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Ben Berkowitz

@berkowitzbt.bsky.social
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Executive editor at Axios. Ex-NBC, CNBC, Reuters, AP, AOL, Fidelity, among various others.

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The 9/11 photographers who ran toward the danger www.axios.com/2026/09/11/s...
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Axios interview: The 9/11 photographers who ran toward the danger
If 9/11 happened today, "the visual record would be immediate, massive, and probably far more fragmented."
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"The war in Iran has now cost U.S. consumers $100 billion in higher energy prices, and the bill is rising another $1 million about every two minutes, per a real-time estimate from Brown University." via @berkowitzbt.bsky.social
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Iran war drives $100 billion in extra energy costs for U.S. consumers
The average cost burden is more than $760 per household.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
It's the diesel, stupid. Matt Phillips nails it this morning — stop relaxing about $80 crude and start worrying about $180 diesel, the fuel that actually powers the economy. www.axios.com/2026/08/24/d...
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Looking for an energy shock? It's in diesel
Investors' relief over crude oil's relatively muted reaction to the Iran war could be misplaced.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The governor of Texas says data centers "dug their own grave." Skepticism about the AI boom is nothing new; no one expected the problem was going to be red-state Republicans, though. www.axios.com/2026/08/23/g...
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Texas welcomed the AI boom. Now Abbott says data centers "dug their own grave"
The backlash has become a political threat.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
GOP consumer sentiment fell >18 points in the last 6 months, per the UMich index. The last time GOP sentiment fell that much in 6 months (while Dem sentiment barely budged) was the start of the Great Financial Crisis in late '08-early '09. via @neilirwin.bsky.social www.axios.com/2026/08/14/c...
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Consumer sentiment dips, especially among Republicans
Overall sentiment fell 8% in early August, with the steepest month-to-month drop among survey respondents identifying as Republicans.
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Axios @axios.com · 17/05/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones and recently began discussing plans to use them to attack U.S assets, according to classified intelligence shared with Axios. The intelligence could become a pretext for U.S. military action.
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Exclusive: U.S. eyes attack-drone threat from Cuba
Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones from Russia and Iran, U.S. intel says.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
No, Justin Bieber did not interview Jensen Huang at Jeffrey Katzenberg's CEO uber-conference WNDR. But now we know who DID appear for what and when, via this @danprimack.bsky.social exclusive for @axios.com. www.axios.com/2026/05/11/k...
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Exclusive: Behind the scenes of Katzenberg's WNDR conference
The event has historically been under the public's radar.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I forgot for a moment that we're in that dangerous time of year when an abrupt exclamation after 330pm can be either market news or basketball developments.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
First I laughed. Then I tried to figure out the valuation.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Reading up (and writing about) since 6am! www.axios.com/2026/01/31/a...
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"We're in the singularity": New AI platform skips the humans entirely
It's not science fiction. It's happening right now — and it's freaking out some of the smartest names in artificial intelligence.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
A delightful thread, and worth the 5 minutes to clear your brain amid the onslaught of news. Nos. 15-17 are demonstrably wrong. But, you know, not everyone is perfect.
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Axios @axios.com · 05/01/2026
BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Stop thinking about this as a disruption or brief retreat from "normal," or as a uniquely American or Trumpian moment.  It's a living rewiring of societies, business and our way of life — and it's rapidly accelerating across the globe.
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Behind the Curtain: The era of "normal" is over
You need to toss aside old assumptions about life and business.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
If you put $1,000 each into the Nasdaq and a broad crypto basket on Jan. 19, you'd have ended the year with $2,026. If you put $1,000 each into President Trump's traded assets - TMTG stock and the Official TRUMP coin - you'd have ended up with $444. www.axios.com/2026/01/02/t...
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Trump's wealth grew in 2025, but his investors took lumps
Some publicly traded assets associated with the president underperformed peers and broader markets.
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Axios @axios.com · 29/12/2025
The 2025 news cycle, in 1 chart www.axios.com/2025/12/29/g...
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Talking Biz News @talkingbiznews.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
@berkowitzbt.bsky.social named head of news at @axios.com: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/a...
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Axios names Berkowitz head of news - Talking Biz News
Ben Berkowitz has been promoted to head of news at Axios. In this role, he will manage the daily essential newsletter (Axios AM, PM, Finish Line), newsdesk, and audience teams. He has been managing ed...
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I paid $2.89 for 18 eggs last Saturday. Paid $12.69 in February.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Dividend checks. Farm bailouts. Debt reduction. Deficit reduction. Tax elimination. The administration says tariffs aren't really intended to generate revenue — but the money's still being pledged all over the place, much more than is actually coming in. www.axios.com/2025/11/22/t...
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The problem with Trump's tariff promises: not enough money
Trump's promised debt reduction, deficit reduction, $2,000 dividend checks and farm bailouts with the money.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Bessent, Oct. 15: China "can't be trusted" Bessent, Nov. 15: "I think we have to go into this believing that President Xi will keep his word to President Trump" www.axios.com/2025/11/16/u...
