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2 weeks ago | thejourneyman.substack.com | Marlon Weems

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2 weeks ago | thejourneyman.substack.com | Marlon Weems |Arturo R. Dominguez |Egberto Willies

Yesterday, I had a chance to discuss immigration with , one of the best independent journalists I know. Arturo gave his take on the protests in Los Angeles and the Trump administration’s response. Surprise guest even joined in the conversation. Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to The Journeyman. to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

3 weeks ago | thejourneyman.substack.com | Marlon Weems

The Journeyman is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Today would have been my brother Wyatt's 64th birthday. Sadly, we lost him to a rare disease, shortly after he turned 49. I wrote this story about him several years ago, but I repost it each year on the first day of June to keep his memory alive. ~MSWEvery family has their stories, tales that are passed down over generations.

4 weeks ago | thejourneyman.substack.com | Marlon Weems

In late 2023, I received a LinkedIn message from someone named Carlos Watson. He wanted to talk. Watson said he’d read the piece I’d written about my near-miss with the Justice Department in the nineties. Although it didn’t get much traction on Substack, my 2023 tale of how a pair of money launderers infiltrated my business went viral on Medium. So much so, the company’s staff picked it as one of their favorite stories of that year.

1 month ago | thejourneyman.substack.com | Marlon Weems

This morning, a follower posed a few questions about a clip from Bloomberg Television featuring Guggenheim Securities Co-CEO Jim Millstein I posted yesterday on the Substack app. I thought some of you might be interested in my somewhat lengthy response. Before I get into the Q&A, I’d like to point out that what follows is essentially the kind of bespoke note I might send to a trading client who wanted to understand the lay of the land before the market opened.