Jerry Edwards

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If there were a Public Editor, she/he would dig into this story— and see who is telling the truth.

Lacking a Public Editor, NYT really needs its leaders, many of whom are former student journalists, to say more about provenance of this very damaging "Harvard bending the knee" report.

Headline from Harvard Crimson: "Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump."

Text of story: Harvard prez Garber says report of a deal "was apparently leaked to the press by White House officials." NYT ran with it as a story.

Important details from this story:

1) Yet another news-break by student journalists (this time @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

2) Harvard saying "see you in court," not "let's make a deal."

3) Per Garber, WH/MAGA leaked news of a "deal." NYT then ran with it.

I made a number of these points the other day. Not saying this bc I want credit but because it really wasn’t that hard to see that New York Times story was stenography for the administration. Hard not to think that the New York Times White House contingent is a net negative in terms of social value.

Now that you know, which of the alternatives will you choose, Jonah? 😉

Ozzy was buried at his property in England, which is perfectly legal there (presumably formalities have been met).

The issue to consider before making this choice is that — if the property is ever sold — U.K. law provides that the new owner is not obligated to allow his family to visit the grave.

I’m sure this sounds shocking to finance types, but—I’m baaarely being sarcastic here—this has generally always been the Crime Discourse.

“As long as you ignore the falling homicide rates, homicides have been rising in keeping w our policing budget demands.”

Greenblatt will be the death of ADL. That quote speaks volumes about his worldview, and I don't say that as a compliment.

In some ways, it was a perfect encapsulation of the ADL's new tack. The group was founded on the idea that Jewish rights and safety were inextricably linked to the rights of others. Once the ADL's primary focus became stopping anti-Zionism, its calculus changed. Its new version of Jewish defense was zero sum and dependent on a conception of a singular Jewish viewpoint. "New plan," Greenblatt said in his address to national leadership last year, repeating a phrase that had recently been taken up by other Jewish organizations: "Put on your own oxygen mask first."

Sad to see what’s happened to the ADL under Greenblatt. Very well reported story here by @noahshachtman.bsky.social . As for the quote, I don’t think the analogy works unless the idea is that one should put on their own mask whilst throwing others’ out of reach. nymag.com/intelligence...

and with the medicaid cuts.... not looking great for that sector

The amount of insider-info stock-market front-running we are going to see in the hours before each monthly data release are going to be (almost literally) off the charts, aren’t they?

Just wild amounts.

There is a way out of the viscious cycle of gerrymandering: drawing districts by set criteria (derived from existing case law and excluding political data). This can easily be performed by computer. Iowa has been doing it since 1980 without problems. www.ncsl.org/redistrictin...

The most significant misstep in the downfall of US media was treating prominent people's statements as news rather than investigating the truth of such statements.

Excellent piece, including this quote from the head of Greece's statistical agency about why fights over data are also fights about whether a country can see itself clearly:

I'll eat almost anything if it tastes good.

this is an absolute twenty alarm fire and I just cannot bring myself to believe capital, in one way or another, isn’t going to reel him in on this.

we can’t have a real economy without the goddamn labor numbers. it just doesn’t work.

Most people aren't happy with how things are. I'd love to eliminate or at least significantly reduce partisan gerrymandering. But that's not possible right now. And it will remain impossible if Republicans overwhelmingly benefit from gerrymandering. We need to play the game to win.

today i learned from my grandfather, who was in the FTC's inaugural honors class: Fed honors used to pay the same as 1st year Cravath-scale rate.

It’s almost like “Trump says he will ____” stories are pointless huh

Classifying Black people trying to find the supplies they needed to survive---supplies that were going to be thrown away because the stores were ruined by the flooding---as looters beyond disgusted me. The fact that the media ran with that narrative reflects really poorly on them.

if you want to have a nice and relaxing sunday, do not watch the new Hulu documentary on Hurricane Katrina. if you want to shake with rage and anger over the total failure of this nation's government and media establishment, watch the Hulu documentary on Katrina (this is a recommendation)

Watched it last week. I was cursing at my computer throughout and absolutely furious. It also felt very relevant for the current moment we're in (with inept clowns in power in DC). The fact that they kept people from leaving NO while white supremacists committed race-based violence nearby. My god.

I enjoy lobster and crab. Is lobster overpriced? Yep. (I also love crawfish and langostinoes.)

Foie gras? No. Caviar? Not the rich people kind. I enjoy the roe they use with sushi (masago and salmon roe).

Well, we apparently do. Because the current guy is constitutionally disqualified.

Also everyone who ever gets impeached was legitimately elected, that's the entire point of the thing

Amazing how hard it is to write “Trump is an authoritarian.” Despite headline, important analysis: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...

*ahem* chat, is that, is that good

one of the most obvious lies imaginable (that wasn’t reported as such by our political press corps)

Trump’s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook

Gift link. This is so important. A brutal, corrupt and lawless administration wants to keep you in the dark about its brutality, corruption and lawlessness.

Trump’s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...

Absolute madness. The entire concept of this is chilling.