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Kushner’s influence appears to be one hard truth at the center of the transition’s chimerical swirl of intrigue. “I think the bottom line is he believes in Donald, and he believes in the opportunity to rethink the way our Executive branch conducts itself,” says Strauss Zelnick, a media investor who is close with Kushner and attended the Partnership event. Kushner has thrown himself into the role of recruiter, exploiting his network in the real-estate industry and finance. He’s gotten advice from everyone, even a rabbi he was close to at Harvard. Kushner’s business dealings, like Trump’s, involve numerous partners and lenders from around the globe, even immigrants investing via a controversial cash-for-visa program, and are likely to come under great scrutiny. He has spent much of the transition period trying to figure out how to remove himself from potential conflicts of interest. Trump seems unconcerned. Kushner flattered the Partnership … [Read more...] about Jared Kushner’s Rise to Unimaginable Power

Weinstein’s legal team reportedly retained private investigators in Italy to dig up dirt. News articles soon appeared in tabloids in which anonymous sources “close to Weinstein” portrayed Battilana as a blackmailer with “a history of pursuing older men.” (Boies later claimed to have evidence she had once worked as a prostitute, an allegation she denied.) The decision about whether to charge Weinstein fell to Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., for whom Boies had been a campaign fund-raiser. (Vance’s office says it had no interactions with Boies on this matter.) Vance dropped the investigation, reportedly because of concerns about Battilana’s reliability as a witness. Weinstein’s attorneys reached a confidential settlement with Battilana, which required her to sign a sworn affidavit disavowing her accusation. Auletta decided not to pursue his story further. He had gotten to know Boies well over the years as a journalist and … [Read more...] about The Bad, Good Lawyer

In the aftermath of this month’s Capitol breach, many Americans were flabbergasted by the wide range of participants in the crowd, from firefighters to real estate agents to retired military officers, men and women, young and old, the well-educated and blue-collar workers. For most involved, this likely was their first brush with violent politics. They are ordinary Americans. The storming of the Capitol was not Auschwitz and the rioters are not Wehrmacht soldiers, but the broader point remains: It takes leaders to incite mass violence, but it requires ordinary people to commit it. Every society has people capable of political violence and the United States is no exception.  … [Read more...] about The liberation of Auschwitz offers the US lessons for today

Equality was also top of mind for corporate America in 2020. In the wake of the spring protests that centered around racial inequality and police violence, big corporations sprang into action. Throughout the year companies like Wells Fargo, Starbucks, PayPal, Tory Burch and Apple invested hundreds of millions of dollars into community programs, venture capital firms, nonprofits and grassroots organizations that invested in and supported minority owned businesses throughout the country. Again, good PR. Again, also good for the recipients. … [Read more...] about 2020 proved big businesses aren’t as bad as some believe

On Dec. 6, five Bay Area counties voluntarily imposed a stay-home order, even though ICU availability was still above 20% across the region. Those counties were San Francisco, Marin, Contra Costa, Alameda and Santa Clara, although in Santa Clara, ICU availability has consistently been far less. … [Read more...] about Bay Area nears critical ICU shortage, with just 8% of beds in Santa Clara County available