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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 4h

McCormick spice company has a $140 million tariff problem www.thebanner.com/economy/mcco...

McCormick spice company has a $140 million tariff problem

McCormick & Company, a spice giant based in Hunt Valley, said in an earnings call Tuesday that it anticipates $140 million in annual costs associated with President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3h

A bipartisan measure to block the Trump administration’s lethal strikes against alleged Venezuelan drug smugglers fell short in the Senate, in what Democratic lawmakers framed as a failure of Congress to assert its constitutional role to decide whether the country enters war.

Senate bipartisan move to restrict Trump’s Venezuela war powers fails

A bipartisan Senate resolution to restrain Trump’s ability to wage war against alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers failed in a TK-TK vote.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

Obviously there is minority support for Trump here...but this is also shockingly low opposition for the idea that the President can turn the military on American cities on a whim.

70% of Republicans think the President should be able to send troops into a city even if the Governor objects!

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 10h

58% of Americans - including half of Republicans - think the president should send armed troops only to face external threats, a sign of unease as President Donald Trump increasingly deploys National Guard troops to police American cities, a @reuters.com poll found.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 9h

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

“I was struck at the beginning (of the video), it talks about the feeling of powerlessness, which I think is so much. I think it’s so important that we as a church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now. At least the church cannot be silent,” the pope told the El Pasoans, according to a video of the meeting provided to El Paso Matters by Hope Border Institute.

Seitz responded: “You’ve spoken very strongly. We’re trying to do the same in our country and yet not get into the political fray the best that we can.”

Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues.

“I mean, even within the conference, there are challenges. That’s one place they should be … I wish they were stronger in their own voice,” Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration.

“There’s been some good movement in that sense, but I certainly intend to continue to encourage” U.S. bishops to address immigration, Leo said.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 15h

Wow:

Matt Gaetz says politicians at an AIPAC reception had to wear QR codes around their necks and go around and introduce themselves to potential donors. AIPAC members would scan the QR code to donate if they liked them.

If true, AIPAC is literally buying US politicians like groceries at a store.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

This is obviously hateful, but for people indifferent to the hate, just a big waste of money. You have the Secretary of Transportation cheering the destruction of functional public infrastructure.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12h

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

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Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · 10h

What books are we using to teach courses on the Supreme Court as an institution? So not con law but like… wtf goes on up there?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Williams Institute @williamsinstitute.bsky.social · 12h

Three-quarters of surveyed trans and nonbinary immigrants in Los Angeles face poverty.

Read the full report at tinyurl.com/TNBImmigrantsLA

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20h

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 1d

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 1d

File state charges. This is a crime.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 1d

This is what the states should’ve been doing from the start to stop lawless ice goons. About damn time.

💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Soybean Farmer: So now I've got a tariff war that's killing my market. I don't have any money from grain we're sending to other countries for USAID. I mean, I've got a compound problem. I don't know how you plan for next year because we don't know where we're at.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 New assistant prof job posting at LSE with a focus on crime and criminal justice

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Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor, , LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university <spa...

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Tiago Ventura @tiagoventura.bsky.social · 1d

How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality?

Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 1d

Good Senior Data Science job (remote) at MoveOn:

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Senior Data Scientist

Anywhere in the continental U.S.

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Jieun Lee @jieun-lee.bsky.social · 2d

My co-authored paper just came out in @pspolisci.bsky.social! It provides the first causal evidence of NIMBYism in American immigration attitudes: Americans tend to oppose any immigrants who are expected to move into their neighborhoods. Both Democrats and Republicans hold this NIMBYism. #polisky

PS: Political Science & Politics @pspolisci.bsky.social · 2d

Now on FirstView!

We conduct a conjoint experiment and find that Americans exhibit a substantively small but statistically significant preference against immigrants posited to move into their neighborhood.

doi.org/10.1017/S104...

#polisky #academisky #immigration #politics

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Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 1d

Historical American Political Finance Data at the National Archives
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/10/07/w...

Historical American Political Finance Data at the National Archives | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 1d

Fear caused by the Trump admin's turbocharged immigration crackdown is keeping pregnant mothers from the hospital. They are avoiding prenatal care. Others will give birth without their husbands and spouses, who have been deported.

This stress caused by ICE makes pregnancy more dangerous.

ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk

Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 2d

DAILY MEMO: The Kidnapping of Latino Workers Continues From California to Chicago

If you appreciate this reporting, please consider becoming a monthly or yearly member of L.A. TACO, buying some merch, or dropping a dime in our fundraiser so we can continue to bring you this vital information.

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 2d

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Utah GOP Passes Gerrymandered Map, While Handcuffing Courts