News: Sen. Josh Hawley wants to ban self-driving cars, is planning legislation on it soon. “I think we ought to ban autonomous vehicles,” he told me, calling them “not safe” and saying it would be “terrible for working people” if they become the norm. www.businessinsider.com/josh-hawley-...

"Digital content creators" are among the 68 occupations that the Treasury Department has deemed eligible for the "no tax on tips" deduction. They explicitly name streamers, influencers, podcasters as illustrative examples. via @danwhateley.bsky.social and me www.businessinsider.com/influencers-...

Trump hasn't committed to sending out "DOGE checks" or tariff rebates — or even pushing for it. Republicans in Congress are largely opposed. He's still fundraising off of it. Here's one from today that somehow mentions *both*. Subject line: "Do you want a DOGE check?"

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is the first member of Congress to disclose purchasing stocks right before Trump's tariff pause sent markets soaring. She bought between $21,000 and $315,000 in stocks across 19 different companies on April 8 and 9. www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-tay...

Was there any insider trading around Trump's tariff announcements? We won't really know for weeks. www.businessinsider.com/politicians-...

Two of Trump's nominees have made thousands of dollars from posting on X. NIH Director nominee Jay Bhattacharya: $11,995. Department of VA Undersecretary nominee Sam Brown: $5,169. w/ @thenewsham.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/jay-bhattach...

Pam Bondi disclosed owning more than $3.9 million in Truth Social stock in December, according to documents obtained by BI. www.businessinsider.com/pam-bondi-tr...

New: Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth's financial disclosure is out. It shows he made more than $2 million/year at Fox News, plus $900,000 from 41 paid speeches. www.businessinsider.com/pete-hegseth...

New: Lee Zeldin, Trump's pick to lead the EPA, was paid tens of thousands of dollars to write op-eds criticizing ESG and New York's climate policies, per his financial disclosure. He also made $65,500 in paid speeches and won $45,475 from casino gambling. www.businessinsider.com/trump-epa-no...

It appears that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema was wearing her famous "Dangerous Creature" sweater on Capitol Hill yesterday when she and Sen. Joe Manchin voted against renominating Lauren McFarren to the NLRB, denying Democrats a major on the top labor board.

It’s not just Elizabeth Warren — several progressives see the UHC CEO killing as a moment where the rage toward the healthcare industry can’t be ignored. www.businessinsider.com/unitedhealth...

Despite Trump’s seemingly open-minded stance on the topic, Republicans are broadly uninterested in a federal minimum wage increase. www.businessinsider.com/trump-minimu...

AOC confirms her interest in being top Democrat on House Oversight Committee if Rep. Jamie Raskin replaces Rep. Jerry Nadler atop Judiciary. “I’m looking into it,” she told me. “I am interested.” She’d need to win support of colleagues, could be competitive. She’s currently vice ranking member.

To understand how some in the GOP view Chavez-DeRemer, consider Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who said he's concerned about her pro-labor record but his "bias is supporting President Trump in staffing his administration with the people he wants around him." www.businessinsider.com/trump-labor-...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren offering some conditional praise for Trump's nominee for Labor Secretary, outgoing GOP Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

Oh look! It’s a gallery of things I must now order online because it takes 20 minutes to find the Keeper of the Deodorant Key

am i on someone’s “starter pack” or something because i’ve been gaining hella followers despite never posting on here

an insightful but grim read mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalism...

if i haven’t followed you back it’s because i don’t know if i’m actually gonna use this app lol

sup

Yes, AIPAC spent $14 million+ to defeat Jamaal Bowman, but there's more to it. @metzger.bsky.social joined @robrousseau.bsky.social and me to look at the full picture of Bowman's race: www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-289-why...

can yall talk about something besides Twitter

he’s not wrong about the Chad imagery

figuring out how to strategically distribute the 13 bluesky invites i’ve passively amassed

feel bad for not posting on here

Insider Union’s strike just ended.

Today, the White House crossed Insider Union’s digital picket line. Within hours, they threw their support behind our strike — and journalist strikes happening in newsrooms around the country. https://www.insiderunion.org/business-outsider/white-house-press-apologizes-insider-union-picket-line

Insider’s Union remains on strike. Do not click any links from Insider. This will be resolved when management engages in good faith with our bargaining committee on our long-overdue collective bargaining agreement. Hasn’t been happening these last few days.

my latest reporting on Feinstein

interesting thread

I don’t know if any campaign finance nerds are on here, but this story from me touches on the downstream effects of Ted Cruz vs. FEC. Ron Johnson could legally funnel $8.4 million from donors into his own personal coffers due to that SCOTUS decision.

follow @ursulaperano.bsky.social 😌

pronouncing “bluesky” like “brewski”

Sinema on election deniers in AZ: “What's happening in our public discourse is members of both political parties are twisting stories to create their own narratives.” “The two political parties have gotten more and more extreme. They've moved away from that center of working together.”

one of the more random hate mails i have received lol

NEW: I wrote about some of the lawmakers who are on this site — and why. I kept it pretty surface-level, a primer for the uninitiated… both for general edit-for-interest reasons and because I just got here this week and still don’t get a lot of the inside joking happening here 🥴

I am bringing back Scoppa Tu Mana or whatever 👍

look how fast @tonyromm.bsky.social got an invite

@robertgarcia.bsky.social is pro-skeet https://www.businessinsider.com/democrats-bluesky-aoc-garcia-wyden-schatz-frost-twitter-2023-5

A spokeswoman for Bluesky tells me tonight that there are at least 1.9 million people on the waitlist to get on this site. (I have a story about Bluesky publishing tomorrow AM 😊)

when mfs who follow me on Twitter won’t follow me back on here

Ted Cruz says podcasting is really important for his job, actually

I announced a bill for the first time on this app, and a reporter @metzger.bsky.social saw the skeet. Coverage of our people over parking bill - and coverage of the skeets.

JD Vance offered a fairly blunt defense of Tucker Carlson when I asked him about the text today. "It was actually quite introspective about how it made him feel," he told me. "I know Tucker… I felt that text message reflected well on him, not poorly.”

i may be a journalist but i sure as hell am not earnest

are any Republicans on this website

do we post our articles here too or is that considered gauche https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-skip-debate-senate-republicans-opponents-2024-campaign-2023-5

why can’t you DM people on here

welcome to my bluesky! please read my story on Hakeem Jeffries https://www.businessinsider.com/hakeem-jeffries-early-honeymoon-house-democrats-tension-progressives-2023-5