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Bessent says U.S. must trust China's word on trade deal
It was only a month ago that Bessent said China couldn't be trusted.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
On a $500,000 home, assuming current average rates, taking out a 50-year mortgage instead of a 30-year loan would save you $5,000 in monthly payments over five years. You'd also lose out on $27,000 in equity. www.axios.com/2025/11/10/t...
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Trump administration's 50-year mortgage idea ditches a key advantage
Buyers taking out a 50-year mortgage wouldn't actually save that much.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
For at least the 3rd time in the last 4 months, the president is floating a $2,000 tariff dividend. It's still not clear if the tariffs were even legal. www.axios.com/2025/11/09/t...
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Trump again promises $2,000 tariff dividend as SCOTUS decision looms
He's brought the idea up before but never taken steps to execute it.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
* Most October layoffs since 2003 * Most Q4 layoffs since 2008 * Most YTD layoffs since 2020 * Least YTD hiring since 2011 * Least holiday seasonal hiring since 2012 The labor market has a problem. www.axios.com/2025/11/06/l...
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October layoffs hit 22-year high as labor market wobbles, Challenger says
Employers announced 153,074 layoffs in October.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
New for @axios.com: Palantir CEO Alex Karp tells The Axios Show that his company is "baller" and that Wall Street analysts are: * Biased against him * Jealous of Palantir's success * Using outdated models to understand companies www.axios.com/2025/11/06/p...
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"The Axios Show": Palantir is "baller" and Wall St. analysts don't get it, Karp says
"I don't know, I'm just modest over here."
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
You can tell a lot about a college by how aggressive they are with emails during application season. I've gotten 49 emails in 60 days from @hofstrau.bsky.social. My kid applied to 39 schools, and Hofstra's sent more emails than the other 38 combined.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Headline CPI was benign - but for the second month in a row, y/y coffee prices rose at a faster rate than any other line item in the basket, followed closely by beef. www.axios.com/2025/10/24/i...
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Inflation slowed in September, government says in shutdown report
It's the only major economic indicator expected to be released during the government shutdown.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Editor pro-tip: When a reporter asks you if she can go drive an 18-wheeler and then sleep in the back, you should of course say "yes." www.axios.com/2025/10/01/v...
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The tiny 5-star hotel room inside Volvo's new semi truck
The VNL has just about everything — except a toilet.
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katemarino.bsky.social @katemarino.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
This is an intimate interview with Ukrainian President Zelensky unlike any I've seen recently. Speaking with my colleague Barak Ravid, he was candid, emotional and very human. He's increasingly hopeful for his country. WATCH The Axios Show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kwZ...
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Zelensky warns Putin, reacts to Trump reversal, apologizes to Ukrainian kids - The Axios Show, Ep. 2
YouTube video by Axios
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
The new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas will NOT apply to existing visa holders when it goes into effect Sunday, per a White House official. (Some lawyers and companies had warned existing holders to rush back to the U.S. today to avoid the fee.) www.axios.com/2025/09/20/t...
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Trump's new H-1B fee won't apply to existing visa holders Sunday, official says
The $100,000 fee for the highly prized visa is intended to boost jobs for U.S. workers.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
One of President Trump's major campaign promises was to lower grocery prices. By and large, they're higher than they were last month and last year, some categories by double digits. My latest with @kellytyko.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
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Grocery prices rise at the fastest pace since 2022 as Trump tariffs bite
On the campaign trail, Trump promised lower grocery prices.
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Axios @axios.com · 10/09/2025
THE AXIOS SHOW exclusive: After taking a stake in Intel and a cut of Nvidia's chip sales in China, the U.S. government may next target a share of the money generated by patents developed at major universities using federal funding, Howard Lutnick says
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Exclusive: U.S. should take a chunk of universities' patent revenue, Lutnick says
The administration wants to capture potentially tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in future upside from the work of scientists.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The White House said late Friday it may let trade partners negotiate lower tariffs on ... Hair? Parrots? Edible crickets? www.axios.com/2025/09/06/t...
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Trump floats lower tariffs on human hair, edible bugs in new list
International trade isn't all about washing machines and cars and fancy dresses.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Chairman of the board? No, chairman of ALL boards. President Trump has assumed a quasi-authority to orchestrate how the private sector operates, broadly and at individual company levels. No one's stopping him, so he confidently plows ahead. My latest for @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/08/26/t...
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Trump, chairman of corporate America
Less than a fifth of the way through his second presidency, the impact of his influence is only just starting to be seen.
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Megan Morrone @megmorrone.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I want to talk to you about your kids’ K-12 new school AI policies this year. For an @axios.com story. Please share this most with anyone. I’m at Megan.Morrone@Axios
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Ina Fried @inafried.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
New at Axios: Google debuts its Ai-infused Pixel 10 lineup as it looks to get a boost before Apple’s iPhone launch.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Data out this morning from the BLS shows import prices of edible vegetables have risen more than 5% in the last two months.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
The White House is now scoring companies and trade associations on their loyalty to the administration's priorities, starting with support for the BBB. Uber, DoorDash, Delta, United, AT&T, Cisco, and trade groups for steel and airlines among those topping the list. www.axios.com/2025/08/15/w...
