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  1. What’s more, whether the insurer needed to be taken over at all was questioned in a 1994 article published in the Journal of Financial Economics, which concluded that, thanks to the rebounding junk bond market, Executive Life would have been solvent again within a year of its takeover.
    Garamendi had sold at the bottom of the market. That was pretty much exactly where the ex-Drexelites had hoped to buy, propelling Apollo to its start.

    #leonblack #bookstodon #privateEquity #johnGaramendi

  2. John Garamendi. -- man, you did policy holders 'dirty' as California Insurance Commissioner in 1991:
    "In any case, the advantage given to [Leon] Black’s partners by [John] Garamendi led to a terrible outcome for Executive Life’s policyholders. He’d allow assets needed to fulfill Executive Life’s promises to be sold off for far less than they were really worth. ..

    #leonblack #bookstodon #privateEquity #theseAreThePlunderers #apollo #gretchenmorgenson #joshuaRosner #nonfiction #johnGaramendi

  3. Two big deals and two big scandals: Dan Walters – San Bernardino Sun

    #johnGaramendi Forbes magazine summed up the knowledge gap between Leon Black and John Garamendi: "Smart Buyer, Dumb Seller" dailynews.com/opinion/20130916

  4. 1991 #johnGaramendi: Well before Garamendi commandeered Executive Life, he’d been meeting with [Leon] Black’s group about what to do with the company. From the start, the insurance commissioner had insisted on “a total solution” to the insurer’s problems, meaning that the same buyer would have to acquire both the life insurance operations and the massive investment portfolio.

  5. A Hit French Novel Tries to Explain Putin. Too Well, Some Critics Say.
    A popular novel, “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” presents a sympathetic portrait of the Russian leader, critics say, raising concerns that it might influence national policy toward the Ukraine war. #NYTimes #putin #kremlin #propaganda #fakehistory #fakeputin #paris #france #mythmaking nytimes.com/2023/01/21/world/e

  6. A Hit French Novel Tries to Explain Putin. Too Well, Some Critics Say.
    A popular novel, “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” presents a sympathetic portrait of the Russian leader, critics say, raising concerns that it might influence national policy toward the Ukraine war. #NYTimes #putin #kremlin #propaganda #fakehistory #fakeputin #paris #france #mythmaking nytimes.com/2023/01/21/world/e

  7. Suspect in Killing of 3 at Convenience Store Fatally Shoots Himself, Police Say
    Jarid Haddock, 21, killed himself amid an hourslong police manhunt for him in Yakima, Wash., in connection with what they said appeared to have been a random shooting. nytimes.com/2023/01/24/us/shoo #yakima #washington #massshooting #circlek #jaridhaddock

  8. Ronna McDaniel quells revolt to win reelection as chair of fractured RNC

    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

    Congratulations Ronna Romney-McDaniel. How hard could it be? #gop #danapoint #ronnamcdaniel

  9. [Washington Post]: The place crime obviously spiked since 2020? Trump’s imagination.
New data from the FBI reinforces that violent crime fell under Biden, despite Trump’s insistence that crime is surging. By Philip Bump

    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

    #crime #crimerate

  10. #winder #georgia Nothing happens on school safety, on public safety from gun violence if Republicans are in control of the three branches of govt.
    nothing happens to keep our kids safe from gun violence if Republicans control anything.

    Vote them all out.!

  11. #winder #GA #Barrow The blame lies the Supreme Court. The Roberts court, and these 2nd amendment fetishists. They have misread the 2nd amendment. This Supreme Court is fine letting women bleed out in parking lots after Dobbs and kid bleed out in schools after Bruen, etc. The blame is with Republicans and #SCOTUS

  12. #Winder The problem isn't "politics". The problem is corruption. The problem is Republican corruption. The problem is Republicans don't care that school kids are being killed by gun violence. The problem is that Republicans are bought by the gun lobby.

  13. [The Washington Post] NBC offered Ronna McDaniel a better contract to appear on MSNBC
    The cable channel was part of the broad push to clinch a contributor deal for McDaniel, whose hiring caused an uproar. By Sarah Ellison and Josh Dawsey

    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

    @Msnbc #nbcnews #ronnamcdaniel #RashidaJones

  14. [NYTimes]: Roy Cooper Is Said to Withdraw From Harris’s Vice-Presidential Field
    Mr. Cooper, the governor of North Carolina, had been seen as one of the half-dozen top candidates to join the Democratic presidential ticket. It was not immediately clear why he withdrew.

    nytimes.com/2024/07/29/us/poli

    #royCooper #Harris

  15. @washingtonpost “The rapid dispatch of security teams to guard the homes of military leaders in the D.C. area confirmed for Sund that on the afternoon of Jan. 6, “the Pentagon fully understands the urgency and danger of the situation even as it does nothing to support us on the Hill.” #january6th #damning #pentagon #nationalguard #sund #courageunderfire book #insurrection #dereliction #wtf #washingtonpost #carolleonig

