Andrea Riquier
@riquier.bsky.social
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USA Today reporter, basset hound mom, runner, New Yorker, survivor. Secure Signal at (347) 441-0040.
I wrote about the dispute be Fidelity Investments and a newish fintech called Pontera. It raises tons of interesting issues about what happens when we leave ordinary Americans at the mercy of the financial services industry for their golden years.
#retirement
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
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Fidelity faces off against fintech in battle over 401(k) access
America's 401(k) system leaves consumers at the mercy of financial services companies. One small upstart is tackling a giant incumbent over access.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/10/22/fidelity-pontera-fintech-401k-retirement/86695501007/
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Jay Rosen
4 months ago
People might not know about the extreme level of worry that journalists live with after their story has been published or broadcast. The fear that they got something wrong literally keeps them up at night. Obsessively. Now imagine what it will be like as newsrooms thin out and more errors are made.
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Conrad Hackett
about 1 month ago
We also allowed write in nominations for 'America's sport.' The most common answers volunteered were golf, boxing, rodeo & ice skating. Among the more creative answers we received were โcompetitive eating,โ โgrievance politics,โ โreality TVโ and โcow tipping.โ
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From my talented colleague
@dinahvp.bsky.social
, a smart synthesis that sums up the sharp contrasts here in New York this week. ๐โฝ
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Trump pans climate change, touts his energy agenda in UN speech
President Donald Trump continued to cast doubts on climate change and global warming in UN speech, touting his push to expand fossil fuels.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/23/trump-pans-climate-change-touts-his-energy-agenda-in-un-speech/86313845007/
about 2 months ago
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The Sunday Long Read
3 months ago
Check out this week's SLR featuring
@riquier.bsky.social
,
@danwetzel.bsky.social
โฌ,
@jeffhorwitz.bsky.social
โฌ,
@dhruvkhullar.bsky.social
โฌ,
@charlottetklein.bsky.social
โฌ,
@epcalabro.bsky.social
& more
mailchi.mp/sundaylongre...
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The Sunday Long Read: Worm Hunters, Missing Journalist, Doodlemania
The week's best journalism. Every Sunday.
https://mailchi.mp/sundaylongread.com/aug17?e=d38334bdf0
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Eduardo Cuevas
3 months ago
The Legionnairesโ disease outbreak in New York City is an American problem.
@riquier.bsky.social
reports on the crisis for cities, housing, health and climate for
@usatoday.com
:
#news
#science
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Legionnaires' disease is spreading thanks to a perfect storm of conditions
Legionnaires' disease has killed at least five in New York and sickened many more, but its risk factors are widespread and growing across the US.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2025/08/22/legionnaires-disease-spreads-wider-why-many-factors/85744118007/
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USA TODAY
3 months ago
Saul Blair has devoted years of his life to reclaiming family land purchased by his great-grandfather in the years after slavery.
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The heir's property: one man's journey to reclaim family land in the American South
Saul Blair has devoted years of his life to reclaiming family land purchased by his great-grandfather in the years after slavery.
https://bit.ly/41sCRvC
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Ellen Chang
12 months ago
Here is the journalists of color starter pack.
go.bsky.app/BmnETn7
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Journalists of Color Starter pack
Join the conversation
https://go.bsky.app/BmnETn7
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Debbie Carlson
4 months ago
A great read from
@riquier.bsky.social
about her first journalism job and her suggestions for new journalists. Love the photo!
@ryanbeckwith.bsky.social
My First Byline: Andrea Riquier - by Ryan Teague Beckwith
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My First Byline: Andrea Riquier
Reporter, USA Today
https://share.google/EaYAGhCrnZ22Y6PfU
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NameNerds is one of my favorite sub Reddits
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I wrote about the
#BondMarket
rout.
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The bond market sell-off is more worrisome than the one in stocks. Here's what to know.
Bonds have been selling off over the past few days, signaling deep fissures in the economy and financial markets.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2025/04/12/investors-dumping-bonds-stock-market/83028542007/
7 months ago
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JoGo
7 months ago
Itโs the stupid, economy.
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My latest on big changes in the
#housingmarket
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#realestate
. Are the so-called "Clear Cooperation" updates from the National Association of Realtors actually in the best interests of buyers and sellers? Roughly 50 comments on my LinkedIn feed would beg to differ. ๐ก
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As new real estate listings rules take effect, will buyers and sellers benefit?
A new policy that purports to offer more options for homeowners to list their properties for sale may be a step back for the housing market.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2025/04/04/real-estate-rules-seller-listings-buyers/82656588007/
7 months ago
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Bruno J. Navarro
8 months ago
Peopleโs expectations about price changes can shape decisions on what, when, and how much to consume in the present, and the research suggests it may echo for decades upon decades. โ
@riquier.bsky.social
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Inflation Affects Behavior Decades after Prices Have Stabilized
Hyperinflation in 1920s Germany set off ripples that persist a century later.
https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/inflation-affects-behavior-decades-after-prices-have-stabilized
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Asher Langton
8 months ago
I will send $50 to the first reporter who asks Mike Johnson to explain what an algorithm is.
