Layoffs at Pierre Omidyar's Democracy Fund. democracyfund.org/idea/democracy…

NEW and BREAKING: Trump’s announcement that Harvard and his admin were close on a deal came after Stephen Schwartzman, working as an emissary between Trump and Harvard, had multiple calls with Trump over the past few days to discuss a deal, according to people briefed.

good Emily Schultheis piece on how the McCarthy fundraising effort in California seems to have flopped politico.com/newsletters/ca…

The CAL-ACCESS filing monitor was on the fritz since Friday so I missed this yesterday, but Charles Munger, Jr. chipped in another $2.7 million to his committee opposing Gavin Newsom's gerrymander Prop 50, bringing his total to $32.7 million.

Andrew Cuomo … is still raising money into October, per invite.

lol guess i'm not getting that $1500 they owe me under EU law nytimes.com/2025/09/29/bus…

Interesting thread on a contradiction some sources like to point out to me

On the fundraising trail in Silicon Valley next month: Sherrod Brown #ohsen

18 mins

sabrina song slaps

👀👀 Chris Gober, the GOP campaign-finance lawyer who recently represented Elon Musk and America PAC during the 2024 campaign, is running for Congress in Texas.

great Alan Blinder / Michael C. Bender on the billionaire behind the higher-ed curtain nytimes.com/2025/10/03/us/…

PSA — I'm about to be on vacation for 4 weeks so tomorrow is your last day to send me a scoop. ❤️

Tomorrow —>

awful missed tackle by Mahomes there

This story is adapted from my new book, which comes out next week & is available for preorder: amazon.com/Devils-Advocat…

Ken is a great mentor and colleague to me. Unafraid to scrutinize sacred cows, aggressive in his pursuit of the truth, really generous with his time and expertise, and wildly entertaining on the phone. Buy his book!

I'll be quiet on Twitter for the next few weeks — as I have been for the last few. Been busy in the Berkshires. One week into marriage to Anna Lipkin. So far so good! See all my sources in mid-November. May not return your text or Signal. Off to explore every inch of 🇯🇵.