Scott Imberman
@imbernomics.bsky.social
Every US airline right now:
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Every US airline right now:
Good. More northern Asian university slots for us.
February 3, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Good. More northern Asian university slots for us.
Except in Pittsburgh and Youngstown.
February 3, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Except in Pittsburgh and Youngstown.
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BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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“Nationalize the voting” is a direct threat to the Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which grants the states the power to oversee our elections. This is fundamental, Constitution 101 type stuff.
constitution.congress.gov/browse/artic...
constitution.congress.gov/browse/artic...
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
February 2, 2026 at 10:57 PM
“Nationalize the voting” is a direct threat to the Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which grants the states the power to oversee our elections. This is fundamental, Constitution 101 type stuff.
constitution.congress.gov/browse/artic...
constitution.congress.gov/browse/artic...
It’s a typo, but “weeping campaign” is so on target.
February 2, 2026 at 11:11 PM
It’s a typo, but “weeping campaign” is so on target.
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CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."
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The last time he started talking like this, his allies minimized the risks and we ended up with January 6. This time we must take him literally and seriously. These comments are a five-alarm fire for democracy. In a functioning republic, he would be impeached and removed from office today.
February 2, 2026 at 9:04 PM
The last time he started talking like this, his allies minimized the risks and we ended up with January 6. This time we must take him literally and seriously. These comments are a five-alarm fire for democracy. In a functioning republic, he would be impeached and removed from office today.
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Fulton County officials say they're filing a federal lawsuit challenging the FBI's seizure of 2020 election records in Georgia.
February 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Fulton County officials say they're filing a federal lawsuit challenging the FBI's seizure of 2020 election records in Georgia.
Interesting choice of words.
Lee Zeldin on Trump's response to California wildfires: "His patience has been worn thin a long time ago. He's ready to blaze through whatever obstacles are left there on the ground locally."
February 2, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Interesting choice of words.
Oh. You don’t say.
Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp told Jeffrey Epstein: ‘You’re amazing’ ft.trib.al/0dStAqB
Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp told Jeffrey Epstein: ‘You’re amazing’
Department of Justice documents detail relationship between head of Wall Street law firm and child sex offender
ft.trib.al
February 2, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Oh. You don’t say.
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📢 Call for papers: 1st Annual CEP–IFS Labour Conference
London | 15–16 June 2026
We invite labour economics papers on wages & inequality, firm wage-setting, monopsony, unions, worker mobility & place-based policies.
Submit by 13 Feb 2026.
🔗 Details & submissions: ow.ly/yvGJ50XY3fK
London | 15–16 June 2026
We invite labour economics papers on wages & inequality, firm wage-setting, monopsony, unions, worker mobility & place-based policies.
Submit by 13 Feb 2026.
🔗 Details & submissions: ow.ly/yvGJ50XY3fK
February 1, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Uhhhh… bsky.app/profile/katj...
I guess the best-available defense to this sort of thing—lots of friendly emails and visits with someone recently convicted of procuring a child for the purposes of prostitution, I mean—is something like “He seemed to have lots of money and connections and I would have liked a little piece of that”
February 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Uhhhh… bsky.app/profile/katj...
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The Kennedy Center was a vital hub in DC arts. Trump is closing it to avoid the ongoing embarrassment of "Melania" like turnout for the few acts willing to perform there.
Trump: "I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything."
February 1, 2026 at 11:49 PM
The Kennedy Center was a vital hub in DC arts. Trump is closing it to avoid the ongoing embarrassment of "Melania" like turnout for the few acts willing to perform there.
In fairness we should be using future potential wages in our SVL calculations.
February 1, 2026 at 8:25 PM
In fairness we should be using future potential wages in our SVL calculations.
Let’s be clear- the cost here is dead kids.
To the Trump administration, the huge new measles outbreak is no big deal. It's just the "cost of doing business," as one official put it.
Doctors and epidemiologists are worried, though:
www.thebulwark.com/p/measles-co...
Doctors and epidemiologists are worried, though:
www.thebulwark.com/p/measles-co...
‘Frustrating and Demoralizing’: The Measles Comeback Gets Worse
The disease is exploding in South Carolina, we’re about to lose elimination status, and RFK Jr.’s team says it’s just the “cost of doing business.”
www.thebulwark.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Let’s be clear- the cost here is dead kids.
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IRS executive Kathleen Walters was asked to break the law by the Trump administration, and refused.
February 1, 2026 at 1:33 AM
IRS executive Kathleen Walters was asked to break the law by the Trump administration, and refused.
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I’m sorry but nobody does it like Nick Adams. Hang this up in a museum.
January 31, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I’m sorry but nobody does it like Nick Adams. Hang this up in a museum.
Even if he hit her accidentally (doubtful but maybe) he fled the scene of an accident. Guy is gong to jail for a long time.
February 1, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Even if he hit her accidentally (doubtful but maybe) he fled the scene of an accident. Guy is gong to jail for a long time.
“Emoluments”? Never heard of em’nts.
The US Constitution makes it illegal for the President to do this, in Article I.9.
The ongoing suspension of our Constitution will do profound and permanent harm to all Americans, Conservative and Liberal, by poisoning our institutions.
The ongoing suspension of our Constitution will do profound and permanent harm to all Americans, Conservative and Liberal, by poisoning our institutions.
This is corruption on a breathtaking level. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal nicknamed the "spy sheikh", pumped $187mn into Trump family businesses. A WSJ team has the whole story, reported here for the first time. Remember: Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm.
February 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
“Emoluments”? Never heard of em’nts.
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The US Constitution makes it illegal for the President to do this, in Article I.9.
The ongoing suspension of our Constitution will do profound and permanent harm to all Americans, Conservative and Liberal, by poisoning our institutions.
The ongoing suspension of our Constitution will do profound and permanent harm to all Americans, Conservative and Liberal, by poisoning our institutions.
This is corruption on a breathtaking level. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal nicknamed the "spy sheikh", pumped $187mn into Trump family businesses. A WSJ team has the whole story, reported here for the first time. Remember: Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm.
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
The US Constitution makes it illegal for the President to do this, in Article I.9.
The ongoing suspension of our Constitution will do profound and permanent harm to all Americans, Conservative and Liberal, by poisoning our institutions.
The ongoing suspension of our Constitution will do profound and permanent harm to all Americans, Conservative and Liberal, by poisoning our institutions.