Dan Colarusso

Chris Rufo/Ron DeSantis overhauled New College and made it "the most financially inefficient school in the university system"

Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.

Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765

www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...

Also of broader note: Leo says "many people who have lived for years and years not causing problems have been deeply affected by what's going on right now."

That appears to be a reference to the large number of immigrants detained in the U.S. who have no criminal record.

The Onion: ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume

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Now the REAL fun begins.

“.. Off-balance-sheet debt, through a special purpose vehicle or joint venture tied to assets, is becoming the go-to for AI data center deals ..” 🤡

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

NBA Head Coach Arrested in Illegal Gambling Probe Portland coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were arrested in as part of a federal investigation into illegal betting and match-fixing in the NBA.

Two things I have been pretty sure of: Repealing Glass-Steagall was a mistake and mainstream-blessed sports gambling will end badly.

www.wsj.com/sports/baske...

We prefer ‘fauxteins’

When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn't be concerned. "If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States," Kavanaugh wrote, "they promptly let the individual go." But that is far from the reality many citizens have experienced. Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They've had their necks kneeled on. They've been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. One of those women had already had the door of her home blown off while Department of

What a lede (!):

“When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn't be concerned.

But that is far from the reality many citizens have experienced. …”

DIMON, on Tricolor:

".. my antenna goes up when things like that happen. .. I probably shouldn't say this, but when you see one cockroach, you will probably see more. And so everyone should be forewarned."

(via Vital Knowledge) $JPM

Republicans have had 15 years to come up with an Obamacare replacement plan. They still haven’t

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

Did a Green Beret Unit Commit One of the Worst U.S. War Crimes in Decades?

Staggering detail. Remarkable piece of work.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/m...

FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to 'illegal immigrants' This is false. Democrats say they are pushing for the inclusion of key health care provisions in the next congressional spending package.

FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to illegal immigrants.

> @deanbaker13.bsky.social

Lower Than Cowards The surrender of America’s elites

kudos to @adamserwer.bsky.social who wrote the piece that gets at the core of what's been happening over the last ten months. regular people are standing up, at real risk. elites are folding like cheap umbrellas www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

“.. Tesla’s European Union sales in August decreased by 37% year over year ..”

@barrons.com $TSLA
www.barrons.com/articles/tes...

Ken CHESEBRO, an architect of Trump's bid to remain in power despite losing the 2020 election, has been suspended from practicing law in D.C. (he'd already been disbarred/suspended in several states) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

My neighbor in Orlando mentioned this EXACT concern to me last night!

70 years ago.

The Republican Congress is going to try to rewrite the history of RFK Jr.’s confirmation as HHS Secretary.

“We didn’t know”
“Nobody told us”
“He promised he wouldn’t…”

This thread will be about the warnings from thousands of scientists and HCW who loudly and publicly opposed his confirmation.

Vaccines led to massive reduction in cases and deaths

Vaccines are truly one of the most incredible things in all of human history. We founds ways to literally defeat communicable deadly diseases at almost no cost and at no harm to ourselves.

And grifters are working to undermine that and get people killed.

The New York Mets are calling up right-hander Jonah Tong, one of the top pitching prospects in baseball, sources tell ESPN.

#LGM

Re: Lisa Cook - so far, all the administration has are allegations. There is as yet no evidence of guilt. And there is as yet no reason to think this rises to the level of "for cause." At the moment it is a naked attack on the Fed. Trump is rolling the dice that the courts will roll over.

If Trump were operating in the best interests of America's businesses, his move to fire Lisa Cook would cause stocks to shrug, or maybe rise. But they're saying: This is dangerous. This move serves Trump, but not America. Our economy is at risk when the President undermines the Fed.

Do not forget. It’s about control of the Fed. This is a very dark day.

Memphis saw 2,501 violent crimes per 100,000 residents in 2024, more than double Washington’s 926. The murder rate in Memphis was 41 per 100,000 residents, compared to 26 for D.C….

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on reports that Trump plans to deploy the military in his state

Trump Aims to Win Majority on Fed Board With Attempt to Oust Lisa Cook President Donald Trump’s campaign to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, if successful, would give him the opportunity to exert more influence over the US central bank by securing a majority on i...

“This is a new attempt of the administration to gain more control over the Fed,” said Claudia Sahm, “They’re pulling as many different levers as they can find to get that control.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Report: Texas AG Ken Paxton claimed three homes as primary residence The Texas attorney general is running in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, and in the middle of a divorce from his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton.

To highlight a pretty egregious example- This isn’t even a month old concerning someone seen as an ally of the President & w/ a healthy record of several other crimes. www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/k...