Coast Guard showing you can stop the drugs and apprehend the criminals without committing possible or likely war crimes. maritime-executive.com/article/uscg...
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Coast Guard showing you can stop the drugs and apprehend the criminals without committing possible or likely war crimes. maritime-executive.com/article/uscg...
The DoD, which is led by a former TV host who disclosed classified war plans in a Signal chat that included a journalist, will require reporters “to pledge not to gather or use any information that had not been formally authorized for release or risk losing their credentials to cover the military.”
Kirk is not a modern day St. Paul, despite what Cardinal Dolan says. The only thing that such myth-making achieves is fomenting resentment, curtailing dialogue, and stifling action to otherwise prevent this tragedy from happening again, says John Grosso.
If you didn't believe the CES release..., well take a look at the CPS, QCEW measures... #EconSky econbrowser.com/archives/202...
Tune in as we introduce the No Political Enemies Act. We aren't going to lie down as Trump tries to destroy free speech in this country.
Sen Chris Murphy has been at work and deserves credit
I talked on MSNBC today about the corruption playing out at the FCC. This isn't just about Jimmy Kimmel being silenced. The FCC is planning to change the rules to allow the company that shut down Kimmel to have a monopoly-like stake in local TV ownership.
Yes Mr. Ryssdal, this is what malignant narcissistic leadership looks like. It is...
Dear g/d in heaven, HE! IS! SUCH! A! FUCKING! CARNIVAL!! BARKER!!!
"My thoughts turned to David Rose, who volunteered to try to prevent another such attack on our country, and then, when back home, ran toward danger once again to help his fellow Americans." www.thebulwark.com/p/a-hero-dav...
Brilliant essay, Mr. Kristol. Thank you.
STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.” Nailed it.
I have been struck with something. We all mourn the death of Charlie Kirk. It absolutely was pure evil. But there have been an immense amount of school shootings… against children.. and the GOP doesn’t show 1/456th of the remorse they demand America shows for Charlie
He is such a fucking baby. When you have an incompetent blowhard as the nation's leader, that leader will and must be called out. No kings!
Whether you like or dislike what’s said, free speech is at the heart of our democracy. Protecting it should be one of our core missions as a nation. If there were ever a moment for the so-called “free speech warriors” to speak out, now would be the time.
I’m a U.S. citizen who was wrongly arrested and held by ICE. Here’s why you could be next. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Overcrowded cells. Unsanitary conditions. Limited access to food and water. These are the conditions that ICE has created at 26 Federal Plaza, which eleven elected officials sought to expose. Instead, they were arrested. They must be released right now — and inspectors let in.
Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Raising the question, what is the Trump/Russia connection behind the curtain? What does Putin have on Trump that quells Trump’s usual angry kicks when thwarted?
Extraordinarily corrupt. I watched FCC chair Brendan Carr's full interview on Hannity. Carr basically said straight out that coverage of Trump he deems overly hostile can be decreed contrary to the "public interest," and thus grounds for yanking licenses: newrepublic.com/article/2006...
Kash Patel seems to be allergic to telling the truth.
Yeah...you get things like Fox host Brian Kilmeade suggesting lethal injections for the homeless mentally ill, but he was not fired by Fox for saying such things!! You get Trump bliovating on every news outlet. "When so many people are bloviating, it's easy to dismiss all discourse as chatter."
"People of good will should endeavor to get facts right. When they make errors, they should correct them. But what happens where one side is required to operate at all times and in all places in perfect good faith and the other side faces no such constraints?" www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
This is so messed up.
Don't buy the canard that this is about Charlie Kirk. Abusing state power to lean on corporate leaders and get Jimmy Kimmel off the air because he told jokes about the president and made him feel bad was always the plan.
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
1) Last month, Nexstar Media Group Inc — the largest owner of local tv stations in the US — announced its intention to purchase its largest rival, TEGNA. www.nexstar.tv/nexstar-medi...
Kara Swisher on Jimmy Kimmel: "Nexstar is trying to do a very large merger with Tegna, and so they will do whatever it takes." Anderson Cooper: "That's an important point, because that merger would require the approval of the FCC."
Yeah, with his multitude of bankruptcies he definitely can't add.
General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.
It’s Constitution Day. So, of course, Jimmy Kimmel’s show got canceled over comments he made that the administration didn’t like. And DHS Sec’y Noem went on an ICE raid where American citizens were detained. Read on for the update you need tonight: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
First Colbert, now Kimmel. Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval. Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.
