In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Trump Promised Lower Prices. His Policies Are Raising Them. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...

Satellite Data Reveals How the U.S. Navy Is Deployed Near Venezuela The Times identified nearly 100 locations traversed by naval vessels to determine what the military pressure campaign against Venezuela looks like at sea. A visual investigation from NYT World: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...

From The Washington Post: The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

This weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with a good telescope and clear skies.

Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com President Trump "recently shared a photo of a White House bathroom that he had renovated by covering everything in marble. What Americans need is a president who is more focused on the cost of toilet paper," the editorial board writes.

A series of setbacks for the G.O.P. leaves an unlikely opening for Democrats to win this year’s redistricting wars. Via Nate Cohn: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...

Monarch butterfly tracks in today’s NYT. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...

From NYT Politics: In Red Tennessee, Democrats Dream of the Unlikeliest of Upsets Still the favorites, Republicans have grown nervous about a House special election that could show whether the political environment continues to shift leftward. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

Job Gains Disguise Weakness Beyond Service Industries The unemployment rate rose in September as more people looked for jobs, according to data delayed by the government shutdown. From NYT Business: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...

The steep tariffs Trump issued in August led to a contraction in imports and the trade deficit, newly released data shows. From NYT Business: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...

A storm set to sweep Southern California from Thursday into Saturday is bringing some concern to residents and officials because it is arriving just days after an earlier, more powerful storm left the region saturated.

Via @conordougherty.bsky.social and NYT Business. For years, the state has been nudging its cities to build housing to address a severe shortage. Maybe what they needed was a shove. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...

NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

good Paul Krugman point that the "vibecession" does not seem to have ended with the election this raises a lot of questions about politics and the economy open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Finally, some data! U.S. employers added 119,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4 percent. Data: www.bls.gov/news.release... Live coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/bu... #NumbersDay

we can probably agree on the following interpretation parties can increase their probability of winning future elections not only (or even primarily) by moving to the coherent center on ideological issues, but by moving down the axis of ideology-materialism and focusing attention on affordability

What's the complete sentence, though? "Ideological moderation is overrated, but politicians who set interest group agendas aside to pursue general economic well-being will appeal to swing voters."

i will accept peace if you say "ideological moderation is overrated"

Via @rjnskl.bsky.social and Claire Brown, NYT Climate: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Breaking News: President Trump signed a bill calling on the Justice Department to release files tied to Jeffrey Epstein, but with significant exceptions. Follow live updates: nyti.ms/484IDWJ

FOX NEWS POLL: “.. 76% of voters view the economy negatively. That’s worse than .. the 70% who said the same at the end of former President Biden’s term.” www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...

A rly interesting case study, as pols prepare to fight over a similar policy for NYC's much bigger bus network. By @carabuckley.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

Economist/YouGov Nov 15-17: Trade and tariffs % who think tariffs imposed by Donald Trump have increased | decreased the prices they paid for things that they bought U.S. adult citizens 73% | 3% Democrats 92% | 1% Independents 72% | 3% Republicans 56% | 4% today.yougov.com/politics/art...

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There was an interesting discussion on here this weekend about the extent and centers of racism in the North and South. So I pulled some data. www.pbump.net/o/how-differ...

From NYT Metro: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...

NEW Economist/YouGov Net approval among Independents of Donald Trump's job handling [at the start of the term | this stage] of... His current term -4 | -32 His first term +8 | -19 d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec... d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...

A national survey found that half of all immigrants in the U.S. say they feel less safe since Trump took office. Still, many say their future remains bright. From NYT National: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...

Great new data from KFF/NYT looking at the lives and experiences of immigrants in the US: www.kff.org/kff-nytimes-...

Republicans worried that steep Medicaid cuts in their big tax bill would shutter rural hospitals. To pass it, they included a $50B rural health care fund. But a very different group of hospitals will bear the brunt of the law: large urban safety-net hospitals. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...

Republicans created a special $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals stay afloat, but the biggest impacts may be in cities. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...

"Prices are coming down and all of that stuff." As President Trump seeks to reframe his message on affordability, he is increasingly denying there is a problem at all.

Here's a thread of results from our newest Strength In Numbers/ @verasight.io poll, out today: - D+5 on generic ballot, grows to D+7 when voters are told Rs control Congress. - Trump at -16 approval, underwater on inflation by 33 pts and on health care by 26 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

More than 6 out of 10 Americans say they feel financially comfortable. Most also have little confidence that the U.S. economy can provide them or their children with a prosperous future. (Wall Street Journal-NORC) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251117-top...

The Times wants to hear about ways in which political polarization is affecting your neighborhood — in ways big or small. An editor or reporter may reach out to you about your submission. We will not publish anything you write without speaking with you first. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...

It takes a long time to get detailed precinct-level data for a presidential election. We're now at 99 percent complete. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation. From NYT Science: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...

More good coverage on crypto fraud in the NYT this morning. Note the phrase "at least $28 billion". It is undoubtedly A LOT more than $28 billion because the technology is so perfectly designed to be untraceable AND this doesn't include all kinds of fraud. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...

Using new data, videos and interviews, The New York Times constructed a visual timeline of the July night when flooding left 28 people dead at Camp Mystic in Texas.

The I.R.S. Tried to Stop This Tax Dodge. Scott Bessent Used It Anyway. Unlike the others, he’s now overseeing the I.R.S. From NYT Politics: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

NEW: New Jersey’s township data is (mostly) in, so @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social & I crunched the numbers on NJ’s blue shift/pendulum swing The same majority-Hispanic cities & towns that swung to Trump in 24 shifted back D, to Mikie Sherrill, in the governor’s race www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...

Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations An agency intended to keep Americans safe has diverted resources from combating child abuse, trafficking and terrorism. From NYT Politics: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...

America First? Some Trump Supporters Worry That’s No Longer the Case. From NYT Politics: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

How Much Screen Time Is Your Child Getting at School? We Asked 350 Teachers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

Our weekly history quiz: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Affordable Housing Act designated Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, the Berkshires and other resort towns as “seasonal communities,” making it easier to build homes there for workers. From NYT Business: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...