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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h
“.. The only major economy that has seen its 10-year bond yield rise more than the U.S. this year is France, where Ed Yardeni says the government there ‘may be on the verge of a full-blown debt crisis.’” 🇫🇷 @kopack.bsky.social
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h
NYC COMPTROLLER MARK LEVINE: “.. Early warning signs are mounting that AI is already impacting the job market in NYC. .. New data just out show entry-level job postings in the city are way down in the careers most exposed to AI. .. This is coming fast and we are doing almost nothing about it.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h
“.. if a large part of the economy is just less rate sensitive and that is what is pushing the economy to grow faster, then the Fed, unfortunately, has to hurt the part of the economy that is more rate sensitive.” 👀 @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/b...
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 14h
‘If you want to know where inflation is heading, look at the price of diesel. Diesel moves the trucks, trains, tractors, and construction equipment that everything else depends on, so its cost works its way into final goods prices across the economy.’ sarmayakar.substack.com/p/rock-and-a...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h
“.. the continuing divergence between corporate profits as a percentage of GDP versus compensation.” - Sarmaya Partners substack.com/@sarmayakar?...
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Rep. Brendan Boyle @congressmanboyle.bsky.social · 17h
Everyone knows Trump's agenda has been a disaster for the economy. But we can start getting costs down in spite of him. As the lead Democrat on @housebudgetdems.bsky.social, I'm committed to overturning his costly tariff taxes and stopping funding for his moronic war in Iran.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In 2019, Trump was forced to cancel plans to hold the G7 at his own golf club amid GOP objections to self dealing. In 2026, he will hold the G20 at his own golf club and the critics have gone silent. How Trump has moved the ethical line in his second term. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits
The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In the last hours of Noem’s tenure, her agency delivered a windfall to a political donor by buying five airplanes from his firm at a substantial markup. @haleaziz.bsky.social @fahrenthold.bsky.social @nicknehamas.bsky.social @tylerpager.bsky.social @nirajc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 04/10/2026
In this Prof G+ Deep Dive, I explain why hospital consolidation is the real driver of America's healthcare cost crisis, what solutions actually exist, and what's standing in the way.
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America's Healthcare Crisis Is Getting Worse. Here's Why.
The problem isn't your insurance company.
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 04/10/2026
In most industries, we would call this a cartel,,, but in health care, we call it your hospital.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is sad news. Simon was a big help with this story that showed Howard Lutnick apparently lied about his business entanglement with Jeffrey Epstein—a story that deserves more attention. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender
The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We're one month out from Election Day. Listen to Willie. Vote for change this year.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“.. The cost to insure the debt of both companies against default .. is increasingly moving in lock-step, a sign investors are beginning to treat the two credits as intertwined. “.. You have to consider your total Larry Ellison risk,” Goodman said. $ORCL $PSKY www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t remember anyone giving Jerome Powell a check for $100 million. Who gave it to Kevin Warsh, days before he was confirmed and why?
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Texas has little public land, and every time we go to one of the many state parks, it is slammed. Texans love being outdoors, and the parks department can't add these new parks fast enough.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/10/2026
Trump’s top national-security team quietly met at Camp David as the G7 agreed to release 100 million barrels of emergency oil reserves. And what they were reportedly discussing could expand the war even further.
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Trump’s Iran War Team Huddles in Secret as G7 Drains 100 Million Barrels
As JD Vance chaired a closed Camp David meeting on the Iran war and Yemen, G7 governments committed emergency oil reserves while Trump kept the next military move concealed.
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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brilliant. (This treads on a serious issue that can unite all Texans behind @jamestalarico.bsky.social!)
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A CNN investigation revealing Jared Kushner, tasked by Trump to negotiate peace in Gaza, owns a company with a major stake in a firm linked to Israel's military.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/10/2026
New in PN: Diesel Don is tanking the GOP "Making matters even worse for Republicans, the bitter yet deserved irony is that key constituencies across Red America that elected Trump are particularly hard-hit: men, whites, farmers, rural citizens, and those from the South and West."
