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Shocked that @SEC_News, with its love of "complex track" processing and heavy redactions, has yet to win @IRE_NICAR's #GoldenPadlock award #FOIAFriday ire.org/awards/golden-…
I'm getting ready to get 950 pgs of entirely redacted docs even though FOIA officer agreed they should be reviewed for factual + statistical items that aren't exempt. But then, of course, you go straight into complex track & wait 36 months -> effective denial #FOIAFriday
I'm sure other financial journalists @gmorgenson @eisingerj @RodBoydILM have had similar experiences. I'll be nominating SEC next year, for sure #FOIAFriday #GoldenPadlock

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Important story by @hgillers about a risky strategy that often backfires

Chicago’s New Idea to Fix Its Pension Deficit: Take On More Debt. Proposed $10 billion bond would be biggest pension obligation bond ever issued by a U.S. city wsj.com/articles/chica…
Reminds me of this 2015 @ProPublica piece I did with Allan Sloan the last time cities and states were seriously looking at borrowing to shore up underfunded pensions. Our headline says it all: When Wall Street Offers Free Money, Watch Out
propublica.org/article/when-w…
Here's a big reason why funding ratios often don't improve after cities & states take on more debt: They borrow big and then go short on contributions to pension plans.
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My latest: I've been on the mortgage trail lately, trying to figure out why Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would buy and securitize loans like these.

Fake tenants, fake income, but real loans? U.S. pursues one of the largest mortgage-fraud probes since 2008
wsj.com/articles/u-s-p…
Loans for apartment buildings where owners allegedly staged units to make them look occupied -- by playing radios inside units or putting doormats outside -- have sparked one of the biggest mortgage fraud probes since the 2008 financial crisis.

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Lax and fraudulent lending on single-family homes before 2008 played a role in inflating and popping the housing bubble a decade ago. As demand for rental housing grows, will lax standards spread to the multifamily housing market?
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“This generation was left on their own like no other generation before.”

A must-read on America's looming retirement crisis from @hgillers @annetergesen @lesliescism

A Generation of Americans Is Entering Old Age the Least Prepared in Decades
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And two related stories on this:

Growth in retiring baby boomers is straining U.S. entitlement programs: The ratio of retiree-aged adults to those of working age is rising, as @janetadamy and @poverberg reported yesterday.

wsj.com/articles/retir…
The solution is either:
a) Americans can have more babies, or
b) Boosting the working ranks with more immigration

But American women are having children at the lowest rate on record:
wsj.com/articles/u-s-b…

That adds another dimension to debate in Washington over immigration
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Getting ready to listen to Bryna Siegel on @KQEDForum, re: autism & the new prevalence rate.

Fun fact: I had lunch with Dr. Siegel & two autistic friends a few years ago. She talked about some of her theories for her new book. They both told her she was wrong. She ignored them.
@KQEDForum So even though Dr. Siegel has had “more than 40 years of clinical experience” with autism, if she ignores autistic insights, her opinion on autism is flawed.
@KQEDForum “Diagnosing for dollars” is absurd. We know from research that, if anything, #autism is under diagnosed, especially in girls, people of color, kids from low SES scenarios. Yes, there is always a small % of diagnostic error, but that is a dangerous misdirection.
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(1) #TeamTrump #PhotoThread starting October 13, 2018.

🇺🇸Previous thread from September 30:

🇺🇸40+ other threads like these: godlessnz.wordpress.com/2017/10/27/lin…

🇺🇸Unrolled versions: threadreaderapp.com/user/GodlessNZ

Below: Current mood.😉 #VoteGOP #UnitedGOP #MAGA
(2) When POTUS landed in Richmond, KY for his rally Saturday he was thrilled to see Mitch McConnell, who has gotten 84 judges confirmed including Justice Kavanaugh. Also met by Gov Matt Bevin.
(3) Pastor Mark Brunson's oval office welcome home after being released from Turkey.
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#FOIAFriday

Remember, we never get to hear from John Kelly so this email he wrote to Nielsen when he was DHS Secretary that I obtained via #FOIA is a window into his thinking.

"I never get tired of hearing of how the previous administration let down American cits."
Here's another John Kelly email I obtained via #FOIA

This one from January 30, 2017. It follows news reports that DOJ/Sally Yates would not defend WH executive order on travel.

Kelly: Can she be ordered to defend the action or does she have some kind of attorney privilege?
Email I obtained via #FOIA from DHS.

Important instructions for John Kelly 🤵
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NEW from me

John Kelly Instructed DHS Official Not To Email Staff To Avoid Public Scrutiny

“FOIA is real and everyday here in the cesspool, and even federal court action on personal accounts is real.”

#FOIAFriday
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UPDATE to my John Kelly "FOIA IS REAL" email story:

DHS spox disputes Kelly sent email to a DHS official. Spox says Kelly sent email to private citizen who was bombarding him and others at the agencies w/emails. However, spox declined to provide evidence

buzzfeed.com/amphtml/jasonl…
ALSO, two DHS officials told BuzzFeed News Kelly sent the email to another DHS official, disputing the DHS spox who said it was sent to a private citizen!

😃🙃

buzzfeed.com/amphtml/jasonl…
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(1) My regular Team Trump #PhotosThread below.

Here is the previous one Nov 3-9 incl 1st half of #POTUSinAsia: .

Info & links to 10 other photos threads since June 2017: godlessnz.wordpress.com/2017/10/27/lin…

Enjoy! RT to help #MAGA
(2) Cover photo for this thread: POTUS and FLOTUS on the Admiral's Barge looking back after visiting the USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii on the first leg of their historic and successful #POTUSinAsia tour.
(3) A photo tweeted by FLOTUS ahead of today's arrival of the 2017 WH Christmas Tree. Everything she does is stylish.
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