SteveKoff

Music, politics, policy, travel, ice cream. Played bass in bands, then worked in journalism. Now retired, I'm back to bands.

[SteveKoff @SteveKoff]

Last night, I dreamed I was in Europe and about to come home but then @GovMikeDeWine, also there, got into a fistfight with another pol (possibly a senator) and I had to stay to file the story.

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@vurnt22 Talk about a bassist deserving kudos. His playing on Cucumber Slumber opened my eyes and ears to new possibilities.

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@jpelzer @AnnaStaver 2) Good, he said, adding something like, “You know that, now I know that. Now let’s take him out.” And we did.

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@jpelzer @AnnaStaver 1) An ME once wanted to cut a long Sunday story on a fight over offshore wind power in Cape Cod. (I saw it as a preview to future fights elsewhere.) He took out Walter Cronkite, a part time Cape resident. I complained that I worked hard to get that interview.

[Eric Balchunas @EricBalchunas]

Don't fight the Fed, or the White House.. Investing alongside Trump's tweets and White House moves ("White House basket") has returned about 75% since the start of his term, versus roughly 20% for the S&P 500, led by Intel and USA Rare Earths, found @psarofagis in great new note out today on BI ETF<GO>. (note: Tuttle has been trying to ETF-ize this strategy in the Government Grift ETF but no exchange will list it, too controversial, which i've never seen)

[Eric Alper 🎧 @ThatEricAlper]

Video: Angine de Poitrine's full KEXP performance at Trans Musicales 2025 is on YouTube now. 4 songs, 2 musicians, and something genuinely unlike anything else. "Sarniezz" alone is worth your full attention. https://t.co/wgRBCVSLVQ

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DC journalists: JOBS.

[Tara Golshan @taragolshan]

NOTUS is getting a new name: The Star. Sign up at https://t.co/hk84STgDtR for updates on our relaunch!

Also, very importantly, we are hiring. More job postings coming soon.

https://t.co/490e6dPw4O

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@AndrewJTobias Soon after she won, cretins traded Internet claims that she was offering &amp; signing bills to do rad things like tax Amazon deliveries &amp; ban leaf blowers. Could it be true? No. But there was no offsetting coverage. (I looked into it on my own.) The cautionary tale is for the press.

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@darreldrowland Claude, in what grade do students learn the difference between “here” and “hear?”

Typically in 1st or 2nd grade (ages 6–8), as part of early lessons on homophones — words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings.

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Q: Weren’t there supposed to be dire economic and health consequences when the expanded ACA subsidies expired at the end of 2025?

A: Huh? No one talks about that, and our attention span is small as a gnat’s.

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@ethan_iverson Please don’t. I’m sure others, like me, use social for reminders of what we might miss.

[Jessie Balmert @jbalmert]

Tremendous reporting and details from @lbischoff + @TMP_Doug. Worth your time:

Smuggled drugs fuel chaos inside Ohio prisons https://t.co/qIm28QFd0v via @DispatchAlerts

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@ssuttell @JeremyNobile Love how the firm boasts prominently on its website about honoring fiduciary duty, suggesting to potential clients that if their advisor can’t say the same, maybe it is time to switch.

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@WHRO WHRV announcers say that today’s online donations will be matched. That’s wonderful. But can you identify who’s doing the matching?

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Added perspective: Carlyle’s market value right now is $17.4 billion. The CEO’s total compensation in 2024 was nearly $30 million.

[Scott Suttell @ssuttell]

Sen. Bernie Moreno says private equity giant Carlyle Group should return a $4.5 million state subsidy recently approved for Ark Data Centers to expand facilities in Akron and Independence. Via @SceneSallard.
https://t.co/esN1m04gli

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@jake_zuckerman Seems like a good poster for the public-private power structure in the state.

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The DC suburbs, however populous, are now flyover country.

[Max Tani @maxwelltani]

As we first reported in last night's @semafor media newsletter, NOTUS is rebranding/dramatically expanding. In a memo to staff this morning, the organization said it plans to "launch this new version of NOTUS under a new name" and double staff from 50 to 100.

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@AnnaStaver @Pat_Garofalo I have a gift for these ostrich-like, citizen-loathing politicians:

https://t.co/ZiaSyFRUb0

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@darreldrowland $15,000 per episode. Is that typical? How many people does that take, and how much time? This is well outside my expertise, but like other things involving Ohio’s backscratching power figures, it sounds like a lot.

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I’m dismayed by talent loss and stupid decisions. Could the Post be so stupid as to let Carolyn Hax get poached?

[Max Tani @maxwelltani]

New: Politico founder Robert Allbritton has been discussing significantly expanding his publication NOTUS to fill the void in DC media left by Washington Post cuts. Allbritton has even considered a potential NOTUS name change, though plans are fluid.

https://t.co/UDlrUtQMWr

[SteveKoff @SteveKoff]

Want to see how exemplary, probing journalism is being practiced across the country? Just look at these investigative projects and stories.

[Mark Puente @MarkPuente]

Honored to be on a team from The Marshall Project named as semifinlists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. https://t.co/Xmi23WQimo