thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this: u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.

Ethics officials sacked for caring about ethics. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

What happens when you elect the sleaziest real estate developer in NYC and SCOTUS tells him that nobody is above the law but him —>

The US Supreme Court let the Trump administration for now withhold $4 billion in food aid that a judge had ordered distributed Friday to fully fund November benefits for 42 million people. Latest from Greg Stohr: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Election Crimes Bulletin: “When you let people vote, they vote progressive.” 🔊 gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/when-you-l... #ZohranMamdani #Podcast

“My friends, the world is changing. It's not a question of whether that change will come. It's a question of who will change it.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵

On hustle culture, I told Bamboo HR News, "If your employees can’t take a two-week vacation without work grinding to a halt, then you don’t have enough staff." newsroom.bamboohr.com/amy-diehl-wi...

Advice for Mamdani, use the market, don't fight it cepr.net/publications...

While DOJ appeals yesterday’s court order in NCN’s litigation requiring the administration to fully fund SNAP, USDA sends a letter to states saying they are complying. More to come.

Donald Trump continues to find shockingly unqualified and disgusting people to pardon. His latest, Cade Cothren, is a prime example. We can’t let these shameful and corrupt pardons fly under the radar—please share. youtube.com/shorts/WoZIt...

It’s truly a loss today. First time since 1948, the government didn’t collect information on unemployment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6isk...

Any baseball fans want to chip in a few bucks for my son's college fundraiser? vraise.org/tQOA0y

One reason the US lacks public investment in paid sick, family, and parental leaves is because of a tacit assumption that women will continue to do this work. www.forbes.com/sites/adiaha...

New for The Ten Four: Los Angeles City Controller Mejia recently released the results of their assessment of the LAPD’s Mental Evaluation Unit (MEU). The assessment claims LAPD does not give their units necessary tools, and receives minimal mental health training. latenfour.com/2025/10/30/l...

This morning, my spouse spotted 7 National Guard members picking up trash in DC's Malcolm X Park. This "deployment" costs taxpayers $1.1 million / day. Why is there money for this but not for food, housing, or care?

US naval ships will steer away from Hurricane Melissa but will remain in the Caribbean. What if they helped with relief in Jamaica instead of threatening to invade Venezuela?

What you need to know about Venezuela to understand why Trump has ordered a covert* operation to overthrow their government. ▶️ Full story: gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/i-met-chav... (*By the way, Donald, when you announce a “covert” operation, it’s no longer covert. But never mind.)

I met Chávez and Maduro. I know drugs are not the reason Trump wants war with Venezuela. You need to know three things about Venezuela to understand why Donald Trump has ordered a covert operation to overthrow their government... gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/i-met-chav...

Google ended its Women Techmakers career resource program and erased their work. The decision communicated in a terse email. "The message it sends to women in tech, and women in general, is that we cannot count on unwavering support from big corporations." www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/t...

Greetings! I’m here in South LA, in front of Santee High School. Federal law enforcement rammed a vehicle, and shot at least one suspect during a law enforcement operation. One man who streams on Tik Tok, Nick, was reportedly hit. One US marshal hit. Lots of preliminary info.

So when a journalist for a pro-Trump outlet known for spreading conspiracy theories resigns over the Pentagon's new press restrictions... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...

Once again, Trump has made a mockery of the pardon power by commuting the prison sentence of serial fraudster George Santos AND forgiving his restitution—meaning his victims won't be repaid, and there's no accountability to the American people. youtube.com/shorts/dve8e...

[checks calendar]

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al. A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator" 3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

Los Angeles, CA- Hundreds here at metro detention center, after the no kings rally. LAPD has blocked off the area in front of the detention center with tape and a police line, some officers carrying “less lethal” launchers. Tensions palpable but nothing physical.

Greetings! I’m here at what will be the Downtown Los Angeles No Lings protest. Despite it not officially starting for more than two hours, there are a few hundred people already at City Hall and Grand Park. One in a bee costume.

