A midnight hello from Morton Tankus, retired Vice President of Morgan Stanley in charge of the COBOL system which determined Financial Advisor compensation, and Nathan Tankus newsletter writer, payments & money expert, and sudden investigative COBOL journalist.
April 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
A midnight hello from Morton Tankus, retired Vice President of Morgan Stanley in charge of the COBOL system which determined Financial Advisor compensation, and Nathan Tankus newsletter writer, payments & money expert, and sudden investigative COBOL journalist.
You know you're in trouble when a podcast has a 22 source bibliography
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BONUS: A Financial History of Zionism w/ Nathan Tankus
With Nathan Tankus
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September 25, 2026 at 4:15 PM
You know you're in trouble when a podcast has a 22 source bibliography
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First of two turbulence podcast episodes with @shaabiranks.bsky.social. prepare yourselves and listen up
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Episode 42: Dollar Imperialism w/ Nathan Tankus
With Nathan Tankus
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September 22, 2026 at 10:44 AM
First of two turbulence podcast episodes with @shaabiranks.bsky.social. prepare yourselves and listen up
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Okay @mortontankus.bsky.social agreed after more than an hour cooling off at a local bagel place
June 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Okay @mortontankus.bsky.social agreed after more than an hour cooling off at a local bagel place
Tankus byline at Wired when
FYI @wired.com and I are in contact and there are very good reasons for why they are operating the way they are. My tweet yesterday notwithstanding, this is going to play out over the coming weeks and this will all be sorted out. Thanks again to everyone.
February 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Tankus byline at Wired when
Don't need a tank to think when you have a thinking Tankus
you may need a tank to think but i guess im built different
September 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Don't need a tank to think when you have a thinking Tankus
this is so fuckin sick. tankus is openingg a STUDIO !
This memorial day I'm taking some time out to explain at greater length why I rented an office in Manhattan and what I am planning on doing with it.
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Why Does Notes on the Crises Have A Manhattan Office Now? A Blueprint for the Future
I have been very overdue in telling readers my plans in greater detail. I was going to put out this piece laying out what my plans for Notes on the Crises out last Sunday, but alas I got sick more tha...
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May 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
this is so fuckin sick. tankus is openingg a STUDIO !
Tankus’ post really brought out the K hive in people.
February 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Tankus’ post really brought out the K hive in people.
How bad are things? According to sources familiar with the situation, Nathan Tankus is in a suit.
March 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
How bad are things? According to sources familiar with the situation, Nathan Tankus is in a suit.
Stellar work by Nathan Tankus again
NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social PIECE: With the attempted firing of Lisa Cook by Donald Trump, the first Black woman appointed to the Federal Reserve Board, I think its important to examine the @federalreserve.gov's history of Racial Segregation. This is a long one
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The Federal Reserve’s Neglected History of Racial segregation
Recent events regarding Lisa Cook’s attempted firing by Donald Trump have convinced me to do a premium series on the history of racial segregation and the Federal Reserve. This is for a few reasons. F...
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September 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Stellar work by Nathan Tankus again
Tankus Abundance??????!!!!?????
BREAKING @crisesnotes.bsky.social from @juanhanes.bsky.social and I: HUD is planning to add "special conditions to grant awards” that will require grantees to submit all invoices & individual payment information from themselves, "subrecipients" AND contractors
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BREAKING: HUD is Planning on Hobbling Federal Financial Assistance for Housing by Burying it in Paperwork.
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Have non-public information about the Trump...
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July 23, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Tankus Abundance??????!!!!?????
5 Alarm Plus Fire Musk Has Lit w/ Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social | MR Live - 2/3/25
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5 Alarm Plus Fire Musk Has Lit w/ Nathan Tankus | MR Live - 2/3/25
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
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February 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
5 Alarm Plus Fire Musk Has Lit w/ Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social | MR Live - 2/3/25
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Nathan Tankus deserves credit and a follow: bsky.app/profile/nath...
I get that this was rushed out, but I did break this story and it would be nice to get cited, especially since I cite @wired.com. Wired is even cited in the headline from a PULL QUOTE from one of my sources.
