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Dan Jamieson

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Retired S. Calif. biz journalist. Hacking up tennis cts, chasing fish on the fly, restoring CA native plants, rethinking macroecon, ?ing media. Wisc. native.

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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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More than 100 Israelis go on rampage in Palestinian town
Jewish settlers blocked roads, set tyres ablaze and prevented the return of a Palestinian family in latest surge of violence in occupied West Bank
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Newsom plans no new journalism funding despite $175-million funding deal with Google
It’s a significant walkback from an August 2024 deal between California leaders and Google to jointly spend $175 million over five years to fund local journalism.
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The latest nonsense from Gavin Newsom. www.latimes.com/environment/...
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In blow to tribes, Newsom vetoes bill that would have remade little-known state forests
Gov. Gavin Newsom said AB 2494 could have hampered research in demonstration forests, dealing a setback to tribes and environmentalists pushing to curb commercial logging.
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Calif. gov Newsom caves on Paramount/Warner merger. AG Bonta pushed to block it. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Paramount to Settle Lawsuits, Paving Way for Warner Bros. Merger
Paramount Skydance Corp. has reached a settlement with California and other states suing to block its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., according to a person familiar with the matte...
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Sickening and evil robber baron shit (for extra gross Lanny Davis, the most corrupt villain in the extended Clinton Cinematic Universe, is involved.) www.notus.org/agencies/tru...
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Trump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer
The National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park.
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Samidh @samidh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
As usual, @masnick.com is spot on here: www.techdirt.com/2026/08/26/m... Nothing says "regulatory capture" more than making a payment to the government contingent upon them enforcing certain rules of your choice on your competitors.
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Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform
By now you've almost certainly heard the news that Meta has settled with 52 state and local Attorneys General who had sued the company in some form or another over child safety on Meta's platforms. The headlines are all covering the basics: the years-long case these states filed against Meta ends, and Meta pays somewhere...
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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The multiplying risks of financing data centres
Wall Street players extending themselves to underwrite this colossal new asset class are looking to limit exposure
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Israel’s campaign to make southern Lebanon ‘unliveable’
Israeli forces have systematically destroyed homes, roads, farmland and forests despite ceasefire with Hizbollah
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Worth remembering that the U.S. helped take down Iran’s democracy in the 1950s.
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In first, CIA acknowledges 1953 coup it backed to overthrow leader of Iran was undemocratic
While other American officials have made similar remarks in the past, the acknowledgment by the CIA in a podcast about the agency’s history comes as much of its official history of the coup still rema...
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW
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A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Since Republicans are lying about voter ID again, I recorded this episode to explain what they are really up to. Please watch, like and share. youtu.be/FZn4uu8PMWE?...
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Your Driver's License Won't Pass Trump's Voter ID Test
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/07/2026
Something like 19,000 people have been subjected to third-country removal so far. And I've only got basic biographical info about maybe 200 of them. All unjust, but I probably feel worst for the two Burmese people imprisoned in South Sudan and the Mauritanians sent to Equatorial Guinea and Uganda.
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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
ICE Is a Job Killer Everywhere It Goes www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/o.... By my @brookingsinst colleague Marcela Escobari
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Opinion | ICE Is a Job Killer Everywhere It Goes
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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'This is terrifying': The Colorado River, a lifeline for seven states, is drying up at its source
The source of the Colorado River in the Rocky Mountains is drying up, threatening a critical water lifeline for about 35 million people and 5 million acres of farmland across the Southwest.
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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Don't Be Blindfolded Less disclosure. More risk. Find out what this SEC rule means for your investments — and take action before July 6. Learn More AI, the Economy, and You A People-Centered AI Agenda...
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 12/06/2026
Trillionaires shouldn't exist while poverty exists. Or as Paine wrote, "I care not how affluent some may be, provided that none be miserable in consequence of it. But it is impossible to enjoy affluence with the felicity it is capable of being enjoyed, while so much misery is mingled in the scene."
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National Immigration Project @nipnlg.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Rapid Response Coordinating Attorney Gracie Willis observed “mega master” hearings in New Orleans — courts scheduling 100+ people at once, rescheduling without notice, issuing deportation orders for no-shows. See Gracie’s full report below.
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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'This is a hijacking': UFC White House fight and race cars take over National Park Service land
The planned spectacles at the White House and National Mall stray so far from the National Park Service's traditional mission and ethos that advocates and career employees are crying foul.
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
SpaceX: A money-losing biz with plans for asteroid mining, passenger transport to the Moon and Mars, and near total control by Elon Musk. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Inside SpaceX’s audacious IPO plan
Elon Musk’s rockets-to-AI conglomerate lays out its ambitions
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Well-reported story on the trans athlete issue in Calif. by @ericlicas.bsky.social. www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...
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Debate over trans athletes intensifies at Yorba Linda track meet
A CIF Division 3 track meet held in Yorba Linda earlier this month became the lattest battleground in California's trans athlete debate and laid bare CIF's uneasy middle ground approach.
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Justice Department expands Trump settlement to cover his tax audits
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed a broadly worded addendum that appears to end the president’s long-running disputes with the IRS.
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
“SpaceX has proposed one of the most aggressive corporate governance regimes in US history, intending to guarantee Elon Musk cannot be fired and offering a trillion-dollar pay deal linked to building a colony on Mars.” (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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SpaceX IPO set to lock in Elon Musk’s control with Mars-linked pay deal
Investors expected to accept $1.75tn valuation, weak shareholder rights and billionaire’s sci-fi business vision
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
“Supreme court’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ” electionlawblog.org?p=156002
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"Supreme court’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ" #ELB
The Guardian: In his opinion gutting section 2 of the Voting Rights Act last week, Alito said that Black voter turnout had exceeded white voter turnout in two of the five most recent presidential elec...
