Nate Weisberg
@WeisbergNate
Editor @monthly
“Fox never has populist-nationalists on, hard-core MAGA people like her,” Steve Bannon told me. “For whatever reason, they’ve decided Batya is an acceptable populist-nationalist.” washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/09/who…
Batya Ungar-Sargon, a Berkeley-educated leftist who couldn’t bear drinking at a bar with Trump voters, is now MAGA’s top defender. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/09/who…
This article does not “utterly destroy” @ZephyrTeachout’s article. @ATabarrok doesn’t know what the controlling law is. FTC v. Morton Salt, 334 U.S. 37 (1948) states that volume discounting *can* violate the law if not cost justified or reasonably obtainable by all purchasers.
In which @ATabarrok utterly destroys the Zephyr Teachout op-ed on grocery prices: marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…
In Tel Aviv, Israeli protesters rallied for a deal to end the war with Hamas and secure the hostages' release, holding photos of starving children in Gaza and voicing sharp criticism of Prime Minister Netanyahu.
It may well be that Hamas-and others-have stolen aid. But this is a good reminder to be skeptical of pundits who simply repeat Israeli govt talking points: "An internal U.S. government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies by Hamas in…
It may well be that Hamas-and others-have stolen aid. But this is a good reminder to be skeptical of pundits who simply repeat Israeli govt talking points: "An internal U.S. government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies by Hamas in…
Price discrimination laws like Robinson Patman do not forbid pricing differences based on operational efficiency, so does not touch actual economies of scale. Its different prices based on clout/market power that are forbidden. Understandable misunderstanding by many.
Isn't that more a product of an economy of scale? Any buyer gets better pricing when ordering in larger quantities. Economy of scale is a good thing.
Thank God, I was just thinking we haven't tried cutting taxes without paying for it in a while
NEW -- Trump says he is thinking about eliminating tax on capital gains on home sales.
Ghislaine Maxwell’s only logical play is to exonerate Trump — and pray for a pardon, right? Or am I missing something??
MUST READ “Democrats Should Get Tough and Quit Negotiating Spending Bills” washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/22/dem…
MUST READ…Trump’s Budget Could Break the Economy washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/20/tru…
I see several people are skeptical of laws against price discrimination in grocery. You're not alone, Robert Bork was too! But besides my oped, there's two must-read pieces about why such laws are essential for abundant and affordable groceries. 1/ theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
This comment is unperceptive. @ZephyrTeachout literally says the wholesalers/distributors price discriminate (I.e underprice when they sell to big retailers) and the big retailers price gouge (I.e overprice when they sell to consumers).
Unusually perceptive NYT comment
.@jonathanalter @monthly
Michael Wolff is sitting on a trove of 100 hours of interviews with Jeffrey Epstein and says he sent the disgraced financier a message only hours before his death. @Jonathanalter calls him to discuss: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/20/the…
Rob Shapiro is right. Tragically so. Trump’s Budget Could Break the Economy | Washington Monthly washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/20/tru…
“Trump’s use of executive power is not a distortion of the Roberts Court’s theory of the presidency; it is the Court’s theory of the presidency, brought to life.” My take in the Atlantic. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
The FCC making approval of a company's media deal conditional on the political perspective of that company is an extraordinary violation of the 1st Amendment.
Skydance CEO David Ellison Pledged to FCC He Would 'Ensure' CBS News Coverage Reflects 'Varied Ideological Perspectives' variety.com/2025/biz/news/…
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“Likes Don’t Equal Votes” My @monthly look at the import of content creator Deja Foxx losing to Pima County Board of Supervisors member Adelita Grijalva in the AZ-07 primary washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/17/lik…
I look for silver linings. And CBS ending hilarious, brilliant, wise @StephenAtHome’s show after eleven years—“a financial decision not related in any way to the show's content”—has one. Colbert now has a whole year to satirize his bootlicker bosses and all the booted villains.