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Keith Preston

Wall Street’s lonely bankers

INSIDE SCOOP Arantza Pena Popo/Insider Wall Street’s loneliness crisis Junior bankers shared their stories of “toxic” office politics, cliques, and big egos. “Frankly, I don’t want to be here for another year dealing with these people.” READ NOW Insider Today Newsletter Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest […]

Defining the next 30 years

Defining the next 30 years The future can look pretty bleak. Climate catastrophes, new diseases, crumbling infrastructure, wealth inequality, cyber risks, geopolitical conflicts, and threats to democracy around the globe are just some of the things now shaking people’s confidence in a better tomorrow. But human ingenuity is […]

The Most Obnoxious Blowhard in America

The Most Obnoxious Blowhard in America Plus: Grimes the urbanist, Matt Taibbi’s fight night, crazy AI applications, and more… LIZ WOLFE Chris Christie on top? It wasn’t just the former governor of New Jersey calling Vivek Ramaswamy “the most obnoxious blowhard in America”—an insult that should possibly be doled […]

To Renew America

Sponsored by Bodleian Library Publishing Sherrilyn Ifill How America Ends and Begins Again Because so much of what we have come to expect of our country is unraveling, we have an opportunity to build it anew.   Robert Darnton The Dream of a Universal Library Digitization promised to […]

12/7/23: GOP Debate Wild Moments, Israel Floods Gaza Tunnels, Biden Says Trump Is Only Reason He’s Running, Ukraine Aid Package Fails, Massie Smeared As Antisemite, And Ivy League Presidents Reveal DEI Hypocrisy

Krystal and Saagar discuss the final GOP debate highlights, Israel floods Hamas tunnels in Gaza, Biden says Trump is the only reason he’s running, Ukraine aid package fails in Congress, Massie smeared as antisemite, and Ivy League presidents reveal DEI hypocrisy. Timestamps: (00:00)Intro (1:49)FIERY Debate Highlights: Vivek, DeSantis […]

M&A tidal wave incoming

December 6, 2023 • 6 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Halfway to the weekend! A new (sort of) candidate has entered the debate over the top holiday song. Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” hit Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for the first time in its 65-year […]

On the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

by Rose Sybil Arktos Journal Dec 6, 2023 Rose Sybil explores the complexities of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, revealing overlooked aspects like the West’s double standards, Israel’s contentious origins, and the problematic portrayal of Palestinians as perpetual victims. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict highlights three main concerns: the double standard of […]

Ivy League Double Standards

Ivy League Double Standards Plus: Deepfakes in porn, Randi Weingarten’s amnesia, San Francisco’s Chinese-name crackdown, and more… LIZ WOLFE Free speech is suddenly a major value of college presidents: Yesterday, the presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology testified in front of Congress, […]

House Panel: FBI Singled Out ‘Pro-Life, Pro-Family’ Americans as ‘Potential Domestic Terrorists’

House Panel: FBI Singled Out ‘Pro-Life, Pro-Family’ Americans as ‘Potential Domestic Terrorists’ The Biden administration loves the narrative that white conservatives and “Christian nationalists” are the biggest domestic terrorism threat. More Democrats Changed Campaign Finance Laws Ahead of Contentious Election in This State, It Ultimately Benefited Them A […]

12/6/23: Bibi Shouted Down By Freed Hostages, Tapper Spars With Israeli Rep, Putin Meets With MBS, Pakistan Deepfake Smear Of The Intercept, Tuberville Folds On Military Hold Up, GOP Pushes To Impeach Biden, And How The CIA Helped Assassinate Lumumba

Ryan and Emily discuss Bibi being shouted down by freed hostages, Jake Tapper spars with Israeli rep on civilian casualties, AIPAC tries to offer AOC campaign cash, Putin and MBS meet, Pakistan deepfake smearing The Intercept, Tuberville backs down on military blocks, Republicans push to impeach Biden, and […]

Border battle

Today’s best articles Could the fight over the border kill American aid to Ukraine? College football has a major controversy. Enter Congress? ‘Support for abortion rights does not override partisanship’ Texas GOP rejects ban on associating with neo-Nazis Binance: Can the biggest crypto exchange reform itself? Sponsored by […]

12/5/23: Kamala Screws Gaza Future Day One, Israel May Cost Biden 2024, Israeli Stocks Shorted Before Oct 7, Life Expectancy Crisis, Lindsey Flips On Ukraine, Biden Spox Caught Lying On Israel, And Ro Khanna Calls Out Biden

Krystal and Saagar discuss Biden tapping Kamala to handle the future of Gaza, shocking polls show Israel may cost Biden 2024, mysterious person shorted Israeli stocks right before Oct 7th, media hides drastic life expectancy crisis in US, Lindsey Graham flips on Ukraine after failed offensive, Biden spox […]

The Jewish Civil War Over Israel

By Joel Kotkin While Jews often seem clannish to outsiders, the reality is somewhat different: we have always suffered from a divisive streak of self-destructiveness. As far back as the levelling of the Temple and the expulsion from the homeland, Jewish unity has been undermined by both class […]

Walmart vs. Target

December 5, 2023 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Hi! In a story that seems straight out of a sitcom, a local politician lost an election by one vote after failing to vote for himself. In today’s big story, we’re looking at the rising similarities between Target […]