@samjsutton

POLITICO Decoded. Former Morning Money, proud NJ bureau alum. Bay Area native. RTs and Likes ≠ endorsements. email: [email protected]/signal: samjsutton.18

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Exciting times: I'm moving over to author Decoded, @POLITICO's new daily briefing on tech and the economy, launching Oct. 5. I'm thrilled to be on an amazing team covering how tech's rapid evolution is impacting our society and our politics. Subscribe --> politico.com/decoded-by-poli…
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Morning Money today: Banks vs. crypto? Not at the ballot box w/ @AidenReiter politico.com/newsletters/mor…

Banks vs. crypto? Not at the ballot box

Banks and cryptocurrency companies have spent much of the last year feuding over financial policy in Washington. But when it comes to electing the lawmakers who write their rules, the two industries...

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Democrats gear up for offensive against Trump’s Treasury politi.co/3VZvKuX

Democrats gear up for offensive against Trump’s Treasury

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Scoop from me in today's Decoded: @Replit is ramping up efforts to sell its vibe coding software to the U.S. government. politico.com/newsletters/dec…
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New: I got a tip a little while ago about a shadowy Pentagon entity called "TSO" with a lot of money and a desire for offensive hacking tools. Turns out TSO is a new DoD agency. And it does a lot more than hacking. w/@JackDetsch and @paulmcleary politico.com/news/2026/10/22…

The Pentagon is quietly building an elite new tech sabotage agency

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Who's paying for all these data centers? Err, you are: as.ft.com/r/7616bde5-1faf-4c…

Who’s paying for the AI build-out? Probably you

Every big pool of capital, in every corner of the developed world, is funding data centres

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NEWS: I obtained a recording of Peter Thiel's latest Nashville Antichrist lectures. In his third talk delivered on Oct. 12, he breaks with the Trump admin on the U.S. war with Iran. “I think we should not have done it,” he said. “There were a lot of mistakes that were made.” politico.com/news/2026/10/21…

Peter Thiel breaks with Trump over Iran war: ‘We should not have done it’

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NEW in Decoded today: What Trump's crypto policy means for the original true believers of the tech, with @samjsutton. Feat. @valkenburgh and @btschiller, who wrote a whole play about the subject: politico.com/newsletters/dec…

Death of a cypherpunk

With Donald Trump’s own crypto interests looming over the industry and Democrats poised for a return to power, crypto’s founding rebels are confronting an uncomfortable reality.

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What a lede from @TheEconomist
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Today in Decoded: @calder_mchugh and I unpack what the Trumpification and corporatization of crypto has meant for the technology's true believers. It was fascinating to hear @valkenburgh's thoughts on how movement evolves in an AI-driven future. politico.com/newsletters/dec…

Death of a cypherpunk

With Donald Trump’s own crypto interests looming over the industry and Democrats poised for a return to power, crypto’s founding rebels are confronting an uncomfortable reality.

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Elon Musk is in Democrats’ oversight crosshairs politi.co/4zAlIim

Democrats have a message for Elon Musk: Watch out

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Investment Company Institute CEO Eric Pan is stepping down subscriber.politicopro.com/a…

POLITICO Pro: Mutual fund trade group boss resigns

Eric Pan, CEO of the Investment Company Institute, is stepping down after allegations that he created a ‘toxic’ workplace.

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Voters are fed up, but there is no quick fix to the affordability crisis. politico.com/news/magazine/2…

Why We Can’t Solve the Affordability Crisis

Voters are fed up, but there is no quick fix.

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Victoria Guida@vtg2Oct 18
#ff @Marcia_Brown9 who is super talented
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Affordability is the #1 issue in politics. In a new special issue of @POLITICOMag, we report on 26 ideas — from the smart to the silly — for fixing it: politico.com/news/magazine/2…

26 Ideas for Solving the Affordability Crisis

Some smart. Some practical. Some far-fetched or utterly implausible. All on the table.

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“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century. politico.com/news/magazine/2…

Do You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No.

The argument that property taxes make Americans renters in their own houses has fueled the biggest anti-tax uprising in half a century, and local governments are scrambling.

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When the cost of eggs spiked in 2022, economists said bird flu alone was to blame. Anyone who suspected corporate price-fixing was dismissed as a crank. Inside the alleged egg cartel the experts said couldn’t exist. politico.com/news/magazine/2…

Maybe There Was an Egg Cartel After All

For years, economists dismissed collusion as crankery and blamed bird flu for high prices. Then the feds found evidence that could prove the cranks right, and almost nobody noticed.

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Everyone knows the President thinks the affordability crisis is a hoax. What this essay presupposes is… what if it is? politico.com/news/magazine/2…

Why We Can’t Solve the Affordability Crisis

Voters are fed up, but there is no quick fix.

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(It’s not. But it’s also not a crisis in the traditional sense of the word.)
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“Economists are taught to watch what people do, not what they say,” @econjared, a longtime economic adviser to Biden, told me. “I learned that that lesson that economists are taught is not correct. When people tell me they’re hurting, I tend to believe them.”
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POLITICO Magazine’s affordability issue is out. There are 25 stories and essays from across the newsroom about how we can fix it. I’m number 26, and this is why we can’t: politico.com/news/magazine/2…

Why We Can’t Solve the Affordability Crisis

Voters are fed up, but there is no quick fix.

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Victoria Guida@vtg2Oct 18
“I watched my friends talk about [crypto] in a way that they thought they had struck gold, or struck oil or something like that. And in my mind, I’m looking at these guys like, ‘You barely understand regular money.’”
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If $10,000 can’t buy you a house, why not gamble it? That might not seem like a sound financial decision, but it’s an increasingly familiar mindset for many young men who are watching prices march higher & feeling like they can’t keep up My latest column politico.com/news/magazine/2…

‘You Barely Understand Regular Money’: Why Young Men Keep Gambling

Politics isn't ready for the rise of easy-access gambling platforms.

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