Liam
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New @playbookdc: Last month, a group of moderate Democratic consultants, campaign staffers, elected officials & party leaders gathered in Loudoun County, Virginia, for a retreat where they plotted their party’s comeback. We got their takeaways.
A society whose ruling class no longer wants to know when volcanoes will erupt is an allegory of itself
I found this week’s news that the richest 10% of Americans now do fully half of the country’s consumer spending really, really worrisome. So I called up the Moody’s economist who made the finding. Turns out, he does too: (gift link) bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
They’re planning a one-day boycott of the economy over on Instagram
"I was told Epstein ‘belonged to intelligence’ and to leave it alone." Alexander Acosta, the former US attorney in Miami, on why he cut Jeffrey Epstein a sweetheart non-prosecution plea deal back in 2007. The deal saw Epstein serve just 15 months in jail for child sex offences.
The Bibas family tells Netanyahu to 'shut up' after he details the murders of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir for the 2nd time this week, calling the publishing of unapproved information ‘abuse for its own sake.’ 🧵
Where’s Obama? Where are the Clintons?
Have just finished filming a news story with the BBC and have an interview with Rolling Stone later today. Blimey, what a day! Need a little lie down.
BREAKING: The Trump administration has announced that it will kill Medicare coverage of most telehealth services on April 1st.
“No matter what the others try and sell you, it is the destination, not the journey.” The Brutalist (2024)