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A Washington correspondent for The New York Times. Pure applesauce. bappelbaum@nytimes.com | Facebook: Binyamin.Appelbaum

Washington, DC
Joined November 2009

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  1. Hello taxpayers the federal government is closed because there was a snowstorm in Washington DC please send help the snow is everywhere

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  2. At least I don’t live in Loudon County, where they’ll probably cancel school until April.

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  3. Personally I think one should wait for the inclement weather to actually arrive before panicking. But I’m very old fashioned.

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  4. Hey Washington Post - a local team just beat the #1 seed. Why such a glum front page?

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    Mar 2

    The federal government of the United States is closed due to wind.

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    When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win. Example, when we are down $100 billion with a certain country and they get cute, don’t trade anymore-we win big. It’s easy!

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  7. Mar 2

    Even in a year of wonders, it’s still pretty remarkable that a bunch of Goldman Sachs alums are leading the nation into a “trade war.”

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    Mar 1

    Why is California rebuilding in fire country? Because you’re paying for it

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    Mar 1

    This is a provocative argument from who suggests that as a nation we’re frittering away our time and attention on unproductive diversions. Certainly seems true in many financial markets, like fx, but he suggests a much wider rot.

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    “Much of our evolving digital infrastructure is devoted to activities, like the proliferation of cybercoins, that are worse than frivolous.”

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    Feb 28
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    We posted the full audio from the interview and audience Q&A here:

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  12. The real issue here is that UCLA agreed.

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    Feb 28

    Bonus: One of the largest investors in the real estate fund that lent Kushner $184 million? The government of Qatar! So a foreign government--involved in a nasty cold war w/ one of our allies--lent massive $$ to a top WH official's family biz. Ok!

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    Feb 28

    Indeed. Just check out Governor Brainard‘ s topic for next Tuesday’s speech: “Navigating Monetary Policy as Headwinds Shift to Tailwinds.”

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    Feb 28

    Couples gathered in a rural church in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains today (some wearing bullet crowns) to bless their marriages and their AR-15s, which they called "rods of iron" meant to "protect God’s children." 17 were killed with an AR-15 at a school shooting 2 weeks ago.

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  19. American cities that have cheap electricity and need more jobs are grappling with whether to embrace Bitcoin mining, which uses a lot of power and produces few jobs.

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