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Show us the goddamn files. #starwars #epsteinfiles

New in PN: "Just making s**t up" — @volts.wtf sounds off on EPA “How the f**k are they gonna do it? If you can get the Court to rule carbon is not a public health danger, it'll mark the point at which they've abandoned all pretense, bc that’s just a flat out lie” www.publicnotice.co/p/david-robe...

Great response! “It’s very hard to believe these accusations. I come from a country [Estonia] that is number two in the Press Freedom Index – so hearing criticism regarding press freedom from a country like the United States, which is 57th on this list, is interesting."

The story of the economic impact of "AI" gets curiouser and curiouser. In a new working paper the authors surveyed 6000 international CFO's, CEO's etc. and they seem to say that while nearly everybody is using it, nobody actually sees meaningful impact 🧐 #econsky www.nber.org/papers/w34836

Well… The Royals, the Tories, Lib Dem’s and the most notorious child trafficker in history facilitating some horrendous things… I have to say no wonder people are abandoning the mainstream parties. Also where is the Pressure on Cameron/Clegg on finding out what they knew?

In just 21 months, Let’s Address This has: •Earned over 170K subs •Published over 750 original pieces, and •Reached over 40M readers. The next phase is critical because it addresses the single biggest complaint we receive: The need for more localized coverage. www.qasimrashid.com/p/its-time-t...

Rep. Angie Craig: "The attacks on Black and brown people in Minnesota have been egregious. At the end of the day, what they wanted out of Minnesota was for us to riot. I think this will go down in American history as one of the greatest examples of peaceful resistance from an entire community."

Column: The mortgage delinquency rates for lower-income households are surging. Meanwhile, folks in the highest-income areas are doing just fine. It’s another reminder that the U.S. economy is largely benefiting people with means.

A major use of crypto: human trafficking. The use of cryptocurrency in sales of human beings for prostitution and scam compounds nearly doubled in 2025, according to a conservative estimate. Many of the deals are happening in plain sight. www.wired.com/story/crypto...

2026 may be the start of a new era when deaths outnumber births in the UK This would be a seismic demographic shift and mean that future population growth was reliant on net internal migration, which the latest data suggest is also plummeting. Research Director @gthwaites.bsky.social explains ⤵️

New post about tariffs. Last week two reports found that foreigners have borne very little of the cost. But the CPI came in somewhat soft. Is there a contradiction? As I explain, no. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/who-is-pay...

A young man at our town hall asked if I was pushing class warfare. I told him: “We already have class warfare in this country — billionaires are waging war on the rest of us.”

In bookstores in the UK on May 21 Very much looking forward to this

I am surprised Clarence Thomas hasn't appeared in the Epstein files (to my superficial knowledge). Hobnobbing with some shameless rich guys and seeing what's to be had would seem right down his alley

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

LOL it would be WILD if Bondi called the top. 🤡 @barrons.com www.barrons.com/articles/dow...

Recommended read: The Guardian explored how Romania’s emissions have fallen by 75% since the 1990s and have been decoupled from the country’s economic growth.

"Reducing reliance on fossil fuels looks like Europe’s best shot at saving its domestic manufacturing and stopping other governments from pushing it around." Outstanding article in The Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/business/ene...

"The stock market is reflecting fears of an AI apocalypse for white-collar jobs. The momentum trade is swept up by concerns that AI could disrupt established industries like insurance and wealth management" #EconSky Gift link: www.marketwatch.com/story/the-st...

Several decades of Head Start early childhood care and education research provide insight into variation in program effectiveness, over time, across communities, and by child and family characteristics, from @chloergibbs.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34812

The Bridge to Kushner: The FBI identifies the Kushner family—longtime, prolific donors to Chabad—as the "American Terminal." The reports suggest that Chabad houses were used as venues for unrecorded meetings between Russian-Israeli billionaires and U.S. political figures.

