A bit of the ol’ personal news: I’ve moved to the @WSJ’s legendary investigations squad. Dream job, dream team. Still interested in all kinds of shenanigans, contacts in bio
Great news! The CEO calls FY25 “the best year on record for Dow Jones—a direct result of your hard work and dedication.” Surely this means merit raises for all! #StillWorthMoreshare.google/isY449R0LhEoQa…
@gregkot@soundopinions Great DID Greg but you must have realized after you guys taped that Play It As it Lays was by Joan Didion, not Susan Sontag. Her second novel (and a fine film adaptation with screenplay by Didion and her husband John Gregory Dunne).
Warren Zevon, wherever you are, is probably writing one helluva song about the absurdity of his recent "validation" by a certain segment of the Rock Establishment. I spiel about it in this @soundopinions
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to significantly cut the size of the department he leads, reshaping the nation’s health agencies wsj.com/politics/polic… via @WSJ
CEOs and investors had been excited for Trump’s return to office. That euphoria is giving way to distress as uncertainties about policies and the economy grow. wsj.com/economy/wall-s… via @WSJ
“The most organized hitchhiking.” Slugging, a D.C. commuting tradition, is back thanks to federal return-to-work mandates. Rules of etiquette still apply. wsj.com/us-news/dc-car… via @WSJ
A month ago I ordered a water filter for the fridge from @FiltersFast and it's apparently destined to travel back and forth between North Carolina and New York for eternity. #FiltersLast
Republican senators were blindsided by Trump lashing out at the president of Ukraine, an ally the U.S. has backed during three years of war wsj.com/politics/polic… via @WSJ
The Trump administration, busy firing U.S. prosecutors who worked on Trump investigations, now looks to steer the FBI from white-collar crime and national-security cases to illegal immigration. wsj.com/politics/polic… via @WSJ