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by Justin Wolfers — Reposted by: Bruce D. Baker

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Brunch and pod with my pal, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social and me. We dig into the shutdown, the missing jobs report, tariffs, the reality that Trump's CEA can't do arithmetic (or apologize) and all of this econ-madness that's all around us.
Is the Trump Hiding Job Numbers? w/ Justin Wolfers
Economist Justin Wolfers joins Molly Jong-Fast to explore the implications of the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, particularly focusing on its effects on public data dissemination and the broader…
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One of the demands is to freeze tuition. Which will help the rich kids and international students, since they’re the only ones at some of these schools who actually pay the sticker price www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
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"Trump's 'compact with universities is just extortion... the future of higher education in America requires that every university reject it."

Very good from UC Berkley law dean Erwin Chemerinsky.

Higher ed leaders should all do so, and donors, unions, anyone with influence should pressure them to.
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
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schoolfinance101.bsky.social
The problem is that it's so ridiculous that too many people laugh it off, ignoring both the norms and laws they repeatedly violate.
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Reposted by: Bruce D. Baker, Greg Linden, Nancy M. Wingfield , and 1 more

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"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open"

That's it. That's the whole story.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 7d
Yes. (And still getting "standoff" BS and "who will blink first" and "who will voters blame" from news.)

Trump and MAGA control the *entire* government. It's a simple fact:
- White House
- Senate
- House
- Scotus
- OMB (to the hilt)
- Every regulatory agency

They're in command. It's on them.
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OBrienSci @obriensci.bsky.social · 7d
I do not understand why they cannot get the headlines right.

Just follow the gop playbook!

“Repubs control it all! The shutdown is on them!”

As nauseum.

Don’t lead with the nuance.
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Reposted by: Bruce D. Baker, Jan W. Mueller, Stacy D. VanDeveer

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The Secretary of Defense who only got the job because the president saw him on the teevee is complaining about military leaders who were promoted "for the wrong reasons"
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Reposted by: Bruce D. Baker, Rosemary A. Joyce, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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crazy, how could he get an idea like that www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
KAVANAUGH, J., concurring In any event, the balance of harms and equities in this case tips in favor of the Government. The interests of individuals who are illegally in the country in avoiding being stopped by law enforcement for questioning is ultimately an interest in evading the law. That is not an especially weighty legal interest.
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Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
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by Laurence H. Tribe — Reposted by: Bruce D. Baker

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From MDRC report. They blatantly violating the spirit and letter of charter lottery laws, as Pondiscio also reports on in his book.
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schoolfinance101.bsky.social
In other words - the presumptive need for Success Academies in this marketplace - is built on an entirely false narrative, which should surprise no one.
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by Bruce D. Baker

schoolfinance101.bsky.social
Still, Florida school districts perform better than expected given how much they've been squeezed over time - and Miami-Dade in particular is an efficient producer of outcomes (note - this is what real analysis of efficiency looks like!):
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schoolfinance101.bsky.social
Per pupil spending - even with additional local effort - is lower now than in 1993 in Miami-Dade
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schoolfinance101.bsky.social
Some context - In general, FL schools have suffered relatively inadequate funding - and have seen state support and state effort decline for decades:
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katiephang.bsky.social
Shocking new reporting from the Miami Herald: hundreds of detainees MISSING after being detained at Alligator Alcatraz.

I’ve got the latest, incl. the appeals court ruling that makes no sense & the financial blackhole DeSantis has put FL in while chasing Trump’s love.

youtu.be/5hGJuIgIzYw?...
Trump Faces MAJOR DISASTER as Detainees DISAPPEAR
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