itself
Investing in the old ways of war leaves America at risk.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This devastating NYTimes assessment of the American military’s broken weapons development and military industrial systems is spot on. But if you’ve been reading @washingtonmonthly.com…/1 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Free business plan: half the planet would pay $10 a month for the Google search of 2004 and the Gmail of 2010. We will pay a company real money to insulate us from AI.
Google AI summaries are ruining the livelihoods of recipe writers: ‘It’s an extinction event’
Google AI summaries are ruining the livelihoods of recipe writers: ‘It’s an extinction event’
AI Mode is mangling recipes by merging instructions from multiple creators – and causing them huge dips in ad traffic
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Free business plan: half the planet would pay $10 a month for the Google search of 2004 and the Gmail of 2010. We will pay a company real money to insulate us from AI.
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
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The Democratic candidate who taps into this will win the nomination and, if we still have a democracy, the White House
"For the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate."
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The Democratic candidate who taps into this will win the nomination and, if we still have a democracy, the White House
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WSJ explains how FBI was able to solve Pipe Bomber case after so many years: an Agent wrote code to access T-Mobile data FBI HAD thought was corrupted.
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
WSJ explains how FBI was able to solve Pipe Bomber case after so many years: an Agent wrote code to access T-Mobile data FBI HAD thought was corrupted.
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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13 years ago today.
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
13 years ago today.