  16. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s financial reports include an unusual redaction. The federal judge known for his abortion pill ruling and conservative advocacy holds a single stock worth at least $5 million. The stock’s name is redacted on financial disclosure forms. @washingtonpost By Ann E. Marimow washingtonpost.com/politics/20

  17. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s financial reports include an unusual redaction. The federal judge known for his abortion pill ruling and conservative advocacy holds a single stock worth at least $5 million. The stock’s name is redacted on financial disclosure forms. @washingtonpost By Ann E. Marimow washingtonpost.com/politics/20 #mifepristone #kacsmaryk #abortion #corruption #texas

  18. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s financial reports include an unusual redaction. The federal judge known for his abortion pill ruling and conservative advocacy holds a single stock worth at least $5 million. The stock’s name is redacted on financial disclosure forms. @washingtonpost By Ann E. Marimow washingtonpost.com/politics/20 #mifepristone #kacsmaryk #abortion #corruption #texas

  19. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s financial reports include an unusual redaction. The federal judge known for his abortion pill ruling and conservative advocacy holds a single stock worth at least $5 million. The stock’s name is redacted on financial disclosure forms. @washingtonpost By Ann E. Marimow washingtonpost.com/politics/20 #mifepristone #kacsmaryk #abortion #corruption #texas

  20. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s financial reports include an unusual redaction. The federal judge known for his abortion pill ruling and conservative advocacy holds a single stock worth at least $5 million. The stock’s name is redacted on financial disclosure forms. @washingtonpost By Ann E. Marimow washingtonpost.com/politics/20 #mifepristone #kacsmaryk #abortion #corruption #texas

  21. [The Guardian]: Pro-war Russian blogger who revealed huge Avdiivka losses dies by suicide
    Andrey Morozov said he had been pressured to delete post detailing number of casualties By Pjotr Sauer.

    theguardian.com/world/2024/feb

    #Russia #Ukraine Avdiika #murz #AndreyMorozov

  22. On Afghanistan: Let's call bullshit on this mother fucker. "I was getting out with dignity and strength" Bullshit.
    EVERYthing he says is a lie, half-truth, projection -- Let's take just one moment, one instance, one lie. On Afghanistan!

    From Trump's shambolic "town hall" in Oaks, PA, October 14, 2024.
    #neverTrump #Afghanistan #donaldtrump #traitorTrump #campaign2024 #taliban #kashpatel #bs #factcheck #nottrue #trumptownhall #oaks #oakspa #oakstownhall

  23. [Washington Post]: Maduro lost election, tallies collected by Venezuela’s opposition show
Edmundo González likely beat President Nicolás Maduro in the July 28 election by millions of votes, a review of data from election receipts shows. By Samantha Schmidt, Steven Rich, Ana Vanessa Herrero and María Luisa Paúl

    washingtonpost.com/world/2024/

    #venezuela #maduro #gonzález

  24. [YouTube]: WTF is This Take?, Hasand Piker

    Greg Gutfeld went on his show to talk about how the Trump Tariffs are actually a test on ones masculinity

    youtu.be/OLVeWf2DoSc?si=RJEqdl

    I don't watch this .. 'the five' ever. But, this looks just like those Russian propagandists roundtable talk shows we see clips from. Just the same. wtf.

    #wtf #propaganda #foxpropaganda #greggutfeld #jessiewatters #judgejeannine #hasandpiker #manlyman #masculinity #maga #tariffs #meninmakeup

  25. Landry’s quick exit from weaponization subcommittee draws complaints
    Louisiana’s attorney general left after making his statement although members had questions for him lailluminator.com/2023/03/30/g #louisiana #Landry #jordancommittee #Jim_Jordan #StaceyPlaskett
    Landry is a coward.
    The Jordan Committee is a HUGE waste.

  26. @RepDanBishop is making the assumption that Weiss--a special counsel..someone at that level of accomplishment--didn't understand his authority. As though, Weiss was a child. What a fool #NC08 #garland

  27. [The Washington Post]: News site editor’s ties to Iran, Russia show misinformation’s complexity


    Misinformation experts say an overlap in funding underscores concern that the spread of falsehoods and propaganda online is entering a more complicated stage as the November election draws closer. By Joseph Menn

    washingtonpost.com/technology/

    #grayzone #WyattReed #MaxBlumenthal #RussianPropaganda #disinformation

  28. the "Jack" [everything special counsel, Jack Smith] podcast by Andy McCabe and Allison Gill has Brian Greer explaining aspects of the CIPA rules, #goldilocks #documents #silentwitness #CIPA -- it was interesting
    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/