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Washington Post op-ed columnist, CNN commentator, PBS NewsHour special correspondent. Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. Former theater critic, current theater enthusiast.
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Kennedy Center ticket sales dropped roughly 50 percent week-over-week after Trump announced his takeover www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

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Good thing we are not in a race against any adversarial countries over science and technology www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

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This is horrible for the future of American science and innovation and economic wellbeing and all the things Pitt is not a small institution It has nearly 10K grad students It is where Salk discovered the polio vaccine

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Leaders of the Social Security Administration had just opened an investigation into a career employee they believed was improperly sharing information with DOGE when Trump elevated the employee this week to acting commissioner www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Pentagon to fire 5,400 civilian employees in ‘initial’ purge www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Uber CEO supports Trump's push to eliminate taxes on tips. Gee I wonder why www.reuters.com/world/us/ube...

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h/t @crampell.bsky.social

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Once again: Much of Trump's PR strategy is just repackaging the status quo as a victory.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought stocks in 10 companies earlier this month including DoD contractor Palantir and the newly anti-woke Meta, per new filing. disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/...

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Frontloading of imported consumer goods through the Port of Long Beach ran volume to a record in January. finance.yahoo.com/news/tariff-...

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N.I.H. Research Grants Lag $1 Billion Behind Last Year’s www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/h...

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The gap in Trump's net approval ratings among 18-29yo men vs. women is enormous (+8 for young men, vs -24 for young women) wapo.st/4bcNFBQ

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Will be curious to see what happens to US auto prices this year, considering: *25% tariffs on Canada/Mexico ("paused" until March 4); *25% tariffs on global steel/aluminum (effective March 12); *25% tariffs on all foreign cars (maybe effective April 2)

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Nice piece here from @crampell.bsky.social on Trump's appeal to Gen Z men, with some great commentary from @richardreeves.bsky.social. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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How it started. How it’s going

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One thing about elder millennials growing up playing Wolfenstein 3D and watching Indiana Jones repeatedly is you don't need to teach us that Nazis are the bad guys

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How many more MAGA-ites will go on TV to defend this? Note that even open neo-Nazis, such as avowed antisemite and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, said Bannon’s salute was “getting a little uncomfortable" and "a little excessive" even for them apnews.com/article/stev...

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Isn't Trump supposed to be in favor of building more infrastructure -- not ripping it out? www.theverge.com/news/617235/...

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Among those Trump and Musk fired at the FAA: - Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies - Air traffic control support staff - Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes - Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Trump said "probably" 25 percent tariffs on foreign cars to start April 2 - due to him not wanting to make the announcement on April Fools' Day. "It's going to cost a lot of money to wait one day," he joked. (Via WH pool report)

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GDP growth in a few developed countries around the world

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Layoffs and contract cancellations sweeping the Social Security Administration. I've been told that following data programs have been canceled: *National Beneficiary Survey (NBS): Provides SSA, Congress w/ info about factors that can help SSI/SSDI recipients find employment

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Trump "Make America Healthy Again" Commission will assess "threat" posed by "over-utilization" of psych & weight-loss drugs. I'm all for additional medical research (research Trump is cutting btw). But this does not sound like an open-minded scientific inquiry www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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With multiple tariffs looming, farmers who support Trump grow nervous www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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How do I get this beat www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOzL...

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GOLDMAN: In today’s UMich data, “consumers indicated ‘fears that tariff-induced price increases are imminent.’” 🇺🇸

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Year-ahead inflation expectations jumped up from 3.3% in Jan to 4.3% this month, the highest reading since November 2023 and marking two consecutive months of unusually large increases. This is the largest month-over-month increase seen since May 2021. www.sca.isr.umich.edu

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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

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Important piece. Young people are hard to poll, but this fits the general thrust of my essays and pods over the last year. Young ppl, esp men, have moved right in the last few years; and in many cases young men are even more right-leaning than older men (OTOH: Watch that dip...)

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Article: these men are fleeing to the right because they feel unwelcome on the left Bluesky: punch them in the throat and laugh as they bleed out into the Albertan dust

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Many Americans are disturbed by Trump’s trampling of the Constitution and nuking of the federal government. But one group seems to love whatever it is Trump is doing: young men. New survey data show that support for Trump among this demographic has surged since the election. wapo.st/4bcNFBQ

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Median age of homebuyers just hit a new record high of 56 (Via Torsten Slok)

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Executives from Hershey and Mondelez International signaled more price increases may be coming as the chocolate makers navigate a sustained rise in cocoa prices. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Top Fertilizer Firm Says US Farmers Would Bear Trump Trade Costs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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