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February 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Nathan Tankus deserves credit and a follow: bsky.app/profile/nath...
We talk to Treasury Whisperer Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social of Notes on the Crises about DOGE's efforts to seize control of the Treasury payments system on the latest episode of WatchCats! www.watchcats.show/p/nathan-tan...
Nathan Tankus: Tracking the Treasury Payments System Crisis
WatchCats Episode 12, with the author of Notes on the Crises
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May 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We talk to Treasury Whisperer Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social of Notes on the Crises about DOGE's efforts to seize control of the Treasury payments system on the latest episode of WatchCats! www.watchcats.show/p/nathan-tan...
Nate Tankus stepped up in the biggest boldest way to make an incredible difference - stopping Musk's looting of Treasury. We all have opportunities, and I'm so grateful to Tankus for inspiring us to take them.
I have no college degree. I have accumulated a ton of respect and connections. But I just did that by, essentially, posting. You can learn things so important they matter when put into action. And the more of us working collectively, the more we can do
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A 28-Year-Old With No Degree Becomes a Must-Read on the Economy
Subscribers to Nathan Tankus’s newsletter, Notes on the Crises, aren’t bothered by his lack of diplomas.
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February 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Nate Tankus stepped up in the biggest boldest way to make an incredible difference - stopping Musk's looting of Treasury. We all have opportunities, and I'm so grateful to Tankus for inspiring us to take them.
Rarely have I ever seen a more effective “fuck them kids” than Tankus quoting Foucault to tell these quasi-dirtbag left kids turned reactionary tech goons to kick rocks.
I'm quoting in this very good article. I had a lot of fun delivering this bananas quote which they largely left intact, if misinterpreted a bit (see below).
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The Gravel Teens work for OpenAI now | CNN
Seven years ago they were leftist outsiders crusading against concentrated wealth and power. How did they sign on with a Silicon Valley firm bent on remaking the entire world?
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August 29, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Rarely have I ever seen a more effective “fuck them kids” than Tankus quoting Foucault to tell these quasi-dirtbag left kids turned reactionary tech goons to kick rocks.
Krugman: Were you at the Fed or at the Treasury?
Tankus: No, I'm a pure outsider.
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Tankus: No, I'm a pure outsider.
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Musk In Your Computers: Paul Krugman Interviews Nathan Tankus
Notes on the Crises pivoted on February 1st into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025. Today is Day Thirty
Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5,...
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March 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Krugman: Were you at the Fed or at the Treasury?
Tankus: No, I'm a pure outsider.
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Tankus: No, I'm a pure outsider.
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Tankus doing incredibly important work and being vindicated. Woodward and Bernstein level stuff…. Except much higher stakes
"The Treasury Department had previously stated that Elez was only granted “read-only” access to the payment system, although reporting by @wired.com and the financial newsletter Notes on the Crises had questioned that assertion." Vindication for our reporting from a week beforehand.
February 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Tankus doing incredibly important work and being vindicated. Woodward and Bernstein level stuff…. Except much higher stakes
tankus kinda sucksn
August 22, 2026 at 2:51 AM
tankus kinda sucksn
Nathan Tankus deserves credit and a follow: bsky.app/profile/nath...
I get that this was rushed out, but I did break this story and it would be nice to get cited, especially since I cite @wired.com. Wired is even cited in the headline from a PULL QUOTE from one of my sources.
www.crisesnotes.com/day-seven-of...
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February 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Nathan Tankus deserves credit and a follow: bsky.app/profile/nath...
Nathan Tankus and Rebecca Solnit combining forces is exactly the kind of solidarity we need
April 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Nathan Tankus and Rebecca Solnit combining forces is exactly the kind of solidarity we need
Absolute 100% required reading in re Big Balls and the Federal payments systems and [waves hands around] all this
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Musk In Your Computers: An Interview With Nathan Tankus
On risks to democracy nobody even thought about
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March 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Absolute 100% required reading in re Big Balls and the Federal payments systems and [waves hands around] all this
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