Still above Fed’s stated goal for inflation (1-2%) but at least stable. Agree, will not move Fed.

Or it could be the end of Trump’s lawless power grab run with little resistance. Powell is standing up to the bully. Let’s hope it inspires many more to do so—starting with more people in Congress, CEOs and university presidents.

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Wow! I cannot say unprecedented strongly enough. The Fed usually speaks in somewhat soft, coded language (“Fed speak”) since words from Fed officials are very powerful, especially in financial markets. How plainly Powell is speaking here shows just how grave the treat from Trump is. Wow.

Peter Conti-Brown: Powell investigation “is a low point in Trump's presidency and a low point in the history of central banking in America…Because the Fed has rebuffed President Trump's efforts to take the Fed down he is launching the full weight of American criminal law against its Chair.”

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell: “This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions — or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation.”

Wow! I cannot say unprecedented strongly enough. The Fed usually speaks in somewhat soft, coded language (“Fed speak”) since words from Fed officials are very powerful, especially in financial markets. How plainly Powell is speaking here shows just how grave the treat from Trump is. Wow.

Very not good. When will Wall Street trump supporters get really vocal about how bad this is??

To be clear, this is a very big deal. The data is very closely guarded because of the large impact they have on financial markets. Info worth millions if not billions of dollars.

my teacher friend asked, if people have more to give, to help meet the goal on this rent relief fund they have set up for families unable to live home due to their status. if we did $2k in 20 minutes we can do $24k by the end of the day, right? please amplify!

Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.

True. We have owned just one car for our family of 4 for 9 years. It has saved us soooooo much money and helped us afford to live in a more walkable and bike able neighborhood to help us keep saving money by only owning one (9 year old) car.

Affordability will be a top concern for the 2026 election, yet energy companies are still doing this…

Something small to look forward to in all the miserable news of 2026. 🤞parking reform in atlanta (and other cities)

There are only about 14 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States. There are 53.3 million *total* foreign-born, including permanent residents & naturalized citizens. But 100 million is close to the exact number of people in the US who identify as nonwhite (95 million).

We can have a different world if we want it: one that prioritizes the wellbeing of our kids. Worn Down by Worry, Parents Look Longingly at Australia’s Social Media Ban www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/w...

They predicted the highly-wealthy would leave MA when it passed a millionaire’s tax (an additional 4% surcharge on income over $1 million. They did not leave. Economy did just great. We have revenue to fix stuff.

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

Report focused on data centers in the southeastern United States

Auditioning for Trump to pick him as Fed chair, not using actual economic logic on current status of economy and prices (inflation rate is still above Fed stated target) Fed chair candidate Hassett says U.S. is way behind the curve on lowering rates www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/f...

From @parkermolloy.com at New Republic. newrepublic.com/article/2047... I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.

Reposting this for the morning crew:the full 60 minutes pruebe in CECOT, in 5 segments below.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Support trans kids. ❤️❤️

FERC’s bipartisan order last week is genuinely one of the more hopeful things I’ve seen happen in 2025. Good, well-informed, bipartisan policy on big complex issues is still possible!

Here’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment. “Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.” wapo.st/3YL4T3D

A since-deleted tweet by former KKK grand wizard David Duke is nearly identical to the statement today made by Vice President JD Vance

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

Um... Global EV sales are up 21% year over year. Europe is up 33% year over year. Rest of world is up 48% year over year.🤯 The US is down 1% year over year.🤡 It's not really an "EV winter" if it's only snowing on our house. A better title might have been "Gen Z, Why you no want Cybertruck?"

Trying to sneak in this HUGE (dirty) generation approval before letting 2 duly elected (by huge margins) commissioners have a say—letting the will of Georgia voters have a say. Gross. Hope Georgians notice and kick out the remaining 3 commissioners as their terms expire.

"On the tax front, it’s time for rich people like me to pay more," writes ... Mitt Romney? Lots here to debate, but could this op-ed be the germ of a permission structure, or a bipartisan consensus, or maybe common sense? Let the conversation begin. gift link🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...

You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?" Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.

Passing the SPEED Act is a holiday gift to the oil and gas industry. Everyone should oppose attempts to block the public from holding polluters or the government accountable when they ignore the law: www.selc.org/press-releas...

It gets even more pathetic— x.com/RepBeatty/st...

I don’t know how it works at the New York Times, but my editors at The Guardian would never let me publish this if they knew that I was one of the elites who spent time with Epstein. And if I published it without telling them, I would be out of a job.

Add skyrocketing home insurance premiums to the many ways Trump is making life unaffordable for American families.

DHS gave a $1 billion contract to a politically-connected donor whose company had never received a federal contract before, in a process led by a political appointee to DHS who had held a senior position at a MAGA-linked org (the American First Policy Institute) which gave the guy an award in 2024.

Bring back cars with physical buttons and knobs!!!

BREAKING: In a major act of defiance, GOP Reps Brian Fitzpatrick, Mike Lawler, Robert Bresnahan, and Ryan Mackenzie have signed Democrats’ ACA discharge petition. By joining every House Democrat, they've brought the overall tally to the 218 signatures required to force a vote. trib.al/n9qTlCe

Big: GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick just signed the Democratic discharge petition by Hakeem Jeffries for a clean 3-year ACA funding extension. All 214 Dems have signed. Fitzpatrick is 215. Three more Republicans and it has enough support to end-run Mike Johnson and get a House vote.

One of the things that you see at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina is a Jim Crow era Coke machine that was designed to fit into a segregated bus station. One machine two sides. The Coke cost more on the Black side.

Zero intelligence secrets, sources, or methods are put at risk by showing a video of a boat exploding, or of shipwrecked people clinging to boat pieces hit by a missile and exploding. Such a video reveals absolutely nothing about how the US identified that boat, located it, or chose to attack it.

Not only are current energy policies bad for climate change, air quality, water use and rate payers, they are also costing the tax payers a lot of money, too!

There is (sadly) usually a higher unemployment rates for Black workers and white workers, but now the gap is even worse! Going completely in the wrong direction in this administration.

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned to honor Napoleon in 1806. By the time construction had really begun in earnest, Napoleon had suffered a disastrous military defeat and had been forced into exile.

When Charlie Kirk was shot, he did a full oval office address. When it's college kids on campus it's "things can happen." What a sociopath.

Have to say I agree. The billionaires have gone too far and people are finally starting to notice. The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...

The RFK, jr effect.