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Editor, Eco-Gov, @bloomberg.com | www.bloomberg.com/authors/ACAm51zNF… @columbiauniversity.bsky.social CC'93, @columbiajournalism.bsky.social '94| husband, dad, straycat daddy | rjameson@bloomberg | opinions = mine

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Gift Link Opinion @johnauthers.bsky.social , Columnist Bessent Must Envy When the Grownups Were in Charge Even if they ultimately couldn’t tame the deficit, bipartisanship beats an ‘insanity premium.’ www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... via @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Bessent Must Envy When the Grownups Were in Charge
Even if they ultimately couldn’t tame the deficit, bipartisanship beats an ‘insanity premium.’
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
**GIFT LINK** Opinion Newsletter @johnauthers.bsky.social Columnist Bessent’s Bond-Burner Wasn’t the Big Move He Hoped Drastic changes in fiscal policy are needed, not signaling and symbols. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news... via @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Bessent’s Bond-Burner Wasn’t the Big Move He Hoped
Drastic changes in fiscal policy are needed, not signaling and symbols.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Gift Link FOIA Files New FBI Epstein Emails Show Sarah Ferguson Contacted Kash Patel Internal doc shed new light on govt's review of Epstein files & reveal efforts by former Duchess of York to connect a British socialite w/FBI director. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... via @bloomberg.com
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New FBI Epstein Emails Show Sarah Ferguson Contacted Kash Patel
Internal documents shed new light on the government’s review of the Epstein files and reveal efforts by the former Duchess of York to connect a British socialite with the FBI director.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I scored 100 out of 100 points on The Economist's news quiz! 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 Can you do better? www.economist.com/games/1843/0...
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News quiz
Have you been following the headlines?
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 05/08/2026
Trump said a deal on the Strait of Hormuz is possible as early as Wednesday, as expectations build for an arrangement that allows for the reopening of the crucial waterway for energy markets
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Trump Fuels Hopes of Hormuz Opening With Hints Deal Is Close
US President Donald Trump said a deal on the Strait of Hormuz is possible as early as Wednesday, as expectations build for an arrangement that allows for the reopening of the critical waterway.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 01/08/2026
Two 50-year-old power plants in the East River are propping up New York's grid, which is ailing under strain from electrification and climate change.
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New York City’s Aging Power Barges Show the Blackout Risk Is Real
Meant as a backstop, the plants are in constant use as demand rises, with no relief in sight for the strained grid.
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Karthik Sankaran @rajakorman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Because of my last RT, if you haven’t seen this yet, may be of interest — a counterfactual exercise from 2014. Spoiler alert— things would still have REALLY sucked. open.substack.com/pub/sankaran...
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What might the Eurozone crisis have looked like without the euro?
(Originally published on Tumblr, March 10, 2014. Just trying to consolidate blogs with some past greatest hits. Apologies if you have seen it already. I do plan on doing new posts on the stack).
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 25/07/2026
When Donald Trump was elected to a second term as president, traders rushed to identify which stocks would benefit from his aggressive economic policies. Now, the so-called Trump Trade is in tatters.
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The ‘Trump Trade’ Is Turning Into a Loser in the Stock Market
When Donald Trump was elected to a second term as president, amateur and professional traders alike rushed to identify which stocks would benefit from his aggressive economic policies.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Gift LInk / Free to Read NYC’s Unhealthy Air Quality May Improve for World Cup Final www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com @weathersullivan.bsky.social
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Gift Link / Free to Read Opinion Newsletter | @johnauthers.bsky.social , Columnist An Englishman Goes Existential on Data and Football Why looking backwards needs to figure more into steadying expectations. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news... via @opinion.bloomberg.com
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An Englishman Goes Existential on Data and Football
Why looking backwards needs to figure more into steadying expectations.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Watch Historian Jill Lepore on the US at 250 - Bloomberg
For America’s 250th anniversary, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jill Lepore joins Mishal Husain to take her through her book on the US Constitution.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Free to Read / Gift Link Power Prices Soar as Energy Emergency Grows in US Northeast www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com By John Ainger, Lauren Rosenthal, and Naureen S Malik
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New York, Northeast Swelter Under Hottest Day of the Year
Power prices surged across the US Northeast as a worsening energy emergency raised the specter of rolling blackouts.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I scored 40 out of 50 points on @TheEconomist Friday news quiz! ⚪️🎯🎯🎯🎯 Can you do better? economist.com/interactive/pint-sized-news-quiz
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Friday news quiz
Have you been following the headlines?
