Jeanne Whalen
@jeannewhalen.bsky.social
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Economics reporter at The Wall Street Journal.
A year into the Trump economy, Americans are still laser focused on prices. âA new set of tires now is $500 or $600. Who the hell has $500 to $600?â
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
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Six Americans Rate the Trump Economy
Some are living close to the economic edge; others are spending freely and seeing their wealth rise. But Americans of all stripes canât stop talking about prices.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/americans-rate-trump-economy-21b85459?mod=djem10point#comments_sector
about 24 hours ago
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ArtButMakeItSports
1 day ago
The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, đ¸ by @ScottStrazzante
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Jimmy Lai, an outspoken 78-year-old critic of Chinaâs Communist Party, sentenced to 20 years in prison. China made Lai one of the main targets of its crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong after widespread pro-democracy protests in 2019
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Hong Kongâs Jimmy Lai Given 20-Year Sentence, Adding Friction to U.S.-China Ties
World leaders have called for the release of the 78-year-old who became the face of the democracy movement.
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-given-20-year-sentence-adding-friction-to-u-s-china-ties-614c90df?mod=hp_lead_pos5
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Volkswagen factory workers in Tenn. would receive raises totaling about 20% over four years under a tentative deal between the automaker & the UAW union.
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Volkswagen, UAW Agree to 20% Wage Hike for Tennessee Plant Workers
The company and union have been in talks for a year-and-a-half on their high-stakes first contract.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/volkswagen-uaw-agree-to-20-wage-hike-for-tennessee-plant-workers-6120b23c?mod=business_feat4_autos_pos5
3 days ago
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Ben Mullin
10 days ago
Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would âgladly shareâŚexpenses for the Gawker suit.â This was sent the day after
@rmac.bsky.social
and
@mattdrange.bsky.social
reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
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Carl Quintanilla
10 days ago
â.. In a blistering opinion, Judge Fred Biery .. condemned âthe perfidious lust for unbridled powerâ and âthe imposition of cruelty.ââ
@nytimes.com
#Ramos
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
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Richard Lawson
11 days ago
Highlight of my career, probably
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Brandy Jensen
11 days ago
Catherine OâHara didnât steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
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J. Kelly Nestruck
12 days ago
Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: âThis is true soft power.â
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Canada isnât alone in taking steps to mend ties w China. British PM Keir Starmer will travel to Beijing this week to meet with Xi â the first visit by a U.K. PM in 8 ys. South Korea's president said recently he wants âfull-scale restorationâ of ties w China
www.wsj.com/world/us-tra...
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Stung by Trump, Americaâs Top Trading Partners Shift Gaze to China
Americaâs postwar allies are weighing closer ties to Beijing as they scour the globe for alternative markets.
https://www.wsj.com/world/us-trade-partners-china-aa5c020b?st=731zJq&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
14 days ago
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Aaron Rupar
16 days ago
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
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In Maine, Sheriff Kevin Joyce was among local officials who met with border czar Tom Homan a year ago to hear the administrationâs immigration-enforcement plan. But on Thurs, Joyce issued blistering criticism of federal agents, accusing ICE of âbush-league policing"
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Police Who Once Backed ICEâs Mission Are Losing Faith in Its Tactics
In Minnesota and places where agents are deployed en masse, law-enforcement leaders are challenging whether they are adhering to the stated mission. ICE says its operations are lawful and targeted.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/police-who-once-backed-ices-mission-are-losing-faith-in-its-tactics-e123c348?st=KUe8vX&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents See how immigration officers escalated a fatal confrontation Saturday
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Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents
See how immigration officers escalated a fatal confrontation on Saturday.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/videos-contradict-u-s-account-of-minneapolis-shooting-by-federal-agents-fbe1e488?st=86CLF9&reflink=article_copyURL_share
16 days ago
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Mr. Dan Zak
26 days ago
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press.
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
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Federal Reserve
30 days ago
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckGHaBLSn4
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The Athletic
about 1 month ago
Everything has gone uphill for the Bears since this moment.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
about 2 months ago
You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?" Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
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Kettle
2 months ago
Karl Fredrik NordstrĂśm, Clear Evening in Late Winter (Winter Night), oil on canvas, 1907
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The Atlantic
3 months ago
Earlier this year, the United States deported 252 Venezuelans to El Salvador and paid its government to imprison them. Now two human-rights organizations have found that all of those men were physically abused, Conor Friedersdorf writes:
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What the Deported Venezuelans Went Through in El Salvador
Forty men sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration have shared disturbing accounts of abuse by a regime that America paid to imprison them.
https://bit.ly/3KmaGJu
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Robert Loerzel
3 months ago
A snowy owl preening. November 22, 2025, Chicago.
