Heather
@hewillia81.bsky.social
Here for the news b/c I missed it on the other site. Thrilled for this alternative.
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Heather
@hewillia81.bsky.social
· Apr 11
For reference: “Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values.”
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•••CONSUMER ALERT•••
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell: Expect higher inflation and slower economic growth as a direct result of Trump’s tariffs — which are “significantly larger than anticipated.”
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell: Expect higher inflation and slower economic growth as a direct result of Trump’s tariffs — which are “significantly larger than anticipated.”
April 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
•••CONSUMER ALERT•••
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell: Expect higher inflation and slower economic growth as a direct result of Trump’s tariffs — which are “significantly larger than anticipated.”
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell: Expect higher inflation and slower economic growth as a direct result of Trump’s tariffs — which are “significantly larger than anticipated.”
What could go wrong 🤢
BREAKING: The FDA is planning to end most of its routine food safety inspections, according to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
www.cbsnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
What could go wrong 🤢
Good. Those officers should not serve they are dangerous. This was tragic.
The family of Victor Perez, the 17-year-old Idaho autistic boy with cerebral palsy who died after he was shot by police outside his home earlier this month, are intending to file a federal wrongful death lawsuit.
Family of Victor Perez, disabled 17-year-old shot dead by police, intends to sue city of Pocatello for wrongful death
Perez, who was shot multiple times and suffered brain damage, died Saturday after being taken off life support.
nbcnews.to
April 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Good. Those officers should not serve they are dangerous. This was tragic.
For reference: “Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values.”
April 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
For reference: “Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values.”
Wall Street wanted a bully.
(Also misogyny)
(Also misogyny)
Opinion | Why Did Wall Street Get Trump So Wrong? (Gift Article)
Wall Street mistook demagoguery for wisdom.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Wall Street wanted a bully.
(Also misogyny)
(Also misogyny)
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Wow. Opinion piece from our Pennsylvania Senator Fetterman. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...
Opinion | John Fetterman: GLP-1 Drugs Saved My Health. More Americans Need Access. (Gift Article)
The government should make it easier to access GLP-1s.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Wow. Opinion piece from our Pennsylvania Senator Fetterman. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...
Good list of books to seek out and read.
April 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Good list of books to seek out and read.
AMEN “The real TDS* afflicts those who keep seeing a rational actor, or an economic chess game, where none exists. The whole market arguably suffers from this syndrome”
(TDS - Trump derangement syndrome)
(TDS - Trump derangement syndrome)
Trump’s sane-washers have forfeited their credibility. There is no school of foreign policy realism, or trade mercantilism, that could explain Trump’s actions. While Trump is in charge, stay short on America.
on.ft.com/3E7dXcF Trump has no idea what he has unleashed
on.ft.com/3E7dXcF Trump has no idea what he has unleashed
Trump has no idea what he has unleashed
There is no school of foreign policy realism or trade mercantilism that could explain the US president’s actions
on.ft.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
AMEN “The real TDS* afflicts those who keep seeing a rational actor, or an economic chess game, where none exists. The whole market arguably suffers from this syndrome”
(TDS - Trump derangement syndrome)
(TDS - Trump derangement syndrome)
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Like David Cameron's radical austerity in the 2000s the UK again provides a cautionary tale.
The difference is that the UK's institutions held and she backed down. Here, Donald "Roy Cohn" Trump is incapable of admitting he's wrong and Congress is full of sycophants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/w...
The difference is that the UK's institutions held and she backed down. Here, Donald "Roy Cohn" Trump is incapable of admitting he's wrong and Congress is full of sycophants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/w...
Is Trump Having a Liz Truss Moment? (Gift Article)
Ms. Truss, Britain’s prime minister for 44 days, was forced out after her radical policies caused a market meltdown. But there are some key differences with President Trump.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Like David Cameron's radical austerity in the 2000s the UK again provides a cautionary tale.
The difference is that the UK's institutions held and she backed down. Here, Donald "Roy Cohn" Trump is incapable of admitting he's wrong and Congress is full of sycophants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/w...
The difference is that the UK's institutions held and she backed down. Here, Donald "Roy Cohn" Trump is incapable of admitting he's wrong and Congress is full of sycophants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/w...
“If there is an underlying philosophy driving Trump, it is this: Morality is for suckers. The strong do what they want and the weak suffer what they must. This is the logic of bullies everywhere.”
April 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“If there is an underlying philosophy driving Trump, it is this: Morality is for suckers. The strong do what they want and the weak suffer what they must. This is the logic of bullies everywhere.”
“Eliminating federal funding for the humanities saves next to no money, but it will cost the American people something precious: one of the few federal institutions whose whole purpose is to foster community and thoughtful discussion across the polarities that increasingly divide and depress us.”
"This is exactly what the architects and enforcers of Project 2025 want us to do: They want us to fight over who deserves the biggest piece of a pie that is so diminished and distorted it doesn’t even look like a pie anymore."
Opinion | Why DOGE Slashed the National Endowment for the Humanities (Gift Article)
Eliminating federal funding for the humanities saves next to no money, but it will cost the American people something precious.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“Eliminating federal funding for the humanities saves next to no money, but it will cost the American people something precious: one of the few federal institutions whose whole purpose is to foster community and thoughtful discussion across the polarities that increasingly divide and depress us.”
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So, @ddiamond.bsky.social has tallied up how much time Trump has spent at his golf courses since Inauguration Day -- and it adds up to 105 hours.