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Seeing little kids get gassed by their own governmnent in Portland is up there with the most traumatic things I've witnessed as a journalist
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Calif. gov ballot ..
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Journalists need to clearly and assertively put this in the context of Trump's attempts to replace democracy with autocracy. See: presswatchers.org/2026/05/jour...
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Journalists who write about Trump really need to start adding disclaimers | Press Watch
With a few words that simply state the obvious, news outlets could help their readers understand why all this is happening
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
We simply are not getting the same INFLATION & RECESSION level of breathless coverage that we did in <checks notes> 2022-23 when Joe Biden was president.
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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The Supreme Court is Corrupt. This is What We Can Do About It.
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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Apple, Google Crushed California Bill That Helped Smaller Rivals
Some of the world’s largest technology companies swiftly quashed a California legislative measure that pitted giants like Apple Inc. and Google against smaller rivals, a display of their immense polit...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 22/04/2026
Overnight, one of these ICE charters landed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a likely third-country removal. The second plane has landed in Guinea and Burkina Faso and may have more stops. Migrant passengers were shackled for at least 16 hours.
A FR24 map showing a Journey Aviation plane landing in Kinshasa. An FR24 map showing a Journey Aviation plane going from Guinea to Burkina Faso.
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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Opinion | Trump Killed the One Thing That Made Filing Taxes Easier
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Matt Stoller @matthewstoller.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Today I released an investigative piece on something most people don't think about until they really need it - ambulances. The price of ambulances has skyrocketed since 2012. Why? It's likely... private equity. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/code-red-w...
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Emergency Prices: How Private Equity Captured the Ambulance Market
Emergency service costs have been going up for years, frustrating city officials. One reason seems to be private equity, which bought up ambulance makers and raised prices.
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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I spoke to an ICE observer who was detained last week after following DHS agents to record them. She was not arrested. Five days later, her Global Entry was revoked. A day after I asked DHS about her case, her Global Entry was restored. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-wa...
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She Had A Scary Encounter With Homeland Security Agents. Then Her Global Entry Was Revoked.
Anna Walker believes she was retaliated against for lawfully observing federal agents during Trump's immigration crackdown.
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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California man shot by ICE says officials falsely labeled him a gang member
Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez was hit by more than six bullets, says lawyer, with ICE facing scrutiny over shooting
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
“...[the SEC’s approach seems to be] let’s see if there is a technical way to not pay them or pay them less,” said Sean McKessy, former the first head of the SEC’s whistleblower program. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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You could pay more than $5,000 for a single ticket to the 2028 L.A. Olympics
Your morning catch-up: Sticker shock for L.A. Olympics tickets, fires break out in Los Angeles, Riverside counties and more big stories
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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You could pay more than $5,000 for a single ticket to the 2028 L.A. Olympics
Your morning catch-up: Sticker shock for L.A. Olympics tickets, fires break out in Los Angeles, Riverside counties and more big stories
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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You could pay more than $5,000 for a single ticket to the 2028 L.A. Olympics
Your morning catch-up: Sticker shock for L.A. Olympics tickets, fires break out in Los Angeles, Riverside counties and more big stories
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Retracing the fateful journey of the Tahoe avalanche victims
A trek to the site of the deadliest avalanche in California history reveals a surprisingly tranquil spot, a stark contrast to the frenzied 15 minutes that determined who survived.
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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Pete Hegseth’s broker looked to buy defence fund before Iran attack
Morgan Stanley wealth manager approached BlackRock about multimillion-dollar investment for US defence secretary
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
“At a meeting ..this month, Trump admin officials moved [to] scale back scrutiny of hedge funds, encouraged fin.firms to experiment with AI [and] lamented ... regulation. What wasn’t discussed [was what[] has Washington and Wall St. most on edge: private credit." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/b...
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Private-Credit Wobbles Could Prove Perilous for Trump
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Colby Smith @colbylsmith.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Concerns around private credit are mounting just as the Trump admin is expanding access to it Fund managers, lobbyists and lawmakers are now awaiting the rollout of a Dept of Labor proposal that would include alternative assets in 401ks www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/b... Alan Rappeport @nytimes.com
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
What could go wrong? (Hint: Bank regulators also cut capital requirements prior to the financial crisis.) www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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The Fed’s $200 Billion Bank Stimulus Poses a Big Risk
The Federal Reserve is about to give America’s biggest lenders an extra $200 billion of capital to play with. Later this week, US regulators will launch fresh proposals to update and, in some ways, lo...
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
"The utility attributed the higher electric bills to several increases that it successfully lobbied the California Public Utilities Commission to approve. All five members of the commission were appointed by Newsom." www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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Edison executive pay soars despite devastating Eaton fire
Edison International boosted the pay of its top executives last year despite their responsibility for the safety of the company’s electricity lines before the deadly Eaton fire, which destroyed a wide...
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Holy war
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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Donald Trump struggles to explain why he launched another Middle Eastern war
Reason for conflict that has already killed hundreds of Iranians and six US soldiers remains unclear
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"But the trial exposed far more personal information about the agent and his family than the alleged doxing incident.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Two women convicted of stalking ICE agent during Los Angeles immigration protests
Two protesters were convicted of stalking a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in a case that could test the limits of furious protests against the Trump administration's immigration raids...
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
After losing the 2020 election, Trump agitated his supporters to incite an insurrection on J6 attempting to overturn the results Hundreds were arrested, plead guilty, convicted of seditious conpspiracy, etc and went to prison On 1.20.2025 Trump pardoned nearly every damn one of his foot soldiers
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Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
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Olympics men's hockey gold spoiled
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