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There are 43 million U.S. adults who cannot read or write above a third-grade level. Literacy below a sixth-grade level: 55% of U.S. Adults. This might help explain quite a bit.
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Overpromising and underdelivering www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

#Tesla says the $43 million in Canadian tax credits it claimed for thousands is cars it said it sold in one day is all a big..."misunderstanding." https://electrek.co/2025/04/09/tesla-canada-says-its-shady-43-million-incentive-grab-was-a-misunderstanding/

Children of disabled parents might be entitled to Title II Auxiliary benefits, survivors benefits or-if they’re disabled and the family’s financial resources are very limited-SSI benefits It’s not fraud. It’s the law But that wouldn’t matter to a former District Attorney, right?

My family got these payments when my dad died at 34 years old after serving in the Navy for a decade from what he had paid in. I was five. Jeanine is an incurious ignoramus. Thanks @jessicatarlov.bsky.social for correcting her, which is God’s work.

So has the WH actually formally, legally papered the tariff pause or…are they actually still operational?

Insurers’ denial rates are a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care. But they remain mostly secret to the public. Federal and state regulators have done little to change that. (Published 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)

Any traders with inside information that Trump was going to walk back his tariffs — some of them, presumably, Trump family members and cronies — just made a fortune. It all feels like chaos until you look more closely at who is winning.

* KASHKARI: FED WOULD LIKE TO NOT HAVE TO INTERVENE IN MARKETS

BTIG: “.. SPX is nearly at its 50% retracement of the entire decline (5491). There is an unfilled gap at 5571 which we think can get filled in coming days, but don't see meaningful near-term upside beyond that.”

Remember- China has a lot of options for retaliation beyond tariffs. That’s why experts are nervously watching the Treasury markets, where yields are going up sharply. A meltdown there could be extremely bad for the US. As of December, China owned $759 billion in Treasuries.

(The Telegraph) - Donald Trump is systematically purging every US government institution, a pattern familiar to anybody who has studied the caudillo regimes of Latin America, or the playbook of today’s Putin-Orbán-Erdoğan prototypes. @telegraphnews.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

WATCH: “That might be the worst bill I’ve seen in 7 years. Congratulations, Kevin.” Kanew hounds TN Farm Bureau lobbyist Kevin Hensley after their bill to protect giant pesticide corporations like Bayer from sick farmers died today- thanks to powerful testimony from farmers/moms

YARDENI: “.. Trump administration officials have been taking credit for the recent drop in bond yields .. Unfortunately, the 10-year .. yield is up .. to 4.36% this evening! “.. investors may be starting to worry that the Chinese and other foreigners might start selling their US Treasuries.”

Bonds are falling, gold is falling, oil is falling, stocks are falling. This almost NEVER happens. There’s always a safe haven. This is like watching an entire nation sell off its assets to hide cash under the floorboards.

U.S. Weekly Bankruptcy Filings jump to highest level in 5 years 🚨

DOGE Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing on reducing federal property. All they said was “fire sale” this, “fire sale” that. Meanwhile, they’re lighting all of this s**t on fire — while their incompetent leader wastes millions of taxpayer dollars golfing, all while steering us towards a recession.

Another example of how the administration ignored 2nd-order effects of its trade war: “.. three months into the year, international arrivals are plummeting ..” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/tour...

What rally? 🥴 #EconSky

BMO: “.. The ‘Buy Canadian’ movement is deepening .. We judge that this shift in attitudes could add roughly $10 billion to the Canadian economy annually, lifting growth by 0.3 ppts (+/- 0.2 ppts).” 🇨🇦

Just hours after the Supreme Court says everyone - even the undocumented - gets due process we hear about this. Clear erosion of civil rights in America and it’s only going to get worse.

Talking recession with @jessicatarlov.bsky.social on today’s Raging Moderates.

1) Ouch. I mean, OUCH. 2) WTF.

“.. Tokyo hasn’t imposed tariffs on car imports since 1978 .. The source of their grievance is, in reality, something far simpler: The cars aren’t good enough.” 🇯🇵 @gearoidreidy.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Over 1200 economists have now added their Bluesky handle to their RePEc profile. Discover who to follow in your region or field here: ideas.repec.org/i/ebluesky.h... #RePEc #EconSky

What’s really going on with the economy? I believe Trump and his billionaire buddies — the American oligarchy — have a plan. They want a recession. robertreich.substack.com/p/why-trump-...

big shadow docket decision coming: can the us government exile you to a torture prison overseas vs no it can't

“.. He has been insulated from the consequences of his own actions his entire life and appears to care very little about the economic sinkhole he just created. He shared a video of himself golfing over the weekend ..” - @timobrien.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

@mrdavehendrick.bsky.social “…Andy Robertson is still at large…” Laughing, to keep from crying.

The National Parks Service has removed a reference to abolitionist Harriet Tubman from its webpage dedicated to the Underground Railroad.https://www.wowktv.com/news/harriet-tubman-reference-removed-from-national-parks-underground-railroad-web-page/ 

Just to crack the code here: there is no evidence at all that the Trump Administration _can_ bring this man back...but it also cannot _admit_ that it cannot bring him back, because if it admits that it will be conceding that it sold this man to El Salvador permanently and Bukele will not return him.

Eight weeks ago.

@mrdavehendrick.bsky.social @daved0106.bsky.social @davidlynchlfc.co.uk Do we need to add creative linkup through the middle? Everything seems to get booted to the wings where it’s become a dribble fest w/a fairly stagnant box? Just watched Connor push through the middle of the box to set up a goal

BREAKING: Nasdaq-100 futures down 5.4%, S&P 500 futures down 3.84% If this holds, this is the worst three day period in the market since 1987, worse than any three day Covid period.

This is not the 2024 flashback he Dodgers wanted to see www.ocregister.com/2025/04/06/d...

“This does not just affect North Carolina,” Riggs said. “This is like dropping a match in a really dry forest. And if we let this kind of anti-democratic effort take hold, we will not be able to contain it. So this is a fight for the very soul of democracy. Today’s decision was deeply misinformed.”