Edmund Lee
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Sensibility is cheap. Reporting is expensive.
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https://www.nytimes.com/by/edmund-lee
Ellison’s financing includes $$$ from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, who will forego any say (really?) to pass CFIUS review … but unlike the Netflix, Paramount is a controlled company.
Ellison would have unchecked control over movie studios and CNN
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
Ellison would have unchecked control over movie studios and CNN
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
December 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Ellison’s financing includes $$$ from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, who will forego any say (really?) to pass CFIUS review … but unlike the Netflix, Paramount is a controlled company.
Ellison would have unchecked control over movie studios and CNN
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
Ellison would have unchecked control over movie studios and CNN
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
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"Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud."
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud."
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
As expected Ellison goes hostile in WBD takeover taking his proposal directly to shareholders … notably, this isn’t a higher bid than what he presented to Warner’s board
ir.paramount.com/news-release...
ir.paramount.com/news-release...
PARAMOUNT LAUNCHES All-CASH TENDER OFFER TO ACQUIRE WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY FOR $30 PER SHARE | Paramount
Offer provides superior value, and a more certain and quicker path to completion to WBD shareholders Equity to be backstopped by Ellison Family and RedBird Capital in addition to debt fully committed ...
ir.paramount.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
As expected Ellison goes hostile in WBD takeover taking his proposal directly to shareholders … notably, this isn’t a higher bid than what he presented to Warner’s board
ir.paramount.com/news-release...
ir.paramount.com/news-release...
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I can’t stop thinking about how terrified this little boy must be. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I can’t stop thinking about how terrified this little boy must be. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
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“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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So she gets hired by CBS News, right?
Aaaaand the media rodeo goes round and round
Vanity Fair axes Olivia Nuzzi
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Vanity Fair axes Olivia Nuzzi
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Exclusive | Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi’s contract with Vanity Fair expires at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
So she gets hired by CBS News, right?
Aaaaand the media rodeo goes round and round
Vanity Fair axes Olivia Nuzzi
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Vanity Fair axes Olivia Nuzzi
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Exclusive | Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi’s contract with Vanity Fair expires at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Aaaaand the media rodeo goes round and round
Vanity Fair axes Olivia Nuzzi
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Vanity Fair axes Olivia Nuzzi
www.wsj.com/business/med...
for SEC geeks, NETFLIX has written several regulatory weapons into the deal:
1. cites a "non-appealable" regulatory restiction, meaning it will appeal if gov't blocks merger
2. cites Mar 4 2027 as end date, with 2 six-month extensions, months before Trump's term ends, so they'll just wait him out
1. cites a "non-appealable" regulatory restiction, meaning it will appeal if gov't blocks merger
2. cites Mar 4 2027 as end date, with 2 six-month extensions, months before Trump's term ends, so they'll just wait him out
December 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
for SEC geeks, NETFLIX has written several regulatory weapons into the deal:
1. cites a "non-appealable" regulatory restiction, meaning it will appeal if gov't blocks merger
2. cites Mar 4 2027 as end date, with 2 six-month extensions, months before Trump's term ends, so they'll just wait him out
1. cites a "non-appealable" regulatory restiction, meaning it will appeal if gov't blocks merger
2. cites Mar 4 2027 as end date, with 2 six-month extensions, months before Trump's term ends, so they'll just wait him out
Let's continue our game:
Filmmakers like James Cameron don't want Netflix to buy Warner Bros, bad for art and commerce.
But if the Ellisons get Warner, they'll control CNN and CBS, collapsing two of the nation's largest news orgs under Bari Weiss
film versus news, aka commerce versus democracy
Filmmakers like James Cameron don't want Netflix to buy Warner Bros, bad for art and commerce.
But if the Ellisons get Warner, they'll control CNN and CBS, collapsing two of the nation's largest news orgs under Bari Weiss
film versus news, aka commerce versus democracy
Who wants to play media m&a antitrust? Trump admin says NETFLIX $$ of Warner Bros. streaming would be anticompetitive. But David Ellison buying the whole thing is OK.
🧐 No. 2 streamer buying the last place streamer, or the second-to-last Paramount buying it, does it matter?
🧐 No. 2 streamer buying the last place streamer, or the second-to-last Paramount buying it, does it matter?
