Jeffrey Rothfeder
@jrothfeder.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter/EIC Bloomberg, Business Week, Time/8 books inc. Driving Honda, Privacy for Sale, McIlhenny’s Gold/articles in NY Times, New Yorker, Wash Post etc. Focus on ESG, economies, manufacturing, jobs, tech, trade, climate, business.
Looks like today's job numbers revision are a distinct lagging indicator for the 2024 election. And perhaps a less clear but just as potent leading indicator of 2026 election.
September 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Looks like today's job numbers revision are a distinct lagging indicator for the 2024 election. And perhaps a less clear but just as potent leading indicator of 2026 election.
Interesting choice for him to attack. The first and only Fed member of her gender and race. Attacking two objects of his insatiable ire.
JUST IN: President Trump says he's firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, after a Trump ally accused Cook of making false statements on a mortgage application. The president's authority to remove a Fed governor may be challenged in court.
Trump seeks to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook
President Trump says he's firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, after a Trump ally accused Cook of making false statements on a mortgage application. The president's authority to remove a Fed governor may be challenged in court.
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August 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Interesting choice for him to attack. The first and only Fed member of her gender and race. Attacking two objects of his insatiable ire.
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We might all be better off if it were illegal for elected officials to host podcasts, which does not seem like a core part of democracy to me. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/us/politics/gavin-newsom-podcast-steve-bannon.html
Gavin Newsom’s Podcast Hosts Steve Bannon, Covering Musk, Trump and Taxes - The New York Times
The California governor hosted one of the architects of President Trump’s political movement on his new podcast, and their friendly sparring revealed a few points of agreement.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We might all be better off if it were illegal for elected officials to host podcasts, which does not seem like a core part of democracy to me. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/us/politics/gavin-newsom-podcast-steve-bannon.html
Upside down world dept.: So Bannon goes on Gavin Newsom's podcast (???) and when deficits are brought up claims that the deficit was $400 mln to $500 mln before Covid. Almost balanced. No pushback by the Gov who should be governing. Actually deficit those years -- half to 3/4 trillion.
March 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Upside down world dept.: So Bannon goes on Gavin Newsom's podcast (???) and when deficits are brought up claims that the deficit was $400 mln to $500 mln before Covid. Almost balanced. No pushback by the Gov who should be governing. Actually deficit those years -- half to 3/4 trillion.
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Every other fringe benefit ever invented by humankind pales in comparison.
I never leave home without my Radio Shack Free Battery Club Card
“Entitles member to one free battery each month for one full year”
@harrymccracken.com
“Entitles member to one free battery each month for one full year”
@harrymccracken.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Every other fringe benefit ever invented by humankind pales in comparison.
Trump's Ukraine aid cutoff feels a lot like Hank Schrader's death in Breaking Bad. Trump had already made the decision to decapitate Zelensky even before he entered the Oval Office. In Hank's terms, we all were too stupid to see Trump made up his mind days ago.
March 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Trump's Ukraine aid cutoff feels a lot like Hank Schrader's death in Breaking Bad. Trump had already made the decision to decapitate Zelensky even before he entered the Oval Office. In Hank's terms, we all were too stupid to see Trump made up his mind days ago.
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Here’s how to contact the director of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA):
[email protected]
[email protected]
February 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Here’s how to contact the director of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA):
[email protected]
[email protected]
Jamie Dimon, adherent of the profoundly deep it is what it is economic philosophy. This is what people say when they have nothing to say or when they are cowering.
Billionaire oligarch Jamie Dimon on Trump's tariffs causing higher prices: If it's a little inflationary but it's good for national security, so be it. I mean, get over it.
January 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Jamie Dimon, adherent of the profoundly deep it is what it is economic philosophy. This is what people say when they have nothing to say or when they are cowering.
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Here's a quick piece I wrote up on how to understand DOGE as a very blatant attempt at procurement capture, a simple way of making government spending corrupt to benefit the tycoons. Please do pass it along & share any feedback! www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D... (Thx for the nudge to write it!)
Understanding DOGE as Procurement Capture - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
January 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Here's a quick piece I wrote up on how to understand DOGE as a very blatant attempt at procurement capture, a simple way of making government spending corrupt to benefit the tycoons. Please do pass it along & share any feedback! www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D... (Thx for the nudge to write it!)
