Reposted by Ben KeysMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19hSen. John Kennedy made an ass of himself at the Jack Smith hearing. He asked Smith if he believed in the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny. He asked Smith about the disappearance of union boss Jimmy Hoffa in 1975. Smith remained polite while this asshat performed his reprehensible routine. 1041179249
Reposted by Ben KeysKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants. 20452101405
Reposted by Ben KeysBradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026phewww Trump at -29 in Pennsylvania, down from -19 just a month agoinquirer.comPa. voters are more critical of Trump’s handling of the economy than they were a month agoMost of Pennsylvania's likely voters disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling of gas prices. Will Republicans have to answer for that — and more — at the ballot box this fall? 072
Reposted by Ben KeysMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 22/09/2026IT IS TIME. buff.ly/pykYN6fbuff.lyIt’s Decorative Gourd Season, MotherfuckersFor the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads. 6449188
Reposted by Ben KeysDavid Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026What if all reporters refused to show up for any Trump White House briefings and networks (including Fox) declined to air them to show solidarity with CNN, Politico, and MSNOW? 9175
Reposted by Ben KeysCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026What? A sudden 30% decline in national housing prices would be a sign we're in like a serious depression. After the housing bubble burst in 2006/2007, national house prices fell "only" 27% peak to trough fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CSUSH... 1702598666
Reposted by Ben KeysThe Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I feel like we are so used to living in a time of madness that we can't grasp just how insane the Kennedy Center dispute is. Trump took something that was running just fine and destroyed it because he couldn't put his name next to the murdered president whose memorial it is. That's completely nuts. 25693191
Reposted by Ben KeysKelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Why I don't think "get a better risk map" solves climate issues in housing markets. We can't even figure out non insane ways to deal with houses that are literally currently falling into the sea.npr.orgPeople's houses are collapsing into the ocean. FEMA gives them no other optionWaterfront homes are collapsing along the coast. Homeowners generally have plenty of warning before their house buckles. So why aren't most houses removed, or at least emptied, before they fall? 44713
Reposted by Ben KeysEmily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journeyheated.worldThe open houses at the edge of disasterWhat are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out. 421277402
Reposted by Ben KeysDr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 17/09/2026100 years ago: “The 1926 hurricane has become a benchmark in South Florida history, a dividing point in time, much like B.C. and A.D. It has achieved a mystique of almost biblical proportions — akin to Noah’s flood or the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.” — Miami historian Arva Moore Parks.yaleclimateconnections.orgA look back at the devastating Great Miami Hurricane, 100 years later » Yale Climate Connections'Late that night, in absolute darkness, it hit, with the far shrieking screams, the queer rumbling of a vast and irresistible freight train,' Marjory Stoneman Douglas wrote of the storm. 15314
Reposted by Ben KeysMoira Birss @moira.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Listening to this with my insurance nerd hat on, and I gotta say: everybody living on the US west coast should consider getting flood insurance, given the El Niño-related flooding that’s likely coming. Flooding isn’t covered by standard insurance policies but most folks don’t know that! 02717
Reposted by Ben KeysClimate.us @climate.us · 17/09/2026Summer 2026 was the warmest on record for the contiguous U.S., according to NOAA, surpassing previous records set in 1936 and 2021. August also set a new temperature record, while drought expanded across much of the country. Visit Climate.us for more climate news, data, and trends. 08936
Reposted by Ben KeysMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026In a normal, functioning democracy, this would end his presidency tonight. 963767993
Reposted by Ben KeysThe Onion @theonion.com · 16/09/2026Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression theonion.com/trump-says-recession-u… 252097309
Reposted by Ben KeysMark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It’s actually an accomplishment to get this many things this fundamentally wrong in just one profoundly stupid paragraph 0164
Reposted by Ben KeysAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/09/2026The Kennedy Center was a beloved Washington institution, enjoyed by millions of people. It has been destroyed for no real reason. Just vanity, carelessness, indifference. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comTrump’s Kennedy Center ShakedownThe only appropriate response is to refuse to accede to his demands. 1462428846