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Greg Kot
3 months ago
We used to call the debut LP "Cars greatest hits." Somehow the 2nd LP, "Candy O," topped it, at least in my world. Can a band that sold 43 million albums still be underappreciated? Buffalo Tom's Bill Janovitz, the band's biographer, makes the case on
@soundopinions.bsky.social
:
shorturl.at/hvsrQ
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On Chicagoâs South Side, students are bypassing traditional tips on job hunting in favor of lessons on getting rich.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
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The Chicago Students Learning How to Get Very, Very Rich
At Chicago State University, a group of students is bypassing practical tips on job hunting in favor of lessons on building significant wealth.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/the-chicago-students-learning-how-to-get-very-very-rich-763ada26?st=UFm3PV&reflink=article_copyURL_share
3 months ago
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Chicago Sun-Times
3 months ago
Burt Meyer, a Chicago toy designer behind classics like Lite-Brite, Mouse Trap, and Rock âEm Sock âEm Robots, died Oct. 30 at 99, leaving a joyful, generations-spanning legacy.
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Burt Meyer, Chicago toymaker behind classics like Mouse Trap, Rock âEm Sock âEm Robots, has died at 99
https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2025/11/07/burt-meyer-marvin-glass-mouse-trap-rock-em-sock-em-robots-games-toys?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=20251107690dff3d6c933f255eac3bd8
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Ryan J. Reilly âpaints a vivid and urgent portrait of⌠disarrayâ
3 months ago
âThis case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.â Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
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dell cameron
3 months ago
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field. In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnapâa problem it says now demands national coordination to confront. By me &
@carolinehaskins.bsky.social
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FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICEâs image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-warns-of-criminals-posing-as-ice-urges-agents-to-id-themselves/
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Paul Cezanne
3 months ago
Compotier, Glass and Apples, 1880
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12195
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The economy that's great for parents, lousy for their grown-up kids. Ask many older Americans how they are faring financially and theyâll tell you they are comfortable. Yet many are pessimistic about the economy because they see how their children are struggling
www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
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The Economy Thatâs Great for Parents, Lousy for Their Grown-Up Kids
Many older Americans are financially comfortable, but they worry their adult children wonât achieve the same kind of economic stability.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/old-young-economic-divide-7a5203f0?st=Ek82gh&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
4 months ago
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Grocery price inflation is picking up again.
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Grocery Prices Keep Rising. Frustrated Consumers Are Trying to Adapt.
Shoppers say they are cutting back on purchases, stockpiling certain foods or exploring more-affordable stores.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/grocery-price-inflation-customer-reactions-346487f7?st=6tYXtr&reflink=article_copyURL_share
4 months ago
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Rural Indexing Project
4 months ago
Pringle Theatre Glenmora, LA
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Carl Quintanilla
4 months ago
â.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..â
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Heather Cherone
4 months ago
Pritzker is also furious: âShould National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.â
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Chip Mitchell
4 months ago
Gregory Bovino, commander-at-large of the U.S.
#BorderPatrol
, claims a
@wbez.org
/@chicago.suntimes.com report about his comments Sunday in downtown
#Chicago
was "grossly inaccurate" and taken out of context. So we've posted the interview's unedited AUDIO and TRANSCRIPT:
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
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Transcript: Gregory Bovino says arrestees in downtown Chicago chosen partly based on âhow they lookâ
WBEZ reporter Chip Mitchell spoke with U.S. Border Patrol commander about a deportation blitz downtown and in the upscale River North neighborhood. Here is the transcript and unedited audio interview.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/09/30/transcript-audio-gregory-bovino-immigrant-arrests-downtown-chicago-chosen-how-they-look
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404 Media
5 months ago
YouTube removed a channel that was dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being shot in the head following 404 Mediaâs request for comment. The videos were clearly generated with Googleâs new AI video generator tool. đ
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
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AI-Generated YouTube Channel Uploaded Nothing But Videos of Women Being Shot
YouTube removed a channel that posted nothing but graphic Veo-generated videos of women being shot after 404 Media reached out for comment.
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-youtube-channel-uploaded-nothing-but-videos-of-women-being-shot/
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Tom Homan was investigated last year for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut down the probe. By
@carolleonnig.bsky.social
@kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a âdeep stateâ probe in early 2025.
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/tom-homan-cash-contracts-trump-doj-investigation-rcna232568
5 months ago
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15 to 40 miles. That's the range per day from the sun alone for Aptera Motorsâ solar-powered car. The $40,000 EV is poised to ship as early as next year. by
@mims.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Solar-Powered Cars and Trucks Are Almost Here
New, power-sipping EVs due next year are efficient enough to gain 10 to 40 miles of daily charge from the sun alone.