We are joined by @deanbaker13.bsky.social to discuss the Fed lowering interest rates today from 4.3% to 4.1% with an expectation that two more rate cuts will follow in response to the recent precipitous drop in the labor market. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
BREAKING: First Colbert. Now Kimmel. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
I think the answer is that the government directly threatening ABC to force a firing would be a First Amendment violation but ABC being cowardly assholes complying in advance in their moronic quest to satisfy Trump is not.
Another low moment in yesterday’s hearing was Patel saying he and MAGA Bondi tried to get Epstein files out but judges wouldn’t let them. Here’s what really happened: 🧵
As I wrote in 2018: "Think there’s too much hoopla about quarterly earnings? Imagine if the circus moved to twice a year." Bloomberg, August 20, 2018 www.bloomberg.com/view/article...
Moving from quarterly to semi-annual will only make the reports THAT MUCH BIGGER, increase volatility, and disguise short-termism. The better approach? Continuous, real-time, daily updates. Management Gaming of earnings reports will disappear... ritholtz.com/2018/08/repo...
Grocery inflation hit a two-year high in August. But Trump seems to have given up on doing anything to make groceries cheaper. Wasn’t that what the entire election was supposedly about? https://youtu.be/9EXi6xyOXSk?feature=shared
this doesn't look like a normal distribution
Thank you, President Obama for speaking truth to power. We greatly miss your leadership. Peace be with you.
Our democracy is not self-executing. It depends on us all as citizens, regardless of our political affiliations, to stand up and fight for the core values that have made this country the envy of the world.
He'd probably fail basic reading tests given lower elelementary students. He reads like a second grader.
Truly a playground bully. Trump has filled government leadership positions with a plethera of malignant narcissists.
He knows.
For me, there's only way to perceive Mr. Obama, and it's pretty simple, really. Former President Obama is a humanitarian and a professional communicator who speaks truth to power.
Housing Starts Decreased to 1.307 million Annual Rate in August www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/09/hous...
We have a special guest Ryan Goodman, who helmed a study of judges who have questioned the conduct and statements of the Trump Administration in the past 9 months, including the disregard of court orders and wrongful representations to the courts. Stay engaged. open.substack.com/pub/weissman...
Thank you, Raul. For all you do to keep us fed.
We DEMAND to know why DOGE accessed the full Social Security records of every American, and stored them on an unsecure private server!
and just to remind folks, after the assassin killed the state rep, her husband and dog, he shot another state rep and his wife. He had a list of 90 people. But Trump didn't care, and Utah Senator Mike Lee made jokes.
Tonight, Republicans are voting to confirm Trump's chief economic advisor to the Federal Reserve Board, despite his refusal to resign from the White House. This is an unprecedented and unacceptable conflict of interest—and American families will pay the price with higher costs.
We still want the Epstein files btw
Fed Inflation Credibility Threatened #EconSky econbrowser.com/archives/202...
Since September 12, at least 50+ victims have been killed - murdered - by gun violence!!":When will the media and politicians speak up about it?!?
I wish politicians (and the media and political pundits) would focus daily on the gun violence statistics as much as they focus on the latest victims of political violence. www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass... It's the guns and gun laws, stupid.
10 Sunday Reads ritholtz.com/2025/09/10-s...
Thanks, Drumpf! #EconSky econbrowser.com/archives/202...
Remember when America united against political violence?
OPINION by @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social’s co-host @symonedsanders.bsky.social: “The constitutional promise of free speech means nothing if you can be killed while speaking your mind.” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
We remember 9/11 not only on this day, but every day—in the empty seats at our tables, in the loved ones still suffering from illness, in a skyline forever changed. And we recommit ourselves to building a future worthy of the courage and sacrifice of those we lost.
Bloomberg News has obtained a cache of more than 18,000 emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s personal email account, and many messages show Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell “were closer, in many respects, than either publicly admitted.”
Vehicle miles traveled, freight transportation services, civilian employment adjusted to NFP concept all below recent peaks #EconSky econbrowser.com/archives/202...
At INFER conference, "What *New* have we learned about dollar dominance as a reserve currency #EconSky econbrowser.com/archives/202...
People from across the political spectrum need to join together to condemn political violence, no matter who the target it is. It’s never acceptable.
We are witnessing the "know-nothing" oligarchy leading us over the cliff. We may as well call Bessent by the nickname "Col. Georg Schultz".
