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Andrew Yang

Andrew Yang (born January 13, 1975) is a U.S. 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, entrepreneur, attorney, philanthropist, and founder of Venture for America (VFA). He worked in startups and early-stage growth companies as a founder or executive from 2000 to 2009. After he founded VFA, the Obama administration selected him in 2012 as a "Champion of Change" and in 2015 as a "Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship". In November 2017 Yang launched his campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. His signature policy is what he calls the "Freedom Dividend", a form of Universal Basic Income (UBI) for every American adult over 18. Yang believes UBI is a necessary response to the rapid development of automation, which is increasingly leading to workforce challenges. The other two central elements of his platform are Medicare for All and "human-centered capitalism." Over 100 policy proposals are listed on his campaign website. Early life and education Yang was born in Schenectady, New York, to immigrant...

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July 24, 2026 at 9:48 PM

The Odyssey

View this post on the web at [link removed] I watched the Odyssey this past week with Evelyn and some other friends. We saw it in IMAX 70MM during the afternoon. I was blown away. I thought it was one of the greatest movies I’ve ever seen. The visuals, the acting, the sound, the action, the scop…
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July 20, 2026 at 12:04 PM

Making and Taking Calls

View this post on the web at [link removed] I got a phone call from a candidate for Governor in a Midwestern state yesterday. We are friendly, but he’s a current candidate, so this wasn’t a social call. I cut to the chase: “Hey, I know you’re in the midst of a campaign. What can I do to help?” …
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July 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM

Nation’s Dumbest

View this post on the web at [link removed] Hello, I hope your summer has been going great! Stay cool and hydrated out there. There’s a chance you’ve seen an ad for a reality TV show that I’m in. What’s the story? A number of months ago, I got a call that surprised me: “Hey, you’ve been asked t…
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July 6, 2026 at 12:03 PM

What We Do For a Living

View this post on the web at [link removed] Hello, I hope that your summer is going great. I had a lovely 4th at a friend’s barbecue. As you know, I ran for President in 2020 with the main idea that AI was going to come along and do a number on jobs. I believed that advancing Universal Basic Inc…
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July 3, 2026 at 12:03 PM

Happy 4th of July

View this post on the web at [link removed] Happy 250th Birthday America! You look great. Actually, you’re showing your age a little bit, if I’m honest. You could use a refresh, maybe a trip to the spa. Some of your airports and trains and roads look like they were built in the 60s. Possibly beca…
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June 29, 2026 at 12:03 PM

The Word from Inside the House

View this post on the web at [link removed] Last week a $500 million non-profit funded by Anthropic, OpenAI, Amazon and many others was announced. It’s called RAISE US and works primarily with state governments to help workers transition to different jobs in the AI age. I’m glad people are start…
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June 26, 2026 at 2:14 PM

The NY Primaries

View this post on the web at [link removed] There were some big primaries in New York this week. In particular, 3 left-leaning candidates, Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, and Darializa Avila Chevalier, won their Congressional primaries, meaning they will certainly be among the newest crop of Democrat…
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June 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM

Achilles in the Senate

View this post on the web at [link removed] No, not that one, though I’m definitely going to see the Odyssey when it comes out in a few weeks. Chris Nolan remains one of our greatest movie directors until proven otherwise. He made the Dark Knight and Inception. Tenet . . . we’ll pretend that one …
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June 15, 2026 at 12:01 PM

The SpaceX IPO

View this post on the web at [link removed] Hello, I hope the summer is going great. My kids are getting out of school for the summer so at least someone’s happy. History was made on Friday with the biggest IPO ever as SpaceX hit the market raising $75 billion. The stock launched at $135 and clo…
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June 8, 2026 at 12:03 PM

Tax AI, Not Humans, Again

View this post on the web at [link removed] Hello all, I hope your summer is off to a great start. It snuck up quickly on us, didn’t it? I was back on CNBC [ [link removed] ] this week to make the case that we should tax AI – and eventually robots – and not humans. They invited me back because I…
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June 1, 2026 at 12:03 PM

