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Trained economist. Ex-global financial institutions (consumer focused). Payments nerd. Native New Yorker. Parent. Knitter. Bridge player. Petter of dogs.
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Birds are freaking cool, man

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The House budget is a health care cataclysm for America. 15 million Americans will lose their health care. That's the total combined population of: West Virginia Hawaii New Hampshire Wyoming Vermont DC Alaska North Dakota South Dakota Delaware Rhode Island Montana Maine

submitted 12 days ago • 78 comments

The House budget is set to increase deficits by $3.1 trillion (14%) over 10 years.

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

Lovely. As a very frequent bus rider I often think about my driver. I’m so glad to have his perspective here

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

So damn proud of these kids for their courage. 💥 Hundreds of Milford, MA high schoolers walked out in protest today after ICE detained their classmate Marcelo Gomes Da Silva. Detained on his way to volleyball practice. Illegally. These students aren’t backing down—they’re rising up. #OnYourSide

submitted 18 hours ago • 66 comments

Marcelo Gomes was supposed to play in the band at his high school's graduation ceremony yesterday. He was in ICE custody instead.

submitted 1 day ago • 32 comments

If you thought housing affordability was a problem now, imagine a world a year from now where nearly every key material subject to a giant tariff and huge segments of the undocumented construction workforce have been deported. My latest for @reason.com: reason.com/2025/06/01/t...

submitted 22 hours ago • 1 comment

"Why aren't you [arresting immigrants] at Home Depot? Why aren't you at 7-Eleven?" The rate of arrests and deportations of immigrants might increase very soon. Stephen Miller is pushing hard for it. So prepare for many new ugly scenes and stories—perhaps even worse than any we've seen yet.

submitted 22 hours ago • 2 comments

I agree. I am NOT saying we should change our policy positions. Only that demonizing people who see the error of their vote is not going to help

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Trump is hastening the Chinese Century before our eyes

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Here is my personal philosophy, based on several decades of watching publishers go under: the moment a publisher is late on money because they don't have it, they are the enemy and your goal is to get your rights back.

submitted 1 day ago • 35 comments

Replies are turned off… interesting. Not disputing much of any of that. My implicit point was these guys are guaranteed to do the worst possible thing.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

For all his professions of piety, Mike Johnson is a gifted liar

submitted 2 days ago • 127 comments

Terrible

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

The @theonion.com or @nytpitchbot.bsky.social couldn’t do better

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

The felon said Biden is dead and replaced by a robot, but the media wants to rehash 2024 instead of talking about that. Tells you all you need to know.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

A) complete BS B) Increase the deficits FURTHER

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"The strength of the US dollar comes partly from its institutional integrity: the rule of law, independence of central banking and policy that’s predictable. These are the components that create the dollar as the reserve currency. The last three months have called that into question."

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

What could possibly go wrong

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

headline construction masterclass

submitted 2 days ago • 492 comments

Up for reelection in ‘26

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Our space program was spearheaded by a team of ex-Nazis led by Wernher von Braun who designed Hitler’s V1 & V2 program- the first missiles. Of the V2 it was said if you could hear it, that one was not for you.

submitted 2 days ago • 42 comments

He organized a violent, deadly attack on our government to overturn our democracy to retain power, then somehow, beyond any reason, he was allowed to gain power again and pardoned the violent people he called on to attack America. That can never be forgotten or forgiven.

submitted 3 days ago • 52 comments

Have lived through two cycles of this (there was an earlier one in the US in the 1990s.) It never ends well

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

submitted 3 days ago • 458 comments

Unbelievable! Today, San Diego witnessed a government-sanctioned kidnapping. ICE stormed Buona Forchetta in military gear ripping workers away, then unleashing tear gas and smoke on the terrified community. Full on police state, fascism now used on American citizens. Stay aware. #OnYourSide

submitted 3 days ago • 479 comments

Savage, and entirely justified open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Trump and Musk and the wealth class’s think tanks and institutes made a bet that they could wreak so much havoc and cause so much pain and death that our media and political classes would either lack the ability to put it into context or just shut down and accept it. And that bet has paid off.

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

True. The gleefulness

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Based on 20 years of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, new research sheds light on one of the solar system’s most mysterious planets. Via WIRED Japan: www.wired.com/story/a-new-...

submitted 4 days ago • 37 comments