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Last year, I went to Cambodia to explore Nike's claim that it pays factory workers 1.9X the minimum wage on average. It wasn't true there.
My reporting partner, @matthewkish.bsky.social, went to Indonesia and asked ~100 workers whether they earn 1.9X. None did. Said one union official: "Bullshit."
My reporting partner, @matthewkish.bsky.social, went to Indonesia and asked ~100 workers whether they earn 1.9X. None did. Said one union official: "Bullshit."
Nike Says Its Factory Workers Make Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. In Indonesia, Workers Say, “It’s Not True.”
An average worker at the foreign factories that make Nike’s goods earns 1.9 times the local minimum wage, the company says. None of the workers The Oregonian/OregonLive spoke with in Nike’s second-lar...
www.propublica.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Last year, I went to Cambodia to explore Nike's claim that it pays factory workers 1.9X the minimum wage on average. It wasn't true there.
My reporting partner, @matthewkish.bsky.social, went to Indonesia and asked ~100 workers whether they earn 1.9X. None did. Said one union official: "Bullshit."
My reporting partner, @matthewkish.bsky.social, went to Indonesia and asked ~100 workers whether they earn 1.9X. None did. Said one union official: "Bullshit."
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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How have I never seen this before? This is killer content. Thank you @apnews.com 🫡
January 27, 2026 at 9:04 PM
How have I never seen this before? This is killer content. Thank you @apnews.com 🫡
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HUGE moment for the EU car market as battery EVs overtake petrol cars for the first time ever
But there's no "natural" demand for EVs amirite?
Article by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...
But there's no "natural" demand for EVs amirite?
Article by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 PM
HUGE moment for the EU car market as battery EVs overtake petrol cars for the first time ever
But there's no "natural" demand for EVs amirite?
Article by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...
But there's no "natural" demand for EVs amirite?
Article by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...
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"Every day, I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable." - Victor Wembanyama says about the killings in Minnesota
Via DonHarris4/X
Via DonHarris4/X
January 27, 2026 at 7:59 PM
"Every day, I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable." - Victor Wembanyama says about the killings in Minnesota
Via DonHarris4/X
Via DonHarris4/X
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The Economy Is The Stock Market
Strong 2H25 household consumption numbers required on one of the sharpest drops in the savings rate in decades leaving little else supporting the economy other than spending down asset gains.
bobeunlimited.substack.com/p/the-econom...
Strong 2H25 household consumption numbers required on one of the sharpest drops in the savings rate in decades leaving little else supporting the economy other than spending down asset gains.
bobeunlimited.substack.com/p/the-econom...
January 26, 2026 at 11:08 AM
The Economy Is The Stock Market
Strong 2H25 household consumption numbers required on one of the sharpest drops in the savings rate in decades leaving little else supporting the economy other than spending down asset gains.
bobeunlimited.substack.com/p/the-econom...
Strong 2H25 household consumption numbers required on one of the sharpest drops in the savings rate in decades leaving little else supporting the economy other than spending down asset gains.
bobeunlimited.substack.com/p/the-econom...
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Via Joey Politano: US factory construction continues steadily declining as CHIPS & IRA projects either complete or cancel—in official data released today, overall US manufacturing construction has hit the lowest level since late 2023, down 11% from its 2024 peak #EconSky
January 22, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Via Joey Politano: US factory construction continues steadily declining as CHIPS & IRA projects either complete or cancel—in official data released today, overall US manufacturing construction has hit the lowest level since late 2023, down 11% from its 2024 peak #EconSky
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Oops, opposite is true, factory construction exploded under Biden and is now falling.
*TRUMP: FACTORY CONSTRUCTION UP BY 41%
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TLMFG...
*TRUMP: FACTORY CONSTRUCTION UP BY 41%
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TLMFG...
Total Construction Spending: Manufacturing in the United States
Total Construction Spending: Manufacturing in the United States
fred.stlouisfed.org
January 21, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Oops, opposite is true, factory construction exploded under Biden and is now falling.
*TRUMP: FACTORY CONSTRUCTION UP BY 41%
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TLMFG...
*TRUMP: FACTORY CONSTRUCTION UP BY 41%
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TLMFG...
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BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
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I don’t think there was ever a world where Detroit would’ve embraced cheap EV sedans, it’s just not in their DNA, but we’ve clearly lost that opportunity for good: apnews.com/article/chin...
Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese EVs in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products
Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.
apnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:16 PM
I don’t think there was ever a world where Detroit would’ve embraced cheap EV sedans, it’s just not in their DNA, but we’ve clearly lost that opportunity for good: apnews.com/article/chin...
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JUST IN: New ACLU class action lawsuit in Minnesota seeks to bar ICE from stopping Latino and Somali residents without probable cause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
JUST IN: New ACLU class action lawsuit in Minnesota seeks to bar ICE from stopping Latino and Somali residents without probable cause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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DOGE was hustling that data OUT of federal agencies as rapidly as possible, using techniques associated with hackers and cybercriminals.
People don't understand: our data IS the treasure. That's why federal agency heads tried to intervene physically to protect it.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
People don't understand: our data IS the treasure. That's why federal agency heads tried to intervene physically to protect it.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
January 15, 2026 at 12:07 PM
DOGE was hustling that data OUT of federal agencies as rapidly as possible, using techniques associated with hackers and cybercriminals.
