Josh Freed
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Run @ThirdWayEnergy, board chair and founder Catalyse Europe. Anti-dogma and pro-humility. FDR capitalist.
D.C.'s restaurant wage wars are hitting pause. The campaign to raise the city's minimum wage to $25 an hour won't make November's ballot. Restaurant leaders say closures are slowing as labor costs stabilize. One Fair Wage says the fight isn't over. axios.com/local/washingt…
a bit of news: OpenAI strikes a deal with Kalshi to put prediction market data about World Cup games into ChatGPT nytimes.com/2026/07/13/tec…
Goodbye Purple Patch streatery - another victim of bad urban policy. After tonight’s celebration it will be closed
We live in an era of stupid, self-defeating public policy in DC. Bravo @councilofdc @MayorBowser and @DDOTDC for making our neighborhoods less vibrant, making it harder on small businesses, and generating less tax dollars so we can ... have more parking. Really great job.
Let me just say, if Democrats reject a permitting deal with a robust transmission provision because of NHPA angst, I will be very, very disappointed. (Also: some of the most important aspects of NHPA analysis burden clean energy disproportionately: ifp.org/reforming-sect…).
The degree to which our government makes it harder for small businesses at every turn—and then people wonder why many independent restaurants are closing.
President Trump announces a forever war
Goodbye Purple Patch streatery - another victim of bad urban policy. After tonight’s celebration it will be closed
“You had one job, and you blew it.” USMNT legend Alexi Lalas believes Mauricio Pochettino should not get a contract extension after crashing out of the 2026 World Cup. He was speaking on talkSPORT, when he was asked if Pochettino should stay or go. “Go,” Lalas answered. “I mean, it's not that I want him to leave. I just think that this cycle has run its course. “When it comes to Mauricio Pochettino, you had one job. And it was the game against Belgium. “You win that game, then you're in some rarefied air. And it's not gravy but let's be honest, you're playing against Spain. And you take your chances, you're back in an underdog type of role. “So I think that they [U.S. Soccer] move on. I believe he's had a good time, but you had one job, and you blew it. “And, you know, you live and die by that. Every coach understands that, every manager understands that, and certainly Mauricio Pochettino does.” Pochettino’s $6 million a year contract with U.S Soccer expires this summer. Should he stay or should he go, like Lalas said?
