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Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social · 15h

On Friday, the Trump Admin hurt millions of families w/disabled kids, all but disbanding the office that distributes funding for special ed & ensures compliance w/the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the civil rights law for disabled students.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump's new layoffs hurt disabled kids

"This is absolutely a violation of federal law."

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

Welp now they’re reversing some of the layoffs. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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John B Chilton @uaeeconomist.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats on having the story first, but by saying the story uses the same sources aren't you suggesting you should be acknowledged? It is just as likely that the story was written entirely independently.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

Trump’s immigration crackdown is risking higher food prices for Americans, according to the Trump admin itself.  DOL warned in an obscure document last week that “near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

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John B Chilton @uaeeconomist.bsky.social · 6d

I see what you did there -- "since January 6, 2021." #insurrectionact The Trump legality doctrine: Anything the president does is legal unless and until the Supreme Court says it's not.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6d

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.
www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7d

What's it like living in Chicago today? This image gives us a strong sense of the fear that Chicagoans fear from Trump's secret police.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 7d

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip
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Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

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John B Chilton @uaeeconomist.bsky.social · 7d

Optimists. Good name. The label dismal was applied because we're optimists. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dis...

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Kathryn Anne Edwards @kedseconomist.com · 7d

Ever had a question for an economist? Send them to the Optimists! Our latest episode is based on listener-submitted questions about the economy: billionaires, Social Security tax rates, child care, the minimum wage, cash welfare, innovation, and more.

It's a fun ride!

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Optimist Q&A: Evidence for UBI, What to Do About Billionaires, and Where Will the U.S. Economy Be After Trump? | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

In the final Q&A of the season, economist Kathryn Edwards answers listener questions on recent universal basic income experiments, legislative budgeting tricks, and the value of more aggressive IR...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7d

Grassley: “Using the power of government to go after people that are political people, you don't like. We're pointing this all out because we can't have this repeated in the United States. We want an end to it right now.”

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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · 8d

If you're finding all this talk of "competitive authoritarianism" (consolidated or unconsolidated) confusing, @joyner.bsky.social has a brief explainer 👇

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John B Chilton @uaeeconomist.bsky.social · 8d

I've found @livingchurch.bsky.social and @scottishepiscopal.bsky.social on Bluesky but not the Episcopal Church or ENS or other national Episcopal Church account. Are they at the other place? Are they here and I missed them? ⚓

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John B Chilton @uaeeconomist.bsky.social · 8d

News you can use - "Many people who, in expectation, would save more money in fees [for a traffic citation] than they would pay to hire counsel do not hire lawyers."

Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 8d

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, October 9, at 1pm ET.

@emilycleslie.bsky.social will present: "The Effect of Access to Counsel on Case Outcomes in Traffic Court: Evidence from a Field Experiment"

More info: jenniferdoleac.com/vice-seminar/

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8d

The law requiring treatment of anybody who needs emergency care - regardless of insurance or immigration status - goes back to the Reagan era. It's a strange subplot for this current shutdown fight.

The latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/government...

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Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social · 8d

Alarming news this morning that Social Security head Frank Bisignano has been named “CEO” of IRS, a move that raises 3 major concerns:

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Bessent Picks Social Security Chief Frank Bisignano as IRS CEO

The Social Security head will do double duty at the tax agency while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent retains his formal title as acting IRS commissioner.

www.wsj.com

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 9d

"The strength of a people lies in its purity, not in its diversity."
—Tom Metzger, a white supremacist, neo-Nazi and Klansman

"Real strength comes from homogeneity, from people who share the same blood and values."
—William Pierce, neo-Nazi, author of the Turner Diaries

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Hegseth to the Navy: "Your diversity is not your strength"

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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John B Chilton @uaeeconomist.bsky.social · 10d

Facts that don't serve the narrative (fear the other) will be drowned out by blather.

John B Chilton @uaeeconomist.bsky.social · 11d

Whose monitoring the press and asking for a correction when they repeat the CEA's numbers?

John B Chilton @uaeeconomist.bsky.social · 11d

⚓ Gafcon Statement. From The Most Reverend Dr Laurent Mbanda, Chairman, Gafcon Primates Council

Steve Wood, Archbishop of ACNA, is a member of the council.

GAFCON: Canterbury appointment abandons Anglicans

To my dear brothers and sisters in our Gafcon family, Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. The news has finally arrived after months of prayer and long waiting. But i...

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John B Chilton @uaeeconomist.bsky.social · 11d

2/2 "Gafcon also objected to Dame Sarah's support for the blessing of same-sex couples, accusing her of promoting "unbiblical and revisionist teachings regarding marriage and sexual morality"" ⚓

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John B Chilton @uaeeconomist.bsky.social · 11d

⚓ At least we know where #Gafcon stands.
"In a statement the Most Reverend Dr Laurent Mbanda, the Archbishop of Rwanda and chairman of Gafcon's leadership council, argued that "the majority of the Anglican Communion still believes that the Bible requires a male-only episcopacy". "1/2

Sarah Mullally: Choice of new Archbishop of Canterbury met "with sorrow" by conservative group Gafcon - BBC News

The group, Gafcon, says that its followers believe "the Bible requires a male-only episcopacy".

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 11d

Hey, folks at the White House and the Council of Economic Advisers! You guys ready to issue a correction yet?

This isn't controversial: It's arithmetic. Indeed, it's your arithmetic, but I fixed your errors.

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 12d

Trump's CEA is circulating its estimate of the economic cost of the government shutdown.

But, BREAKING: It's wrong. It makes a simple arithmetic error. And it's dishonest.

Surprising, I know. 🧵

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