That includes 17.7 hours just since his April 2 "Liberation Day" tariffs announcement that tanked the markets.
Gift link: wapo.st/423m3fE
That includes 17.7 hours just since his April 2 "Liberation Day" tariffs announcement that tanked the markets.
Gift link: wapo.st/423m3fE
April 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
So, @ddiamond.bsky.social has tallied up how much time Trump has spent at his golf courses since Inauguration Day -- and it adds up to 105 hours.
That includes 17.7 hours just since his April 2 "Liberation Day" tariffs announcement that tanked the markets.
Gift link: wapo.st/423m3fE
That includes 17.7 hours just since his April 2 "Liberation Day" tariffs announcement that tanked the markets.
Gift link: wapo.st/423m3fE
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Trump crashes the economy, while grifting for himself, his family, and his cronies—with no shame about this. How dumb do you have to be to accept this? And please, don't come at me with talk of economic or cultural grievances. He's playing millions for fools.
Even as the stock market crashed, President Trump was in Florida at his Doral golf resort and Mar-a-Lago club helping pump up family businesses, evidence that Trump continues to monetize the presidency. A NYT behind-the-scenes look with Theodore Schleifer and Zolan Kanno-Youngs nyti.ms/3XPqyIa
Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out (Gift Article)
The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.
nyti.ms
April 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trump crashes the economy, while grifting for himself, his family, and his cronies—with no shame about this. How dumb do you have to be to accept this? And please, don't come at me with talk of economic or cultural grievances. He's playing millions for fools.
Brexit impacted tourism there too. Whoopsie
April 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Brexit impacted tourism there too. Whoopsie
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WELKER: Trump promised he was going to improve the economy on day one. What's your message to Americans who want to retire and have just seen their lifetime savings drop significantly?
BESSENT: Most Americans who have put away for years in savings accounts don't look at the day to day fluctuations
BESSENT: Most Americans who have put away for years in savings accounts don't look at the day to day fluctuations
April 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
WELKER: Trump promised he was going to improve the economy on day one. What's your message to Americans who want to retire and have just seen their lifetime savings drop significantly?
BESSENT: Most Americans who have put away for years in savings accounts don't look at the day to day fluctuations
BESSENT: Most Americans who have put away for years in savings accounts don't look at the day to day fluctuations
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Wow, this is a trainwreck.
TAPPER: You're imposing a 10% on the Heard and MccDonald islands. They have zero human inhabitants. Why are you putting tariffs on islands entirely populated by penguins?
ROLLINS: Whatever. Listen, the people leading this are serious, intentional, patriotic, the smartest I've ever worked with.
ROLLINS: Whatever. Listen, the people leading this are serious, intentional, patriotic, the smartest I've ever worked with.
April 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Wow, this is a trainwreck.
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Tariffs grounded Pittsburgh's aerospace deals. #econsky
Pittsburgh-based aerospace company, which sells parts to the major aviation companies, has declared a force majeure in the wake of Trump's tariffs so it can break contract obligations
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Exclusive: Aircraft supplier Howmet may halt orders if hit by Trump tariffs, letter says
Howmet Aerospace , which supplies parts for planes built by Airbus and Boeing , may halt some shipments if they are impacted by tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Tariffs grounded Pittsburgh's aerospace deals. #econsky
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Dear, Elon
Best wishes from Wisconsin
Best wishes from Wisconsin
April 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Dear, Elon
Best wishes from Wisconsin
Best wishes from Wisconsin
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25 hours and 7 mins of Brilliance. Thoughtful, prepared, educated and intellectual speech about the state of our country and its position in history. No Dr. Seuss. No Phonebook. No monotone reading of laws. But compassionate, inspiring, and emboldened words drawing the attention of the entire world.
April 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
25 hours and 7 mins of Brilliance. Thoughtful, prepared, educated and intellectual speech about the state of our country and its position in history. No Dr. Seuss. No Phonebook. No monotone reading of laws. But compassionate, inspiring, and emboldened words drawing the attention of the entire world.
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BREAKING: Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) wrapped a marathon 24-hour speech on Tuesday in protest of Donald Trump’s policies, breaking the record for the longest Senate talk-a-thon set decades ago by segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.
www.huffpost.com/entry/cory-b...
www.huffpost.com/entry/cory-b...
Cory Booker Breaks Record For Longest Senate Speech Opposing Trump Policies
The New Jersey Democrat held the Senate floor for over 24 hours, toppling a record set decades ago by segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond.
www.huffpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
BREAKING: Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) wrapped a marathon 24-hour speech on Tuesday in protest of Donald Trump’s policies, breaking the record for the longest Senate talk-a-thon set decades ago by segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.
www.huffpost.com/entry/cory-b...
www.huffpost.com/entry/cory-b...
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Senator Cory Booker has now broken the record for the longest Senate Floor speech, previously held by Strom Thurmond (24 hours 18 minutes).
April 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Senator Cory Booker has now broken the record for the longest Senate Floor speech, previously held by Strom Thurmond (24 hours 18 minutes).
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Watch the moment history was made:
Senator Cory Booker has now broken the record for the longest Senate Floor speech, previously held by Strom Thurmond (24 hours 18 minutes).
April 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Watch the moment history was made:
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BREAKING: SENATOR CORY BOOKER BREAKS RECORD FOR LONGEST SPEECH ON FLOOR OF U.S. SENATE
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
BREAKING: SENATOR CORY BOOKER BREAKS RECORD FOR LONGEST SPEECH ON FLOOR OF U.S. SENATE