Reposted by Kai RyssdalBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19hAt the close of trading today, exchange rates: 1 Scaramucci = 2.2 Zacharias Or 1 Zacharia = 0.4545 Scaramuccis www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...nytimes.comKatie Zacharia, Trump’s New Press Secretary, Is Ousted After 5 Days (Gift Article)Her abrupt departure came after she was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing. 3643773 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalSteven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 22hUS Treasury announces the deficit for fiscal 2026: $1.99 trillion. 2219669 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalAdam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 16/10/2026It's interesting how the 20th century's most bigoted car maker devised an affordable everyone car, and the 21st century's most bigoted car maker is peddling statement pieces for 12-year-old men with tech startups and overseas LLCs 2429441 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalIvan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 16/10/2026U.S. Import prices +1.1% MoM 🔥 3788 0
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Major League Baseball has an official hair growth partner? 321796 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalConor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Elon Musk is single-handedly funding the Ken Paxton campaign: 3868052274 1
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I think there are 8/11ths of a Scaramucci to go 1142421 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalDanielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 15/10/2026THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS [breathes] THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS 716819 0
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This is an actual headline in 2026bloomberg.comMovie Studio Behind ‘Cocaine Bear’ Is Ready to Break Into Data CentersThe Atlanta film studio that produced Marvel’s “Loki” and “Cocaine Bear” is ready to break into the data center business, but it’s meeting resistance at every turn. 3344464 0
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Phrase that should be banned from broadcast journalism (one of the phrases, actually): We'll have to leave it there. 4762446 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalMatt Peterson @mattpeterson.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Sometime in the next few days we're going to get official confirmation of this year's $2 trillion deficit. With the 10-year stuck above 5%, we're getting just a teeny tiny taste of what a debt crisis would look like. I ran the numbers in this new piece.cnbc.comAnalysis: Why a $2 trillion deficit and 5% Treasury yields are becoming America's biggest economic challengeTreasury yields above 5% are raising borrowing costs for households and the federal government, highlighting the challenge of financing $2 trillion deficits. 215940 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Plants aside, Trump coming out in favor of single payer is pretty wild. 2630133 0
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/10/2026We’re a banana republic And Republicans in Congress endorse every bit of it. 401345236 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Just your periodic reminder that all of these people once looked like entirely normal human beings. 3250963 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 14/10/2026back in the olden days DOJ would investigate a particular crime it believed had been committed, rather than just poking around to see if anything was wrong 781930413 0
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 14/10/2026When, Peter. When. Let's not do the if thing. 01716 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalJoe Brusuelas @joebrusuelas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026CPI diffusion indexes: take a look at the number of weighted components advancing above 3% (60.96%) and above 4% (15.91%). Btw, all of those making the case that inflation would cool or see mild disinflation it is not in the data. #Econ 1689 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalJoe Brusuelas @joebrusuelas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026US September CPI: Inflation arrived hot in September on the back of rising energy prices, transportation costs and consumer electronics all combined to drive the CPI 0.6% higher on the month and 3.7% from one year ago. Core inflation advanced at a 0.3% m/m & 2.6% pace y/y. #Econ 310934 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 14/10/2026Core goes from +2.4% YoY to +2.6% YoY, headline up to +3.7% (both above estimates). Real average hourly earnings now negative YoY, -0.7% MoM 1029972 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 14/10/2026US September CPI Headline +0.6% MoM vs +0.6% exp/+0.4% prev. Core +0.3% MoM vs +0.2% exp/+0.3% prev. 314019 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalMinor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social · 14/10/2026One Scaramucci = 11 Days. 723616 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Gosh, anyone know anyone who voted to approve all of this?!? 854780744 0
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026apparently there' s no record of a bar admission anywhere 5401 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalPatrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026it’s official: 2026 has now tied 2022 for the most days ever with the national average price of gasoline above $4/gal. 157 days and counting. one more and it’s a new record 7568142 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalJody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 12/10/2026Shoutout to the sales rep in Oregon who sold the slot, didn’t say a word, and kept it moving. 794798626 0
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026When I was a kid -- mid-70's -- we would go into Manhattan from the suburbs once a year to go to a Broadway show, and the deathgrip my mother had on my hand as we walked through Times Square... 233148 0
Reposted by Kai RyssdalDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026This is, what, the third constitutional crisis today? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202… washingtonpost.comTrump blew past deadline to halt running taxpayer-funded campaign-style adsA coalition of nonprofits had sued, calling the ads “propaganda.” The president has said campaign funds would be used to pay for the commercials going forward. 481102301 0
