@traceywc2024.bsky.social
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Former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under Obama👇👇
I don’t think I have ever publicly criticized any Presidential nominee before.
But E.J. Antoni is completely unqualified to be BLS Commissioner. He is an extreme partisan and does not have any relevant expertise.
He would be a break from decades of nonpartisan technocrats.
But E.J. Antoni is completely unqualified to be BLS Commissioner. He is an extreme partisan and does not have any relevant expertise.
He would be a break from decades of nonpartisan technocrats.
August 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under Obama👇👇
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A Social Security official told Musk team that adding migrants to a database of dead people was illegal, not to mention cruel. Security guards then frog marched him out. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead
A senior executive who objected was marched out of his office and put on leave, while earlier warnings about the agency’s deaths database were ignored.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A Social Security official told Musk team that adding migrants to a database of dead people was illegal, not to mention cruel. Security guards then frog marched him out. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
April 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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folks might want to bookmark this
The circuit breakers are based on the S&P 500.
7% off for the day, 15-minute break
13% off, another 15-minute break
20% off, markets close
www.nasdaq.com/articles/mar...
7% off for the day, 15-minute break
13% off, another 15-minute break
20% off, markets close
www.nasdaq.com/articles/mar...
April 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
folks might want to bookmark this
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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kudos to whichever photo editor chose this image
Trump Administration Plans More Science Research Cuts www.forbes.com/sites/alexkn...
The Prototype: Trump Administration Plans More Science Research Cuts
Plus: Fusion power plants make progress, transparent wood, shooting rockets at the Northern Lights and why you need a better mic for your Zoom calls.
www.forbes.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
kudos to whichever photo editor chose this image
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🚨 CBS News has received an internal NSA bulletin from Feb 2025 warning staff NOT to use Signal app for sensitive info, citing vulnerabilities to Russian hackers. These docs were sent pre-Houthi chat scandal with Jeffrey Goldberg.
NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat
The National Security Agency sent a bulletin in February warning of Russian hackers trying to access encrypted conversations on Signal.
www.cbsnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🚨 CBS News has received an internal NSA bulletin from Feb 2025 warning staff NOT to use Signal app for sensitive info, citing vulnerabilities to Russian hackers. These docs were sent pre-Houthi chat scandal with Jeffrey Goldberg.
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When they say they want to kick out immigrants to protect "good American jobs," this is what they meant
Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants.
Bill would allow 14-yr-olds to work overnight shifts, end guaranteed meal breaks for 16/17-yr-olds.
(Legislature *already* passed law allowing home-schooled 16/17-yr-olds to work any hour of the day)
Bill would allow 14-yr-olds to work overnight shifts, end guaranteed meal breaks for 16/17-yr-olds.
(Legislature *already* passed law allowing home-schooled 16/17-yr-olds to work any hour of the day)
Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
New York (CNN) — Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/ne...
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March 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
When they say they want to kick out immigrants to protect "good American jobs," this is what they meant
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Good rule of thumb for determining who are the good guys and who are the bad guys is “which side is eliminating libraries” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump moves to gut several agencies, targeting Voice of America, libraries
The president signed an executive order that repeals several Biden-era labor and environmental policies, and another that severely cuts various independent agencies.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Good rule of thumb for determining who are the good guys and who are the bad guys is “which side is eliminating libraries” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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What...does any of this mean
www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...
www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...
February 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
What...does any of this mean
www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...
www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...
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NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately. The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately. The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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With @dahlialithwick.bsky.social on Judge Coughenour showing how every court should respond to the Trump administration’s sadistic and lawless rampage (including full audio of his extraordinary statement from the bench): slate.com/news-and-pol...
A Reagan Appointee Just Showed How All Judges Should Respond to Trump’s Lawless Rampage
"In this courtroom, and under my watch, the rule of law is a bright beacon which I intend to follow," the judge declared.
slate.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
With @dahlialithwick.bsky.social on Judge Coughenour showing how every court should respond to the Trump administration’s sadistic and lawless rampage (including full audio of his extraordinary statement from the bench): slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Is this legislation to enact a National Abortion ban?