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NBER
8 months ago
Renters in more regulated counties experienced higher housing expense inflation, greater financial difficulty paying bills, and increased purchase of low-cost beers, from Virat Agrawal, Richard K. Green, Neeraj Sood, and
@cwhaley.bsky.social
https://www.nber.org/papers/w33534
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I haven't been posting my work here enough. Let's change that! Amanda Thompson's story is inspiring and possibly impactful. Please enjoy my profile!
#housing
#CherokeeNation
#tinyhomes
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One woman's journey to solve the housing crisis with empathy, love, and Cherokee heritage
Amanda Thompson, a native Cherokee, has a plan to solve the housing crisis in Tulsa and beyond with factory-built small homes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2025/03/09/native-woman-housing-crisis-cherokee/80305292007/
8 months ago
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Katie Martin
8 months ago
I barely even know what to say about the Drugs Olympics, but the list of backers, including "philosopher-king" Peter Thiel, is quite something. Personally I'm in favour of idiots detonating their hearts on live TV if they really want to -
on.ft.com/4bjGSq1
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Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
8 months ago
In the midst of a housing crisis, having HUD operating at 100% is crucial. โHousing is unaffordable for everyone at just about every income level... We would hope the federal government would be doing more, not less.โ
@chapadotorg.bsky.social
@riquier.bsky.social
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
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HUD cuts, layoffs will 'devastate' communities, worsen housing crisis, observers say
HUD staff and budget are already stretched too thin, and more will exacerbate a national housing crisis, observers say.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2025/02/27/hud-cuts-in-housing-crisis-devastate-communities/79445601007/
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The Ohio
#housing
agency that spoke to me for this story found out late last night that
#HUD
had cancelled all their contracts. They'll be out of business, and the communities they've served for years will be SOL. Elections, consequences.
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8 months ago
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Eduardo Cuevas
8 months ago
With the
#measlesoutbreak
in Texas, Iโm looking to speak with physicians about measles and other โhistoricโ diseases resurfacing. Younger docs, have you seen measles before (or trained for it)? Older docs, when was your last case?
#health
#academicsky
#sciencebsky
#MDsky
#medsky
@usatoday.com
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Texas measles outbreak: Hereโs why itโs not going away anytime soon
Now 124 people infected in West Texas, nine more in New Mexico and outbreak 'still has a lot of energy and steam behind it.'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2025/02/25/texas-measles-outbreak-spread-rural-america/79624727007/
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I wrote about what potential
#HUD
budget cuts and layoffs will mean for
#housing
programs around the country. With thanks to Mayor
@melaniekebler.bsky.social
,
@mollygoodman.bsky.social
, and others.
#HousingCrisis
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HUD cuts, layoffs will "devastate" communities, worsen housing crisis, observers say
HUD staff and budget are already stretched too thin, and more will exacerbate a national housing crisis, observers say
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2025/02/27/hud-cuts-in-housing-crisis-devastate-communities/79445601007/
9 months ago
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It just hit me what
#DOGE
reminds me of.
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A Clockwork Orange carved a path for British cinema | IRVINE WELSH | TIFF 2018
YouTube video by TIFF Originals
https://youtu.be/_xYcpXFzAX8?si=lEkLN2-Kft3UAxvZ
9 months ago
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Brad Devereaux
9 months ago
Its important to me to do original journalism - stories not fed to the news by officials. This was one - a homeless woman was found dead and frozen last month. I found out from a community member and made an info request to police. Now the community knows.
#journalism
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Woman found dead, frozen in SUV during severe cold in Kalamazoo
A woman was found dead and frozen solid inside somebody elseโs car.
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2025/02/woman-found-dead-frozen-in-suv-during-severe-cold-in-kalamazoo.html
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Buddenonemus
9 months ago
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Oh look what's happening in Altadena, per
@laist.com
9 months ago
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In London this past fall, I was amazed to see there were essentially zero new shows. You could see a remake/musical of: the Lion King, Stranger Things, Back to the Future, Mamma Mia, Mrs. Doubtfire, Fawlty Towers...
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9 months ago
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Beverly
#BassetHound
knows youโve had a long week, but youโre over the hump and itโs all downhill from here.