The Original Seer

View this post on the web at [link removed] “Man, you called AI before anyone else.” I get a version of that just about every day. The sentiment is nice, but there were several people who were jumping up and down about automation and jobs even before I was. One of them is technologist Martin For…
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May 25, 2026 at 12:03 PM

Do More In Four

View this post on the web at [link removed] There’s a lot going on out there, as usual. But I want to spotlight a solution that I think would make a huge difference in millions of people’s lives that is achievable right now without legislation. What is it? A four-day workweek. In early 2025, I …
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May 18, 2026 at 12:01 PM

Becoming Independent

View this post on the web at [link removed] As many of you know, I left the Democratic Party in 2021 to start the Forward Party, a positive independent political movement dedicated to reforming our broken politics via changes to the primary system, ranked choice voting and helping aligned candida…
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May 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM

Building in the City

View this post on the web at [link removed] “If you can choose one thing, choose growth.” - Dan Gilbert I recently sat down for lunch with an elected official here in New York City. He asked me, “How is it raising a family and running a company in the City?” He was fishing for information on wha…
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May 11, 2026 at 12:02 PM

Like Clockwork

View this post on the web at [link removed] “The narrative that AI will destroy jobs is very destructive. We should be telling a different, more positive story.” I’ve seen that sentiment among a dozen major social media accounts in the past week or so. It was like they had a meeting to talk a…
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May 4, 2026 at 12:03 PM

Anything You Want to Do

View this post on the web at [link removed] Hello, I hope that you’re doing well this Spring! You’re certainly doing better than the Mets. As some of you may know, I’ve done the occasional comedy set this past year. It’s been a lot of fun. I did a quick five minutes in front of Dave Chappelle at…
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April 27, 2026 at 12:03 PM

Seth Bodnar

View this post on the web at [link removed] Politics are heating up as the midterms approach. The most interesting and important candidate in the country might be Seth Bodnar. Who the heck is Seth Bodnar and why is he so pivotal? He is the former President of the University of Montana who in Feb…
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April 22, 2026 at 12:04 PM

Heating Up

View this post on the web at [link removed] “That Hansel is so hot right now.” - Mugatu in Zoolander That was one of my favorite movies coming up. I later got to meet Ben Stiller, who shot me a ‘Blue Steel’ tweet during one of my campaigns. It was a highlight. A little more than eight years ago…
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April 20, 2026 at 12:02 PM

The Three Words No One Wants to Hear

View this post on the web at [link removed] Hello, I hope the spring is going well for you! Kind of feels like we skipped a season. I spoke at the University at Albany last week and met with a number of students. They were bright and thinking about their future. A couple of them said they wanted…
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April 15, 2026 at 12:01 PM

Too Many College Grads

View this post on the web at [link removed] What happens when there are too many college grads? This week on the podcast I interview Noam Scheiber, the author of “Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class.” Noam painstakingly interviewed and followed college-educated empl…
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April 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM

Eric Swalwell

View this post on the web at [link removed] California Congressman Eric Swalwell suspended his gubernatorial campaign on Sunday after multiple women came forward and accused him of various forms of inappropriate and criminal behavior. It wasn’t a surprise as his site had stopped taking donations …
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April 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM

The Brain Rot Index

View this post on the web at [link removed] Hello, I hope the spring is off to a great start for you and yours. As you probably know, I run a wireless company, Noble Mobile, that pays people to use their phones less. It’s clicked with people in part because we are all struggling with our relatio…
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April 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM

The AI Bet Just Got Bigger

View this post on the web at [link removed] Last week, Oracle laid off about 30,000 workers, approximately 18% of its global workforce. Simultaneously, Oracle is planning to invest $50 billion in AI infrastructure development this year alone. This is tectonic. Those 30,000 workers cost about $8 …
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April 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM

