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Just a regular D trying to escape this new reality...🇺🇸

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Most Americans used to work on farms, but over the last century, we lost 9 million agricultural jobs. At the same time, we gained millions more in new fields, thanks to increased productivity. My @nytopinion.nytimes.com Chart: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/o...
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The 30-year Treasury is near 5.7%, the highest since 2002. Mortgages are back above 7%. The Fed controls short-term rates. The market sets long-term rates, and that market is getting pretty scary.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Real wage growth was negative for the fifth month in a row in August.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Health care is driving almost all job creation under President Trump.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Take A.I. and chip stocks out of the index and the market is down 5.7% since late August. The S&P 500 is up 2.4% over the same stretch, chip stocks 16%. A.I. is holding the whole market up.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The trade deficit last month was $36 billion larger than the Biden average. Trump's tariffs have failed.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Since Trump took office, the personal saving rate has fallen from 5.7% to 4.1%, the lowest since 2022. With tariffs pushing up prices and real wages falling since the Iran War, families are dipping into savings to keep up.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Gas prices fell 25% in the three months before the 2006 midterms. They’re rising heading into this round: $4.46 a gallon, up from $2.88 in January. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Real wage growth is stagnant over the past year. In 2006, it was rising 2.5% annually by election day. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump’s approval rating is 37%, almost exactly where Bush was before the 2006 midterms, which his party lost badly. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Consumer sentiment is at 48, the fourth-lowest reading since 1952. It was almost double that at this point in Bush’s second term and didn’t even fall this low during the 2008 financial crisis. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The economic and political mood this year is similar to 2006, but Democrats have fewer swing districts to compete in. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sun Belt cities are building housing roughly three times as fast as blue state metropolises.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
One in five American families fell behind on a loan or mortgage payment in the past year — up from one in eight in 2022 and the highest since 2007.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 2h
The federal government spends 10 times more on seniors than on children.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 3h
Stock holdings now exceed the value of primary residences in the U.S. Yet the typical family's home is worth five times their stock portfolio. In other words, the gains from the stock market boom are going to the top.
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Ron @ronaldn.bsky.social · 23h
I've tried so hard to not hate this President but I'm done and over this POS! heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-10...
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October 10, 2026
So now, after more than a decade of pretending that he is not associated with Russia and that he would honor the U.S.
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Ron @ronaldn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/smash-and-...
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Smash and Grab
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
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Ron @ronaldn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Will Americans really be okay with this?! It makes me sick!! voicefromukraine.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Trump Just Gave Putin What He Wanted. Ukraine Is Preparing to Fight Back.
As Ukrainians struggle to recover from deadly Russian attacks, Trump opens the door to Russian oil money.
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 08/10/2026
Have you guys noticed that Republicans who were a rubber stamp for Trump for the last decade are now suddenly pretending to be defenders of democracy? Amazingly, Senator Thom Tillis is finding his courage right around the time his book tour is launched. How brave! Read my take at the link below ⬇️
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Gas is still quite expensive at $4.35 a gallon ahead of the midterms. That's worse than the inflation-adjusted price in 2006 when the Democrats won the House and the Senate from Bush's GOP.
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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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Ron @ronaldn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Corporate profits and tax revenues grew together until the Trump tax cuts. Now corporate profits are at an all-time high while tax receipts are at their lowest since 2021.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Over a dozen states have important voter registration deadlines today. Check your registration and make a plan to vote at IWillVote.com. Then ask friends and neighbors to do the same.
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Ron @ronaldn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Without a Doubt! 😂
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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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Canuckstan 🇨🇦 @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#via Canadian cartoonist Dave Whamond #CanadaSky #USpol
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Schmitt: Did you attend a concert wearing an anti-Trump shirt? Smith: I wore a “No Kings” shirt. It used to be a bipartisan American sentiment.
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Scott Easterly @scotteasterly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/10/2026
Americans: you are not outraged enough about this. Christians: this is absolute blasphemy www.cnn.com/2026/10/02/p...
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‘God made Trump’ ad and at least 12 others are part of controversial taxpayer-funded ad campaign | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has created at least 13 campaign-style ads as part of its controversial taxpayer-funded, multi-million-dollar effort to promote President Donald Trump and his policies.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Chinese won the trade war with Trump.
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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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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The cost of borrowing for mortgages, car loans, and credit cards is rising. This trend will continue as long as inflation and debt proceed on their upward trajectory under Trump.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Data centers are booming. All other private construction is shrinking.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Baby Boomers hold more wealth in the United States than all other generations combined.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A.I. companies will need to find at least $4.2 trillion a year in new revenue by 2031 to pay for their data center buildout, per Bain.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Higher interest rates may throw cold water on soaring A.I. stocks.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Under President Trump, the wealth of the top 1% has grown more than twice as fast as the bottom half of Americans.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The 10-year Treasury yield is at its highest since 2007; the 30-year, its highest since 2002. Meanwhile, mortgage rates are back above 7%. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Inflation hit a low of 2.3% in April 2025. Then came tariffs and the Iran War, and it’s been stuck above 3% since March. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump’s tax cuts – and botched tariffs – will add $1.2 trillion to federal deficits over the next 5 years. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump's tax cuts and botched tariffs will add over a trillion to deficits over the next five years.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump keeps promising checks for voters but hasn’t delivered any. All these promises are fiscally infeasible anyway. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Investors now demand extra pay to hold long-term U.S. debt. Inflation, the debt, and uncertainty about the Fed and Treasury response are making the situation worse. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The S&P 500 is near a record, but if you strip out the A.I. companies, it’s down 5% since late August. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Ron @ronaldn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We're screwed! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t...
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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models (Gift Article)
Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.
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