Rich_in_NJ @richinnj.bsky.social

Recovering attorney. Investor. Cactus hugger.

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Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social
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A brutal quote for the DoW from the federal judge who delivered Anthropic a big win in the first round of their legal fight. www.ft.com/content/db1392dc-5042-4ed4-873e-f826429b5f0e?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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A criminal clown.

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Ed Z @edzarenski.bsky.social
2mo
Boycott the construction companies that agree to build detention center warehouses. They are a disgrace. Shut their businesses down.
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The vile video is racist. Period. And it came from a racist White House. If you can't say that, what are we doing here.
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Ed Z @edzarenski.bsky.social
2mo
Buildings need to be approved by building inspector as fit for human habitation. Couldn't building inspectors halt the use of warehouses as detention centers.
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social
2mo
My latest Bloomberg column is on how Intel's recent stock gyrations reveal a big, unseen risk in Trump's unprecedented "state capitalism" push: private investment chasing politics, not fundamentals. The economic costs could be substantial.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-01-29/intel-exposes-the-white-house-s-hidden-cost-of-state-capitalism
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Joe Brusuelas @joebrusuelas.bsky.social
2mo
It’s not just policy uncertainty
It’s policy unpredictability that global investors are punishing. Consider it a political risk premium being placed on dollar denominated assets such as the greenback. #Econ #EconSky
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Joe Brusuelas @joebrusuelas.bsky.social
3mo
This is one of the best illustrations of the dangers of the graft & grift linked to crony capitalism: A Tehran bank collapsed under the weight of bad loans to regime cronies. For some ordinary Iranians, it was the last straw. #Econ #EconSky

www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/bank-collapse-iran-protests-83f6b681?st=k4XUx1&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social
4mo
i tell you what, if Democrats win the elections in 2026 and 2028, one of the biggest mistakes they could make is to talk about uniting the country by not prosecuting all of the lawbreakers and corruption of Trump administration officials. One reason we are here today is Ford's pardon of Nixon.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social
5mo
At this point, it’s utterly bonkers that any Democrat would trust any Republican to negotiate in good faith.
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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social
5mo
I went to the Treasury website to read a recent speech and was greeted with this…the US govt has become an embarrassment
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Coincidence or not, that’s pretty crazy.

(via MS desk)

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Speaker Johnson continues to stall the swearing in of Rep.-elect Grijalva so as to avoid having to deal with the Epstein discharge petition. Why shouldn’t Dems make support for reopening the government contingent on adding to the funding measure a provision mandating release of the Epstein files?
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ROVE: “.. Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/they-didnt-kill-charlie-kirk-b161409b
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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com
8mo
Yellen not at all pulling her punches in this op-ed for the FT www.ft.com/content/d2eab80f-1314-41f1-8c1e-5fc3bbfb1e43
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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social
8mo
A reminder: Dr. Cook's mortgages are not the real issue. The threat to US macro stability is the clear intention of the Trump Admin to influence the composition of the FOMC in defiance of the structures designed to insulate the institution from such influence. Thank you for coming to my TED talk
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social
8mo
I am against gerrymandering, but I am also against unilateral disarmament. Gavin Newsom’s plan to redistrict in California, to get more seats in 2026, and stop Trump in his tracks, should be replicated by Democratic Governors across the country. We need to actually fight here.
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social
8mo
The issue isn't Antoni's background in conservative advocacy, economists said. It's his history of distorting economic statistics to support partisan positions.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social
8mo
I’ve been a Democrat for only two months, and I could sign off on all of this. Thanks @heathmayo.bsky.social.👇
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Joe Brusuelas @joebrusuelas.bsky.social
9mo
Typically within a 3 month window the response rate for a single monthly survey time improves to 90% which is why there are ongoing rolling revisions that are rarely as large as the downward 258K revision in June.

The numbers are not rigged and they are the gold standard internationally. #Econ
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Dr. Erika McEntarfer has devoted her career to public service. She has conducted herself as BLS Commissioner with great integrity. There is no evidence whatsoever that BLS data are politically biased.

#econsky
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This party needs to wake up. These guys aren't screwing around... They're assassins when it comes to the way they weaponize grievance and the way they play politics. Enough! What more goddamn evidence do we need? They have rolled back the last half century in real time!"
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BonFire @bonfire25.bsky.social
9mo
HOT DAMN DENMARK-THIS IS THE WAY!

#EconSky
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What Frederick Douglass said of slaveholders applies to today’s authoritarians.

“For this cause they hate free society, free schools, free states, free speech, the freedom asserted in the declaration of independence, and guaranteed in the constitution.”

teachingamericanhistory.org/document/the-slaveholders-rebellion/
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Kevin Erdmann @kevinerdmann.bsky.social
10mo
I can’t believe that “illegals” seems to have become broadly accepted as the noun referring to basically all immigrants who haven’t completed all the steps to become permanent residents.

It’s not even a good descriptor and it’s such a nasty, toxic word.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
10mo
I dunno, but maybe Democratic members of Congress shouldn't go the White House picnic tonight and pretend everything's fine and dandy, unless and until Sen. Padilla gets a phone call apologizing for what happened from Donald Trump?
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social
10mo
How about Democratic Members of Congress don’t go to a fucking White House picnic because the guy in the White House is a fascist, an authoritarian threat to this country, who’s disappearing people and inciting violence on our streets? Come on my fellow Democrats, enough already.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov
10mo
Senator Alex Padilla is one of the most decent people I know.

This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful.

Trump and his shock troops are out of control.

This must end now.
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Parker Ross @econparker.bsky.social
10mo
The Fed will continue to approach the outlook and tariff impacts cautiously, meaning they're likely to keep sitting on their hands for an extended period of time before feeling compelled to act.
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