Wage growth continues to decelerate, signaling weakening employer demand for employees & difficulty for workers in securing raises Within-worker, over the year typical wage growth decelerated from 4.1% in Sept to 3.6% in Jan, slowest in over 4.5 yrs @atlantafed.org Wage Growth Tracker #NumbersDay

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

47 ways Trump has made life less affordable in the last year www.epi.org/publication/...

Tonight, I'm co-presenting the monthly economics update I've done for the past decade or so, from 7-9pm central time. We go through a slide deck and answer live questions and chat messages as we go. Click on the calendar link to join the event tonight. nwsofa.org/calendar/

Tonight, I'm co-presenting the monthly economics update I've done for the past decade or so, from 7-9pm central time. We go through a slide deck and answer questions and chat messages as we go. Click on the calendar link to join the event tonight. www.nwsofa.org/calendar/

Graphically speaking...

Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!) This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...

My message remains the same a year later. We don’t have kings in America, and I won’t bend the knee to one.

ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.

Obama: "The rogue behavior of agents of the federal government is deeply concerning and dangerous ... the sort of behavior that we've seen in authoritarian countries and we've seen in dictatorships, but we have not seen in America."

🧵Monthly economic review, through the January 2026 data. First, job creation (or lack thereof) is the key economic indicator. The annual BLS benchmarking adjustment reduced job creation in 2025 to 181,000 total, about 22nd percentile historically. 1/

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How have key measures of household finances changed since Trump started? fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?graph...

🧵CBO just shared their annual opus, the ten-year Budget and Economic Outlook. Filled with goodies. Regarding the budget, the deficit is headed towards $3 trillion/year, about 6.6% GDP. 1/ www.cbo.gov/publication/...

AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."

Excellent analysis of current economic state. kpmg.com/us/en/articl...

The number of people with jobs in December 2025 was revised down by 1 million.

Jobs report: Benchmark revisions reduced job creation in each of the past 3 years.

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

Tomorrow is the big day for the jobs report plus the final benchmark adjustments. If you know Excel, download this data series tonight, and then again tomorrow after the update and compare the pre- and post- job creation. fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PAYEMS

Donald Trump is stealing from taxpayers in ways no one ever thought were possible deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trump-rx-i...

The Birther-in-Chief's disgusting history of racism has its own page on Wikipedia. See for yourself, here: shorturl.at/UQaXQ

“Pam Bondi, the attorney general, sent Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota a letter promising to “bring an end to the chaos” in his state if he agreed to a list of demands, including granting Justice Department officials access to its voter rolls.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Fed Vice-Chair Jefferson explained that inflation would be lower except for tariffs, which have caused goods price increases to offset the downward trend in services and rent. www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

BREAKING: Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing GOP's slim majority.

🧵Job creation is perhaps the most important economic measure. It was much slower in 2025 than the previous two years. Using a three-month rolling average, the last 3 readings in 2025 were negative, even before benchmark adjustments next week. 1/2

F.B.I. Search in Georgia Shows Trump’s Willingness to Pursue 2020 Grievances www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

This morning I wrote that DOJ’s ballot seizure in Georgia looks like a dry run for 2026. My advice and request: Sign up to Democracy Docket to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Frey: "In Mpls, we heard them say they'll end this siege when we hand over voter rolls. The DOJ is being used as a weapon. They're investigating me and several other local elected officials not because we've done something wrong because we speak on behalf of our constituents.

The next No Kings Day will be the largest protest in American history: nokings.org/#signup

"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now. #AccountabilityIsComing

Hey NRA, are you good with this? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

James Cameron, on moving to New Zealand: @variety.com variety.com/2026/film/ne...

No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.

Trump’s Trade Negotiator Says Response to Court Loss Would Be Immediate

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.

After a string of courtroom defeats, Republican lawmakers are looking to expand the Utah Supreme Court, change the nominating process and increase scrutiny on judges.

My law firm is currently litigation 81 voting and election cases in 40 states. This includes 11 redistricting lawsuits. It also includes 26 cases where we are litigating against the DOJ. Elias Law Group only has 60 lawyers. Big Law firms have 1,000-2,000 lawyers. Where are they in this fight?

PSA: If Bill Kristol can say this dems should be able to say it

Trump Said He’d Unleash the Economy in Year 1. Here’s How He Did. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...