Reposted by James HarrisGregory Daco @gregdaco.bsky.social · 12h🚨Income erosion We've long established the labor market is non-inflationary, but with real wage growth having been negative for the last 6-months that represents a cap on consumer spending growth 094
Reposted by James HarrisAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026Trump: "If I ran today, I'd win by 25 percent" 389676129
Reposted by James HarrisEric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...cnn.comI started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN PoliticsTen years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ... 513649
Reposted by James HarrisGregory Daco @gregdaco.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The losses in the US Treasuries market intensified on Wednesday as robust US manufacturing and services activity, higher oil prices and a weak 5-year Treasury auction drove yields across most maturities to the highest levels in almost two decades. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 1105
Reposted by James HarrisGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Awful: Trump's Office of "Remigration" has just been exposed making sordid payments to authoritarian governments to take third-country deportees, leading to serious abuses. Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/ New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2157...newrepublic.comStephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New LeaksSordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down. 13127771319
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026As things stand, he is scheduled to be in office another two years, plus. It is hard to envision what that two years may hold, but obviously it won't hold a normal presidency. 000
Reposted by James HarrisGary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The bit where he brags about how Trump allows the press in to watch him sign bills as if that hasn't been done by every president for decades is also good. 36893130
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Axios piece on AI. Forget about threats to humanity, this is bad enough. Link below. 100
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 12/09/2026What could go wrong? "A new nuclear policy is taking shape in secret, crafted by a small group of Pentagon officials, that will give President Donald Trump more ways to start a nuclear war." thebulletin.org/2026/09/pent...thebulletin.orgPentagon's secret plan: Reviving Cold War doctrines to lower the threshold for nuclear warDrafted behind closed doors by a small group of defense officials, a new Pentagon strategy aims to expand battlefield nuclear options and blur the line between conventional and nuclear warfare—bypassi... 000
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Comments in this thread aimed at the media, and they have a point. 000
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Disturbing. Dwarkesh Patel on the Hugging Face incident: "I don't think this is the final warning shot we'll get. But it's probably the last one that I'll personally be able to understand." www.dwarkesh.com/p/openai-hug...dwarkesh.comThe Rise and Fall of Agent CivilizationsThe whole OpenAI/Hugging Face story in plain English 000
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Who is he threatening here? Kevin Warsh and the Fed? Boggles the mind. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/b...nytimes.comTrump Threatens to Halt Some Trade Unless the Fed Cuts RatesThe president said he could halt trade between the United States and countries with which it has a trade deficit if the central bank doesn’t do his bidding. 000
Reposted by James HarrisJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026August added 162,000 jobs, way above forecasts of 50-60,000. But the composition tells a different story than the headline. New jobs are mostly all in healthcare or social assistance. Other sectors suffered. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…newsletter.platypuseconomics.comWhere Are the Hard Hats in This Jobs Report?This administration promised a manufacturing revival. What we got is an aging country hiring nurses and aides—and outside of health care, the economy has shed jobs. 3126890
Reposted by James HarrisAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/09/2026“We could do tremendous good for ourselves by just not trading with countries” — Trump’s bonkers view of trade is that you become wealthy by not engaging in commerce 9034186981
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Iran's strategy is to drastically weaken the US basing system in the Middle East while exhausting our weapons stockpiles--exactly the kind of approach the Trump administration can't fathom. 000
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I'd extend this a bit to the Republican party: it's not about governing, it's a machine for electing people who promise loyalty. 000
Reposted by James HarrisSam Ulmschneider @samulmschneider.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.youtube.comThe pundits have completely lost the plotYouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 7729241017
Reposted by James HarrisMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/07/2026Spain edited Trump out of its celebratory photo. 539142022764
Reposted by James HarrisScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026 In a democracy, you don't need permission from a soldier to cast your vote. Trump disagrees. Stop him. 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...actionnetwork.orgTell Congress: Stop Trump from sending troops to our polling placesContact Congress today! 13226101
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 22/06/2026James Comey, Obama, radical left libtards are to blame. 000
Reposted by James HarrisGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11/06/2026his brain is leaking out of his ears on live national television 401224257
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Interesting thread throughout. The Trump act is widely suspected, even in Albania. 000
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Going backwards. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comIran Nuclear Risk Seen Higher Than Before Trump Attacks BeganThe risk that Iran is covertly pursuing nuclear weapons is higher today than before the US and Israel launched their first military attacks on the Islamic Republic a year ago, according to western off... 000
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 04/06/2026"How did the war against that brutal regime go so badly off the rails? How did a campaign by the world’s most powerful military force, alongside the Middle East’s mightiest army, end up achieving none of its goals?" open.substack.com/pub/fridains...open.substack.comHow the Iran War Went off the RailsThe world's most powerful military and the Middle East's mightiest army stumbled when it mattered most, mostly due to the ineptness of politicians. 000
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 01/06/2026A variety of really unflattering things about the Trump administration here. Read it. 000
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Completely agree. And then I think: what development within the voting populations makes this possible? And I'm not sure. 010
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 21/05/2026The revenge tour by the 12-year-old in the White House isn't really producing any victories for Trump and may just severely wound the Republican Party, substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comEveryone Thinks Trump Won Last Night. They're WrongTrump's revenge tour just made the GOP's midterm problem a whole lot worse." 001
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Amazing, depressing. Trump essentially sued the branch of government he runs to fund the payouts. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...nbcnews.comDOJ official told GOP ally that big payouts were coming for Jan. 6 defendantsMonths before the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund was announced, Ed Martin predicted Capitol rioters would get millions, even if it took until 2028, two people told NBC News. 153
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Not a surprise, but some great detail. (Not gated). www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/r...nytimes.comTrump’s Deportations Are Costing Americans Jobs, Study Finds 020
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 19/05/2026The top lawyer at the Treasury Department stepped down on Monday in the wake of the creation of a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” that could soon make payments to President Trump’s political allies, according to three people familiar with the move. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/b...nytimes.comTop Treasury Lawyer Resigns After Creation of ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ 021
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 18/05/2026What the hell, really. finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc...finance.yahoo.comTrump’s More Than 3,700 Trades Astonish Wall Street Insiders(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosures show that he or his investment advisers made more than 3,700 trades in the first quarter, a flurry totaling tens of millions of dol... 000
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Trump's suit against the IRS. You won't be shocked. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-corr...thebulwark.comTrump’s Corruption Is Going to Sink HimConditions are right for voters to stop turning a blind eye to his greed, grift, and gold leaf. 000
James Harris @james-harris.bsky.social · 16/05/2026A revived Trump/MAGA Jan 6 style militia for the next (2028) election cycle? Greg Sargent makes a strong case. 26927
Reposted by James HarrisCraiger @beartownboy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Ya, the left really needs to tone down the rhetoric.... 22661152748