Beyond the Big Cities, ICE Is Rattling Small-Town and Exurban America www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

Yeah man, all you had to do was not perpetrate a massive fraud and this would’ve worked out great for you.

When you are working out and casually listening to one of your favourit podcast (by @kathrinkuehn.bsky.social), and @mclem.org turns up. ☺️ I suppose only German listeners will understand it because of the language, but it is worth a listen. #EconSky www.deutschlandfunk.de/verzerrter-b...

BNP PARIBAS: “.. the components we view as most informative .. surprised to the upside. Core goods ex. vehicles was nearly double our forecast, notching its 2nd-fastest pace since the Trump administration imposed tariffs, suggesting that tariff pass-through outside the auto sector remains active.”

Stunned that Bannon and Epstein conspired with conservative Catholic orgs to try to bring down Pope Francis.

Yep, that’s me. Yep, that’s my public library. Maybe they’ll ban dancing next and Kevin Bacon will show up. (And I mean the actor and not the pig that escapes from down Clinton Allen Road with that name. 🤣) www.livingstonparishnews.com/stories/burn... @la-cac.org @everylibrary.bsky.social

Not a single one of ID representatives can articulate how women are supposed to vote in the election. "Read the SAVE Act to find out what documentation is accepted" Guess what? Marriage certs are not one of the docs. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO VOTE?

Exactly that. It's difficult to even find a dozen cases outside of right wing podcasts

"Everything is run like a reality TV show." Is a perfect summation of this current era in America.

Never Should Have Happened And Could Not Possibly Be Legal…

Will Fox be updating their story on this and giving it the same amount of airtime as they did initial arrest?

Hey there Pam Bondi if you have nothing to hide why were you tracking what congressmen were searching on the Epstein files? Why uh…. Why…. Why so nervous?

“I consider it an unprecedented action that really violates the basic principles of a data-driven regulatory agency and the fundamentals of public health, and it’s that simple…it’s a destructive precedent that will undermine the future of vaccine development and the preeminence of American research”

Free markets, y'all

Did you know that job creation was stronger under Jimmy Bad For The Economy Carter than it was under Ronald Mr. Economic Revival Reagan? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jobs_cr...

We now have data from Trump's first full year in office. Let's review the performance of Trump and the two parties since 1989 and a new age of globalization began. However you cut the data Trump continues to have worst jobs record of last six Presidents. 1/

U.S. jobs growth is *entirely* one sector. Last month, growth in private education and health services accounted for +137k of +130k jobs added Over the past three months, it's +246k of +219k Last six months: +367k of +85k Last year: +773k of +359k

Exactly. Sure being smart could help but really smart people usually don't want to spend their entire life trying to grab more money.

The financier recommended adding Margaret Thatcher to Tesla’s board even though she had been dead for five years. www.wired.com/story/jeffre...

A few charts on these benchmark revisions. Starting with the big picture: These revisions dramatically lower the rate of job growth over the past two years. In total, payroll employment is more than 1 million jobs lower than previously reported. #NumbersDay

Headlines say 130,000 jobs added in January. But it's all concentrated in 3 sectors, while other 80% of US jobs market went DOWN by total of 26,500. Also, 2025 job growth revised down to 181,000 TOTAL, worst non-COVID total since 2009. jakehasablog.blogspot.com/2026/02/dont... #EconSky #inners

"Crypto is a lot like MAGA. There's a lot of grift, and then there's a lot of bag holders." President Trump promised a crypto boom. But for most investors, it's turning out to be a bust. Dan Nathan and @brookeamasters.ft.com join @stephruhle.bsky.social to dig into the latest on the #11thHour.

I can confirm this from personal experience. Been trying for weeks to finish a bathroom remodel in Austin. Workers won't pick up materials from Home Depot because the ICE goons are ambushing people in the parking lot

Exactly that

Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."

“You cannot strangle a people like this.” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the US using the threat of tariffs to cut off oil shipments to Cuba harms the people Washington says it wants to help.