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The Moodys announcement hit right after the futures close for the weekend? #econsky

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Trump's administration assails a decision by Moody’s to lower the US credit rating, casting it as a political decision.

submitted 20 days ago • 48 comments

This is not what I want in society. It accomplishes nothing good. It encourages the worst abuses of the legal and immigration system. It ruins our reputation around the world. nymag.com/intelligence...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Honestly? The $400M plane from Qatar is quaint compared to his crypto scam, memecoin con, insider trading, and tariff shakedowns.

submitted 25 days ago • 911 comments

"today is the 20th anniversary of Leeroy Jenkins" ok. putting this here to cause mental damage to certain people

submitted 25 days ago • 20 comments

I'm in WNC. Many members of my community still have no way to get in and out of their homes (private bridges washed away). Many still have no homes. Nobody in my town can get a cell signal anymore, & internet is down as often as it's up. We still don't have a permanent wastewater facility.

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🚨 Job alert! 🚨 There's a couple of economist roles going at the Australian Public Service and I hear that #rstats is a desirable skill for the role! Senior Economist/Assistant Director: tinyurl.com/2dk99y85 Economist: tinyurl.com/3bhzpvww #econsky

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The markets want to hear more urgency on interest rate cuts from the Fed, even as it holds fire this week. They may be disappointed. #Fed #FEDmeeting #FOMC #Powell #StockMarket #Stocks #markets #Macro #trading #EconSky www.tastylive.com/news-insight...

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

Tariffs trigger tactical trade tweaks. #econsky

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You can follow the tracker for the bookings to the USA by clicking the source link that is included in the post below. #Econsky #BusinessSky #SuppyChain #Logistics #Manufacturing

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Reporters: Read this declassified memo, then consider all the lies Trump administration officials told about it, and then never quote them again without pointing out that they are documented liars.

submitted 31 days ago • 3 comments

Keep an eye on this. Am hearing that budget officers are facing more red tape than usual in getting money apportioned to them. OMB is asking lots of burdensome questions to justify withholding funds. Seeming goal is to create the illusion of unspent funds to justify impoundment.

submitted 32 days ago • 6 comments

"Voters Like Climate Policies More Than You Think". New policy piece for EconPol Forum based on recent research findings www.ifo.de/en/econpol/p... Key messages: 1️⃣ Voters are willing to make sacrifices for climate change, and they endorse costly climate policies #EconSky #ClimateChange 1/3

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Berkshire dips as Buffett exits. #econsky

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Robert N McCauley argues 14 major central banks holding roughly $1.9 trillion in US safe assets could form a #dollar coalition of the willing in the event of dysfunction in dollar funding markets. An inferior international lender of last resort is better than none. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

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👏 Big congratulations to @s-stantcheva.bsky.social for being named the 2025 Clark Medalist! Her research bridges theory, data, and public opinion—shaping the future of economic policy. #ClarkMedal #Economics #PolicyResearch #Harvard #econsky 🔗Read more: inomics.com/news/stefani...

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🥗 #hungerpc25 #agsky #econsky “Cutting the program [SNAP] by 11%, he said, would be the equivalent of wiping out every food bank in the United States.”

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Via Data Arbor, there were approximately 500k fewer air passenger arrivals into U.S. in March 2025 compared to same month last year #EconSky

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US media stocks fall as Trump threatens 100% tariff on foreign-made films - #FinSky #EconSky #USpol #CanadaSky www.reuters.com/business/med...

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Volvo Cars' battery company Novo Energy to cut workforce by 50% reut.rs/4k9XNPb

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dn6...

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MAGA is the party of broken promises.

submitted 34 days ago • 76 comments

Vibe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Qj...

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

25% of student loans set to default on 5/5.

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Posting without comment.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’ politi.co/42TgorF

submitted 41 days ago • 340 comments

Arresting judges. Threatening allies. Lying about trade deals. Trying to sell campaign merch from the White House. Floating a 2028 run. Deranged. Dangerous. Undemocratic. We must retake our democracy.

submitted 41 days ago • 932 comments

New NYT/Siena Poll: —Trump's approval rating is 42% vs. 54% disapprove —59% of voters think Trump's 2nd term in office is "scary" —54% say Trump is "exceeding the powers available to him" —Trump has negative approval in all policy areas www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

submitted 41 days ago • 91 comments

THEY ARE DEPORTING TODDLER CITIZENS AND ARRESTING JUDGES. THEY ARE DISAPPEARING STUDENTS AND HAIRDRESSERS AND INVESTIGATING THEIR POLITICAL ENEMIES. THEY ARE RAIDING COAST GUARD SPOUSES TO DETAIN THEIR SPOUSES AND THREATENING TO PROSECUTE MEDICAL JOURNALS. AND THEY'RE BRINGING BACK MEASLES.

submitted 41 days ago • 14 comments

The U.S. attorney for D.C. is accusing Wikipedia of “propaganda” and threatening its nonprofit status. Ed Martin is keeping Operation Whirlwind alive and well.

submitted 41 days ago • 224 comments

Today's word of the day is anti-fascism. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-fa...

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This is contempt of court. They have been ordered by the courts to return this man as soon as possible. Where he is deemed MS-13, no longer able to reside legally in the US, or any other change of status are completely the purview of the courts and after due process.

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Four Senate Republicans Vow To Defend Climate Law Tax Credits - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Pelican behind Newcastle Beach this evening, NSW Australia. #birds #photography

submitted 55 days ago • 2 comments

Large language models are less effective at clinical prediction tasks than locally trained machine learning models academic.oup.com/jamia/advanc... #llms #machinelearning #MLSky (not surprising but important to document)

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