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Ellen Chang

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Freelance journalist writing about stocks, personal finance, banking, tech and energy. Formerly at TheStreet. Proud Purdue grad and lover of rescue animals and random acts of kindness. Houstonian.

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Ellen Chang @ellenychang.bsky.social · Nov 12

Here is the journalists of color starter pack.

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Journalists of Color Starter pack

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2h

John Bolton has been indicted

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NPR @npr.org · 4h

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS

NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

n.pr

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

Who’s eating the tariffs? You, mostly.

@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/t...

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3h

Reuters: US APPEALS COURT WON’T ALLOW DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD IN ILLINOIS PENDING APPEAL

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
U.S. Code
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

> @wsj.com

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Ellen Chang @ellenychang.bsky.social · 7h

He could take Sara along with him.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. Journalists from the undersigned defense trade publications will not sign this new policy.”

Military Times
Defense News
Aviation Week
Breaking Defense
Defense Daily
Defense One
Inside Defense
USNI News.

@militarytimes.bsky.social
www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. Pentagon reporters in Arlington, Virginia walk out of the building carrying their belongings after turning in their press badges. Reporters from nearly every major news organization would not sign new rules viewed as an infringement on First Amendment rights ..”

@gettyimages.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

You can’t script these better.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

“.. As far as anyone knows, no security breach by any Pentagon journalists brought about the new restrictions. Indeed, the biggest violation of national-security norms since Hegseth entered the building 10 months ago was by Hegseth himself ..”

@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

#WarRavagedPortland

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 19h

Un-presidented brass band at city hall in Portland tonight celebrating the release of their clarinet player from federal custody

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"Marc Benioff doesn't actually care if San Francisco is getting better or not. He doesn't care about actual policies. He just wants Daddy Trump to like him, so now he's gonna be fully in on fascism as long as he can keep his f*cking compound and his private jet."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

BOOCKVAR: ".. The Fed’s Beige Book still reads like an economy that is barely growing, if at all .."

peterboockvar.substack.com/p/beige-book...

Beige Book reads like an economy that is barely growing, if at all/What some are saying/BoJ member ready to hike

The Fed’s Beige Book still reads like an economy that is barely growing, if at all, when it starts by saying “Economic activity changed little on balance since the previous report, with three District...

peterboockvar.substack.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

NESTLE CEO: ".. “The world is changing, and Nestlé needs to change faster. .. This will include making hard but necessary decisions to reduce headcount over the next two years."

@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/nes...

Nestlé Stock Rises as New CEO Plans 16,000 Layoffs. The ‘World Is Changing.’

The cuts are across regions and job functions, Nestlé says.

www.barrons.com

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Jigar Shah @jigarshahdc.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time, new clean energy generation (solar, wind, nuclear) provided more new GWhs then new electricity demand (369Twh). With continued exponential growth and new geothermal coming online at scale in a few years we should sustain this every year.

ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 | Ember

Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix.

ember-energy.org

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Ellen Chang @ellenychang.bsky.social · 1d

apnews.com/article/pent... turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs being removal from being at the sea...

apnews.com

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UNITE HERE @unitehere.org · 2d

After 4️⃣0️⃣ Days on Strike at the Hilton Americas-Houston, WE WON!

Hilton Americas hotel workers have made history as the first hotel workers to go on strike in Texas and the first housekeepers, laundry attendants and stewards to earn a $20 hourly wage in Houston.

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Ellen Chang @ellenychang.bsky.social · 1d

Purdue Global has lost $71 million since inception. Will recent improvement be enough? www.jconline.com/story/news/l...

Purdue Global has lost $71 million since inception. Will recent improvement be enough?

Purdue Global has lost $71 million since its 2018 inception, mostly on fees and ads. The Purdue-run online school is trending up. Will it be enough?

www.jconline.com

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 3d

Michelin just blew a tire

*MICHELIN CUTS FORECAST FOR 2025 SEGMENT OPERATING INCOME

thx be here til the bell

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 2d

The unwind will be historic

Jesse Felder @jessefelder.bsky.social · 2d

OpenAI’s ‘flatlining’ subs in Europe: The AI boom’s poster child may be struggling to recruit new subscribers, Deutsche Bank warns fortune.com/2025/10/14/o...

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 1d

<5 months ago>

How anyone ascribes credibility to anything Bessent says escapes me.
A hack and an unrepentant shill and liar.

Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · Apr 22

*BESSENT SEES DE-ESCALATION WITH CHINA, SITUATION UNSUSTAINABLE

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Nate Bowling @natebowling.com · 1d

Open AI is currently building a data center in Texas that will require roughly the equivalent of the power the Hoover Dam produces to operate.

Last week the Whitehouse killed a renewable energy project that was going to produce as much powers as three Hoover Dams.

None of this makes any sense.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

(Reuters) - ChatGPT owner OpenAI is working on new revenue lines, debt partnerships and planning further fundraising as part of a five-year strategy to cover more than $1 trillion in pledged spending, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

www.ft.com/content/a169...

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