I've written on political dissent & violent policing for 15 years, particularly in NYC. Compared to Tuesday night, I have never witnessed, at the scene of a protest, the use of police power so disproportionate to the type of demonstration taking place. theintercept.com/2024/05/01/nyc…

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Larry Summers's inflation call:

'He’s a person who’s been wrong in the past. He said that it would absolutely take a recession to bring inflation down, and that turned out to be a serious misjudgment.”

politico.com/news/2024/04/3…

AP -- Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah have killed at least 22 people, including six women and five children (one aged 5 days old)
apnews.com/article/israel…

USF PROTESTS: Police have moved in on the protesters with what appears to be tear gas. Protesters then scattered around the campus as police moved their line up to take over the area where the protesters were holding up. Get the latest on the USF protests: baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/…

Nearly seven months into the administration’s unstinting support for Israel in its war against Hamas, Rharrit became the first career diplomat to resign in protest of what she called a policy that will set back Washington’s interests in the Arab world for a generation.'…

Mirroring FDR's vision, Joseph E. Stiglitz is reframing the concept of freedom in a positive sense: Broadening one's opportunities directly increases one's freedom.

In his latest, John Cassidy covers the inspiration for & ideas within Stiglitz's new book:
newyorker.com/news/our-colum…

This is not a drill. Rory McIlroy singing Don't Stop Believing

Interesting review (John Cassidy) of Stiglitz' new book on freedom, which I will definitely read. newyorker.com/news/our-colum…

I spoke with the economist Joseph E. Stiglitz about his new book, 'The Road to Freedom,' a timely effort to retake the language of individual liberty from the right. 'Neoliberalism is on the defensive,' he said. 'But it's going to be a battle.'
newyorker.com/news/our-colum…

Of all the things I was lucky enough to work on, this might be my favorite. You shouldn’t have to pay money to pay your taxes. As this program continues to grow, most people will get pre-populated forms and be able to file their taxes with a few clicks in a few minutes.

Another dull, routine, normalized, old hat, yawn-inducing reminder that Trump is into executions. But honestly, who cares.

Great reporting: for 50 yrs, Indiana U. allowed 'temporary structures' without prior approval as long as they weren't left up overnight. But it unilaterally changed that policy on Apr 24, right before protesters were going to set up temporary structures.
idsnews.com/article/2024/0…

Xi told Blinken: ' We hope that the United States can also take a positive view of China's development. Only when this fundamental problem is solved and the 'first button' is buttoned can China-US relations truly stabilize, get better, and move forward”

A new book by the liberal economist Joseph Stiglitz seeks to “reshape the popular conception of human liberty in a more mutual and positive direction,” John Cassidy writes. nyer.cm/tNHwIsV

The status quo cannot continue in Gaza. Famine is imminent. I joined 50 NGO leaders to call on President Biden to use all leverage, including security assistance, to secure a series of steps that would help address this humanitarian catastrophe: rescue.org/press-release/…

1) I eat my hat on Buttigieg, who I thought of as a McKinsey operator. He's doing really great work.
2) McGee is a hero to hundreds of thousands of fliers who will never know his name. What a difference a committed advocate makes!

This nice chap is explaining to me the importance of today's date.. as #Portugal 's carnation revolution happened back on April 25th 1974 making it the 50th anniversary of the dumping of their crap authoritarian dictator. 🎉

Viva a Liberdade! 25 de abril sempre!

#50anos25abril

Unarmed, middle-aged, female philosophy professors? What is happening in America right now? Imagine if you saw these scenes in Iran or Venezuela, imagine then the U.S. media response.

I spoke with the economist Joseph E. Stiglitz about his new book, 'The Road to Freedom,' a timely effort to retake the language of individual liberty from the right. 'Neoliberalism is on the defensive,' he said. 'But it's going to be a battle.'
newyorker.com/news/our-colum…

Have finished reading everything I can about the PGA Tour's equity grants totaling almost $1 billion, and I don't see a single red cent allocated to journalists. Disgusting.