Tag Archives: Financial Times

Who is digging up the deep dirt on Trump?

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Naomi

My experience with the news-driven media platform Bluesky (the blessed free refuge from TAFKAT*) has been revealing in a number of ways, the most significant of which is how much actual news I’ve been getting. Sure, there are plenty of … Continue reading →

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Is America exceptional? Well…

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Naomi

Half of you are yelling at me, “We’re not exceptional! Dying country, nothing good about us, oligarchs! democracy down the toilet, racism, Ron DeSantis, bank failures, MAGA, blah blah blah!!!” (I wrote “blah blah blah” not because I was running … Continue reading →

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More about the Wirecard scandal…

Posted on March 18, 2023 by Naomi

I should have pointed out that Dan McCrum, the British Financial Times journalist who uncovered the scandal, has a book out about it: Money Men: A Hot Startup, A Billion Dollar Fraud, A Fight for the Truth. If the New … Continue reading →

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