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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 10h

A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...

A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities

The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

The most fundamental political debate of our time: You are integrated into and have responsibility for our complex, imperfect society vs. Nuh-uh.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14d

"The sheer number of American elites willing to acquiesce to the destruction of democratic institutions is demoralizing. But it’s worth noting that many ordinary people seem to be made of sterner stuff."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Lower Than Cowards

The surrender of America’s elites

www.theatlantic.com

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 14d

I miss my 50-year streak of not knowing who the Secretary of Health is or anything about them.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22d

BREAKING: Trump asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Fed's board.

Trump asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Fed board

President Donald Trump's administration is asking the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29d

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29d

Lot of people yelling at me for saying celebrating assassination is no way to struggle against fascism. I’m not asking you to mourn Kirk, a fascist. I’m asking you to respect yourself. There is no righteous form of murder. Takes more courage to fight for democracy than to embrace fascism’s methods.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · Aug 29

“More than half of the people U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested through July in D.C., Maryland and Virginia have no criminal conviction nor pending criminal charges, according to ICE arrest data obtained by the Deportation Data Project and analyzed by the News4 I-Team.”

NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · Aug 29

President Trump campaigned on the promise to target immigrants with criminal convictions for deportation. New data shows his immigration crackdown has included thousands more people in the D.C. area who have no criminal charges.

ICE data shows surge in DC-area arrests of people without criminal convictions

President Donald Trump campaigned on the promise he’d target immigrants with criminal convictions for deportation, but data show his immigration crackdown has included thousands of people in the D.C. ...

www.nbcwashington.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Aug 29

Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew
Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.

Trump Deals A New Immigration Blow To International Students

Trump officials have proposed a new rule limiting international students to fixed periods of entry, making a U.S. education more precarious.

www.forbes.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 26

Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.

Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.

It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · Aug 26

Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · Aug 26

National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · Aug 27

Dems flip Iowa’s first state senate district, break GOP supermajority in Des Moines www.siouxlandproud.com/news/your-lo...

Iowa Senate District 1 Special Election results

Two candidates are facing off in a Special Election to fill the Iowa Senate District 1 seat that was left vacant following the death of Rocky DeWitt.

www.siouxlandproud.com

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · Aug 27

📌BREAKING: Democrats flip seat in Iowa special election, and smash Republicans' supermajority in the state.

Congratulations, Catelin Drey!

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Amanda Weinstein @profweinstein.bsky.social · Aug 26

We are looking for a passionate researcher with economics or related quantitative training, strong analytical skills, and a deep connection to rural America to conduct high-impact research that helps build thriving rural economies.

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Research Associate Masters or Postdoctoral Scholar - Center on Rural Innovation

About the Center on Rural Innovation (CORI)The Center on Rural Innovation is a national non-profit dedicated to fostering more innovative and inclusive economies in small towns across America. Through...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 12

can't have bad numbers if there are no numbers

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Amanda Weinstein @profweinstein.bsky.social · Aug 12

Challenge: Post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hellhole it is.

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Amanda Weinstein @profweinstein.bsky.social · Aug 12

Well sure if you want more people to walk away with some kind of insight from data and research

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Aug 12

Dataviz should be a mandatory short course for PhD students.

So many bad figures floating around these days.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 11

“.. Small businesses especially are grappling with the ability to stay in business.”

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Aug 7

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His first term attempt at this was defeated by broad pushback.

David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · Aug 7

And now the census

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Aug 7

Hello journalists. If you report this you gotta say that under the Constitution he has no power to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · Aug 7

And now the census

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Amanda Weinstein @profweinstein.bsky.social · Aug 7

Ope

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 6

Jessica: As for the manufacturing boom which he is talking about—in the latest jobs report, we lost 11,000 manufacturing jobs and the manufacturing industry has contracted the most we have seen in the last nine months,

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · Aug 1

Me three months ago:

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · Apr 17

My prediction is that in that scenario, he blames the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out employment data. Calls them corrupt, run by Democrats, out to get him. Fires people there, insists their numbers cannot be trusted, White House puts out its own fictitious data to make Trump look good

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Steve Liesman @steveliesman.bsky.social · Aug 1

“The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) strongly condemns the removal of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erika McEntarfer and the unfounded accusations leveled against the work of the agency…

A totally apolitical group.

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