Harris mentioned it but w/o the important next part. Something like: what I am going to do instead is a real plan -- cut premiums by tk%, limit healthcare inflation to tk%. Whatever, don't just admire someone else's ignorance/tell people why they should vote for you She didn't do that well enough.
“Concepts of a plan” was one of the most memorable lines of the entire campaign and Harris hit Trump for it during literally every single one of her stump speeches. It only “basically never came up” if you weren’t paying attention.
It’s cool that we just had a presidential election where healthcare basically never came up. They don't even pretend to care anymore
December 12, 2024 at 4:41 AM
Harris mentioned it but w/o the important next part. Something like: what I am going to do instead is a real plan -- cut premiums by tk%, limit healthcare inflation to tk%. Whatever, don't just admire someone else's ignorance/tell people why they should vote for you She didn't do that well enough.
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There's a tweet for everything Trump.
November 14, 2024 at 9:24 PM
There's a tweet for everything Trump.
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The Pitchbot is here!
Whether it's Tim Walz expanding his state's school lunch program or Matt Gaetz giving cocaine and Ecstasy to underage sex workers, both sides have taken controversial approaches to feeding children.
November 14, 2024 at 8:42 PM
The Pitchbot is here!
More Susan Collins: He has learned his lesson. He assured me. He is not going to be the way he was anymore.
Two months from now:
“He had his work cut out for him. And by golly he did it”-- Joni Ernst
"I was shocked by the announcement. And now I’m very pleasantly surprised!"-- Susan Collins
"It was gonna take a lot of work to get to 50. But Matt showed us he could, and did, do the work.” - -Thom Tillis
“He had his work cut out for him. And by golly he did it”-- Joni Ernst
"I was shocked by the announcement. And now I’m very pleasantly surprised!"-- Susan Collins
"It was gonna take a lot of work to get to 50. But Matt showed us he could, and did, do the work.” - -Thom Tillis
Republican Senators on Gaetz
“He’s got his work cut out for him” -- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
"I was shocked by the announcement" -- Susan Collins (R-MA)
"I'm surprised by this particular nomination" -- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
"It’s gonna take a lot of work to get to 50" -- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
“He’s got his work cut out for him” -- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
"I was shocked by the announcement" -- Susan Collins (R-MA)
"I'm surprised by this particular nomination" -- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
"It’s gonna take a lot of work to get to 50" -- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
November 14, 2024 at 3:36 AM
More Susan Collins: He has learned his lesson. He assured me. He is not going to be the way he was anymore.
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Can’t tell you how bad this would be
November 12, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Can’t tell you how bad this would be
And Waltz who wrote on Fox news in April, 2022 -- It's time to help Ukraine win this war Send Ukraine the damn MiGs. Where is I hate foreign entanglements Don?
and now Pete Hegseth? good luck, babes
as a friend points out "Trump is a dove" folks having another bad day
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November 13, 2024 at 3:17 AM
And Waltz who wrote on Fox news in April, 2022 -- It's time to help Ukraine win this war Send Ukraine the damn MiGs. Where is I hate foreign entanglements Don?
But it is so much less surprising now that bewilderment has given way to "yep, that doesn't shock me anymore."
The next 4 years and 2 months are going to be just one "I knew things would be bad but I had no idea they'd be this bad" after another.
November 13, 2024 at 3:13 AM
But it is so much less surprising now that bewilderment has given way to "yep, that doesn't shock me anymore."
This is the right way to support accountability.
Congrats to Stephen Miller for his new job as deputy chief of staff! In honor of this occasion, let's all read these lovely emails he sent Breitbart in 2016: www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/20...
Stephen Miller’s Affinity for White Nationalism Revealed in Leaked Emails
In the run-up to the 2016 election, White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller promoted white nationalist literature, pushed racist immigration stories and obsessed over the loss of Confederate ...
www.splcenter.org
November 11, 2024 at 9:07 PM
This is the right way to support accountability.
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November 11, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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Yeah, racism is a narrow part of the problem. Economic pain -- in the form of $6 butter covers all less wealthy demographics. One vote out of 100 thinking differently changes the results. That needs to be remembered.
November 11, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Yeah, racism is a narrow part of the problem. Economic pain -- in the form of $6 butter covers all less wealthy demographics. One vote out of 100 thinking differently changes the results. That needs to be remembered.