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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18m
One under-discussed aspect of the vibecession is how interest rates for credit cards, autos, and mortgages all jumped in 2022 with the Fed hikes then never came back down. It's hardly a surprise consumers get bad vibes from that.
The share of families reporting being behind on loan payments jumped from 12% in 2022 to 20% in 2025. But the size of a family’s typical debt load remained unchanged from the prior survey. ### Alt-Text Summary (178 words)

> A multi-line chart titled *"10-Year Evolution of U.S. Consumer Borrowing Costs (2016–2026)"* illustrating benchmark interest rates from Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) across credit cards, new car loans, and 30-year fixed mortgages.
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> Unsecured revolving credit cards consistently carry a ~15% premium over secured debt. Commercial bank credit card rates for accounts assessed interest climbed from 13.61% in late 2016 to 22.36% by late 2026, reaching a post-tightening peak of 23.37% in May 2024. All-account credit card rates follow in parallel, rising from 12.41% to 21.19%.
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> Meanwhile, collateralized installment loans move in close alignment. Benchmark 30-year fixed mortgages fell to a historic low of 2.65% during the January 2021 pandemic easing before surging to 7.40% by October 2026 (peaking at 7.79% in late 2023). Commercial bank 60-month new auto loans similarly rose from 4.05% in 2016 to 7.54% in 2026 (peaking at 8.40%).
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> Two shaded vertical bands highlight key macroeconomic events: the 2020 COVID-19 recession and the 2022–2023 Federal Reserve rate-hiking cycle (+525 bps), which triggered the steep upward trajectory across all consumer borrowing costs.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2h
This is a regime that glorifies violence and brutality, because their vision of society is one of dominance rather than belonging. And that's the vision of cowards.
npr.org
The U.S. last held a public execution in the 1930s. The Pentagon wants to change that
The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood, the site of his 2009 mass shooting. That would be the first public execution in the U.S. since the 1930s.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Try Paid For By yourself: paidforby.info
paidforby.info
Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: ICE collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of an effort to find voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal
It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A mined strip along the front line is necessary, where virtually any movement will be targeted through the massive use of drones, artillery, and precision-guided weapons.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Moscow has already drawn up an "indictment" against the Baltic states. Russia is following exactly the same stages as it did with Ukraine. The final stage is the announcement of a "denazification" operation. We have already seen and heard all of this in 2014 and 2022.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 07/10/2026
Trump is waging an idiotic trade war with Canada and making constant attacks on its sovereignty like there are no consequences. I have a bill to END Trump’s tariffs. 🇨🇦🇺🇸
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The top 0.1% of Americans now hold more than six times more wealth than the bottom half.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
my friend @juddlegum.bsky.social has put together a cool new tool that allows you to photograph political mail and immediately learn who paid for it. Check it out here:
paidforby.info
Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 05/10/2026
Last month: Beatings, starvation, even death ... Camp East Montana, a notoriously dangerous and corrupt immigrant detention center under the Trump admin, illustrates that where migrants are held is “more punitive than prison.” \
texasobserver.org
ICE Contractor for Controversial Camp East Montana Is Trailed by Fraud Allegations
To continue running the deadly El Paso detention center, the feds turn to a company that’s faced numerous lawsuits from labor unions and former employees and is actively fighting a whistleblower in…
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People Power United @peoplepowerunited.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔎 U.S. withdraws from international anti-corruption monitoring body The administration withdrew the United States from GRECO, which has reviewed U.S. anti-corruption safeguards since 2000. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #BreakingNews #AntiCorruption #RuleOfLaw
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 06/10/2026
This is by some counts a third scandal.
theintercept.com
Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.
Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Former German spy chief arrested on suspicion of treason. Looks really bad. If these accusations prove true, it's one of the worst intelligence scandals involving any agency anywhere. Thread.
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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 05/10/2026
This Nov., we’re voting No on I-001 to protect WA kids. To learn more about I-001’s disastrous impacts, visit: nohateinwastate.org
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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John Duresky for Congress @fjohnd4.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We launched our first TV ad yesterday during the Seahawks game. Check it out here and please contribute to help us stay up on the air. Go Hawks! secure.actblue.com/donate/jd4cfb
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wages are at all-time lows, and profits at historic highs, as a percent of GDP. The backlash against A.I. is a backlash against unchecked inequality. My @nytopinion.nytimes.com Chart:
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Due to Trumpian changes in federal policy: "Households will pay an additional $920 billion for energy between 2026-2040 – about $6,500 cumulatively per household across that period and $640 per household in 2035." Much more in this @energyinnovation.org analysis:
energyinnovation.org
Economic, Consumer Cost, Pollution Impacts of Federal Energy Policy Changes In 48 U.S. States
Federal energy policy changes will harm all 48 contiguous U.S. states through higher energy bills, lost jobs, and worse air pollution.
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Huge announcement from the campaign finance world, nerds. For the first time, you can find federal and state campaign finance data in one place. @opensecrets.org is the only place anyone can explore how money influences elections up and down the ballot. 😍🤓🗳️🇺🇸 www.opensecrets.org/state-profil...
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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 30/09/2026
Seattle is the #4 city in the world in Oxford Economics’ 2026 Global Cities Index! Washington State Democratic leaders are investing in the things that help the state thrive. From expanding light rail to connecting more communities to opportunities, to building and expanding a cleaner future.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope everyone reads this, thinks about it and then shares it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
A few hundred noncitizen votes are a national scandal. But when states reject hundreds of thousands of ballots from eligible voters, it’s business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s difficult to overstate how dangerous such a declaration would be for American democracy. It would mean a president is attempting to sidestep the Constitution, which empowers states to run elections, in order to prevent his party from losing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Could Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’?
Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Trump is stealing nearly $1 billion from the American people, plain and simple. Republicans don't care. It seems like every time Trump says “stoop” The only response most Republicans can muster is: “How low?”
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Inflation from the Iran War is significantly higher for working and middle class Americans than for top earners.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Gone are the mass raids and militarized metro operations. Gone are the pomp and pageantry. But ICE arrests have hit record levels. ICE operations are no longer concentrated in large American cities. Immigration enforcement officials are also working in suburban and rural areas, all across the US.
A map of the United States that shows immigration arrests per 100,000 people since ICE's new enforcement strategy began under DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As someone with no expertise in this I am delighted to see many of my priors confirmed, including "private school vouches are expensive dogshit" and "banning cellphones is not a panacea." 🙏
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 26/09/2026
It's not even the insurance carriers themselves in most cases--it's a subset of insurance BROKERS who have been enrolling people in zero-premium policies w/out their knowledge/approval in order to pocket the commissions. Technically speaking, they're defrauding the insurance carriers as well.
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James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When was the last time our Secretary of State for Culture displayed anything approaching this degree of public enthusiasm for our world-class arts industry? Has she been seen anywhere? Given impending charter renewal... did she even bother to visit a single prom?
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Andrii dedicated the record to his colleagues Viktor Kuzmenko and Dmytro Skryl, who were killed by a Russian strike while responding to an earlier attack.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 25/09/2026
Your tax dollars should pay for health care and schools. Not political ads for Trump. Pull it down.
spokesman.com
Patty Murray demands White House stop airing taxpayer-funded Trump ad
WASHINGTON – Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state, the top Democrat on the Senate committee responsible for federal spending, demanded Thursday that the White House stop airing a taxpayer-funded TV a...
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 25/09/2026
Here’s what to know about voting in the midterms: ✅You can vote by mail. ✅You don’t need to bring a passport or birth certificate to vote. ✅It is illegal for ICE or federal troops to be at the polls. Make a plan to vote, and vote early if you can. bit.ly/3UjBBrc
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/09/2026
Susan Collins is Severely Concerned about the upcoming midterms. Let’s contact Maine voters to make sure Collins is Disappointed in 39 days: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
The “Collins Scale of Concern” meme.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
Jailors were forbidden to move prisoners from one prison to another or out of the country to evade the writ. In case of disobedience jailers would be punished with severe fines which had to be paid to the prisoner.[5][6]
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Operation Vivaldi, Season 2 - Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps confirms the liberation of Shandryholove and Derylove. Drobysheve is also under Ukrainian control. "During the second stage, more than 800 enemy servicemen were killed.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
*this is a sub-epistle*
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 20/09/2026
From @drpawandhingra.bsky.social: Anti-South Asian racism is acute in Texas right now but, nationwide, reports of online hate and threats of violence have sharply increased over the past year. But Texas also has a unique history that it can draw upon to lead the fight against such discrimination,
texasobserver.org
How Texas Can Lead in Fighting Anti-Asian Racism
Rather than demonize immigrants as forever foreigners, the Texan thing has been to document their longstanding commitments to the state.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Amazing: During Operation Vivaldi, Ukrainian forces deployed ground robots behind Russian lines. The 3rd Army Corps reported that this maneuver was carried out for the first time in the world.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 19/09/2026
Falsely claiming that U.S. citizens and groups have ties to international terrorism could let the government turn tools intended to combat the likes of ISIS against its perceived foes at home. bit.ly/4Ak6MWP
brennancenter.org
Trump Administration Linking Its Domestic Enemies to Foreign Terrorists
Falsely claiming that U.S. citizens and groups have ties to international terrorism could let the government turn tools intended to combat the likes of ISIS against its perceived foes at home.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 19/09/2026
www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cach...
jec.senate.gov
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe told Democracy Docket that it hasn’t received an invitation from the Trump administration to observe the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Exclusive: These international observers have monitored US elections for decades. This time, the Trump admin didn’t invite them
It’s the latest ominous sign that the U.S. is backsliding on democracy — and adds to concerns that the administration wants to undermine the vote.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026
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bloomberg.com
Trump Made 29,000 Securities Trades, More Than All of Congress
Donald Trump made nearly 29,000 securities trades in 17 months — more than every member of Congress combined. The stock-purchasing ban he’s pushing would leave him exempt
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members on condition of anonymity because of rigid media restrictions within the military. "This is major damage to our bases that hasn't been communicated to the American public. We're standing there w/our eyes closed getting punched in the face."
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney signed the 100 Year Partnership Declaration between Ukraine and Canada. Canada was the first Western country to recognise the restoration of Ukraine’s independence on December 2, 1991.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NEW: On behalf of the Democratic Party we have filed in the U.S. Supreme Court to protect mail-in voting from the unprecedented effort by the Trump administration to subvert it.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Right now, the focus is on industrial cooperation to see if it is possible to both procure air defense systems for Ukraine and establish an industrial solution that allows them to manufacture their own. After all, to put it in plain Norwegian, they have a hole in their roof.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/09/2026
If these guys are right -- and they've got several successful discoveries under their belt already -- then the conventional geothermal resource isn't a few dozen gigawatts, as USGS estimates, it is multiple *terawatts*. All accessible with easy-to-finance, off-the-shelf technology. Big if true.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 09/09/2026
If we are smart enough to create such powerful AI, then we are smart enough to regulate it. America can meet the moment, but the clock is ticking. Congress needs to step up and move NOW to protect American lives and safeguard our future.
cbsnews.com
Anthropic researcher says more than 10% chance AI "could kill all humans"
A top Anthropic researcher says there's more than a 10% chance AI "could kill all humans," after a colleague resigned over similar concerns.
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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 09/09/2026
The Washington State Democratic Party released the following statement
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