Can confirm White House is letting in a reporter from Russian state news agency TASS to cover the bilat between Trump and Zelenskiy. Reuters and AP were excluded.

One family's desperate attempt to free dad from an online scam , by Bob Sullivan open.substack.com/pub/redtape/p/…

"This will no doubt result in preventable death, destabilization, & threats to national security on a massive scale”

I mean, if you like metaphors.

Lots of people are mad that I called the monopolization of eggs an example of “The Sovietization of American business.” The point is that monopoly and communism lead to a similar place — a command economy directed from centers of power, and one where shortages are prevalent to

Really rich people offering lectures on fiscal responsibility is so retro.

"Great American company. " Half of Teslas are made in Shanghai.

Between the Teslas at the White House today and this, you've got to admire the product placement game.

Fantastic reporting by Claire Bryan that has started a great national conversation about surveillance software in schools. I offer a few thoughts here bobsullivan.net/cybercrime/wer…

For reporters writing about the FTC firings, there is a new legal theory out there that states the FTC's authorities today are so different from how they were in 1935 that Humphrey's Executor no longer applies. I'd bet that these firings were done just to test that theory.

Everything has context. To understand this @ftc drama.... and why independent commissions insulated from politics are good for Americans ... and, more important right now, backed by law and precedent.... americanprogress.org/article/what-i…..

If you are new to Kekius Maximus and tech in general, this is how it works. Software will be ready next quarter, hardware next year, life-changing tech in five years, and in each case, nobody remembers what was promised.

Kafka's name is evoked too often, but this story is truly worthy. I'd wager the ratio of live folks killed off to dead folks cut off will be embarrassing.

Who ever thought this would happen, except everyone?

This. I think very quickly we're going to see tariff surcharges added to car sticker prices, etc. These will likely have little or nothing to do with the actual increased cost incurred by the seller, and everything to do with rockets and feathers pricing theory.

NASDAQ call volume spiked minutes before the 90 day tariff pause was announced. Not a good look at all.

Staffed by just 100 federal workers, the CDFI Fund is one of the best deals in government — it funds local financial institutions that have financed thousands of small businesses and 45,000 housing units. Many rural. But it's on the chopping block. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Tesla makes cars, yes, but it only makes money via government subsides.

These losses are stunning. Another data point showing something I'm saying too often lately... Online fraud has been bad for a long time but it's reached a real crisis point in the last 12 to 24 months

Ever wonder how a random retail shop that’s never busy has survived for decades? They probably own the real estate.