My god, we are beclowning ourselves before the entire world. It’s so embarrassing.

"I would rather pick somebody out of a crowd at a Washington Wizards game to run monetary policy than hand it over to Donald Trump," said @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social. With markets plummeting, prices rising, and 401Ks tanking from his tariffs, Trump has no place to question Fed Chair Powell.

well mission accomplished buddy

“Sickening and heartbreaking” Someone who was at the Marge Greene town hall where folks who dissented were arrested/targeted/tased by police — who has voted for both parties — writes about what she saw 👇🏽

Fawning toady gets seat in press room as North Korea-style White House makeover continues. Pretty soon they’ll be bringing in cases of cognac and DVDs of 80s movies.

“We’ve got to focus on the ways that Donald Trump is intentionally taking steps that will hurt people...We don’t need to be having academic conversations about the pareto-optimized merits of various trade schemes," @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social told HuffPost. Read why dems must focus on Trump's chaos.⬇️

The GOP budget doesn't just raise the deficit by trillions, it aims to cut $800B from Medicaid. 63% of Americans in nursing homes are on Medicaid. "If you have somebody you love going to or in a nursing home, chances are they could be deeply affected," says @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social.

The critical thing here is Trump's tariffs wouldn't be possible without an extraordinary abuse of power on his part. The national emergency rationale is likely illegal. The lawlessness and the economic havoc are the same story. (h/t @ilyasomin.bsky.social) newrepublic.com/article/1936...

Democrats: The market is crashing. Prices will soon be skyrocketing. Critical imports are being cut off. We must direct all our fire in one direction: “Trump did this. To you. On purpose. For no reason.” Not “tariffs are sometimes good.” Not “the rich are getting richer.”

That is not the implication of that quote. Like at all. Not even a little bit.

Every single part of this sentence is insane.

Just ridiculous. Sometimes it’s hard to separate the malevolence from the stupidity with this administration, but this is definitely the latter.

“Nobody went to the polls and voted to stop research in Alzheimer's or cancer. Nobody wanted to cut the park service employees that clean the bathrooms or air traffic controllers, or veterans who are trying to help other veterans in crisis.” @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/03/05/n...

What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why. What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?

Trump leaning into protecting cops while standing in the House chamber is really something to behold.

God I wish I was not professionally obligated to watch this jackass lie for two hours.

This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.

I'm married to a Mainer and spend a lot of time there. You know what Mainers really don't like? People from away pushing them around.

"This is the essence of chaos," @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social says on @cnn.com. Trump and Musk are firing essential personnel, people that do things like air safety, fight wildfires, park rangers, keep them safe from avian flu, research cancer & Alzheimers—people that Americans want on the job.

The Trump presidency is a threat to the well being of the American people.

This is what passes for bold independent thinking in the MAGA GOP.

Mr Garcia, I have drafted an appropriate response for you. You're welcome.

WTAF is this guy talking about? I get that Trump doesn't like experts, but maybe someone who understands at least undergraduate-level economics should be running the National Economic Council.

This is great news for @americanprogress.bsky.social. No one does it better than @neeratanden.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

I get that this is item 4,567 on a prioritized list of hideous Trump/Musk depredations. But I served in that place, and watching Trump destroy it, both physically and metaphorically, is gut-wrenching. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/u...

“Elon Musk is firing military veteran firefighters for no reason” is the biggest slam dunk in political messaging history, Dems should be shouting it into the world’s biggest bullhorn from the top of the Washington Monument.

You don't say. news.gallup.com/poll/656636/...

Question for Kai and other smart business reporters: how will markets react if Elon Musk and his child crusaders take over BLS and mess with the economic data?

"USAID was the largest distributor of humanitarian assistance on Earth," writes @monacharen.bsky.social. "Today, by abruptly pulling the plug, the world’s greatest humanitarian country has become one of its least, raising a huge middle finger to those facing hunger, disease, war, and oppression."

Total USAID annual spending to provide food, medicine, shelter and other services to impoverished countries around the world: $38 billion Total increase in Elon Musk's personal net worth since the November election: $156 billion

Remember when Republicans got super worked up about Hillary Clinton violating State Dept IT policy by having a bunch of emails about her daughter's wedding on a private server? www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Great piece on what's happening at the FBI from Ben Wittes of @lawfare.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Yes, the crisis of the moment is Trump's assault on, well, everything. But to counter that threat, Democrats MUST face reality and get their act together. Unfortunately, the DNC meeting this weekend didn't inspire a ton of confidence. A short thread of things you - and Ken Martin - should read.

It's impossible to overstate how bad this is. Read this thread. Musk could break our government in catastrophic ways.

Third Way open memo to 2028 Dem hopefuls in @politico.com: Reject the Pledges "We must never again let our candidates fall prey to the siren song of far-left groups who claim, without evidence, to speak for our coalition and offer a path to the nomination." thirdway.org/memo/why-dem...

Moment of the hearings IMHO

When we look back on the damage wrought by this president, the worst may be to public health. (It was last time.) If RFK Jr or a like-minded zealot runs HHS, Americans will be in immense physical danger.

🚨 Imagine spending years in public service, only to receive an email—framed as a veiled threat—saying things were about to get more difficult in the workplace, but that you can end it all by replying with a single word—“resign”—within days. 1/

Important if true.

I wake up today neither shocked nor awed. But I am disgusted, furious, and determined to fight.

In the space of a few minutes, he left behind Afghan allies who fought terrorists alongside American soldiers and let 1500 domestic terrorists out of jail.

I knew it would happen and I'm still gutted by this as if I didn't know it was coming

Whatever the opposite of FOMO is, I have it being out of Washington today.

Note to self: don’t use first gen AI to make your profile picture.

Today in the ongoing series, "It's like some Democrats are trying to lose": www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

Nothing says bring down inflation and "Make America Great Again" like renaming military bases for the most seditious traitors in US history.

BIG NEWS. I have left the Post. Corporate and billionaire media are failing to meet the moment. With @normeisen.bsky.social I'm launching @contrariannews.bsky.social. We'll have politics but also cooking, humor, film and even pets. Please subscribe and join the fight. contrarian.substack.com

“I know from my experience in Europe that the dissident movements there have been led by those in humor, satire, and culture,” said @normeisen.bsky.social “Laughing may actually end up being more important than political and legal analysis!” Amen, w @jenrubin.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/m...