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Diesel Don is tanking the GOP
Record high prices are one of Trump’s defining political failures.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump has: -Cut protections for national monuments to open them up for mining -Pushed to open up our national forests for construction and logging -Proposed building data centers on thousands of acres of federal lands Nothing is sacred to this regime. It acts solely on behalf of the oligarchy.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Wage growth is now running below 3%, the slowest in years. So many families are feeling this right now. youtu.be/mlZg8gQAUTk
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The plans have drawn condemnation from some residents of central Louisiana, and immigrant advocates and child welfare experts have expressed concerns about possible trauma inflicted on detained children..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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New Facility at Louisiana Airport to Hold Immigrant Children and Families (Gift Article)
The site in Alexandria, La., a major expansion of the Trump administration’s busiest deportation hub, will streamline and accelerate removals.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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18-year-old in ICE detention for more than 200 days: 'They just took me away'
Elder Chavez Carranza has spent more than 200 days in an immigration detention center in Louisiana, hundreds of miles from his home in Albertville, Alabama.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026
A CNN report hurt Jared's feelings, but numerous outlets, including @motherjones.com, have detailed his vast global conflicts of interest.
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Does Jared Kushner know what a conflict of interest is?
In Israel and elsewhere, the line between his diplomacy and quest for wealth is fuzzy at best.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Georgia’s election board asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate a leading nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program, potentially adding yet another probe based on hyper-partisan conspiracy theories to the department’s portfolio. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Georgia’s GOP-controlled election board wants DOJ to investigate nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program
Despite his request for a federal investigation into ERIC, the board's executive director appeared to know very little about the organization during a meeting earlier this week.
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The House and Senate needs to submit STAND ALONE BILLS. None of this bullshit that sneaks in other bills that they KNOW would never pass if it was a STAND ALONE BILL.
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 03/10/2026
Disgusting. Trump says he feels bad for the seven Cornell students accused of rape, and his biggest worry is that they "won't get a fair shake" with Letitia James as special prosecutor. Not one word for the victim.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Entitled freeloader
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Immigration has been a major influence on population growth in the U.S. For the first time in a long, long time, it's nearly stagnant. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“He’s gotta resign. … We have to let our own people and everybody else know why it had to be done—because of what’s on the tape, because he lied.” — White House speechwriter Patrick J. Buchanan to White House chief of staff Alexander M. Haig, August 2, 1974
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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Senator Blumenthal on Legal AF: I remember well the January 6th events because we lived through them. In fact, the very hearing room where Jack Smith was testifying was where we went. To escape the mob, we sought refuge in that very room.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This labor market has a type, and it's not a guy with a hoodie and a laptop. Its eyes are still on healthcare newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Lots of blue on this chart from the New York Times
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Some say they haven't signed up for Democracy Docket because they don't want spam or endless solicitations. Democracy Docket doesn't sell its list. It doesn't solicit products or services. It sends you the news/information you sign-up for. Try it and see! demdock.com/4w6emld
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Unsurprisingly the Russians are paying off the Americans to take their side in the Russia’s criminal war of aggression. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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Canuckstan 🇨🇦 @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#via Canadian cartoonist Dave Whamond #CanadaSky #USpol
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Any action to restrict abortion pills would immediately break Trump’s 2024 campaign pledge that he would “not block” access to the drugs..." www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Labor's share of income just hit an all-time low. That means for every dollar a company brings in, workers are taking home smaller and smaller slices. Income keeps shifting to the owners. With @svaneksmith .bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
The pending oil deal involves Russian Lukoil international assets (now sanctioned by the US) that would be acquired at a big discount by a Trump campaign donor, a UAE-based investor in Trump/Witkoff family crypto company, and Kushner/Ivanka's Qatari-based real estate partners.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“.. The layoffs — occurring just three days before President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday at a nearby high school — were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area.” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/trum...
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump, who has long denounced mail-in voting and sought for months to restrict it because, he claims, it is "inherently corrupt," urges Republicans to vote by mail. @timbalk.bsky.social Evan Gorelick www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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Trump, Critic of Voting by Mail, Urges Republicans to Do It in Midterms
It was the latest mixed messaging from President Trump, who regularly votes by mail, but has made baseless claims that the practice is “inherently corrupt.”
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