An image we won't soon forget. Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to look at Epstein survivors pictured behind her on the Hill today.

The interview w/Idaho sheriff involved in the raid (who I covered OFTEN years ago) is striking. He disputes zip-tied kids until shown pic of 14YO girl (same pic that made FBI backtrack months ago) Then: "I've gone against gang members who are a lot younger than that" www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...

Farming sustains millions of livelihoods, but 2025 brought trade wars, market concentration, and climate risks. Rural America is at a crossroads, and what happens on the farm affects us all. Read more on farming economics in my latest Substack: hboushey.substack.com/p/strong-far...

If only there were a newspaper in Washington, perhaps one owned by a person of considerable wealth, that still employed “metro” reporters who could cover a story of such intense local interest and importance

Next is "El Apagón" (the blackout) which I could write a whole thread about on its own The song and its video (a mini documentary) are about a lot of things, including the problems with Puerto Rico's electrical grid, which have gotten worse since Hurricane Maria

What's that? You say you want to learn more about Puerto Rico's electricity grid?

Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...

power transformers mentioned in halftime show ⚡️

Holding us accountable for the shameful failure to restore power to PR

ICYMI. If you can spare a minute, it’s worth getting to know Senator Lucas. Dedicated public servant working for the common good. apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memb...

Epstein class. That works. I wonder if anyone has cross-checked the Epstein files with the Panama Papers? www.icij.org/investigatio... Great dissertation topic for an aspiring economist … ? @stone-lis.bsky.social @gabrielzucman.bsky.social

Leavitt said the video was “a meme” based on ‘The Lion King’. But there are no apes in the film, people were quick to point out.

Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.

Spending power varies across income groups, but every consumer has a degree of agency over when and where to spend. This week, I dug into the evidence behind economic boycotts in this week's Substack: hboushey.substack.com/p/boycott-ec...

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

Donald Trump doesn’t think your housing costs are high enough.

What's morale like at CBP & ICE right now? New survey data are damning. *21% of CBP respondents (9% of ICE respondents) believe their agencies' political leaders maintain high standards of integrity. *Only 23% at CBP (18% at ICE) feel confident they could report illegal acts without retribution

AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."

Not one more cent for DHS and ICE. We have the power to end this.

AOC: They need 10 Democratic votes in the Senate to pass, continued unfettered ICE funding with no guardrails. Regardless of where you are in the Democratic party, this moment proves that the status quo cannot stand I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no

It’s about fucking time

In year one, Trump’s policies have SLOWED - closed, delayed, etc. - 70 clean energy manufacturing projects worth $74B and 68,958 jobs. 109 projects have still ADVANCED - moving toward construction or operation - worth $61B and 61,107 jobs. www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s... 🔌💡

202-224-3121 ^congressional switchboard. Call your rep, call your senator, and ask them why there was illegal use of your social security data. Make this a constituent request for help: should you do something to protect yourself? Is there legal recourse? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This morning, Ms. Rachel and I visited District 2 Pre-K Center, where we sang and read with the wonderful students and educators. We also discussed universal childcare - and how we're making it happen for NYC!

CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

The president has one core job under the Constitution: to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” Not thwarted, diverted, blunted, revised or ignored. Faithfully executed.

Today’s No Kings protest could be the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. People have power.

Yesterday, I asked Americans to tell me what a DOUBLING of health care premiums would mean for their families. Here are just a few of their responses:

We can fund health care and keep the government running, or we can shut everything down to raise prices on people. To me, that’s a pretty easy choice.

POLLS: Who do Americans blame for the gov't shutdown?* WASH POST 47% blame Trump/GOP 30% blame Dems MARIST 38% blame GOP 27% blame Dems NYT/SIENA 26% blame Trump/GOP 19% blame Dems MORNING CONSULT 45% blame GOP 32% blame Dems [*all taken b/w late Sept & Oct 1] www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Everyone should read this: Why Is Your Flight Always Delayed? Blame Government Shutdowns. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

Months of public pressure won't distract from the fact that the worsening affordability crisis is a result of the President Trump's mishandling of the economy, not Fed decisions. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Canary down.

Contrasting long-term vs short-term unemployed tells a huge story short-term unemployed is mostly about people losing jobs, long-term unemployed is about people not finding jobs

US blue-collar job growth has completely stagnated, hitting the lowest level since the onset of the pandemic—manufacturing is currently losing jobs at a rapid pace, and growth in construction/transportation has slowed to a crawl

Biden’s job market missed the predictions on the upside, not downside

Hi! How’s that economic working out for you? Recall what the last president did ⬇️

DC is not only a city with lots of pedestrians and cyclists, but a large deaf population. All are at risk when there are high speed chases on our streets. mayor.dc.gov/release/mayo....

Since I’ve lived in DC, two pedestrians have been killed on my block. High speed chases endanger all of us here in DC and MUST STOP: “Ten car chases. Six crashes. Park Police have new rules in Trump’s D.C.” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

For your Econ 101 lessons …

President Trump’s federal takeover of D.C.’s local police is unprecedented. “The last person who asserted the authority to use military personnel for routine law enforcement anywhere in the country for any reason was King George,” a legal scholar said.

Kudos to the @financialtimes.com for getting the story right. Let’s not let President Trump distract us from downward trends in the labor market. Let’s reject his baseless attacks on the credibility of the data and focus on how his administration is harming America’s workers.

Access to broadband is essential — for work, school, and basic services. It’s also key to a thriving economy and American-made infrastructure. The Biden administration knew this, which is why we invested $42.25 billion in broadband deployment. BUT ...

Final CBO score of the "big beautiful bill" is out Largest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, at least 4 times the size of the previous largest; $894-$990 bn cut Kicks 10 million off health insurance Largest SNAP cuts ever, $197 bn cut Still increases the deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts

Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state’s congressional delegation that the Senate GOP’s planned Medicaid cuts “would be historic in their devastation.”

Pro-equity = pro-growth (can someone please tell the Republicans?)

Staring at this chart as the Republicans work to pass their bill to gut America's clean energy investments and concede to a future of de-growth and being less competitive in the technologies that matter, which will lead to fewer good jobs here in the USA. Big Ugly Bill.

How messed up do you have to be to say that stripping health coverage from up to 16 million people, removing food from kids, and raising taxes on some low-income people is “immaterial”?

Where do I sign up?