Why an ICE raid on a Hyundai-LG factory means trade policy uncertainty measures rise... #econsky econbrowser.com/archives/202...
Recommendations for candidates for BLS Commissioner: if you are going to make a stunning conclusion, (e.g., if you think the US has been in continuous recession since 2022), then provide the source data and code underlying that finding #econsky econbrowser.com/archives/202...
Trying to imagine a world where 57-year-old Hillary Clinton drew a penis that looked like it maybe belonged to a barely-pubescent male in the birthday book of a prolific child molester and wrote a note referencing "a wonderful secret" on it
We know who the FN fraud is. www.cnn.com/2022/12/06/p...
If the Trump administration continues its campaign against government officials with multiple primary residence mortgages, records show there’s another place it could look: Trump’s own Cabinet. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @justinelliott.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Republicans are in charge of everything. If the government shuts down, it's on them. I'm transparent about how you get my vote. And it's not hard. I just need a budget that doesn't destroy our health care system, and funds democracy, not totalitarianism and corruption.
If MAGA wants to return to the scene of the crime, we’ll just tell the truth. Trump incited a violent mob on January 6, 2021 to block the peaceful transfer of power after he lost the election 306-232 and failed in 60 federal and state court lawsuits.
www.calculatedriskblog.com/p/weekly-sch... The key economic report this week is the August Consumer Price Index (CPI). The BLS will release the preliminary employment benchmark revision on Tuesday.
Trump's apparently intends to respond to rising unemployment by firing the people who gather the data cepr.net/publications... It's very MAGA!
www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...
Donald Trump’s plan is one that’s been repeated over and over again by dictators across history — inciting the local population before sending disrupters. That’s how you convert a democracy into something else. Illinois won’t fall for this ploy.
www.axios.com/2025/09/05/r...
The WH threatening any Republican that signs the Epstein discharge petition. It’s 100 percent clear Trump is covering up criminal child sex trafficking
It would be useful to know if the Marshals are investigating patterns or orchestration of threats against judges. We asked, and have gotten no answer. Bondi has a huge conflict of interest if MAGA is behind threats and she won’t allow investigation. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
U.S. military strike on Venezuelan boat is properly alleged to be murder. How important is this as a matter of international law? On left: Rubio State Department's top accusation against Venezuela On right: US Congress in codifying law on extrajudicial killings
Trump’s Golden Age for them that’s got the gold; billionaires lap up tax cuts while job numbers stumble.
Trump gives away the story (the jobs numbers dismal). Four additional series #econsky econbrowser.com/archives/202...
Yeah, right. The Vietnam War and the Cambodian Incursion were wokey, said the bonespur, 5x draft dodger, circus carney in chief. “I’d like to meet that American hero who went to Vietnam in Donald Trump’s place. I hope he is still alive.” - Rep. Seth Moulton
Hassett speaks on recession. I guess if you don't have any credibility to lose, you'll say just about anything... #econsky econbrowser.com/archives/202...
NEC Director Hassett cites seasonals for the low NFP growth number... plausible, but relevant? #econsky econbrowser.com/archives/202...
For a longer explanation, see my presentation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN9O...
A jobs crash coupled with soaring prices is bad for everyone — including Republicans seeking to be reelected to Congress next year. Some thoughts on today's report. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-jobs-crash
Trump's idea of lowering costs? Forcing travelers to pay out of pocket when an airline delays their flight, and letting airlines off the hook.
Frankly, I have seen enough. Secretary Kennedy should be fired immediately. He's destroying the agency responsible for keeping diseases (like measles and Ebola) under control. This is deadly serious.
Drop the hammer already on these disgusting wealthy pedophiles. GOP & Dem.
More on the latest threats in the weather and climate space… “White House cuts to science funding threaten AI weather forecasting institute.”
"There are four doctors in the Senate: Cassidy, John Barrasso of Wyoming, Roger Marshall of Kansas Rand Paul of Kentucky. All are Republicans and all voted in February to confirm Kennedy." www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
We are overdue for a “ Have you no decency” kind of moment.
We are watching, in real time, the destruction of the CDC. Our kids' and families' health is going to be put at risk because Trump and RFK Jr. are running a money-making conspiracy racket instead of a public health agency. Another result of Trump's corruption machine.
An analysis of the impact of trade and financial sanctions, and tariffs, on individual central bank foreign exchange and gold reserves, from @mchinn.bsky.social, @jefffrankel.bsky.social, and Hiro Ito https://www.nber.org/papers/w34177
