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Professor of History at Western Washington University. Historian of colonial America, labor, and slavery. Most recent book: https://hackettpublishing.com/the-suriname-writings-of-john-gabriel-stedman
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-Fed GDP predictions went negative, predicting recession -Trump is firing 50% of Social Security Administration -Medicare telehealth for seniors is on track to disappear this month because Trump killed the bill to extend it -every Republican house member voted to slash Medicaid health insurance

In China even poor have egg, in America only rich because trump take egg

ppl getting angry at this but he's talking alliances and he's 100% right- you cannot trust a country where every 4 yrs the foreign policy does a complete 180 & tears up treaties and reneges on deals and withholds payments because some sheep farmers in Wisconsin think too many black women have jobs

Trump’s disgusting behavior in our Oval Office in the company of a genuine hero and defender of democracy like Volodymyr Zelensky may be the most disgraceful public behavior by any president in our history.

huh, is this bad?

my dog when I ask what’s in his mouth

lmao going from +2.3%->-1.5% for first quarter amazing

Consumers already seem worried about policy madness, and they ain't seen nothing yet

For comparison, Atlanta's prior forecast was +2.3%.

Really simply remarkable talent to take a strong economy and create a recession in a month.

I just got fired from NWS . This email is all I know. Read if you want.

US REAL PERSONAL CONSUMPTION MOM ACTUAL -0.5% (FORECAST -0.1%, PREVIOUS 0.4%) $MACRO

A surprise *drop* in personal spending last month. Worst print since Feb 2021. 🇺🇸 @cnbc.com

Trump take egg

The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach. www.tsunami.gov

It's absolutely insane that Elon Musk and his wrecking crew are saying they're firing entire swaths of our government infrastructure and the press are just like "oh that's sad but what are you gonna do, guess they're fired." It is batshit crazypants, and it's being covered like normal policy choices

Tesla lost enough value today that it could have fully funded USAID for a year.

SCOOP: Elon's favorite anon data expert, who's been appearing on NewsNation in sunglasses, isn't a govt. spending expert but rather a senior employee at an AI lending firm that's battled the CFPB for years. Me at @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

our boy here is gonna blow up LE better than any defund the police movement could lmao

Trump crash stonks

BREAKING: The mass firing of upwards of 1,800 workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including top climate scientists and weather forecasters, has begun. The firings reportedly include workers at the National Weather Service.

also to be clear, if you can't easily understand the value of a functioning government in Liberia, you should stop eating paint

there really ought to be more discussion about the fact that virtually every promise (or denial) trump made during the campaign was a total lie

We’re witnessing a Brexit-level instance of completely unnecessary economic destruction. A country that’s not hit by any shock, but simply chooses policy self-harm.

DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details—Even Domestic Violence talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-ga...

Not holding townhalls because constituents are pissed off is the civic equivalent and stopping testing because that way the COVID numbers can't go up.

Every single Democratic governor and attorney general needs to do this -- if only to make it clear to voters *right now* that the firings and funding freezes that are about to hurt their states badly are the work of Trump-Musk in Washington. Get ahead of this now, or get blamed for it later.

george lucas and kathleen kennedy at the Glendale food court (2026)

The thing about American reactionaries online is that they’re like “under a true Christian monarch, the West will flourish with the enlightened guidance of a philosopher king…” and it’s meant to justify supporting a senile gameshow host and a drug-addled manchild who cheats at Diablo.

We just watched President Musk hold a cabinet meeting: Absolutely unproductive It’s clear who’s really in charge All about trying to please Musk What’s going on here? www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

"Moderate" Republicans swore they wouldn't cut Medicaid yet last night they punked out as soon as Trump called. Last week, the Senate did the same Over 3M in PA rely on Medicaid + CHIP for healthcare I wonder if our Senator McCormick will keep serving Trump or start serving the people of his state

Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know

We are increasingly concerned about the crisis in UK Higher Education. Read our joint statement with @royalhistsoc.bsky.social , History UK and the @histassoc.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4hSg16N #history #skystorians

Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

aint no way we cut medicaid and housing assistance so jeff bezos could buy this shirt

NEW — House Republicans are putting the brakes on town halls after blowback over the Trump administration's cuts. One GOP aide said House Republican leaders are urging lawmakers to stop engaging in them altogether. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote. There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.

So House Republicans voted on a budget tonight that would cut ~$800B+ from Medicaid. Among other things, but it’s important to understand how much that will hurt every single one of us. (Spoiler: they know all of this - but they hate you.)

Tonight, 217 Republicans voted to betray the needs of ordinary Americans by shoveling over $1 trillion in tax giveaways to the richest 1%. Instead of working to lower costs, Republicans are charging full steam ahead to abandon their constituents and cut health care and nutrition programs.

House Republicans just voted to gut Medicaid, which covers 1 in 5 Americans overall, including 41% of births and 63% of nursing home care. They also just voted to gut SNAP, on which 41 million food insecure Americans rely. This won’t just harm people. This will kill people. They own this.

Alright, you want your congressmen/women to "DO SOMETHING" - this is doing something. Petterson gave birth 3 weeks ago. Mullin is hospitalized with complications from knee surgery.

they pulled it. sucks to suck, losers

I’m demanding answers, alongside members of the Illinois federal delegation, from the Trump administration for ignoring court orders to release almost $1.88 billion in federal funding for our state. If they can't hold their end of the deal, Illinoisans deserve to know.

Amazing scenes. There’s a reason Trump/Elon love the executive orders and the king routine, and part of it is: they don’t have the votes to do it constitutionally.

COUNT EVERY WIN, THIS IS A WIN. IT'S NOT OVER, IT'S NOWHERE NEAR OVER, BUT THIS IS SUCH A WIN EVERYONE who has made calls, EVERYONE who has been at the rallies, town halls, protesting, talking, yelling -- it matters!

HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE PULLING THE VOTE ON THE BUDGET RESOLUTION. THEY DON'T HAVE THE VOTES!

New Roanoke College poll of Virginia out this morning finds Donald Trump at his highest level of disapproval in either term — 59%. www.roanoke.edu/documents/rc... Just 37% approve, he’s 22 points under water. Virginia elections including for Governor and Attorney General are just over 8 months away