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Trust lots of people will see Robert Reich's call to boycott travel to the U.S. www.huffpost.com/entry/robert... Hard to see why any foreigner in their right mind would travel here, given that the position of the Trump administration is they can detain any foreigner at any time for no reason.
Ex-Labor Secretary Robert Reich Urges Global Boycott Of Travel To U.S. To Protest Trump
It would send a clear signal, said the Bill Clinton-era Cabinet member.
www.huffpost.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Trust lots of people will see Robert Reich's call to boycott travel to the U.S. www.huffpost.com/entry/robert... Hard to see why any foreigner in their right mind would travel here, given that the position of the Trump administration is they can detain any foreigner at any time for no reason.
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/mba-...
MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey Mortgage applications decreased 6.2 percent from one week earlier,...
www.calculatedriskblog.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/mba-...
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When there is uncertainty, lenders get persnickety about lending money.
And yes that’s an #econsky official term
And yes that’s an #econsky official term
Via Barnhart @barchart.com 42% of mortgage refinance applications are being rejected, the highest rate in AT LEAST the last 12 years #EconSky
March 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
When there is uncertainty, lenders get persnickety about lending money.
And yes that’s an #econsky official term
And yes that’s an #econsky official term
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"The White House did not respond to questions asking how to reconcile Mr. Musk’s numbers with the S.S.A.’s own public data. "
Millions of Dead People on Social Security? The Agency’s Own Data Says Otherwise. (Gift Article)
The database includes millions of Americans who are probably dead but who have no death records. But they generally don’t collect checks.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"The White House did not respond to questions asking how to reconcile Mr. Musk’s numbers with the S.S.A.’s own public data. "
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Again, the World Health Organization is the single most important global entity in preventing, tracking and controlling outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics and is especially important as climate change and deforestation allow pathogens to mutate, become more infectious and spread to new regions
January 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Again, the World Health Organization is the single most important global entity in preventing, tracking and controlling outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics and is especially important as climate change and deforestation allow pathogens to mutate, become more infectious and spread to new regions
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No president has ever gotten a better economy handed to him that Donald Trump.
Like clockwork - Democratic Presidents get the economy revved up just so that the Republican charlatans can F it up.
January 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
No president has ever gotten a better economy handed to him that Donald Trump.
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Reminder that the estimated cost of extending the Trump tax cuts is at least $5 trillion — more than twice the amount DOGE originally stated it would cut in “wasteful” government spending.
Republicans gear up for the coming battle over $5 trillion tax cut's costs
Republicans are united on extending the 2017 tax cuts, but at odds on how to offset the cost.
www.cnbc.com
January 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Reminder that the estimated cost of extending the Trump tax cuts is at least $5 trillion — more than twice the amount DOGE originally stated it would cut in “wasteful” government spending.
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As we are viewed from our neighbors to the North:
December 28, 2024 at 5:30 PM
As we are viewed from our neighbors to the North:
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With Trump joking about making Canada a state and taking over the Panama Canal, I wonder how the world would view it if President Xi talked about making Mongolia a province of China and taking over the Suez canal.
December 23, 2024 at 2:04 AM
With Trump joking about making Canada a state and taking over the Panama Canal, I wonder how the world would view it if President Xi talked about making Mongolia a province of China and taking over the Suez canal.
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Current personal financial situation compared with 5 years ago, net better minus worse, from Michigan survey:
October -6
November +5
So it's all about objective circumstances, right?
October -6
November +5
So it's all about objective circumstances, right?
December 20, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Current personal financial situation compared with 5 years ago, net better minus worse, from Michigan survey:
October -6
November +5
So it's all about objective circumstances, right?
October -6
November +5
So it's all about objective circumstances, right?
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Amazing that a signficant number of Republicans are OK with treason but will defy Trump on the debt ceiling www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
Republican Plan to Avoid Shutdown Fails in the House
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Amazing that a signficant number of Republicans are OK with treason but will defy Trump on the debt ceiling www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
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Make America White Again.
No women will lead a House committee for the first time in two decades. No people of color either. Exactly how does this make America great again?
