Reposted by Ankur ShethKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/10/2026We’re a banana republic And Republicans in Congress endorse every bit of it. 401337234
Reposted by Ankur ShethQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 14/10/2026back in the olden days DOJ would investigate a particular crime it believed had been committed, rather than just poking around to see if anything was wrong 781930413
Reposted by Ankur ShethKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Always read Kyla. Always 922133
Reposted by Ankur ShethThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13/10/2026A new documentary lays bare the human failings of Elon Musk—and the faith people put in him anyway, Megan Garber argues:bit.ly‘Elon Is a Nuke’A new documentary makes the case that Elon Musk is a human of mass destruction. 1027783
Reposted by Ankur ShethKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Read every word of this and share it. 252475757
Ankur Sheth @ankursheth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The party is over! The generation that came of age in 90s and 2000s was lucky... ritholtz.com/2026/09/the-...ritholtz.comThe Aberrational Century - The Big PictureIt’s the end of September, and that means I am busy working on the Q4 quarterly call (out early October). I decided to surface to share two tables I find absolutely fascinating. The first table (above... 000
Reposted by Ankur ShethKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Generations. Several of them. 2653177
Ankur Sheth @ankursheth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026ritholtz.com/2026/09/nonc...ritholtz.comHow Non-Competes Damage the Labor Market - The Big PictureMap by Claude Last month, I posted this data dive into the question of “How Wealth Is Created in America.” It’s always fun to look at the sources of wealth, and I used a few broad data sources.1 Bu... 000
Reposted by Ankur ShethJesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-... 8634291342
Reposted by Ankur ShethAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When the public finally learns the full accounting of the damage done in this war, it’ll probably be too late to hold anyone in the Trump administration accountable. But this is insane. And they’re lying to the American people. 30352592074
Reposted by Ankur ShethCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026My fellow Americans, this is being done in our name. wapo.st/4h1hNmTwapo.stAlligator Alcatraz detainees were put in small cages, DHS watchdog report findsThe Florida facility’s staff referred to the enclosures as “calming areas.” Investigators said their use violated federal standards and did not align with “standards for humane treatment.” 22346128
Ankur Sheth @ankursheth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Hard to disagree... www.anildash.com/2026/09/02/c...anildash.comVC isn’t VC anymore — understanding the rise of Cancer Capital - Anil DashA blog about making culture. Since 1999. 000
Reposted by Ankur ShethBlake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 11/09/2026There’s this one weird trick called LEGISLATION 2033648
Reposted by Ankur ShethCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco... 383129905473
Reposted by Ankur ShethRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already. 1557282029442
Ankur Sheth @ankursheth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"...and their proxies are preparing us to swallow the damage that they are now anticipating." Privatize the profits, socialize the risks and the losses. That's modern capitalism for us, the masses. garymarcus.substack.com/p/pause-open...garymarcus.substack.comPause OpenAI, nowQuite simply, they can no longer be trusted. 000
Ankur Sheth @ankursheth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026www.theverge.com/transportati... It always come down to grifters are gonna grift.theverge.comElon Musk broke the FAA — Palantir is picking up the piecesPalantir’s reach in the FAA keeps growing. 000
Reposted by Ankur ShethKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026So 1. Hrs right. There is nothing magic about $40 trillion. It’s just a number. 2. He’s delusional. He’s paying >5.2% to borrow at 30 years. GDP grew 1.5% in Q2. His math isn’t mathing. 1001442271
Reposted by Ankur ShethBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century 7234431177
Reposted by Ankur ShethTom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I think it's bad the Commander in Chief is either in denial or just lies about the facts on the ground regarding the Strait of Hormuz on the daily. Maybe it's me. 923529
Reposted by Ankur ShethKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026“No one truly appreciates the scope of Trump’s clusterfuck” Evergreen sentence right there 19728135
Reposted by Ankur ShethNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world. 7043262445
Reposted by Ankur ShethPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 06/08/2026A central part of why it seems like powerful, rich people live in a consequence-free world is that the social incentives to hold them to account have withered. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 𝟏𝟐-𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 652248713
Reposted by Ankur ShethKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Well, I mean, it was nonsense 1648352
Reposted by Ankur ShethRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The tricky part for a future Dem Admin is going to be finding a way to divest the US govt from these companies without tanking their stock price & hurting them over the long term. What Trump is doing is a fundamental tenet of communism while he distracts by claiming Dems are. 1661953766
Reposted by Ankur ShethMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 02/08/2026This is a story about the President and several of his hand-picked appointees all committing crimes and blatantly lying to the public while stealing public funds and abusing the criminal justice system, but the NYTimes describes the situation like they're recapping a soap opera. 462467721