#DogsOfBluesky
#DogsAreLove
9 months ago
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ECIU
9 months ago
Climate risk will take trillion-dollar bite out of America's real estate Risky growth areas are projected to see 76% population growth over the coming 30 years, while climate abandonment areas will lose 38% of their population
@riquier.bsky.social
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Climate risk will take trillion-dollar bite out of America's real estate, report finds
Americans are likely to continue moving to areas with risky climates, even as other places are abandoned, and more resilient places welcome newcomers.
https://buff.ly/3CLzJSp
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Partnership for Financial Equity
10 months ago
Read this excellent piece by
@riquier.bsky.social
in
@usatoday.com
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
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Reuters
10 months ago
The chief executive of Norway's $1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund, one of the world's largest investors, said that inflationary pressure in the United States was one of the biggest risks to financial markets this year
reut.rs/4h536Ov
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Norway wealth fund CEO in Davos: US inflationary pressure a risk to markets
The chief executive of Norway's $1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund, one of the world's largest investors, said on Thursday that inflationary pressure in the United States was one of the biggest risks to financial markets this year.
https://reut.rs/4h536Ov
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Carl Quintanilla
10 months ago
B of A DESK: "The most important thing about the Trump AI Infra thing to me isnโt the $$ or even the participants .. "Itโs .. back in 2016, Trumpโs inner circle post-election, was filled with steel, coal, old economy companies. .. Tech was virtually absent .. This time is 100% different."
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10 months ago
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#FlashbackFriday
, day 3 with Beverly
#BassetHound
#puppy
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Prof Pamela Foohey
10 months ago
The
#CFPB
is a fantastic agency and it needs to be here to stay. Great piece by
@riquier.bsky.social
of
@usatoday.com
on the CFPB's effectiveness and how it has endured since its creation. (Plus I'm quoted and my paper about the CFPB complaint database is linked!)
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
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Billions of dollars for millions of Americans: why 'delete the CFPB' might not fly
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a political punching bag for years, but on the eve of a new Trump administration, it might survive.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/01/10/cfpb-delete-why-trump-musk/77197606007/
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Better Markets
10 months ago
Excellent article by
@riquier.bsky.social
of
@usatoday.com
on how the
#CFPB
has helped millions of Americans and recovered billions for those who have been ripped off by the financial industry.
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
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Billions of dollars for millions of Americans: why 'delete the CFPB' might not fly
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a political punching bag for years, but on the eve of a new Trump administration, it might survive.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/01/10/cfpb-delete-why-trump-musk/77197606007/
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Francine McKenna
10 months ago
open.substack.com/pub/howthing...
โThe private equity goons did not eviscerate the company because of their political beliefs [but] because they only valued making money. This is the standard incentive in most industries, but in journalism, it has the effect of turning a publication into shit.โ
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It's Not Looking Great
The slow assassination of the free press.
https://open.substack.com/pub/howthingswork/p/its-not-looking-great?r=2qly&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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E.J. Kalafarski
10 months ago
Sometime between Jan 5th and 20th, Janno should hold a big press event where he announces what the now-incoming tolls will fund, like fare gates and SAS Phase 2. That way the question isnโt โwill Trump cancel a new toll,โ itโs โwill Trump cancel better enforcement and the Second Avenue Subway?โ
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This account might be my favorite thing Iโve found on Bluesky yet!
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10 months ago
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Reid Davis
10 months ago
As
@drtaragoddard.bsky.social
put it in a recent
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
podcast, it's the "exonerative tense," a feature of windshield bias.
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Beverly loves handsome boys๐
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DOLLY JEAN โข ETHEL ROSE
11 months ago
Well ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐! ๐ ๐ป ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐! โข Itโs me. Hi. Iโm da ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, itโs me. ๐ I hope ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ delibered all sorts of goodies under yer tree overnight! ๐ โข Baby sis, ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ก๐, โn myself, ๐ฟ๐ค๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ, worked hard dis year to spread a wittle ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ, โn I hope it paid off! ๐คญ
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โThis home has been saved by 36 usersโ
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Up now from me, a story that was an absolute trip to work on. Please enjoy.
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Homeowner for the holidays thanks to Archie Manning, 'Mother Teresa of Mississippi,' more
Mobile homes donated by FEMA in the wake of a devastating tornado have been purchased for survivors, turning poor renters into proud homeowners.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2024/12/26/heartbreak-to-homeownership-holidays/77030548007/
11 months ago
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The Boston suburbs in winter, AKA where souls go to die. Never has any one image so perfectly validated my personal life choices. ๐ ๐ ๐
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Adam Sharp
11 months ago
A list of my favourite names for a horse... 10. Lana Del Neigh 9. David Hasselhoof 8. Usain Colt 7. Filly Eilish 6. Roboclop (if itโs a police horse) 5. Forrest Jump 4. Liam or Noel Galloper 3. Leon Trot-sky 2. Joseph Stallion 1. Al Capony
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#BassetHound
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#DogsofBluesky
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โThe biggest issue facing accountants/auditors? Theyโveโฆforgotten that their client is the shareholder and that, as professionals, they owe their first professional duty to that client, not their firms, not their partners, not their colleagues and not the management of the companies they auditโ
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for no reason at all, today I'm remembering one of 30 Rock's greats. "Dennis Duffy: Social conservative, fiscal liberal."
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