Josh Barro
@jbarro
I write a newsletter (at http://joshbarro.com) & I co-host http://serioustrouble.show w/ @popehat Email josh at joshbarro dot com
The reporters have stupid NIMBY sympathies but the photo editor did a solid here with this caption. nypost.com/2025/07/21/us-…
When I said I had the file on my desk and would be making a decision soon, I didn’t mean I actually had the file on my desk or that there actually was a file or that I would be making decision soon. I was just trying to get you to shut up about it for a while.
Jubilee presents: Jean Garnett vs 20 guys who wanna chat on Hinge but aren't ready to meet yet
Markets don't care about tariff risk. Except when tariff risk is reduced slightly, in which case it's a buying opportunity
S&P 500 UP 0.5%, NASDAQ UP 0.35%, DOW UP 0.8%
“Americans love exaggerating European poverty. Anyway, why don’t they just use clotheslines like early 20th century peasants?”
It’s hard to get your head around being this good at a sport for 30 years, from a young teenager to mid-40s.
Wow. Wow. WOW! 45 year old Legend Venus Williams, playing her first singles match since march 2024, defeats world #35 Peyton Stearns 6-3, 6-4 to reach the 2nd round in Washington WTA 500. Hit 9 aces. That's her first singles win since august 2023. Simply UNREAL.
Florida’s High-Speed Rail Rattles Investors, Defying Its Promise bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Republicans are shutting down all House business just to protect Trump and block release of the Epstein files. Shameful!
Breaking News: Speaker Mike Johnson said he would shut down the House until September to block a vote on calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. nyti.ms/4nZtblR
a touching tribute you can really tell the way Colbert spoke truth to power by how cheerful power looks as they laugh together
Stephen Colbert is the best in the business. He always told truth to power and pulled no punches. We need more of that, not less.
Has anyone gotten Suey Park’s take on the Colbert cancellation?
george clooney showed more civic virtue in 2024 than almost any democratic current or former officeholder
A depressing thing about the Democratic Party is that the party actually would work better if George Clooney were in charge
So, how's the painting coming?
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…
This under-construction 7-bedroom, $14mm mansion did not have to pay any affordable housing fee. If you built a five-unit apartment of the same size, it'd need to pay a $360,000 affordable housing fee. How do five small homes neg. impact affordability more than one mansion?