Sunday overnight is the new top of the news-cycle, with the 1st circuit refusing Trump the stay he thought from having to make SNAP payments & now, Justice Jackson ordering briefs in SCOTUS. Get up to speed on what it all means here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

The newsletter is out! A look at the history of TV election-coverage colors, a new record set by the president and a look at how great prediction markets are at prediction (not great)! Free to read, as always. www.howtoreadthisch.art/r/682c3344?m...

My latest: How the Trump Administration is giving even more tax breaks to wealthy and giant corporations: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...

Seasonal retail jobs are set to drop to lowest level in 15 years.

Today on the Senate floor: Democrats made an offer to Republicans to re-open the government and extend the ACA tax credits for one year. We’re calling their bluff. The ball is in their court.

Thune and Senate Republicans will be 100% responsible for both the shutdown and soaring health insurance costs if they refuse Schumer's very reasonable compromise offer.

Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.

PPP polled 816 Virginia voters on Sunday to assess the impact of the government shutdown on the election for governor. Every indicator is that the shutdown is creating a backlash against Trump and Republicans and has increased support for Abigail Spanberger. Here are the key findings:

In addition to the top line finding in the new Fox News poll that Mikie Sherrill now leads Jack Ciattarelli by 52% to 45% among likely voters in New Jersey, here are a few other key results to note:

James Benton, Director of the Race and Economic Empowerment Project here at KI, defends Job Corps Centers as a life-changing program for young people: "[Job Corps is] something that is crucial for the economy to perform, and for people to have meaningful work." Read more here: bit.ly/47wwuK1

Workers' Compensation Fraud is a significant problem. Employers often discourage injured workers from filing compensation claims, so the worker gets no compensation if their condition worsens or recurs. And the taxpayer often covers the medical costs, subsidizing the high-hazard low-road employer.

A fired Justice Department lawyer is blowing the whistle on what he describes as abuses of power at the DOJ.

Way to go, all of us. 💙

#NoKings Hershey PA! Lots of support from all that drove by for the hundreds of patriots standing up for America and justice and democracy and science and health care and more …

Appalachian coal workers suffer from black lung, an incurable respiratory disease killing its victims slowly & painfully. @kimkelly.bsky.social reports on how the Trump administration is delaying a life-saving safety rule, while claiming to stand with miners.

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

NEW: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s close ally has raised ethical concerns by leading legal efforts on vaccines, fluoride and Tylenol. His vaccine efforts are largely funded by a nonprofit led by a man who said in July that polio "is like having a cold." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/h...

“Legal ethics experts said Mr Siri’s efforts were troubling because of potential effect on public policy in ways that might benefit his clients.” Just thinking:seems part of the pattern- change rules to win lawsuits, make us all much less healthy in the process,to enrich those changing the rules.

One consideration for discussions of gun violence in Chicago. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

A Dem legislator raised a good point in a CNN interview today: if you want to combat gun violence in Chicago, why not look at where the guns are coming from? www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

btw, here's my short story on how the mainstream media lied about the economy to push the "people are hurting" story cepr.net/publications...

Very good, as always, from John Harwood. open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

CNBC: "Very disappointing. It's a weak number. This is private sector jobs for September. The total comes in -32,000. And that was a surprise because economists were looking for an increase of 51,000. Also, the revision was not good. August now showing -3,000 compared to the initial read of 54,000"

Shocker: inadequately funding DOL while child labor violations spiked made it harder for DOL to stamp out child labor. DOL Child Labor Work Strained as Violations Rose, Report Says news.bloomberglaw.com/employee-ben...

This, plus Trump will be blamed both for a shutdown and raising the cost of healthcare

Democrats are fighting to save millions of Americans' healthcare while Donald Trump is posting insane racist disinfo slop

Donald Trump says that a shutdown is a tremendously negative mark on the president. But he’d rather shut the government down than protect your health care.

The latest FPI report, which found that there are 611,000+ outdoor workers in Florida, recommends establishing and enforcing statewide heat-illness prevention standards. Read the latest from Alexis Tsoukalas, PhD 👇 www.floridapolicy.org/posts/high-h...

These guys are so drunk with power and extremist that they don't know that this is a terrible story for them with everyday Americans.

Glad to see the toxic fume problem being addressed. Gift link to unlocked article: www.wsj.com/business/air...

Trump is conceding the 21st century to our competitors and raising energy costs for consumers in the process, all because he joined at the hip to the fossil fuel industry. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Old constitutional crisis: President disobeys the Supreme Court. New constitutional crisis: Supreme Court disobeys the Constitution.

Incredible reporting on the costs of the Trump Administration’s destruction of a tiny but vital safety research agency that both corporate America and workers depend on to stay healthy and alive at work. This is not making anyone healthy again. No doubt this will lead to more injuries and death.

Strong response by @schumer.senate.gov to this new wave of censorship.

Donald Trump won the election by promising to reduce prices, especially grocery prices, on Day One. It hasn't happened. The price of ground beef is up 13%, eggs are up 11%, and coffee prices have jumped 21% TRUMP ISN'T DELIVERING ON HIS ECONOMIC PROMISES. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Bravo to NYT and @hannahdreier.bsky.social U.S. Wildfire Fighters to Mask Up After Decades-Long Ban on Smoke Protections www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

More people in DC than in Wyoming or Vermont. Coming up on Alaska and North Dakota. Per capita, we pay more federal income tax than any of the states. (Incl NY, CA, CT, etc.) Voice in Congress: Zero. Have never before felt as much DC-specific patriotism—across race and class—as now.

Republican Medicaid cuts putting women in rural areas at risk

Created an interactive I'll update frequently that tracks Trump's time, uh, "working remotely." www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...

Labor Day Protests Denounce Trump While Supporting Workers www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...

Trump and his Republican acolytes have declared war on coal miners. Refusing to enforce the silica standard, repealing safety and health regulations and destroying NIOSH. Meanwhile, more miners have already died this year than all of last year Blood on their hands. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

"My friend Victor like saved me though, because he laid on top of me. But he got hit." 10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.

A video about the Nineteenth Amendment.

From Jackson Hole, Claudia Goldin says to gov't: If you want more American-born kids, then fund child care, don't deport the nannies and most of all, support gender equality. When men share the burdens, women have more babies. #JacksonHole #EconSky

Multiple deaths in confined space incidents were not uncommon before issuance of OSHA's confined space standard in 1993. Unfortunately, farm workers were not covered by that standard. Now six men are dead on Colorado. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

This is a stunning tragedy- six workers killed on a dairy farm. These are dangerous places to work- no worker should lose their life for a paycheck. OSHA is the agency to investigate and find out why. But small farms are exempt from OSHA. Hope this farm has more than ten employees so OSHA inspects.

SUNDAY—A massive protest has erupted outside the White House with demonstrators chanting “Trump must go!”

"They treat you like cannon fodder." U.S. wildfire fighters suffer high rates of cancer and other diseases, but use no respirators, unlike other countries. The US Forest Service hides the problem and opposes regulations to require respirator use. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...

So much for lowering prices on Day One! Grocery bills are sky-high and Trump’s tariffs are only making it worse. Americans are hurting, 17 million people are about to lose their Medicaid and the GOP is handing out tax cuts to billionaires.