We Only Look at the Winners

View this post on the web at [link removed] I’m a big Mets fan and am excited for the upcoming season. I think we’re going to have a contending team despite/because of all of the changes. I attended Opening Day. Yes, this feels frivolous. There’s some part of me that is like, “Man, AI is going t…
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March 30, 2026 at 12:03 PM

The Social Media Reckoning

View this post on the web at [link removed] Two landmark legal rulings came out last week, both of which will have massive ramifications for years to come. Last Thursday, a Los Angeles jury ruled that Meta and YouTube were negligent for designing addictive features such as infinite scrolling, au…
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March 23, 2026 at 12:03 PM

What Jobs Are Safe?

View this post on the web at [link removed] Last year, Evelyn bought me 10 sessions with a personal trainer. “Huh, I guess I should take the hint.” I thought, and dutifully reported to get my butt whipped into shape by Aaron, a very pleasant 31-year-old with a degree in physical therapy. During …
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March 16, 2026 at 12:03 PM

Tax the Bots

View this post on the web at [link removed] I was on CNBC last week talking about AI and jobs. I painted a foreboding picture of corporate layoffs that have just kicked off. Indeed, Oracle and Amazon just announced that they would likely cut more than 30,000 workers between them. One of the ancho…
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March 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM

Matt Mahan

View this post on the web at [link removed] “If you have dozens of priorities, you have none. When I took office, I saw this laundry list of things that we said were priorities, none of which we were excelling at. That’s why, when I became mayor, I said we would focus on only a few things: public…
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March 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM

Notes from the Tour

View this post on the web at [link removed] I’m writing this on the plane, in true author fashion, on the way back cross country. It was wonderful seeing so many familiar faces and meeting new people on the book tour. Thank you to Rikki Schlott, Nancy Scola, Rainn Wilson, Kristen Sze, and Jon Spo…
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March 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM

War with Iran

View this post on the web at [link removed] On Saturday, the US and Israel mounted full-scale military strikes on Iran. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and dozens of his top military leaders were killed; a meeting of top staff may have been the catalyst for the timing of the strikes. The response ha…
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February 23, 2026 at 1:02 PM

Is College (Still) Worth It?

View this post on the web at [link removed] A friend recently told me that she and her husband sold their house to pay for their daughter attending a private university. I said, “Really?” in a tone that made it seem that I didn’t necessarily agree with the decision. “It was her dream school,” sh…
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February 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM

The End of the Office

View this post on the web at [link removed] I write this filled with sadness. Last week, I wrote about how AI is now replacing white-collar workers in earnest as Claude’s Co-work released plug-ins for legal, financial and marketing functions. Social media is filled with accounts from long-time…
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February 12, 2026 at 2:09 AM

Marie and Andrew Yang talk politics and action around affordability

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February 11, 2026 at 1:02 PM

The AI Meltdown

View this post on the web at [link removed] 12 days ago, one of the biggest stories in tech and business unfolded that will affect us all. On January 30th, the AI Company Anthropic released open-source plugins for its workplace AI offering - Cowork - for legal, finance, sales and marketing. The…
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February 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM

Starting the Campaign

View this post on the web at [link removed] Hello! As you may know, I wrote a book called “Hey Yang, Where’s My Thousand Bucks?” that comes out tomorrow. It’s a more personal and humorous account of my rise and fall and rise again to become Supreme Leader. To get you to want to buy the book, here…
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February 2, 2026 at 1:06 PM

What the Market Wants (or, The Worth of a Person)

View this post on the web at [link removed] I had dinner with a friend recently. He’s a social media influencer – he has tens of thousands of followers on Instagram and a similar number on YouTube. “Man, I need to reinvent myself,” he shared. “My videos aren’t performing as well as they used to.…
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January 27, 2026 at 4:37 PM