Reposted by Ben KeysJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Here's why you can blame the government for your high interest rates. They're running deficits at war and recession levels, even with unemployment low. All that government borrowing puts upward pressure on interest rates, making loans more expensive for the rest of us. youtu.be/DLsWHniyg0Q 18454163
Reposted by Ben KeysJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Something weirdly not noted in a lot of the coverage of the extortionate threats to murder the Kennedy Center unless it’s reimagined as a shrine to Trump: There was no dire fiscal crisis until Trump’s goombahs started mucking with it. Its finances were fine. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...projects.propublica.orgJohn F Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublicaSince 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as... 1428491046
Reposted by Ben KeysNPR @npr.org · 15/09/2026Some real estate agents and researchers say home buyers and sellers should not pay this out-of-pocket fee. n.pr/4rc0nbXn.prGet ready for yet another cost when buying a home: Junk feesSome real estate agents and researchers say home buyers and sellers should not pay this out-of-pocket fee. 312124
Reposted by Ben KeysAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026Ossoff: "We are witnessing people drunk with power who are utterly reckless, utterly corrupt, and obviously believe that they live with impunity. They believe they're untouchable. They believe they're invincible. Let's prove them wrong." 519263007443
Reposted by Ben KeysMark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The insurance industry is increasingly pushing homeowners into expensive, risky policies with light coverage and lighter regulation. Our $3 trillion climate-insurance hole just gets deeper Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comWe’re in a $3 Trillion Insurance Hole and Just Keep DiggingThe first law of holes states that if you find yourself in one, stop digging. The US is in a $3 trillion home-insurance hole, but instead of putting down its shovels, it’s handing out shiny new ones t... 23320
Reposted by Ben KeysAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026Ossoff: "Then there's the ex-staffer posting swastikas and Klan regalia. And the neo-Nazi with a million followers who produces neo-Nazi propaganda at Collins's house ... a man who won't take responsibility for what happens under his own roof can't be trusted with our national affairs." 333764831
Reposted by Ben KeysMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel. 21432711
Reposted by Ben KeysKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 336119665002
Reposted by Ben KeysTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026you can be arrested if you give water to people waiting on line to vote 1754241249
Reposted by Ben KeysAll In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“He thinks voters are stupid. Republicans control the House. They control the Senate. They control the White House. If they wanted to spend a trillion dollars right now cutting checks, they could do it,” says Chris Hayes on Trump’s desperate and implausible $5,000 bribe to voters.youtube.com‘REEKS of desperation’: Trump’s $5,000 midterm ‘bribe’ gets exposedYouTube video by MS NOW 2122378
Reposted by Ben KeysRobin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Today is a bad day for global bond markets. The problem with trying to artificially cap long-term yields - as with Treasury buybacks - is that yields jump if markets think buybacks are too small. This tells you underlying upward pressure is intense... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/global-bon... 2183
Reposted by Ben KeysMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one 1693244148460
Reposted by Ben KeysChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Yeah for sure, the same guy who hid in a catering cart and left the rest of his cabinet to be missile bait was *totally* at Ground Zero 3965973
Reposted by Ben KeysKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Any news outlet that spent even one segment or one article on "Joe Biden is old" in 2024 should be going wall-to-wall with stories about the dementia-ravaged 80-year-old who keeps posting AI garbage and telling insanely obvious lies about himself. And yet 1583457947
Reposted by Ben KeysDefector @defector.com · 05/09/2026It should not be up to natural history museums to monetize their collections in order to justify their existence. defector.com/how-the-u-s-...defector.comHow The U.S.'s Oldest Natural History Museum Might Meet Its End | DefectorIn 1858, William Parker Foulke, a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences—a group of naturalists committed to public education and outreach—was on vacation in the quiet Quaker community of… 15912
Reposted by Ben KeysBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026What Pablo Torre did was ridiculously impressive. Uncovered a conspiracy between rich guys, withstood a propaganda campaign by one of the richest guys in the world with a pretty good reputation, didn't buckle or panic, and just kept reporting. That's some Pulitzerin' right there. 147142262076
Reposted by Ben KeysJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The Trump administration looks to give a swath of Yosemite Park to a developer. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...nytimes.comTrump Administration Looks to Give a Swath of Yosemite Park to DeveloperThe proposed land swap would allow easy access to the crown jewel of the national park system. Democrats and former Park Service officials are incensed. 20211109
