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NEW: Reps. Adrian Smith and Chuck Edwards wrote Trump a letter today urging him to terminate the IRS’s new free tax filing service, otherwise known as Direct File, on “day one” through an executive order. It’s co-signed by 27 House Republicans. adriansmith.house.gov/sites/evo-subs…

The The New York Times discussing the impact of #Houthi attacks on shipping and the diversion from the #RedSea and around Africa. Along with some comments from a Campbell University prof. nytimes.com/2024/12/11/bus…

The opposite of hackishness

congratulations, Tal! montana?

How Houthi attacks in the Red Sea ripple across the global economy, Peter Eavis + liz alderman explain nytimes.com/2024/12/11/bus…

quick hit on trump and the dockworkers. nytimes.com/live/2024/12/1…

A new piece from me on Trump’s backing of the longshoremen. One key thing: after agreeing to a big wage rise, employers have toughened their position on automation. See within: nytimes.com/2024/12/14/bus…

Amen, brother

Right. Stock market weakness caused by prospect of Musk-led govt shutdown could be first test of Trump-Musk relationship.

When I was working on my Everglades book, I fell down a fascinating rabbit hole researching Jimmy Carter’s politically suicidal but totally righteous effort to kill a whole bunch of useless porkbarrel water projects. It might have doomed his presidency! A quick 🧵 1

NEWS: nytimes.com/2025/01/08/bus…

Nate Silver polycrisis is a fairly worthless, pseudo-intellectual term precisely because it can be applied to any period of history. There's *always* a bunch of stuff going on!

The other reporter in the family actually gets scoops!

i did the math and the average cost of going through the panama canal was up nearly 60 percent from 2018-2023. but even with that increase, the canal's tolls and fees don't add much to the cost of consumer items. nytimes.com/2025/02/03/bus…

#SignalLeaks Exposed When Bombs Would Fall in Yemen. But Defeating Houthis Won’t Be Easy. My latest with my colleague @peterjeavis: nytimes.com/2025/03/27/wor…

There's a bipartisan push in DC to build more ships in the US. I went to a shipyard in Philly to get a sense of what it will take to realize Washington's maritime dreams: nytimes.com/2025/05/27/bus…

The tariffs are crushing many small businesses. I spent the last month talking to one in Richmond, Vermont about its struggles. nytimes.com/2025/05/27/bus…

Insightful article by Peter Eavis The New York Times "New Fees on Floating Garages Are Trump’s Latest Effort to Revive U.S. Shipbuilding" monkeylink.co/20da6a

Happy FOIAFriday the 13th! NEW issue of my newsletter is out. In March, I filed a request with the US Institute of Peace just as DOGE was taking over the agency. This week USIP sent me the most incredible response to a #FOIA request I have ever received bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

The real work of long-form journalism, William Langewiesche once said, came when he sat down to write. “Writing is thinking; writing is a form of thought,” he said. “It’s difficult for me to believe that real thought is possible without writing.” R.I.P. nytimes.com/2025/06/16/bus…