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Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin is spending millions to back Republican candidates across the US, sometimes putting him at odds with Trump bloomberg.com/news/features/… W/@bill_allison
An Alaska Native corp has become an immigrant detention giant, managing or doing security for a facilities across the US & Gtmo.
Back in Alaska, Iñupiaq shareholders are raising alarm over the work being done in their name.
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W/ @polly @racheladhe
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NEW: An Alaska Native corp has become an ICE detention giant, managing or doing security for a half dozen facilities across the US & Gtmo.
But back in Alaska, Iñupiaq shareholders are raising alarm over the work being done in their name.
w/ @polly @SmithMarkets @KotzNews
We visited Florida's tomato fields to see how President-elect Donald Trump's promised mass deportations could impact farmers. They fear deportations could worsen labor shortages, ultimately pushing production outside the country and raising food prices.
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Argentine superstar Lionel Messi has transformed US soccer after decades of stops and starts. He's helped make his team, Inter Miami, more popular on social media than any other US sports team. My latest for @business , with @guimolero
Thanks to Messi, Inter Miami is the most popular American sports team on social media. The MLS says its teams have added $3.2 billion in value since his transfer. What happens once he retires? trib.al/kST53Jk
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Iconic
41 years ago
Glen E. Friedman created one of the most famous photos in music history.
Minor threat outside Dischord House in Arlington, Virginia, August 1983
#punk #punks #punkrock #minorthreat #history #punkrockhistoy
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Billionaire Ken Griffin has given more than $248 million to put his own stamp on Trump's Republican party. Here's how he does it:
bloomberg.com/news/features/… The latest from @bill_allison and Michael Smith.
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With @SmithMarkets, our deep dive into Kenneth Griffin's political giving. The billionaire Citadel founder is pouring millions into GOP congressional primary contests, but hasn't donated to Trump, records show. @business
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NEW from me: This summer, a 14-year-old Haitian-American from Boca Raton will be cheered from all over the world as she competes at the biggest meet of her life — the Paris Olympics.
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Haitian American megachurch, 10 years in the making, opens $60 million campus in Miami miamiherald.com/news/local/c…
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DOJ OIG just released a report about the DOJ's handling of the sentencing recommendation in the Roger Stone case.
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NEW investigation: When Gery Shalon, mastermind of the infamous JPMorgan hack, flipped, US law enforcement considered it a triumph. But new evidence suggests that while Shalon was working w/FBI, he built a massive new fraud empire in Europe
By Simona Weinglass, @MichaelRileyDC & me
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And behind all great reporting are great editors. Thank you @flynnmcroberts and @jasongrotto for carrying us through the highs and lows
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Woke up to the news that my colleagues and I are finalists for the #Pulitzer in investigative reporting for our series on US gun exports. Shout out to my co-reporters @davidkski @MichaelRileyDC @ericfan_journo @MonteReel1 @JessicaVBrice @SmithMarkets Christopher Cannon
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The world of Fed policy is forever changed and higher rates are now a permanent feature goes the new consensus. Be very skeptical, says @JonathanJLevin trib.al/ad1FXFW
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was Red Lobster's endless shrimp deal secretly a bust out operation
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Long before TikTok dances, there was Passinho. This Brazilian dance craze created by young people in Rio’s favelas has just been declared state cultural heritage. Check it out!
🗒️@juliadcarneiro + @DiarleiR
📷@sizqui
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From the Yay, Us Dept.: We're thrilled that our Water Grab series is a 2024 Pulitzer finalist for explanatory reporting. Congrats to everyone! bloomberg.com/features/2023-… via @climate
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From the Yay, Us Dept. (II): We are honored to be a 2024 Pulitzer Prize finalist for our investigative reporting on America's deadly gun exports. Read one of the stories here: bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-… via @bbgvisualdata
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Honored and humbled to work among the best investigative journalists @business. Special thank-you to my amazing editor and mentor @jasongrotto.
From the Yay, Us Dept. (II): We are honored to be a 2024 Pulitzer Prize finalist for our investigative reporting on America's deadly gun exports. Read one of the stories here: bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-… via @bbgvisualdata