Reposted by Ankur ShethDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 31/07/2026It’s worth repeating on a regular basis: the Trump administration’s corruption is truly unprecedented. I get why Trump is seeking bribes. What I’m less sure about is how the bribers think this will end. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-corrup...danieldrezner.substack.comThe Corruption Is the PointAn awful lot of folks are okay with bribing Donald Trump, his family, and his administration. What will the reckoning look like -- or will it happen at all? 2234884
Ankur Sheth @ankursheth.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Couldn't agree more! Thank God that S&P 500 didn't change their rules! trendlabs.com/the-public-i...trendlabs.comThe Public Is the Exit - TrendLabsSpaceX (SPCX) has already been cut roughly in half from its highs, just days after the biggest IPO in history. That sounds dramatic. But it really shouldn’t be surprising. We’ve been talking about thi... 010
Reposted by Ankur ShethCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/07/2026BOUIE: ".. Musk spends a large part of his free time fomenting violence and spreading .. hateful ideology .. ".. It is that fact, and not the cars he builds or the rockets he launches, that ought to define his place in public life." @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there? 39683196
Reposted by Ankur ShethJennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Today, in violations of the rule of law that would be sufficient for impeachment in any other American presidency but aren't in this one because pathological partisan loyalty has rotted the constitutional order: 7231601050
Reposted by Ankur ShethKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/07/2026One more time: While many people insist they need to stay on Twitter to keep informed about the real world, staying on Twitter is more likely to misinform you about the real world. Stop marinating your brain in the right-wing fever swamp. It's actively making you dumber. 32958187
Reposted by Ankur ShethLuke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Kareem Abdul-Jabbar just out there cutting everything down to their essence. 301868570
Ankur Sheth @ankursheth.bsky.social · 21/07/2026www.wired.com/story/diarrh...wired.comTaylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea OutbreakThe company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC. 000
Ankur Sheth @ankursheth.bsky.social · 21/07/2026paulkrugman.substack.com/p/democracy-...paulkrugman.substack.comDemocracy in an Age of PowermaxxingThe billionaire backlash has finally arrived. But is it too late? 000
Reposted by Ankur ShethTom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Two weeks ago today, after Nasdaq willingly rigged the rules, somewhere btw $7-10 bil of passive money was forced to buy SpaceX at $160.42 Today, 10 trading days later, it closed at $119.85 It’s an unprecedented forced loss (at least $2b) for passive investors and our financial media is 🦗 712819960
Reposted by Ankur ShethCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/07/2026www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy... 401305537
Reposted by Ankur ShethCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Trump Media pitched $100,000 monthly fee for fast feed of president’s posts. What a shakedown www.ft.com/content/e466...ft.comTrump Media pitched $100,000 monthly fee for fast feed of president’s postsFamily company has quoted the six-figure sum for high-speed access to Truth Social platform 39352103
Reposted by Ankur ShethKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Washington Post Stops Short of Being a Real Newspaper 572706455
Reposted by Ankur ShethKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I’ve lived in Beijing too. They don’t have elections. 20872601349
Ankur Sheth @ankursheth.bsky.social · 16/07/2026data4democracy.substack.com/p/elon-musk-...data4democracy.substack.comElon Musk and The Rise of Cult CapitalismEvery billionaire is a policy failure. The first trillionaire is also a market failure. 000
Reposted by Ankur ShethCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I guess this is what the FBI does now that they've stopped investigating white-collar crime? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...nytimes.comFBI Evidence Team Visits Lincoln Memorial Reflecting PoolOfficials surveyed the newly drained pool, where the floor began peeling soon after a $16 million repair job. President Trump has blamed vandals. 1632538582
Reposted by Ankur ShethThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/07/2026"During Duterte’s reign, people inside the Philippines thought they were experiencing quasi-normal political life. But the rest of the world was able to see the situation more clearly." This is about us:lnk.thebulwark.comAmerica’s Death Squads Are RealSometimes you can’t see the world clearly from the inside. 724299
Reposted by Ankur ShethMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10736504620331
Reposted by Ankur ShethMatt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026The NYT obituary of Lindsey Graham makes no mention of his effort to overturn the 2020 election by calling Georgia’s secretary of state to intimidate him into manufacturing votes for Trump. The Times, like all news media, is GOP propaganda erasing Republicans’ history as election deniers 19893522799
Reposted by Ankur ShethSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Donald Trump is mentally deranged. He’s a danger to the U.S. He’s a danger to the globe. He does not belong in this position of power—in control of the massive U.S. military—and he should be removed from office. This is not a joke. And his GOP enablers are responsible for abdicating their duty. 35445391383
Reposted by Ankur ShethThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/07/2026You know inequality must be bad when even Mitt Romney thinks there’s too much money concentrated in the hands of a few Out here sounding like @aoc.bsky.social & Bernie! (So hundreds of billions is fine but Mitt draws the line at a trillion apparently) 711373351
Reposted by Ankur ShethMatt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026When Biden did literally this exact thing the media organized Biden Is Unfit parades in every major city until he dropped out 792995731
Reposted by Ankur ShethTimothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 04/07/2026The "Big Bill" H.R.1 -- signed into law by the POTUS one year ago -- will lead to huge tax cuts for the top 10% of the income distribution, with cuts imposed on those in the bottom 10-30% of the income distribution. www.cbo.gov/publication/... 5301154