A new bill would prohibit the money grabs that billionaire team owners unleash to pit states and cities against each other in bidding wars over potential moves.
Money, Politics & Power
Posted inTechnology
Who Will Govern AI?
Trump’s top officials are in the pocket of Big Tech. It remains to be seen whether Democrats will be much better.
Posted inPolitics
Tom Steyer Is Trying Politics
To revive a dead political culture that could lead to a Republican becoming governor in one of the nation’s most Democratic states, the billionaire former investor is talking to voters.
Posted inTAP
Democrats Get Serious About Taxing the Rich
Having finally realized that the rich are orders of magnitude richer than they used to be.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The War for Gulf State Capital
Saudi Arabia and its wealthy neighbors weren’t prepared for the consequences of their long campaign to captivate America and demonize Iran.
Posted inTAP
Trump’s Senseless Waste in Iran
Aircraft carriers and stealth bombers are expensive to use.
Posted inPodcasts
Organized Money: The Paramount Takeover
The Ellisons moved closer to capturing Warner Bros., and control of a massive news, sports, and entertainment content stream.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
States Can Block the Paramount-Warner Deal
But thanks to some clever maneuvering, they are already running out of time.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Newspapers Did Not Kill Themselves
New docs say Jeffrey Epstein collaborated with the Russian mob to loot the New York Daily News, then tried to help Mort Zuckerman discard it when reporting became inconvenient.
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The Quintessential Epstein Files Email
Jeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.