Jesse Eisinger
@jeisinger
ProPublica AME. Working: “Make Them Pay: The 250-year Fight to Tax the Rich”: @sarahellison's husband. “Succession” S3 consultant. Pulitzer-winner. Green Bay Packers.
New title! New cover! Coming next year, inshallah... www.simonandschuster.com/books/Make-T...
Wild story. Two husbands. Two big gun owners. Two suicides by gun. One beneficiary (literally): the NRA
I also read some headlines but not others so I’m sure this war is finally over!
I’m an institutional investor and I’m also a giant sucker. So I will be buying stocks and bonds on Monday morning!
Happy 250th to this country, whose constitution literally says no “presents” from foreigners!
NEW: In the term ending last year, the Supreme Court passed a troubling milestone: The Shadow Docket overtook the normal process. That means more unsigned decisions with no reasoning and secret votes from the highest court. @kbmorales.bsky.social has your scoop: www.propublica.org/article/supr...
I prefer elected officials who can say firebombing innocent people is bad www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...
NEW: For its IPO, SpaceX banned Chinese investors because of the nat’l security risks. As a private company, it took China-based investment. @justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/spac...
There are real journalism scandals and fake ones. And this @nickkristof.bsky.social one is complete bullshit. www.semafor.com/article/06/1...
Oh and DJTjr's partner on the questionable oil refinery project is a piece of work. Josh and Justin tried to find details about his other company and all they came up with was... a baklava caterer.
NEW: Donald Trump Jr. invests in a co. trying to build an oil refinery in the U.S. Then the richest man in Asia invests... in the same company. Then... his co. gets policy concessions from the Trump Admin. @josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @justinelliott.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
NEW: The DOJ was criminally investigating the companies of W. Va.'s MAGA Senator Jim Justice. Until then-DAG Todd Blanche's office shut it down. @mtredden.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
It’s really going to be wild to see them do Mellonism during the next crisis www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
Actually this is kind of true, in his gangster logic? I’d like to know how they changed tack from just handing over fistfuls of our money directly to him to the J6 Reparations Fund.
The facts: -Bezos paid $0 fed'l income tax in 2007 -He paid $0 in '11 -Btn '14-19, his wealth grew by $99 BILLION and he paid $973 million in taxes. Sounds like a lot but it's 0.98% of his wealth growth (which is his true income). www.propublica.org/article/the-...
He also just called (white supremacist) Tucker Carlson, Megan Kelly & Alex Jones the same. It’s a go-to insult for him.
Umm the DOJ charges vs the SPLC: -SPLC said they were “dismantling” Klan groups -But SPLC paid undercover agents, so $$ went to those groups -That’s fraud on the donors! -(Even though those agents *did* disrupt the groups) Who’s the Galaxy Brain on this one? www.justice.gov/opa/media/14...
I’d love to understand where this figure came from. I assume it was industry-produced or at least friendly…
I’ve been a professional business journalist for over 30 yrs. Saw the Nasdaq bubble of ~’96-‘99 and the housing/credit bubble of ~’05-‘08 up close. And the market today seems more disconnected from reality & more unable to incorporate information rationally than ever before.
Not to wade into the BlueSky vs. Twitter debate, but the reality is that Twitter is still highly relevant and provides tons of news that you can't see easily on here. x.com/oliver_adame...
The most effective arm of the "Defund the Police" movement is alive and well. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Foreign investors are selling US bonds. Investors are buying Chinese bonds as a safe haven. Trump inherited an extraordinary patrimony: -the world’s safest asset -the world’s reserve currency -the deepest, safest capital markets He’s destroying all 3. America Last. H/T @adamtooze.bsky.social
Trump didn’t want to stand next to a Black woman officer. More economic anxiety, I guess. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...