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More homes, better transit, safer walking, higher QOL

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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@kedseconomist.com would like to see Congress make economic policy the old-fashioned way -- by enacting laws rather than by tax expenditures. Excellent op-ed.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It's way past time for Maryland to ban non-compete employee contract non-compete clauses. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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California Knows Business-Friendly Rules Stifle Innovation
California is leading a group of 12 states suing to block Paramount Skydance Corp.’s $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros Discovery Inc., claiming the deal would give the combined company unfair contr...
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The old SEC is dead. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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The Supreme Court Quietly Killed SEC Independence
When the Supreme Court voted narrowly to preserve the independence of the Federal Reserve at the end of June, many investors breathed a sigh of relief. It may have been premature. Because on the same ...
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Here's some rage bait. www.bloomberg.com/features/202... You're welcome.
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World’s Biggest Hedge Fund Teaches the Wealthy How to Slash Taxes to Zero
Cliff Asness’s AQR is riding an anti-tax wave to become the world’s biggest hedge fund.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Good piece from Bloomberg's Justin Fox www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Speed Cameras Work, Which Is Why Motorists Hate Them
Last November, the Canadian province of Ontario banned traffic enforcement by speed camera. “Over the last few years, we’ve seen municipalities across the province use municipal speed cameras as nothi...
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Excellent. 🧵
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
If you can't/won't attend, you can still fill out the online survey form.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Gee. Perhaps this can be done in Chevy Chase MD and Chevy Chase DC. 📚 🌆
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Tax code subchapter M requires investment co. s/hs to pay tax on annual capital gain distributions. This excellent Bloomberg piece explains how industry creativity + SEC action has effectively repealed subchapter M for ETFs and increasingly for mutual funds. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The Top 1% Reap Most From Tax Loophole Costing $48 Billion
The ETF industry is exploiting the tax break at an unprecedented scale.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Sad news. @actfortransit.bsky.social
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We (MD) are #1!
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Dear Montgomery County Maryland candidates for elective office. Make it easier to build housing. You can do it!
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Financial firms to their regulators: "Hold my beer."
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The economies of some of our largest cities are down, but not out.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Bill Clinton era tax rates would solve a lot of problems (contd.) bsky.app/profile/bbko...
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Attn: www.secalumni.org
secalumni.org
Home
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Attn: Montgomery County, MD residents.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Attn: Montgomery County, Maryland primary voters.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
What did Billy Joel ever do to deserve all the hate that comes his way?
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Remember the social media frenzy over egg prices?
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
So *this* is why @mcdotnow.bsky.social installs curb cuts that steer people who are blind or have limited vision diagonally into the middle of intersections? @actfortransit.bsky.social
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
It would be nice if a Montgomery County or Prince Georges County resident didn’t need a car to be able to talk in person to their state representative or staff.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Jay Clayton: "Can I go back to being SEC chair?"
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
@jbf1755.bsky.social Seems on-point to your History Matters discussion today.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Good point.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Georgia: Hold my beer. geology.com/county-map/g...
geology.com
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
“The push for private assets into retirement plans is entirely supply-driven .... Sponsors, advisers and participants are not asking for it at all.” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The 401(k) Takeover: Private Equity Muscles In on Retirement
Wall Street power players are squeezing into the US retirement industry. Its gatekeepers are succumbing.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Thank-you for speaking up in today's Bloomberg column, "If ICE Can Kill With Impunity, the Rule of Law Is Already Gone." @noahfeldman.bsky.social
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Richard the Lionhearted Bluesky is the best Bluesky.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Thank-you.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Bloomberg columnist Aaron Brown hits it out of the park. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Goldman’s $2 Billion ETF Deal Exposes Shareholder Blind Spots
Every so often a story comes along that encapsulates all the reasons to be ashamed I work in finance. Don’t misunderstand. Overall, I’m moderately proud of my career and think the world might be sligh...
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
"Carspreading" -- I'm going to use that one. @actfortransit.bsky.social
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
News flash: It's not the 1950s any more.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
REP. WAXMAN: In other words, you found that your view of the world, your ideology, was not right, it was not working? ALAN GREENSPAN: ... I was shocked, because I had been going for 40 years or more with very considerable evidence that it was working exceptionally well.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Attn: Montgomery County, MD
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Growing youth unemployment numbers "reveal more about the failure of employment policy than about any failure of character." Excellent column by @kedseconomist.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
bloomberg.com
The Youth Crisis Is Really About the Rise of the NEETs
The rising unemployment rate among US workers aged 16 to 24 — it hit 10.5% in August, its highest level in a decade not counting the pandemic years — has added to the worry about the crisis of “discon...
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Looks like Atkins is aiming for G. Bradford Cook status. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
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The S.E.C. Dropped a Complaint Against Its Chairman’s Former Client
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Exactly. Build lots of market rate housing and give $ to people with the bottom 25% of income so they can afford it.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
In Maryland, shout out to Marc Elrich and MACo.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
He was right in 2005 and he's right in 2025.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Thank-you, @kedseconomist.com for the clearest explanation I've seen of why our current half-employer-based, half government provided health insurance system in unsustainable. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
bloomberg.com
Venus Williams Exposed All That’s Wrong With Health Insurance
Policymakers have made clear that rather than rock this boat, they’d prefer to wait for it to tip over on its own.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
@justupthepike.bsky.social -- curious what you think about this take.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Your Car Is Your Living Room open.substack.com/pub/thedelet...
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Your Car Is Your Living Room
And maybe that's the problem
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
🧵 @actfortransit.bsky.social
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Took me a while to realize he is describing UK and not USA.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I guess this is worse than non-existent amphipods. bethesdamagazine.com/2016/09/29/a...
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Amphipod that Once Starred in Purple Line Lawsuit Proposed for Endangered Status
A rare shrimp-like creature believed to exist in spring water in Rock Creek Park that has been a candidate for federal protection since 2010 is moving a step closer to being listed as an endangered sp...
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
@actfortransit.bsky.social This one's for you.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Atn: Montgomery County,MD.
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Going Local @nrbq.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
@wmata.com ups its social media game.
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