Call your Congress person and alert them .
Call your Congress person and alert them .
February 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Is this legislation to enact a National Abortion ban?
Call your Congress person and alert them .
Call your Congress person and alert them .
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If Joe Biden fired 100 FAA employees and a plane crash happened just a few hours later, Fox News would bring Lou Dobbs back from the dead with wall-to-wall coverage blaming it on Biden.
January 30, 2025 at 5:52 AM
If Joe Biden fired 100 FAA employees and a plane crash happened just a few hours later, Fox News would bring Lou Dobbs back from the dead with wall-to-wall coverage blaming it on Biden.
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There's far more idealism in the civil service than people realize. But not for long paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-a-scam...
It’s a Scam! It’s a Purge! It’s a Scam *and* a Purge
How to think about Trump’s plans for the federal workforce
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
There's far more idealism in the civil service than people realize. But not for long paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-a-scam...
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's military deportation flight to Guatemala on Monday likely cost at least $4,675 per migrant, according to data provided by U.S. and Guatemalan officials.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
US military deportation flight likely cost more than first class
U.S. President Donald Trump's military deportation flight to Guatemala on Monday likely cost at least $4,675 per migrant, according to data provided by U.S. and Guatemalan officials.
www.reuters.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's military deportation flight to Guatemala on Monday likely cost at least $4,675 per migrant, according to data provided by U.S. and Guatemalan officials.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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The Air Force is stripping Tuskegee Airmen lessons from basic training curriculum because of our White supremacist government.
Put that in a headline.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Put that in a headline.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
January 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The Air Force is stripping Tuskegee Airmen lessons from basic training curriculum because of our White supremacist government.
Put that in a headline.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Put that in a headline.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
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Donald Trump is the oldest U.S. president to take office. He is 78 — five months and six days older than Joe Biden was on his inauguration in 2021. See how past presidents compare.
Donald J. Trump Is the Oldest President to Take the Oath, Again
Before Joseph R. Biden Jr. was sworn in 2021, Donald J. Trump held the record for the country’s oldest commander in chief. He reclaimed the record on Monday.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Donald Trump is the oldest U.S. president to take office. He is 78 — five months and six days older than Joe Biden was on his inauguration in 2021. See how past presidents compare.
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President-elect Donald Trump is breaking President Biden’s record as the oldest president to be sworn in
Trump Will Be Oldest President Ever Inaugurated
President-elect Donald Trump is breaking President Biden’s record as the oldest president to be sworn in. Trump is 78 years and 220 days old, while Biden was 78 years and 61 days old when he took…
www.wsj.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
President-elect Donald Trump is breaking President Biden’s record as the oldest president to be sworn in
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They're going after Ann Selzer; will the Conference Board be next? www.conference-board.org/topics/tags....
December 23, 2024 at 4:02 PM
They're going after Ann Selzer; will the Conference Board be next? www.conference-board.org/topics/tags....
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December 21, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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@markzandi.bsky.social love your podcasts but … in the vagaries of the English language (correct me if I’m wrong) there is no such word as “funnest” 😊
December 20, 2024 at 9:59 PM
@markzandi.bsky.social love your podcasts but … in the vagaries of the English language (correct me if I’m wrong) there is no such word as “funnest” 😊
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I've been warning about this for a while. Sooner than you think U.S. economists may have to go Argentine, cobbling together alternative estimates of inflation, employment and so on because the official data have been corrupted.
Former BLS commissioner Erica Groshen on how the policy change to Schedule F that Trump & #Project2025 advocate would destroy the credibility of the federal statistical system.
Her comment on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/posts/erica-...
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Her comment on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/posts/erica-...
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December 19, 2024 at 1:50 PM
I've been warning about this for a while. Sooner than you think U.S. economists may have to go Argentine, cobbling together alternative estimates of inflation, employment and so on because the official data have been corrupted.