I report on money and power for @Business and sometimes @BW

New York City
Joined July 2009
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Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.
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I was deported from Ben Gurion airport earlier this month after officials questioned me about social media posts criticizing Israeli military policies, part of a new crackdown on foreign press haaretz.com/opinion/2026-10-…
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Two days ago, the Israeli army blew up the family home of journalist Radwan Mortada in Bint Jbeil The terrorist demolition of Radwan's home comes as his film exposing the players behind Israel's pager attack becomes the most viewed documentary in recent history at Al Jazeera
Lebanese journalist Radwan Mortada's investigation into Israel’s pager attacks is one of Al Jazeera most-watched documentaries Mortada tells The Grayzone's @wyattreed13 how he tracked key players in the attack and got a hold of an unexploded pager Watch our full interview 🔽
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Jaylen Brown says he bought a gold harp, and now has someone come over twice a week to play it as the sun goes down while his chef cooks dinner “My favorite purchase, I think my best, my most favorite purchase was, I bought a harp. I bought like a gold harp. I got it upstairs too…” “I got a harpist that come play like twice a week. While the sun is going down, chef is in the kitchen. You know what I mean? Just…”
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“Allegedly assaulted”
The Prime Minister’s Office: The facts surrounding the confrontation near Abu Falah, during which Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was allegedly assaulted, remain unclear and are under investigation. Israel unequivocally condemns violence against anyone—Jews, Arabs, Christians or journalists. Those responsible will be held accountable. But serious questions remain. Reports indicate some 200 Arabs and far-left activists confronted approximately 40 Israeli youths. Footage shows masked individuals on both sides hurling objects, amid reports of fireworks fired at Jewish youths. Other footage appears to show Levine knocked down and immediately helped to her feet by the same unidentified individual. The investigation must establish the facts, including who initiated the violence. We will not allow disputed incidents to be exploited to demonize the hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria. The facts must determine the conclusions. Not the headlines.
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The siege of Taiz, in Yemen, is the longest siege in modern warfare. Now, the Houthis have surrounded the city. My latest piece, for @nybooks, is a review of @AlexMStark's excellent book and has reporting from Taiz and elsewhere in Yemen: nybooks.com/articles/2026/11… #Yemen #Socotra
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Merrill College students know their rights as journalists. "Cat Murphy is a master's student at the University of Maryland, credentialed as a reporter for our Capital News Service and doing the job we teach our students to do. Cat recorded openly in a public space alongside other news outlets, and that is her legal right," Dean Rafael Lorente (@DeanLorente) said. "I'm proud of how she handled herself in a difficult situation."
Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.
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Max Abelson retweeted
After a decorated 24-year run at ESPN, Nicole Noren resigned in protest. She couldn’t go along with the network’s all-out embrace of gambling. For the first time publicly, in @CJR, Noren shares the deeply personal reasons behind her decision. cjr.org/the-interview/nicole…
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This essay rocked my world when it came out, very much time for a reread
"League of Men" (from Issue 28): on the faulty Rolling Stone UVA rape story; "Little Red Riding Hood" as a myth type preserved across cultures as a cautionary tale of rape; and mannerbunde (or "leagues of men") 4,000 years ago nplusonemag.com/issue-28/ess…
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Max Abelson retweeted
As a smalltown newspaperman who could never afford to give 4 reporters the time to take on a project like this (we have 4 full-time reporters, total), let's take a moment to appreciate @propublica's invitation for other outlets to "Steal Our Stories." Will do!
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Max Abelson retweeted
woah. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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Max Abelson retweeted
We're putting the “park” in Park Avenue.    Today we released the final concept for the redesign of Park Avenue from 46th Street to 57th Street. This project will transform the stretch of Park Avenue to make it safer, greener, and more welcoming.
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Extraordinary journalism from @NewYorker, on Jared Kushner's catastrophic diplomacy, conflicts of interest, arrogance. He represents "a new kind of Washington figure, for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth" newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
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Max Abelson retweeted
In 1983, a BBC interviewer asked Richard Feynman why two magnets push each other apart and he refused to answer it. What he did instead is the best seven minutes on thinking ever filmed. Bookmark & watch today, no matter what.
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INVESTIGATION: How a prominent Washington influence firm developed ties to two sanctioned oil kingpins whom Western authorities say are behind shadow networks supporting #Iran and #Russia bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @business
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Introducing WORD MOUTH with a deep cut on Gary Indiana that fell off the internet. wordmouth.substack.com/p/lou…
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