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Samuel Rubenfeld (he/him)

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senior reporter, financial crime and corruption, MLex. Talk for hours, I hardly know ya But I, I'm listening https://www.mlex.com/mlex/financial-crime

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Samuel Rubenfeld (he/him) @srubenfeld.bsky.social · Nov 15

now that the skyline is more populated, I am going to be more intentional about how I use this site.

Reintroduction: I am a senior reporter for MLex, covering financial crime and corruption. I am often in court.

Otherwise, I read a lot of news, watch a lot of NY sports and listen to a lot of music

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2h

"Among the estimated total population of Gaza, this is equivalent to more than 54,600 children up to six years old who need emergency nutrition and medical care, including 12,800 severely wasted children, the researchers said."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Almost 55,000 children in Gaza acutely malnourished, Lancet study estimates

Study shows clear link between Israeli restrictions on aid entering Gaza and levels of malnutrition among children

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 17h

Hey cool the NOAA guy who was found to have violated the agency's code of ethics for his role in Sharpiegate has been confirmed as the head of NOAA.

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA

www.nytimes.com

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3h

China unveils sweeping rare earth export controls to protect ‘national security’ on.ft.com/4nHKoQl

China unveils sweeping rare earth export controls to protect ‘national security’

Beijing is leveraging its dominant position in the critical minerals supply chain

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CNN @cnn.com · 3h

JUST IN: National Guard troops have started their mission in the greater Chicago area, an official says, as court showdowns over deployments loom. https://cnn.it/4q2CJ0s

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Andrew Hammond @ahamm.bsky.social · 3h

A photo like this is going to inspire an entire generation of girls to hoop even more.

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 2h

NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin remains committed to his theory of victory, which holds that Russia can outlast the West and Ukraine in a war of attrition, and his demand for Ukraine’s full capitulation. (1/

Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar100825

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 2h

One last postseason diaper blowout for Clayton Kershaw. A beautiful sendoff for a legend.

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 3h

When the Yankees get eliminated

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 7h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 6h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 3h

HAPPY YANKEE ELIMINATION DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

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Samuel Rubenfeld (he/him) @srubenfeld.bsky.social · 3h

Everyone decided Christmas is in October and it’s breaking my brain

Choire @choire.bsky.social · 4h

2025 is over eggnog’s here

Samuel Rubenfeld (he/him) @srubenfeld.bsky.social · 4h

They’re not sending their best (to Yankee Stadium)

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 5h

Quite a headline
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Trump to get a 'routine yearly' medical check-up — his second in 6 months

The White House said Trump would be at Walter Reed Medical Center and undergo a checkup after a planned meeting with service members in the facility.

www.nbcnews.com

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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 6h

Have Russians set up a military base in my childhood home?

Satellite images show the house where the BBC's Vitaly Shevchenko grew up could now be a Russian base.

www.bbc.com

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Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 6h

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5h

A bipartisan measure to block the Trump administration’s lethal strikes against alleged Venezuelan drug smugglers fell short in the Senate, in what Democratic lawmakers framed as a failure of Congress to assert its constitutional role to decide whether the country enters war.

Senate bipartisan move to restrict Trump’s Venezuela war powers fails

A bipartisan Senate resolution to restrain Trump’s ability to wage war against alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers failed in a TK-TK vote.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6h

BREAKING: Hamas will release all 20 living hostages this weekend, AP sources say, as Israelis will withdraw from majority of Gaza.

Israel, Hamas agree to 'first phase' of plan to end fighting, release hostages, Trump says

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first Phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

AP: “.. the administration has only pointed to unclassified video clips of the strikes posted on social media by President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and has yet to produce ‘hard evidence’ that the vessels were carrying drugs.”

@apnews.com
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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 7h

New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

www.bloomberg.com

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bmaz @bmaz.bsky.social · 7h

Is Trump going to have Americans extrajudicially executed in their homes?

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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athenamaggie.bsky.social @athenamaggie.bsky.social · 8h

“But at oral argument today, Justice Sam Alito brought up an important, additional way that he thought Bost could be harmed by Illinois’s law, which Bost carelessly left out of his complaint: People could vote for Democrats.”

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 10h

every so often Justice Alito says something during Supreme Court oral argument that makes me perk up and go uhh lol this man's brain is pickled in conservative crank juice fr fr

today was one such day

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/bost-...

Sam Alito Is Just Asking Questions About Mail-In Voting

In Illinois, Democrats passed a law making it easier for people to cast absentee ballots. Alito was ready to give the Republican challenging the law some free advice.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7h

NEW: State attorneys general and Trump, featuring N.J. A.G. Matthew Platkin.

"The Supreme Court has seemed like almost overeager to jump into these fights," Platkin says of recent shadow docket rulings. "That is not the way this court is supposed to function."

This evening, at Law Dork:

State attorneys general and Trump, featuring N.J. A.G. Matthew Platkin

"The Supreme Court has seemed like almost overeager to jump into these fights," Platkin says of recent shadow docket rulings. "That is not the way this court is supposed to function."

www.lawdork.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7h

BREAKING: Israel and Hamas reach agreement on "first phase" of plan to stop fighting, release hostages and prisoners, Trump says.

Israel, Hamas agree to 'first phase' of plan to end fighting, release hostages, Trump says

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first Phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

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No true bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 7h

Look, I straightforwardly despise Trump. But ending this war is an unalloyed good and I will give him credit for this.

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