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/aptera-motors-solar-powered-electric-vehicles-6ec1095f?mod=wsjhp_columnists_pos_1
5 months ago
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Carl Quintanilla
5 months ago
â.. There are two economies in the U.S. right now ... In August, annual wage and salary growth fell to 0.9% for the bottom third, the smallest gain since 2016 ... â.. The top third saw growth of 3.6% year over year, the most since November 2021."
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Carl Quintanilla
5 months ago
WSJ: âFor high earners and many older Americans, the economy looks robust .. â.. For many others, momentum has stalled .. âThey donât have a home, they donât have a large .. 401(k) and they are the most concerned about losing their job ..ââ
@jeannewhalen.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/economy/us-e...
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America has always had rich & poor, but the divide is widening again. Wage growth has slowed for the bottom third of earners while continuing to climb for the top third. Soaring markets & home values for top earners are deepening the divide.
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The Two-Speed Economy Is Back as Low-Income Americans Give Up Gains
High-earners and older Americans are faring better than ever, while fortunes are sliding again for low-wage and young workers
https://www.wsj.com/economy/us-economy-analysis-wealthy-low-income-8ba80ccc?st=oyzYy3&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
5 months ago
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The Wall Street Journal
5 months ago
Exclusive: Jeffrey Epsteinâs estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trumpâs signature that he has said doesnât exist.
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Epstein Birthday Letter With Trumpâs Signature Revealed
Lawyers for Epsteinâs estate have given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book.
https://on.wsj.com/4pdY0Ux
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5 months ago
Architect Louis Sullivan was born
#onthisday
in 1856. When he first arrived in Chicago in 1873, the city was still in ruins after the Great Fire w/miles of shanties. Yet he saw potential in its reinvention. âThere was stir, an energy that made [me] tingle to be in the gameâŚTHIS IS THE PLACE FOR ME!â
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Six months into tariffs, businesses donât know how to price anything. Tariffs keep changing. Big retailers wonât pay more. And everyone is afraid of angering consumers. âEveryone is struggling to figure out what to do.â
www.wsj.com/business/ret...
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Six Months Into Tariffs, Businesses Have No Idea How to Price Anything
A North Carolina company says tariff uncertainty has given way to a new problem: what to charge. âEveryone is struggling to figure out what to do.â
https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/trump-tariff-business-price-impact-37b630c8?st=egPwac&reflink=article_copyURL_share
5 months ago
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Sarah O'Connor
6 months ago
Yellen not at all pulling her punches in this op-ed for the FT
www.ft.com/content/d2ea...
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Bill Childs
6 months ago
Your annual reminder that this exists for twelve days a year and is deeply soothing:
www.dnr.state.mn.us/statefair/we...
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Live FishCam from the Minnesota State Fair
Minnesota DNR FishCam.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/statefair/webcam/fish.html
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Magnanimous
6 months ago
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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Carl Quintanilla
6 months ago
BARKIN: â.. weâre not walking into a 2022 situation where consumers are flush with cash and bound to spend. .. I think weâre in a 2025 situation where consumers are feeling somewhat stretched and therefore, you know, are making choices.â
@jeannewhalen.bsky.social
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Jacob Bogage
6 months ago
đ¨ WaPo EXCLUSIVE Hours before Trump removed Billy Long as IRS commissioner, his agency clashed with the White House over sharing immigrantsâ tax data.
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IRS, White House clashed over immigrantsâ data before tax chief was ousted
The Trump administrationâs move to push out IRS Commissioner Billy Long came after the agency said it couldnât release some information on taxpayers suspected of being here illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/09/trump-administration-irs-data-dispute/
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When immigration lawyers sought to defend a Texas construction worker detained in early March, they couldnât find him. Migrants are vanishing in an opaque ICE detention system
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Migrants Vanish Into Opaque ICE Detention System
Frequent long-distance moves leave families and lawyers struggling to keep track of people facing deportationâand undermine their legal defense.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/ice-detention-migrants-vanish-38fd798f?mod=djem10point
6 months ago
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Ben Casselman
6 months ago
Good roundup of the reactions.
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A great tribute to a great man. "For many, many people, including myself, meeting Derk changed the course of our lives."
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Horrible news. Derk made an enormous contribution to freedom of speech in Russia, and helped a whole generation of journalists (including me) find our footing.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/31/d...
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Derk Sauer, Moscow Times Founder and Dutch Media Entrepreneur, Dies at 72 - The Moscow Times
Derk Sauer, the Dutch media entrepreneur who founded The Moscow Times, died on Thursday at age 72, his family said in a statement.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/31/derk-sauer-moscow-times-founder-and-dutch-media-entrepreneur-dies-at-72-a90055
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