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Let's continue our game:
Filmmakers like James Cameron don't want Netflix to buy Warner Bros, bad for art and commerce.
But if the Ellisons get Warner, they'll control CNN and CBS, collapsing two of the nation's largest news orgs under Bari Weiss
film versus news, aka commerce versus democracy
Filmmakers like James Cameron don't want Netflix to buy Warner Bros, bad for art and commerce.
But if the Ellisons get Warner, they'll control CNN and CBS, collapsing two of the nation's largest news orgs under Bari Weiss
film versus news, aka commerce versus democracy
Who wants to play media m&a antitrust? Trump admin says NETFLIX $$ of Warner Bros. streaming would be anticompetitive. But David Ellison buying the whole thing is OK.
🧐 No. 2 streamer buying the last place streamer, or the second-to-last Paramount buying it, does it matter?
🧐 No. 2 streamer buying the last place streamer, or the second-to-last Paramount buying it, does it matter?
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Who wants to play media m&a antitrust? Trump admin says NETFLIX $$ of Warner Bros. streaming would be anticompetitive. But David Ellison buying the whole thing is OK.
🧐 No. 2 streamer buying the last place streamer, or the second-to-last Paramount buying it, does it matter?
🧐 No. 2 streamer buying the last place streamer, or the second-to-last Paramount buying it, does it matter?
Reposted by Edmund Lee
More new billionaires were created this year — 287 — than all but one other year in the past decade.
There are now about 2,900 billionaires controlling $15.8 trillion, up from about 2,700 billionaires with a cumulative wealth of nearly $14 trillion last year.
There are now about 2,900 billionaires controlling $15.8 trillion, up from about 2,700 billionaires with a cumulative wealth of nearly $14 trillion last year.
The World Has More Billionaires Than Ever
Soaring tech valuations and stock-market gains have boosted the number of billionaires and the wealth they hold.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
More new billionaires were created this year — 287 — than all but one other year in the past decade.
There are now about 2,900 billionaires controlling $15.8 trillion, up from about 2,700 billionaires with a cumulative wealth of nearly $14 trillion last year.
There are now about 2,900 billionaires controlling $15.8 trillion, up from about 2,700 billionaires with a cumulative wealth of nearly $14 trillion last year.
Reposted by Edmund Lee
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reposted by Edmund Lee
An investigation by Gothamist and New York Focus found lenders are using a disputed method of calculating debts in thousands of foreclosures and taking money from hundreds of former homeowners: gothamist.visitlink.me/y0-LXL...
December 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
An investigation by Gothamist and New York Focus found lenders are using a disputed method of calculating debts in thousands of foreclosures and taking money from hundreds of former homeowners: gothamist.visitlink.me/y0-LXL...
You take that step and into the I don’t know what …
December 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
You take that step and into the I don’t know what …
This is a college essay? No synthesis? No analysis? No citations? It’s a grade-school rant.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This is a college essay? No synthesis? No analysis? No citations? It’s a grade-school rant.
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Thanks to the @nypost.com for letting me check an item off my bucket list (“be the target of a meaty hit piece by a world-class NYC tabloid”) and for highlighting @transalt.org proposals for better walking, biking, & transit!
More nice ideas here:
transalt.org/road-to-affo...
More nice ideas here:
transalt.org/road-to-affo...
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thanks to the @nypost.com for letting me check an item off my bucket list (“be the target of a meaty hit piece by a world-class NYC tabloid”) and for highlighting @transalt.org proposals for better walking, biking, & transit!
More nice ideas here:
transalt.org/road-to-affo...
More nice ideas here:
transalt.org/road-to-affo...
Reposted by Edmund Lee
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
Reposted by Edmund Lee
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Reposted by Edmund Lee
CRIMINAL: please, I have a family
BATMAN: [starts beating the shit out of him even harder]
BATMAN: [starts beating the shit out of him even harder]
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
CRIMINAL: please, I have a family
BATMAN: [starts beating the shit out of him even harder]
BATMAN: [starts beating the shit out of him even harder]
Reposted by Edmund Lee
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
Reposted by Edmund Lee
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
Reposted by Edmund Lee
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Reposted by Edmund Lee
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...