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Business columnist for . Host of KCRW's Left, Right & Center. Cohost w/ of LRC Presents: All the President's Lawyers.

New York, New York
Joined September 2008
Born July 17
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    👀😬👀 "He hasn’t called me, he hasn’t asked my opinion,” said Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga. “You would think that after he said some of the things he said in the past, he would’ve if he were really sincere about getting the job."

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    5 hours ago

    Biden calls for end of step-up basis for inherited wealth, which allows billions to escape capital-gains taxation

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    2 hours ago

    Jacob Wohl is basically the Wile E. Coyote of conservative junior varsity ratfuckery.

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    2 hours ago

    I know I promised that Jacob Wohl would commit his own big-boy federal crime soon but I'm starting to think it's going to have to be one without a specific intent requirement because the boy's building a pretty convincing "too fucking stupid to crime" defense

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    1 hour ago

    And because people keep asking: no, recruiting people to lie about public figures is not a federal crime until you start lying to the federal government or using the lies to swindle people out of money (or possibly do it to attack a witness in a proceeding)

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    12 hours ago

    I’m increasingly thinking that some of what I criticized as poor filmmaking last night may actually have been cable company digital compression wrecking scenes that look way better on HBO Go with fast internet.

    Everyone complaining about how GoT episode looked, I use the HBO go app on my smart TV and the quality is way better than the HBO HD cable channel. Whole episode looked great.
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    3 hours ago

    This is an oddly surreal amount of criticism over video boards replacing video boards, but the design aesthetic on the new boards - which can be changed! - is horrible. That's the real problem.

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    6 hours ago

    I'm just going to put this out here: The GCT Solari boards were replaced in 2003 so we're on second generation nostalgia for something that's 16 years old.

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  9. Apr 28

    This is less convincing than when Q-Tips tell you they’re not for putting in your ear.

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  10. Apr 28

    Good lord, what is this marketing

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    Apr 28
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    Ahem! This is some great advice on that

    I’m currently struggling through a draft of a story (been writing since 4am!) that requires me to explain a complicated and multipart financial transaction. It is reminding me of one of the best lesson I’ve ever gotten about the writing process, told to me by .
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  12. Apr 28

    It occurs to me we haven’t had a “what is a pie?” news cycle. Is crumble a pie? Is deep dish pizza a pie? Is a hot pocket a pie?

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  13. Apr 28

    Well, not all of it.

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  14. Apr 28

    IMPORTANT UPDATE: I am judging the cooked custard pie category. Which means I get to eat all the Key Lime Pie.

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  15. Apr 28

    It’s happening

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  16. Apr 28

    Could we discuss the “only 1” on this billboard? There isn’t only one, there are two — Pauly, and Vinny. That’s why the show is called “A Double Shot at Love.”

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  17. Apr 28

    There are some significant logistical issues that make real property an especially good kind of property to tax, but the point that taxation of wealth is not inherently exotic or economic suicide is correct.

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  18. Apr 28

    This is a good line

    Warren explaining the wealth tax: "How many people here own a home?" Most hands go up. "You’ve been paying a wealth tax for years. They just call it a property tax. I just want their tax to include the diamonds, the yachts, and the Rembrandts."
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  19. Apr 28

    As one does before a job that involves tasting dozens of pies, I am starting my day with an egg-white omelette and an extra-long Soulcycle class.

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  20. Apr 28

    To be clear, I am one of many many judges, and the others are all more qualified than I. But I do love pie!

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