Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11h@angieforfl.bsky.social's response to claims that she wants to abolish prisons: "Why would I want to do that when I want Ashley Moody locked up for stealing $10 million from sick kids from the Medicaid program?" 1024575
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 18hNYFed: By February 2026, Trump's tariffs had contributed 2.9 percentage points to consumer goods price inflation; without tariffs, goods prices would have fallen slightly. The tariffs raised the cost of imported goods AND their domestically-produced competitors.libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.orgHow Fast Do Tariffs Pass Through into Consumer Prices? - Liberty Street EconomicsA look at how much of U.S. tariffs reach consumers and how quickly, tracing tariffs through import, domestic producer, and retail prices. 12271120
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026static.klipy.comLeespoons MixalotALT: Leespoons Mixalot 5144339
glennso.bsky.social @glennso.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We sgould stand at the fence and luke Reagan said, "Mr President, tear down this wall" 000
glennso.bsky.social @glennso.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The U.S. running away from the UK air base because of an Iranian threat is another L for testosterone Pete and our country. 000
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialMichael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Career ending statements for any other politician. 14410
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“.. 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... 1922667
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.rollingstone.comJ.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. 10041961467
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The problem has never really been that conservative voters are reluctant to criticize Trump. The problem is a relentless right-wing media apparatus that tells them Democrats are worse. 16956139
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Literally hurting farmers 55814
glennso.bsky.social @glennso.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The world is electrifying because it majes great business sense. 010
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A victory for Chicago progressives on immigration: Omni airlines didn't take off prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...prospect.orgThe City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American ProspectIn Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation. 38427
glennso.bsky.social @glennso.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fed needs to sacrifice the labor market to hit 2% inflation by raising rates, or be willing to tolerate missing their target. Warsh's third way, talk gibberish and claim inflation will come down via magic will not work. 000
glennso.bsky.social @glennso.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Inflation is too high because of supply-side factors, not a hot labor market. Tarrifs, inflation expectations, oil prices, policy uncertainty all weighing on supply 100
glennso.bsky.social @glennso.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Wages growing at same pace as prepandemic rare despite stronger productivity and faster inflation. This suggests that unemployment is too high to and that the full employment target should be 3-1/2% rather than the Fed's goal of 4% 100
glennso.bsky.social @glennso.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Soft labor market. Smoothing through the monthly wiggles, over rhe past year the unemployment rate has been flat at 4.2%, about 1/2 ppt above the prepandemic level. And wage growth is soft. 110
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Republican AGs from Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas have filed two lawsuits targeting dozens of providers who ship abortion pills, along with blue states (New York, Massachusetts, and California) that protect them. stateline.org/2026/09/30/r...stateline.orgRepublican AGs sue abortion ‘shield law’ states in US Supreme Court • StatelineBATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and the attorneys general in Arkansas and Alabama filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. Supreme Court, suing California, Massachusetts and New Y... 2313053
glennso.bsky.social @glennso.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It is still featured in the Risks and uncertainty section of the Tealbook and it captures channels that many/most macroeconomists think as being operative. I would take the signs and channels seriously, if not the magnitudes. Many models have interest rates affecting the dollar and consumption. 000
glennso.bsky.social @glennso.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I was trying to make sense of Hammock's comments. Frequently poeple say Investment and really mean just the BFI portion, as shown by her examples. In the FRBUS model a rise in interest rates lower equity prices--and thus wealth and consumption. And it raises the value of the dollar lowering NX. 100
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 30/09/2026We need a War on White Collar Crime 57425
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 30/09/2026Strength In Numbers called this eight months ago www.gelliottmorris.com/p/meet-ameri... (from The Bulwark's latest Focus Group pod) 012923
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yet another reason to run on oversight and accountability. Those are promises they can actually keep. 361095223
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Making fundamental due process rights a nullity with the emergency docket (again) 13755199
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 694279319546
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialDavid J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Trump has cut legal immigration from majority-Muslim countries by 96% from 21,096 legal immigrants and refugees in Dec. 2024 to 808 in Feb. 2026. Far more severe than anything in his 1st term, falling disproportionately on spouses of US citizens and skilled immigrants... www.cato.org/blog/legal-i... 18039
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026Araghchi, Iranian foreign minister, explains why US is untrustworthy: "In 2025 they offered negotiations, we accepted, then in the middle of negotiations they attacked us. Eight months later, again they offered negotiations, again we accepted, & again they attacked us in the middle of negotiations" 892548756
glennso.bsky.social @glennso.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I think she thinks higher interest rates slow the economy, but the effect on investment is low, thus you have to rely more on the other channels like housing and wealth and the dollar. That assumes r affects equity prices and the exchange rate 100