The Blowback Begins

View this post on the web at [link removed] You could feel the prevailing public sentiment turn in real time. Outrage over the killing of Alex Pretti reached athletes and influencers that ordinarily might try to steer away from politics. Dissections of the video were everywhere on cable news. Th…
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January 25, 2026 at 3:10 AM

Alex Pretti

View this post on the web at [link removed] Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old American citizen, was shot and killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. Alex was an Intensive Care Unit nurse who worked with military veterans in the VA. He was wrestled to the ground by multiple agents and was shot m…
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January 19, 2026 at 1:03 PM

MLK the Futurist

View this post on the web at [link removed] Hello, I hope that you’re having a wonderful holiday weekend! It was my birthday last week so I had a nice celebration. This weekend we celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday and legacy. In 2020, I had the privilege of visiting the King Center in Atla…
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January 17, 2026 at 3:07 PM

The Verizon Outage

View this post on the web at [link removed] I hope that your week has been great. I had a wonderful week celebrating my birthday with family and friends. Millions of people lost their Verizon service this week on Wednesday. Why did this happen? “A software issue.” Verizon issued an apology but s…
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January 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM

Swinging and Missing

View this post on the web at [link removed] Hello! As you may know, I wrote a book called “Hey Yang, Where’s My Thousand Bucks?” that comes out February 10th. It’s a more personal and humorous account of my rise and fall and rise again to become the emperor. To get you to want to buy the book, he…
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January 12, 2026 at 1:03 PM

The People of Iran

View this post on the web at [link removed] The most important story in the world right now is the popular uprising in Iran. This past week, tens of thousands of Iranians have begun marching against Iran’s brutally repressive regime. The current theocracy has been in place since 1979, when it de…
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January 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM

Renee Nicole Good

View this post on the web at [link removed] ICE shot and killed a 37-year-old American citizen, Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Renee was in her SUV at an ICE enforcement action and was approached by several armed agents who told her to get out of her car. One agent tried to acces…
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January 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM

10 Predictions for 2026

View this post on the web at [link removed] Hello and Happy New Year! This is going to be a big year. I expect 365 whole days. What can we expect in 2026? For the past few years, I’ve been looking into the Yangstradamus crystal ball, and this is no exception. Here are some of the things I see co…
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January 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM

Maduro

View this post on the web at [link removed] Well, Trump decided to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in the dark of night over the weekend. One reason to celebrate is that Maduro’s extraction happened so dramatically with apparently no American casualties. That’s a phenome…
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December 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM

What Matters

View this post on the web at [link removed] Happy New Year’s Eve! Next week I’m going to have predictions for ’26, but right now it’s a bit of reflection on the year that was. 2025 was… a year. For me, it was very good. Everyone stayed healthy. We launched Noble Mobile [ [link removed] ], which …
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December 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM

Happy Holidays!

View this post on the web at [link removed] Happy Holidays! I hope that you are revved up for a wonderful holiday season with friends and family. I remember as a kid growing up in the ‘burbs getting super excited the first time I spotted holiday lights up at my neighbor’s house. We would trim a …
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December 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM

The Healthcare Debacle

View this post on the web at [link removed] Hello, hope that your holiday season is going well. Do you get your health insurance through the ACA Exchanges, otherwise known as Obamacare? If so, there’s a pretty high chance that your premiums are going to surge starting in January. In some extre…
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December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM

Ever True to Brown

View this post on the web at [link removed] My heart was sunken all weekend with the news of the mass shooting at Brown University. 2 students were killed and 9 wounded. I went to Brown, graduating in ’96. I went to class in the Barus and Holley Engineering building where the shooting occurred. …
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December 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM

How It Started

View this post on the web at [link removed] Hello! As you may know, I wrote a book called “Hey Yang, Where’s My Thousand Bucks?” that comes out February 3rd. It’s a more personal and humorous account of my rise and fall and rise again to become the emperor. To get you to want to buy the book, her…
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