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Scoop: White House hands down loyalty ratings for hundreds of companies
The unusual scorecard fits this administration's habit of micromanaging companies and administering loyalty tests.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
ICYMI, the eye-popper in today's PPI: a 39% rise in wholesale fresh vegetable prices. It's the largest month-on-month increase ever recorded in the summer (data to 1947), and one of the ten largest ever, regardless of season. With the estimable @alexjamesfitz.com www.axios.com/2025/08/14/i...
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Veggie-flation strikes, with a warning for grocery prices
No matter what the official data shows, consumers "feel" inflation when grocery prices rise.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
The solicitor general of the United States says Social Security and Medicare could collapse if Trump's tariffs are struck down by a court — claiming the gov't would have to repay money it hasn't been paid from deals it hasn't finalized. www.axios.com/2025/08/11/s...
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Trump admin claims Social Security, Medicare at risk if tariffs blocked
Government lawyers said the U.S. could be on the hook to repay money it hasn't yet been paid.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Where you ask matters as much as what you ask. Truth Social's new AI search tool, powered by Perplexity, appears to use a limited set of sources - Fox News, Epoch Times, Washington Times - to answer queries. The same questions on Perplexity's site use more sources. www.axios.com/2025/08/06/t...
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Truth Social's Perplexity search comes with Trump-friendly media sources
Increasingly, where you ask matters as much as what you ask.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
“.. While you can quibble with this or that estimate or figure, the order of magnitudes make it pretty clear that AI itself is not enough to buoy the economy, sales, or earnings ahead ..” @axios.com www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
No one, and I mean no one, hits nails on heads all day long like the estimable Zach Basu. Read this and in 500 words you'll understand the entire world of the last week.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Commerce Sec. Lutnick insists the August 1 tariff deadline is real, no TACOs — and he projects they could generate $700 billion to $1 trillion a year in revenue, perhaps the highest figure yet from the administration. www.axios.com/2025/07/27/t...
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Trump's tariffs start August 1, no extensions, Lutnick says
After a months-long pause, tariffs are expected to shoot higher on dozens of countries next Friday.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Sec. Lutnick with a number of #timestamp comments on trade this morning: * Baseline tariff rates will be 10%, not higher * Aug. 1 is a hard deadline for new tariffs * The USMCA will be renegotiated next year www.axios.com/2025/07/20/t...
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U.S. still looking at 10% baseline tariff, not higher, Lutnick says
President Trump repeatedly suggested in recent days that baseline rates could go to 15% or even 20%.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
If I told you one year ago that a future president was going to: * Impose 30% tariffs on the largest US trading partners * Threaten to fire the Fed chair * Provide weapons for a war against Russia And stocks would close HIGHER on the news, would you have believed me?
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Oh so it's gonna be that kind of week huh
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Big @neilirwin.bsky.social scoop for @axios.com — the Federal Reserve has asked its inspector general to look into its $2.5 billion HQ renovation project, which has suddenly become a possible lever for the Trump administration to oust chair Jerome Powell. www.axios.com/2025/07/14/t...
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Scoop: Powell asks Fed's IG to review renovation costs amid Trump pressure
The Trump administration is using cost overruns as leverage to squeeze Powell to cut rates or leave.
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Axios @axios.com · 14/07/2025
NEW: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, bristling at Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's warning of a looming white-collar apocalypse, tells Axios that AI will create vastly more and superior jobs. “I don't know why AI companies are trying to scare us.”
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Behind the Curtain — Jensen vs. Dario: "There will be more jobs"
The Jensen Huang vs. Dario Amodei debate captures a deep divide among AI experts over America's job market in a highly automated world.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
🚨 Trump threatens EU, Mexico with 30% tariff rates The intrigue: Canada gets a higher tariff than Mexico over fentanyl flows, even though fentanyl seizures at the Mexican border are 20x the Canadian border. www.axios.com/2025/07/12/t...
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Trump threatens EU, Mexico with 30% tariff rate
Trump has reverted to the aggressive trade posture he took early in his term.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Elon Musk spent more than $250 million getting Donald Trump elected last year. His public, real-time blow-up with Trump today has just cost him somewhere north of $11 billion. www.axios.com/2025/06/05/t...
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Tesla stock sinks as Musk-Trump tension blows up
Musk has repeatedly assailed Trump's "big, beautiful bill" in recent days, saying it'll unacceptably increase the national debt.
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
"Elon was butthurt." Always read @axios.com. www.axios.com/2025/06/03/e...
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Four reasons behind Musk's imploding relationship with the White House
"Elon was butthurt."
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Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
You might be surprised how many of my commuter town's residents have said their employers won't let them WFH, even though the alternatives are arduous, double or triple the commute time, and also 2x-3x the commute cost.
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