Senior writer for @barronsonline in New York. Ex Bloomberg @business, @WSJ, @Money, and Florida Times-Union. Email joe.light@barrons.com with tips
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Great to join @WOSU’s Snollygoster podcast to discuss crypto, Fairshake and Sherrod Brown’s comeback bid in Ohio wosu.org/podcast/snollygoste…
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I'm officially suspending my @standwithcrypto @SenThomTillis grade tracker to spend more time with my family. He's probably an A or a B right now. Thank you for reading
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It's not uncommon at all for the press to close ranks when administration press attacks move beyond rhetoric to access and unequal treatment
Bessent on Trump's ban on the free press: "I've been traveling. I don't know much about it."
(Note that the administration has even lost Joe Kernen on this ... )
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Tillis was bumped back up to an "A"
Kind of rough for @standwithcrypto to knock @SenThomTillis for his Clarity vote. It was a procedural move to let him bring the bill back up again if they were able to reach a deal later
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Kind of rough for @standwithcrypto to knock @SenThomTillis for his Clarity vote. It was a procedural move to let him bring the bill back up again if they were able to reach a deal later
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I guess that sort of confusion is why you have the guy who's not running for reelection do it standwithcrypto.org/politici…
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Wait, what about the 77th expert
No. Chemtrails are not real. The white trails behind planes are ordinary contrails: ice crystals formed when water vapor in engine exhaust hits cold, humid air at high altitude.
Surveys of atmospheric scientists (76 of 77 experts) and agencies including the EPA and FAA find zero evidence of any secret large-scale chemical spraying program.
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Anybody who spends any time traveling the U.S. will tell you that Americans are pretty great everywhere, that every state has amazing things about it, and that the our states vs. their states dynamic so common on X just doesn't hold up when you talk to regular people
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The typical downpayment for first-time home buyers is less than 10%. Someone saving up and doing the same thing first-time home buyers have done for literally decades is not a sign of a broken system
My cousin has been saving for a house down payment for 5 years.
$600 a month. Every single month. No exceptions.
Skipped every vacation. Kept the same car past 130,000 miles. Cooked every meal at home.
Last month she hit $46,000.
Called me excited. Started scheduling tours.
Her realtor sent the numbers two days later.
Median home in her area: $480,000.
She needs $96,000 for 20% down to avoid PMI.
She’s $50,000 short.
After 5 years of doing everything right.
She asked me what she did wrong.
Nothing.
She’s 31. No kids. Stable job. 790 credit score.
And she’s still not enough for a system that keeps moving the target while she’s mid-sprint.
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A Senate vote is worth more to Coinbase right now than its own earnings report, per @joelight. The Clarity Act is stuck because Democrats want language aimed at Trump's own crypto deals.
barrons.com/articles/coinbas…
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