Jay Yang
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Jay Yang
@jkyang.bsky.social
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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DISTRICT 7 IF YOU'RE IN LINE STAY IN LINE
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Today's "One First" dives into the question #SCOTUS is now asking in the Illinois National Guard case—and why "regular forces" *does* mean only the military; why the Trump administration should therefore *lose*; and why that *won't* necessarily provide a justification to invoke the Insurrection Act:
187. "Regular Forces" and the Insurrection Act
The supplemental briefing order in the Illinois National Guard case provides an obvious way for the Court to block President Trump's deployments to date—and a fair concern about what could come next.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Ex-farm worker here.

We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.

Not true AT ALL.

Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.

The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.

At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
July 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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On Friday, my son stayed home from school because he had a sore throat and wasn’t feeling well. He went with my husband to his office for the morning while I handled our daughter. When he came back at lunch, he was not interested in eating, saying his throat hurt too much. 1/n
May 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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NEW: The Fourth Circuit REJECTS the Trump admin's appeal of Judge Xinis's orders to "facilitate" Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release: "We shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge attempting to implement the Supreme Court's recent decision." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt

🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
February 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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🧵 OK, I'm cross-posting this VERY long & wonky but important thread here:

THE DEAD POOL: Since JD Vance wants to Concentrate folks w/pre-existing conditions into separate Camps, let's talk about it. 1/

acasignups.net/24/11/18/dea...
The Dead Pool revisited: JD Vance wants to Concentrate those w/Pre-Existing Conditions into separate camps.
I've spent the past couple of weeks up to my ears in 2025 annual healthcare policy rate filing analysis, so I haven't gotten around to addressing JD Vance's recent appearance on NBC in which he finall...
acasignups.net
November 18, 2024 at 7:45 PM