Joshua Green

Current news cycle is really driving home the evolution of the Bannon-brokered gamer-MAGA political marriage I wrote about in DEVIL'S BARGAIN:
www.amazon.com/Devils-Barga...

it's like the Bush "now watch my drive" clip, yeesh

I personally don't enjoy dining at restaurants with visible rodent traps...

I did not realize Cracker Barrel (despite restoring old-guy logo) went ahead and modernized its restaurants. Also didn't realize the old decor was...raccoon traps:

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Cracker Barrel's business really did take a measurable hit after the right-wing logo drama, per new Bloomberg data:

Good piece on how Trump’s DC surge is where crime isn’t, and isn’t where crime is👇👇

Trump’s Made-for-TV Police Takeover Doesn’t Help DC Crime “Come and help us,” say residents of neighborhoods struggling with violence.

fwiw, Jim, I did the opposite piece -- spent a day walking across Anacostia and Hillsdale, where added law enforcement would generally be welcomed...but was nowhere to be seen (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Trump’s Made-for-TV Police Takeover Doesn’t Help DC Crime “Come and help us,” say residents of neighborhoods struggling with violence.

For today's Businessweek Daily, @joshuagreen.bsky.social walked the length of Marion Barry Avenue SE to see what DC residents thought of the National Guard crime fighters

great essay this weekend!

please join my new movement to construct more ample press seating

Guess the abundance folks didn’t see fit to give a press pass to a left-wing rag like…Businessweek 😢

Hallelujah

Is it wrong to come away with the overwhelming sense that Breslow is just naive about the GM job and trade market? He seems to signal that big moves are coming and then is flummoxed when teams won't accept his below-market offers...

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Musk Says Grok Chatbot Is Coming to Tesla Vehicles by Next Week Elon Musk said his artificial intelligence startup’s chatbot will be coming to Tesla Inc. vehicles days after the bot posted antisemitic content on his social media platform.

A story sure to launch a million bad tweets: Grok Chatbot is coming to Tesla vehicles next week (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Suggests an Elon Deportation, Tesla Shakes up Management Podcast Episode · Elon, Inc. · 07/01/2025 · 32m

Today's episode of Elon Inc: @joshuagreen.bsky.social on Elon and Trump, @crayton.bsky.social on Mexico and SpaceX and yours truly on the departure of Omead Afshar and Tesla sales

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this is really wonderful

it's a Hyperbole Crisis

@redsoxstats.bsky.social hope you're sharpening your quill for a lengthy Substack rant

Breslow's hurt feelings, insecurity, and general bafflement about roster construction are exacting a steeper toll than just mediocrity, ugh

contract was a bargain!! Ugh. Shoot me.

Wonderful piece

New from Bloomberg: "Wall Street Calls Trump-Musk Spat ‘Disaster’ for Embattled Tesla" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

And what a great chart:

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Trump-Musk Alliance Unravels in Split Over ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ From the moment Donald Trump and Elon Musk joined forces, betting in Washington held that the president’s bond with the First Buddy who bankrolled his comeback election win wouldn’t last.

Guess who on guess who: “I warned people in the transition, this guy is unpredictable, immature and a narcissist, and he’d turn on anybody — including the president — when it suited him.”

w @joshuagreen.bsky.social

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Elon making friends on his way out of town

Sports, money, egos, betrayal, cutthroat business drama -- somebody should option this article for a movie or limited series stat!

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Just hit the 10th anniversary of the publication of "Clinton Cash" by Peter Schweizer, which prompted this
@businessweek.bsky.social cover story on a then-unknown guy named Steve Bannon: www.bloomberg.com/politics/gra...