Vivek Ramaswamy is pressed by a questioner in Exeter, NH: “Let’s talk about your lack of job qualifications.”

She calls him a showman, nonsensical, fast-talking and says rich men manipulate voters into thinking they’re fit to lead. Ramaswamy isn’t even qualified to be the principal of her kid’s school, she adds.
Ramaswamy says the people with government experience “got us in the mess we’re in today.”

“I’m not name dropping when I mention Thomas Jefferson,” Ramaswamy says, adding that he genuinely looks up to him.

There's so much crypto legal drama playing out right now

Case in point: YouTuber BitBoy Crypto is due in court tomorrow (4/20) to explain why he's harassing the lawyer suing him for allegedly promoting FTX

But instead of coming to court, he's on a crypto cruise in the Bahamas Dive into the wild world of crypto YouTube, billion-dollar class action lawsuits, "nefarious activities" and insults so vicious that somebody called the FBI.

Story's here, will thread highlights below.

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Securities and Exchange Commission charges SAM BANKMAN-FRIED, alleging “Bankman-Fried engaged in a scheme to defraud equity investors in FTX Trading Ltd.”

Full complaint here: sec.gov/litigation/com… Some highlights from the complaint: The SEC claims Bankman-Fried "was orchestrating a massive, years-long fraud, diverting billions of dollars of the trading platform’s customer funds for his own personal benefit and to help grow his crypto empire."

Sam Bankman-Fried talking to Forbes now, suggesting again that FTX bankruptcy filings contain errors.

SBF stepped down last month. New CEO John Ray has said the company doesn't have contact with him and that FTX is the worst mess he's seen in his career.
Ehrlich points out no one could force SBF to resign if he didn't want to.

"I certainly regret how I did it ... I was under a lot of pressure to do it," Bankman-Fried says.

Who applied the pressure?

"You can look at who ended up directing what happened after the filings."

Got at this in Playbook this a.m., but *if* Marty Walsh heads to Washington it will totally upend the '21 race.

A rare open seat would draw a ton of candidates, and City Council President Kim Janey would become acting mayor and the first Black woman to lead the city. If Janey became acting mayor and decided to go for a full term, there'd be some precedent on her side.

The late Mayor Tom Menino became acting mayor when Mayor Ray Flynn was appointed U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. He ran for a full term and then served for two decades.

Gov. Charlie holding his Friday press briefing. Baker announces a drive-thru testing center for first responders @ Gillette Stadium parking lot. Opens Sunday and will test 200 first responders a day in partnership with state agencies, the Patriots & Quest Diagnostics. #mapoli Baker announces a “Covid-19 Community Tracing Collaborative” that the state is aiming to staff by the end of the month. “There is tracing happening now but this program that we’re talking about launching today is a much more robust targeted approach,” Baker says.