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I scored 46 out of 50 points on Dateline, @TheEconomist history game! ⚪️🎯🎯🎯⚪️ Can you do better? economist.com/dateline
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Dateline: The Economist history quiz
Can you guess when these extracts were published?
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I scored 40 out of 50 points on @TheEconomist Friday news quiz! 🎯🎯🎯⚪️🎯 Can you do better? economist.com/interactive/pint-sized-news-quiz
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Friday news quiz
Have you been following the headlines?
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Beth Stanton @bethstanton.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
#TreasuriesToday: Yields little changed despite much lower oil prices (Brent touched lowest since March), but this week's auctions are in the money. Ahead next week: $13b 20Y reopening Tuesday (day earlier than usual because FOMC has Wednesday), $24b 5Y TIPS reopening Thursday.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Gift Link Politics/US America's Seniors to Face Healthcare ‘Calamity’ If Trump Expels Haitians The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump can end the protected status of thousands of immigrants. Some fear a healthcare calamity. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... via @bloomberg.com Nacha Cattan
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America's Seniors to Face Healthcare ‘Calamity’ If Trump Expels Haitians
The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump can end the protected status of thousands of immigrants. Some fear a healthcare calamity.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I scored 45 out of 50 points on @TheEconomist Friday news quiz! ⚪️🎯🎯🎯🎯 Can you do better? economist.com/interactive/pint-sized-news-quiz
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Friday news quiz
Have you been following the headlines?
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weathersullivan.bsky.social @weathersullivan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A nice little heat wave to get the season started.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Gift Link / Free to Read Green Weather & Science NYC, Northeast Face Sweltering Heat as World Cup Matches Begin www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com @weathersullivan.bsky.social
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NYC, Northeast Face Sweltering Heat as World Cup Matches Begin
Hot weather will settle over New York and the US Northeast through the end of the week, bringing temperatures in the 90s to several cities hosting FIFA World Cup matches this weekend.
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Beth Stanton @bethstanton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
#TreasuriesToday: Yields higher by 2bp-3bp inside Tuesday's ranges as oil resumes climb. $39b 10Y reopening (1st) at 1pm has WI yield near 4.55%, higher than 10Y auction stops since February 2025. New 3Y approaching 4.20% vs Tuesday's 4.192% auction result.
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Beth Stanton @bethstanton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#TreasuriesToday: Yields little changed, off session highs including highest 2Y (near 4.20%) since February 2025, tracking oil price. Auctions ahead this week: $58b 3Y new issue Tuesday, $39b 10Y & $22b 30Y reopenings (1st) Wednesday & Thursday.
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Beth Stanton @bethstanton.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
#TreasuriesToday: Yields little changed. Ahead of May jobs data, swaps price in about 17bp of Fed tightening by year-end & 25bp by end of 1Q. Auctions ahead next week: $58b 3Y new issue Tuesday, $39b 10Y & $22b 30Y reopenings (1st) Wednesday & Thursday.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I scored 50 out of 50 points on @TheEconomist Friday news quiz! 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 Can you do better? economist.com/interactive/pint-sized-news-quiz
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Friday news quiz
Have you been following the headlines?
