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The Giving Pledge was meant to turbocharge philanthropy. Few billionaires got on board. The world's rich keep getting richer. Few are willing to publicly promise to give away a majority of their wealth.

A new @ips-dc.org analysis rates the billionaire Giving Pledge that debuted in 2010 as “unfulfilled, unfulfillable, and not our ticket to a fairer, better future.”
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Bar chart showing the decline in annual Giving Pledge enrollment. 2010 (57), 2011 (13), 2012 (25), 2013 (27), 2014 (9), 2015 (11), 2016 (15), 2017 (16), 2018 (12), 2019 (18), 2020 (12), 2021 (14), 2022 (5) 2023 (7), 2024 (4), 2025 (11)

15 years ago this week, 40 of America's richest signed the Giving Pledge.

Whether the Giving Pledge has been a success depends on whom you ask. What is clear is that the Pledge has lost steam even as the rich have gotten richer.

Get the story on @cnbc.com 👇
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I’m so sorry, Adam

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Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up

William Evans wants you to forget all about Billy

Bill Gates doubles giving to $200 billion, says philanthropists can't cover government cuts The Microsoft billionaire criticized Elon Musk for his role in crucial cuts to foreign aid.

Bill Gates has pledged to donate $200 billion over the next 20 yrs.

Gates called out Elon Musk for his role in foreign aid cuts, which he said cannot be covered by donors.

Will Musk fulfill the Giving Pledge? Gates is uncertain, but so far Musk is nowhere near close.
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4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence

4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence
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Is Henry Blodget ok

This. All day long.
What many taxpayers may not understand is that the "easy" questions (did you file? did you include all your forms?) can be answered by computers.
The "hard" questions (did you hide income via a maze of offshore companies?) are those that IRS will struggle with following cuts.

JPMORGAN: “.. survey data continuing to flag a deleterious effect on business and consumer sentiment. Indeed, today’s Empire State Survey showed .. a continued drop in future expectations, which fell back to its lowest point since the September 11, 2001 attacks.”

Apparently women taking strolls in NorCal are legally required to wear sun hats and puffer jackets

Yale job for an assistant editor to prep a scholarly edition of the correspondence and papers of Benjamin Franklin.

Cool job alert!

First JPMorgan, now MetLife keeps its 60% recession call — titling today’s note “Damaged Goods”:

“Even if there is a near-term resolution of the tariff and other trade issues, damage has been done to the economy and to consumer expectations.”

U.S. maternal mortality rate increased 27% over five years, NIH study finds The U.S. maternal mortality rate increased 27% between 2018 and 2022, a new NIH study finds.

A NEW NIH study calls maternal mortality “an urgent public health priority”

That it was published amid massive job and funding cuts at federal health agencies charged with reducing these deaths has not escaped notice

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Tariffs still in place:
—125% on Chinese imports
—25% on steel, aluminum and auto imports
—10% on nearly all other imports

Tariffs coming:
—On copper, lumber, semiconductor and pharma imports
—And maybe on other countries, depending on how the next 90 days go

And the S&P 500 is up 9% on the day

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA):

"I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"

U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.

Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.

Biggest mistakes I'm seeing in early reporting (thread):

1. Tariffmageddon isn't over: Lotsa tariffs to account for, but the average tariff rate is only down around one quarter. So most of the pain of Liberation Day is still with us.

REPORTER: Can you explain more of the decision making on what feels like a reversal here?

BESSENT: No

For the record, trillions were lost, panic gripped Wall Street., Main Street and the globe and all we got were phone calls. And we’re left with high tariffs that are still forecast to reduce growth and boost inflation. Doesn’t seem much like victory to me.

Trump’s Tariffs: Coming To Your Medicine Cabinet Soon The days of affordable prescription drugs —generics included — may soon come to an end thanks to President Trump’s aggressive tariffs and the global trade war they are inciting.

My latest: pharmaceuticals were exempt from the tariffs Trump announced last week, but all indications suggest they won't be exempt for long. The most likely outcome? Higher drug prices and less innovation.

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IRS acting commissioner is resigning over deal to send immigrants' tax data to ICE, sources say Melanie Krause, acting head since February, will step down over the data-sharing document signed by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

BREAKING: The acting commissioner of the IRS is resigning over the agency's deal to share immigrants' tax information with ICE, according to two people familiar with the decision.

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#Owl #flying #Birds

Asian grocery stores, a lifeline for immigrants, brace for steep new tariffs Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.

Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.

From back-to-back 20%+ years — and “envy of the world” — to this.

@nytimes.com
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You’re telling me y’all watching a season set in Thailand with hot ass Thai men EVERYWHERE but you’re creaming your shorts for Saxon when Gaitok and Pornchai are literally right there, I’m gonna be sick

What was Quartz? 2012–2025

Quartz, the business news startup I worked on for a dozen years, through the height of digital media and the sector's crash, has fired all its writers and been sold to its fifth owner. So it felt like time to reflect. www.zachseward.com/what-was-qua...

The Return of the Dire Wolf Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.

*the global economy is tanking, geopolitical atmosphere on a knife edge*

some company: what if we do the plot from Jurassic Park
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