Ted Jutras
@tjute-dc.bsky.social
Planning, parks advocacy, localist, husband, dad, and defender of my beloved DC (one of many) against the hostile government takeover
I mean.... I guess "beautiful" is in the eye of the beholder..?
CBO just released its own preliminary estimates for how rich vs poor are affected by the House budget bill. Roughly same conclusion: poorest get poorer, richest get richer.
www.cbo.gov/system/files...
www.cbo.gov/system/files...
May 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I mean.... I guess "beautiful" is in the eye of the beholder..?
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the strongest case for socializing the ownership of capital is that the current owners of capital are idiots
Business leaders all across America are freaking out that Trump's tariffs will kneecap their firms.
“There’s an overriding sense of helplessness” among executives. “CEOs are feeling stunned, and they’re not used to feeling like they don’t have good moves.”
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“There’s an overriding sense of helplessness” among executives. “CEOs are feeling stunned, and they’re not used to feeling like they don’t have good moves.”
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Corporate America’s Euphoria Over Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ Is Giving Way to Distress
CEOs and investors are fretting over what they see as whipsaw policy changes and complacency about the risks of recession.
www.wsj.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
the strongest case for socializing the ownership of capital is that the current owners of capital are idiots
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I’m sorry, but c’mon. Pay attention, people. That’s why you get the big money.
Business leaders all across America are freaking out that Trump's tariffs will kneecap their firms.
“There’s an overriding sense of helplessness” among executives. “CEOs are feeling stunned, and they’re not used to feeling like they don’t have good moves.”
(gift link)
“There’s an overriding sense of helplessness” among executives. “CEOs are feeling stunned, and they’re not used to feeling like they don’t have good moves.”
(gift link)
Corporate America’s Euphoria Over Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ Is Giving Way to Distress
CEOs and investors are fretting over what they see as whipsaw policy changes and complacency about the risks of recession.
www.wsj.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I’m sorry, but c’mon. Pay attention, people. That’s why you get the big money.
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Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
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This is insane. Arguably the greatest achievement of the first Trump administration was Operation Warp Speed.
And mRNA technology has tremendous potential. Recall recent news that mRNA vaccines show promise against pancreatic cancer in early trials
www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...
And mRNA technology has tremendous potential. Recall recent news that mRNA vaccines show promise against pancreatic cancer in early trials
www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is insane. Arguably the greatest achievement of the first Trump administration was Operation Warp Speed.
And mRNA technology has tremendous potential. Recall recent news that mRNA vaccines show promise against pancreatic cancer in early trials
www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...
And mRNA technology has tremendous potential. Recall recent news that mRNA vaccines show promise against pancreatic cancer in early trials
www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...
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everyone should listen to this in its entirety but journalists should listen to it multiple times. this is how you ask questions. you just keep asking simple, easily answerable stuff and the evasiveness becomes that much more glaring
In which the Department of Homeland Security struggles to answer a very simple question: "Is any criticism of the United States government a deportable offense?"
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
March 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
everyone should listen to this in its entirety but journalists should listen to it multiple times. this is how you ask questions. you just keep asking simple, easily answerable stuff and the evasiveness becomes that much more glaring
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"You know why Trump arrested Mahmoud Khalil first? Precisely because he’s *not* the most sympathetic figure. His views are bigoted and extreme. I certainly don’t want to be in the business of defending him. But that’s the thing about freedom."
A Tale of Two Bigots
The stories of Marko Elez, Mahmoud Khalil, and the Camp Auschwitz guy show what the right means when it talks about “free speech.”
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March 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"You know why Trump arrested Mahmoud Khalil first? Precisely because he’s *not* the most sympathetic figure. His views are bigoted and extreme. I certainly don’t want to be in the business of defending him. But that’s the thing about freedom."
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If Senate Democrats vote for this bill, it will impose immediate hardships for police, teachers, fire fighters and residents in the District. Locals who are worried about this urgent issue would be calling their senators about this bill, but local residents don't have senators.
NEW in @51st.news: House Republicans just voted to defund D.C. police and schools. As part of a spending bill to avert a federal government shutdown, they could force D.C. to slash $1.1 billion out of its budget, and no one understands really why. 51st.news/house-republ...
Dollars and nonsense: House Republicans vote to defund D.C. police and schools
Congress could force D.C. to cut $1.1 billion out of its local budget, but no one really understands why.
51st.news
March 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
If Senate Democrats vote for this bill, it will impose immediate hardships for police, teachers, fire fighters and residents in the District. Locals who are worried about this urgent issue would be calling their senators about this bill, but local residents don't have senators.
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My latest at Joy's House on Substack: What are we becoming? www.joyannreid.com/p/the-daily-...
The Daily Reid: What are we becoming?
Our government essentially kidnapped a grad student. That's not even legal.
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March 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
My latest at Joy's House on Substack: What are we becoming? www.joyannreid.com/p/the-daily-...
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Raising chickens is more expensive than grocery store eggs, but also, bird flu is endemic in wildlife at the moment.
Asking people to do this with zero safety precautions or knowledge is a great way to get more people infected and raise the chance that we get a human transmissible version.
Asking people to do this with zero safety precautions or knowledge is a great way to get more people infected and raise the chance that we get a human transmissible version.
Trump’s Sec of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the solution to high egg prices for Americans is to get some chickens and raise them in your backyard.
March 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Raising chickens is more expensive than grocery store eggs, but also, bird flu is endemic in wildlife at the moment.
Asking people to do this with zero safety precautions or knowledge is a great way to get more people infected and raise the chance that we get a human transmissible version.
Asking people to do this with zero safety precautions or knowledge is a great way to get more people infected and raise the chance that we get a human transmissible version.
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Just when you think Trump's trade wars can't get stupider: We're threatening (more) lumber tariffs, this time on supposed "national security" grounds.
Hope you weren't hoping to build more houses anytime soon
Hope you weren't hoping to build more houses anytime soon
March 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Just when you think Trump's trade wars can't get stupider: We're threatening (more) lumber tariffs, this time on supposed "national security" grounds.
Hope you weren't hoping to build more houses anytime soon
Hope you weren't hoping to build more houses anytime soon
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If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public.
If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.
If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.
DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion
The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines…
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March 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public.
If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.
If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.
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People laughed a few days ago when @jamellebouie.net said we might not have flu shots next year, but:
NEWS: The FDA abruptly canceled its upcoming advisory committee meeting to select the strains for next year's flu shot.
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
People laughed a few days ago when @jamellebouie.net said we might not have flu shots next year, but:
Half-joking question: is there a what's the fill-in-the-blank to the X:Bluesky /Instagram:Flashes /Amazon:_____? Bezos has been pushing me over the edge for a long time but the WaPo stuff today was the end of my rope. (I know the answer is "shopping local" but that doesn't cover all bases yet).
February 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Half-joking question: is there a what's the fill-in-the-blank to the X:Bluesky /Instagram:Flashes /Amazon:_____? Bezos has been pushing me over the edge for a long time but the WaPo stuff today was the end of my rope. (I know the answer is "shopping local" but that doesn't cover all bases yet).