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Kai Ryssdal Mar 21, 2023

RT @ashleymilnetyte
Plenty of men's speeches made it into the history books. Most women's did not. V happy to get my copy of Speaking While Female after the @Kickstarter ! Dove in last night. So important for young women especially, for inspiration @SpeakingWFemale https://buff.ly/303EmQQ

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Kai Ryssdal Mar 21, 2023

Actual subject line of an email I just got.

"CBS ArcSafe® RSK-PMT Remote Switch Kit for Pad-Mounted Transformers Named EC&M Product of the Year Category Winner"

How did I get on this particular mailing list?

Kai Ryssdal Mar 21, 2023

RT @crampell
Yellen: “Our intervention was necessary to protect the broader US banking system, and similar actions could be warranted if smaller institutions suffer deposit runs that pose the risk of contagion” https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/yellen-says-us-will-intervene-if-needed-to-protect-smaller-banks

Yellen Says US Will Intervene If Needed to Protect Smaller Banks

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will say on Tuesday that the US government could repeat the drastic actions it took recently to protect bank depositors if smaller lenders are threatened.

Kai Ryssdal Mar 20, 2023

Wait, what now?
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RT @LEBassett
How do I tell my parents that the thumbs up text reaction is passive aggressive
https://twitter.com/LEBassett/status/1637618824626274304

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Kai Ryssdal Mar 20, 2023

RT @davidgura
"Ten days before Signature Bank collapsed, the House Republican overseeing an inquiry into the bank's failure was inside its boardroom on New York's Fifth Avenue. Patrick McHenry was there to raise thousands of dollars from bank executives." https://bloom.bg/3Z2vRSh

Kai Ryssdal Mar 20, 2023

So what do we think cable news will do tomorrow if Trump *isn't indicted?

Kai Ryssdal Mar 20, 2023

The Fed is the planet’s source of dollars. This will make it easier for the planet to get dollars.
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RT @mattyglesias
I definitely understand what these words mean
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1637567730554470408

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Kai Ryssdal Mar 19, 2023

RT @business
BREAKING: UBS agreed to buy Credit Suisse in a historic, government-brokered deal https://trib.al/iYdgQuw

UBS to Buy Credit Suisse in $3.3 Billion Deal to End Crisis

UBS Group AG agreed to buy Credit Suisse Group AG in a historic, government-brokered deal aimed at containing a crisis of confidence that had started to spread across global financial markets.

Bloomberg

Kai Ryssdal Mar 18, 2023

Shades of Nixon sabotaging LBJ’s Vietnam peace talks in 1968

An Untold Story Behind Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Defeat - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/politics/jimmy-carter-october-surprise-iran-hostages.html

An Untold Story Behind Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Defeat

A prominent Texas politician said he unwittingly took part in a 1980 tour of the Middle East with a clandestine agenda.

The New York Times

Kai Ryssdal Mar 18, 2023

RT @BeschlossDC
Tuesday will be the fiftieth anniversary of the Watergate tape in which John Dean told Nixon that there was a "cancer" on the Presidency.