No women will lead House committees for first time in 2 decades
The 17 standing committees will be dominated by white men when the new Congress is seated on Jan. 3. No people of color were selected, either.
abcnews.go.com
December 14, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Make America White Again.
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In recent years, millennials —not immigrants— have driven the rise in new households, especially in the pandemic. “It’s important to push back against the argument that housing for one group comes at the cost of another,” says @riordanfrost.bsky.social. @stateline.org
stateline.org/2024/12/12/d...
stateline.org/2024/12/12/d...
Despite Trump’s claim, deportations likely wouldn’t ease housing crisis, most experts say • Stateline
The mass deportations of immigrants that President-elect Donald Trump has promised aren’t likely to make a dent in the nation’s housing crisis, many experts say, despite what he and his supporters cla...
stateline.org
December 12, 2024 at 5:14 PM
In recent years, millennials —not immigrants— have driven the rise in new households, especially in the pandemic. “It’s important to push back against the argument that housing for one group comes at the cost of another,” says @riordanfrost.bsky.social. @stateline.org
stateline.org/2024/12/12/d...
stateline.org/2024/12/12/d...
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Consumers with employer or ACA marketplace coverage report denied claims at a higher rate than those in Medicare or Medicaid.
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
December 12, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Consumers with employer or ACA marketplace coverage report denied claims at a higher rate than those in Medicare or Medicaid.
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
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Trump just nominated Kari Lake to a job she can't have. Senate approved a bipartisan board in December that has oversight over Voice of America and other US funded broadcasters
www.voanews.com/amp/senate-a...
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www.voanews.com/amp/senate-a...
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Senate Approves USAGM Board
www.voanews.com
December 12, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Trump just nominated Kari Lake to a job she can't have. Senate approved a bipartisan board in December that has oversight over Voice of America and other US funded broadcasters
www.voanews.com/amp/senate-a...
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www.voanews.com/amp/senate-a...
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Eliminating ALL Federal civilian employment would not be enough to pay for making the expiring tax cuts permanent.
December 11, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Eliminating ALL Federal civilian employment would not be enough to pay for making the expiring tax cuts permanent.
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How timely. In 43 days RFK Jr. will be able to use his vast experience as a virologist to help sort this out.
www.forbes.com/sites/davewe...
www.forbes.com/sites/davewe...
Mysterious Disease X Kills Scores In Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Scores of people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Researchers from the WHO are investigating the cause of this mysterious Disease X.
www.forbes.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:57 AM
How timely. In 43 days RFK Jr. will be able to use his vast experience as a virologist to help sort this out.
www.forbes.com/sites/davewe...
www.forbes.com/sites/davewe...
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I’m shocked, shocked that an institution that hired Stephen Moore as chief economist made a convenient data error
So, friends, with the invaluable assistance of @hiltzikm.bsky.social at the LA Times, whose article appears today (paywalled), the Hoover Institution has retracted its story about the CA labor market that I had flagged as fatally flawed last week.👏
December 3, 2024 at 2:45 PM
I’m shocked, shocked that an institution that hired Stephen Moore as chief economist made a convenient data error
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
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US pop. in 2020 was ~330 million people. 2-3% would be 6.6-9.9 million people. For comparison, the US had 1.2 million excess deaths from natural causes from March 2020-August 2022.
The difference is like every single person in SC (5.4 million) or VA (8.7 million) dying.
The difference is like every single person in SC (5.4 million) or VA (8.7 million) dying.
Dr Oz, Trump's new CMS boss, during height of covid: "Schools are a very appetizing opportunity. I just saw a nice piece in The Lancet arguing the opening of schools may only cost us 3% in terms of total mortality. Any life lost is a life lost, but that might be a tradeoff some folks would consider"
November 20, 2024 at 3:29 PM
US pop. in 2020 was ~330 million people. 2-3% would be 6.6-9.9 million people. For comparison, the US had 1.2 million excess deaths from natural causes from March 2020-August 2022.
The difference is like every single person in SC (5.4 million) or VA (8.7 million) dying.
The difference is like every single person in SC (5.4 million) or VA (8.7 million) dying.