@joshtpm.bsky.social on Supreme Court reform:

Solid roundup of the prospects for continued Fed independence. I share Sahm's provisional optimism.

Trump goons tear down free speech statue. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-and-ep...

i have seen exactly zero evidence to suggest that peter thiel is anything other than a dumbass who got lucky once

Lies about autism and Tylenol. Meanwhile.. RFK Jr. Cut Grants for Autism Research While Vowing to Find a Cause — ProPublica share.google/WjmyO6Yb3Vbb...

Josh Marshall: "It’s really okay to be a partisan warrior. But it’s not a national unity type thing."

Trump has ongoing #tradewar with Switzerland of all places: current #tariffs on Swiss goods are 39%. Swiss Army knife manufacturer scratches head. They employ over 1100 workers making a high quality product. But... I can't see point of training US workers to do this. It's not exactly high tech.

A totalitarian movement must never achieve its goals, as that would eliminate the need for the movement itself. Even in victory, new enemies must be created in order to justify further cruelty and domination.

A reminder that simply not posting is always an option.

Exclusive: Bill Pulte accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of fraud. His relatives filed housing claims similar to hers. Via Reuters

If the Atlantic circulatory system breaks down, Europe could have ice age level winters.

From Bloomberg. Text included for completeness; I'm a little dubious.

Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions. They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.

A very basic test of Trump's justification for sending armed officials into DC (to reduce crime) is whether its residents feel safer or not. They do not. They are not going to public spaces. They are not going to restaurants. They are more afraid of the occupiers than risks from crime.

Barrels are hard to draw simply.

Trump approval on the issues. #sdmb

Meh, a chart of currencies and bitcoin since the beginning of the year. #sdmb

Tracking the terms of the FOMC members. #sdmb

I know nobody under 30 will believe me, but this is the sort of scandal that ended careers, back in the before-times. Congressional hearings, weeks worth of Nightline reports, the whole works. The press _lived_ for this stuff.

Around 43% of US imports are in intermediate goods - goods purchased by business to create other goods. @dieworkwear.bsky.social www.brookings.edu/articles/how...

Folks who won't be fooled by politicized official economic statistics: - The Fed - The bond market - The stock market - Foreign investors Folks who will be flying blind in the absence of reliable econ data: - All of the above - Small biz - Big biz - Voters

Only 29% of those believing in "Nothing in Particular" do not believe in God or a universal spirit.

"Nothing in particular" comprises the bulk of the religiously unaffiliated. #sdmb

Verbal debates where people talk at each other are a terrible way to decide who is right about things or to learn about the issues they are debating. www.slowboring.com/p/the-case-a...

Politico reports masked secret police about to hit New York City.

Trump's trendline for "Strong approval" has hit a new low for this term, though not dramatically.

To me it seems like Murdoch has been wanting Trump the person out for years just like Koch has, even while they support him because they like what he does for him. The Hitler/wealth dynamics were similar

Good graphic by the NYT:

Supreme Court Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor, but Doesn’t Say Why www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u... "An exercise of power, not reason."

Senate rankings, 2026

There were a lot of folks here insisting yesterday that weather service cuts had no impact on Texas flood deaths. There’s zero way you can draw conclusions like hours later. Important follow up here. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

There were children day camps taking place and had to be ushered into the basement of a building, said Mayor Bass. So it looks empty but that’s because angelenos cleared off regular folks using the park before this farce

HUGE admission by El Salvador here; it completely puts to lie the Trump admin’s repeated claims in court that it has no control over people sent to El Salvador to be imprisoned without trial. El Salvador told the United Nations definitively; these people are being held under U.S. jurisdiction.

I still enjoy my Lux-Delux coffee mug, designed by David Pier. It fits comfortably in my hand and self-cools hot fluids well. Unfortunately it's no longer available, unless you want to special order thousands.

Dreams freak author out.

Congress Throws More Money at Removing Immigrants than Most Countries Spend on Their Armies talkingpointsmemo.com/news/congres...

Core PCE inflation came in just as expected. It has been very tame for the last three months--but shouldn't think of them in isolation but as part of a noisy process where inflation was much higher before. Annual rates: 1 month: 2.2% 3 months: 1.7% 6 months: 2.9% 12 months: 2.7%

Press the button?

One block over from the White House: the aspirational security line setup

Nobody could dissuade Don of this dumb idea. "Nearby on the stage, cameras caught Secretary of State Marco Rubio yawning as he leaned back in his chair while watching the $45 million proceedings go by." www.thedailybeast.com/melania-appe...

Isn’t the sponsor “the American tax payer?”

Shambling onwards, June 14th.

"The administration is diverting resources from serious child trafficking and homeland security investigations to meet quotas that will satisfy Mr. Miller’s appetite for detained human beings." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/o...

Reinforcing my friend @radiofreetom.bsky.social. We’re required to refused to obey illegal orders. The military is trained on that, starting in basic. It’s also unfair to National Guard and active Marines to even put them in that circumstance against fellow citizens if not a true emergency.