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I scored 40 out of 50 points on @TheEconomist blighty news quiz! 🎯🎯🎯🎯⚪️ Can you do better? economist.com/interactive/blighty-quiz
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Blighty news quiz
How closely have you been following our coverage of Britain?
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Gift Link / Free to Read Opinion Newsletter | @johnauthers.bsky.social, Columnist What If Vanguard's Va-Va-VOOm Follows Magellan? The first trillion-dollar ETF brings excitement, but looming IPOs are unsettling passive funds. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news... via @opinion.bloomberg.com
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What If Vanguard's Va-Va-VOOm Follows Magellan?
The first trillion-dollar ETF brings excitement, but looming IPOs are unsettling passive funds.
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Beth Stanton @bethstanton.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
#TreasuriesToday: Yields lower (with oil prices) by 2bp-5bp. Curve steeper. Next week's auction sizes at 11am: $58b 3Y new issue, $39b 10Y & $22b 30Y reopenings (1st) projected. Buyback (cash management) of up to $12.5 billion in 1M-2Y sector closes at 2pm.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I scored 42 out of 50 points on Dateline, @TheEconomist history game! ⚪️🎯🎯⚪️⚪️ Can you do better? economist.com/dateline
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Dateline: The Economist history quiz
Can you guess when these extracts were published?
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Gift Link / Free to Read Politics Supreme Court Keeps Backing GOP Even as Justices Say They Don’t Play Politics - www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com @gregstohr.bsky.social
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Supreme Court Keeps Backing GOP Even as Justices Say They Don’t Play Politics
The US Supreme Court keeps bolstering Republicans, even as the justices insist they don’t play politics.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Gift Link / Free to Read Opinion | @johnauthers.bsky.social , Columnist When the Pope Says AI Isn’t Infallible As an indicator of confidence, Leo’s view is too big to ignore. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... via @opinion.bloomberg.com
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When the Pope Says AI Isn’t Infallible
As an indicator of confidence, Leo’s view is too big to ignore.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I scored 37 out of 50 points on Dateline, @TheEconomist history game! ⚪️🎯⚪️⚪️⚪️ Can you do better? economist.com/dateline
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Dateline: The Economist history quiz
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Opinion Newsletter @johnauthers.bsky.social Columnist The Chips Are All-In for the Trillion-Dollar Club Boom makes Micron and SK Hynix the newest members. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news... via @opinion.bloomberg.com
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The Chips Are All-In for the Trillion-Dollar Club
Boom makes Micron and SK Hynix the newest members.
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Beth Stanton @bethstanton.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
#TreasuriesToday: Yields narrowly mixed with curve flatter, off session lows reached amid oil price drop & gains for European bonds. New 2Y 4.045% vs Tuesday's 4.071% auction result. $70b 5Y auction at 1pm has WI yield near 4.18%, last exceeded in Jan 2025 auction.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Gift Link / Free to Read Businessweek + Equality The Used-Car Dealer of Last Resort Big markups and double-digit interest rates are the bedrock of Byrider’s business model. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... via @bloomberg.com @emilyflitter.bsky.social
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The Used-Car Dealer of Last Resort
Big markups and double-digit interest rates are the bedrock of Byrider’s business model.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Free to Read/ Gift Link Opinion Newsletter | @johnauthers.bsky.social Columnist Bond Market Fright May End Cheap Funds Era What’s the same, and different, between now and the run-up to the Global Financial Crisis. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news... via @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Bond Market Fright May End Cheap Funds Era
What’s the same, and different, between now and the run-up to the Global Financial Crisis.
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Beth Stanton @bethstanton.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
#TreasuriesToday: Yields lower with oil and UK yields, by 2bp-4bp inside Tuesday's ranges. $16b 20Y new-issue auction at 1pm has WI yield near 5.175%, exceeding all but one previous result (5.245% in October 2023) since 20-year issuance resumed in 2020.