Reposted by Ben KeysKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 22/08/2026It actually and obviously has never been harder. This is the exact opposite of the truth. The grift has reached its terminus point. 421109203
Reposted by Ben KeysMira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Come work with my team on the very best beat: the Economics of Climate Change!!! Excited to make many beautiful charts with whoever gets this gig :) job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti... 12516
Reposted by Ben KeysMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The kids these days will hardly believe this, but a mere decade ago, we had a presidential election in which effectively the only issue on the table was the security of communications at the highest level of government. 652947762
Reposted by Ben KeysBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century 7234431175
Reposted by Ben KeysSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Trump predicted we'd make trillions off tariffs. Now we're losing billions as companies claim refunds for tariffs SCOTUS ruled illegal. American consumers, on the other hand, won't get any refunds for the higher prices they've paid for months. My @nytopinion.nytimes.com Chart: 715291
Reposted by Ben KeysSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Bringing manufacturing jobs home was a core campaign promise for President Trump. Yet the data shows little progress toward that goal. Factory jobs peaked under Biden and have declined by over 60,00 since Trump's inauguration. Read more in my op-ed for @nytopinion.nytimes.com: nyti.ms/4xOJVR6 1217498
Reposted by Ben KeysAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.data4democracy.substack.comHook and SqueezeHow Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations. 17745331582
Reposted by Ben KeysKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The midterms will be brutal for the GOP, and deservedly so. Democrats retaking the House is likely now and the Senate is even a possibility. The key issue for Democrats now is setting up expectations for aggressive oversight and reform when they retake Congress. Set the bar now and claim a mandate. 2554670
Reposted by Ben KeysSteve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Damage assessments continue in Hawaii following the passage of Hurricane Lala. Much of the damage on Hawaii (island) is flood-related. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) take-up rate on the island is less than 5%, which sadly means that a large portion of incurred damage will be uninsured. 0239
Reposted by Ben KeysMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 02/08/2026This New York Times article, which ran a week before Christmas last year, didn’t get the attention it deserved. It detailed Trump and Epstein's predatory behavior toward women – “a game of ego and dominance” in which “female bodies were currency.” Here’s a gift link and a thread. 1/6🧵nytimes.com‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women (Gift Article)The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were cur... 6225131306
Reposted by Ben KeysPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026by way of idle wishful thinking - would be great if NYT hired a science writer/thinker for the op-ed page to tell us what’s happening and what’s at stake in the sciences, at a time when they are under attack in a way Galileo would recognize, while newspaper science journalism is facing extinction 23608107
Reposted by Ben KeysThe Onion @theonion.com · 28/07/2026Ken Burns Wants You To Watch America: Birth Of A Nation Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cTi_vTwwmU… 692836522
Reposted by Ben KeysCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Trump admin has quietly drafted new rules governing the census expected to recategorize millions of immigrants (both unauthorized and legal) as not actually living here in the United States This would allow the GOP to steal congressional seats & redirect hundreds of billions of federal dollarsthebulwark.comInside Trump’s Stealth Trick to Rig the Census—and CongressThe administration’s latest power grab is disguised as boring technical guidance. 19440259
Reposted by Ben KeysThe Hamilton Project @hamiltonproject.org · 20/07/2026The cost of reinsurance for U.S. catastrophes such as wildfires is high and volatile, both of which are being amplified by climate change. Benjamin Collier, @benkeys.bsky.social, and Philip Mulder discuss how a federal reinsurance entity could lower costs and restore stability:hamiltonproject.orgA proposal for a US federal property reinsurer - The Hamilton ProjectThis proposal outlines a federal reinsurance entity, US Re, to address rising premiums and volatility in the U.S. homeowners insurance market. 042
Reposted by Ben KeysGreg Shill @gregshill.com · 17/07/2026Just as transit policy (still) needs to adjust to pre-pandemic commute patterns not coming back, housing policy should incorporate the fact that many older adults are not downsizing. Compared with transit, the solution here is straightforward: build more. www.wsj.com/economy/hous...wsj.comBoomers Were Supposed to Downsize. They Are Buying Bigger Homes Instead.Wealthy, older Americans are ripping up the traditional script for aging: “We’ll downsize when they plant me 6 feet into the ground.” 164