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As suspending the federal gas tax gains traction in Washington, a prescient reminder from our Senior Fellow @pkrugman.bsky.social: gas tax holidays are largely a windfall for producers that barely move prices at the pump for the consumers suffering from inflation.

BREAKING: CT Mirror and @propublica.org have won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting for "On the Hook," an investigation into how Connecticut's towing practices had come to favor tow companies at the expense of low-income residents. More here: ctmirror.org/series/on-th...

NYT reports the Iran war is costing ~$1 billion a day. It’s now been going for 56 days, which means the total cost at this point could be close to that of Connecticut’s entire two-year state budget, $55.8 billion. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/u...

Fewer immigrants mean more jobs and higher wages for American workers, right? The data tell a different story. www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

NEW: Trump accepted $37m worth of donated steel for his WH ballroom project from the Luxembourg-based company ArcelorMittal. Days later, the WH made adjustments to Trump's tariffs that could benefit ArcelorMittal.

Bad look, Geno.

MULLINS!!!!!

I love this development. apnews.com/article/coll...

Trump’s critics have raised concerns about the trades in oil futures, S&P 500 ETF options and prediction markets made ahead of the president’s announcements.

Came here to say that I thought it was cool to see former Hartford Yard Goat, Ezequiel Tovar, starting at shortstop for the WBC-champion Venezuelan squad @yardgoats.bsky.social

There’s a big hearing at the CT Capitol today on homeschool regulation. A good day to revisit this excellent piece by Emilia Otte from late last year. ctmirror.org/2025/12/14/c...

Look at these charts. TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help. The timing coincides with the Trump administration’s dismantling of the CFPB. www.propublica.org/article/cred... @joeljacobs.bsky.social

“What I don’t understand is why more people don’t do it,” Graham said. “Try to shape these events. This is a moment of world history here. Just jump in the deep end of the pool.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Oh. I learned about circuit breakers in March 2020, when they were triggered four times. At the time, it hadn’t happened since 1997. www.marketplace.org/story/2020/0...

Big “Those who don’t learn history are doomed to repeat it” energy

Reality check: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Good explainer here. “Billionaires use borrowed money for living expenses, pledging their shares or other assets as collateral. The interest on the debt is much lower than a capital-gains tax bill would be, and their stock portfolios can continue accumulating gains.” www.wsj.com/finance/bill...

our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public." www.propublica.org/article/chic...

ICE just bought warehouses for mega-detention centers in MD & AZ and is nearing deals in GA, MO, NY, NJ, FL. Residents and local officials are pushing back, and scored wins this week in VA & OK. But it’s not clear this plan can be stopped. w/ Jonathan O'Connell. Gift link: wapo.st/49ZKA7W

This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0

Oh.

The Timberwolves-Warriors game in Minneapolis has been postponed by the NBA, sources tell ESPN, in wake of a man shot and killed Saturday in a confrontation with federal agents in the city. It's the second shooting there in a week, third this month, involving a federal officer.

Excellent story here with rich detail about ICE observers in Minnesota. I recommend reading the whole thing minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/13/i...

Oh.

I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

An excellent, gripping piece.

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My god.

It’s worth revisiting the 2017 Rob Reiner-directed movie, “Shock and Awe” — particularly this week, as Trump just designated street fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction.” The movie was about journalists who were skeptical of the George W. Bush administration’s justification for invading Iraq.

The U.S. president, members of Congress, state lawmakers and governors, etc. don’t really have much control over inflation — especially not in any immediate way. Prices are largely set by private, lightly-regulated companies, based on a huge range of local, national and international dynamics

I’m “people calling each other ‘turkeys’” years old

Good discussion here youtu.be/675d_6WGPbo?...

1/ In August 2020, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, made an extraordinary request to President Trump’s ambassador, Ronald Johnson. A previously undisclosed report tells what happened next, according to a new ProPublica investigation. 🧵 ⬇️

In case you're no longer on X...

Not to be like, "Look at egg prices!" but... look at egg prices. www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...

Jane Goodall was the commencement speaker at my college graduation, and the main thing I remember from her speech was when, in signature fashion, she greeted us in "chimpanzee." What a legend. youtu.be/Vr350j7Ya5E?...

PRO PUBLICA: “.. at least three of Trump’s Cabinet members call multiple homes their primary residences on mortgages. * Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer .. * Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy .. * EPA administrator Lee Zeldin @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Rising inequality is turning US into an autocratic state, Ray Dalio warns www.theguardian.com/business/202...

An appeals court ruled most of Trump's tariffs are illegal, opening the door for the possibility that the U.S. govt will have to pay back the money its collected so far. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...

Fed's Waller: "After accounting for these revisions and what we will learn in a couple of weeks, the data are likely to indicate that employment actually shrank over those three months." www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

ICYMI: Billionaire ⁦‪Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has received a “limited” conflicts-of-interest waiver from the White House allowing him to temporarily retain massive financial holdings. www.notus.org/trump-white-...

This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Costs for businesses and prices for consumers are rising, and that money is going to the government.

"Since the first quarter of 2023... AI spending propped up the economy while consumer spending stagnated." www.wsj.com/economy/the-...

This @propublica.org piece from April, about Trump's attack on all the measurements that matter, feels particularly relevant today.

The immensity of this reporting cannot be overstated. @propublica.org made an archive of reported, fact-checked info on each of the individuals sent to prison in El Salvador. Trump admin knew that only *six* had been convicted of violent offenses.