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026Between 2015 and 2025, at least 15 children in an Idaho faith-healing sect died of treatable conditions. State law allows that to happen: Parents who say their faith prohibits giving their children lifesaving medical care can’t be prosecuted.propublica.orgIdaho Law Protects Faith Healers. It Wasn’t Always That Way.From at least the 1880s through the early 1970s, it was illegal for parents in Idaho to choose prayer over medical care when a child’s life was at stake. 70699310
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026He literally just voted "no" on a resolution to end the Iran War 8531162
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Lots of fascinating observations in this piece. A key one is that those demanding calculated moderation on trans rights are not acknowledging where the logic *or* the politics of that position actually lead, which is to a terrible place: 818570
glennso.bsky.social @glennso.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Writing down a forecast, focuses the mind in a very productive way. It also forces the person to admit mistakes during the update. Ditching the SEP would worsen the member's thinking and encourage magical thinking 000
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 13646342244
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 412114096089
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026New in PN: The blackmail part out loud "Trump immediately insisted he was 'only kidding.' But that too is a lie — he's already refused to pay promised funds for North Carolina’s relief, FEMA funds to blue states in the wake of disasters, and attempted to use blackmail to swing election results."publicnotice.coThe blackmail part out loudHe’s not joking. He’s confessing. 11532041153
glennso.bsky.social @glennso.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I think this Congress is not given enough credit for what they have done. By watching and cheering this Administration they are complicit in the incredible fascist actions of the past two years. New legislation has been sparce and awful. But that is only a tiny portion of their deeds 010
glennso.bsky.social @glennso.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Confusingly, thevneitral rate they write down is for the long run, and not necessarily for current conditions 100
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialMichael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Greenspan thought finance guys could self regulate...and then followed the Global Financial Crisis. 22613
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026internal audit released by DHS’s inspector general found a significant dip in Homeland Security Investigations’ enforcement efforts against fentanyl trafficking from FY 2024 to FY 2025, because resources were diverted toward immigration instead. (via @eggerdc.bsky.social)thebulwark.comAI Is a Test of Our Maturity. *Gulp*Recursively self-improving machines vs. recursively self-deluding people. 1016759
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026In states with abortion bans, medical providers are hesitating or flat-out refusing to terminate ectopic pregnancies, lawsuits allege. “I genuinely thought I was going to die,” said Kyleigh Thurman, who couldn’t get care in Texas.propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 24860473
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialMichael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Trump official starts laying groundwork to go after Fed if it hikes rates, which it is widely expected to do as the central bank seeks to counter the very inflation the current administration has a large role in driving. 5226
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Do NOT get dreamy about George W. Bush. He launched a war against a country that had not attacked us and approved the use of torture, two great stains on this country. And he had no reason to do either, except that Cheney told him to. Take a blast through the past: www.huffpost.com/entry/the-tw...huffpost.comThe Two Most Essential, Abhorrent, Intolerable Lies Of George W. Bush's MemoirThe Two Most Essential, Abhorrent, Intolerable Lies Of George W. Bush's Memoir 1512638
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026"The mainstream media, is, unsurprisingly, not covering itself in glory as it struggles to avoid saying that either the president’s brain has completely left the station or that he’s a mendacious liar who knows no bounds, or both."publicnotice.coThe muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failureIt’s not “disputed.” He’s delusional. 1052685785
glennso.bsky.social @glennso.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you send JD then you may be overconfident as JD is a minus. Or maybe JD is being sent to kill the candidat kike he did with the Pope. 000
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Democrats should be at the microphone right now noting that this is a Hatch Act violation that they'll be pursuing in January. I don't care that the nation's become numb to this shit. It's still illegal and if Democrats should run against it and then act to crush it. 8443341291
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/09/2026ICYMI: the backstory of this breakthrough melanoma vaccine is in many ways a perfect case study in what’s at stake.lnk.thebulwark.comThis Cancer Breakthrough Has Scientists Cheering—and CryingThey know RFK Jr. and Donald Trump are destroying the research ecosystem that made it possible. 416483
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026ICE has deported the mother of David Garcia, a first‑year midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, after taking her into custody during her scheduled green card interview. www.borderreport.com/border-repor...borderreport.comCongressman says midshipman’s mom deported back to MexicoU.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, says the mother of a midshipman cadet at the Naval Academy has been deported back to Mexico by U.S. immigration officials. 23306152
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialClaudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026My new @opinion.bloomberg.com piece, “… credibility lives in what people believe the central bank will do under pressure. It is precisely when the pressure is greatest that the Fed’s credibility is won or lost.” 75916
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Later on in that same episode, Kristen Welker spoke with Senator John Kennedy, who has repeatedly praised and hyped Elon Musk, even saying he thought "we ought to give him a medal" for his DOGE work. Were there any questions to the Republican about Musk's recent amplification of white supremacist? 17760108
Reposted by @glennso.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Some congressional Democrats (or their staffers, I guess) follow me on here, so let me speak directly to them: The media isn't going to do this on their own. But if you make it an issue, they might just be shamed into forcing your GOP opponents into discussing the fat racist elephant in the room. 312701666