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Lisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com on the rapidly escalating Ebola outbreak--and why the US's decimation of USAID, cuts at CDC and exit from the WHO could make an already-tough situation worse (gift link):
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Containing Ebola Is Hard. The US Made It Worse
A rapidly unfolding Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a reminder of the value of maintaining robust global disease surveillance and response systems — and the dire consequences of we...
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
GIFT LINK / FREE TO READ Management & Work US Is Starting to See Heavy Job Losses in Roles Exposed to AI - @boes.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com
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US Is Starting to See Heavy Job Losses in Roles Exposed to AI
Several US occupations expected to be impacted by artificial intelligence saw heavy job losses for a second year in 2025, led by customer service representatives and certain types of secretaries and s...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15/05/2026
This Andean nation’s celebrated cuisine endures despite fading traditions and fragile supply chains.
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What Comes After Peru's Food Revolution?
This Andean nation’s celebrated cuisine endures despite fading traditions and fragile supply chains.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I scored 50 out of 50 points on @TheEconomist Friday news quiz! 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 Can you do better? economist.com/interactive/pint-sized-news-quiz
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Friday news quiz
Have you been following the headlines?
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I scored 43 out of 50 points on Dateline, @TheEconomist history game! 🎯🎯⚪️⚪️🎯 Can you do better? economist.com/dateline
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Dateline: The Economist history quiz
Can you guess when these extracts were published?
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
FOIA Files Secret Navy Report Details Undersea Surveillance Struggles A heavily redacted DoD report on undersea surveillance system from the Cold War has been released to Bloomberg after a four-year FOIA battle. - @jasonleopold.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... via @bloomberg.com
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Karthik Sankaran @rajakorman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Longtime followers have read my complaining about this in increments of 280-300 characters for about a decade so here it is in 1000 words. www.ft.com/content/631a... American healthcare costs drive global imbalances
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I scored 35 out of 50 points on @TheEconomist Friday news quiz! ⚪️🎯🎯🎯⚪️ Can you do better? economist.com/interactive/pint-sized-news-quiz
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Friday news quiz
Have you been following the headlines?
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I scored 46 out of 50 points on Dateline, @TheEconomist history game! ⚪️🎯🎯⚪️🎯 Can you do better? economist.com/dateline
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Dateline: The Economist history quiz
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Opinion @noahfeldman.bsky.social , Columnist The Supreme Court Just Neutered the Voting Rights Act `The Voting Rights Act has been near death since 2013, and today the Supreme Court administered the coup de grâce.' www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... via @opinion.bloomberg.com
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The Supreme Court Just Neutered the Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act has been near death since 2013, and today the Supreme Court administered the coup de grâce. In a 6-3 decision written by Justice Samuel Alito, the court’s conservative majority e...
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Beth Stanton @bethstanton.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
#TreasuriesToday: Yields higher by as much as 4bp with oil prices & inflation expectations rising & Fed rate-cut expectations ebbing. $44b 7Y note auction at 1pm has WI yield near 4.18%, between last two monthly results. New 2Y & 5Y trade cheap to Monday's auction stops.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Opinion Newsletter | @johnauthers.bsky.social Columnist Hate to Suggest Partying Like It's 1999, But... At the risk of overstating, the similarities are getting too big to ignore. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news... via @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Hate to Suggest Partying Like It's 1999, But...
At the risk of overstating, the similarities are getting too big to ignore.
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Do consider, please - a wonderful man is running for an important cause www.justgiving.com/page/alexmor...
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Alex is running the London Marathon (uh-gain) for the Alzheimer's Society
Help Alexandre Morales Frost raise money to support Alzheimer's Society
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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Gift Link / Free to Read `This is terrible originalism.' Opinion @noahfeldman.bsky.social , Columnist Thou Shalt Not Overturn Supreme Court Precedent www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... via @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Thou Shalt Not Overturn Supreme Court Precedent
In an outrageous decision issued yesterday, a federal court has upheld a Texas law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circ...
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