Paul Overberg
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Expat Jersey guy, Rutgers grad, father of twins, news data hunter-gatherer-farmer-chef-server, especially demographics. Long @USATODAY, now @WSJ
Washington, DC
Joined January 2010
When Binance this spring struck a deal for MGX, an Emirati state investor, to buy a minority stake in the crypto exchange, it asked that the $2 billion purchase price be paid using the Trump crypto company’s USD1 stablecoin, catapulting the product, people familiar with the
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Binance facilitated a $2 billion purchase of World Liberty’s stablecoin and built its technology. The clemency for Changpeng Zhao—the tycoon known as CZ—surprised some in the administration.
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North Platte, Neb., pins its hopes on a slaughterhouse, which promises an economic jolt but represents a risky bet, w/@scottmcalvert @PatThomas1318
https://t.co/ETq1CbAjg1 via @WSJ
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A Nebraska slaughterhouse offers ergonomic work stations and no night shift to lure employees as the immigration crackdown threatens its traditional labor force.
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NEW: The Trump administration is going to require immigrants in the country illegally to submit their information to a new government registration system. Failure to comply could result in up to $5,000 in fines and up to six months in prison time https://t.co/6lVtpcfzQ8 --
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Under existing rules, immigrants in the U.S. illegally are committing a civil offense and can be detained and deported on that basis, but aren’t considered to be committing a crime.
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ICYMI from yesterday: Trump admin health officials are attempting to build a case that outbreaks of the measles and tuberculosis justify reviving title 42, Trump's pandemic era border policy that blocked migrants from asking for asylum. W/@l_e_whyte
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Advisers have been searching for disease threats that would merit an emergency health law invoked during Trump’s first term to designate migrants as a Covid-19 risk.
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NEW - White House preparing executive order to fire thousands of federal health agency workers With @betswrites
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NEW: Ranga Dias, a physics professor who claimed he had discovered a room-temperature superconductor, is out at the University of Rochester
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Ranga Dias, who was found to have engaged in research misconduct, is no longer employed by the University of Rochester.
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I support this homeschooling method.
One of the most effective homeschooling “tools” I’ve used this year is picking out an article from the print version of the WSJ and assigning it to my fourth grader to read. We’ve had many great conversations so far - looking forward to years to come.
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Want to uncover hidden patterns in complex data? We're seeking a Senior Data Journalist to join our award-winning WSJ data team! If you love developing creative natural experiments and using causal inference to explain real-world phenomena, check it out.
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Call it Field of Bad Dreams: Harris tried to build it, but they just didn’t come. https://t.co/E4IsDMZ9C0 In every core blue bloc, voters didn’t turn out. The electorate that did shifted toward Trump—an analysis of vote data from me, @karadapena, @maureenlinke, and @rob_barry.
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Democrats sat out the election in significant numbers across every core voting bloc—and when they did turn out, they shifted toward Donald Trump, according to a WSJ analysis of preliminary vote data.
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Labs that test legal marijuana appear to be underreporting dangerous mold contamination, a WSJ analysis found https://t.co/g8ypEv8wDJ via @WSJ
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State-mandated tests frequently find mold just below legal limits, WSJ analysis shows, suggesting that tainted samples are being cleared for sale.
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New from me: Need a new artery? A lab-grown blood vessel might be the solution in the future. https://t.co/DGt6lWafOz via @WSJ
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Scientists have grown arteries using human cells to better treat injured patients. They have already been effective in Ukrainian soldiers.
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I never met a nerd who loved their database more than David loved TRAC. This guy was a real one.
RIP DAVE, Job well done. David Burnham, Times Reporter Who Exposed Police Graft, Dies at 91 - The New York Times
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A dye that gives Cheetos their orangey color makes the skin of mice transparent, according to Stanford researchers. @nidhisubs reports for #WSJScienceShorts
https://t.co/NRTVvlremK via @WSJ e
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A popular food dye in Cheetos turned the skin of live mice transparent, revealing their working innards.
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Share of personal income that comes from government safety-net programs in 1970, 2000 and 2022, respectively. Counties with 25% or more (gold) goes from 1% in 1970 to 53% in 2022. https://t.co/IHrxzOoz1z
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Neil King was an extraordinarily talented journalist. Working alongside him was the privilege of a lifetime. But his time after leaving a newsroom left me even more awestruck — by his courage, clarity and beautiful writing. A 🧵with some of my favorites
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The former Wall Street Journal writer set off on a trek from Capitol Hill to Manhattan in 2021 that became an affirmation of hope in a divided nation.
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Keep reading to find out what happened to a missing cat named Miss Sassy ...
Springfield, Ohio said it wasn’t true. The Trump campaign spread it anyway. How a viral rumor about pet-eating migrants took over a town. https://t.co/O6rkw09bvg
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The Earth vibrated for 9 days in September last year. Why? https://t.co/sXBxajTFhl
@eniiler reports
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Scientists have solved the mystery of a puzzling seismic disturbance. First, there was an avalanche. Then, there was a tsunami.
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Your one-stop shop for debate night highlights, fact-checks, and 🔊 clips by @natalieandrews , @karadapena and @huahe
Read excerpts of the Harris-Trump debate highlights—and the WSJ’s take on them
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