sorry about the up-close-and-personal Zuck pic, it's the best Meta has to offer from its press kit

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A former Fetterman advisor texted me: “I think what comes across is the reality of who he is, which is a petulant child who never became a man and is always the victim of his own narrative—even though he’s never had a real job and lives off his dad’s money. It's all pretty sad and pathetic."

One more thing: Were Fetterman not a swing-state senator who got a personal sign-off from Lloyd Austin for his Walter Reed hospitalization—and if he didn't vote to imperil the healthcare of millions amidst the release of his cash-grab memoir—I would of course sympathize with his health issues. Alas.

A former Fetterman advisor texted me: “I think what comes across is the reality of who he is, which is a petulant child who never became a man and is always the victim of his own narrative—even though he’s never had a real job and lives off his dad’s money. It's all pretty sad and pathetic."

Also interesting: "Unfettered" subtly confirms much of the reporting in New York mag's exposé, just in bits and pieces. At the end of "Unfettered," Fetterman claims that unspecified parts of that report are incorrect, but he's not very convincing.

Not a foolproof reporting tactic on my part, but I added some interesting anecdotes about how Fetterman's memoir is being received at his hometown Barnes and Noble (+ other PA bookstores). As a point of comparison, I was told by multiple B&Ns that the Kamala Harris book immediately sold like crazy

Our convo focused on a recent study from David and other researchers about how Amazon is wrecking the parcel delivery market; Amazon has surpassed UPS (a largely unionized workforce) and FedEx in market share, while offering to its contracted delivery drivers significantly less in wages

During our conversation about the lack of labor protections for gig workers and subcontracted employees, we also discussed the NLRB and the NLRA, both of which are on very, very shaky ground.

Weil was renominated to lead the Wage and Hour Division under Biden but he upset too many biz interests the first time around (he's critical of Uber + Lyft). He was voted down in the Senate under circumstances that suggested Chuck Schumer knew what was coming and didn't intervene. Sound familiar?

Google has been mum on whether it's integrating Kalshi + Polymarket odds into regular searches or just its finance tab (there's been conflicting reporting; Google didn't answer my q's). Either way, Kalshi + Polymarket "data" is useless! And promoting that data is a nice way to entice more bets