L.D. Kirshenbaum

The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley

The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...

bush administration spent 18 months carefully building a false case for war and they could've just done this

Consumer Bureau’s Bank Examiners Criticize New ‘Humility Pledge’

Consumer Bureau’s Bank Examiners Criticize New ‘Humility Pledge’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...

Why America Has the World's Oldest Politicians How our creaky electoral system created the most advanced gerontocracy on earth.

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I just donated to Mission Local's annual fundraiser Will you join me?

Please don’t enable the creation of more assets for speculative purposes. See what happened in Vancouver. Legitimate city planning is difficult. No easy answers!

Have you seen this?

Jesus Christ. This email was less than a month before Helsinki

Why Is Healthcare Expensive? Americans overpay for healthcare due to drug patents, private insurance waste, and inflated medical salaries—despite Obamacare slowing cost growth.

The reasons healthcare is expensive are straightforward, and the list does not include Obamacare cepr.net/publications...

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.

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Texas 18th Congressional District Special Election Results 2025 Get live results and maps from the 2025 Texas special election.

Looks like there is another Representative who Johnson will have to refuse to swear in to prevent a vote on the Esptein files www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

You know what tonight proves more than anything else? Local elections matter.

Local. Elections. Matter.

Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen Bet Big on Trump. It’s Paying Off for Silicon Valley. The Trump administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been good for venture capitalists like Andreessen, who previously accused the agency of “terrorizing” fintech startup...

The Trump administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been good for venture capitalists like Marc Andreessen, who previously accused the agency of “terrorizing” fintech startups and crypto companies. ⁦

Great post. But please stop with the “Karen” trope?

Mike Johnson: "I think the midterm is gonna be a great one for us. We have a very favorable election map on the Republican side and it will be even more favorable once all the redistricting, uh, stuff has settled out."

DOJ Scrubs Jan. 6 Attack From Court Record After Suspending Career Prosecutors Read more here.

This is next level authoritarianism.👇

"Following the suspension of two career prosecutors, the U.S. Department of Justice quietly revised a sentencing memo in a high-profile case — removing all references to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and President Donald Trump’s social media post."

How We Lost the Trade War Tariff uncertainty may be waning, but the damage will persist

Krugman on how Trump lost the trade war paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-we-los...

Ronald Reagan said it. #NoKings tomorrow 10/18

What Happens if the President Issues a Potentially Illegal Order to the Military? Military.com spent several months trying to unearth what existing safeguards and policies are in place to protect what has long been considered a hallmark of the U.S. -- an apolitical military that us...

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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department. Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

The Trump administration is working to dramatically expand school choice, moving kids to a range of private & religious schools or homeschooling. Ultimately, what percentage of children would remain in public schools? A Moms for Liberty co-founder told me: “I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.”

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

Jane Goodall offers sage advice for the rest of us. #3E

Is My Skin Care Routine Planet-Friendly?

Is My Skin Care Routine Planet-Friendly? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/c...

“Let’s have a trial.”

A defiant Comey says he is heartbroken for the (corrupted) DOJ, but is innocent and has faith in the federal judicial system.

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

Nothing screams “small government, free speech warrior” like the FCC chair rocking state-mandated jewelry of a convicted felon.

Brendan Carr went from pretending to guard the First Amendment to cosplaying as Trump’s mall cop.

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue now has 14.3 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube.

It would be a shame for you to share it

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The Engardio recall, Yimby urbanist elitism, and the next step in SF politics - 48 hills Is there a potential alliance around growth and development that brings together a broad range of voters?

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Opinion | Why Does Everybody Swear All The Time Now?

Why Does Everybody Swear All The Time Now? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...