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Union research guy (he, him) with unsolicited opinions about financial reform, asset managers, commercial real estate, private equity, antitrust, insurance (lack of) regulation, and the financial elite’s acquiescence to (symbiosis with?) fascism, etc.

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Attn @kanejim.bsky.social

06.03.2026 19:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Gulf states could review overseas investments to ease financial strains caused by Iran war Three leading Middle East economies consider options as US-Israeli campaign against Tehran continues

Gulf states to US capitalist class: It would be a shame if we had to divest from all your trophy office buildings and data centers.

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Gulf states could review overseas investments to ease financial strains caused by Iran war

05.03.2026 22:24 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Wealthy Dubai residents race back to UAE to avoid tax bills Some risk spending too few days in the emirate and too many in the UK

Cue the tiny violins

Wealthy Dubai residents race back to UAE to avoid tax bills

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05.03.2026 13:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Brookfield Says Iran War Won’t Affect Its $20 Billion Qatar Deal The US war in Iran hasn’t changed Brookfield Asset Management’s plans to build data centers with the Qatar Investment Authority or curbed its appetite for investing in the Middle East, Chief Executive...

Well, thats a relief.
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03.03.2026 23:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Apollo’s Rowan Sees Shakeout Coming for Private Markets Firms Apollo Global Management Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marc Rowan warned that a shakeout is coming for private credit firms as the industry faces a wave of concerns about rising defaults on loans to so...

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

03.03.2026 17:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Blackstone flagship private credit fund hit with wave of redemptions Investors pull net $1.7bn out of vehicle over first quarter as industry strains intensify

Oh dear! Private credit funds reeling from redemptions.

In unrelated news, apparently now would be a perfect time to let mutual fund companies load up our 401-Ks with illiquid private credit

Blackstone flagship private credit fund hit with wave of redemptions

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03.03.2026 15:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Dubai's Status as a Swiss-Style Haven Is Starting to Crack Dubai and Abu Dhabi’s success in turning their country into the “Switzerland of the Middle East” can be counted by the number of hedge funds, influencers and white-collar expatriates who’ve been pouri...

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Get out your tiny violins for the hedgies marooned in their besieged tax haven.

03.03.2026 14:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Mob rule: populism’s rise pits banks against the people - Risk.net Trump and fellow mavericks are reshaping politics, leaving banks scrambling to adjust to new and unpredictable risks

LOL First they came for the credit card companies…

#billionairepopulism

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03.03.2026 14:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

02.03.2026 07:54 👍 23874 🔁 5954 💬 1731 📌 632

Eat the rich

25.02.2026 22:53 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Rio Police Chief & Congressman Convicted in Assassination of Socialist Rio Councilwoman Marielle Franco The court found that the former Chief of Rio de Janeiro Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa, Brazilian Congressman Chiquinho Brazão, and his brother, Rio State Auditor General Domingos Brazão, were responsib...

"Today, the Brazilian Supreme Court announced that they had convicted the masterminds behind the assassination of socialist Rio de Janeiro City Councilwoman Marielle Franco guilty on all counts."

massive news in Brazil today, writeup by @mikeelk.bsky.social

paydayreport.com/rio-police-c...

25.02.2026 17:51 👍 2045 🔁 726 💬 21 📌 59
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Turns out there’s an economic cost to everyone hating us.

20.02.2026 12:18 👍 19393 🔁 6218 💬 1373 📌 541
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Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis | Common Dreams "Tenants in Minnesota are in a crisis," said Minneapolis City Council Member Aisha Chughtai. "The federal invasion forced many of our neighbors to stay home and devastated our local economy."

Twin Cities Unions Planning 'Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years' as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis
#ICEOUT #FDT #Rent #Eviction #MN #ICEOUTNOW
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19.02.2026 15:08 👍 6489 🔁 2211 💬 136 📌 95

Also, now would be a good time to let our 401-K managers load up on this crap

19.02.2026 20:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Private credit stocks slide after Blue Owl halts redemptions at fund Investment group’s decision sends shivers through industry

Wait, you mean the pension funds that put billions of our retirement funds into illiquid private loans to junk-rated portfolio companies of over-leveraged PE funds now can’t get our money out? Who could have predicted that?

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19.02.2026 19:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Isn’t that what prediction markets are for?

17.02.2026 00:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Seeing these two headlines back-to-back, I was begin to wonder if I’d stepped in a time warp and teleported back to 1979.

13.02.2026 18:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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#OtD 12 Feb 1968 the Memphis sanitation strike by Black workers began in protest against mistreatment, discrimination, dangerous working conditions, and the recent deaths of two workers. Held out until April and won. More about this strike wave here: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e99-...

12.02.2026 22:10 👍 97 🔁 39 💬 1 📌 1

I mean what could possibly go wrong

12.02.2026 23:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Because self-regulation always works for everything no exceptions especially with respect to asset managers raking in fees by investing other people’s money in untested, illiquid financial products

12.02.2026 23:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I cannot recommend this book enough. @shaunrichman.org knocked it out of the park.

11.02.2026 13:03 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

LOL “Some 96% of city business executives indicated they are confident in their company’s growth prospects this year, up from 90% in 2025, a new study from KPMG found.”

11.02.2026 12:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Are these the same NYC business leaders who predicted a mass exodus of businesses and jobs if the socialist hordes took Manhattan?

www.costar.com/article/3431...

11.02.2026 12:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

McKinsey has a rainy day fund of $20b? That’s a good start on reparations!

10.02.2026 13:20 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Get yourself a good union and speak your mind.

10.02.2026 12:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

LET’S GOOOOOO

05.02.2026 05:20 👍 890 🔁 110 💬 1 📌 0
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Kevin Warsh channels Alan Greenspan in AI productivity bet Donald Trump’s pick for Fed chair believes boom will grow the economy and allow for swift rate cuts by the US central bank

Lord help us

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05.02.2026 18:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Deep Dive into Apollo’s (ARI) REIT Sale to Athene Raises Further Concerns A deeper dive into the sale reveals deeper concerns for Athene

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04.02.2026 00:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

insisting on calling every mass day of protest or one-day boycott a "general strike" is not the move. it's good to see people rallying around the cause, it matters, but if you want to be part of a large-scale labor action that shuts down the gears of capital, start by unionizing your workplace!!!

30.01.2026 18:38 👍 3583 🔁 752 💬 33 📌 42

“Now ‘we’re seeing both indiscriminate and retaliatory audits,’ said Webster. ‘That’s the upshot of having 3,000 ICE officers in town.’”

30.01.2026 14:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0