We're not at war with Venezuela, these boats are many hundreds of lines from our waters, much less our shores, there is no threat, this is just murder. I really do think everyone from the SecDef to the guy who pushed the button should be tried for murder on this.

Do I believe this? Doesn't matter. What matters is that you have a fucking RIGHT to say it

Charlie Kirk deserved it

Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements This is a big deal

Trump's brain is cooked. braised. broasted. Check what he said at the 2020 West Point graduation and the way he rephrased it today.

tl;dr — this EO co-opts the language of open science to implement a system of political control wherein presidential appointees are given broad latitude to designate any number of reasonable scientific activities and inferences as scientific misconduct, and to penalize those involved accordingly.

#DOGE arrival poses new threat to #federalstatistics datafoundation.org/news/press-r... #econsky #data #economicdata @copafs.bsky.social @asa-scipol.bsky.social @apduorg.bsky.social @aaronsojourner.org @bencasselman.bsky.social @crampell.bsky.social @samsutton.bsky.social @chrisrugaber.bsky.social

Time for the rest of the senate to step up

New 🧵: A Brief History of Coups What do we mean when we talk about a coup? Is what Trump doing a coup? Has the coup already occurred? In this thread I'll provide some insight from research in comparative politics. (1/9)

This is a list I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits. You would think it would grow out-of-date, but...

Former BLS commissioner Erica Groshen on how the policy change to Schedule F that Trump & #Project2025 advocate would destroy the credibility of the federal statistical system. Her comment on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/posts/erica-... ...