Michael Connor

Executive Director, Open MIC. Owner, Business Ethics Magazine. Former media exec (Dow Jones, Cablevision), journalist (WSJ, ABC News) and lifelong Yankee fan.

[Gregg Nunziata @greggnunziata]

I'm a conservative Republican. I'm the former Chief Nominations Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee. I believe the Senate should give great deference to presidential nominations. I thought it should confirm Bondi.
The Senate should, and must, reject Blanche.
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[Nahal Toosi @nahaltoosi]

1/I listened to the senior Trump administration officials' call about the latest with Iran. I am in some ways more confused now than before the call. A few thoughts:

[Michael Connor @NYMichaelConnor]

@gerardtbaker It’s amateur hour.

[Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” @MrDanielBuck]

A college professor:

"Our average graduate literally could not read a serious adult novel cover-to-cover and understand what they read"

[Michael Connor @NYMichaelConnor]

This is the next step in conditioning the American people to the use of ICE as a paramilitary force, even when no immigration issues are involved. We’ll see more of this as we approach the midterms.

[Dana Bash @DanaBashCNN]

New:

[Michael Connor @NYMichaelConnor]

@JamesSurowiecki I find the same is true of just about everything sold (and reviewed) on Amazon.

[Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance @HarvardCorpGov]

Stockholder Proposals—Law and Policy Considerations, https://t.co/Uids1i84dA #corpgov

[Alvaro Bedoya @BedoyaUSA]

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[Michael Connor @NYMichaelConnor]

@ABC Have the guys in this photo heard Pete Hegseth’s tirade about “fat” soldiers?

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

This is genuinely nuts

[Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell]

This is a big blow. Bedoya fought to recover antitrust as tool for fair markets & revitalized communities. He traveled the country to hear from farmers, small businesses, families in food deserts. His firing clears the way for an @FTC that turns a blind eye to corporate abuse.

[Michael Connor @NYMichaelConnor]

Trump Administration Texted College Professors’ Personal Phones to Ask If They’re Jewish by @akela_lacy https://t.co/BvgcefiIBs

[Jesse Rodriguez @JesseRodriguez]

Front page of @WSJ right now

[Michael Connor @NYMichaelConnor]

Businesses are contemplating a risky strategy to fight tariffs: suing President Trump https://t.co/oF5kwc6hmx via @WSJ

[Heath Mayo @HeathMayo]

It takes an unfathomable amount of incompetence to alienate Japan and South Korea to such a degree that they lock arms with China against the United States.

So stupid. So dumb. So bad for the United States.

[Alvaro Bedoya @BedoyaUSA]

These are the questions to ask about the president’s attempt to illegally fire me

[Alvaro Bedoya @BedoyaUSA]

I am suing Amazon in not one but two lawsuits.

FTC staff is trying to strengthen privacy rules for Meta users. I’m a judge in that matter.

I enforce a 20-year privacy consent decree against X.

Who wins from the President’s attempt to illegally fire me?

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

Will Trump restore community, rootedness, faith, and family to American society?

No. No, he will not.

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[Alvaro Bedoya @BedoyaUSA]

My colleague Commissioner Slaughter's statement is required reading. I agree with her and we are of one mind about what has happened here.

[@openmicmedia.bsky.social @openmicmedia]

@ICCRonline According to @NYMichaelConnor of @openmicmedia: "...a company’s bottom line and stock performance are directly related to how well the company manages its workforce."

The report is a call to action for investors to push for equitable policies while boosting company performance.