Portland 🔥🔥🔥

Pam Bondi testified on Capitol Hill yesterday. I watched so you don't have to. Here's my report. 🫠 youtube.com/shorts/WMNsC...

I’ve been worried a lot that this is right. Gold is skyrocketing in value because the world is losing faith in the role of US as guarantor/backstop of global economy open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

@pkrugman.bsky.social gold bugs are bugging! youtu.be/LhK8X-ruxPE?...

New for The Ten Four: A Los Angeles County court has accepted a plea disposition in the case of Eyal Shalom, who deployed chemical irritants on Mirror Media Group journalist Dolores Quintana while engaging protesters at UCLA. latenfour.com/2025/10/06/m...

Farmworkers in the Coachella Valley work in intense heat 8 months a year. Air conditioning is essential to their recovery at the end of each day. But it's expensive! I visited on a sweltering day to document an effort to bring costs down for one family. 🌞 insideclimatenews.org/news/0410202...

The question now is stark: When the illegal order comes — to turn U.S. troops with live ammunition on the American people — will these generals follow it? And are they more or less likely to after this gathering? @hartmannreport.com & I discuss: gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/trump-decl...

The President could have designated a handful of BLS employees essential and given us the September employment report today. Instead, we got this ...

The indictment of James Comey may have a fatal flaw—the unlawful appointment of the U.S. Attorney who signed it. This would be a major setback for Trump's revenge agenda. youtube.com/shorts/KeLFw...

#BREAKING: #SCOTUS punts in the Lisa Cook case, deferring resolution of Trump’s emergency application seeking to remove Cook from the Federal Reserve Board pending argument on the application in January 2026. Cook stays on the Board for now:

Scoop: CBS News' corporate-installed, MAGA-loving ombudsman visited the network on Monday, visiting with senior leadership. Meanwhile, the Bari Weiss appointment is imminent. More in @status.news: link.status.news/4nrFwyD

This is what CBS staffers have told me about the possibility of Bari Weiss taking over the newsroom: One, she's not a journalist, as far as we're concerned. And two, the idea that she's going to carry some sort of editorial stick for us is hard to swallow.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

According to @oliverdarcy.bsky.social in tonight's Status, Paramount's purchase of The Free Press is imminent and will be announced in the next few days, with Bari Weiss being named the editor in chief of CBS News. www.status.news/p/washington...

Trump to generals: "Last month, I signed an executive order to provide training for a quick reaction force that can help quell civil disturbances. This is gonna be a big thing for the people in this room, because it's the enemy from within & we have to handle it before it gets out of control"

Trump declares war on Americans: "Our history is filled with military heroes who took on all enemies foreign and domestic. That's what the oath says -- foreign and domestic. Well we also have domestic."

I'm not sure how to read it other than making a commitment to lower rates -- data willing or not -- is the playbook. The Fed is in a time of transition and it's worthwhile listening to people like Bowman and Miran, especially where their views are outside the current norms at the Fed.

Interesting side note on Tesla comp: one of the milestones Musk has to cross is delivery of 20M Tesla vehicles, but the counting starts on day of first delivery. His 2012 plan had vehicle production milestones (tranches at 100k, 200k & 300k). So basically the same vehicles are being counted twice.

FT survey is not an outlier. Near unanimous support for Waller in survey of former Fed officials and staff. econ.duke.edu/news/new-sur...

By endorsing Trump, #RFKJr has endorsed everything he ever fought against. Trump won the election by removing voters of color. Bobby was a voting rights advocate. How could he stand there next to that man who is mass challenging voters? gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/bobby-kenn...

Video below: “I am American. I am American.” A man pleads, “Ayúdame, ayúdame. Help me!” Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now. What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats

Mainstream economics continues to rely on Newtonian mathematics — using calculus to optimise, subject to constraints, an approach not suited to understanding macroeconomics or human behavior. Nice shoutout to Vela Velupillai, my former professor at The New School www.ft.com/content/2925...