People don't understand: our data IS the treasure. That's why federal agency heads tried to intervene physically to protect it.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
People don't understand: our data IS the treasure. That's why federal agency heads tried to intervene physically to protect it.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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Just guessing here, but I suspect the White House is pushing so hard for wars of conquest on multiple fronts because they see their support collapsing ahead of the midterms and worry they won't get another shot. An example of how tyrants become more dangerous as they get weaker, not less.
January 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Just guessing here, but I suspect the White House is pushing so hard for wars of conquest on multiple fronts because they see their support collapsing ahead of the midterms and worry they won't get another shot. An example of how tyrants become more dangerous as they get weaker, not less.
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There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
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“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity,” said TJ Sabula, the UAW worker who heckled President Trump and who Trump flipped off and cursed at. “And today I think I did that.”
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Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler
A cellphone video captured Trump twice mouthing “f--- you” and raising his middle finger toward a line worker shouting at him inside the Ford factory.
wapo.st
January 14, 2026 at 1:40 AM
“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity,” said TJ Sabula, the UAW worker who heckled President Trump and who Trump flipped off and cursed at. “And today I think I did that.”
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Gift link: wapo.st/4sG38CD
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Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week, according to family of the victim.
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
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Korean prosecutors have demanded the death penalty for ex-President Yoon over his insurrection charges. First call for a former Korean leader to face a death sentence since Chun Doo-hwan in 1996 (he was sentenced, later commuted to life imprisonment, then pardoned). en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2026...
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Korean prosecutors have demanded the death penalty for ex-President Yoon over his insurrection charges. First call for a former Korean leader to face a death sentence since Chun Doo-hwan in 1996 (he was sentenced, later commuted to life imprisonment, then pardoned). en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2026...
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JUST IN: Rubio tells Judge Boasberg that there’s no way to retrieve the 137 Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies Act — or even offer them due process — given the delicate negotiations with Venezuela’s new post-Maduro regime. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Declaration of Secretary of State Rubio – #229, Att. #1 in J.G.G. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-00766) – CourtListener.com
NOTICE of Response to Court Order by PAMELA J. BONDI, PETER B. HEGSETH, KRISTI L. NOEM, MARCO A. RUBIO, MADISON SHEAHAN, DONALD J. TRUMP, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURI...
storage.courtlistener.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:16 AM
JUST IN: Rubio tells Judge Boasberg that there’s no way to retrieve the 137 Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies Act — or even offer them due process — given the delicate negotiations with Venezuela’s new post-Maduro regime. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Leaked documents about ICE deployment to Minneapolis suggests they're more worried about the backlash to Renee Good's death than they're letting on:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/immigratio...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/immigratio...
Immigration Agents Terrified by ICE Backlash
Leaked documents show Border Patrol needs volunteers for Minneapolis surge
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Leaked documents about ICE deployment to Minneapolis suggests they're more worried about the backlash to Renee Good's death than they're letting on:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/immigratio...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/immigratio...
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It appears the president may have effectively leaked numbers from this morning’s jobs report last night (HT @nicktimiraos.bsky.social x.com/nicktimiraos...)
January 9, 2026 at 3:08 PM
It appears the president may have effectively leaked numbers from this morning’s jobs report last night (HT @nicktimiraos.bsky.social x.com/nicktimiraos...)
Another example of why we need local reporters
Kristi Noem, herself, supplied the method used to ID the agent. She said he "been dragged by a vehicle” in an earlier incident.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
The agent, Jonathan Ross, was dragged by a vehicle and injured during a June operation in the Twin Cities, court records show.
January 8, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Another example of why we need local reporters
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Nobody wants to admit to caring about the climate anymore, and yet clean tech financing is booming, making a mint for investors. Trump is betting the future on a shrinking pot. The smart money is going green.
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Smart Money Is Turning Out to Be Green Money
Climate and money are too often divorced in our imaginations, the assumption being that you can’t make money or properly run an economy and keep the climate from imploding at the same time. People who...
www.bloomberg.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Nobody wants to admit to caring about the climate anymore, and yet clean tech financing is booming, making a mint for investors. Trump is betting the future on a shrinking pot. The smart money is going green.
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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"Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that recent administration threats against Greenland didn’t signal an imminent invasion and that the goal is to buy the island from Denmark, according to people familiar with the discussions."
Exclusive | Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Aims to Buy Greenland, Downplays Military Action
The secretary of state said the White House is using rhetoric to pressure Denmark into negotiations.
www.wsj.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:53 PM
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that recent administration threats against Greenland didn’t signal an imminent invasion and that the goal is to buy the island from Denmark, according to people familiar with the discussions."
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A high-stakes battle is unfolding between the US and China over a vast but vulnerable web of undersea cables that carry nearly all global internet traffic (from October)
Two Cables and the Hidden Subsea Battle Between US and China
A high-stakes rivalry is playing out over a vast but vulnerable web of underwater cables that carry nearly all global internet traffic.
bloom.bg
January 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
A high-stakes battle is unfolding between the US and China over a vast but vulnerable web of undersea cables that carry nearly all global internet traffic (from October)
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This matches what Fiona Hill testified to during Trump's 1st impeachment, you know, after the quid pro quo phone call with Zelinsky
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During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 5:09 AM
This matches what Fiona Hill testified to during Trump's 1st impeachment, you know, after the quid pro quo phone call with Zelinsky
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