Ironically, it's difficult to talk about climate change when you're battling oppressive heat and torrential rain Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Emolumental: The Trump Organization is in talks that could bring a Trump-branded property to one of Saudi Arabia’s largest government-owned real estate developments. Trump is set to host Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, next week. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...

Vance spouted this same propaganda during the VP debates in 2024. Housing access and affordability have been driven by interest rates, construction slowdowns, restrictive zoning and a Covid-era spike in demand. Immigrants — who typically rent rather than buy — aren’t causing house prices to rise.

No firm has closer ties to Noem’s political operation than the Strategy Group. It played a central role in her SD gubernatorial campaign. Corey Lewandowski, her top DHS adviser, has worked extensively with it. And its CEO is married to Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson www.propublica.org/article/kris...

“Gambino was never the commander in chief. there was little gambino could do as the walls closed in. not so with this maniac,” Epstein wrote of Trump. Trump, Epstein allowed, was “borderline insane. and corroborated by some that are close.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

What remains to be delineated beyond thousands of documents is if Trump secured sexual liaisons through Epstein, or whether the same president who has been busily enriching himself from the Oval Office also made use of some of Epstein’s murkier financial services. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

My goodness, more damning reporting on Prasad that should make us (even more) fearful for the future of vaccine access, regulation & public uptake in the US.

"You can’t reproduce the elements of chance that set Buffett on his path, but you can try to live his example of never falling for your own hype or the idea that your accomplishments are all of your own making." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Me in @opinion.bloomberg.com: The Trump economy might be powered by the three A's of AI, asset prices, and the affluent, but voters sent the message that politicians aren't doing enough to address a fourth A -- affordability -- that AI companies are making worse: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Epstein described Trump as a “dirty” businessman who was “borderline insane,” untrustworthy and worse in “real life and upclose” than the image he sought to portray to the public. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggest that the convicted sex offender believed Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

“At the current pace of warming, productivity losses, falling crop yields and natural disasters will shrink the global economy by 2.9% by 2050…That’s more than $3 trillion in losses a year.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Amendment which strikes section which “allows senators who were legally subpoenaed during the January 6 criminal conspiracy investigation to get millions of dollars deposited into their bank accounts at taxpayer expense” voted down by Republicans

Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election apnews.com/article/rudy...

FEDWATCH: “.. The chaos is escalating, with 3,800 flight cancellations since Thursday, and some states reporting a 40- to 60% increase in visits to food banks. Some of the disruption is evident in private sector weekly economic indicators .. and even the price of electricity.”

“If Trump continues to tell people that the economy is better than they think it is, they will have no choice but to conclude that he doesn’t understand their lives and doesn’t care about their hardships.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.

Neighboring headlines in the same country.

Same same, but different.. 😊

“In dozens of interviews in villages on Venezuela’s breathtaking northeastern coast, from which some of the boats departed, residents and relatives said the dead men had indeed been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists or leaders of a cartel or gang.” apnews.com/article/trum...

“I really don’t care. Do u?”

Descendants of Norman Rockwell have accused the Trump administration of misrepresenting the painter’s beliefs through unauthorized social media posts of his work aimed at framing the administration's mass deportation agenda with classic American imagery.

this article will publish tomorrow at 7:30 am www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...

$1,000,000,000,000. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day.

"Young people and Hispanics — two cornerstones of Republicans’ supposed 2024 realignment, now removed from the foundation." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

"The reason Trump won the 2024 election was because of his lead on the economy. Now, Democrats have the advantage. Inflation alone accounts for about 90% of the swing between the parties from 2024 to 2025." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

"So what’s behind Democrats’ big win? Well, surely lots of factors — but, to pick one, it’s affordability." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

Mamdani gets next week’s New Yorker cover:

Sherrill’s victory marks the first time in 60 years that one party has won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in the Garden State. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC

Sherrill.

Spanberger.

Decision Desk has already called the Virginia governor's race for Abigail Spanberger.

Loudoun County, in northern Virginia, was the sign of apocalypse twelve months ago for Democrats. Most of the vote just came in. (AP estimates 79%.) Spanberger up 26%. (And Jay Jones up 15%.) Four years ago, McAuliffe won it by just 11% on his way to a 2% loss.

A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.

Also an immigrant whose family was able to come to the United States in 1969 because of the Immigration Nationality Act of 1965.

But of course: “In Election 2025, the economy's still the main thing, according to the AP Voter Poll” apnews.com/article/econ...

“The six-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback and current Fox Sports broadcaster said Tuesday in a statement from a company he's an investor in that his dog, Junie, is a clone of his late dog, Lua.” www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao? TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him. TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it

Profound Masha Gessen report on the demands of personal conscience and public responsibility for those living in a corrupted authoritarian society. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...

Heartbreaking and infuriating.

This startup suddenly getting +$1 billion from the US has some interesting investors. One is Brad Gerstner, who led efforts to create the $1,000 government-funded "Trump accounts" for children. Another is 1789 Capital, one of whose partners is Donald Trump Jr. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

"The inescapable impression is that America’s most senior commanders are being judged on political loyalty (not to mention their gender and race) as much as strategic expertise. The long-term consequences of such a shift are clear from history." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

“Sixteen of the 24 donors have received federal contracts with the cumulative sum totaling $279 billion over the past five years, according to the study by Public Citizen. The majority of those awards have gone to defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“His Las Vegas hotel looked like a giant stack of gold. He wrote a book titled Midas Touch and hosted a game show called Gold Rush. He mused about backing the US dollar with gold reserves. His favorite Bond villain was Goldfinger.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Trump jackhammered museum-worthy friezes the Met once asked him to preserve on the Bonwit Teller building. Now he’s reduced the East Wing to rubble. My column on 45 years of Trump’s gold rush and a monarchical presidency: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Premiums for employer-provided health insurance spiked by more than double the rate of inflation this year, driving the cost of a family plan to almost $27,000. Prescription drugs and chronic diseases are contributing to the higher price. www.statnews.com/2025/10/22/h...