Dan Primack
@danprimack
Biz editor @Axios. Pro Rata newsletter. [email protected]. Native Masshole. DM for Signal/Telegram.
Lot of talk about “winning” the AI race against China. Almost none about what “winning” actually means.
Thanks to @ShenLucinda for handling the newsletter last week. Will be dark this week — yes, the one where Trump likely approves private equity for 401(k)’s 🤦🏻— and then back Monday, July 28. GetProRata.Axios.com
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱"Bibi acted like a madman": Trump's team frets about Netanyahu after Syria strikes. @MarcACaputo and me write for @axios axios.com/2025/07/20/isr…
Just threw up a little in my mouth
BREAKING: Marcus Smart has agreed to a contract buyout with the Washington Wizards and intends to sign a two-year, $11 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers after clearing waivers, sources tell ESPN. A return to a grand stage for the 2022 NBA Defensive Player of the Year.
This entire story is horrific… Allentown grandfather’s family was told he died in ICE custody. Then they learned he’s alive — in a hospital in Guatemala, they say mcall.com/2025/07/18/lui…
Longtime limited partners in private equity have begun questioning the model, in light of the distribution draught and concentration of capital in fewer hands. It’s at this moment that private equity is going to gain access to 401(k)’s, via Trump. Even when PE begins to lose,…
Trump on Powell: “I was surprised he was appointed” (Trump appointed him)
I’m not sure the WH really understands the word “deadline”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested the deadline for a US-China tariff truce slated to end next month is flexible bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Flashback: Trump was asked about wishing Ghislaine Maxwell well in an interview with @jonathanvswan on "Axios on HBO" in 2020
Got a lot of beach reading time ahead. Nonfiction recommendations please… (Just finished Empire of AI by @_KarenHao… very worthy read, even if you disagree with some of her conclusions)
Spending the next couple weeks at the beach in Martha’s Vineyard, masquerading among the beautiful people, so a reminder that @ShenLucinda has the Axios Pro Rata reins. Please send her news and scoop: [email protected]
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Where’s the press conference? Why drop an unsigned memo on a Sunday night to Axios? Why not stand and take all the Qs?
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the iconic Live Aid 1985. Here are some of the greatest performances from that day. A thread 🧵 1. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody