Jordan Weissmann
@JHWeissmann
Covering federal agencies and consumer affairs for Yahoo Finance. Ex-Semafor, Slate, Atlantic. Got tips? Email [email protected]. Signal: jhw.54
Imposing a rule: If we are having a conversation, and you tweet at me 3 times or more in a row without my responding, you're getting blocked as a matter of principal, because it's annoying and a sign you are probably a psychopath.
If you are comparing AOC to *Ritchie Torres* on the issue of support for Palestine, you have completely lost the plot, are living in an alternate reality, and you should be ignored in perpetuity.
The Boogie Down Liberation Front sent me this statement: “The Bronx is sick and tired of people like AOC and Ritchie Torres using us as a stepping stone for their own political careers.”
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It’s fine to debate the extent to which insurance reduces mortality. But no other developed country thinks about coverage in these narrow terms. Instead, meaningful access to the health system and protection from financial catastrophe are a basic part of the social contract.
If Medicaid were a drug, the FDA wouldn’t approve it—and could punish its salesmen with up to a year in prison for claiming it saves lives. My latest Substack post springs from a exchange between @Brian_Blase, @CitizenCohn, @AngelaWyse, others, and me. (Link below.)
There’s a notable moment in Ross Douthat’s podcast interview with Bret Stephens where he asks if there’s any red line Israel could cross in Gaza that would make Stephens think the war was immoral. And Stephens just dodges the question and moves on.
I’d add Waller is the only potential candidate who would basically be above partisan suspicion in Democrat administration, which would be generally good for US political stability
Many people on the Street are unjustifiably attacking Governor Waller. He is debasing himself to succeed Powell in service of Trump, or so the thinking goes. Ah yes, he is bending over backward by pointing out that the US economy is not in fact as good as the White House claims.
Only guy in the world who could somehow blame this on Coldplay. Just a first ballot hall of fame, generational hater. They don’t make them like this anymore.
Cheating CEOs are safe at Oasis concerts, Liam Gallagher told the crowd at a concert. “Do we have any lovebirds in the house? Don’t worry, we ain’t got any of that Coldplay, snidey f*cking camera sh*t. It doesn’t matter to us who you’re f*cking mingling with, or tingling with or…
fascinating
Howard Lutnick's investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald is offering to buy the right to businesses tariff refunds, basically betting that the courts will overturn the tariffs.
Privatizing the TVA, similar to re-privatizing Fannie and Freddie, would be some pretty classic neoliberalism. theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
He returned from his trip on the 14th of June. Went to camp David on the 20th and the debate was on the 27th. How much Ambien did they give him?
Hunter Biden suggest former President Biden’s disastrous debate performance was due to Ambien “I’ll tell you what, I know exactly what happened in that debate. He flew around the world basically … He’s 81 years old. He’s tired as shit. They give him Ambien to be able to sleep.…
It's good to see that Hunter has taken some time to process the election, look inward, and hold himself accountable for how his family's insular, dare I say arrogant at times, approach to politics led to this catastrophic outcome we're all now living with.
Hunter Biden just went off on the Democratic Party: "Fuck him and everybody around him... George Clooney is not a fucking an actor. He's a brand." "James Carville hasn't won a race in 40 fucking years." "David Axelrod had one success in his political life and that was Barack…
Last week, Chicago passed an ordinance on a 50-0 vote that will transform housing development in the city. You can now build housing without parking on a majority of residential property in the city! Here's the interactive map misterclean.github.io/chicago-parkin…
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Credit where its due. The Chicago Progressive Caucus has really turned a corner on their housing abundance policy. Three aldermen are sticking their neck out big time to support ordinances that would increase the housing capacity allowed on Broadway. They are doing this over…
I think too many people are over-estimating the role Trump has in making a deal to get the Commanders a new stadium in D.C. The land’s lease is held by D.C., the deal is before the D.C. Council, and federal law prohibits any federal funds being spent on a stadium.
President Donald Trump is doubling down. He says he won’t make a deal for the team to build a new stadium if they don’t change their name back to the Washington Redskins. Buckle up.
Assuming this is true: what would it mean if a clear majority of Jewish voters, in the most Jewish city in America, in the traditional Jewish party, voted for a candidate who the Jewish establishment orgs told them was antisemitic? Hard to think of a more forceful rejection.
At Hampton Synagogue this morning, Andrew Cuomo said he "didn't debunk" Mamdani enough. Cuomo added that Mamdani got "more than 50 percent" of the Jewish vote. "Those young people, the under-30 people, they are pro-Palestinian, and they don't consider it being anti-Israel."
“But there is a log of instances Donald Trump is mentioned in the files, there are video and PDF trainings instructing analysts to flag Trump, there were multiple instances of Trump appearing in the files…” muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstein-…